extraordinary track... totally love it !! total hit

Wow!! awesome production  blasts this through my being...intricate parts...from that drum opening to the bass rumble and creepy shifting sounds of a gothic horror...at 40s -50s or so...liked the way the dadio vox bounces on the periphery...great vocal harmony layers...2:05 and following is absolutely terry-fying ;)...loved it...masterfully crafted Phil, and Mr. Medlock...gee I wish I could pound the drums with this skill! Envious I am, but appreciative of all your efforts to put a piece like  this together...loads of work, but sooooo worthwhile! :)

Absolument magnifique et Epic !!! 👍👍✨👍👍

Love your sound Phil. Excellent production and arrangement

Reverse bass intro is so cool!! The break is terrific (Love this dystopian feel into it).. I have many things to tell about the lyrics that I love (Really).. :)) Excellent song!

Great songwriting and fabulous, moving performance.

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"Play The King"
by Blake Ian

Also Available:
https://blakeian.bandcamp.com/album/play-the-king
Limited Edition 7" vinyl singles of "Play the King" with B-Side "Somewhere (@150)". Each record features the original artwork created for the record by renowned NYC pop artist Peter Tunney. Each record cover has been numbered and signed by the artist. A custom digital download card is included.

from Play the King, track released April 27, 2010
Music and Lyrics by Blake Ian
Blake Ian - Vocals / Guitars
Lee Diamond - Snare Drum / Guitar
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Blake Ian at APT27
Mastered to Vinyl by Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound (New York)
Featuring Original Artwork by Peter Tunney
Graphic Design and Layout by Frank Sabatella
Special thanks to Jon Goldman and Larry Hess

Copyright 2010 27 Productions
Ten Steps Music (BMI)

Play The King

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar. Godin Acoustic Guitar Rhythm. Acoustic Steinway Piano. Alto Saxophone solo. Horn section Trumpet, Tenor, Alto Baritone Saxophones. Bass Roland Synthesizer, Electric Funk. Trap Drum set full kit. Percussion, Timbales, Cowbell, Ago go Bells, Zildjan 22" Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Cannery Row

Crystalizer

Winds On The Hill

Just You And I

We love Soundpaint's Soprano
Off course Feddo is playing all the fine mind blowing parts

Artwork: Louis Servedio-Morales

Over

So much has happened in the World since I was last active on Soundcloud, nearly 3 years ago. The onslaught every day of so many people, animals and our precious Earth suffering, and no end in sight. I have been writing and painting how I feel, but my first recording is far from this, and of another time, a short, simple, and light offering for now.
I was born and raised in a small rural town that saw large amounts of snowfall in Winter, despite being the South of Scotland. We had plenty of hills to sledge down and no need to go to the Highlands. Through the years, in the many places I have lived in, my best walks were snow filled ones with the dogs, and in the mornings setting off when everything was pure and dazzling, and your whole body felt alive. The dogs would leap about so happy, and in turn affecting us, so that we were just as daft playing with them, totally energized! I give thanks for having had this.
This is for my beautiful wee Bridie, who died nearly 2 years ago.
Good to be with you all again on the Cloud!
Lyrics
Up with the lark and away we go
Treading so lightly in the snow
Skippin, and runnin, and jumpin so high
Scenting the air, as we touch the sky

Rollin and diving, and sliding away
Playing in a magical snow filled day
Skippin and runnin, and jumpin so high
Scenting the air, as we touch the sky

We play, all day, we play

Ooooh Ahhh
We're riding high today
Ooooh Ahhh
Love's shining all the way

Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Harmonies, Guitar - Lizzie Taypen 
Cover pic - Pencil Drawing " Bridie" - Lizzie Pentland (Yes, there are daisies in winter ;) haha)

Snow Skippin Days

This is messy and rough, more like a demo -- it was all done in my scratch pad context (FL Studio), but then again the subject is messy and rough.

Take You Down

I can take you down
I can bring you right down put your face down to it
I can wait around ready for you

you are free to change your mind
you are free to leave this life behind
there's an open door but you don't go through it

I try to get away clean but you got me in a hold
you put your fingers in my head and I loose control
how will I ever be satisfied

I can help with the pain for a little while
cause you know it really just ain't my style
to let you feel what I'm doing when I'm doin it

got what I need and I need it
where does it end now
now that I've paid with my freedom

I just want to be free from all the craving of the night
hey yeah will there ever be a time when I feel it

Take You Down

Lyrics:-
Time flies when you're having fun
They say
If fun was what I was having
Ok
I've been trying to get out a message
You'd say
I don't know if it's touched one soul
To date

If i could make a wish
To wash it all away
I have tried
After all the pain
The least that i can say
I have tried

These walls they are closing in
Aha
I've grown tired, close to giving in
Almost
Just one , if i could touch one soul
Just one
That would be a winning streek I'd own
A goal

Did you hear what I wanted to say
Did you hear what I wanted to tell ya 

If i could make a wish
To wash it all away
I have tried
After all the pain
The least that i can say
I have tried

winkandwoo 2024

I Have Tried

Mr Medlock on The Kit @rick-4-1
Mr McWalter on The Other Stuff @phil-mcwalter

There are passing references to Gustav Holst's 'Mars' (The Bringer of War), the morse code for SOS, and the starfish from 'Here Comes The Flood'... all other references are your own responsibility ;-)

CAN'T CHANGE IT (S.O.S.)

I don’t want to wait
I don’t want to see what’s left
When everything we think we can’t change
Changes
(The pyramids still look on
Do we blow away with the sand)

And we can't change it
But we can't change it
But we can't change

(When all that ever was
Isn’t anymore
Everybody’s buying gold
Save Our Souls
SOS)

A thousand churches in your heart 
Save us
The breeze in your hair
Save us
A cry in the dark
Save us
The darkness in my heart
Save us
The goodness in your smile 
Bless us

The radio air
The starfish bare

(The thunder of last words
Fills the page
The cries of everyone 
Crying for everyone else
Makes it rain
Makes it pour
Here it comes
SOS
SOS)

Is that all there is left (And all there ever was?)
We did everything that was bad 
We did some things that were good
Changes
But we can't change it
And we can't change it
But we can't change
God bless us
God, God, God...

© April 2020 Phil McWalter

Change (S.O.S.)

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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...

Most of my tracks are available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play/YouTube, Amazon, etc, just search for Phil McWalter or follow the link below the track and stream or buy as you wish. 

Wow!!  417K plays and 4,000+ valued followers and friends 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), 'sing' if unavoidable, 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 Ultimate 14, Omnisphere 2 and my own organic samples. I love Hollow Sun.

I mix on Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's and HD 650's (closed and open headphones) when not making a bigger noise through my Mackie 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 compose with, play guitar for, produce, arrange, master or even just hum along with other SC musicians. Please just ask!

P.S. I use SC Repost to publish my work to other stores & streaming services. I am a long standing member of the Performing Rights Society and PPL through my TV and theatre work as well as my record and publishing deals.

CAN'T CHANGE IT (S.O.S.)

Phil McWalter

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