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Living & Lives

A collection of high production value alternative pop tracks from various Soundcloud artists for your enjoyment.

This playlist will naturally be populated further.

Mood Cake (high grade)

December

FASTEN YOUR STRAIT JACKETS IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Tradacoustic series no. 98

Music, mostly recent, a few days, a few months...

creation: 2021/12/30

HK_Tradacoustic_98

PARTY LIKES IT'S 2022 various artists 3

Axel's Sound Connection - Ride My Bike

Infinite Jukebox wc 4 September 2023

Copy of Let My People Go (B Side) (feat. It'sYaBoiH2 & Bradster X)

a celebration of being a woman.... a sister.... a friend....


"Sister" is the 5th of 13 or so songs from my debut solo album, Year Zero.

"Sister" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube etc etc etc...

AVAILABLE TO BUY here:  https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/sister


(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald


Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.


lyrics:

hey... my sister
won't you come to me
we can walk on the wet sand
and cry in the sea
hey... my sister
won't you come to me
i'll brush your hair
until you fall asleep.......

hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
we can sing in the kitchen
and howl at the moon
hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
and we'll dance in the forest
and sleep until noon...

and sleep until noon...


released March 12, 2021

credits:

Engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the 'Aged Choir Boy'.

Miaow McDonald: Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Tambourine Tickles & Scratches

Additional Musicians:

Robert Davidson: Drums, Additional Bass

all rights reserved

Sister

Once again a somewhat experimental song with a touch of the Orient. A mix of digital and analog sounds, matching the beautiful lyric and vocals of Cecilia. Let's dive into hypnotic oriental sounds.

Open collab by @specialececilia 
Open collab site: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/

Original Version: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/aca-could-be-so-wonderfull

Lyrics & Vocals: Special Cecilia  
Music & Arrangement: OMCB

Cover Picture: Image by pixabay.com/users/johnhain-352999/


Lyrics
        
How Wonderful is the Nature & all the living creatures
such Beautiful landscapes, arts & architectures
There is Treasures all over the Earth
and
Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful
But so many act as a fool

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why

Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful
But so many act as a fool

Heart they don't Love, Soul they don't Feel

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why

Some people seems so heartless
they think they are the best
just look their own interest
don't care about the rest

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why.....

Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful

Could Be So Wonderful - Special Cecilia & OMCB

Wonderful music and cover art by BoxTox https://soundcloud.com/user-247600493, story, narration and sound effects by myself.

This is a second instalment in the story of Veronique and Jeremiah from 'Jeremiah and the Moon'. This chapter precedes the last episode.
I intend to work on further episodes in the story, each preceding the last and going backwards in time. BoxTox has very kindly agreed to allow me to tell the story over his beautiful music. 
It may take some months to develop and I will post them here as I produce them. The continuing story https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor/sets/jeremiah-and-the-moon

Silver Lake

The silver lake sent light 
to splash upon their skin
who knows where we end up
when we first begin

Veronique and Dominique held warm hands in the dark
the liquid coolness moved around their bodies 
Two fragile creatures, building their own "ark"
Two creatures blessed by unawareness

The circling arms of lovers, enveloping charms
Draw expanding lines upon the silver
Silence, oh so deep and still with languid lapping sounds
Evanescent ripples in the mirror


Dominique rose up and slipped into the depths
All evidence of movement slowly faded
Veronique swam quietly awaiting her return......

Such simple ways in which our lives are shaded....

Silver Lake (music BoxTox, narrative Garddwr Porffor)

Chasing On The Wind

Indiana Bones (goldendoodle) 14yrs old, still has some tread left.

Get N Old

“And I Love Her” by The Beatles
cover by Marisa Bettina
❤️
🩸🧿

And I Love Her

I wrote this song after an in-depth conversation with my mother who spent years searching for her mother.  It's in 7/8; perhaps reflecting the irregularity of relationships.

Bouzouki, harp, bass and drum programming, mixed and premastered by Dónal Lunny
Mastered by Ivan O'Shea
Editing/Vocals/BV/guitar/photo of my mum by SuZanne

(Because you asked Jeff.  When my Ma met her mother she commented on the colour of her eyes and said, "They're brilliant blue..." and it's the way she said it and looked that stuck in my mind)

Brilliant Blue
Her eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
I take after my father, they say he was a farmer
My mother's at the window as I say goodbye
I've only just met her, she is 84 0r 85

Refrain: Brilliant blue eyes, greet my brown
I've waited all my life, for this

2lb 4oz wrapped in cotton wool, placed in a cardboard shoebox
given to nuns in Bloom Street
Manchester in 1940, I was one of many a child and mother
sent from Catholic Ireland

Refrain      Lahlahlahs

Sixty-two years since we met, mother
I just wanted to see you one time, if you want me too
Your eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
as I leave the white-haired woman
It was dead of winter I was found

Lahlahlahs   Refrain

Brillinat Blue Master         

Brilliant Blue feat: Dónal Lunny

Just keep on searching...
Words, music: dah

MelancholyFminor

Blackout nights in my car numbing the pain
Still cannot drink away my mind from me
Strayed lines, distancing, put me in my place
Remnants, a distant voice, screaming at me
-------------------------------------------------------------
Pour it out from the start and mend a broken heart
From the liars and the fools you betrayed
See it all from the lens, the vision fades again
From the higher serotonin thugs at play
-------------------------------------------------------------
Blackout nights in my car numbing the pain
Still cannot drink away my mind from me
Strayed lines, distancing, put me in my place
Remnants, a distant voice, screaming at me
-------------------------------------------------------------
My vision was dim but the stakes were high
And I wasn't fit for this kind of life
For this kind of life, well the streams run dry
And the water that ran, well it turned to ice (x2)
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Cauterize from the end, the broken heart won't mend
From the liar and the fool you've become
Cuttin' ties like you said, a twist of fate ahead
From the karma coming back to hunt you down
-------------------------------------------------------------
Blackout nights in my car numbing the pain
Still cannot drink away my mind from me
Strayed lines, distancing, put me in my place
Remnants, a distant voice, screaming at me

Blackout Nights

Aera Av Ensomhet

Growing None

Txalaparta

Brutal death metal forged between souls in the frozen tundra of Toronto Canada and the burning hellscape of Fort Worth Texas.

Sulphorus

Silence Beyond The Delicate

This is a track from a collaboration project album COM TEK.

CONNECTED

Music, mix & production by: @arcaans
Lyrics and vocals by: https://soundcloud.com/mirjam-keijnemans

In My Dreams

When I close my eyes
I see you in my dreams
Every time I lay me down to sleep
I hear your voice
I see your face
I even feel your warm embrace

I taste your love
I feel your grace
I dream about a perfect place

I know your heart
And you know mine
Together we are fine
In my dreams 
In my dreams
In my dreams
In my dreams

You overflow me
With positive energy
You interact with me
Soul to soul
In my dreams

In my dreams
In my dreams
In my dreams
In my dreams

Your Dreams

In My Dreams (with Mirjam)

This Track is a collaboration between myself and the brilliant artist MIZERO https://soundcloud.com/mizero-two,,, This is our second time of working together and this time chose mental illness as our observation.
These are the lyrics..Thank you for listening..............Art by Paul Banham
Lyrics/Vocals by Mizero
Mixed and mastered by Paul Banham (2021)
Lyrics:
I AM WITHIN YOUR EVERY DEED
I DICTATE YOUR EVERY NEED
AND I NEED YOU TO
DESTROY
YOURSELF

FIRST I BEGIN WITH YOUR MIND
SLIP OFF INTO THE EDGE OF TIME
NEVER FIND YOUR WAY BACK AGAIN
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE IN A DAMAGED BRAIN

NEXT I WORK MY WAY INTO YOUR DREAMS
UNTIL YOU THINK THAT NOTHING'S
WHAT IT SEEMS
FILL YOU WITH A SENSE OF UTTER DREAD
MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE
AWAKE INSTEAD

BUT WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE
YOUR MIND DOES RACE
RACES TO RETRIEVE THE
MEMORIES I ERASE
AND EVEN AS YOU RECOVER
YOUR IDENTITY
I MAKE YOU DOUBT EVERYTHING
YOU SEE

I AM WITHIN YOUR EVERY DEED
I DICTATE YOUR EVERY NEED
AND I NEED YOU TO
DESTROY
YOURSELF

DESTROY THE EGO
IT'S A SELFISH THING
THINK OF ALL THE GRIEF
IT CAN BRING
LISTEN NOW AND HEAR IT SING
LISTEN
BECAUSE EGO IS THE KING

I AM WITHIN YOUR EVERY DEED
I DICTATE YOUR EVERY NEED
AND I NEED YOU TO
DESTROY
YOURSELF

DESTROY
YOURSELF

DESTROY
YOURSELF


I AM WITHIN YOUR EVERY DEED
I DICTATE YOUR EVERY NEED
AND I NEED YOU TO
AND I NEED YOU TO
DESTROY
YOURSELF

FIRST I BEGIN WITH YOUR MIND
SLIP OFF INTO THE EDGE OF TIME
NEVER FIND YOUR WAY BACK AGAIN
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE IN A DAMAGED BRAIN

NEXT I WORK MY WAY INTO YOUR DREAMS
UNTIL YOU THINK THAT NOTHING'S
WHAT IT SEEMS
FILL YOU WITH A SENSE OF UTTER DREAD
MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE
AWAKE INSTEAD

BUT WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE
YOUR MIND DOES RACE
RACES TO RETRIEVE THE
MEMORIES I ERASE
AND EVEN AS YOU RECOVER
YOUR IDENTITY
I MAKE YOU DOUBT EVERYTHING
YOU SEE

I AM WITHIN YOUR EVERY DEED
I DICTATE YOUR EVERY NEED
AND I NEED YOU TO
AND I NEED YOU TO
DESTROY
YOURSELF

DESTROY THE EGO
IT'S A SELFISH THING
JUST THINK OF ALL THE GRIEF
IT CAN BRING
LISTEN NOW AND HEAR IT SING
LISTEN
CUZ EGO IS KING

Destroy yourself...........           Paul Banham x MIZERO

Written, produced and performed by Enijs Maiks
Elektrikana Rekordz, 2021

Stray Cats (2021) ER TK-170

Pandateria

Patterns

Late to the party with this IPG1 open collab, but as a revenge there's a quintuple shuffle rhythm lurking around the corner. Thanks Ian, that was fun!

https://soundcloud.com/ipg1
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/taking-it-back-vocals-95-bpm

Taking It Back ft. Ian Greaves aka IPG1

ジングルベル (Jingle Bells) 【cover:JIJI Kuroneko】Music box.

2 hours in the evening
always fast and from scratch , no idea what to do when I fire up the instruments
letting the synths show the way.
you can hear that ..nowadays  I can't work in any other way 
 - in need of a lifelong vacation
21/12 2021

Weird rhythm

I've got to admit in a life time of creating this is the first piece of work on a Christmas theme i ever embarked on ! For some strange reason it just seemed poignant to do so this year after all the turmoil of covid ,the separation from family and friends.. And also a planet that's choking to death. I wish all of you a safe and peaceful time.

Ghosts Of Christmas Past

Escamotable Fantasy

In memory of my dear friend Lebo, also drummer of the live band Laybow, here's another track of what turned out to be her final music session.

This is a live session played on nov. 5th 2021.  Lebo passed away on dec. 22nd 2021.

Though we may enjoy her energy embedded in her legacy and memories and in many different other ways, we will never get to interact with her directly again. And that will be missed tremendously. But she WILL be celebrated, this is not a question. 

The picture is her giving a 'goodnight kiss' as a funny pic to the bass player's son, a couple of years ago. This photo brings a smile to my face as it's full of joyful vibes.

me: guitar and voice
PP: bass
Lebo: drums

Polaroid (live 2021-11-05)

noxpox - sun on christmas

Reflection

An ambient piece following constraints in the spirit of a Merry Monster Minstrels Avant-Garde Music Challenge [AMC009]

Make a track of at least 30 secs using only 3 tracks-instruments.  
Also the undo button is off limits notes land where they land.  
This was sequenced in Ableton 11 software utilizing its features for probability across three midi tracks controlling three instances of the VITAL synth VST.  I also experimented with the effect sends to feedback into one another.  Thank you for listening

Beyond Sight

Boson Spin's track Scadwar Days with Llanpsych guitars
Listen to the original track here
https://soundcloud.com/boson_spin/scadwar-days?si=142b05f3fd2847b196dab826feb46bd8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Scadwar Days - BOSON SPIN Collab

Waterback

[ABOUT THIS SONG]
50s style rock n' roll song. If you have someone you don't want to lose, all you need is having a little bit of courage and a sense of momentum. Tell them your feelings.

[LYRICS]
Rocket　あれに飛び乗れ
Rocket　行先なんて
なりゆきまかせ　
君のためならなりふりなんて
かまっちゃいられないよ
Oh, yeah Rocket　
だから飛び乗れなりゆきRocket

ヴィンテージな恋心だから
譲れないのさ
知ったかぶった誰かになんて
惑わされないでね

Rocket　他を出し抜け
Rocket　ああなんてクレイジー
ただ僕だけ見ていてほしい　なりふりなんて
かまっちゃいられないよ
Oh, yeah Rocket　
だから飛び乗れなりゆきRocket

今しかない気がするんだ
妙な予感がして
ピンチはチャンスとか言うものだし
急いで駆け出そう

Rocket　あれに飛び乗れ
Rocket　行先なんて
なりゆきまかせ　
君のためならなりふりなんて
かまっちゃいられないよ
Rocket　他を出し抜け
Rocket　あと先なんて
考えずただやみくもに行こう　なりふりなんて
かまっちゃいられないよ
Oh, yeah Rocket　
だから飛び乗れなりゆきRocket

Support Masahiro

Nariyuki Rocket - なりゆきRocket (Japanese)

Bewildered, Beshivered, Belittled And Belied

Ride My Bike

Jens Ganman och Mustafa Panshiri gästar God Ton™ och berättar om sin nya bok.

Lyssna på hela avsnittet här:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/81140770

#226 - Det lilla landet som ångrade sig.

Uninhabited - 4(eco)

Acoustic guitar, upbeat, folk-dance vibe.

Pic - collage of leaves from my garden, scanned & arranged in Picasa and generally messed around with in Gimp by Geoff Descartes.

Published on SC 28 August 2023

Video soundtracks

Garden Leaves (remaster)

Authentic tribal rhythms, exotic jungle sounds and ethereal soundscapes invoke the atmosphere of ancient Mayan temples. Hemi-Sync® frequencies combine to assist you in reaching higher states of consciousness. Enter into ceremony as these venerable predecessors call you to join them. Instruments include drums, flutes, bells, rattles, marimba, didgeridoos, and sounds of the rainforest.

Length: 49 minutes.

Other Metamusic® titles by ThunderBeat are Chakra Journey with Hemi-Sync®, Chakra Journey with Hemi-Sync® DVD (a visual meditation), and Egyptian Sun.

Mayan Winds MA104

Enjoy inner peace and transcendent relaxation as the Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble performs timeless gems. Use Masterworks for expanding awareness through musical imagery and self-exploration; for deeper, more profound meditation; or simply for musical enjoyment. Produced by Richard Lawrence and Joshua Leeds. (45 min)

Another Metamusic® title by the Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble is Baroque Garden. 

Masterworks MA032

EVEN IF I FAIL TO MAKE A MARK WITH MY OWN MUSIC, I WANT YOU GUYS TO SUCCEED!

A mercenary music industry wants the public to believe your music is substandard, but that is far from true....#UNSIGNED, #INDEPENDENT & #UNDERGROUND puts #SIGNED music in the shade!

https://musicianswithvisions.com (only just started building the website, so nothing much there yet)

PRETTY GREEN EYES by @Ste_Van_Horne & Mike Cliffe

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.

PRETTY GREEN EYES by @Ste_Van_Horne and Mike Cliffe

words and music by K Gennery
image not my own

Leave it alone, I don't go there any more.
The look on your face, you don't believe a word that I say.
That vacant stare and rolling eyes,
cut deep inside....me.

Disbeliever, but you don't really know who I am,
and you can't understand how it feels.
You suspect I'm some kind of fooler,
try a day spent in my shoes I can guarantee you'll lose your mind.

Awkward silences scream out loud,
gaps in the conversation it's not how things used to be.
and the way that you glance at the clock waiting on time,
to move on and me to do the same. 

Disbeliever, but you don't really know who I am,
and you can't understand how it feels.
You suspect I'm some kind of fooler,
try a day spent in my shoes I can guarantee you'll lose your mind.

Just a little bit, just a little. Just a little bit, just a little.

Disbeliever, but you don't really know who I am,
and you can't understand how it feels.
You suspect I'm some kind of fooler,
try a day spent in my shoes I can guarantee you'll lose your mind.

Unknown Album (05/06/2018 11:41:43)

disbeliever

7 songs in 7 days, one EP total creativity.
Songs from 2010, remastered never earlier released.

Here Comes The Beast

Toast To Our Learnings

01 - NI - Session Guitarist - Picked Acoustic - Pawnshop Guitar
02 - Heavyocity - Ascend modern Grand - Ascendant Wings 
03 - Heavyocity - Ascend modern Grand - Delicate crystals
04 - Heavyocity - Ascend modern Grand - Syncopated Eigths
05 - OT - TM - Mixed Choir Multi
06 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Under Pressure

Ascendant Winds - First Part

The shape of medieval music to come

Vox Vulgaris - De Jordiska Frojdernas

Glass

1118

Roses

Happy Winter Solstice! xx
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Zx3clsPfc

Breathe.
Don’t you know when the river’s out
It’s not a place you want to be around, oh no
Close your eyes so you cannot see
It’s not a place where you want to be right now
Things have been rough on you
Things have been rough on you
I know
Things been bad for me too
Things been bad for me too
Oh I know

Liars and thieves and treacheries
Counter-intuitive conspiracies
Oh I know
Sinking ships with this broken glass
‘Cos baby don’t you know nothing evers gonna last
Oh I know
Things have been rough on you
Things have been rough on you
Oh I know
Things been bad for me too
Things been bad for me too
Oh I know

Breathe darling
Don’t let go
Breathe darling 
Don’t let go

Breathe ©steph sweet 2020 All Rights Reserved

Breathe

Apple

I See Thee

Tom "Puppet Xeno", core member of the Alice Deeper music project.
Grungegoth, Myth Wave, Eclectic experimentalist -

Alice Deeper is on Spotify, Bandcamp and Youtube. Check the links below to connect. We aim to make it worth your while 😸

Polaroid (live 2021-11-05)

PuppetXeno