MAKE IT MEAN

And the bricks are all wet
The sand is damp and 
We smell of work
Our dirty hands 
Have built a castle
Hid our dream 
But they hang on every word
Yet we are no-one

The sky is full of clouds
The wind is radio hot and
You and I can run
To the river
Your skin is fingerprint free
Dreams are momentary
They will see us walk 
Past the tower

She always thought she’d break
She always said she’d shake
The walls on the outside 
The bars on the inside
She always thought she’d break

And we don’t count
But we are counted
Our steps are followed
Our hearts recorded
We’ll shine on the inside
Look dull in the eye
Slow on the stare
Quick on the glance

Their fingers stroke devices
Reality’s in crisis
They will see us talk
In the shadows

She always thought she’d break
She always said she’d shake
The walls on the outside 
The bars on the inside
She always thought she’d break

The sky is full of clouds
The wind is radio hot and
You and I can run
To the river
But you could make it mean
More than a movie scene
They will see us look
Right through them 
And we can make it seem
More than a dying scream
They will see us kiss
Forever

© Phil McWalter Feb 2020

The heroic Rick Medlock @rick-4-1 on the fabulous Drums & Percussion
The otherwise understated @phil-mcwalter on The Other Stuff

Make It Mean

Make It Mean (The Wind Is Radio Hot Mix)

Hervé Louradour – hLo
Guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Blues, rock, folk and jazz in the veins.
I’m a gigging musician – if you go out at night around the French Riviera, you might just catch me playing in a local club. 🎶

SACEM member #France
True originals unless mentioned, no A.I
 
#Singer-Songwriter #French-Pop #French-Blues #NewRock #Blues #Progressive-Rock #Chanson #Ambient

I had great fun to collaborate with the following fine musicians here: 

Pierre de Frebourg @defrebourg 
OCA  @o-c-a
The Gatsbys @the-gatsbys
Mayadog @mayadog
Xavier Jaari @xavier-jari
Cat Leblanc @catleblanc
DAN-DT @dan-t-3
Telefan @telefan
AndAWan @andawan 
MIKROBI.T @mikrobitrobi
Melissa Trinidad @melissa-trinidad
Alexia Aubert @alexia-aubert

The Backbeat Conspiracy is a reggae-rockband from Östersund, Sweden.

The band was originally formed in 2003 under the name of Dubkollektivet and toured around in Sweden for a number of years. In 2007 the band was put on hold as the members went their different ways, doing different things. In 2015 the band reformed, with new name, new music and some new members. Since then the Backbeat Conspiracy has released three singles, two music videos and one album , while playing a lot of gigs in Sweden.

Members:
Luc Deutschmann
Oliver Deutschmann
Per Alexander Esbjörnsson
Jens Joel Evaldsson
Per-Olof Göransson
Viktor Knutsson
Anders Åström
Jonatan Lilja

!!!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.

I'm a songwriter, guitarist and singer in that order. I play some bass, keys and drums too. I have been writing and recording songs for most of my life and what you hear on my profile is a selection of my work over the years. 

My songs are a mix of autobiographical and storytelling. I write about family, life and happenings in the wider world.  


COMMUNITY
I genuinely appreciate anybody taking the time to listen and comment. I really make an effort to listen, comment and repost back. 

Thanks for listening! Robert.



CREDITS:
Main profile photos: Frank Peterson and Frank Kind
All other photos: see individual credits

Two song writers, two kindred spirits... that found each other by pure happenstance and great fortune, to collaborate and create music together.
To see our separate artist pages, please click on the following links:
Nat Daniels   https://soundcloud.com/natdaniels
Craig Durgy  https://soundcloud.com/durge

im a independent artist form kent. follow me on instagram @lead_finger and pleas add me on spotify lead