Revisiting this fantastic track. It's in my Favourites plylist which is great to dip into now and again. You should check it put uerselk.

kinda like Pink Floyd without all the twee (lol);  this is very cool and doom laden;  the narrative acting is excellent!!!

@user-138663860: Hi Sandy, thanks for listening to this 9yr old one! Glad you found it so! Thanks so much Sandy x

Epic Rock indeed, this will feel current for many more years to come Phil. Great work my friend, Cheers!

A first for me, Phil.  Never before experienced the sense of having the words "there's a better way to get the message across" stencilled carefully onto a six inch nail that is then massaged softly deep into the top of my cranium.  Epic high art.  Utterly brilliant.

BACK for MORE. 7 years. NEVER FORGOTTEN. masterpiece.

Enchanted Sky

Suspirium (Thom Yorke cover)

Rock And Roll Dog

Summer Drive on the Highway with some Spanish Devil

This tune is like a easy summer drive, or so it seems… Along the way there are some twists and turns and an encounter or two with some speed devil on the highway. Also the title hints on a famous tune by one guitarist who used to play in Return to Forever, some of you will know. ;)
And there is also that short but intense race with a Norwegian devil, William Paasche. He plays a quirky, super groovy keyboard solo. Do check his work here on SoundCloud, he’s amazing! https://soundcloud.com/snuppeluppen

By the way, I am using my brand new Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Mahogany Natural guitar on this one! 

As always I really appreciate all your likes, comments and shares.
All the best,
-Dan

Music written, arranged, recorded and mixed by Dan van den Berg, with synthesizer part by William Paasche, July 2022
Guitars, bass and drum programming by Dan van den Berg
Synthesizers: William Paasche @snuppeluppen, Yamaha An1x 
Guitar: Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Mahogany Natural
Guitars recorded with AmpliTube
Music mixed and mastered in AURIA PRO
Cover art by Dan van den Berg

Summer Drive (on the Highway with some Spanish Devil)| Dan van den Berg featuring William Paasche

What Was Said

במנהרה

I'm happy to present my first digital mini-album. It's called "alp" and it contains six piano improvisations inspired by nature. The tracks were played in a recording studio with an acoustic piano. You can download alp (which includes this track)on bandcamp: http://ariad.bandcamp.com. 
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hsObHgzN1U

This is the beautiful and poignant film that inspired me to write this song. It was like I had Ellen in my head for three days..... https://www.channel4.com/programmes/ellen
Ellen is taken from The Hag and the Whore, the third album from Steph Sweet, singer-songwriter and underground musician and author. Influences of freak-folk, psychedelia and angel-punk and songs about hags and whores, paedophilia, the selfie-generation, a beautiful girl, a break-up, teepees, death and spamsters and wolves. Album art by Skinny Graphix
stephsweet.bandcamp.com/album/the-hag…e-whore-album

Ellen.
Ellen, she’s at the changeling age, only fourteen.
Her Mum’s lived inside a bottle, since she had her at fifteen.
There’s drinking ‘round the house most days.
Let the men in. Let the men in.
Her Mum just wants to dance with them.
Her Mum just wants to dance with them.
It’s like they’re factory-farming humans just to boost the GDP.
There’s no way out for the working classes, no jobs and no money.
Ellen’s lonely and she’s hurting, hurting so bad inside her head.
She lashes out at everything.
Ellen wishes she were dead.
She’s difficult and mouthy.
Doesn’t make a good poster-girl for the BBC.
And everybody turns their head.
Ellen is the girl that they don’t want to see.
And everybody turns their head.
They don’t want to see.

He’s older and she thinks she loves him, he gives her tenners, vodka and speed.
A plastic bead of kindness in a vacuum looks like a diamond ring.
Who's going to help Ellen?
Nobody.
Who's going to help Ellen?
Nobody.
There’s a million girls like Ellen in all the big cities.
Too difficult and mouthy to be poster-girls on tv.
It’s like they’re factory farming humans just to boost the GDP.
No vegetables unless they’re frozen, crisp sandwiches for tea.
Ellen’s lonely and she’s hurting, hurting bad inside her head.
She lashes out at everyone.
Ellen wishes she were dead.
Who’s helping Ellen?
Nobody.
Who’s helping Ellen?
Nobody.
Nobody.
Nobody.
©Steph Sweet September 2016 All Rights Reserved

The Hag and the Whore

Ellen

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England, Oh My England Parts I & II 
or 
The New National Anthem (Henry IV The Real Parts I & II) 

YouTube: http://youtu.be/MvICQjYKRfA

Part I

OK man, you hear me, yeh?  
Don't let 'em tell you anything man 
 Anything! 
 All you've gotta do is look for Christ's sake 
 It's madness  
Don't believe a word 
 I'm not paranoid man!
Stick with me!  
Yeah…  Yeah, I'll get you out of this
Do you wanna know what really happened? 
 You know at first you don't notice…  
But it affected everybody
Hey that's mine! Put it back!  
If you want something, ask. 
 That's how this started…

(New National Anthem)

I'm f*cking lost...
All you've gotta do is look for Christ's sake 
 It's madness  
Don't believe a word 
 I'm not paranoid man!

(New National Anthem)

You know at first you don't notice…  
But it affected everybody
If you want something, ask.  
That's how this started…

Part II

You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man

Floating
High above the cities
Shines a lonely ray of truth

And screaming
High above the cities
Sings a lonely photobooth 
(Gone in a flash)

Face up
It's only you that matters
Or have you lost that with your youth?

(Solo, New National Anthem)

You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man
I’m f*cking lost!
  It's only you that matters
  That’s how this started
You gotta forget all that
All that’s gone man…


© 2013 Phil McWalter


"And not a man of them brings other news  than they have learn'd of me: from Rumour's tongues  they bring smooth comforts false, worse than  true wrongs."   
Henry IV Part II  William Shakespeare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_bank_rescue_package

"Some commentators noted that, although under the capitalist model inefficient private commercial enterprises should be allowed to go bust, the banks were "too big to fail". Not a single bank chief or chairman went to prison in the UK or in the US.[7]"

Broadcast in a US prog rock radio programme (now available as a podcast) http://www.progzilla.com/progressive-tracks-show-202-dark-light/

Mains Hum

England, Oh My England (Parts I & II)

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England, Oh My England Parts I & II

Title track from the album 'The River'

LYRICS:
The closer I get, the further away it becomes
The closer I get, the further away it becomes....
Into the night, the river will flow its own way
Further away, further away....

Take me back to the river
Let me see the light
It's where I wash my feelings away
Back to the river

Take me back to the river, furthest away it can be
Back to the river, and further away from me

All my life, I've wanted to be here again
Here in the river, there's no other way it's been

Take me back
Back to the river
The closer I get, the further away it begins...

Take me back to the river
Let me see the light
It's where I wash my feelings away
Back to the river
Take me back to the river
Furthest away it can be
Back to the river, and further away from me....

Back To The River

My Frist Track for the new album. Mixing with my new high end equipment. A song of reflection about the early music festival scene near San Francisco  where I grew up.

Freedom Free Love Free To Be Heard by GLEN GRANTHEM
Play it like you use to play it when you were young
Tearing up a fret board until you reached number one
Spend those days on the green lost in the crowd
Shoulder to shoulder as the band rocks out
Singing songs about peace and love and Smoking grass as guitars strum

Day after day the music was life 
Turntables spin all through the night
One hand on a pipe carved out of stone
All your friends felt right at home
With both hands in the air and Every face wore long hair
Viet Nam was miles away  Every song had its place
Solo
The sixties were like no other time in our life
Draft cards ,Protests , Equal rights
We were coming of age to save the world
Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard
Singing songs about peace and love Smoking grass as Guitars Strum
With Both hands in the air 
Singing Songs About Peace and Love.....

Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard ( Original ) with Lyrics

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...

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.

England, Oh My England Parts I & II

Phil McWalter

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