https://youtu.be/0FjLXsBxFPc

C#m Am    C#m   G#m
No show, night falls,
     F#		A	
you didn't show up,
C#m		   B/G#m
cold shouldered my calls.

Who can stand
this foul weather 
No solace or comfort
conniving and scheming

   E		  C	   D
  A red storm is going to blow
   E		      C  D
  Cuts through the crater
   E		C	    D
  Searching details in the dust
    Bm		  C
  Nothing stays the same

Batten down
The hatches now
Lighthouse' beacon 
still stands in the night

Reason,
Don't fail me now.
Comforting thought
To have you near.

Close call, play dead
Now I remember 
what you said

Cold case, foul play
Mayday Mayday
once again...

  A red storm is going to blow
  Cuts through the crater
  Searching details in the dust
  Nothing stays the same
  In the martian rain.

 thanks to @pleudoniem for feedback on the text

19 - 5-2021 - Mr
NL-1BH -21-00009 - Red Storm

Red storm

bandcamp

Red Storm

Clover and hop,
the growing won't stop
untill winter comes.
The meadow is green,
lush is the scene
To where the river runs

chorus
I guess you could say,
I'm a boy of nature
with my boots in the mud
while I roam the pasture
The trouble with me,
I'm hard to pin down.
But if you give me a whirl,
I will come around.

Chestnut and oak,
forrest gone rogue,
The birds have a ball.
Salmon and trout,
jump like a crowd,
from brooks
rich and fresh.

chorus

Let us go forth
into this wild
and unknown land
getting a scan,
making a plan
to understand.

chorus

Deputy Jay
went all the way
to the Delta bash,
had to get home 
before the sun's 
daylight crash.

solo

I guess you could say,
I'm a boy of nature
with my boots in the mud
while I roam the pasture.
Clover and hop,
the growing won't stop
untill winter comes.

Will come around

For musician, studio director  Milan Ćirić (rip 29-11-2021)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/861249-Milan-%C4%86iri%C4%87

For Milan Ćirić

When - Music - Cries - 1roomstudio - Oorlab17 - 4-2022 - Mr
1Roomstudio - Lyrics & Flute
Oorlab - vocals, guitar, drums

When Music Cries
From Prompt Writing 12/30/21

Comes from somewhere
Hidden deep... slow arise
Strings pull  beating heart
Spirit helpless pulled apart
Somewhere deep surprise

Meaning pulses strains aloud
Singing soulful lines  - comprise
Bowing phrases arc their point
Expressive faces tears anoint
Aloud .... when Music cries

Desperate tears... tears of joy
Come naturally to this boy
Practiced pluck of violins
Melody embrace - begins

Black and White Harmonize
Keys and Signature of Time
Music reaches most sublime
Aloud again when Music cries 

1Roomstudio
https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/songwriting-ingredients/26/prompt-writing-2021-and-2022-its-not-a-challenge/7279/msg76277#msg76277

When music cries

https://youtu.be/VqxWSkGGUiw

One leg dancing


Hey, the moon is out tonight.
Catch us dancing, to a timing that is just 'bout right

Show, show what you can do
One leg dancing is no easy thing to do.

Get balanced, don't slip overboard.
It takes some practice, a rhythm and a chord.

Move, or at least don't stand still.
One leg dancing, if you can't, you bet I will.

So, where have you been?
Come & try the moves, - that rule the scene.

Unwind and at ease, when you're dancing...

Who, who you want to be?
One leg dancer, careless & free.

Get balanced, stick to the floor,
Essential swaying, if you like it you can get some more.

Roll over, then jump back again,
One leg dancing, every woman, every man

Slave, slave to the beat
If you can, join the boogie, or tap your feet

Say, say what you wanna say
Speak to me with body language, 'till the break of day.

Dance, dance to the groove
If you can, do the boogie, yeah

One leg dancing

Thanks to @Pleudoniem for text suggestions, and even providing the clip, and Marc Veldt and Jankobus Seunnenga for comments on earlier versions.
https://youtu.be/vc6Fm3b2zmg

Take your disco lights
Out tonight
Send your laserbeam
into the sky

Lord I'm lonely
But the beat will guide me
back to the place
where we can be together

Unbox your dancing shoes
don't tie them too loose
Emoji, gives me a sign 
that all is still fine?

Here comes the disco king
watch him do his thing
like a chachacha
before the camera

There 's a tendency
in the tinder scene
that if you dance alone
you get stuck in the zone

But I don't mind
as long as I can find
a disco light
shining through

Disco Lights

https://youtu.be/_ByUjSDu3Bc
-2-6-2022-mr

Now you see me, now you don't
All a matter of afterglow
I'll be dancing through the dark
you might catch me in a waltz

Here comes the night dance
Here comes the night dance 

Steps and slides,
synchronizing.
Disco Wizard,
while the moon is rising

Will you jive, or jump in line?
Whatever's coming from the deejay
too much treble or flakey bass?
all comes down to proper mixing...

Here comes the night dance

Can you tango? It aint't that hard
Just forget you're not a dancer
In the ballroom of romance
you might get caught in a cha cha cha

Here comes the night dance

Syncopated, animated
Something's waiting round the corner
let a rhythm, let a beat
get you to a new groove

Here comes the night dance
Here comes the night dance

One leg dancer

Here comes the night dance

Here Comes The Night Dance

https://youtu.be/AiUmF8w8kow 
14 - 6-2022 vocals  Cees
A Winter's Waltz

Too many dancers
have left the hall
Out in the cold
where snow falls down
The night flies by so quickly
you could blink and never see it,
again...

Up in the sky
a pale moonlight
All of this war
just feels insane.
City burns, life cut short
without sense or purpose
I want to hear 
a winter's Waltz

All of them dreams
and hope for future plans
May still come to pass
As long as this train can reach Berlin,
As the eastern front is almost reaching Paris
again

I see you think
the tide has passed
the ship has sailed,
 on a transient wave
 lighthouse signals fast
  you could blink and never see it
but it comes around again

Too many roads have turned to ice
and promisses unmasked as lies
 a hellish cold is coming
you could freeze and never know it

So play me a waltz
"Muse of many twinkling feet"
measure and step
In a winter's waltz again ...

A Winter's Waltz

https://open.spotify.com/album/2OMg0zyJSeFFV1bQ6gh8Nm 

Picture : suitcases flickr public domain-elizabeth-masek-2020
https://flic.kr/p/2jK5AAL

Delsey

My trusted Desley,
where would I be without you
You carry mine,
I carry you
Together we go places, and pull it through

Here comes another transit
ready or not,
Another check-in
in another spot,
ID, OD
What is next?
It takes a clairvoyant,
to know what to expect...

Take me to customs
to file a report

On the road to nowhere
(that's wehre we want to be)

The label is lost,
the key is broken.
But we'll carry on,
by the same token.

My trusted Desley,
where would I be without you
You carry mine,
I carry you
Together we go places, and pull it through

My trusted Desley
(shoop - shoop- shoop dohwaaah)

My trusted Desley
(shoop - shoop- shoop dohwaaah)

Delsey

My first try for the weekly Disquiet challenge :  An ambient piece for falling asleep.
I used VST's from Synthmaster, Kamioooka and Kairatune. Also some fieldrecordings from wind in an oak, a staircase in an office building and Pheasant calls, United Kingdom, 1961 - British Library Soundcloud CCBY (7-10-2022 DL) https://on.soundcloud.com/Q9HWH .

https://disquiet.com/2022/10/06/disquiet-junto-project-0562-sheep-music/

disquiet0562 Reading Myself To Sleep

28 - 10 - 2022 - Mr
Picture https://flic.kr/p/Tmz6eD CC BYNCSA

This haunting driving opening track of the 1978 Street Legal album is definitely in my top 5 of Dylan tracks. Lyrics and music fit like a glove and the response singing on the original is very uplifting. My cover attempt is but a small humble exercise to emulation, Learning how to play this, hoping to find fellow musicians.

Changing of the guards

Dylan - Changing Of The Guards

Garden Cuenca Etude Mr
Instrumental piece for guitar and piano. 
The picture is the garden from the house where I was born. Goof memories

Garden

RIP John Ono Lennon
Picture - Strawberry Fields, Liverpool 2016

Strawberry Fields Forever 8 - 12 - 2022

https://youtu.be/veEAOsg0Oys
pictures at  https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAazMR
file: Garden2022 - Year - Overview26 - 12 - 2022 - Mr - Oorlab

Garden year 2022

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/12/28/naviarhaiku469-new-years-day/

haiku by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa

picture by Annie Spratt https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt
This started with trying two new VST's - Usynth Drive https://www.ujam.com/usynth/drive/
and - Mel Lofi audiolatry  https://www.kvraudio.com/product/mel-lofi-by-audiolatry
then I added more VST's parts (Halion, drumatic). To get some more realistic feel, I recorded hand played drums on the V-drums electronic kit and added 2 parts with Fender Stratocaster. I might try to do a better, cleaner more ba;lanced mix later, but for this week's challenge it is now presented here for your listening pleasure (I hope).

Naviarhaiku469 New Year's Day

Naviarhaiku469 – New Year's Day

Blue Murder  
Written by Levi Mok, with kind permission
mixed by https://soundcloud.com/beatseditcom (Poland)
28-12-2022

Blue Murder


C#min		   B		A     G#min	C#min
How could I forget you so fast and easily
C#min		       B			       A		  G#min	     C#min
You know that you have always been the love of my life
C#min					B		A	     G#min   C#min
And though we’ve seen our competition come to its fruition
C#min				    B
There’s room enough for you to spare
	      A	        G#min   C#min
So don’t act as if you just don’t care

      C#min B		   E 
It’s time to scream blue
	Cmaj7		    D
Blue murder in the streets
D						E
Don’t you know that it’s downright blue
	Cmaj7		    D
Blue murder in the streets
C - D (even laten uitklinken)
…..so tell me now…..

If I took the time to wallow in this mellow blues
The old town lives in the core of the soul
You know it never leaves
Well the city looks clean
It’s a male machine from behind these shallow eyes
Take the straight road out - don’t hesitate
I know there’s nothing left to do

It’s time - time to scream blue
Blue murder in the streets
Don’t you know that it’s downright blue
Blue murder in the streets
…..so tell me now…..

Blue Murder

https://youtu.be/krJWO1sczvM
Use was made of the freeware BBC Symphonic Orchestra package - see
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover

Kasteel Ammersoyen -12- 2-2023 - Mr

Castle

Castle III

https://youtu.be/OG538O2OGjs

the following freeware VST's were used:
Superwave P8  https://www.kvraudio.com/product/superwave-p8-by-superwave
Stylophone https://freevstplugins.net/stylophone/

Novigradsko More

Bandcamp

picture https://flic.kr/p/2ohHb6j
clip https://youtu.be/SUnUV73k_h0
bandcamp https://oorlab.bandcamp.com/track/traffic-situation
CC BY NC
ISRC: NL1BH2300009
file:Traffic Situation 19 - 202023 - Vital2speededroad - Mr

Traffic situation

Traffic Situation

https://youtu.be/ZtpsdEQwk1A

Cast adrift on an uncharted sea
looking for a window of oppurtunity
Catching up with my invisible friend
my feet stuck in the drifting sand

  Someday

Navigation knows where we're heading
If only I knew the time of night
tipping points unforeseen cases
remind yourself to hide our traces

Marigolds on mountain meadows
keeping my eye on the shifting shadows
help me to find
a safe zone

 The story sofar

slow wind coming 
from eastern shores
kelp forest swaying, 
smoothing the tide

 The story sofar

The story sofar

Cuence acoustic guitar, harmonica, downloadable CC BYNC

clip at https://youtu.be/28gesNbgNBs timelapses from Flickr CC

Soundtracks 2023

Desert times

Desert Times

Piano 
clip at https://youtu.be/NFl6JCBfhWA
inspired by Torsten Janssen's novel Leinstermann in Doorn

Huis Doorn

Collage at https://youtu.be/RpcwT5hJuHQ
Comments welcome
https://oorlab.wordpress.com/2023/05/01/tell-me-tell-me-tell-me/

Tell me Tell me Tell me

The pictured mini kalimba or thumb piano ( a present from a Fair Trade shop) was used for a short piece to accompany this gardenvideo https://youtu.be/nUY7OPUV8Z8

Mini Kalimba

Picture Dixtuin CC BY SA Flickr - Brussels, Museum Musical Instruments 
https://flic.kr/p/2oxg69A

https://youtu.be/6kPRcB5AqMQ

Audio File:  Samples Golden Rain A Mix 29 - 4-2023 - Mr.wav
Loose stems and unmastered version available upon request

Collage garden

Picture Dixtuin CC BY SA Flickr - Brussels, Museum Musical Instruments
https://flic.kr/p/2oxg69A

Clip at https://youtu.be/uqiR07gABWw 
Used samples from https://www.discogs.com/master/236283-Various-Golden-Rain-Balinese-Gamelan-Music-Ketjak-The-Ramayana-Monkey-Chant 1969
Golden Rain - Balinese Gamelan Music - Ketjak: The Ramayana Monkey Chant

Audio File:
Samples Golden Rain B - Mix 28 - 4-2023 - Mr.wav
Loose stems and unmastered version available upon request

Collage Dance

Collage dance

Sarajevo, recorded on the street at the gate, circa 21.00.
To learn more about the musical history of these kind of Adhans -see
https://folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/magazine/2014_fall_winter/Muslim-Call-to-Prayer.pdf

Adhan 20 - 4-2023 - Gazi Husrev Begova Džamija

For Tim
https://youtu.be/ORBZOHGoXqs
picture: Nova Kapela 15-4-2023
Lyrics co-written with Jay Rich
Jay's SC: https://soundcloud.com/richsoundz-534267642
V1:

 I let my thoughts wander
 Off into a different place
 Then I tried to redi-rect
 And think what might be ne-xt
 Mindful how the threads begin to fr-ay

 Ch1:

 But I'll find my safe harbour
 Called Utopia ('youtopia')
Gain my Shangri-La 

 V2:

 Sins and sorrows
 I aim to cast them all aside
 Won't bring me down
 Painting bl-ack
 My tomorrows
 As the dawn comes aro-und

 Ch2:

 Hit the free trail
 Blaze away
 Kick back and set sail

 Ch3:

 Find a true haven
 A roaming space
 Stay safe in the shade

 Bridge:

 Chasing nirvana in the middle of nowhere
 Mystical frequencies vibrating in the air
 Drifting through the great divide
 How I'm feeling energized:
 I'm so attracted there

 V3:

 Witness the seasons
 (All) change without our interven-tion
 Keep me guessing
 As I wander thro-ugh
 Every new dimen-sion

 Ch4:

 I'm transforming
 No storm warning
 Go exploring

 V4:

 And I don't seek a better grip
 On this now slipping situation
 Though it's getting out of hand
 For even if I could
 I would not unroll the dice
 Unplay the cards:
 I need a brave new start

Wander

Wander (lyrics Jay Rich)

Lyrics by Jay Rich
https://soundcloud.com/richsoundz-534267642
Clip: https://youtu.be/LUB_Cg0FoRY

 Dead Man's Switch
V1:

Life today is such a challenge
But I'm rising to it all
And to win it takes some planning
My back ain't against the wall

Ch1:
Dead man's switch
Feeling it under my feet
Dead man's switch
Giving me control I seek (or it sounds like see)

V2:
Really need some good protection
From the vagaries of fate
So a means of intervention
I now use to keep me safe

Ch2:
Dead man's switch
Feeling it under my fe-et
Dead man's switch
Giving me control I seeK
*****Break*****(Max 30 secs)
Bridge:
Fail-deadly or fail-safe
Circuits can complete or break
Either way I stay in charge
Is the message written large 
It's a readily triggered system
Keeps me steady on my way

Ch3:
Dead man's switch
Feeling it under my fe-et
Dead man's switch
Keeps me safe, out of the heat 

V3:
Life today is such a battle
But I aim to win the war
By fighting back, it's all that matters
All these threats I can't ignore

Picture: Flickr - Dixtuin 2023

Dead Man's Switch

Lyrics by Jay Rich https://soundcloud.com/richsoundz-534267642
Clip https://youtu.be/JPe-hZrX4qY

When She Dances
V1:

She gyrates 
A silhouette 
Glides from one space to the next
Her pirouettes 
And arabesques 
Are used to glamorous effect

Ch1:

When she dances
I take a chance
Make smooth advances
How it lifts my mood:
Her tinkling laughter

*****Break*****
V2:
Insistent sound
Of pounding drums
Now growing loud - I'm overcome
She sashays
Shimmies and sways
A look from her, the war was won

Ch2:
When she dances
 I take a chance
Make smooth advances
Puts me in a trance
Puts me in a trance

When she dances

When She Dances

Welcome to oorlab's soundcloud corner: 

Comments & ideas for collaborations appreciated. 
Instruments: violin, mandoline, acoustic, bass and electric guitars, harmonica, tin whistle, darbuka, sansula, roland synthesizers. 
Recording with Cubase Elements 11 

Recommending these inspiring musicians: 
https://soundcloud.com/the-plugs , https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem , https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett ; https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart ; https://soundcloud.com/silent-steps ; https://soundcloud.com/julsy : https://soundcloud.com/houckjt : https://soundcloud.com/tante-meli

latest album https://open.spotify.com/album/2OMg0zyJSeFFV1bQ6gh8Nm (sep 2022)

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