NEVER GONNA HEAR MY SONG ON THE RADIO
[Verse 1]
Ridin’ in the backseat of my father’s old Bonneville
On our way to the casino so he could get his jolly fill
Handed my mother my new CD, she popped it in the player
She was singin’ along but Daddy was that naysayer, he said:

[Refrain]
Are you makin’ any money with any of your songs?
Are you makin’ any money with any of your songs?

[Verse 2]
Felt that break in my heart as my tongue got twisted and tied
Hearin’ Dad say such a thing really caught me by surprise
At the time, I was full ‘a fire; full of hopes and dreams
But now that I’m older an’ Daddy’s gone hard as it seems:

[Chorus]
You’re never gonna hear my song on the radio
You’re never gonna hear my song on the radio
But I’m gonna sing my song do or die anyway

[Verse 3]
In my mid-forties, packed up a U-Haul, headed for Music City USA
Don’t know what I was thinkin’ but I had to break away
I could barely play guitar and singin’ was never my thing
But I had notebooks full ‘a lyrics for the luck they might bring, but

[Verse 4]
Nashville’s who-you-know and when you’re offbeat like me
It’s easy to get eaten by the whales in the sea
But I took to the stage, played for empty tables and chairs
I suppose Daddy said what he said because he cared, he said:

[Refrain]
Are you makin’ any money with any of your songs?
Are you makin’ any money with any of your songs?

[Music]

[Verse 5]
Well, I got a couple of nibbles on a ditty here and there
As the years rolled by, I could see my songs weren’t goin’ anywhere
But to this day, if I don’t write it down, I feel empty as a drum
And sittin’ here in my writing chair, I take ‘em as they come:

[Chorus]
You’re never gonna hear my song on the radio
No, you’re never gonna hear my song on the radio
But I’m gonna sing my song do or die anyway, one more! 

You’re never gonna hear my song on the radio
No, you’re never gonna hear my song on the radio
But I’m gonna sing my song do or die anyway!

© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

NEVER GONNA HEAR MY SONG ON THE RADIO

This track ended up reminding quite a bit of the Dutch rock band Focus from the early 70's ( mainly from the vaguely operatic voices I used ) hence the title! I only made this connection when I'd finished it believe-it-or-not. Once again it was made in GarageBand.

Out of Focus

4 tha $quad (NNLF)

Dedicated to Johnny Ramone who once showed me how to bang an electric...got my hands on one again..could be yer worst dreams come true..

opening sound clip is Lou Reed talking to Danny Fields after hearing the Ramones for the first time...

I Just Threw Up in My Mouth

I just threw up in my mouth 
The blood and the booze I taste them both
My future's heading south 
Straight to the bottom, straight to hell 
I'm going down, down, down
I'm going down 

That bitter taste  in my mouth
Of Big Banks, Big Biz, they hoard all the wealth
It ain't good for my health 
Take you straight to the bottom, straight to hell
The dream going down, down, down
I'm going down 

Salivation
Incorporation
Ingest and Digest
Lease termination 
Regurgitation 
Fuck Obligation 
This Land and my Gut’s got
Acute Ulceration

Refluxing acid in mouth
The burn and those Billionaires building their moats
Shove this tube down my throat
From my gullet to my bottom
Slide it down 
I’m going down down down 
Shit’s going down 

Doctor help me, feel me, heal me
Help me get ready to fly
Such a funny guy

on Vacation 
from these Libations
Abstain Avoid
my Inclinations
try Dedication 
not Medication
I Sort my Stomach
but I can not Save our Nation

I'm holding it in
All this bilious liquid
I won't swallow their sin
They say be grateful and grin
Push up from the bottom, Get Out
Turn it around, round, round
Spread those profits around, round, round
Get those boots off the ground, ground, ground
Grow some love in this town


I just threw up in my mouth  
I just threw up in my mouth  
I just threw up in my mouth 




I Just Threw Up In My Mouth or  Reflections on a Dyspeptic World While Receiving Endoscopy

It’s time to talk about AI…

THE BATTLEGROUND IS CULTURE by Nova J

(Is this the death?)
(Is this the death of humanity?)
(Or the beginning?)
The battleground… is culture.
The battleground… is culture.
The battleground… is now.

Is technology boosting creativity?
Or killing off originality?
Everything you see,
Everything you hear,
Came from a thought,
In between the ears

Absorbed by the net,
Now wired in code,
Ones and zeroes
Overload
(Ones and zeroes
Overload)

And now it’s back
Half-baked and cloned
No blood, no soul
No skin and bone
Just a quick fix
From a dopamine machine
When did music become
A video game?

The battleground is culture
The battle is now
The battleground is shifting
We gotta ask how
Is this the death of humanity?
Or just the beginning somehow?
The battleground is culture
The battleground is now

The battleground is shifting
We gotta ask how
Is this the death of humanity?
Or just the beginning somehow?
The battleground is culture
The battleground is now

If I tap keys instead of ink and pen
Am I still a writer then?
When spellcheck scripts my inner monologue
Am I the maker?
Or the catalog?

What if the tool becomes the voice
And stories bend without a choice?
The dreamer fades
the screen’s the star
Do we forget who we are?

The battleground is culture
The battleground is now
The battleground is shifting
We gotta ask how

Is this the death of humanity?
Or just the beginning somehow?
The battleground is culture
The battleground is now

Not just a song
A declaration
A line drawn between
Truth and imitation
A soul you can feel
Or a hollow simulation
The battleground… is culture.
This is the confrontation.

Is this the death? (Is this the death?)
Is this the end? (Or just a test?)
Is this the death of humanity?
Or something else instead?
The battleground is culture
The battleground is now

The battleground is culture

Vitruvius was an architect in classic Rome who claimed that not only architecture bur practically everything else as well should adhere to the principles of usability, sustainability and beauty. Now, there is a goal to strive for!

VITRUVIAN VARIATION 6

Feels good to upload another song! I recently moved into an old house, close to a river, it has character, I love it cause I put my old baldwin on it's original wood floors it has in the living room, love the acoustics especially with higher ceilings, I'm so thankful:) A new beginning. 

I recorded this live take late last night, close to 2am, got it my first full take, which is always nice!
I wrote this song back in 2021. An experience definitely inspired this song. Things can sure feel like heaven for awhile, then there's that tough surprise, after giving and sacrificing so much. I hope you enjoy this song, thanks so much for listening!:) 

Driving With The Moon

You couldn't sleep
I'm driving with the moon to see you 
Up your driveway
My headlights are turned off they can't see
Park along the backside through the gate cross the deck like before
Thunderstorms inside of me every time you crack open the door
And there you are
My lucky eyes

And all is better now 
You opened my heart
Somehow somehow
All is better now 
You opened my heart
Somehow somehow

Right before the dawn
I don't wanna leave but I know I have to
One more hand squeeze I finally gotta let go it hurts me
Looking back at you again that beautiful silhouette oh I adore
Driving home the world is gone one track mind there's nothing I want more
And there you are
Perfect daydream

And all is better now 
You opened my heart 
Somehow somehow 
All is better now 
You opened my heart 
Somehow somehow

Instrumental 

And I am ready now
You closed up your heart
Somehow somehow
Oh God, save me now 

All music written and recorded by 
© Daniel Colter Valentine

Driving With The Moon (Original Song Live)

A new track i am working on. Hope you enjoy it. I will be working on this and honing it in. Please feel free to comment as your feedback is really helpful and always appreciated.

Pathways

I had Spitfire Solo Strings gifted to me a while ago, I’m not even gonna say how long, it’s embarrassing. This track took forever. I knew exactly what I wanted (like I always do), but getting it to sound the way it did in my head? Nope. I lost count of how many times I rage quit.. but I always came back. I’m so glad I’m a stubborn bitch with a caffeine addiction and no sense of when to give up, because now I finally love how it turned out. Worth every dramatic sigh, every thrown cushion, and every “I swear I’m deleting this forever.” 💥🎻☕

I hope it brings you even a sliver of the ridiculous joy I felt when it finally sounded right, because this one nearly broke me and my keyboard. I'm not sure I will ever do another.

☕ The coffee machine let out a steamy wheeze and muttered, “My beans.... my soul.... I can finally rest”.
💿 The microwave blinked slowly and whispered, “That sound you hear? It’s the universe exhaling”.
💨 The kettle let out one last hiss and shrieked, “SHE FINISHED IT, SOMEBODY WRITE THIS DATE DOWN”.

Made in FL Studio using u-he Diva, Arturia Analog Lab, Omnisphere, Vital, and Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra. Additional textures from LABS and custom sample layers. Reverb by Valhalla. Also features Spitfire Solo Strings and the Arturia KeyLab Essential Mk3 (61-key)

🎬 Not a movie 🎞️

Welcome to my latest trilogy based on the famous children’s novel, ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ I’m a complete aficionado when it comes to film posters and album covers, so I hope you won’t mind me using a bit of poetic license introducing this series of tracks.

Part One:
Our story begins in the tiny Village of Daresbury in Cheshire, just off the busy A558. The village has a pub called the ‘Ring O’ Bells,’ which was once the courthouse. More famously, it boasts the church of All Saints, built in the 12th century. Two windows in the church give a clue to a famous inhabitant. They depict characters from the book, ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.’ The book’s author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born here on 27th January 1832. Charles later became known in the literary world under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll. The gentle rolling hills nearby and the white rabbits that occupied them were thought to have inspired his first thoughts for the legendary novel.
Trivia: Lewis Carroll's pen name was derived from his real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He used a clever wordplay by Latinising "Charles Lutwidge" to "Carolus Ludovicus," then translating it back into English, resulting in "Lewis Carroll."
Part 2 of his story follows on the next track…

Alice Trilogy

Alice No. 01 (Trilogy)

I am a frozen statue, watching seasons come and go, feeling changes, doing nothing, forever...
Last movement of the rock symphony, where I pay tribute to, and play, my mom's spanish guitar.
Main theme (bass E1-A1...E1-A1-E2...), appears all along the album, and also main themes of other 3 movements sound here as refrains (Vienen y van / Hora tras hora) which are thus sung over 4 different musics ;) E-Ruizzo project is finished, what's to come?... below translated lyrics.

SE NOTA (PRIMAVERA EN EL POLO)  /  ONE CAN FEEL IT (SPRING AT THE POLE)

Se nota… después de seis meses  /  One can feel it… after six months
el sol amanece y se nota…  /  the sun dawns and one can feel it …

En el despertar del zorro ártico,  /  In the awakening of the arctic fox,
en el fluir de los glaciares se nota.  /  in the flow of the glaciers one can feel it.
En el nacimiento de icebergs,  /  At the birth of icebergs,
en los acantilados poblados de aves.  /  on the cliffs populated by birds.

Vienen y van, no me hacen caso,  /  They come and go, they don’t listen to me,
soy sitio de paso.  /  I’m a transit point.
Hora tras hora, los meses pasan,  /  Hour after hour, months pass through,
un sitio de paso soy.  /  I’m a transit point.

Se nota… como cada mañana,  /  One can feel it… as every morning,
que la primavera ha llegado al Polo.  /  that spring has come to the Pole.

Se nota…  /  One can feel it…

En la migración del narval,  /  In the migration of narwhal,
en el aliento del viento,  /  in the breath of the wind,
en las nubes que huyen de él, se nota.  /  in the clouds that run away from it, one can feel it.

En el canto de las sirenas,  /  In the singing of mermaids,
en las inflorescencias de hielo,  /  in the inflorescences of ice,
en el paso del noroeste se nota.  /  in the Northwest Passage one can feel it.

Vienen y van, no me hacen caso,  /  They come and go, they don’t listen to me,
soy para todos un sitio de paso,  /  I am a transit point for all of them,
(soy) una estatua de hielo (soy),  /  (I am) an ice statue (I am),
(soy) una estatua de hielo (soy).  /  (I am) an ice statue (I am).

Vienen y van…  /  They come and go…

¡¡¡ La frecuencia diaria del proceso estacional  /  The daily frequency of the seasonal process
me permite hacer estudios estadísticos !!!  /  allows me to do statistical studies !!!
Ja ja ja ja ja ja jaaaa !!!  /  Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa !!!

Vienen y van…  /  They come and go…

Hora tras hora, los meses pasan,  /  Hour after hour, months pass through, 
nuevos migrantes, nunca se cansan,  /  new migrants, they never get tired,
(soy) una estatua de hielo (soy).  /  (I am) an ice statue (I am).
(soy) una estatua de hielo (soy).  /  (I am) an ice statue (I am).

Hora tras hora…  /  Hour after hour…

Se nota…  /  One can feel it…

ER37 PA04 RUIZZO ©1996 ®2020

Now all 44 songs I wrote with mom's guitar in my university years have been arranged and posted, 
after 8 years of E-Ruizzo project, which I'm about to finish. I plan to stay here, commenting as 
usual, and post future and still not scheduled songs from another profile. That's all, no alarm!

Maybe you played this version before? https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo/se-nota-piano-version

Se nota (Primavera en el Polo)

All songs labeled (NNLF) = lilxflirt and Nicky Nukem 
Logo art, timeline art, and all cover art labeled NNLF made by lilxflirt
All ambient tracks and instrumental tracks made by Nicky NUKEM
My music is all over the place. I recently found out I have low T, which explains the swings in themes and moods throughout my work. 
Also, I'm trying to be entertaining, don't take the artwork or lyrics or titles too seriously.

4 tha $quad (NNLF)

Nicky NUKEM

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