lovely song Nat.  and sung in that usual brilliant way that you do it

Great lyric story and perfectly produced!

wonderful folk sound -womderful voive and lyrics 🤗🤗🥰🥰💐💐

WHAT an incredible story ...so intimate and full of hope ...right down to the exchange of hope lines at the end SUPER

Wow. I'm not a folk listener, but your song makes me happy and nod my head. The voice is incredible and these flute additions are sweet.

Such a great story, excellent lyrics and super vocals. That tin whistle sounds awesome, really sets the tone of the track.

Today, humanity is killing all that's humane. This track is my way of protest against all atrocities carried by human against fellow human. You can also see my short film "Liberty" by clicking the link. 
Tridibesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAdNg2fhdl0

Liberty Is Dead

Resistance

A cool little tune called "The Icehouse ".  Escape with me to this little jazz club in Minneapolis.

Image obtained from the Icehouse website
Written by TJG January 2023
Mix 1: February 11, 2023
Mix 2: March 18, 2023 - adjusted stereo mix volume using api 535 LA
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Lyrics

Verse 1
Stella by Starlight
Escaping the real life
Touched by the stardust
She found her real lust
Won't you come on down?

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse

Verse 2
Caught in the spotlight
I'm faking the real life
Touched by the starlight
Escaping the real life

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse

Verse 3
Stella by Starlight
Escaping the real life
Won't you come on down?

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse

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Technical Details

Rhythm Guitar: Gibson ES 335
Lead Guitar: Fender Jazzmaster
Guitar Amplifier: Vox AC15….set as clean I can get it. 
Bass Amplifier: Fender BXR 60 (not great, but with me since 1997)
Fender pedal board: Line 6 delay; Fender clean boost

Percussion: Pearl Hi Hat with Zildjian symbols – played with brushes 
Percussion: Pearl Cajon – played with brushes

Mics: a pair of Royer r10 ribbons for guitar and a Neumann TLM 67 for vocals
Mic preamps: API 312
Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape.

The Icehouse

This music goes with the 3rd chapter of a tale I'm writing and illustrating. I just published it here: https://ariad-music.com/textes/chapitre-3-guruguss/ It is in french, but I guess google translate or deepl can do a decent job for translating. This is the story of a headless character who explores the world of dreams in order to find again his head. In this third chapter, he discovers he's not alone in this situation and follows a guru. I did the music tonight with my keyboard, really simple, only MIDI/VST tracks. 

Quick resume to explain the music:
00:00 - 00:15: The headless character is happy, he believes he found his head.
00:15 - 01:30: His friend the magical bird reveals him that he just hallucinated. He tries to console him and bring him to the crooked city. 
01:30 - 03:40: The headless character find a group of headless people watching a show. He joins them and listen to a guru's speech.
03:40 - 07:10: Enchanted, he enters in the guru's spaceship, listen some of his bullshit speech and then realizes this sect is not great. The others reject him and he sees how shitty looks in reality their spaceship. 
07:10 - 07:40: Finally, even if he didn't find his head, he's happy like this.

Gourou

Garageband keyboard sounds.
Yamaha Tenor Saxophone.

Come On, You Gotta Get It Done

We all have our demons...
Lyrics;
So cold in the morning
And getting colder every day
He's slipping on his slippers
And slips into the day

He's searching for a bright side
He's keeping his head up
Stormy skies reflect in his eyes
Steam is rising from his coffee cup

The summer ended early
Up and closed the show
Flew out with the blackbirds
Making way for winter snow

And he can't hide his disappointment
Of knowing what he knows
A consequence of being
Where he shouldn't want to go

He can't fill that hollow feeling
It only grows and grows
It's just so hard to get away
From where he shouldn't want to go

Maybe some house cleaning
The carpets and the floors
But he falls into daydreaming
And dreams she's walking through the door

He's talking to himself
Or to the company he lacks
Words echo off the walls
"some day I know she's coming back"

Warm thoughts of another time
Like the pictures on the walls
But just outside there's no one there
And the snow begins to fall

He can't hide the disappointment
Of knowing what he knows
A consequence of being
Where he shouldn't  want to go

He can't fill that hollow feeling
It only grows and grows
It's just so hard to get away
From where he shouldn't want to  go

Where He Shouldn't Want To Go

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic. 
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning (Capo 2nd Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
Lyrics:
Maybe one day I’ll go sailing
Out on the big blue sea
Where the fishes swim around, going up and down 
Like a fish …….was meant to be

What a lovely way to spend the day 
Just being out there afloat 
And oh what joy to shout ahoy
From the deck of a sailing boat 

Sailing along in the sunshine
Just me and the ocean breeze
Then across the bay I’d make my way
Back home in time for tea

Steady as you go
Steady as you go   

Maybe one day I’ll go sailing 
Out on the big blue sea 
Along the coast I could make the most
Of the nautical scenery

What a lovely way to spend a day 
Just being out there afloat 
See a smugglers cove or a treasure trove
From the deck of a sailing boat 

Sailing along in the sunshine
Just me and the ocean breeze
Then across the bay I’d make my way
Back home in time for tea

Steady as you go
Steady as you go

Steady As You Go

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my BandCamp PWWO #08 album)

Happy Friday to all of you. I hope 2023 is treating you well so far. I’m doing my best to focus my free-range mind on creative endeavors; definitely the most positive use of my time. And to that end, I’m happy to admit I’m still keeping to my 2023 music goals (2 tracks a month). And the track I get to share with you today is particularly exciting.

It’s been a goal of mine for a few years now to try out one of Andre’s (noxpox: https://soundcloud.com/noxpox-page-12, https://noxpox.bandcamp.com/) open collabs. His most recent offering ‘kannmangebrauchen’ (https://soundcloud.com/noxpox-page11/noxpox-kannmangebrauchencan-be-used) was particularly enticing; and this resulting remix is an equally thrilling surprise for me. In fact, this might be the closest I’ve come to the 80s and 90s stylings of my favorite Industrial bands (Skinny Puppy, NiN, Ministry, Front 242, etc.). 

Of course, no GrevusAnjl remix would be complete without at least a little uplifting cuteness hidden in the folds (I tried to keep it dark and edgy. I really did. But the cuteness just seeps in). So if you’re in the market for adorable Industrial, I might have just what you need. I hope you enjoy my GrevusAnjl ‘Repurposed For Dance’ remix of a very cool noxpox original. :)

Free DL on SC :)

noxpox ‘kannmangebrauchen’ (GrevusAnjl ‘Repurposed For Dancing’ Remix)

if it was always summer

From my new album "Fû" - I'm happy happy to announce the release of my new album "Fû" after almost 1 year of recording and editing. "Fû" is led by the woodwinds, and definitely inspired by aerial elements: breath, wind, birds, branches... It includes 15 tracks I'm excited to share!  https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
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About this track: this is a joyous tune. I started with the glockenspiel, then added clarinet, recorder and various sounds. In the background, you can hear the bells from a flock of sheeps that I recorded when I was walking in the swiss mountains few years ago in summer. Hope this happiness can be contagious!
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To make this track I played clarinet, recorder, glockenspiel, keyboard and sampled percussions from various objects. Recorded with my Zoom H2 recorder.
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Learn more about FÛ: https://ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en

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Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all!!    
"Sláinte!  May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead." 

Copyright 2023 Nat Daniels /  Gentle Rain Records
Written, Performed and Produced by Nat Daniels. 
Tin Whistle, Piano, Vocals - Nat Daniels .. Produced with Logic Pro X

Lyrics:
Maybe Tomorrow   

When I was a young girl 
‘bout sixteen or so
I’d lean on our garden gate
Dreaming of more
But my day dream would shatter
Each day the same time..
As I watched him walk by
To his house next to mine 

I’d act all discouraged, 
Like i didn’t care
And glanced at him smiling
But tried not to stare
And my lips said no words
Though I whispered and sighed, 
It faded away in his Irish blue eyes..

Hey… Hi… Hello … How you do?
I’d say in my head and smile..
He’d look at me grinning, we both looked away.
Oh maybe.. tomorrow, he’ll ask me my name…

And so the years passed,
I found someone new, 
I never forgot him
The lad with eyes bluer, 
Than any blue diamond
His hair black and fine,
But the luck of the Irish
Can turn any time! 

You see…
We turned the same corner 
And smiling we knew
We both looked the same 
Though older we grew
So we shared a few laughs
And proudly proclaimed
We secretly loved one another the same 

Hey, Hi.. Hello…How you do?
And he took my hand in his hand..
So never say never, believe! take your chances
And maybe, tomorrow, he’l ask you your name...
Oh, Yes maybe, tomorrow she’l ask you your name..

Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow - Nat Daniels

Singer/Songwriter/Producer focused primarily,  but not limited to, Country, Folk, Blues, Ballads and Many other Genres.  Co Owner of Gentle Rain Records and Part of the Duo https://soundcloud.com/DanielsDurgy

Maybe Tomorrow - Nat Daniels

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