Oceans of the Mind Progressive Rock  Psychedelic Rock


DE: Eines morgens gehe ich mit dem Hund spazieren und ich sehe...
Das Lied beschreibt die tiefe, meditative Schönheit der Natur bei Sonnenaufgang und lädt dazu ein, in der Stille und den kleinen Wundern des Moments Frieden zu finden.

EN: Once upon a time, I'm walking my dog in the morning, and I see...
The song captures the deep, meditative beauty of nature at dawn, inviting listeners to find peace in the stillness and small wonders of the moment.

What I See

Quickly written &  recorded - to celebrate my cubase is up and running* again after three weeks of errors. Thanks to all the kind help of microsoft support (Michael, Steve, and a few others) who were patient enough to help me check all possibilities,

Catroot reboot
system misunderstood.
Registry complexity, 
services, how can it be?

Trojan caught me, 
don't know where it was lurking
Security essentials,
Knowledgebase referentials.

Update, too late
Blue screen, bad dream
Forum admin, can't loose, can't win.

Endless circle, legacy expectancy
system in system
Catroot reboot

* keeping my fingers crossed, never know what hits you
Picture from Czech film 1963 -  Až přijde kocour - The Cassandra Cat - starring Emilie Vasáryová

Catroot reboot

Too close to call

This melody from my archive. The name never came up with. 160526 - date when the main riff came up.

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160526 - Heavy Metal Archive

@janinelevinson: Provided the seed lyrics and we built from there. Falcon Vocals
@rick-4-1: Dangerous Rhythm Thistles
@burn-it-smith: Grinning Soul Piano
@phil-mcwalter: Swirling Ceiling Other Stuff

Aren't they all brilliant! 

I wrote it in 6/8 to fit in with the spiralling gyre theme. It's like 3/4 (waltz time)but with less strong beats for your money and I just like Pop Goes The Weasel. Oh, and Joni Mitchell's six jet plane trails/guitar strings in 'Amelia' too!


The Reception is here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/the-uncomfortably-dangerous-wedding-party

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Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
The falconer holds out a golden ring from the tower 
Captive and burning and full of desire 
The falcon pulls feathers from her wings to count the hours

And so

Ad infinitum 
Is the crow 
Compelled to steal

And so

Ad infinitum 
Are we drawn 
Into the wheel
Into the wheel

Turning and burning in the heat, of hearth and fire 
The feathers, the letters, the fingers form a winged spire
There’s flapping and scurrying aloft up in the rafters 
Where the bats are left to read and the finger moves on higher

And so 

Ad infinitum 
We forget 
Why we were singing

And so

Ad infinitum 
The choir cannot lift the ceiling
The spinning wedding ceiling
Stealing

And so 

We go
Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum
Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
Unseen by the hawk was Icarus flying higher
Why do we love when we know it’s trespassing
A puppet heart managed by the clock – foolish arms flailing

And so

Ad infinitum 
We watch for 
Six jet planes’ trails

And so  

We prepare  our soup of thistles
And we settle down to feather 
And we wonder about the weather
Listen for the 
Falcons' bells together and
Cover our eyes with leather
Oh Icarus dear boy
Waxed and waned
Ooh Amelia dear heart
Tarred and feathered...

Levinson & McWalter- June 2020

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Spotify

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Just playin...

@rick-4-1 rattling the feed troughs
@phil-mcwalter kicking the other shit

Talking Blues

Little Red Rooster

Composed by Admiral Krank. Guitars by Admiral Krank. Drums by Mo Sheen. Bass loop by Sample Science. 

Copyright 2020 Learn Barre Chords Already Pub. All rights reserved; get bent.

Radio Man

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On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink”. - John 7:37


Bring the thirsty and let them drink.
Come over here and get a drink. 
This man says, “come to me and drink”.
And suddenly I had to turn and stop and think.
And face all my uncertainty.
And wonder about eternity.
And where to place my hope.

He says it's living water- 
flowing like a river-
through the life of the believer.
In the spirit of the savior. 
Poured into his endeavors-
With the seeker, the warrior, 
The thinker, deceiver. 
The never-receiver.
The almost-believer.

It's a life inside that’s more than you.
Extending through, out past your view.
Running past the walls of you.
Like the streams and rivers like to  do.

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P.S. I painted the picture in 1994 and recorded the song in 2020.  So technically this thing took 26 years before it was done ;-) 
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the great day

Everybody's got em and if you don't then go get you some.

Bad Habits

An old anti war song I wrote many years ago. First track on here with no drums, but I kind of like that about it. 
Dedicated to anyone with PTSD.

Where Dogs Flew

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Composer/Guitarist/Producer

Songs: We find them unpainted in our hands, throw them up into the air of our imagination, turning them in the colours we see after we close our eyes until they feel just right, and sometimes we catch them perfectly, without blemishing them...

My music is on most platforms for your ease.

Wow!!  417K+ plays and 4,000+ valued followers and friends on SC alone, that provide lots of wonderfully helpful comments that fuel the next track! Really big thanks to the SC community for listening and providing such brilliant feedback and support. It means so much to myself and my collaborators - huge thanks.

I work in different styles, as the inspiration, dreams or bubonic plagiarism comes! I use Logic Pro X on Mac.
 
I write, produce and play all my own stuff (unless otherwise stated), play vintage Tokai Strats mainly, PRS Torero, Steinberger, Gretsch G2627T, Classical, Fender Dreadnought, Yamaha and Rickenbacker basses, keyboards and sax. I use Native Instrument's Komplete, Omnisphere 2 and my own organic samples.

I mix on Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's and HD 650's (closed and open headphones) when not making a bigger noise through my Yamaha HS8 studio monitors. I use Focusrite Clarett 2Pre ThunderBolt and Apogee audio interfaces, Neumann & iSK condenser & AKG dynamic mics. 

Hardware: Feb 1978 Marshall JMP 50W Combo, BOO & BOSS stomps

I love collaborating with other musicians and will compose with, play guitar for, produce, arrange, master or even just hum along with other SC musicians. Please ask!

P.S. I am a long standing member of the Performing Rights Society and PPL through my old TV and theatre work as well as my record and publishing deals.

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Phil McWalter