Everything changes but the pain. Now living in Brighton with a new producer in Berlin. The Cutting Room demo's are the first takes from a song a day project catching the cutting moments of truth in a drug-dulled existence.

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🎵 Title: A Fireside Fairy Tale
🎼 Composer: Michael Herter

🕒 Duration: 03:17
🐢 Tempo: Slow
🎻 Genre: Jazz / Lounge Jazz / Smooth Jazz / Remix / 
🎧 Mood: Christmas, Romantic, Nostalgic, Magical
🎬 Video:

📝 Description

Imagine the sound of a perfect Christmas Eve, captured in a timeless jazz trio. This is it.

This track is a warm, intimate jazz reimagining of the original "Christmas Fairy Tale":

https://michaelherter.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-fairy-tale-fun-magical-romantic-christmas-new-year-orchestral-jazz

At its heart lies the velvet touch of a grand piano, the soulful hum of a double bass, and the gentle whisper of brushed drums. It’s the feeling of a cozy hug by the fireplace, blending sweet nostalgia with pure holiday magic.

This is more than music — it's the soundtrack for your most cherished memories. Press play to unwrap your Christmas fairy tale.

🎼 Key: Es-Dur | Time Signature: 4/4 | Tempo: Varies bpm

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A Fireside Fairy Tale

I wrote the lyrics first as a poem for my father-in-law who recently passed away.  The bench was supposed to be a Christmas gift he and my mother-in-law were going to pick it up in the spring.  He recently passed away, and I still haven't finished the bench, but it will be finished in August.

As with all my demo tunes, the lyrics are 100% human, created by me.  I use AI to assist in developing the melody and singing.

The Bench

The Thrillers' Gone

(Drum/Bass by M4fp, Keyboard by Stef, Guitar by RobM)

Route 66

Two hearts on a highway,
Nowhere left to be.
Pulled into a station,
You looked right through me.

Sunset in the mirror,
Whiskey on our lips.
Radio played old songs,
Fading like our grip.

Love, hate, collide,
On Route 66 we ride.
Miles turn to memory,
And you're still by my side.

Gasoline and silence,
A smile I can't outrun.
Your hand on the wheel,
My heart on the gun.

So drive me through the night,
Past every "could have been".
Somewhere on this road,
I lost you again.

Love, hate, collide,
On Route 66 we ride.
Miles turn to memory,
And you're still by my side.

Ashes on the dashboard,
Ghosts in every lane.
You’re here but you’re fading,
Like tire tracks in rain.

Route 66

A song about feeling exposed and vulnerable

Naked

Fuckin’ Hate You

15. The Devil

New Mix & Master

Guitar Solo by the great Rob Kleiss, Cheers to you in la France!

The driver said: Keep your eyes on the road that you ride on, stay on
And don't be a fool to dream your time away
I'm thinking about time, is it more, is it less than six weeks
On the beach? Or forty boring cloudy windy days?

Oh, na na na nai

Yeah ooh, wo-o-wo-o
I work too hard in the morning. I get up at seven
I shut my shades. All day long I don't do a single thing
And I don't have much more than a dreamboat to sail away
Six strings and a song to sing

Solo

There's a beautiful girl in the hills of Wales and I love her, mm-mm
And I can't give her nothing but my love
The driver said: You'll be dead if you touch my sister, mister
I know damn well what you're thinking of

Oh, na na na nai
Ooh, woh woh woh, na na na nai

Oo-ooh
I work too hard, I work too hard in the morning. I get up at seven
All day long I don't do a single thing
The driver said: Keep your eyes on the road that you ride on, stay on
And don't be a fool to dream your time away

Celar Aged Wines

The Driver

Obsidian Reflections for Small Orchestra - Marco Polo Orchestra (Live World Premiere)

Book marked - Robert Grigg, Combstead

LIVE ON STAGE on 23th August, 2025: https://wannebachsummer.de
NEW Video Trailer "Living": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKm28euxFuE
NEW Video Trailer "First Thing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-58t7gvyg
NEW: Hurting
NEW: FIrst Thing - (with Ian Collins)

http://potbarley.com
LATEST RELEASE ON SPOTIFY: "Old Friend" with Ian Collins. https://ffm.to/old_friend.bio

New song "Nancy Says" and a reel: https://youtube.com/shorts/D6OYurY7vgE?feature=share

Crash 'n Burn was charting up to no. 3 in RepostExchange

Hole In The Sky was mentioned in an article with Spotify playlist: : https://staticdive.com/2024/08/14/pot-barley

Check out the reel made by Overdrive on my YouTube Channel of "Crash'n Burn": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aCx2da8Vxl8 and another one "Release Me": ttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/uCavmdcdtdY!

YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PotBarley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potbarleyofficial

Musician & songwriter driven just by passion for songwriting and singing. I am releasing "SoundCloud first" but some selected songs are also on https://potbarley.bandcamp.com or Spotify etc, sometimes in older versions though.
Since spring 2023 I have been writing and recording mainly as a "one man band", using acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, an old piano, conga, etc. and a voice.
Former member of German bands: In Rags (with Sami Yli-Sirniö and Roman Keymer), Sharkpool and Dutch bands Garbitsjkeng, The Wit, Trio van Putten and and a few others. I baptized my Alter Ego and named him "Pot Barley".

The Driver

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