just thinking how familiar this sounded...very catchy...then read the title :)

Your page is a real treasure box! So good to take a listen to your tracks! Love ‘em.

🔥 It’s giving me a trip back to my youth, nice one ☝️

DREAMING INTO MY SHELL

Original Composition / Performance : Mountain Dulcimer ~ Jerry Rockwell
Additional Composition / Performance : Electric Bass ~ Chris Dargay

Star Variations (bass demo)

Tortoiseshell cat loneliness

Updated version of Austin last fall (2021)
Guitar and steel guitar: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards: Phil Bowen 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Engineered and produced: Phil Bowen

The legend of the Dutchman's mine

Austin last fall (2021)

Austin Last Fall 2021

It was 1995, I had already acquired my trusty Alesis SR-16 "Dr No" but not hooked it up in stereo yet on my 4-track cassette recorder.

This track is one of the more fun I made in those days, thought I'd share it here. For the occasion, I properly mixed and mastered it in such a way to keep it's original character intact as much as possible. I did put *some* fancy effect to stereoize the vocals a little, and there is a subtle stereo reverb on the drums.. Things like that, but that's just to make it palatable for the modern crowd. This is after all an original recording, no edits, no overdubs.

Thinking about putting an entire 'legacies' album together. Would anyone be interested in that?

The very mature lyrics:

Salvation song
Connect me if I'm wrong
Me I am cracked, broken and torn
Haven't been clean ever since I was born

But I don't bear much pain
I'm not gonna jump no train
Every single hour every single day
Guess life is just a game

Some say I am insane
Some say I am just the same
As all them youth rebel rabble rebel rabble
Well I know better but you won't hear me tell
Everyone lives his own little hell
Let them turn around in their own smell
I let them feel bad if they let me feel well
It be alright with me

I know I only live to be
I know this is all you can see
I live to be just like the trees
And the flowers and the bees

Some say I am insane
Some say I am just the same
As all them you rebel rabble rebel rabble
Let live through their own hell
Let them live with their own smell

Salvation

Salvation song
Connect me if I'm wrong
Me I am cracked broken and torn
Haven't been clean ever since I was born

Some say salvation
Everyone, everyone...
Rebel rabble rebel rabble
Loser! Loser!

noitavlaS

Salvation Song

Trials And Tribulations Chapter 1

Each day has its up and downs. On top of that you have people telling you what to do, when to do it and how to do it. This song reflects on the way these people social engineer while using pathocratic influence to persuade others through persuasion, lies, deciet and guile. This is ever present in the modern social media platforms and news outlets. These people create clouds that block out the sun. It feels as though hearts are torn out as they push you to the ground. What is there to believe in? What is right and wrong? If these clouds are blown away, there is likely going to be beautiful day.

One thousand miles from Texas

Beautiful day

Beautiful Day

A bit of positivity and optimism in a brutal and cruel world.

when our world turns mad
hitted by fanatics' delusions
when life plays its bad tricks , the bad days
i remain always positive
a genuine optimistic
an incurable optimistic

we all become blind and  deaf 
by dint of living as selfish
when they ask me if i'm "for or against"
i try to remain positive
a dreadful optimistic
an unreasonable optimistic
an incomparable optimistic
an unforgivable optimistic

Optimiste (Translated in English in description)

I had this little ear worm in my head for a few days but  I got stuck and https://soundcloud.com/fadysporz  came to the rescue and build this little dream castle. Fabulous photographs by ghislaine.b.righton should you wish for some visuals. 

https://youtu.be/6nWNyjZTrTc

Halloumi with apricots
On a pumpernickel slice
You can find one in the sandwich bar 
At the entrance to the park 

There’s nothing more to wish for
You don’t go that far
There’s a bench outside to sit on
At the entrance to the park

A little finch moves up an inch 
To join you on the bench
He’ll never let you dine alone
There’s always two for lunch

There’s nothing more to wish for
You don’t need to fly yo Mars
There’s a bench outside the sandwich bar
At the entrance to the park

Entrance To The Park

The Entrance To The Park  (with FADY)

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE tuned B F♯ B E G♯ B
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
LYRICS:
In the cool of the Arizona morning
There are no words to say
The sun lights up
The eastern sky
At the dawn…….
Of a brand new day

The tumbleweed is turning
Looking to put down some roots
Maybe it’s just my calling
To have dust ……
All over my boots 

I don’t see all there is to see
I don’t hear all there is to hear
There’s light and there’s shade and something in-between
And the distance …………drawing near

I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust  …………. all over my boots

The slow and steady beat
Of these hooves upon the ground
Horse and rider as one
And at peace ………
With that sound

I don’t see all there is to see
I don’t hear all there is to hear
There’s light and there’s shade and something in-between
And the distance …………drawing near 

I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust  …………. all over my boots

Dust All Over My Boots

We hope that you enjoy this slow chilled groove.
Thank you for all of your kind shares and reposts too!!

Original Vocal idea by Gary

Vanity

Having a little fun with my new Nord Stage 3 - all sounds except the percussion are native to the Stage 3 (synth and organ engine). No sequencers were used, but I did enjoy using the pitch stick.

Thinking a bit about a Black Swan event as I produced this, the 1st half representing life as usual, the event as a synth "solo" and the altered reality afterwards. Towards the end I was inspired somewhat by the soundtrack to Dunkirk as the planes harass the troops on the beach and I have to admit that Vangelis Chariots of Fire was on my mind throughout the track although I skipped adding any piano.

A black swan is an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences. Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight. [according to Wikipedia]

Black Swan

In so Deep 

I'm carryin' weight – beast of burden streets of Ankara
My feet they hurt – my saddle gonna wrench apart
My hunger never stops – the wave it never crests
I’m drowning in consequence

I’m in so deep – and I won’t let you down a bit
It’s history – I made you all these promises
Our worlds depart – the continents divide
I’m in so deep – I can look you in the eye

Haven’t felt a falter – never told you a lie
Is it in the realm – that the others will survive
When I see you in the door – I’m clutching a sea wall
In the Bosphorous

Long ago – she had my full devotion
I changed her name – like Constantinople
I felt the streets go dead
All the hawkers they had fled - Into armament

Behind a curtain – breathing incense and a huffin’ pipe
Mural on the wall – the mountains of Anatolia
If I have to pick and choose
I can’t crawl away from you - You’re in my heart

I’m in so deep – and I won’t let you down a bit
It’s history – I made you all these promises
Our world’s depart – the continents divide
I’m in so deep – I can look you in the eye

IN SO DEEP

Country rock guitar instrumental, slide guitar, dobro

Sonora Highway mix01

As we transition Between Worlds, may this energetic set guide you through sonic pathways of the mind leading to a deeper sense of awareness & understanding of this ever changing world around us. 
A massive thank you 🙏 for all of your support, and for listening.
And as always, a deep gratitude to all of the immensely talented artists showcased here in my DJ mix. 
Artwork entitled "Gratitude For The Earth And Sky"  by Cameron Gray.

- Setlist:

All tracks purchased from www.beatport.com

Mixing decks used to perform this set was the Pioneer XDJ-XZ.

1. Kaza, Living Frequencies - Forest Chorus (Original Mix)
Forestdelic Records
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Kaza%2C+Living+Frequencies+-+Forest+Chorus+(Original+Mix)

2. Gabb - Covalent Angle (Original Mix)
Sonica Recordings
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Gabb+-+Covalent+Angle+(Original+Mix)

3. Gandhabba - Rum & Bass (Original Mix)
Reversible Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/rum-and-bass-original-mix/13231905

4.Evol Shaza, Nukleall, Sheenygami - Com-Puta Madre (Original Mix)
Supernova Music
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Evol+Shaza%2C+Nukleall%2C+Sheenygami+-+Com-Puta+Madre+(Original+Mix)

5. Oxyflux, Syntax - Cyber Sparta (Original Mix)
Protoned Music
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Oxyflux%2C+Syntax+-+Cyber+Sparta+(Original+Mix)

6. Jumpstreet - Spirit Overflow (Original Mix)
Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/spirit-overflow-original-mix/13025135

7. Synkronic - Space Time (Original Mix)
Sonica Recordings 
https://www.beatport.com/track/space-time-original-mix/13366800

8. Ingrained Instincts - Shooting Colors (Original Mix)
Timecode/Sangoma
https://www.beatport.com/track/shooting-colors-original-mix/13400585

9. Earthworm, Radikal Moodz, Shred'er - The Mosquito (Original Mix)
Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Earthworm%2C+Radikal+Moodz%2C+Shred%27er+-+The+Mosquito+(Original+Mix)

10. Render & Shenanigan - Tiny World (Original Mix)
Supernova Music
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Render+%26+Shenanigan+-+Tiny+World+(Original+Mix)

11. Doom, GlooM, Shred'er - The Glitchy Side (Original Mix)
Sonica Recordings
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Doom%2C+GlooM%2C+Shreder+-+The+Glitchy+Side+(Original+Mix)

12. Green Culture vs Dezzert - Bee Riot (Original Mix)
World People
https://www.beatport.com/search?q=Green+Culture+vs+Dezzert+-+Bee+Riot+

13. Synergic - Axiom (Original Mix)
Samaa Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/axiom-original-mix/13302358

Between Worlds | A Forest/Night-Psy Experience

Stand By Me - Instrumental Version

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

Bio
In 2007 at age 63 Montrealer Peter Wheeler bought his first guitar. He then went to amazon.com and purchased a book called “How To Play The Guitar for Dummies”. Since then he hasn’t looked back. 

Sometimes serious - sometimes humorous Wheeler’s music seeks to re-capture the Classic Vibes  from the 70’s & 80’s. To best describe his music imagine Bob Dylan & The Doors meet The Clash & Leonard Cohen at the Hotel California & share a bottle of wine with Tarantino. Peter Wheeler is a poet - focusing all his energies into creating musical canvases to express his personal vision of the world surrounding him. 

For several years Peter was part of the local bar scene in the Greater Montreal area.  He performed as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for The Rock Roulette Band. His experiences giving live performances and continually improving his guitar playing has truly shown that you can teach an old dog new tricks.

In 2020 Peter teamed up with Johnny Vienneau, a multi- talented musician and Producer from Montreal and recorded his first album of cover songs called "Self Portrait".  https://soundcloud.com/peter-wheeler/sets/self-portrait-1

Prior to embarking on his musical odyssey Peter's main passion was painting having had several major exhibitions and loyal patrons. https://www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.46081025804&type=3    

Today Peter continues to pursue his passion for The Arts by doing portraits of friends, family and people he greatly admires. In 2021 he became a re-born again environmentalist and his songwriting is now focused on increasing awareness of the climatic challenge facing the planet.

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Stand By Me - Instrumental Version

Peter Wheeler

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