My entry to Round 93 of Termite's WorldWide Cypher Jam. Such a tasty beat from the legendary Termite.
Artwork of me Mr Bowie courtesy of the incredibly talented @Corvus_Sky. a.k.a Tyger Tyger!  Available to purchase on the NFT showroom, only 4 available so get yours!

WorldWide Cypher Jam Entry Feat. Termite

le seigneurs des anneaux / les mine de la Moria . The Lord of the Rings / The Mines of Moria.

Les Mines de la Moria

Endless Nights

Original Composition / Live Guitar / Bass / Production : Chris Dargay
Live Drums : Scott Tumino
Lyrics / Vox : Tracy Dahl Cucuzza
E.O.S. 2020

RiverTown (Vox - Bass -Demo)

Joshua M Norton's Album

Preludes & Nocturnes II

GIRLS DARE TO HAVE FUN [ GORILLAZ + CYNDI LAUPER ]

Voici une nouvelle collaboration avec Annie Smart , et David Dunham cette fois.  
 Merci pour leur confiance, j'en suis très honoré  :)                                                
   Here is a new collaboration with Annie Smart, and David Dunham this time.
 Thank you for their trust, I am very honored  :) 
Annie ( composer - vocals - piano - e piano - bass - drums - lyrics ) https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1
David ( Guitar ) https://soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203
Pascal ( orchestral section - add drums pecussions and synths - instrumentals arrangements - mix )

Lyrics :

Oldest tale in the book
The queen
She finds the king

And they dance ‘til the morning light
Oh they dance ‘til the sun says hello

They watch the stars start to fade
The moon fades away

Oldest story
The queen
She makes her move

And she smiles ‘til the sun says goodbye
And she smiles ‘til the morning light

They watch the stars start to glow
They watch the sun start to set

They dance all night
They dance all night

They watch the stars start to glow
They watch the sun start to set...

Kings and Queens  👑    Annie Smart - David Dunham *prod pb*

Rubber Souls

Reflection on a Queensland, Australia sunset January 2020. 
Best enjoyed with a glass of wine.

Sunset Mood

Background

This is my take on an old traditional song. The earliest reference I've discovered is around 1847.  It supposedly had other titles 'The Grinders' and 'The Saddle on the Right Horse'  

It is a vivid description of the lot of Sheffield Grinders, working and often dying early in life due to their trade. The 'Grinding Hull's' mentioned in the lyrics were grim places, full of particles of metal and dust from the grinding wheels. Historical evidence suggests boys were often apprenticed from nine to twelve years of age.

Through my working career I was employed in the Steel Industry engaged in scientistic work and environmental research, quite a bit of it related to occupational health problems, So it is no surprise to me and very fitting that I wanted to get this song recorded. As a Sheffield lad born and bred it connects for me I guess. 

Apparently a version of this traditional song was recorded by 'The Ian Campbell Group' in 1972 and the band 'Afterhours' from their eponymous cassette only album from 1988. After hearing the 'Afterhours' 1988 version, I decided to work up a DADGAD guitar arrangement of my own.  Here is the result.
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Instrumentation and Arrangement

I wanted a simple arrangement for this song as really it's all about the lyrics and overall message. I used a DADGAD guitar tuning and aimed for a strum pattern that hopefully reflects the cyclical rhythmic quality of the grindstones in use.

After the main vocals was recorded I decided a bit of backing vocals would add a bit of extra spice to the overall song. Sometimes voice and guitar is all you really need. :-)
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The Sheffield Grinder (Lyrics around 1847)
**( with small revisions for this version)
(Photograph taken from the Illustrated London News 1866)

The Sheffield grinder's a terrible blade.
Tally ho, the grinder!
'Fore he sets his little 'uns down to trade.
Tally ho, the grinder!
He sets ‘em all down to grind in the hull,
Till their bodies are stunted and their eyes are dull,
And their brains are all dizzy and dazed in their skulls.
Tally ho, the grinder!

He shortens his life and he hastens his death.
Tally ho, the grinder!
And he’ll drink steel dust with every breath.
Tally ho, the grinder!
And he won't wash his hands ‘ere he eats a meal
And he won’t wear a mask as he grinds at his wheel
And he’ll die as he’s lived, as hard as cold steel.
Tally ho, the grinder!

(Instrumental)

The Sheffield grinders of whom we do speak.
Tally ho, the grinder!
Well they’re men who’ll earn just one pound a week.
Tally ho, the grinder!
But of Sheffield grinders another sort
Methinks ought to be called to court,
Aye, and that’s the grinding Government Board.
Tally ho, the grinder!

At whose door lies the blacker blame?
Tally ho, the grinder!
Oh where lies the heavier weight of shame?
Tally ho, the grinder!
Is it the famine-price contractor's head,
Or on the workman who’s under-fed,
And who grinds his own bones and his children’s for bread?
Tally ho, the grinder!

The Sheffield Grinder

video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0rGhNgaA-U

produção em downtempo, lofi style, calm flow in intense form... enjoy

Black Live Matter!
Save The Nature.

Black Green [video in description]

Hello .  Thank you for your visit . I'm just a modest amateur.  Trying to do emotional music.  Sometimes personal compositions and I also like doing instrumental arrangements and mixing-mastering for collaborations.  Always with heart. Without Ai here for posts (except for some reposts) Hope enjoy your listening.   Pascal :)

Kings and Queens 👑 Annie Smart - David Dunham prod pb

Pascal Basso