Play it LOUDER!

Make It Mean Something (Non Zero Sum Game)

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 stair and
Quick on the glance

The earth is full of crowds
The seas of plastic shrouds
You could make it mean
Something
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
Your skin is fingerprint free
Dreams are momentary
They will see us talk 
By the tower
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

©Feb 2020 Phil McWalter

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

Make It Mean Something

Make It Mean Something (Non Zero Sum Game)

Bigfoot is a friend of mine. We like to make music and share it with our friends. See our YouTube channel and A Journal of Nonsense for more fun.

My new album "Dreams of the Byzantines" is streaming June 13th, 2025. Please check out my new website darrencsullivan.com for videos and albums to purchase.

Thanks for the kindness and support.

Gargyzaa is a one-man band located in Espoo, Finland.
 I play all the instruments manually (guitars, keyboards, bass, plastic  didgeridoo, Korg monotron duo, fipple flute etc.) and sing all the vocals. Plus I have written these lyrics and peculiar poetry/ bizarre dialogues you hear (in Finnish&English).
Some people have asked me who plays the instruments and I have answered them several times that it´s me who is responsible for all this trippy noise and musical weirdness.
It has been quite tedious and more or less irritating to explain this relatively often, hahaha.
I´m a also a self taught "musician" and "vocalist". I play by ear.
The drum parts are made from short loops with Audacity and then the so called rhythm track is upoaded to my Zoom R-24. After that I will start recording the instruments/vocals on top.
I don´t have or play drums. Well, maybe one day.
So basically I use Zoom R-24 to record and even master these tracks. I bring the finished "product" to SoundCloud through Audacity.
My equipment is very amateurish, cheap and in some cases semi-broken. 
I use those infamous progressive rock structures, but deliver them with a punk rock attitude/gear, hehehe.
The cover art/design is just basically a few collages/paste-ups, psychedelically distorted&enhanced pics and a couple of random photos I took. Nothing special.
This is a non-profit project. Enjoy!
Many thanks to all of my listeners and followers!

REKHA a.k.a. REKHA - IYERN [Fe] is a CA 🇨🇦 Musician & Visual Artist! A Multi-Genre Comp/Auth, Sing/SongWrit, Rec/Prod/Perf Fire-Wired-Feline with orig-solo & collab works ongoing. *(Pick A Playlist) to access your genre-fave! New sonic works on my YouTube Channel!

Milky Ocean Alt-ROCK songs plus other tunes avail WW on BC & more! Multiple Singles, EP's, LP's & Compilations soon to be released so keep checking in! Trailokya avail soon on BC. GIVE IT UP out now!

Work 4 Hire/Licensing/Rates, Donate via PP, Buy my Music/Art: collab/session/live/your next music project, business: contact on SC or riferca@outlook.com

Sounds Like Bliss, REKHA's 2nd LP, a collection of dreamy-ambient like finger-picked guitar tracks avail on bandcamp.com!

Visit (O-Web + SHOP): https://rekha---iyern-fe-records-ca.square.site | YT CH: rekhaiyernfe | 👍 💬 Share & Sub if you enjoyed! TY 4❤️'g Me!

© & ℗ IYERN FE RECORDS CANADA/REKHA SONGS Publishing | Socan | All Rights Reserved 2025

REKHA's Collabs 2019-2025
Aerofuzz - Fly Baby Mix, NANO, Atlantis & Eagle -  Magi©Ian - Ian Rutter: https://soundcloud.com/ian-rutter-144739802
Let Your Spirit Fly, Close To You, Voodoo Stone Obsession, Agnus Dei - (Deep Mix), Pyar - (Hypnotic Mix), Sign Of The Times, Beautiful Darkness - Joerxworx - Jorg S:  https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Cathedral, Gateway & Agnus Dei (Original), Another World, Life Of Ours & We Were Made - René Puschinger: https://soundcloud.com/r3np
(Don't Go) Tripping' On My Head - Meezerpocalypse - Ted Ransom: https://soundcloud.com/meezerpocalypse
Talk To Me, One For Me, Sonica-Cosmica, Everywhere, Trenches Below, Retro Active, COLD, Queen Nemo, Take Me - DELAFLOR - Manuel:  https://soundcloud.com/mercer-goldengalls
Rays of Hope, Northern Skies, Lifetron Trailer incl Lifetron Narration, Lifetron Ext Play, 4 Tracks, Lifetron 1, Inward Bound, Lifetron 2 & Rays Of Hope - OESJ (Peter Pasch & Ralph Wadephul): https://soundcloud.com/oesj
Music & Lyrics, Composer & Author REKHA - IYERN [Fe] - IYERN FE RECORDS CANADA/REKHA SONGS Publishing
Could It Be You, Hollywood & L'Étranger (Could It Be You) - Peter Heckmann:
https://soundcloud.com/peterheckmann
Solaris & Freedom - MusikLogo - Earnie S: https://soundcloud.com/musiklogo
Phoenix Resurrection, April Hope, Feline Fever, The 300, Forever Love & Flames of My Desire, This Time, Bend The Light (The Mad Scientist Speaks) - The Gat(s) - Jan S: https://soundcloud.com/thegats | Our YT Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0f_FxkhzY
Candy Apple Dreams, Lies, FIX YA, Purple Hearts, Sweet Sin & Rock Reigns - Christian Moll Drenyovszky aka Eclectronix:  https://soundcloud.com/eclectronix
& https://soundcloud.com/christianmollmusic
Dark Deep Blue & Wicked - Echo Garage - Sven: https://soundcloud.com/echo-garage
Rockin' Deep, Stefan Van Walsum - Stefan: https://soundcloud.com/stefan-van-walsum
Only You & Together Forever - Wane of Summer - Sander H: https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
Pyar, BANG BANG & India Man - AdmassD - Dirk: https://soundcloud.com/admassd
Indifference - Xanylovem - Xavier: @xanylovem
Another String  - Andrew Doyle aka II Camaleonte: https://soundcloud.com/andrew-doyle-32194121
Sweet Nothin' - KAERIAN: https://soundcloud.com/kaerian-1
Magic Land, DREAMS OF YOU & Beautiful Memories - Lecktric - David: https://soundcloud.com/proglectric
Family, Ride With Me - Colin Robinson: @colin-robinson-4
Halo - Belial Peligrim: @belialpelegrim
Captain Good - Tom Laukemper: https://soundcloud.com/tomlaukemper
Dream With Me Yodel Mix Original Version & Dream With Me Album Version - Karin-Maria Brunner: https://soundcloud.com/user-53145152-479345033
Banshee Woman, Paradise Below & Shiva Abode -  Mike - Motion X: @tripping_motion & Tripping Motion Music: https://soundcloud.com/trippingmotionmusic
Happy Hap-Hap - Hideo - PrimaLoop: https://soundcloud.com/primaloop
Psychedelia  & OM Interstellar - Martin Reed - https://soundcloud.com/its-tophonicus
House Of The Rising Sun - Brian Hudson - WetDogs Music https://soundcloud.com/brian-hudson-145918679
EASY - Cover, Give It Up, Crass & Crude, Cosmic Desserts, Whew, We've Only Just Begun - Cover, Cosmic Desserts - (Sleazy Bar Mix), Love Express, Just Want To Tell You, Planks - TexMex Shaman - https://soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman
My Baby | Permission Not Granted for use - eddyoffline - https://soundcloud.com/user-705706912/tracks
The Joy We Need - Svayam - https://soundcloud.com/joaomsousa
Boy Toy - N.o.b.S - @nobsmeyer
Rock Wind - Patrick Picault - https://soundcloud.com/patrickpicault
BBright - B-Day Boy, Kranko Branco Bizerko (Out Now on my YT) - https://soundcloud.com/wolfgang-schwarz-01051902
No Side - Car Camel, Spare Parts, Slave to the Device - ONE BLIND MOUSE - https://soundcloud.com/oneblindmouse/tracks
Shri Krishna - Rüdiger Petter - Listen to the amazing music of Rüdiger Petter here: https://soundcloud.com/ruediger-petter
Time Is Up - Stonerjazz's (Jeff) amazing tunes here: https://soundcloud.com/user-911083679
Roxy Rockers - (Rock Show Cover)- Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)https://soundcloud.com/josh-clary-1 & The Eclectic Collective
Bottle - GRENZLICHT: https://soundcloud.com/grenzlicht
Tandava  - Jo Richter of Sonic Structures & Silent Stretches - https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures
My Song - SHARK TEETH - https://soundcloud.com/shark_teeth93 & Echo Garage - https://soundcloud.com/echo-garage
All I Ever Wanted: Midisound & Delaflor - https://soundcloud.com/sonido-reflexivo
Hope - MJ-Brewer & TexMex Shaman -https://soundcloud.com/user777114915

!!!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.

songs & story

underwater
deep space
robotnik

TBR channels the intimate aesthetic of a solo artist, then puts it through a high-gain filter of grunge and metal. Forget polished studios—TBR delivers a raw, home-brewed sound that captures the grit and energy of garage rock. It’s heavy music with a personal conscience, offering a visceral commentary on modern life and political angst into potent, riff-driven anthems.

TBR’s sound is built on a powerhouse foundation, born from a bass player’s driving, ballsy rhythm section. This core energy is an adrenaline-fuelled blend of trad rock, hardcore punk, and thrash metal ferocity, which later exploded into diverse territories of cutting-edge alt rock and raw acoustic folk. No matter the evolution, that inherent metal edge and electrifying power remain the uncompromising heart of their sound.

However, the true TBR journey ignited during the pandemic, born from a burning need for authentic passion. Disillusioned by cover bands and playing others' songs, reflection forged a new path: the undeniable drive to create something truly their own.

Dive into the powerful debut album, Random Acts!
Forged over 10+ years, this album is a compelling collection of songs that masterfully merges a folky foundation with the raw energy of grunge and garage rock. Experience a sound that is both distinct and timeless, a strong and proud debut standing as a powerful statement from TBR.

However, what came next was the sophomore album; On The Surface. This is not easy listening. This is the sound of breaking points and breakthroughs, a sonic exorcism that rips through years of pain and reclaims the wreckage. On The Surface is an unflinching self-reflection, a time capsule of necessary growth and the tough, brutal road required to finally take control.

The music is a visceral assault, a lo-fi powerhouse that bleeds Grunge's grit, Thrash's fury, Sludge Metal's weight, Garage Rock's swagger, and Post Hardcore's intensity. The influences are worn proudly, but the resulting sound is uniquely its own—raw, self-produced, and pulsating with authentic, untamed energy.

This album weaponizes fear, anger, and self-depreciation, forging them into a liberating and transformative experience. It is the best form of therapy available, a testament to enduring the darkness to find the light. Prepare to face the void and emerge, finally, on the other side.

Get ready for an authentic, impactful musical journey that defines the core of TBR's unique artistry.

Songs of life, love and other stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Rock-n-Roll Forever Forever Rock-n-Roll
 #RRFFRR

Tom Nied (Tomasz Niedzialkowski) - Singer/songwriter exploring music from various genres including Alternative Rock, Indie, Folk and Jazz.

Go to my YouTube channel for more music and content:
https://www.youtube.com/@tomniedmusic