I've created this set to feature all the great collaborations I've done so far (and more to come) with some hugely talented SoundCloud friends.

Please check them out:
http://soundcloud.com/samfranklin-1
http://soundcloud.com/vi-vi
http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves


Collab Set - Nigel Mines ft SoundCloud friends

Songs I have played at the legendary Stallards Open Mic hosted by Terry Shepperd

Stallards Open Mic

Check out our BandPage on Facebook: http://listn.to/NigelMines - Brought to you by http://www.rootmusic.com

Nigel Mines' RootMusic BandPage

A great version of one of my songs (http://soundcloud.com/nigel-mines/crutch/), with main vocal provided by the great Vi Vi (http://soundcloud.com/vi-vi) 

Crutch - Nigel Mines - Vocals by Vi Vi

Oldish song, sang it on FromeFM at the weekend, decided to do a quick'n'dirty lo-fi recording of it.

Boolean Rhapsody - Nigel Mines

S.A.D. by Nigel Mines produced by Samuel Franklin Reynolds, Jr.

Collaboration with http://soundcloud.com/tambay on my old original track:
http://soundcloud.com/nigel-mines/in-silence-no-no-no-no-no/

I could not have shouted 
Louder than the things I did 
All you did was nothing 
To ease my pain and suffering
In silence 
Silence
Friends may try to comfort you 
Some may break your heart in two 
It’s a shame that you should bring 
All this pain and suffering
In silence 
Silence
And you tear down the walls 
Just to find there are more 
And the mines in my heart 
They just tear me apart
Clouds roll by and hide the sun 
Angels fly when darkness comes 
At the end of everything 
All my pain and suffering
In silence 
Silence
And you tear down the walls 
Just to find there are more 
And the mines in my heart 
They just tear me apart
No, no, no, no 
No, no, no, no 
No, no, no, no 
No, no, no 
No, no, no, no 
No, no, no 
No, no, noooo….


In Silence (No No No No No) - Tambay Collaboration

Home To Me - Nigel Mines

This song is inspired by the Stop the Traffik charity, working to try to stop people trafficking and help the victims of this activity across the world.
http://www.stopthetraffik.org/default.aspx

Slow Blinking Light (Stopping Distance)

Is 75 feet enough?
Is 75 feet enough?
75 feet at 30 miles an hour
Is a thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet of train track
A thousand feet to impact
It’s coming through the tunnel and it’s not goanna stop

Enough is enough
If we don’t stop now, how we ever goanna stop?

Does anybody care?
Is anybody there?
They promised me the world then tied me to a chair

It’s 30 dollars and up
30 dollars and up
30 for a daughter
30 for a son
They're waiting in the car with the engine started up

Enough is enough
If we don’t stop now, how we ever goanna stop?

Enough is enough
Enough is enough
Enough is enough
When there’s nowhere to hide
And there’s nowhere to run
And that slow blinking light is my only sun

Is 75 feet enough?
Is 75 feet enough?
75 feet at 30 miles an hour
Is a thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet enough?
A thousand feet of train track
A thousand feet to impact
It’s coming through the tunnel and it’s not goanna stop


Stopping Distance (Slow Blinking Light) **DEMO**  - Nigel Mines

Crutch

Honest faces with lying eyes
Holding out a hand to touch
Offers us some straws to clutch
Builds dependency so we might need that crutch

Softly spoken, hardly said
Words to comfort and confine
Telling me what could be mine
Whispers in my ear ‘This mountain you must climb’

My addiction that took me high
Left me scars that cannot heal
Left me hands that cannot feel
Left me haunted by the ghosts that seem so real

Honest faces with lying eyes
Holding out a hand to touch
Offers us some straws to clutch
Builds dependency so we might need that crutch


Crutch

Crumble

Something died, something good
Deep inside understood
We couldn’t save it if we tried

Is it a sin, is it bad?
We didn't care for what we had
Too busy chasing what we couldn't have

And down in your soul
When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away.

Don't say a word, just be still
Don't make a mountain of this hill
Don't suck the sweet taste off this bitter pill

And down in your soul
When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away.

The colours in my mind all fade to black and white
You make my strings unwind to find my way back home
When all the words have flown
I don’t know where to start
My head says ‘Let it end’
My heart says ‘Start again’

When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away 
Down in your soul
When truth is the last card you play
And some words are so hard to say
Just don’t let it crumble away.


Crumble - Nigel Mines

Me - Acoustic Guitar, Lead and Backing vocals
Paul Doman - all other instruments, recording/engineering, mixing and production (not mastered)

Funeral (In the Morning)

I’m hatching a plan now
I’m happy to stand out
Everything’s gonna be alright in the morning

You were always so helpful
Poison by the spoonful
And you can sing at my funeral in the morning
	
I’m hatching a plan now
I’m happy to stand out
Everything’s gonna be alright in the morning

You were always so beautiful
Loyal and dutiful
And you will sing at my funeral in the morning

We all have a cross to bear
A thorn in our side
And we all have a mask to wear
To keep it all inside
All the smiles are all a fake
A house of cards that we make
And all it takes is one mistake
And it comes crashing down…

I’m hatching a plan now
I’m happy to stand out
Everything’s gonna be alright in the morning

You were always so beautiful
Loyal and dutiful
And you will sing at my funeral in the morning


I’m hatching a plan now
I’m happy to stand out
Everything’s gonna be alright in the morning

You were always so spiteful
The architect of my downfall
And you can sing at my funeral in the morning

We all have a cross to bear…

And at the end of days, you’ll lie in your bed and say a prayer
Like someone might still be there when you close your eyes

Funeral in the Morning - Nigel Mines

Strangely Dry
 
Did I ever know, or did I just forget?
Clinging to my memory like a lifeboat from a wreck
Did I shed a tear or was something in my eye
Running down my face into a mouth that’s strangely dry
 
Strangely dry yet somehow I am swallowing my pride
I am laughing in the faces of the things that passed me by
I am floating six feet from the ground
I wonder if they know what I have found
The answer to the question…
 
Why are we still here? Why did we forget?
Staring down both barrels of the gun of our regrets
I cannot make a sound, I dare not even try
I open up my mouth to speak but it is strangely dry
 
Strangely dry yet somehow I am swallowing my pride
I am laughing in the faces of the things that passed me by
I am floating six feet from the ground
I wonder if they know what I have found
The answer to the question…
 
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
 
Strangely dry yet somehow I am swallowing my pride
I am laughing in the faces of the things that passed me by
I am floating six feet from the ground
I’m hoping that I’m never coming down
I’m hoping that I’m never coming down
I’m hoping that I’m never coming down
 
I’m standing in the crowd, but they don’t understand
The power to forgive and to forget is in our hands
And the anaesthetic rain that’s falling from your sky
Is running down my face into a mouth that’s strangely dry
 
Strangely dry yet somehow I am swallowing my pride
I am laughing in the faces of the things that passed me by
I am floating six feet from the ground
I wonder if they know what I have found
I wonder if they know what I have found
I wonder if they know what I have found


Strangely Dry

Wisdom Trees (Burn Down)

I was talking to a man with a wisdom seed
He planted it and let it grow
He’s been living in the tree for all his life
He said there’s nothing that he doesn’t know
I asked him to explain about my pain
And was it ever gonna go
He said he had a plan then he took my hand
He said he’d show me everything that he knows

From the top of the tree everything that you could see was very beautiful
And living in the tree were the birds and bees and everything was very peaceful
And no-one was in pain, no-one was afraid and everything was good
But as he surveyed everything that he’d made
Little did he know that one day they would…

Burn down, burn down, burn down that wisdom tree, they would
Burn down, burn down, burn down that wisdom tree

I asked him what his secret was and he began to sing
Then the angels came and they did the same, proclaiming that their god is king
I asked him why the other trees were singing a different song
He said that god would bring them to their knees ‘cos they were wrong and he would…

Burn down, burn down, burn down their wisdom trees, he would
Burn down, burn down, burn down their wisdom trees

I asked him if he could give me something to satisfy my need
He said that I should worship now the god of avarice and greed
I climbed down from his tree, I said “I haven’t learned a thing
Except that I would rather burn down here in hell than up there in your fucking tree and I’ll…

Burn down, burn down, burn down your wisdom trees, I will
Burn down, burn down, burn down your wisdom trees

Wisdom is the truth, wisdom is a lie
Wisdom for the stupid, wisdom for the wise
Wisdom for the weak, wisdom for the strong
Wisdom for the right and wisdom for the wrong
Wisdom is the goal, wisdom is the prize
Watch it disappear before your very eyes
Wisdom for the nutter, wisdom for the sane
Wisdom in the gutter running down the drain


Wisdom Trees

For the benefit of anyone who follows me but not the talented Literate Wolves, here is a copy of the recent collaboration between him and me. For the version uploaded by LW himself, with comments etc, see here:
http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves/love-song-for-a-dying-planet-green-blue-nigel-mines-pawed-at-by-literate-wolves
Based on an original song by me (also available for your listening pleasure on here under my name), the much improved version herewith features suitably dark and mysterious noises and voices provided by the LW. Please leave feedback and constructive criticism, as this is a work in progress and we would value any input for improvements

Love Song For A Dying Planet (Green & Blue) - with Literate Wolves

2nd collaboration with the talented Mr Wolf (http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves)

This is a copy of the original uploaded by the wolf which can be found (along with comments) here:
http://soundcloud.com/literate_wolves/sail-on-by-nigel-mines-literate-wolves-bring-the-storm-1


Sail On (with Literate Wolves)

Singer/Songwriter based near Bath, UK.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Looking for opportunities to play live, and collaborators/fellow musicians who want to join me on my journey&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you like what you hear then become a fan and tell the world!