YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
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I’M NOT QUITE SURE
WHERE OR WHEN
MY LIFE TOOK THE FIRST
OF HER MANY WRONG TURNS
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FOR DAYS OF SADNESS
SEEM TO MINGLE
BLURRING IN MY MIND
THE FINE LINE
THAT DIVIDES
ALL THE GOOD TIMES
FROM THE BAD TIMES
ALL THE HAPPY
FROM THE SAD
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YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
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ALTHOUGH MY DAY
BEGINS WITH TEARS
AND WORKS IT’S WAY
THROUGH ALL MY FEARS
SOMETIMES I’M LIFTED
FROM THIS GLOOM
WHEN SHAPE AND SHADOW
FILL THE ROOM
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BUT LONELY MINDS
TORMENT WITH TRICKS
MENDING HEARTS
THAT NEVER FIX
BRINGING HOPE
WHERE DREAMS ARE STONE
TILL ONCE AGAIN
YOU’RE LEFT ALONE
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YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
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DON’T I EXIST IN THE EYES OF THIS WORLD
AM I AS NOTHING TO EVERY GIRL
AM I THE WEAKLING
RIPE FOR THE PICKING
LONELY PARIAH
IN A UNIVERSE OF KINGS AND QUEENS
IN A UNIVERSE OF TWO EXTREMES
NEITHER ONE OF WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE
A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE EXISTS BUT ME

TO BE TRUTHFUL
THINGS BEGAN TO FALL APART
LONG BEFORE
MY LIFE DID START
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DESTINED FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS
BORN TO BE WHERE NO ONE CARES
MAYBE I WAS MEANT TO BE
A FAILURE AND A NOBODY
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SOME MIGHT SEE THE IRONY
THE UNDERBELLY COMEDY
HAVING WON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
I LOST THE WILL TO LIVE
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YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
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IT’S SO HARD TO COME TO TERMS
WITH THE FACT YOU’RE NEVER HEARD
AND YOU’RE ONLY EVER SEEN
AS A WASHED UP NEVER-BEEN
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PEOPLE PASS YOU BY
NEVER LOOK YOU IN THE EYE
CAN’T AFFORD THE TIME OF DAY
WAIT UNTIL YOU GO AWAY
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EVEN THOSE WHO SAY THEY CARE
WITH A CUSTOMARY TEAR
MUCH LIKE FRIENDS OF WEATHER FAIR
ONE BY ONE DO DISAPPEAR
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YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
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DON’T I EXIST IN THE EYES OF THIS WORLD
AM I AS NOTHING TO EVERY GIRL
AM I THE WEAKLING
RIPE FOR THE PICKING
LONELY PARIAH
IN A UNIVERSE OF KINGS AND QUEENS
IN A UNIVERSE OF TWO EXTREMES
NEITHER ONE OF WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE
A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE EXISTS BUT ME

YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON'T EXIST old recording

Anyone seeking authenticity, imagination & personality, in creativity should explore unsigned music; that's where my faith in the future of music lies!  UNSIGNED MUSIC isn't inferior to SIGNED by any stretch of the imagination! Look past the illusion, find out what you're missing!

MIND IS JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY

Recorded some 40 years ago using a four track cassette deck.
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Anyone seeking authenticity, imagination & personality, in creativity should explore unsigned music; that's where my faith in the future of music lies!  UNSIGNED MUSIC isn't inferior to SIGNED by any stretch of the imagination! Look past the illusion, find out what you're missing!

MAD HALF HOUR

Another very early tune!
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Anyone seeking authenticity, imagination & personality, in creativity should explore unsigned music; that's where my faith in the future of music lies!

UNSIGNED MUSIC isn't inferior to SIGNED by any stretch of the imagination! Look past the illusion, find out what you're missing!

MOVE IT, BABY, TO THE LEFT

THE PIGS HAVE GOT NOTHING ON ME
BUT THEY’RE KNOCKING AT MY DOOR

KNOCK-KNOCK WHO’S THERE?

ARROGANCE SURROUNDS
AND MY AFFLUENCE ABOUNDS

THE PIGS HAVE GOT NOTHING ON ME
THEY’VE GOT NOTHING ON ME
BUT…THEY’RE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
THEY’RE KNOCKING AT MY DOOR

THE PIGS HAVE GOT NOTHING ON ME
THEY’VE GOT NOTHING ON
BUT…THEY’RE KNOCKING AT MORE
THEY’RE KNOCKING AT MY DOOR

SOME OF EM DON’T KNOW THE SCORE
SOME OF EM WILL PUSH FOR MORE
NOTHING WORSE THAN BUREAUCRATS
AND PILLARS OF THE LAW
WITH
WELL OILED FINGERS ON THE TAKE
AND BURIED IN THE PIE

SLIPPIN’ SKINS WHILE SLIPPIN’ SKIN
I’VE GIVEN TILL IT HURTS
FOR MOOLA MAKES A SWEETER DEAL
AND STOPS THE MEN IN MONKEY SUITS
FROM DISHING OUT THE DIRT

I’M THE UNTOUCHABLE GUY
ON A UNNATURAL HIGH
I MASTER THE SEA
AND I MASTER THE SKY

THE PIGS HAVE GOT NOTHING ON ME
THEY’VE GOT NOTHIN’
THEY’VE GOT…THEY’VE GOT…THEY’VE GOT…THEY’VE GOT NOTHIN’

THE PIGS HAVE GOT NOTHING ON ME
THEY’VE GOT NOTHIN’

THE PIGS HAVE GOT NOTHING ON ME

I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME THE WAY I THINK OF HER 
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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AS VISIONS GO
SHE’S EVERY COLOUR AND SCHEME
SHE IS THE WHOLE SHOW
SHE OCCUPIES EVERY DREAM
SHE IS THE PREQUEL
THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SCENE
THE PERFECT SEQUEL
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME 
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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SHE ONLY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THE PLACES I’VE BEEN
AVOIDS THE WHEN AND THE WHY BY BURYING THE SHAME
PREFERS TO THINK OF ME THE WAY SHE WANTS ME TO BE
OBLITERATING EVIDENCE OF WHAT I BECAME
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TO BREATH IN HER COUNTRY
TO MINGLE, ENTWINE
SHARING HER JOURNEY AS SHE SHARES IN MINE
TO TASTE EVERY THOUGHT
TO DRINK HER LIKE WINE
TO BASK IN HER SUNSHINE
TO KNOW SHE’S ALIVE
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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AS VISIONS GO-GO
SHE’S EVERY COLOUR AND SCHEME
SHE IS THE WHOLE SHOW
SHE OCCUPIES EVERY DREAM
SHE IS THE PREQUEL
THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SCENE
THE PERFECT SEQUEL
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
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SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL MIND
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT SOME TIME
TO GUESS WHAT SHE’S THINKING
TAPPING INTO HER SPINE
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BEING ONE STEP BEHIND
SHE CONFUSED ME WITH RHYME
MY REASON DEPARTS
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH MOONSHINE
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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AS DEVAS GO
SHE IS A HOMECOMING QUEEN
HER PEERLESS BEAUTY
THE CAPTIVATOR OF DREAMS
SHE’S MOTHER NATURE
MUCH MORE THAN MERE OBERON
HER NAME IS RAPTURE
SHE RADIATES LIKE THE SUN
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME (The Way I Think Of Her)

PATSY RAMSEY WROTE THE NOTE

PREDICTING THE PAST

I'M JUST A GRIFTER

THE ABORIGINES OF THE AMERICAS

OUR LIVES MAY BE WORTH LESS THAN GRAVITY
THOUGH WE ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE....IN TOTALITY
BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR OWN MORTALITY
AND WE CAN'T IGNORE....OUR OWN CATASTROPHE

WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR DESTINY
REFUSE TO CHANGE OUR MENTALITY
WE REFUSE TO REARRANGE OUR DIARY
CHANGE THE WAY WE VIEW SOCIETY
CHANGE THE MAN THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME
CHANGE THE MAN

ONE STEP AHEAD OF DEVASTATION
TWO STEPS AWAY FROM TRIBULATION
THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION
WE INFLICT UPON THIS THING WE CALL....CREATION

ALTHOUGH WE SHARE COLLECTIVE VISION
EACH OF IS ON A DIFFERENT MISSION
TO SERVE THE ID THAT LURKS WITHIN
OUR SUPEREGO JUST A SKIN

THIS THING WE CALL CREATION

SOON AFTER OUR FIRST LOBOTOMY
WE VENTURED....DEEP INTO....BLACK COMEDY
PULLED BY THE STRINGS....OF HISTORY

THE ARCHITECTS OF.....OUR OWN STUPIDITY
BEGINNING WARS WE NEVER WIN
WE ARE THE PUPPETS, NOT THE MANNEQUINS
SWALLOWING OUR OWN PHILOSOPHY
CENSORING OUR OWN HUMANITY
EXPELLING NATURE, WE BREATHE IN NURTURE
WE THINK THE CURE LIES IN THE FUTURE....

WE THINK THE CURE LIES IN THE FUTURE

1692 (BROOMSDAY)
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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REBECCA NURSE
WITH HER CURSE
WAS THE WORST WITCH
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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SARAH GOOD
TURNED MY BLOOD
INTO MUD
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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SARAH GOOD
YOU’RE SO BAD
YOU’RE SO BAD
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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SARAH GOOD
YOU’RE SO BAD
YOU’RE SO BAD
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO

DORCAS GOOD
BY YOUR BLOOD
THOUGH YE BE ONLY FOUR-YEAR OLD
YE BE HIGH
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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TITUBA MADE A CAKE
BUT HER RECIPE OF FATE
WAS A LIE
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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SARAH THE GOOD
SARAH THE WILDE
GALLOWS BE THE HILL
WHERE WE WILL HANG YOU CHILD
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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JOIN THEM JOHN WILLARD
GEORGE BURROUGHS
AND JOHN PROCTOR
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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AND TAKETH
GEORGE JACOB
FOR YOUR SEED RECANTETH NOT
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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GILES GORY WE’RE SORRY
WE CAN’T CRUSH YOUR SPIRIT
BUT YOUR BODY WILL DO
JUST THE SAME
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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MARY EASTY, ENGLISH, BRADBURY, BLACK
SHARING FATE AND NAME
BUT ONLY TWO WILL COME BACK
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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BOOP-BOOP-BE-DOO
BOOP-BOOP-BE-DOO
BOOP-BOOP-BE-DOO
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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BOOP-BOOP-BE-DOO
BOOP-BOOP-BE-DOO
BOOP-BOOP-BE-DOO
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE WORLD OF SALEM
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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KEEP ONE ON YOUR BACK
AND YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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THE AIR IS LADEN THICK WITH
RECRIMINATION
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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AS GOODY GLOVER SWUNG
FOR BEWITCHING A NATION
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SIXTEEN- NINETY.....SIXTEEN- NINETY-TWO
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SALEM ME THINKS
AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR
SHALL BURY THE HATCHET
AND COME TO HER SENSES

1692 (BROOMSDAY)

WE ARE THE GODS OF MARS

OUTSIDE THE BOX OUTSIDE THE BOX
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I THINK IT’S TIME FOR ME TO GO
TO LEAVE BEHIND THE WORLD I USE TO KNOW 
LIVED OUT THIS LIFE WITHOUT A FACE
THIS MAN IS CURSED TO LEAVE NO SHADOW
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EXISTING NOT OUTSIDE THE BOX
EXISTING WELL BEYOND THE FRINGE
SOMETIMES THE MIND AHEAD OF TIME EXISTS 
OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX
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VISIONARIES DON’T BELONG
THE PEOPLE THINK THE RIGHT ARE WRONG 
THE IMITATOR STEALS THE SONG
RECEIVES THE PRAISE FROM EVERY TONGUE
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TO GO UNNOTICED IN YOUR HOME TOWN
YOU’RE NEVER UP, YOU’RE ALWAYS DOWN
IT HURTS TO THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS
YOU SHOULD BE HIGH, BUT THEY ALWAYS BRING YOU LOW
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YOU TRY TO SPEAK, THEY TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY
YOUR DREAMS ARE BLEAK, SEEMS POINTLESS WHEN YOU PRAY
TO DIE A DEATH THE END OF EVERY DAY
YOU TRIED YOUR BEST, THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
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SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I’M POSSESSED 
EACH TWIST OF FATE IS ONE MORE TEST
A MAGNET FOR THE WHOLE WORLD’S HATE 
SEEMS SOME OF US WERE NEVER BLESSED

I'M OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX

THIS IS A FREAK COUNTRY (voc)

ZIPADEEDOODA ZIPADEEDAY

DO THE CARDS SEEM STACKED TO YOU OR
ARE YOUR LUCKY STARS THE ISSUE
HAVE THE FATES THREE SINGLED OUT
ONE HUMAN FROM THE RACE
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YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR THE THROAT
PUSH OUT THE BOAT
AND GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIKE
YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR BAROQUE
LIKE IS A JOKE
SO GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIFE
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ARE YOU SINKING TO YOUR KNEES
WILL YOU NAME THE DAY AND SIEZE
WILL YOU WATCH FRIENDS PASS YOU BY
OR DOMINATE THE RACE
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YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR THE THROAT
PUSH OUT THE BOAT
AND GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIKE
YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR BAROQUE
LIKE IS A JOKE
SO GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIFE
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ZIPADEEDOODA ZIPADEEDAY
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IS THAT GLEAM IN BOTH YOUR EYES OR
DOES YOUR LEFT LID SERVE TO DISGUISE
FEARS THAT CAST THE FIRST STONE
HAVE SMASHED ONE WINDOW OF YOUR SOUL
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YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR THE THROAT
PUSH OUT THE BOAT
AND GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIKE
YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR BAROQUE
LIKE IS A JOKE
SO GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIFE
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DOES YOUR LOW-LIFE SEEM KIND OF BLUE OR
DOES IT SUIT THE LIKES OF YOU
IS IT EVERYTHING YOU WANT OR
WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANGE
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YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR THE THROAT
PUSH OUT THE BOAT
AND GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIKE
YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR BAROQUE
LIKE IS A JOKE
SO GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIFE
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ZIPADEEDOODA ZIPADEEDAY
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HAVE YOUR DREAMS SEEN/OF ASH AND DUST
BLOWN UP IN YOUR FACE
IS YOUR WORLD AN EMPTY SHELL
SPIRALLING IN SPACE
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YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR THE THROAT
PUSH OUT THE BOAT
AND GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIKE
YOU’VE GOT TO GO FOR BAROQUE
LIKE IS A JOKE
SO GO, GO, GO FOR YOUR LIFE
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ZIPADEEDOODA ZIPADEEDAY

GO FOR BAROQUE

CLICKING LIKE BUTTONS WITHOUT LEAVING #FEEDBACK ON #SOUNDCLOUD IS OPPORTUNIST #BULLSHIT; IT INSULTS THE INTELLIGENCE & TALENT OF MUSICIANS!

JUST CLICKING LIKE BUTTONS DOESN'T PROVE WE ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THE TUNE, SO I ONLY RESPOND TO ACTUAL COMMENTS!

UGLY AS SIN

I'm on the lookout for musicians who understand the best way to get MORE support is to give it!

If I come and listen to your stuff and leave feedback will you do the same for me? I’m not looking for follows and likes, which achieve nothing on their own; I’m talking #GENUINE listens and GENUINE feedback!

THEODORE BUNDY (BOY NEXT DOOR)

TRANQUIL LIZA

GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY (MAKE THE BED)

Why swap support, swap genuine listens, feedback and shares?

We are all competing with tens of millions of musicians; to say it’s overcrowded out there is a huge understatement, and it’s that overcrowding that makes it so difficult to reach an audience—it’s exactly like searching for a needle in a haystack, and who has the time to do that!

That’s why the support of other musicians is so important, that’s why the respect, the hype, the acknowledgement must start with us! When we are so dismissive of each other’s talent, why should a listening audience treat us any differently!   

When we disrespect, dismiss and shun each other’s talent and music, what we are saying to the world is, we don’t waste our time listening to the tunes of unsigned and independent musicians because they are inferior to those signed, established, musicians—it’s negative advertising!

If we are to have any chance of breaking the stranglehold of a mercenary music industry, if we are to have any chance of convincing a potential audience that our music is , more than not, actually superior to signed music, more inventive, more innovative, more creative, more imaginative, and a whole lot less formulaic!

Music has come a long way, it’s never been so diverse, so it’s ridiculous that people are forced to listen to formula conveyor belt music, high on production, low on substance! Listeners have no idea they are being spoon-fed scrag ends; they belief the myth that signed means superior—well I’ve heard enough unsigned music to know that just ain’t true….but we’re never going to prove that as long as we continue to treat each other’s music as though it were worthless! 

Musicians With Vision

THIS IS THE WAY YOU'RE MEANT TO FEEL

(GEAR) EVERY PUNTER IS A FIX

THE CITY THAT IS (NOT THE CITY THAT WAS)

I'M SANE BUT MY MUSIC ISN'T!
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Feedback is the difference maker on Soundcloud because it keeps your tune in circulation, keeps it on the radar; no feedback and it disappears from view! It also serves as hype, if visitors see you've received lots of feedback it's more likely to arouse their curiosity! The more proactive we are the better Soundcloud gets!
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DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!
I don't respond to musicians that just add, or just click like buttons, because it doesn't prove they actually listened!

PLEASE RETURN THE SUPPORT; I desperately need it too :)
Without RE-POSTS Soundcloud will eventually die a death!

If UNSIGNED MUSICIANS don't learn to be more PRO-ACTIVE, and start exchanging support, the day will come when all UNSIGNED MUSIC SITES will die a death! Visits to pages will stop, and the listens will dry up--there won't any kind of audience left at all. Music sites become IMPOTENT when the musicians using them wait for the mountain to come to them, so be PRO-ACTIVE, exchange support, return the support, for your own sake! IF UNSIGNED MUSIC SITES die a death most of us will die a death with them, so do it for yourself--take my word for it, our survival, the incentive to continue creating tunes is dependent on MUTUAL SUPPORT!

Activity has been declining on Reverberation for some time now, and Myspace, which was buzzing during the first few years, is now useless! All music sites will eventually go the same way if unsigned musicians don't drastically change their attitude about EXCHANGE SUPPORT!

DON'T WAIT FOR THE MOUNTAIN TO COME TO YOU....IT DIDN'T COME TO MUHAMMAD SO IT WON'T FOR YOU :)

NO PIGEONHOLE MUSIC

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