I listen again and what a fabulous track Phil !

Absolutely brilliant production, virtuoso playing and most importantly the musical lyrical concept wow! Bravo!

Fascinating piece of music, lyrically and musically. Love the complexity of it as it shifts and twists, reminds me of early Genesis, classic English exploratory rock : )

wow! I'm happy I get to hear this greatness 

ha-ha...liked that approach to getting a lo-fi radio-vocal...worked well, and you and your phone still work!!  a fascinating arrangement and slithers along perfectly on a hot sticky day...very creative, and getting all the elements to work seamlessly is even more impressive! Loved the drums by Rick, and the vocal performances..lead and harmonies....loved that operatic vocal (calls to mind the movie 5th element and the diva).  excellent!...I'm to be assured that no actual animals were harmed in the eating of the metaphor ? ;)

Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Playlist 042 Part 2

This song is written by Jim Barrett from Cork, Ireland, who sings and plays guitar, his brother Noel plays the bass. Roger Whittelsey from Boston produced it and added keyboards, drums and some vocals, and after that, I was lucky to have the opportunity the add some saxophone.
And there's a nice video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6u7AOf6vFM

Solving the riddle

Haven’t been on the cloud much lately. Been travelling across the southern Australian coastline, to the beautiful and remote Kangaroo Island. Its beauty seemed strangely juxtaposed to the horrors going on elsewhere.

Haunting Moods of Change

Roofpop

Loosely based on the traditional song.  120 bpm. (Painting: Manuel M. Remartinez)

Loch Lomond (Interpretation)

Golden Sword (2025)

It goes without saying but no music maker or AI.  Thank you all for your encouragement. 

If there’s one thing that you must do
Be yourself and let the light shine through
It’s time stand up tall and proud
Don’t let the bad times bring you down

If it feels like your broken heart won’t mend
When  all seems lost you’ll find your strength within

Take a look at the world around you
it’s your life and it’s finally found you
now it feels like you are not alone
And it feels like you’ve come home
 
See the people walking hand in hand
It’s time for  celebration in this land

We all come from the stars
We all are who you are
We were born to shine
We were born to live our life
We  were born to find our happiness where you might

this love it makes me high
As we float across the sky 
Now we Hold your heads up high
And together we will rise

(cue self indulgent fade out)

We Come From Stars (Pride '25)

The idea for this song came to me randomly while driving down some backroad a few years back, and I recorded the initial idea spur of the moment. For whatever reason, the rather morbid theme came out in the process and I just went with it. Nat is a daring soul and surprisingly encouraged that we record it and with her considerable help we fashioned this recording. Notable is that Nat has taken on the ability to add some beautiful pedal steel guitar throughout the song using her well established keyboard skills and this first run at it was very satisfying. Let us know what you think!

Craig Durgy: vocals, guitar
Nat Daniels: vocals, piano, pedal steel, bass, percussion
All music written and performed by Daniels & Durgy
Produced by Nat Daniels of Gentle Rain Records 
©2025 Daniels & Durgy

Lyrics:
It took me a while to believe it
If you’re stuck in a bad place, you leave it
And I was that place, that she had to erase
A place that suited me just fine

Then one day I put away my rosy glasses
As I waited for her to come back home.
But watching dust settle, 
On the couch and the kettle
I could see it was me, that made her have to leave
Me to build this coffin home of mine

Yes, I’m building a coffin to live in
Surrounded by forests of green
‘Cause if I ever knew love, 
I guess that I threw love
Away with the girl of my dreams

Well, it don’t feel like living, without her
Though the sun still shines brightly through the pines 
I can tell I have a pulse, 
But my heart has tested false 
If only I’d seen the warning signs

It’s the simple things that seem so complicated
Thought I knew what I should do, to make it 
But then the ship that sails, 
Leaves you pounding coffin nails
Now it’s, twenty-four seven, this coffin that I live in
With all the “could have beens” that it confines

I’m just building a coffin to live in
Surrounded by forests of green. 
‘Cause if I ever knew love, 
I guess that I threw love
Away with the girl of my dreams

Pounding away, day after day
Waiting for the girl of my dreams
Someday, she’ll be back

A Coffin To Live In

J'ai le plaisir de vous présenter la version Trio enregistrée en live lors de la session du 08 mai 2025 à La Barraque Mirepoix (09) du morceau : 
"Jane " extrait du set de Mathieu Torres Trio :
https://youtu.be/tiZxT7iPa5c

Mathieu Torres Trio est un projet intimiste jazz - rock - blues - funk hip hop - qui jongle entre old school et modernité, porté par un son rond, vivant, chaud, organique dont l'objectif est d'arpenter des terrains cosys, calmes et poétiques.

Contrebasse et arrangements :  Jean-Baptiste Azanza
Batterie et arrangements : Guy Ould Yahoui
Guitare et composition : Mathieu Torres

Merci Stéphanie Artaud pour l'étalonnage

Plus de musique ici : 
https://soundcloud.com/mathieutorresworks/sets/set-list-mt

Plateforme streaming pour le morceau Jane :
https://music.imusician.pro/a/rRi7Rkc-
Et là : 
https://matzizrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jane

et ici les anciennes vidéos 
En trio :
https://youtu.be/J55nNfEKvFM
https://youtu.be/y6GRZZ0K-xs
(et en solo) :  
https://youtu.be/XB7ExqJ2uG8
https://youtu.be/xXj-fzG8M-s
https://youtu.be/eI8yArJpvxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP69ovvmteU

Mathieu TORRES Trio - Matziz records

https://matzizrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/mathieutorresworks
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https://www.youtube.com/@torresmathieu6027

Jane - Trio Live - Video in description

ALL YOU NEED

on your mark

get ready to

cannonball

into the blue



after swimming

sparkle all around you

catch the sound

breakers breaking



stop the boat

get ready to

pick a spot

to slip into



after swimming

as the sunlight bakes you

summer sips

on a sand dune



after swimming

after swimming

come swimming

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image by Leandro Crespi via Unsplash

After Swimming

ANGEL / Dedicated To Angelight,Sean,Traci & 7cats ! JAZZ Flavor !

"RED HOT KEYS COLLAB" by Marco Turrini https://soundcloud.com/demelia-denton/red-hot-keys-collab-see-description
☆I am a big fan of Marco Turrini. This work added my guitar to a wonderful sound made by Marco. With a really good sound source, I was inspired by the excellent guide he presented with the sound, and I was able to pour the phrase of the guitar into that sound source. I am sincerely thankful to Mr. Marco.　https://soundcloud.com/marco-seekx/tracks
☆The remix which made the keyboard played by Marco Turrini complete is in the URL below. Those who play the keyboard please listen to that version, too.He has added more hammond etc. You can listen to Marco's wonderful performances.
"RED HOT KEYS RE-MIX COLLAB MARCO & JUNZO"
https://soundcloud.com/demelia-denton/red-hot-keys-re-mix-collab-marco-junzo

key : Dm,Am

RED HOT KEYS (with Marco Turrini Band)

TWO WORLDS - Re-Mastered Sept 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019/2020 AB Music
Mastered by Soundcloud Sept 2020

I'VE HIT THE MOON, LOOKING FOR YOU
IF YOU SEE ME SHINING IN YOUR LIFE,
PLEASE DON'T BE FOOLED

MAY'BE I'LL FALL, WAY BACK TO EARTH
BUT LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST A STEP AWAY

I THINK I'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
I GUESS THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL
I'M HEARING YOU, YOUR HEARING ME
BUT NOTHING TO SEE

MAY'BE WE WILL FALL, LIVING IN TWO WORLDS

I'M HYPNOTIZED, THE BEAUTIFUL LIES
THE BLINDING WORDS THAT I CAN'T HEAR
BECAUSE I FEEL ALIVE

I THINK I'VE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE
I GUESS THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL
I'M HEARING YOU, YOUR HEARING ME
BUT I CAN'T BELIVE

MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL... FALL
(break)
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
(LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST A STEP AWAY)
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
(LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST A STEP AWAY)
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS

2019 PRO TOOLS

TWO WORLDS

Just making my way through purgatory
I've been asked to put up the lyrics for this one - Enjoy.... 

Don't think I'm gonna wake up - so babe you shouldn't stay. This bedside's seen its better days and all I know - is in the distance - I can see a burning light and i reach out for the embers - and to the warmth i hold on tight 
And I'll be on my way....... Follow the voices down the pathway - aching hearts are all abound - And my feet barely touch the ground
I'm floating on a wind....... That takes me to the in between - where my soul will ever last - there ain't no coming back from this....

Don't think i should have said no - when he reached out for my hand - i should have followed his demands - cause all i know - is I'm forever drowning - in a pool of gasoline - with the embers all around me - the imps and clowns all at my feet -
I guess I'm on my way........ - I'm chasing Angels in the distance - aching souls are all abound - and my feet barely touch the ground
I'm floating on a wind......... - that takes me to the in between - where my soul will ever last - there ain't no coming back from this

I'm no one in this wasteland - the thing that I've become - feels like the corpse you're looking down on and all i know - is in the distance - i can see a burning light - and i fight off all the embers - woman i fight to see the light 
I guess I'm on my way...... I'm just not sure where I'm going - the ashen breeze keeps on blowing - and my feet barely touch the ground 
I'm floating on a wind..... - it pushes 
 through the in between - where my soul will ever last - there ain't no coming back from this

Don't think I'm gonna wake up - so babe you shouldn't stay - this bedside's seen its better days

“The Embers”

Intro and outro; excerpt from the film  ‘Brief Encounter’; the voice of Dame Celia Johnson DBE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter

Psalm 22:20 
Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

The phrase "Eat the dog in me" was shouted into an old iPhone, I was very pleased with the result and fortunately the iPhone and my throat still work.

My thanks to the rather brilliant Rick Medlock @Rick-4-1 on Drums
The Other Stuff is me (except for the late Dame Celia, the female operatic voice and the "Work it just a little bit!")

EAT THE DOG IN ME

This can't last
This misery can't last
I must remember that and try to control myself
Nothing lasts really, neither happiness nor despair
Not even life lasts very long
There'll come a time in the future when I shan't mind about this anymore
When I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was
Now, oh I don't want that time to come in
I want to remember every minute
Always 
Always to the end of my days...

Eat the dog in me

Hiding under the flowers
Chin in the musty soil
The algebra of ages towers 
In my head
Cleansed by the sweeping lighthouse toil
Salt on my lip
Cold wind in my eye
Sitting in the kitchen
Flying in the sky

Work it just a little bit 

Change one word
Put another day’s emphasis on
This morning’s thought
And stir slowly
The vector of time reverses
And I feel understanding
Allowing me to see for miles
In the turning radar reflection

Eat the dog in me

Work it just a little bit 

Eat the dog in me

Warm wind in my hair
Pressure on my ears
I snap at the fish
Swimming in the deep dark lake
Go climbing up the tree
Past the monkeys' heads
To feel the dawn rainfall
On the canopy  - balcony canapé alchemy
Warm smooth stone in my pocket
Cold bark on my back
Cold wolf bark in my throat…  

Eat the dog in me

I want to remember every minute
Always
Always to the end of my days...

© Phil McWalter April 2019

If you want to download the music bed and do your own thing with it, you can download it here: 
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/mcw-open-collab-just-add-your-own-vocals-or-whatever-you-wish

DOG EAT DOG

Eat the dog in me

Hello Soundcloud, thanks for the Listens, Likes and Support. Im from Melbourne Australia, I have been playing guitar for many years now and played in two bands during the 80's & 90's (STOLEN CAR original) & (STORM cover),both bands never released any material. Since 2010 i have been writing songs and tunes and recording them in my music room (3rd Bedroom), i play Guitar, Bass, Keys, BFD2 Drums(programmed)and Vocals on all of my songs which i class as Demo's, I love all types of music but Hard Rock, Rock to Alternative appeals to me most.
ALL SONGS POSTED ARE SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE OWNER.
Thanks again to everyone listening out there in the world, always looking forward to new material on Soundcloud,
Character Picture By, Rianna Borderick 2017
All artwork by Andrew Borderick
CONTACT : andrew@netec.com.au
Regards 
Andrew Borderick. (March 2017)

!!!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.

Eat the dog in me

Phil McWalter

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