Leaving home is hard, even if you don’t have many fond memories growing up in it.

Leaving Home

I’m leaving home,
I’m free to roam
Into a wilderness today
And eternity tomorrow.

My past is gone
And all debts paid.
The man I was before
Is going fast to fade.

I cut the cord
And moved away;
Another night
Is another day.

My past is gone,
I’m leaving home.
I’m leaving home,
I’m moving on.

All restrictions gone,
There are no rules;
I’m not the same,
I’m a brand new fool.

The meter’s running,
I won’t pay a dime.
Will keep it running
Away from time.

I’ll fill a hole in the ocean,
I’ll grab a pie in the sky;
The water’s calm and mighty,
Sky is seven thousand feet high.

I cut the cord
And moved away;
Another night
Is another day.

My past is gone,
I’m leaving home.
I’m leaving home,
I’m moving on.


Jackson Lucas ©2024
jjacksonlucas@yahoo.com

Leaving Home Remix

4. THE PRICE OF LOVE

When Today Becomes Tomorrow (Pacific Crest Trail Song)

THE WISH - Re-Mastered Aug 2020
Written & Produced By Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2018/2020 AB Music All rights reserved
Mastering by Soundcloud Aug 2020

THERE'S SOMEDAY'S IN YOUR LIFE
YOU WANNA RUN AWAY AND HIDE
THE FALLING SKY IS UPON YOU

I'M TRAVELING IN A LONELY RIDE
SOMETHINGS GONNA MAKE ME CRY
I WISH A LITTLE LONGER I HAD YOU

I CAN HEAR A FALLING STAR
IT MAKE'S ME WONDER WHERE YOU ARE
AND THE WISH IS ALL FOR YOU

ALL THE BETTER DAY'S AHEAD
THE CLEARING SKY IT SAYS
EVERY SINGLE DAY IS ALL SO NEW

(chorus)
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A WISH FOR YOU
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A DAY BRAND NEW
ANYBODY TAKE YOUR HAND
TO A PROMISE LAND
THEN THE WISH IS ALL FOR YOU

EVERYTHING IS MADE FROM LOVE
EVERYONE DESERVES JUST ONCE
THE WISH INSIDE THAT COMES FROM YOU

I CAN HEAR A FALLING STAR
IT MAKE'S ME WONDER WHERE YOU ARE
AND THE WISH IS ALL FOR
(break)

IT'S NEVER TO LATE TO START
SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE NEVER HAD
THE WISH INSIDE THAT COMES FROM YOU

(chorus)
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A WISH FOR YOU
HAS SOMEONE EVER MADE A DAY BRAND NEW
ANYBODY TAKE YOUR HAND
TO A PROMISE LAND
THEN THE WISH IS ALL FOR YOU

2018 PRO TOOLS

THE WISH

Bruce and I collaborated again, and as frequently happens, we end up with two favourite versions!
Bruce's is here: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-conover/bathed-in-blue-standing-without-you

Bathed In Blue Standing Without You - Conover & McWalter

I've been standing here for way too many hours
I've been standing here for way too many hours

I don't want to fall between the cracks in the pavement
I don't want to see the bodies in the cement
Why do I think these things
The way that your mother sings
I'm bathed in blue standing without you

I've been standing here for way too many hours
I've been standing here for way too many hours

I don't want to fall between the cracks in the pavement
I don't want to see the bodies in the cement
Why do I think these things
The way that your mother sings
I'm bathed in blue standing without you

I've been standing here for way too many hours
I've been standing here for way too many hours

Bathed In Blue Standing Without You - Conover & McWalter

Jam session from July 25.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdHJTCdzsro

I recently picked up a new iOS app, apeMatrix, which acts as a host for audio unit instruments and effects on iOS.



Unlike BeatMaker, which is focused on emulating a groove box, this app acts like a mixing board, and that's all.  You can't use it to make a track, other than recording audio out.  You can record audio directly in the app, but I ran the audio into my laptop, so I could record the video with the audio.


I have an Akai MPK225 and a Casio CTK3200 used as MIDI controllers for my iPad.  The Casio is doing most of the work, acting as a basic drum sequencer, as well as a keyboard.  The Akai is only used for drum pads on the intro.


ApeMatrix presents a grid / "matrix" of connections to route MIDI and audio.  You can actually have up to 3 grids, but I just loaded everything into one grid, keeping the drum and keyboard parts isolated.


The pads on the Akai and the rhythm part of the Casio are coming in on MIDI channel 10, and sent to the 808 emulation "Ruismaker" drum audio unit (AU), which is then routed / mixed with the output of the "Kosmonaut" delay effect AU.


The keys from the Casio are coming in on channel 1, then sent into the "Rozeta" MIDI effect AU to have the lower notes duplicated an octave down.  Notes above the middle of the keyboard or so are sent without the extra lower octave part.  The resulting MIDI is sent into the "Laplace" AU to provide a string-like synth, layered with the "bs-16i" AU to provide a basic piano romple.  These are then mixed through the "Blackhole" reverb effect AU.


These are all good iOS plugins, highly recommended.
* apeMatrix, by Apesoft
* Rozeta, by Bram Bos
* Ruismaker, by Bram Bos
* Laplace, by Icegear
* bs-16i, by Bismark
* Kosmonaut, by Bram Bos
* Blackhole, by Eventide

Cathedral Of The Muddy Noodle

A Swetexassippi Two-Stepper

Vocals, Whistling, Bass- Nic
All Guitars, Lyrics- Admiral Krank
Drums- Monkey Blood Lowdown 

Never Been Lonesome 

I’ve never been lonesome
Ain’t never been alone
You always come knocking 
Or calling on the phone
I can rest easy darling 
Knowing that it's true
No matter where i run 
there’s no escaping you

Listen to me baby, 
I must tell it true
I didn’t even know 
I was looking for you
You really get me worried
And give me a start
When i walk upon you waiting
And lurking in the dark

Why you gotta warn me
And threaten my life
When everyone knows
What you did to my cat 
I hope it wasn’t funny
Tell me you didn’t laugh
When poor little kitty
breathed his last

I’d like to try lonesome
Take my turn being blue
But no man alive 
Gets away from you 
I’d ask for mercy 
I’d beg you please
But I know it’s no use
Getting on my knees

Oh Baby 
there's nowhere to hide
My darling
I’ll never get out alive

Greatest Hits

Never Been Lonesome

Pic - Yosuke Yamashita, Burning Piano 2008 (https://youtu.be/YpKT_eeCVNI?t=67)

Health & safety? Risk assessment??

Just think what Malcolm Arnold could have done with the sound of fire alarms & extinguishers going off.

Published on SC 17 September 2020

Concerto for piano and nervous breakdown (remaster)

these are my 3 favorite sketches 
linked together

Elegy

A collaboration of @mystique_wind and @enigmacurry

This music was born out of the debate about whether music can heal. What do you think?

Brainwaves - Mystique Wind | EnigmaCurry

pict free wallpaper
a little experiment with Orba as a midi controller. The main line - free strings from Spitfire Labs in Ableton - Orba as a controller and the alternation of lead and chord positions - controlled by Orba. Then the standard keyboard line of virtual Ventus duduk and bass strings - Laboratory sound work, haha.

2020-11-18

frozen Time

!!!HOT NEWS!!! New Valuable Friends vinyl album and CD available! ALSO 2nd Deluxe Vinyl & CD+Booklet "Songs That Mean Something" See links below. 

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.

Bathed In Blue Standing Without You - Conover & McWalter

Phil McWalter