I remember this...hahah  brilliant work my friends!

Sounds wonderful~the voice, the piano, the drums, the bass~wonderful!

Great singing and beautiful melody! Nice!!

Great arrangement and great melody. Love the final line "A lit up screen will be my life"

Some spots of glorious singing going on in this one 🤩

Related tracks: Love You Till The End Of Time - Paploviante & Lillithe

This song is about losing my wonderful big brother when I was a young man. He bought me 'The White Fender Strat' and said quietly through his smile "No excuses now...". Thanks forever bro, this is for you as always.
 
The Valuable Friends:
@janinelevinson: The Queen of Roll, Rock and Soul on the Second Mic
@rick-4-1: Mr Tour Pro on Very Cool Drums
@phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff


SMOKE

Growing up, looking up
I have never had my toast buttered on both sides
I started crying the day 
I watched my father clearing the overgrown weeds at the top of the garden and realised 
And realised
That wasn’t what he was doing
Ooh no

It was a still day 
So still
It was a still life
And the smell of the smoke never quite left our clothes
Five years
And another
Five years

There was a silence 
Where my beautiful dead brother still lived between us 
And that quietness wasn’t burned with the weeds

It was a still day
It was a still life 
So still
And the smell of the smoke never quite left our clothes
Five years
Another
Five years

Digging the sod in Donegal 
Praying for muscle, bunched like a ball 
Sweat and pride loved standing tall 
Anticipating 
Eye-watering 
Peat-stove fire 
That would 
Warm 
Cook 
And flavour our bones

It was a still day 
Still day
It was a still life 
Still life
And the smell of the smoke never quite left our clothes

Another
Five years
And another
Five years...

Five years
Tick tock
Five years
My father lost his sense of smell and his pulse in cenotaph central heating
Five years
And my orphaned senses 
Five years
Still feel that fire

And smell that smoke...

© July 2021 - Phil McWalter

Image: 'Peasant Burning Weeds' 1883 Van Gogh

Spotify

Smoke

Okay baby I'm a cellphone guy.

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Special thanks to @taintedicarus for his stellar work on the mastering of this track!

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Tells me that the world isn’t as it seems. I ask why.
Talks of the conspiracy, the mystery - the heavens they move by design.
Outer-space with every thought. The wheels they turn and grind for naught. I ask why.
He says, “Okay baby I’m a cellphone guy.”

You say, “ the chords that bind.”
You say, “oh, love of mine,
I can hear you. I can hear you just fine.”

I’ll keep you here beside my bed.
No need to wonder what you said.
Blue light turmoil and darkness strife:
A lit up screen will be my life.




Bill's note:
It's like people don't understand you sometimes you know? The language is getting smaller and smaller, the meaning of words is changing before our very eyes and ears, there is less and less room for metaphor for "big" words for "big" thoughts. Social media and big tech squeezing our heads in a vice. Time to surrender? Maybe.
Hey if you actually read this far God Bless you!
You are the most important people in the world to us and that isn't an exaggeration! 
Our family & friends locally knew us before and most will never listen to this track unless we play it out live somewhere for our captive audience. LOL. You chose to listen to this and read the description. To think that a mother, father and son from the woods of New England can make music that is tolerable, listenable and sometimes even likeable world over .. how cool is that?

Cellphone Guy

Composed and performed by Admiral Krank. Drums by Mo Sheen. 

Vanishing Point

Another collaboration with Torbjørn Vagle and Jimmy Rivas.
Torbjørn sent me a demo of his new song and asked if I would be interested in collaborating.
As with our previous collaborations, Torbjørn and myself traded ideas until we had a reasonable draft of the song to send to Jimmy for him to write lyrics and record his vocal.
Thanks very much to Torbjørn for asking me to contribute to this gorgeous song (visit his page to hear how he got the title) and of course to Jimmy for his outstanding vocal and lyrics. Working with these guys is awesome.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Electric Piano, Keyboards, String Synth, Bass, Musical Composition, Sound Effects, Cover Photo. @tobbenv

Jimmy:- Vocals, Vocal Composition, Lyrics. @j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Guitar Composition, VSTi Flute, Drums, Mix, Production, Cover Design.

The Drifter (Torbjørn Vagle - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More', and by clicking the BandCamp link above)

Many years ago (at the age of 21), I started dating this really cool girl. A few weeks into the relationship, I naturally wanted her to know me better, so I decided to share one of my favorite hobbies. One evening, with precision gaming Fung Shui, I configured the dining room table for an optimized evening of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons; and I began an adventure for her and a few of our friends. I thought it was going well. But unfortunately, after a few sessions, she indicated she wasn’t too hip on my ’mind-numbingly tedious, micro-rules’ play-style (apparently not all people enjoy having the spontaneity squeezed out of an exciting moment, while the Dungeon Master rummages through the rulebooks). It was a hard lesson to learn. My love of gaming rules and nano-details was not as fascinating (or sexy) as I first imagined.

Fast forward 30 years. That girl (despite having a great deal of common sense), is still sitting by my side. And although I was never able to amaze her with the ‘pen and paper’ world of gaming (a hobby that now resides exclusively with our oldest daughter); we both love geeking out over the latest video games. I’ll take that. :D

Interestingly though… one D&D concept stuck. And she recently told me she uses this in real life… and on a regular basis. It is the idea of ‘disbelieving’, as a conscious action (choosing to see past the illusion before you). Seems like a strange idea, I know. But in a fantasy world, that’s how you get past the illusionary dragon guarding the treasure; or avoid the siren song lulling you to your doom. 

And ya know what? She’s right. Disbelief is actually a cleverly disguised life practice awaiting our usage. 

Am I suggesting we can disbelieve ourselves right out of the visible illusion? Pop from the Holo-Deck? Probably not (but I’m not sure about that yet). One thing we can do is disbelieve that it has to be this way; that we have to be this way.

Navigating this life requires a certain willingness to commit to the agreed upon illusion. Every day, we wake up into this man-made idea (and lets face it, this really is the product of men, not women). Every day, we watch our fears grow… “I gotta secure mine. Cuz there isn’t enough to go around”. We find ourselves fighting over the strangest of things (see: COVID Toilet Paper Days). And depending on which side of the fence you occupy, it is absolutely undeniable… the other side is out of their minds, and entirely to blame. It’s a mighty convincing illusion; and I honestly spend way too much time lost in it.

But that’s just it. I’m tired of being lost in the illusion. Believing in the current illusion requires a strong investment in fear. And I don’t have the strength for that anymore. I suspect many of you feel the same way. So for just a moment (or perhaps 24 hours a day), let's play with the idea of disbelieving this is all there is. Disbelieving is a great way to see past the illusion. And when the dragon disappears… we can finally get to the treasure. 

I hope you enjoy my latest musical effort, ‘I Disbelieve’. :)

Vox Populi

I Disbelieve

Love You Till The End Of Time - Paploviante & Lillithe
Bass, Funky Guitar, Drum / Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle
Lillithe adding: Vocals, Organ, Blues Harmonica, Electric Piano, Wah Wah Guitar and Southern Lead Guitar,
Vocals : Alley
www.ghosthack.de
Alley Lyrics:
Closer to the way I see you now
And I never want to see you frown
When im asking you to come with me
Just to see what we can see
Im tight in my chest
I'm holding my breath
I just won’t last
With the weight of the world
Caught in the whirlpool
Riptide of my soul
Just say you won't let go
Let it go
Closer to our loving mind
Heart beating two at a time
Promise that I'll make you mine
Love you till the end of time

Love You Till The End Of Time - Paploviante & Lillithe

Good Ship

Through the Main Gates

MARS 21922

A little jam i made with the korg gadget app on ipad. All the notes are painted into the matrix with my fingers so to say:)

Gemeni 1

A fictional story about a paranoid artist

A Brand New Kind of Oxygen

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!

Merry Christmas - Paploviante

Video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTM5Zeio03M

Palatine

Happy to this new collab with my friend Noxpox^^
https://soundcloud.com/noxpox-page-12

https://soundcloud.com/noxpox-page11/sets

Our Addiction - Noxpox & Wivresse

Chapter 128 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you want to hear everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
Released in 15 part/chapter increments:

TAFFETA Vol. 8 is now available exclusively on Bandcamp: https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-8

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The TAFFETA Playlist is always kept up to date:
soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical

TAFFETA | 128

Llanpsych mix of Josh’s track.
All instruments by Josh with electronic sounds by Phil

The Shining - Entheogenic Psychonaut (Josh Clary) with Computart (Phil Chris)

Mother, Father & Son musical trio from CT, USA
Melissa (Mom) - Lead vocals
Bill ( Dad) - Keyboards, songwriting, arranging, recording, production
Will (Son) - Drums, percussion, electronic drums, arranging

It's 2023 and we're still blocking and reporting the indie-spammer rockstar wannabe messengers so we can actually have meaningful connections with good and honest people. If you want to DM us something about how we should buy your stuff, subscribe to your channel or follow you .... DON"T!
DM us for friendly & real conversation only. Our songs are not up for review. If you want to DM us some production advice, mix critique or regurgitate some crap about but bass frequencies or something you learned on YouTube once ... DON'T! 
Thanks! Friends can always send us new songs just no spam messages, please. We are real people. Please be real people too.

https://novembersound.com
We are a mother, father and son trio - see us performing live here:
https://youtu.be/UB_2ywtR9VA

*****We do not autotune Melissa's voice!*****
November Sound features powerful lead vocals with creative drum and keyboard driven musical arrangements. We try to create alternative music with intricate rhythms and a modern sophisticated sound. Thank you for listening! 

Melissa (Mom) - Lead vocals
Bill ( Dad) - Keyboards, songwriting, arranging, recording, production
Will (Son) - Drums, percussion, electronic drums, arranging

We create and perform all of the sounds that you hear. We rarely ever use any loops or tracks....we also do live performances of our music whenever we can! ( of course, not quite as full sounding without the multi-track recording)
***
We seem to get a number of new followers each week and sometimes it is hard to know who is real or not. If you are our friend from Songwriters in the Kitchen, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter please send us a DM and let us know so we can follow you back.
Friends (emphasis on FRIENDS not spammers) feel free to DM when you have a track out!
Also ---
We have been getting a lot of unsolicited offers from people who want to mix or master our music. Though we are thankful that you consider us worthy we are choosing not to respond to these messages.
We all read blogs and watch the videos where a fancy man in a designer T-Shirt says to find a band that you like and offer to mix their music for free to build up your portfolio. Eventually you'll be able to make a living, working at home, doing what you love. That sure sounds great! Hey, if you believe that we are that good and you want to mix our music then we are very flattered and thankful for your support. However, we don't want a transaction like that to take away from our friendship with you and we also just like to take time to create our own music.... that's part of the fun for us. We don't really have plans to be famous or make money with music. We are merely a small family living out in the woods, in a small town, in a small state in a small region that is called New England, USA. .....that's all.

Cellphone Guy

November Sound

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