OPEN COLLABORATIONS - The Chain Tunes Gang

MUSICIANS WITH VISION (some of my quirky avant garde tunes)

MOVE ALONG PLEASE, NOTHING TO HEAR HERE

MUSICIANS WITH VISION

MOVE ALONG, PLEASE, NOTHING TO HEAR HERE! (Steven Vellou: Overlooked & Underrated)

One tune, 10 tunes, even 20 tunes, says nothing about the extent and diversity of an artist’s creativity, and that is why I am understandably dismissed; it’s the VOLUME of my work that SPEAKS VOLUMES, not one, 10, 20 tunes!

No one will conclude my creativity is anything exceptional based on hearing one or two tunes, there are many musicians who have created a handful of great tunes, that on a one to one basis, may even sound superior to mine; I can think of thousands of tunes that I am envious of, in a healthy way, wishing I could come up with something like that, so I'm not deluded as to think anything of mine is better than anything out, that would be ridiculous, but I do think its my whole catalogue of creations that speaks volumes, the endless diversity, the off-the-wall, no rules, no boundaries, invention, and my lyrics, that all suggest I'm dismissed, underrated, overlooked, too easily.
Unfortunately, it's the way it is, who has time or the inclination to explore a whole library of music by an unsigned, unknown, musician!

ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE ARTISTS ON SOUNDCLOUD, but no one will ever know!

OPEN COLLABORATIONS

GAME CHANGERS THEMES numbers 1 to Infinity

MUSICIANS WITH VISION ON SOUNDCLOUD 19 @pangaeas_people

WAR OF THE DOLLS (recorded 1975, among my first attempts at making musical noise)

In case you thought Gary Numan got there first! I could barely play keyboard at the time, so make allowances.
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My experimental stuff circa 1975; one of my first attempts at making musical composition.

PREDICTING THE PRESENT (recorded circa 1975, among my first attempts at making musical composition)

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMMtlkDesIg
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MY NAME IS STEVE
I HAVEN’T HAD A FRIIEND IN 40 YEARS
WELCOME, STEVE!

NOT THE WAY THAT IT APPEARS
BUT THE SUM OF ALL MY FEARS
REDUCES ME TO TEARS

WELCOME TO THE GROUP, STEVE!

I MAY SEEM KIND OF WIERD
THAT’S WHY YOU DISAPPEARED
THAT’S WHY I’M ALL ALONE IN THIS WORLD

AS A CHILD I LOST MY WAY
IT’S STILL WITH ME TO THIS DAY
I GUESS IT MUST BE TRUE WHAT PEOPLE SAY
THAT SOME OF US ARE MEANT TO PAY

MY NAME IS STEVE
I HAVEN’T HAD A FRIEND IN 40 YEARS
WELCOME TO THE GROUP, STEVE

YOU AVOID ME, I AVOID YOU
BOTH OF US FEEL ILL AT EASE
REINFORCING THE DISCOMFORT
I GROW WEAKER AT THE KNEES
BOTH OF US FEEL ILL AT EASE

PLAYING BACK THOSE AWKWARD MOMENTS
NO ESCAPING, NEVER FREE
ON MY MIND AND ON REWIND 
EVERY SCENE, INDIGNITY

MY NAME IS STEVE
I HAVEN’T HAD A FRIEND IN 40 YEARS
WELCOME TO THE GROUP, STEVE!

WHAT YOU’RE SEEING ISN’T SMUGNESS
WHAT YOU SEE, IN FACT, IS SHAME
ORCHESTRATE MY OWN DURESS
ULTIMATELY, I’M TO BLAME

ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES:

YOU AVOID ME, I AVOID YOU
BOTH OF US FEEL ILL AT EASE
REINFORCING THE DISCOMFORT
I GROW WEAKER AT THE KNEES
AND THEN I FREEZE

MY NAME IS STEVE
I HAVEN’T HAD A FRIEND IN 40 YEARS
WELCOME TO THE GROUP, STEVE!

My Name Is Steve, I Haven't Had A Friend In 40 Years (WELCOME TO NO FRIENDS ANONYMOUS)

OMINOUS GUY

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

SECURITY AND PEACE BEGAN HER THOUSAND YEAR REIGN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ALL THE TROUBLES OF THE WORLD
DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A REFRAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

AS THE MIRACLES INCREASE
DEATH WILL DISAPPEAR AND THE PAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

CITIZEN KANE CAUGHT THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO ZEN CITY
SHE HAS AN INTERESTING NAME
AND HE WANTED TO SEE HER AGAIN

HOPING ALL THAT WOULD COME TO PASS
WITHIN ONE PERFECT MOMENT
WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD LAST
FOR ALL ETERNITY

WHEN SHE TAKES YOU IN HER ARMS
AND WHISPERS, COME TO ME
SHE OFFERS PERFECT LIFE
IN A PERFECT WORLD
WITHIN HER HEAVENLY CITY

SECURITY AND PEACE
BEGAN HER THOUSAND YEAR REIGN
ZEN CITY
PURITY AND FAITH
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE
ZEN CITY
ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

will be adding more lyrics/vocals to next version

ZEN CITY voc version 1

THE CITY THAT IS (NOT THE CITY THAT WAS) w.i.p.

THE CHAIN TUNES PROJECT (collective band name: THE CHAIN TUNES GANG)

BASED ON THE CHAIN LETTERS PRINCIPLE

A musician lays down an initial track and forwards ti to several musicians, they each add a second track and forward it to several more, and so on.

A universal format, like Cubase, would help, as it would mean the whole folder for each song could be sent to the next musician in the chain.

Each step of the process would also need to be sent back to me, so I can keep a record of it all, including details about each musician involved, their links and an email address, so you would also need to forward, to each participating musician, my email address together with the song files.

IF YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, SEND ME A MESSAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE A CHAIN TUNES PAGE ON HERE AND ON REVERBNATION, WHERE TUNES BEING USED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE POSTED, AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

I will give more detailed instructions to musicians who sign up.

PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS: the-chain-tunes-gang@live.co.uk

REVERBNATION LINK: https://www.reverbnation.com/thechaintunesgang

MURDER ON THE EMBANKMENT - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

BULLDOG DRUMMOND BASS - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

JUNGLE BALLS - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

HAPPY SMILEY ARSEHOLE - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

END GAME? END FAME! FREE THE WORLD! - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

TRICKLE (OR TREACLE) - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

THE CHAIN TUNES PROJECT (collective band name: THE CHAIN TUNES GANG)

BASED ON THE CHAIN LETTERS PRINCIPLE

A musician lays down an initial track and forwards ti to several musicians, they each add a second track and forward it to several more, and so on.

A universal format, like Cubase, would help, as it would mean the whole folder for each song could be sent to the next musician in the chain.

Each step of the process would also need to be sent back to me, so I can keep a record of it all, including details about each musician involved, their links and an email address, so you would also need to forward, to each participating musician, my email address together with the song files.

IF YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, SEND ME A MESSAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE A CHAIN TUNES PAGE ON HERE AND ON REVERBNATION, WHERE TUNES BEING USED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE POSTED, AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

https://soundcloud.com/the_chain_tunes_gang/sets/the-chain-tunes-gang-project

I will give more detailed instructions to musicians who sign up.

PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS: the-chain-tunes-gang@live.co.uk

REVERBNATION LINK: https://www.reverbnation.com/thechaintunesgang

TWITTER LINK: https://twitter.com/CHAINTUNESGANG


THIS IS A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO COLLABORATING, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE VARIATIONS ON A THEME. THIS TYPE OF COLLABORATING HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE—I KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN—SO MUSICIANS THAT SIGN ON TO THIS PROJECT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING GROUNDBREAKING, AND SOMETHING THAT IS SURE TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF THE MEDIA, AS LONG AS EVERYONE INVOLVED TAGS ANY TUNE THEY UPLOAD TO ANY PERSONAL PAGE IS ALWAYS TAGGED AS A CHAIN TUNES GANG collaboration.

For many of us, this could be the stepping stone we are looking for; a simple concept so revolutionary that it could put us on the map, setting world records along the way, but the important factor, which would be the difference between grabbing the public's attention and not grabbing it, is sticking to using THE CHAIN TUNES GANG collaboration name whenever completed and uploaded, wherever they happen to be uploaded.

So think about the underlying concept here; it is a simple one, but that's what makes it brilliant!  ALL TUNES ON THIS PAGE ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE! 


IN THE MODE - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

BISH BASH BOSH (CHEMICAL COSH)

SEE WHAT YOU THINK....SMELL WHAT YOU SAY

MUSICIANS WITH VISION THEME number 1

MUSICIANS WITH VISION THEME number 2

BLUE SUN

MUSICIANS WITH VISION THEME number 3

MUSICIANS WITH VISION THEME number 4

MUSICIANS WITH VISION THEME number 5

Don’t be fooled by musicians who click your tune’s like button, or even share your tune; chances are they never listened—only relevant feedback proves they did!

TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A MR RIGHT

OUR LIVES MAY BE WORTH LESS THAN GRAVITY
BUT WE ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE....IN TOTALITY
BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR OWN MORTALITY
AND WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR OWN CATASTROPHE

WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR DESTINY
REFUSE TO CHANGE OUR MENTALITY
WE REFUSE TO REARRANGE OUR DIARY
CHANGE THE WAY WE VIEW SOCIETY
CHANGE THE MAN THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME
CHANGE THE MAN

ONE STEP AHEAD OF DEVASTATION
TWO STEPS AWAY FROM TRIBULATION
THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION
WE INFLICT UPON THIS THING WE CALL....CREATION

ALTHOUGH WE SHARE COLLECTIVE VISION
EACH OF IS ON A DIFFERENT MISSION
TO SERVE THE ID THAT LURKS WITHIN
OUR SUPEREGO JUST A SKIN

THIS THING WE CALL CREATION

SOON AFTER OUR FIRST LOBOTOMY
WE VENTURED....DEEP INTO....BLACK COMEDY
PULLED BY THE STRINGS....OF HISTORY

THE ARCHITECTS OF.....OUR OWN STUPIDITY
BEGINNING WARS WE NEVER WIN
WE ARE THE PUPPETS, NOT THE MANNEQUINS
SWALLOWING OUR OWN PHILOSOPHY
CENSORING OUR OWN HUMANITY
EXPELLING NATURE, WE BREATHE IN NURTURE
WE THINK THE CURE LIES IN THE FUTURE....

WE THINK THE CURE LIES IN THE FUTURE - Ray Scott & Ste Van Horne (vocals) first edit

FREUDIAN LIPS

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CALLED UPON THE MEN IN WHITE JUST THE OTHER DAY BUT FEAR OF EARS 'A' LISTENING
PREVENTED ME FROM HAVING MY SAY
SO I TALKED WITH MY EYES
TO THE DOCTOR IN DISGUISE

FROM THE SCREAMING TO THE DREAMING WE TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LIFE BEGAN
THE WEATHER AND THE DAWN OF MAN AND EVEN WHEN HIS REIGN WOULD END WE TALKED ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD
AND HOW MY PARENTS NEVER UNDERSTOOD

BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

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BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

ALL THE GRIEVING WITHOUT MEANING
AND THE HEARTACHE EACH DAY BRINGS
MAKE THEMSELVES....FELT THROUGH THE VOICES FOREVERMORE REVERBERATING WITHOUT END, A SINGLE VOICE BECOMES A FLOOD (ARE YOU INSANE? THIS IS THE GAME OF EVIL V GOOD)

BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

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MY TRAIN OF THOUGHTS
HIS TRAIN OF WORDS
COLLIDE INSIDE....MY ONE-TRACK-MIND MY WORLD COLLAPSES AROUND MY EARS MY MIND RETREATS TO THE EARLY YEARS
FREUDIAN LIPS (REPEATED)
TO THE EARLY YEARS (REPEATED)

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FREUDIAN LIPS vocal

sikh ruse

MUSICIANS WITH VISION THEME number 10

Some Soundcloud musicians receive tens of thousands of listens, and more power to them, but spare a thought for those of us who struggle to reach double figures; it isn’t always because our tunes are inferior!

SMOKE EM DOPE PIPE (Or I'll SmashYour Face In)

HI HO HA

THE BUGGERS ARE EVERYWHERE

ORGASMIC ORGANIC ORGAN

TWO-FACED BOOK

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CAPTAIN BLACK Inst

MY LAST DAY ON EARTH

DAVID BOWIE (CINEMATIC GOTH)

Anyone seeking authenticity, imagination & personality, in creativity should explore unsigned music; that's where my faith in the future of music lies!

UNSIGNED MUSIC isn't inferior to SIGNED by any stretch of the imagination! Look past the illusion, find out what you're missing!
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REALITY CHECK! Most LIKES are FAKE, no LISTEN took place! Only FEEDBACK that in some way describes the substance of the tune proves that it was actually played and HEARD!!! #SatiricalStevenSays #SixFootUnderground #MusiciansWithVision

FEEDBACK FAMILY: REPOSTS no longer work and LIKES make no difference whatsoever; ONLY positive FEEDBACK makes a difference, a BIG difference. Feedback makes your account more VISIBLE so it brings MORE TRAFFIC, MORE LISTENERS—it also serves as GENUINE HYPE, visitors see the amount of feedback you receive and that arouses their curiosity to listen, and when they listen, seeing all that genuine hype influences the way they listen—they hear your music through POSITIVE EARS. 

The ABSENCE of feedback has the reverse psychological effect, it KILLS CURIOSITY, and those who do listen, listen with NEGATIVE EARS. Potential listeners rarely find your page in the first place because the LACK OF FEEDBACK means your music posts don’t appear in THE FEED, quickly disappearing from view. The music of those who DO enjoy feedback REMAINS in the feed, visible to viewers, and the visibility of their latest post is far greater than those who don’t receive feedback. 

The result, some of best music on Soundcloud goes UNNOTICED, which is why I propose the idea of a FEEDBACK FAMILY as a way of raising the profile of all those who joined this initiative. Twitter is a good place to coordinate such a project and I have an account set up on there specifically for that purpose. 

If you are interested in joining contact me on here or on Twitter and I will fill you in on how the whole thing works. FEEDBACK BEGETS FEEDBACK! https://twitter.com/Feedback_Family

MUSICIANS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TO THE REST, TEND TO MAKE MUSIC THAT IS DIFFERENT TO THE REST!
It is common practice for musicians to click the like button on #Soundcloud without ever listening to the tune! There is no proof it was listened to, so it's impossible to know who genuinely likes a track! Only actual #feedback proves it's been heard!

I use to follow musicians back that clicked the like button, but it becomes very obvious that only 10% actually listen, when you receive five times as many likes as listens. This has made me extremely wary about being the first to leave feedback, and that kind of wariness spreads like wildfire!

Because of this, I only follow musicians back that leave feedback, or share one of my posts; and I will only leave feedback once if the favor isn't returned. it is better to keep searching for musicians who have enough #class and #humility to return the #respect!

#Musicians that have those qualities clearly have depth, creating tunes for the love of it, rather than simple to fuel their own ego, and fatten their bank accounts!

MUSICIANS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TO THE REST TEND TO MAKE MUSIC THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST!

SUPPORT: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!!! FAIR EXCHANGE!

FAIR EXCHANGE: Listen 4 Listen, Comment 4 Comment, Share 4 Share!