Simple Ste Van Says: THOSE THAT TAKE THE LEAD ARE LEFT BEHIND! THOSE THAT FOLLOW, ROB THE GRAVE, CONVERT ALL THOSE WHO ONCE WERE BLIND!

I can relate to all genres; the genre doesn't matter--quality of tune is what really counts!

THE WORLD SHOULD BE IMPRESSED BY ORIGINAL THOUGHTS, NOT STOLEN ONES!

I lovin this Stevie :) is manic, mad and utterly absorbing xx

SIMON COWELL, WE'RE BEGGING YOU, THROW IN THE TOWEL YOUR VERBAL DIARRHEA IRRITATES OUR BOWELS!

SIMPLE STE VAN SAYS: SARCASM IS THE LOWEST FORM OF WIT, BUT ONE DAY I WILL MASTER IT :)

SIMPLE STE VAN SAYS: The aura of fame makes the crappiest music sound good to the untrained ear!

CREATING TUNES THAT MEAN SOMETHING....IT'S ABOUT BEING TRUE TO OURSELVES!

Seems #Soundcloud are now under new management, and will be staying in business, but for how long is dependent on how much activity we, the musicians, create and sustain!

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!

Just clicking the like button doesn't prove you listen! I only return listens and feedback to those who give it. If you only subscribe to my page, or only click the like button, you won't hear from me.

Just adding numbers, or just clicking like buttons, makes us all wary, and that's what kills these music sites off; why should anyone keep giving support if they never get any back!

If all you do is post your tunes, sit back and wait for a miracle, guess what, it'll never happen! Only a small number of Soundcloud musicians are proactive, which is why Soundcloud is struggling to survive!

Without these music sites, your chances are screwed, so you need them, I need them, and we need each other! EXCHANGE SUPPORT!

UNSIGNED ARTISTS ON SOUNDCLOUD 16

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

WAS MET BY A FANFARE
THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
SIX IN THE MORNING
ARRIVED WITH OUT WARNING

HE FELL OUT OF THE SKY
NOBODY BELIEVED HIM
IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE
THAT IT ALL CAME TO NOTHIN'

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

HIS ACCUSERS, ON A HIGH
BOTH THE FOOLISH AND THE WISE
PREACH THE UNIVERSAL LIE
INSISTING HE MUST DIE

AS THE HECKLERS MULTIPLY
HIS EXISTENCE, THEY DENY
HIS REJECTION AND DEJECTION
A WRITTEN IN CONCRETE PROPHECY

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

A WORD TO THE UNWISE
THERE IS NO SOLUTION
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHY
YOU ARE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE

YOU LOOK IN THE RIGHT PLACE
BUT LOOK AT THE WRONG TIME
THE TRUTH IS ALL AROUND YOU
BUT NOTHING CAN OPEN YOUR EYES

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

THE ABILITY TO REASON OR THINK FOR YOURSELF
HAS DEPARTED THIS WORLD, AND DESERTED THE PEOPLE

BEYOND THE POINT OF REDEMPTION
YOUR'E THE BLANK GENERATION
YOUR LACK OF INVENTION
GIVING WAY TO PRETENSION

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

YOU MISTAKE THE GENII FOR JERKS
BUT FOR THE JERKS YOU GO BERSERK
AND PLACE THE JACKASS RAPPER
ON THE PEDESTAL HE BOUGHT

WHILE BORN AGAIN BOWIE
STARES YOU IN THE FACE
AWASH WITH NO PUBLICITY
DESTINED TO VANISH WITHOUT TRACE

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

SWALLOWED UP IN A SEA
OF MEDIOCRITY
WHERE THE KING IS IMITATION
WITH THE PUBLIC ALWAYS LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

HE'S ECLECTIC, HE'S PERSISTENT
HIS SONGWRITING; CONSISTENT
TO EVERY PASSING WHIM
HE'S ETERNALLY RESISTANT

THE WIDTH OF HIS IMAGINATION
EVIDENT IN HIS CREATIONS
BEYOND ALL EXPECTATION
USHERS HIM FROM STATION TO STATION

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

NON-EXISTENT BOUNDARIES
THE CORE OF HIS BELIEFS
WITHIN A BOX THAT HAS NO SIDES
THE UNIVERSE IS HIS FRUSTRATION

EVERYBODY ELSE IS WRONG
AND SURE TO UNDERRATE THIS SONG
THAT'S WHY I THINK I DON'T BELONG
THAT'S WHY I'M SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

WITHIN MY MIND, EXISTING WALLS
LIKE JERICHO, AFTER THE FALL
WERE PULVERIZED AND GROUND TO DUST
THOUGH THEY WERE NEVER THERE AT ALL

IF ONLY THEY WOULD DROP THE ACT
PARTITION FICTION FROM THE FACTS
MY ONLY MISSION, STILL INTACT
WOULD BE THE ONE I CAN'T RECALL

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

THE SUPERFICIAL MAKE SICK
CAN ONLY TURN A SINGLE TRICK
BUT PLASTIC PEOPLE ALWAYS WIN
IT'S ALL ABOUT SURFACE SKIN

IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE 

DANGEROUSLY DIFFERENT
TO THE SHEEP, I'M NON-EXISTENT
BEING DEEP IS AN AFFLICTION
SAYS THE UNNATURAL SELECTION

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

TO DISAGREE WOULD BE SIN
TO SWIM AGAINST THE SEA OF MAN
WILL PUT YOU WAY OUT ON A LIMB
AND VULNERABLE TO EXECUTION

I HATE THE WAY THE MASSES THINK
THE MEDIOCRITY THEY DRINK
THEIR MOUTHS ALL MOVE IN PERFECT SYNC
WHEN OTHERS DO, THEY ALSO BLINK

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

I'M HAPPY THAT MY MIND IS FREE
MY 'DON'T BELONG' PHILOSOPHY
THE LIFEBLOOD OF HUMANITY
WILL GIVE MY PSYCHE FULL PROTECTION

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST

I’M NOT QUITE SURE
WHERE OR WHEN
MY LIFE TOOK THE FIRST
OF HER MANY WRONG TURNS

FOR DAYS OF SADNESS
SEEM TO MINGLE
BLURRING IN MY MIND
THE FINE LINE
THAT DIVIDES
ALL THE GOOD TIMES
FROM THE BAD TIMES
ALL THE HAPPY 
FROM THE SAD

YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST

ALTHOUGH MY DAY 
BEGINS WITH TEARS
AND WORKS IT’S WAY
THROUGH ALL MY FEARS
SOMETIMES I’M LIFTED
FROM THIS GLOOM
WHEN SHAPE AND SHADOW
FILL THE ROOM

BUT LONELY MINDS
TORMENT WITH TRICKS
MENDING HEARTS
THAT NEVER FIX
BRINGING HOPE
WHERE DREAMS ARE STONE
TILL ONCE AGAIN
YOU’RE LEFT ALONE

YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST



DON’T I EXIST IN THE EYES OF THIS WORLD
AM I AS NOTHING TO EVERY GIRL
AM I THE WEAKLING
RIPE FOR THE PICKING
LONELY PARIAH
IN A UNIVERSE OF KINGS AND QUEENS
IN A UNIVERSE OF TWO EXTREMES
NEITHER ONE OF WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE
A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE EXISTS BUT ME

TO BE TRUTHFUL
THINGS BEGAN TO FALL APART
LONG BEFORE
MY LIFE DID START

DESTINED FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS
BORN TO BE WHERE NO ONE CARES
MAYBE I WAS MEANT TO BE
A FAILURE AND A NOBODY

SOME MIGHT SEE THE IRONY
THE UNDERBELLY COMEDY
HAVING WON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
I LOST THE WILL TO LIVE

YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST

IT’S SO HARD TO COME TO TERMS
WITH THE FACT YOU’RE NEVER HEARD
AND YOU’RE ONLY EVER SEEN
AS A WASHED UP NEVER-BEEN

PEOPLE PASS YOU BY
NEVER LOOK YOU IN THE EYE
CAN’T AFFORD THE TIME OF DAY
WAIT UNTIL YOU GO AWAY

EVEN THOSE WHO SAY THEY CARE
WITH A CUSTOMARY TEAR
MUCH LIKE FRIENDS OF WEATHER FAIR
ONE BY ONE DO DISAPPEAR

YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST
YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON’T EXIST

DON’T I EXIST IN THE EYES OF THIS WORLD
AM I AS NOTHING TO EVERY GIRL
AM I THE WEAKLING
RIPE FOR THE PICKING
LONELY PARIAH
IN A UNIVERSE OF KINGS AND QUEENS
IN A UNIVERSE OF TWO EXTREMES
NEITHER ONE OF WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE
A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE EXISTS BUT ME


YOU TREAT ME LIKE I DON'T EXIST

My interpretation of this song penned by Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest poets/songwriters of our time.

Dance Me To The End Of Love (cover)

A humourous post apocalyptic journey in which aliens have taken over LA and are using highly developed machines to rule. The first half represents driving through the former city surveying in horror the burnt out wreckage. Alien bacterial spawn is also bubbling beneath the concrete.
A spaceship appears and hovers slowly to the ground stirring up the scenery.
An alarm is raised as the humans climb aboard. We soar upwards accompanied by a friendly robot. We view from the craft the war zone below as we speed off to our new planet.

Free Album DL Bandcamp

K G G - Los Angeles 2090

Practice HUMANITARIAN SOCIALISM and prove to the world that we’re not just bog-standard, self-absorbed, one-dimensional, musicians--actively contribute to making this world a better place....DON'T JUST CRUISE, ROCK THE BOAT!

Together we can go further than if we each go it alone! Genuine support, genuine listens, genuine likes, genuine, meaningful, #feedback, encourages you, encourages me, #encourages all of us; motivates us, #inspires us, lifts our spirits--I know it does mine....positive feedback puts me on a high for the rest of the day!

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!

DEATHBED CONVERSION

Practice HUMANITARIAN SOCIALISM and prove to the world that we’re not just bog-standard, self-absorbed, one-dimensional, musicians--actively contribute to making this world a better place....DON'T JUST CRUISE, ROCK THE BOAT!

Together we can go further than if we each go it alone! Genuine support, genuine listens, genuine likes, genuine, meaningful, #feedback, encourages you, encourages me, #encourages all of us; motivates us, #inspires us, lifts our spirits--I know it does mine....positive feedback puts me on a high for the rest of the day!

DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS by #PSEUDO #CELEBRITIES #SUCK!

PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
SAFELY COCOONED IN THEIR VANITY
PILLOCKS OF THE COMMUNITY
THINK THEY’RE THE CREAM OF SOCIETY

PSEUDO
PSEUDO….DOH!
CELEBRITIES
PSEUDO
PSEUDO….DOH!
CELEBRITIES

PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
(MORONS AND WANNABES)
ALL THINK IN HARMONY
(MORONS AND WANNABES)
ONE GOAL, ONE DESTINY
(MORONS AND WANNABES)
TO RULE OUR INDUSTRY
(MORONS AND WANNABES)

PSEUDO….DOH!

PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
PSEUDO CELEBRITIES

(DON’T LOOK)
PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
SCOURGE OF HUMANITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
NO LIMIT
TO THEIR AUDACITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)

(DON’T LOOK)
PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
SCOURGE OF HUMANITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
NO LIMIT
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
TO THEIR AUDACITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS OF
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS OF
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OF SOCIETY

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY MISBEHAVE BECAUSE THEY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY THINK THEY’RE WELL ABOVE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
AND EQUALITY

Instrumental break

(DON’T LOOK)
PSEUDO CELEBRITIES
SCOURGE OF HUMANITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
NO LIMIT TO THEIR 
AUDACITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY MISBEHAVE BECAUSE THEY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY THINK THEY’RE WELL ABOVE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
AND EQUALITY

(DON’T LOOK)
CALL IT A MYSTERY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
CALL IT A TRAGEDY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
BUT I DON’T WANT THIS TO BE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OUR HISTORY

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY SCREW UP REALITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEIR TALENT A FALLACY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
IS IT ASKING TOO MUCH TO CHANGE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OUR DESTINY

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS OF
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS OF
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OF SOCIETY

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS OF
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS OF
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEY’RE NOT THE SAVIOURS
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OF SOCIETY

(DON’T LOOK)
CALL IT A MYSTERY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
CALL IT A TRAGEDY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
BUT I DON’T WANT THIS TO BE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OUR HISTORY

(DON’T LOOK)
THEY SCREW UP REALITY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
THEIR TALENT A FALLACY
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
IS IT ASKING TOO MUCH TO CHANGE
(DON’T LOOK TO THE STARS)
OUR DESTINY
.......................................................................................................................................
DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!

If you want me to come and listen to, and comment on, YOUR TUNES, you need to do more than JUST click the LIKE button, because it doesn't prove YOU ACTUALLY listened.

DON'T LOOK TO THE STARS: Celebrities Suck!

Song I wrote inspired by long-distance relationships :)

Home To You LIVE Rec

Remix by the Amazing James Black buy it here

http://tiny.cc/9gmrqz - Apple
http://tiny.cc/fimrqz - Amazon
http://tiny.cc/vimrqz - Google Play

Lockdown Baby James Black's Nice With Ice Remix

Everlight is the forth track from the album: Apparitions Of A Dying Moon (2020)

Apparitions Of A Dying Moon

Everlight

EVERLIGHT

The Frst live up to their name again with this comedic self parody of "Tarantino". 

Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Drums/Production - Mikei Gray
Mixed by Steve Hardy

© Mikei Gray / Missing i Records 
℗ Shades of Gold Publishing / Mikei Gray

THE FRST - QUARANTINO (Lyrics)

Quarantino
No Amigo
Closed casino
No TP oh No oh no  
Quarantino

Boarded up
All our homes
Closing schools
On the phone
All the time
No control
Massive fear
Toilet roll
Webcast
Tik Tok fame
Backlash
Say their names
Flashback
Tiger King
Right wing
Think Covid’s fake

Oh... Oh...
Everything’s postponed
Oh... Oh...
To the beach we go

Quarantino
No Amigos
Closed casinos
No TP oh
Quarantino


Summertime
Come and go
Need a beer
Bump elbows
Lookin’ back 
2019 
Not so bad 
Bittersweet 
Grand Dad
No visiting
High School Grads
No Ill parties

Oh... Oh...
Everything’s postponed
Oh... Oh...
To the beach we go

Quarantino
No Amigos
Closed casinos
No TP oh oh oh oh
Quarantino
Quarantino

Oh... Oh...
Everything’s postponed
Oh... Oh...
To the beach we go


Quarantino
No Amigos
Closed casinos
No TP oh
Quarantino

No Amigos
Closed casinos
No TP oh oh oh
Quarantino
Quarantino
Quarantino...
Quarantino

Quarantino

Riff 18

our first single Soredake is available on all platform.
https://linkco.re/e099ABvu

Soredake

Advancer

A dark, alternative metal song, softer in the verses and a hard hitting and powerful  chorus. Blending metal drums and guitars with bubbling synths and melodic vocals.

Strangers Unkind

Exploration E.P.

JUSTICE

Emotional e-classical track. Also good for a e-motional chillout session.

To Grow Up

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!
Just clicking the like button is no proof that you actually listened, so I only respond when I see actual feedback!
..................................................................................
CREATING TUNES THAT MEAN SOMETHING.....IT'S ABOUT BEING TRUE TO OURSELVES!

IN MY OPINION, ONE I HOPE IS ONE DAY SHARED BY THE VAST MAJORITY (BUT I THINK THAT DAY WILL BE A LONG TIME COMING), IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF SO-CALLED CELEBRITIES SUCK!

IT'S A SAD SITUATION WHERE SO MANY LIVE THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE EYES OF CELEBRITIES, HANGING ON THEIR EVERY WORD, EVEN THOUGH MUCH OF WHAT COMES OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS IS SUPERFICIAL CRAP!

IN THE MUSIC WORLD, THE SIGNED MUSICIAN  TENDS TO BE OF THE SHALLOW, SUPERFICIAL, VARIETY, CHURNING OUT PREDICTABLE GARBAGE, SUSTAINED BY MEDIA HYPE,  AND AN ABUNDANCE OF VILE ROCK STAR-STYLE POSTURING!

IT IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF ALL UNSIGNED MUSICIANS THAT DON'T FALL INTO THE WANNABE CATEGORY, THAT THE VAST MAJORITY ARE DUPED BY THE AURA OF FAME, SO INTOXICATED BY IMAGE AND HYPE, 

THAT THEY DON'T SEE THESE CELEBRITIES FOR THE CRETINS THEY REALLY ARE; THAT THE TUNES THEY CHURN OUT ARE DEVOID OF PERSONALITY AND CREATIVITY!

WORTHLESS, DISPOSABLE AND PREDICTABLE, SUCH TUNES SHOULD BE CONSIGNED TO THE DUSTBIN; INSTEAD, THEY BECOME AN EMBARRASSING PART OF MANKIND'S HISTORY!

FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL LOOK BACK ON THESE TIMES AS THE CREATIVE ERA THAT REACHED AN ALL TIME LOW, WHEN THE PUBLIC WAS SPOON FED ALL THINGS SUPERFICIAL, TACKY AND CRASS, AND LAPPED IT UP WILLINGLY!

BECAUSE CRASS IS KING, EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED UNSIGNED ARTISTS WILL NEVER ESCAPE OBSCURITY! IN A JUST WORLD, IT WOULD BE SO-CALLED CELEBRITIES WHO ARE CONSIGNED TO OBLIVION, BUT THIS IS NOT A JUST WORLD!

SO-CALLED CELEBRITIES ARE THE MORTAL ENEMY OF UNSIGNED ARTISTS; IF YOU ARE A PARTY TO FEATHERING THEIR NESTS, FEEDING THE MYTH THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE KIND OF TALENT WORTHY OF SUCH PRAISE AND ADULATION, YOU ARE HAMMERING NAILS INTO YOUR OWN COFFIN!

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!
Anyone can click a like button; it doesn't prove you actually listened! Anyone that doesn't show proof they are actually listening will be removed from playlists! If the only support you give is to cynically click like buttons, you are contributing to the eventual demise of #Soundcloud and other music sites; without these sites to post your music on you are basically screwed; there won't be much point to making tunes if you don't have any kind of audience!

If you don't give REAL support, the support you get will eventually come to an end; we all eventually get tired of giving and getting nothing back. In the end, not only does it ruin the chances of everyone else, it will destroy your own. It is also a big mistake to underestimate the talent of others and overestimate your own! Don't assume their music can't be as good as yours; burying your head in the sand might protect your ego, but it doesn't do much for your reputation!

If you can't show respect, you don't deserve respect, so don't just click the like button, listen, and leave feedback to prove you listened. If you don't get into the habit of doing this, #Soundcloud won't be around much longer!

CREATING TUNES THAT MEAN SOMETHING....IT'S ABOUT BEING TRUE TO OURSELVES!

Seems #Soundcloud are now under new management, and will be staying in business, but for how long is dependent on how much activity we, the musicians, create and sustain!

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

PSEUDO CELEBRITIES SUCK!

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