Paying attention to the lyrics... quite complicated, Phil  :)

This is a superb song. Not only that - it's art.

Most amazing vocal flying harmonies...wow, great song scape-ing and splashes of really cool sounds that plunge forward...excellent shape-shiftin'-swingin' song XOXOXO

How did I manage to miss this stonking great hit for so long? Loving those sublime harmonies on the 'Good' and it feels like something Bowie and Mick Ronson should have made. Hammond vibe adds so much too. Glad I eventually caught up with this beauty. Cheers Phil for sharing

ooh those dynamics. to die for.  I like the standard, modest bass in the early verse, sets a pleasant starting point to a crazy adventure.

Very impressive all around - song, vocals, instrumentation - very cool stuff

such moments last. Great belated discovery, Phil. You got me high on this

Great work, Phil and Rick, with a huge, Pink Floyd power. Love those thick chords, great dynamics and beautiful balance between the drums, guitars and vocals.

Life's A Holiday (New)

I guess I've been hopping around the Cloud long enough to be influenced by all of you. This one is pretty strongly influenced by the bucolic musings of the Cloud King, Chris Pellnat @pretentiousmusic.

From Wikipedia: "Mud daubers are not normally aggressive, but can become belligerent when threatened. Stings are uncommon." To this I can relate.

Dirt Dauber

Dirt Dauber, Dirt Dauber
There’s work to be done
There’s no time for fun
In the sun

Dirt Dauber, work harder
Your larder is bare
Nine spiders despair
When they’re stung

Jittery lady
Adobe architect 
A potter, an artist of mud

It’s all for the baby
A tinge of regret
Your life, a labor of love
 
Work faster, you master 
Of plaster matte walls
Waddle and daubing your halls
 
You flickering onyx
My spindle waste friend
Slaving away til the end

Your moment is coming
You’ve almost arrived
Your masterpiece nearly complete

All in awe we applaud
And with tears in our eyes
As you fall from the skies to our feet

Dirt Dauber, Dirt Dauber
There’s work to be done
There’s no time for fun
In the sun

Dirt Dauber, work harder
Your larder is bare
Nine spiders despair
When they’re stung

Dirt dauber you martyr
A lamb to the slaughter
Why bother? Why bother?
Why bother? Why bother?

Dirt dauber you martyr
A lamb to the slaughter
Why bother? Why bother?
Why bother? Why bother?

Dirt dauber you martyr
A lamb to the slaughter
Why bother? Why bother?
Why bother? Why bother?

Dirt Dauber

When I
Was young
I thought
My 
Love
Could overcome
Your pain,
And maybe I could change your mind.
Not this time.

So I
Defined my worth
By how
Hard
You shoved me to the dirt,
And I
Still carry that in mind,
So I'll know better next time.

All I really wanted was your protection.
The way you beat me down was ironic perfection.

Taught me to be afraid.
Lived in fear every day.
Bet you want me to hide away,
Well I won't, I won't.

Hey man, look what you made.
Too bad you didn't get your way.
Then I wouldn't be here today
Calling, calling you out.

I've spent
My whole life
Chasing
Love
With lies,
Desperate
To fill the void you left behind.
Still I try.

Now I
Realize
That we're
The
Same, you and I.
We're both
Terrified of what's inside.
It's getting harder to hide.

We're all capable of the gravest oppression,
And 'til we can admit it, there'll be no progression.

So I self-medicate,
Isolate more every day.
Empathy gets chipped away,
'Cause I can't take it.

Hey man, look what we made,
Altars to greed and hate.
Programmed to regurgitate
And over-stimulate.

Mother we set ablaze,
Father has turned his gaze.
Now we're all fuckin' corporate slaves,
So mindless, we're digging our own graves.

From HinT - "This song had a very long gestation period. For a while we weren't sure that it would ever see the light of day. It first appeared as a live video on our Facebook page, which still remains in our video section as a demo. After a lot of procrastinating, we sent some stems to Russ, who in turn sent those pieces to D. D. Danahy. And that's when everything turned around. D. D. Danahy added synth and bass. But most importantly, he breathed new life into the song, made it a cohesive thing, and gave it a brand new heading that inspired us all, and helped us see it through to its fruition. Reinvigorated by D3's contributions, we decided to add lyrics and vocals. Russ approached bitzone on our behalf to add drums, which was an altogether excellent choice. Russ then worked tirelessly and meticulously to mix and blend every piece together into the final product. And now, finally, we're here. With our deepest thanks and gratitude to everyone involved."

From Russ - Thanks to Honor in Treason for allowing me to post this to my music profile, please support them on Bandcamp, see link. Thanks to 3D and bitzone for joining in and making something we can truly be proud of. 

Arranged Mixed and Mastered by Russ at Chaos Cookhouse Cambridge UK

The Single

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20/20 By Honor in Treason Feat. D. D. Danahy & bitzone

I tell you….after this daily yo-yo….up and down…..total contradictions and craziness of governments and the medias, I need something light and happy to make me smile. 
So close your eyes….empty your minds…..let go of the outside world, and for around 4 minutes, enjoy some happy cheerful vibes. Enjoy and smile. Love to all. Copyright protected ©

You Make Me Smile, Make Me Love You ©

"A musical vision of Autumn, a time of year when change is in the air. Mellow days and vivid colours give way to darker nights, rain storms and misty mornings. As the season moves on, a hint of Winter arrives with colder nights and frosty mornings"

Description

Autumn, finds me trying to express, in music, my feelings about this season. Below is a attempt at doing this in words too. This is the second of hopefully four orchestral pieces that describe the four temperate seasons of the year.

If you want to hear other pieces from the series "The Wheel Turns" after listening to this piece, the links are here :-

soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-wheel-turns

The Wheel Turns Orchestral Suite - YouTube playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQkE1sMc-t1sixu4RmJmjyFr0HF6dnUF2

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Autumn
The majesty of Summer has now faded. Leaves, once so green, now a myriad of fading colours as Mother Nature withdraws her life-giving hand.

The weather is changing too. Strong winds and blustery days jostle with times of calm reflection, as you take a little wander through the woods.

The squirrels are busy, as are the birds, as some prepare for darker times whilst others set forth on their migrant flights.

For Autumn knows, whilst man often forgets, that change is in the air.

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Instrumentation

Con Sordino and 8ve strings (Albion One - Spitfire)
Viola Ensemble (Chris Hein Strings)
Violin Spiccato (Albion One - Spitfire)
Low Strings Cello & Bass(Chris Hein Strings)
Pizzicato Strings (Albion One - Spitfire)
Oboes (Chris Hein Winds)
English Horn (Chris Hein Winds)
Barock Bassoon (Chris Hein Winds)
Flute (Chris Hein Winds)
French Horn (Chris Hein Brass)
Trombone (Chris Hein Brass)
Low Brass Dirt Growl (Chris Hein Brass)
Timpani Rolls and Strikes (Kontakt Factory Library)
Bass Drum (Kontakt Factory Library)
St Peter's Choir (Halion -Steinberg)
Shevannai vocal library (Eduardo Tarilonte)
Bell Tree (Flying Hands Percussion)

Variety was the key to this piece with it almost compartmentalised into different sections to reflect this changeable season.

The initial section what I call 'the walk in the woods section' depicts the fading grandeur of Autumn before moving into a time of relative calm. This is followed suddenly by a storm section featuring a vocal line as the wind, pizzicato strings as the rain and timpani and brass as the thunder. The final section is almost melancholic, reflecting the withdrawal of nature before dying down to a misty stillness with a hint of Winter just around the corner. In fact the end section features a motif from my piece Winter so it acts as a bridge to that piece.

The Wheel Turns

Autumn

LYRICS BELOW
Here's something different--a lullaby I wrote for our newest family member so I could sing him to sleep from a thousand miles away. Recorded this last December. This song recently won a Song of the Year Award from the Madison Area Music Association--a pretty big thrill--so I figured I'd finally put it up on SoundCloud. Played on a Takamine GS-330 with a very resonant cedar soundboard (pictured in photo in an oak grove near our house).

Forest Lullaby
Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

If you’re lonely when I’m not around.
If you’re listening but there’s no sound.
I’ll be close to you, singing a song meant for you.

Riding the night in a dream—where we go.
Seeing you there and it seems we both know…

Sleepy eyes do you know where you go?
When you’re sleeping you sink far below.
Down below the roots of trees
	where a cradle rocks the seas.

If the stars deep in the night do not show,
close your eyes tight and you’ll see that you know…

See the forest asleep in the night.
Its thick blanket of leaves is so tight.
See the oaks toss and turn 
	while the cedars sigh and yawn.

I play this guitar made of trees for you now.
It’s the wood of the forest set free into sound.

Forest Lullaby

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Since I started one-man band music on SC, I realized how exciting it is to play the bass. So I wanted to compose and play a song in which the bass plays the lead.
Although it took some effort, I really enjoyed playing. 
I used Jazz base made by Fender Japan.

Bass Heaven

@rick-4-1: Drums
@phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff

Electric Guitars - Steinberger into NI Guitar Rig
Acoustic Guitar - Fender Dreadnought via Fishman under-saddle piezo
Alto Sax - Selmer into iSK large condenser mic
Bass - Yamaha RBX170 Bass Guitar - DI'd
Hammond B3 - Logic Pro X samples played on Evolution keys
Drums - Roland TD-30KV

JUST FOR A MOMENT I WAS FLYING

At first I just bounced off the floor 
Stood back up
Smiling broadly 
Floating on parental love
Safe as houses
Safe as mother’s milk

The ground just dropped away
Over and over I go
And just for a moment I was flying
And just for a moment it was good

Now I’ve fallen over
Never really got back up
Over and over
Down I go
‘Cos of you
‘Cos of wonderful you

If there's nobody listening (do they hear?)
If there's nobody there (do they see?)
Did I trip, did I really fall (did I fall?)
Or see wonderful you? (wonderful you!)
Wonderful you?

The ground just dropped away
Over and over I go
And just for a moment I was flying
And just for a moment it was good

Hands full of air
Lungs full of nothing
And I still see you everywhere
You still knock me over girl

[Sax Solo]

The ground just dropped away
Over and over I go
And just for a moment I was flying
And just for a moment it was good

At first I just bounced 
And stood back up
Smiling broadly 
Floating on parental love
Safe as houses
Safe as mother’s milk...

For A Moment I Was Flying

Just For A Moment I Was Flying

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Original by FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin ,Composer

THEME Guitar And Synth 13 12 2020

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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...

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.

Just For A Moment I Was Flying

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