Amazing. One of my favs from you. Loved this.

I picture this playing in a suburban club or pub after a few jager shots

bro this track is hard, love it and glad to see you releasing tracks keep up

Wowoowow!!!! Excellent. Its like so much ...

YESSS LETS GO FINALLY I DIED WOW AWEEE SOME

Shells of Men (Future Bounce Remix)

Kibeatzer & Nick Ray - Shells of Men (Future Bounce Remix)

Barter

Pre-release demo track
Producer: Will Carmack, Fifty50 Studios, Dallas

Lucky

Again

Other Plateforms

Parenthèse II

I’ll be so alright 
I’ll be so alright 
In a darkness past jet black 
I can tell you there’s no trail back 
And I know that you’re still here 

You can fear me if you want 
Do you want to hear a joke?
You can fear me if you want
You know 
I can’t tell if you’re the laughing kind 

In an alabaster fog
Trying to regain my bearings 
Think I know where you are 
I can feel your presence 
I can feel your presence 
I like it here 
I don’t wanna leave yet 

I’ll be so alright

I know you’re still here 

Do you want to hear a joke?
I don’t know…

I can’t tell if you’re the laughing kind
I can’t tell if you’re the laughing kind

The Laughing Kind

CRUEL

Are you wasting your time?
Are you towing the line?
In a small town way.
Are you wasting your time?
Are you plodding along?
As the night time falls.
Are you wasting you're time?
On a well-meaning rhyme.
That no one hears.
Do you ever regret the mistakes that you made when you're young?

You're just wasting my time.
As you're looking around.
For something to do.
You're just wasting my time.
As the hours tick by.
The clock won't stall.
You're just wasting the time.
As the days turn to years.
The bells all toll.
You're just wasting my time.
As a lifetime floats off on the breeze.

You have fun telling me.
That I'm wrong.
Oh, you're over familiar.
You seem to be enjoying; I'm wrong.
Are our views so dissimilar?
All the waste of youth on the young.
Oh, they waste the youth, on the young.

Did you ever take time.
To look back on it all.
And just want to go.
Did you ever consider that.
Most of the time.
It was nothing at all.
Do you ever look back.
And regret the attack.
Or the times you stalled.
Do you ever regret the mistakes that you made when you're young?

Did you always fall down.
On the hard bitter ground.
As the evenings fell.
Did you always give in.
At the slightest of things.
At the fierce well.
Did you run off and hide.
At the tenement snide.
As the background blurred.
Do you ever regret the mistakes that you made when you're young.

Speak so confidently.
But you're wrong.
Somehow, over familiar.
Shouldn't have to remind me i'm wrong.
You leave nothing to simmer.
All the waste of youth on the young.
Oh, they waste the youth, on the young.
You state confidently. 
That I'm wrong.
Oh, you're over familiar.
You seem to be enjoying; I'm wrong.
Are our views so dissimilar?

You have fun telling me.
That I'm wrong.
Oh, you're over familiar.
You seem to be enjoying; I'm wrong.
Are our views so dissimilar?
All the waste of youth on the young.
Oh, they waste the youth, on the young.
Speak so confidently.
But you're wrong.
Somehow, over familiar.
Shouldn't have to remind you i'm wrong.
You leave nothing to simmer.

Wasted Youth

TIME TO GET BUSINESS STRAIGHT
Original song by Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
Rock'n roll reinterpretation by Overdrive

Syncopated vocals have become something of a rarity these days. Most singers prefer to create melodic lines that fit perfectly into the tempo of the song -- because it's much simpler, the vocals can be created in one go, on the same day, without too much effort. But every now and then a talented singer comes along who decides to break the tempo of their vocals in an absolutely original way. 

This is the case of soul singer Nicole Willis in the song "Time To Get Business Straight". 

The first time I heard this song, I was absolutely fascinated by the broken rhythm of her vocals. And the way the second part of the song repeated the first part made it clear that those vocals were far from improvised -- on the contrary, each intricate part was designed to be there, as if it were a mathematical structure.

Check out the original version:

https://youtu.be/5fYKRt6ZtJk

I extracted the vocals using Ultimate Vocal Remover and realized that the melodic line fit very well into rock songs. In fact, they were even the provisional vocals for the song "Rocket", before the amazing singer Sumi took over the microphone and did a brilliant job. But the idea of using Nicole's vocals remained and after the good response to the cyberpunk reinterpretation of "I'm Bored", I thought it would be interesting to attempt a rock'n roll reinterpretation of "Time to Get Business Straight".
 
Of course, I tried to get in touch with Nicole Willis during the process of creating the song and after the track was posted on Soundcloud. She currently lives in Finland and is still active as a singer in her sixties. Here's one of her most recent performances:

https://youtu.be/Q9AAF-QRQ5o

Her social networks, on the other hand, seem to be rarely accessed and I've had no success in contacting her. Damn, it would have been an unforgettable collab, I'm sure of it. 😄

Hope you enjoy my rock'n roll version of this soul music classic.

Time To Get Business Straight

Here come the man with the badge and the blue gun
He got the bullet
Slow ya down
He got the bullet-time
He got the red
Red light flash
Gotchu on the run
On the ground
Slow it down, got to, got to slow it down

This town mine it's for me a for-me-town
Me ground, my ground, a for-me-ground
Watch yourself, better keep your head down
Better keep your head down
Better keep your head down

My life
My world
I'll let you live for a while
My smile
My life
I'll let you live for a while

Well, I drove my car right into a house
No, that's a tree
Same difference to me
If it's made of wood we're cutting it down
Build a fucking town
Then burn it to the ground

It's an autociety
Everything's for me and me
I'm the center can't you see
It's an autociety

Here comes the chump with the bike and the backpack
Motherfucker buys his gas off the suit rack
You can tell he's a real low-class act
Burn your head down and start again from scratch

We belong to the autociety
We belong to the autociety
We belong

A wiser man once stood on my shoulders
A wiser man once slept in my bed
A wiser man, a wiser man once said

A wiser man once stood on my shoulders
A wiser man once slept in my bed
A wiser man once stood on my shoulders
And said

We belong to the autociety
We belong to the undead
We belong to the autociety
I'm dead

I'm dead
We're dead

A wiser man once stood on my shoulders
A wiser man once slept in my bed
A wiser man
A wiser man once said
I'm dead

We belong to the autociety
We belong to the undead
We belong to the autociety
I'm dead
We're dead

We belong to the autociety
We belong to the undead
We belong to the autociety
We're dead

I'm dead
We're dead

We belong to the autociety
We belong to the undead
We belong to the autociety
I'm dead

Freedumb

Autociety

Bandcamp

Sacha va bien. Elle a grandi.
Elle se demande où tu es partie.
Tristan aussi. Il a des amis.
Il me ressemble. A toi aussi.

Ce soir de mai, hante mes nuits.
Je me demande ce que je t’ai fait.
Tout semblait calme. Tu me souriais.
Puis tu m’as dit que tu t’en allais.
Je n’ai rien dit, abasourdi.
Tu es parti. Les enfants dormaient.
C’est au matin, que j’ai compris.
Sacha pleurait. Je l’ai consolée.
Tristan ma fois s’en sortait bien.
Je t’en voulais. Cela est certain.

Ce soir de mai, hante mes nuits.
Je me demande ce que je t’ai fait.
Je t’aimais tant. Tu es parti.
Tout est amer maintenant dans la vie.
Sacha va bien. Elle a des amis.
Elle te ressemble. A moi aussi.
Tristan se demande où tu es partie.
Pour quelle raison? Tout est fini.

Ce Soir De Mai

Just another song (of mine) that makes no sense.

Copyright: 1984

Watch our dog catch a Frisbie to the jam part of this song:
http://youtu.be/czhxwiaZ9A4

Main Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SnyderRon

This song was recorded in 11 hours on a 4-track recorder in October of 1984.
Remastered with Soundcloud in 2021.

Ron Snyder - Shoot The Bull (1984)

New album “Northern Lights” Out Now.

For booking and collaboration inquiries contact nickraymusic@gmail.com
Website: https://linktr.ee/nickraymusic

Nick Ray is an independent producer/singer/songwriter from New Orleans. His music career began as a lead singer in the local scene performing with numerous rock and alternative bands. Not wanting to be tied down to a single genre, Ray continues today as a solo, experimental artist writing and producing almost all of his songs as they genre hop between Pop, Soul, Alternative, Hip Hop, and EDM. Nick has also had the pleasure of collaborating with talented acts such as @neptunicamusic on "Mountains" and @djadaro on "I'm Alive". His soulful voice, along with his natural ability to write and produce exceptional tracks leave Ray poised for a promising musical future, as it’s safe to say he has only scratched the surface.

"With his very strong vocals, it wouldn't be surprising to see this artist take off at any point. 
His voice naturally crosses music genres and it's something I'd love to see continue with Nick Ray as he has yet to disappoint." - www.higoodmusic.com

Also check out Nick's new instrumental project he created for the sole purpose of creating music for Sync and Film. You can find that music provided on the link below
www.soundcloud.com/kalijames

Kibeatzer & Nick Ray - Shells of Men (Future Bounce Remix)

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