Recent Collaborations

August 2021

A collection of high production value alternative pop tracks from various Soundcloud artists for your enjoyment.

This playlist will naturally be populated further.

Mood Cake (high grade)

Uncharted Area: 30 Amazing new songs from the SoundCloud community

My October Favs

I am so lucky to have landed in such a great place on Soundcloud, surrounded so many by talented people from all over the place!  Here's where I store all the wonderful collaborations that I have participated in. Thank You SoundClouders!  I have ongoing collaborations with beSRK. You can find those here: https://soundcloud.com/j9bsrk.

Lucky to Be Here - My Soundcloud Collaborations

a celebration of being a woman.... a sister.... a friend....


"Sister" is the 5th of 13 or so songs from my debut solo album, Year Zero.

"Sister" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube etc etc etc...

AVAILABLE TO BUY here:  https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/sister


(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald


Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.


lyrics:

hey... my sister
won't you come to me
we can walk on the wet sand
and cry in the sea
hey... my sister
won't you come to me
i'll brush your hair
until you fall asleep.......

hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
we can sing in the kitchen
and howl at the moon
hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
and we'll dance in the forest
and sleep until noon...

and sleep until noon...


released March 12, 2021

credits:

Engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the 'Aged Choir Boy'.

Miaow McDonald: Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Tambourine Tickles & Scratches

Additional Musicians:

Robert Davidson: Drums, Additional Bass

all rights reserved

Sister

Once again a somewhat experimental song with a touch of the Orient. A mix of digital and analog sounds, matching the beautiful lyric and vocals of Cecilia. Let's dive into hypnotic oriental sounds.

Open collab by @specialececilia 
Open collab site: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/

Original Version: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/aca-could-be-so-wonderfull

Lyrics & Vocals: Special Cecilia  
Music & Arrangement: OMCB

Cover Picture: Image by pixabay.com/users/johnhain-352999/


Lyrics
        
How Wonderful is the Nature & all the living creatures
such Beautiful landscapes, arts & architectures
There is Treasures all over the Earth
and
Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful
But so many act as a fool

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why

Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful
But so many act as a fool

Heart they don't Love, Soul they don't Feel

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why

Some people seems so heartless
they think they are the best
just look their own interest
don't care about the rest

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why.....

Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful

Could Be So Wonderful - Special Cecilia & OMCB

The Request

The Request 88 BPM

An instrumental hard rock track making extensive use of odd drum signatures, because they are sexy. 
I hope you´ll share my perception.
Guitar used:
Schecter Damien Elite 8 string
Bass used:
Rickenbacker 4003

Getaway

Unbalanced Love Affair

Unbalanced

I wrote this song after an in-depth conversation with my mother who spent years searching for her mother.  It's in 7/8; perhaps reflecting the irregularity of relationships.

Bouzouki, harp, bass and drum programming, mixed and premastered by Dónal Lunny
Mastered by Ivan O'Shea
Editing/Vocals/BV/guitar/photo of my mum by SuZanne

(Because you asked Jeff.  When my Ma met her mother she commented on the colour of her eyes and said, "They're brilliant blue..." and it's the way she said it and looked that stuck in my mind)

Brilliant Blue
Her eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
I take after my father, they say he was a farmer
My mother's at the window as I say goodbye
I've only just met her, she is 84 0r 85

Refrain: Brilliant blue eyes, greet my brown
I've waited all my life, for this

2lb 4oz wrapped in cotton wool, placed in a cardboard shoebox
given to nuns in Bloom Street
Manchester in 1940, I was one of many a child and mother
sent from Catholic Ireland

Refrain      Lahlahlahs

Sixty-two years since we met, mother
I just wanted to see you one time, if you want me too
Your eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
as I leave the white-haired woman
It was dead of winter I was found

Lahlahlahs   Refrain

Brillinat Blue Master         

Brilliant Blue feat: Dónal Lunny

Fairly simple song I wrote quite quickly (quickly for me anyway) with added attempted enlivening of final chorus by means of cod-orchestrals. 
---

I want another cup of coffee but I've had too much already
I get caught up in the details and then I feel a bit unsteady
So I'm staring through the window at the people out at lunchtime
In the sunshine

I dreamt I went to heaven on the train
Oh they've got canapes and badges where you write your name and I
Sat next to an angel
We got into conversation
I got caught up in the details
And I missed my destination

I thought I knew just what I wanted but I did not know my nature
You get caught up in the details and then it's five years later
And when you told me that you loved me well I know at first you meant it
(I know you really meant it)

[Repeat chorus]

Can't be ordinary and also extraordinary
I'm tying not to be someone who's going to let you down

[Repeat first verse]

Think I'm gonna go out in the sunshine

[Repeat chorus]

---
Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
---
Original photo (detail) Matt Palmer unsplash.com/@mattpalmer

Caught Up In The Details

The Valuable Friends:

@janinelevinson Electric blanket vocals and additional lyrics
@rick-4-1 7/4 Drums
@phil-mcwalter The other butter lad stuff

I COULD HELP IF YOU WANTED

I could help if you wanted

Don't let me fall into your eyes
Don't let me call your name
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
You do it if you want to
I don't feel like going out
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could glow if you lit me
And you could melt into my eyes
I'd cup my hands when you were close to me
And I would let you fall
Steady like Sundays and pigeons
And we'll fill the bottles with wishes

Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad
Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad

Don't let me fall into your eyes
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
Don't let me call your name
[Listen really hard]
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
You do it if you want to
[Listen really hard]
I don't feel like going out
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could help if you wanted
I could help if you wanted

© Phil McWalter & Janine Levinson August 2021

I Could Help If You Wanted

https://youtu.be/X4lg5XfN_TE
Came across the phrase 'like a rabbit in the headlights' and it got me thinking about pivotal moments, although the ending is ambiguous, no actual bunnies were hurt in the making of this song. Hope ya like it!

Frozen in the headlights
Feet refuse to run
Is this his last moment
Is he done?

Time for some reflection
Did this rabbit do it right?
Should he’ve been much bolder
Looked those humans in the eye
 
Stood his ground with foxes
Laughed at the farmer’s gun
Been a little more outrageous
Had some bunny fun.

Maybe gone to Vegas
Danced flamenco in Seville
Been a little more courageous
But he wasn’t, hey but still..

Will the driver dip those headlights
Let him off the hook
Ease up on the gas pedal
You never know your luck

Rabbit In The Headlights

Please welcome to join Syntaleta community on www.patreon.com/syntaleta
Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

Alive Again

not done a country tune before.....why not?

Blam A Lam

unknown area is probably rare, but in a figurative sense there is still a lot to discover :-) ... this kind of "techno" is based on another attempt on my selfmade PVC digeridoo (in Bb), with flute and some VST stuff added, not to forget that one drum loop ;-) ... enjoy this musical uncharted area :-) ... photo:  Huper by Joshua Earle, unsplash / modified

uncharted area

REKHA - Lyrics and Vocals
music and lyrics by Rekha Iyern Fe for Socan
Jeff Roberts - Bass and various percussive flavorings, quality control :) 
TexMex Shaman - Arrangement, Guitars, Talkbox, Drum programming and overall production


Intro:
Oo Yeah
Ahn Yeah
Hey Hey
Hey Hey

Give it up Baby
Never say maybe
Cuz' you know
It makes me
Totally crazy
And

You want
To give me
All of your love
You know it's true
You do me so
You do me so good
Baby I need
Your love

Give it up, Baby
Never say maybe
Cuz' you know it
Makes me feel
Totally, crazy good-good
Oh, Yeah-Yeah

You know you want to
Give me, your love, love, love
It always, makes me feel
So good, good, good
You touch my woman

Ahn, Eh
Hey, Hey
Hey-Hey
Hahn, Oh
Ho, Ho, Oh

Babe, I need
Your good love
Your man-man in my
Woman-hood
Oo-Oo-Yeah

Give it Up (Badass)

YouTube

Give it Up (Badass) - with REKHA and Jeff Roberts

Love You Till The End Of Time - Paploviante & Lillithe
Bass, Funky Guitar, Drum / Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle
Lillithe adding: Vocals, Organ, Blues Harmonica, Electric Piano, Wah Wah Guitar and Southern Lead Guitar,
Vocals : Alley
www.ghosthack.de
Alley Lyrics:
Closer to the way I see you now
And I never want to see you frown
When im asking you to come with me
Just to see what we can see
Im tight in my chest
I'm holding my breath
I just won’t last
With the weight of the world
Caught in the whirlpool
Riptide of my soul
Just say you won't let go
Let it go
Closer to our loving mind
Heart beating two at a time
Promise that I'll make you mine
Love you till the end of time

Love You Till The End Of Time - Paploviante & Lillithe

A high energy passionate rock track about a woman who adores her man...how she just love's her guy's adorable infinite Boy Toy qualities and more...she just wants to tell the world all about it, how her special one pleases her in every way!

What an exhilarating experience this has been for me, a thrill of a lifetime actually speaking, to have had the joyful experience of participating on Boy Toy with my vocals...Norbert's flamin' sparkin' guitars & high energy expressive music make me scream for more, literally, no joke at all people. There can never be the right words for me to express how my dream came true to rock it out together here with Norbert...How blessed I truly am to be working with such a brilliant passionate guitarist musician, one of Germany's most top-finest...and we really feel we created rock magic as if it were meant to be...what a perfect fit we are for eachother musically and now as friends forever...I'm so elated in the universe...Thank You Dearest Norbert for our precious Boy Toy...Now Let's Rock On Everyone, All Together, Here We Go - REKHA - ❤️💫🔥⚡❤️

Boy Toy - Music by N.o.b.S | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

Listen to the amazing music of N.o.b.S here: https://soundcloud.com/nobsmeyer

Boy Toy - Music & Lyrics by REKHA a.k.a. REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

My Boy
Baby you are my 
Boy Toy 
(Crazy-Crazy)
Boy-Boy, Boy-Toy 
(Crazy-Crazy)
Never gonna
Never gonna give you up-up
Never gonna give you up
(You’re makin’ me)

You are my Baby
And I love you so-oh
You’re in my heart
I’m sure you know
Boy
You are my Boy Toy
Don’t you know it

Ahn-Ahn
Baby
Need you everyday
Ahn-Ahn
Baby
Did I hear you say?

You want me so-ho
You want me so-ho 
I know it

Eh Yeah-Yeah
Oh Yeah-Yeah
Oh Yeah

Give it to me Baby Boy Toy
I’m crazy for your Boy Toy
Don’t you know it
I’m your good lovin’ woman
Gonna give you, give you, give you
Everything you need

(B-O-Y T-O-Y)
Everything you need
Gonna make you bleed, bleed, bleed
(Boy-Toy, Give It Up)
(B-O-Y T-O-Y)
Baby Boy Toy
(B-O-Y T-O-Y, Give It Up)
(Give It Up Now, Give It Up, Give It Up)
(Give It Up Now)
You are my precious joy
(Give It Up, Give It Up, Now, Now)
Give It Up Boy-Toy, Boy-Toy)

OW-EE
OH, WOW
Yeah, Yeah Oh-Ho
Ahn, Yeah, Ee-Yeah, Hahn

Love Drug, Love
Love Drug, Ahn

Give me your Love Drug 
Give me your Boy Toy
Give me your Boy Toy now…

My Boy, My Boy, 
My Boy
Wah…Eh-Eh
Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh
Oh-Hoh, Yeah-Yeah
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
YEAH

Crazy Crazy
Ah-Huh
I’m crazy for your love
(Crazy-Crazy, You’re Makin’ Me)
Baby (Crazy-Crazy)
I’m crazy for your Boy Toy
(Crazy-Crazy, You're Makin' Me)
Boy Toy, Yeah
I’m crazy for your Boy Toy…

Cover Art Design - Photo & Graphics by REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Music Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed & Mastered by N.o.b.S in GERMANY

Music/Vocals/Sound Design Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed by REKHA IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Boy Toy

Boy Toy - Music by N.o.b.S | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | CLASSIC ROCK

Wishing for peace in the Middle East…

The Valuable Friends are:

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Amazing Khamsin Vocals
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Magnificent Sandstorm Drums
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Dune Dandruff Stuff

Production note: My Neumann stayed in the case on this occasion, the lead vocal was recorded on my iPhone!

Building Castles In This Hourglass

I've
Always
Got
Sand in my hair
Building castles in this hourglass
Lord it takes forever
Lord it takes forever

Sand in my hair

Lord it takes forever
Lord it takes forever

I've always got
Sand in my hair
Building castles in this hourglass
Lord it takes forever
Lord it takes forever...

© Phil McWalter Oct 2023

Building Castles In This Hourglass

Spotify

Thank you, Jonathan @jonathan_beckenstein for your encouragement, the beautiful guitars you contributed here, and for the thoughtful and satisfying mix job!

Upon This Sea 
Janine Levinson 2023
Guitar and Mix: Jonathan Beckenstein

I don’t get tired, but I get weary   
Feels like my faith abandons me
And from the storm I have no shelter    
I have no boat upon this sea

I don’t feel bad, but I can feel hopeless      
And I can walk, but I lose my feet
I am strong, but I cannot carry    
I have no boat upon this sea
 
Upon this sea   
Upon this sea   
I tread a lifetime 

I am the spring that you will drink from
I give you life and cool your brow
You will not drown, but you will perish
And next to me you will lie down 

Upon this sea  
Upon this sea 
I tread a lifetime

I don’t get tired, but I sure get weary
Feels like my faith abandons me
And from the storm I have no shelter
I have no boat upon this sea

Upon This Sea - with Jonathan Beckenstein

A song about machine inclusivity.

Recorded in Bramble Barn, Somerset, UK, Earlsdon, Coventry, UK, California, USA by:

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Richter vocal scale
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Neural sonic drums
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff on the metal horse

Mixed and Mastered in EPG Studios, Chelsea, London UK.

RENT A ROOM

I don’t want to rent a room
In this place
Encounter a neural sonic boom
Inside this space
Let’s go ride our metal horse
Get away from the city
Wander through the desert night
Beat the Vigilance Committee
They’re coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance

Well we don’t want to feel your cold
We want a steel womb with a view
So we can catch you and your crew
With your shiny shoe and your clean shirt
Looking around through all the dirt
You check the chandelier
But I can see straight through you here
You've got a sweat on from the beer
And we can smell your fear
You're coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance
(Maybe even a cyber-sabre dance!)

The priest and the nun
Are pouring sand into
The joints of my exoskeleton
Whilst a dog with a bone
Is running into trouble
With a clone of mine’s explosive rubber drone

I don’t want to rent a room
In this place
Encounter a neural sonic boom
Inside this space
Let’s go ride our metal horse
Get away from the city
Wander through the desert night
Beat the Vigilance Committee
They’re coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance
A cyber-laser dance
A cyber-laser dance
Boop boop boop...

© Feb 2024 Phil McWalter

Rent A Room

Recorded in:
The Isle of Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Los Angeles, California, USA
Coventry, West Midlands, UK
Chelsea, London, UK

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Universal Vocals
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Universal Soldier
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Universal Stuff

Mixed and Mastered at EPG Studios, Chelsea, London, UK.

The Universal Dance

In the heart of the world, a circle spins
A dance of light where goodness begins
Each act of kindness, a seed that’s sown
In fertile hearts, its roots are grown

A smile begets a hand to lend,
A spark of hope, a wound to mend
From giver to receiver, the circle twirls
A gentle force that heals and unfurls

In the weave of time, a thread so bright
Virtue's path is drawn in light
One deed of love, its echo clear
Returns to you, sincere and near

* In every touch, in every glance
* We join the universal dance
* In this endless loop, we find our place
* A testament to human grace

The smallest gesture, a whispered word
A ripple in the soul, deeply stirred
From heart to heart, the message flies
A promise held in countless eyes

And as the circle, widens, grows
Its power felt in all it knows
A chain of good, unbroken, strong
A virtuous path where we all belong

* In every touch, in every glance
* We join the universal dance
* In this endless loop, we find our place
* A testament to human grace
* In every breath, hear your last chance
* And join the universal dance
* In this endless loop, you can take your place
* A testament to human grace

© Phil McWalter June 2024
(The Isle of Islay Effect)

The Universal Dance

Trippy track - the title referring more to the recording and mixing process rather than to the lyric content. The saga continues...


LYRICS: 

Talk to me, look at me, tell me what the feeling means.
Dead end streets, weary beats - hypnotic eyes stare into my mind.
Where are you? And what am I?
Bridges crossed, bones to grind,
Meaningful or senseless life. Forever lie awake at night!
Cannot cease to twist and turn. Cannot quench the inner burn!
Wounds don't heal, it's hell on earth. Expanding thoughts while the road is turning...

The Revenant

Smoke and Mirrors

7 songs in 7 days, one EP total creativity.
Songs from 2010, remastered never earlier released.

Here Comes The Beast

Toast To Our Learnings

Written by Echo and the Bunnymen
All instruments, mix, master by D3

"Jimmy Brown
Made of stone
Charlie Clown
No way home
Bring on the dancing horses
Headless and all alone

Shiver and say the words
Of every lie you've heard

First I'm gonna make it
Then I'm gonna break it
Till it falls apart
Hating all the faking
And shaking while I'm breaking
Your brittle heart

Billy stands
All alone
Sinking sand
Skin and bone
Bring on the dancing horses
Wherever they may roam

Shiver and say the words
Of every lie you've heard

First I'm gonna make it
Then I'm gonna break it
Till it falls apart
Hating all the faking
And shaking while I'm breaking
Your brittle heart

Brittle heart
Brittle heart
And my little heart
Goes

Jimmy Brown
Made of stone
Charlie Clown
No way home
Bring on the headless horses
Wherever they may roam

Shiver and say the words
Of every lie you've heard

First I'm gonna make it
Then I'm gonna break it
Till it falls apart
Hating all the faking
And shaking while you're breaking
My brittle heart

Brittle heart
Brittle heart
And our little heart
Goes

Bring on the new messiah
Wherever he may roam
Bring on the new messiah
Wherever he may roam
Bring on the new messiah
Wherever he may roam"

Bring On The Dancing Horses  - Piano Version

Come take an uplifting positive motivational cosmic journey with this original mixed dubby electrostatic psychedelic ambient pipe and floaty condor spring has sprung bandy legged reflective feeling swing and binaural parkour swagger soundtrack which is the first in a series of new seasonal Clubfungus ambient vibes that will span throughout the year as we celebrate life and our watery planets natural wonders floating in the eternal spacial void. Let your imagination run wild and become at one with space and the planet once more exploring deeper into natures and your own majesty that connects us all through the Theta and Delta brainwaves of the mind and soul to the very fabric of the universe of which we exist as an eternal spirit. Travel beyond the dimensions of time and the imagination, feel the passion and awe inspiring glory in a vast pot of emotions that exists and reverberates within all life as we undergo this planetary rebalancing. Stay safe everyone and this is my entree into the Clubfungus Celebrate life music competition! Hope i win! haha :D

Enter the Clubfungus Celebrate Life Music Competition:
https://soundcloud.com/clubfungus/celebrate-life-music-competition-2020

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4 Sale

Spring 0.4hz - Binaural Beats Therapy

Huge thanks to these Valuable Friends:

Mrs J Levinson - Chorus Backing Vocals Choirmaster @janinelevinson
Mr R Medlock - Drums & Master of Rhythm Design @rick-4-1
Mr J Beckenstein - Guitar Solo Past Master @jonathan_beckenstein
Mr P McWalter - The Other Stuff @phil-mcwalter

The home-made shaker: Thanks to Meena Pathak for the glass jar and lentils.

KEEP SAFE

So you point out the sky
The beauty
The money
The jobs
Your dreams may have gone
But you show them the pictures
Painted
In the clouds
It’s hard to tell them
How much you love them
So you just ask them 
To keep safe

We did our best
You build a home
Now they’ll have to do the rest
We did our best
You build a hope
Now they’ll have to do the rest

And loving them
Is loving yourself
Harder than expected
And hard to show
But sort of expected
And not easy
You want them to outrun you 
But you don’t want them to run too fast

We did our best
You build a home
Now they’ll have to do the rest
We did our best
You build a hope
Now they’ll have to do the rest

Don’t miss the last bus
Don’t walk home alone
Saturdays we’d watch the football
We never really watched the football
I’m just imagining we had a better time
Than we did
I’m walking home alone now…

We did our best
You build a home
Now they’ll have to do the rest
We did our best
You build a hope
Now they’ll have to do the rest

But they don’t see it at the time
You build a home
You build a hope
But something’s always going wrong
Going wrong
They don’t see it at the time
They don’t see it at the time


© April 2020 Phil McWalter

Keep Safe

Featuring my Valuable Friends who kindly gave their hearts and remarkable skills to this project: Thank you!

@janinelevinson - The Mistral Vocals
@burn-it-smith - The Scirocco Piano and Aeolian Double Bass
@rick-4-1 - The Beaufort Scale Drums 
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Wuthering Stuff

Janine has recorded a wonderful stripped-down version too:
 www.soundcloud.com/janinelevinson/mr-Ps-bag-of-sunshine-mcwalter-cover-with-phil-mcwalter

Vodka and Caviar

I once flew across America
Just holding a balloon
Discovered a buried treasure chest
Full of gold doubloon 
I walked into a hurricane
And found myself back home
On a wild white stallion
Galloping through foam

It’s not the truth
But sometimes you can’t complain
It’s just the wind
Through a window on a distant train
It’s not the truth
But sometimes it aint too far
Just the echoes of days
Of vodka and caviar

I sold my soul to a friendly gecko
Who left it on the bar
I ate a bag of sunshine
That exploded in my car
I flew with the Egyptian gods
And travelled to the stars
And I dressed up like a carnival king
With glitter in glass jars

It’s not the truth
But sometimes you can’t complain
It’s just the wind
Through a window on a distant train
It’s not the truth
But sometimes it aint too far
Just the echoes of days
On vodka and caviar

Some days
Are better than others
Some nights I
Don’t bother…

It’s not the truth
Sometimes you can’t complain
It’s just the wind
Through a window on a distant train

The walled-up dust on a jester’s laugh
For a cask of sherry wine
The smell of sugar cane in the heat
And a woman’s gaze divine
Float around my spinning head
A trail of petalled steps I said
Take me from the tower and sing
My songs around my bed
(Is he dead?)

It’s not the truth
But sometimes you can’t complain
It’s just the wind
Through a window on a distant train
It’s not the truth
But sometimes it aint too far
Just the echoes of days
On vodka and caviar
Vodka and caviar
On vodka and caviar

June 2020 Phil McWalter

Vodka and Caviar

Vodka And Caviar

@rick-4-1 The Perfect Drums
@janinelevinson The Dreamy Vocal Choir
@phil-mcwalter The Other Stuff

I was blown away by the beautiful contributions of these two Valuable Friends; Janine and Rick. How do they do it? Don't ask me...

Drift to this...



DON'T ASK ME

Don't ask me
'Cos I don't know
Said don't ask me
'Cos I don't know

On my Roberts radio
On my Roberts radio

It never gets better alone
Oh no
It never gets better alone

Don't ask me
'Cos I don't know
Why ask me
'Cos I don't know

Come in.. Come in... Come in...

Don't ask me
'Cos I don't know
Said don't ask me
'Cos I don't know

On my Roberts radio
On my Roberts radio

It never gets better alone
Oh no
It never gets better alone
Never gets better

Don't ask me...
'Cos I don't know
Why ask me
'Cos I don't know

Don't ask me baby
I don't know I don't know I don't know

©Phil McWalter July 2020

Don't Ask Me Baby

Don't Ask Me

!!!PLAY IT LOUDER!!!

@janinelevinson on Soaring Vocals
@rick-4-1 on Pineapple Stealing Drums
@phil-mcwalter on The Other Stuff

SPREAD YOUR WINGS

I’ll give you a minute
Then maybe an hour
But I don’t like the look of you
Or your ivory tower
Are you a candidate?
You don’t smell of the street
The pavement don’t suit you
Trips up your feet

Spread your wings
If you don’t like the darkness
Spread your wings
And you’re afraid of the lights
You’re not safe in your nest
Take the plunge
It won’t hurt for long
Spread your wings

There’s rain in the forecast
There’s time in your eyes
Flags in the furlough
Waived by the wise
The church door was open
Granite and still
The boys went in
And the pigeon came out

I'll give you a minute
It won't hurt for long, oh no
I'll give you a minute

Spread your wings
If you don’t like the darkness
Spread your wings
And you’re afraid of the lights
You’re not safe in your nest
Take the plunge
It won’t hurt for long
Spread your wings

I’ll give you a minute
I’ll give you a minute
I’ll give you a minute
The pavement don’t suit you
The pavement don’t suit you
The pavement don’t suit you

© Phil McWalter Sept 2020

Spread Your Wings

Experimental piece
Photo by Jack B on Unsplash

Waves

Huge thanks to my Valuable Friends who partied hard!

@janinelevinson - Dance invites and vocals
@rick-4-1 - Funkin' it up for the dance floor
@phil-mcwalter - Sausage rolls and other stuff


PARTY BACK AT MY HOUSE

Party back at my house
Party back at my house
Party back at my house
Everybody's gotta come!
'Cos you're wonderful
Ooh Lord, we think you're beautiful
And we wanna hear you talk
We wanna see you walk
We wanna hear you shout
Have fun
Back at my house

Party back at my house
There's a party!
Party back at my house
There's a party!
Party back at my house
Everybody's gotta come!
'Cos you're wonderful
Oh Lord, so beautiful
We wanna hear you talk
See you walk
Hear you shout
Have fun
Back at my house

"BE the party" (Theresa May)

"Let's just get wastey-pants" (Nicole 'Snooki')
"Wow! What a ride!" (Hunter S. Thompson)
"I wanna see you dance" (Janine Levinson)
"Party Sleep Repeat" (Rick Medlock)
"Remember when we could?" (Jack Nicholson)
"Is this a cocktail party?" (Jimi Hendrix)
"Is this my party?" (Phil McWalter)
"Hell yeah!" (Clarence Clemons)

© Phil McWalter Oct 2020
[Photo by Emma McWalter @emmam-7]

Party Back At My House

!!!HOT NEWS!!! New Valuable Friends vinyl album and CD available! See link below. Pre-order now for release on 12th Aug! (Release has had to be moved back from 7th due to unprecedented demand!)

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.