"Have Mercy"

Written, Produced & Performed by Nik Ridley. Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. BMI

This track was recorded and engineered by Ron Jolly, and his recording arts students @ Joe Hall - CEC Middle College of Denver, a cutting-edge vocational school in the heart of  Denver's inner city. This project is particularly dear to me as I had the opportunity to build and interface with brilliant youth who are charting their course in the entertainment industry. These young adults are/were truly AWESOME!

Engineer: Ron Jolly
Student Engineers: Jenny Salas, Crystal Gonzalez, Dalia Vargas-Limas, and Esme Juarez.



Chandelier

Believe (LIVE from Masque the Musical, featuring Jeannette Cooper)

Sometimes

Copyright BSF. 2012. All Rights Reserved. BMI. (N. Ridley / L. Flamon)

Billy's on the run
Said they found him in the basement
With a loaded gun
Passed out on pills and rum
"What happened to my baby?"
Mama screamed
(His sister held her)
Daddy on the phone with 911
Voice shaky with the operator
They asked if Billy's still breathing?
Said, "Yes, it's a shallow hum"

Time stopped for a minute..

Sister looked over
Saw a note that Billy begun
And it read:
"Tell me what it means to be happy?"
Just show me..
I'm falling..
Just listen..
Can you hear me?
Consequently,
She and I found something (it's deep)
Is it real? Is it just a moment?
Am I awake or asleep?
She put something on me
That Gypsy Lady
So stone free...

Billy (Had a Gun)

"No Blame (stay)" 
Copyright 2013. BSF.(N. Ridley / L. Flamon). All Rights Reserved. BMI.
Video: BSF

After we completed the Kaye Hill Consequence Album in December 2012, Bassist and Producer, Lavell Flamon (BlakSupaFrenz, Smash Syndicate) gave me some afro-futuristic concepts and tracks that really inspired me. He suggested that I take certain themes and build stories or songs around them - simple concept, just not an approach I'm accustomed to. It totally gave me a new perspective. This wasn't by design, it kinda just happened organically, the result being a 25-minutes long expose weaving the thought process and motivations BEHIND the art into the music. It was like listening to an artist mini-biography. Nice, Vell..nice.

1. Billy
2. Connecticut to Columbine
3. God
4. I don't Know
5. Chant
6. Chandelier (from the Motion Picture, "Mind's Eye")
7. Love Supreme (Still)
8. Sometimes
9. Morse
10. Abebe
11. Good Song
12. Ms. You
13. Morphed (Nia)
14. Generique

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Nik Ridley's Artist Statement:
I am a mixed-media artist: Music, Word, and Design are the foundations that I lay my work upon, and I incorporate them in all that I do. My perspective is that all forms of art are, in in their essence, shades of the same Source. I believe that these “shades” are mirrors – an outlet for humanity to experience itself, learn, and grow.

My approach to the craft is pretty simple: be authentic. Only when art comes from within, does it liberate the artist, and the audience experiencing it. Authenticity is the “thing” that moves us. The glue that binds. The Truth that we all truly seek. Whether a specific font or the right snare, the art must be authentic. And in these times, I think CoCo Chanel said it best: "Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."

Nik Ridley
303 S Broadway, suite 200-365
Denver, CO 80209
nik@nikridley.com
www.nikridley.com
(303) 522-9414

BSF Sessions vol.1 (Full Album)

"No Blame (stay)" 
Copyright 2013. BSF.(N. Ridley / L. Flamon). All Rights Reserved. BMI.
Video: BSF

Lyrics:
Dark stains on the floor
Four cigarettes (and nothing more)
Ashtray full of conversation
Another day I'm contemplating
The mornings are the hardest
We're afraid to say, "Stay"
(And No One is to blame)
'Cause we made it this way
What's worse than having to let go
The one you're holding?
Behind closed doors
Secretly hoping
That i's more than a notion
That you feel the same love and devotion

Neither one will accept the blame
Neither one does what it takes
I guess we're looking for a sign
Calculate and we play it safe
I guess we're looking for a sign
Like I am yours
And you are mine.

"No Blame (stay)

When you find yourself thinking
About nothing but him,
Each thought taken over
Followed by a smile

When you find yourself thinking
About nothing but her
and you find 100 ways
to have her around

Then you know you broke through
That you found the one
So don't keep looking...

When it's like somethings missing
When she's not around
Can't help but miss her
You know you broke through

When you know someone's missing
When he's not around
Keep his time so he wont stray
You know you broke through

Then you know you broke through
That you found the one
So don't keep looking...

When you think of forever
Whenever he is around
The feeling starts to take over
You know you broke through

When you think of forever
When she is around
on earth and under heaven
You know you broke through

Then you know you broke through
That you found the one
So don't keep looking...

"Brake:Thru"

Ain't no stress tonight, got my music
Dance my cares away 
(if, for the moment) 
If you wanna go, just know the rules
Keep it cool..

Tears of  a clown,
While we work it out..

"Work it Out"

"That's What (Love Will Do)"
Copyright 2013. BSF.(N. Ridley / L. Flamon). All Rights Reserved. BMI.
Video: BSF

You don't know me very well
But as far as I can tell
We can find heaven
living in this hell

Deal with the pressure
Lord knows, they test ya
And its nothing like a friend
Thru the thick and thin

Pull me to the side
When I start to slide
Or, listen when I say
There's a better way

We're in this together
Any kind of weather
And it really be a pleasure
To have you forever

Hook:
That's what love will do
When it finds you..
Make you look away
It'll blind you

I don't know you very well
But as far as I can tell
We can find heaven
living in this hell

Deal with the pressure
Lord knows, they test ya
And its nothing like a friend
Thru the thick and thin

Pull you to the side
When you start to slide
Or, listen when you say
There's a better way

We're in this together
Any kind of weather
And it really be a pleasure
To have you forever

Hook:
That's what love will do
When it finds you..
Make you look away
It'll blind you

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