I like the gentleness of this track. Lovely. :)

For A Last Minute Entry You Did Well Rabid Parrot!!..........~~~~~~*BB

fine minimal feel - melodic beauty and interesting drums. Thumbs up

loved the gentle drift that carries the listener in this song. enjoyed the shuffling rhythm, and the additional vocal layers :)

Wow!  I could see this being on the radio!  I love everything, the music, the arrangement, your vocals and the backing vocals!  Very professional!

Walls down, tears crashing down as we stare into a broken picture frame
You've gone so long without me knowing - now I'm living in your nightmare

You're living in my nightmare
I'm living in your nightmare

Show me - break me down
You're living in my nightmare
Hold you - break you down

You'll find yourself alone since you chose your love for him and not in me
When the tower's burned you'll know its done, and find your way to me

You're living in my nightmare
I'm living in your nightmare

Show me - break me down
You're living in my nightmare
Hold you - break you down

Time will pass as you go your way and find out you're "meant to be with me"
I'll be so far away and I'll forget how much you meant to me

You're living in my nightmare
I'm living in your nightmare

Living In A Nightmare

Here's a cover of "Hold You Here" by This Wild Life :)
I covered this song quite awhile ago and I can't believe I didn't upload it yet! I hope you enjoy ;)

This Wild Life - Hold You Here (Cover)

LOVE love LOVE, one day it'll have lyrics and i'll record it properly... maybe without lyrics!

The - Great - Balloon - Song

Your Wildest Dreams (The Moody Blues cover)

Merry Christmas (Happy Holidays) Kitcheners ;) 

This is my contribution to the Songwriters In The Kitchen Christmas song "project" (because it's not really a "competition" is it?  We all win when we make such wonderful music!).  

Okay, a little background.  This was half written while walking down the street, thus the tempo and the bit of a hop to the beat :)  I hope I kept the original voice recordings somewhere... (the whistle was in the orginal voice recording so I thought it fun to add it!).

Anyway, after some people were inquiring about my mental health from the last two somewhat darker songs (I blame Shawn for those instrumentals, and by blame I mean high five), I decided that my song should be back to my basic roots as songwriter, something that can be sung by the fire outdoors and something that has more of a classic feel that I hope can be enjoyed for many seasons to come!

My PC decided to no longer allow my guitar input so this is played directly into the mic, which I hadn't done in a while, but I think it lends to the sitting-around-a-room-vibe.  I kept the effects down to a minimum so forgive the flaws!  My voice was not really in a mood to sing today but I really wanted to have it ready to enjoy BEFORE Christmas after all... :) (EDIT:  version 2 is uploaded 12/17/2015 with corrections to flubbed lyrics and additional harmonies)

Ok, here are lyrics:

Bells ring, a choir sings
A snowflake on a nose or two
Distant cheer, it's that time of year 
and all i'm missing is you
see the fresh fallen slow and the fireplace glow
feel the chill that winter brings
Won't you come inside cause it's cold outside
we'll laugh and whisper and sing

So let me say from afar to wherever you are
Merry Christmas to you

Somewhere in dream a lovely scene unfolds where everything fades just as it glows
Make a wish my dear, what does your heart desire?
A spot by the fire? your toes warm and dry? 
The warmth of a song on a winter's night?

A lampost glow o'er the street below
The kindness of a stranger or two
A crowd appears, it's that time of year
when all i'm missing is you
A warm embrace, the smile on your face
These memories they linger anew
of lights that dance, such a sweet romance
Innocent and pure and true

So let me say from the heart to wherever you are
Merry Christmas to you
Merry Christmas to you

Merry Christmas (from the Kitchen) 2015 - Original

An acoustic cover interpretation of a Genesis classic that has always been a favourite of mine from it's simple and singular message of commitment.  All sounds are me - always wanted to make another multi-layered vocal (6 by the end harmonies) and guitar track (3... i wish i had a bass and ukelele).  Hope you enjoy it!

Inspired by the amazing cover featured in the animated short "Lily and the Snowman"

Follow You Follow Me (Genesis cover)

Just in time for the New Year, an unlikely song about keeping your hopes up and never relenting - to appreciate the journey and to always move forward, upward, and onward.

This song was written as my entry for the friendly/not-friendly(?) competition on the Songwriters In The Kitchen songwriting forum.  The theme was simply a new year's song.  I toyed with the idea of a party song, or one about the odd ritual of celebrating such an arbitrary point in time and hanging all your hopes onto a move away from the past and into the future.  

I wanted to create the sense of moving and looking forward and being hopeful - the kind of new yearsy feeling that I think we need to hear, but at the same time, it's meant to be an almost meditative song about wanting to be that driving force that can withstand all that life brings, starting from the opening mantra of wanting to be the wave that can erode the jagged rocks at the bottom of a waterfall - and how regret, fear of failure and loss, and settling for the status quo can trap us in place.  Thus the quiet build-up as a way to imagine that eventual rush towards the falls, not in defeat and resignation, but to embody the confidence and strength of the water against rock that will always win in the end.

Here are the lyrics:

Wave upon wave wash upon the shore
Til centuries of rock are no more
All silica and sand - soft in your hands

Clouds darken and the rain may fall
as-the earth collects and guides it all into 
brooks and streams. These are our dreams

I want to be the wave 
I want to live my dreams 

As we're headed towards the waterfall why do we 
fight about who's got the better view
why discriminate as the drop awaits

We fear the unknown and mourn the loss
of familiar things with familiar costs
hardened with age, we turn the page

I want to be the wave 
I want to know your dreams
I want to trace the
constellations on your skin

In all that we lost
We have been found
Hope abounds 
Hear the sound 
It rings aloud, high above
Love

Say hello to our history because we've been here before
And we know what to do - we know now what to do 
it may take all of our time and strength but If we teach ourselves nothing 
then nothing is all we'll ever do

I want to be the wave
I want to know your dreams
I want to remember the taste
and the way you looked at me

In all that we lost
we have been found
Hope abounds 
Hear the sound 
It rings aloud, high above
(Love)
This is our life
these are our dreams
courage to love
courage to be
awaken your heart
see what i see
the future awaits
dream it with me

Because if you've got me, tell me you got me, I’ll go
cuz I got you, baby come on, let's go
Don’t wait another second – we’re out of time
don’t need to tell me – tell me I’m out of my mind

Because if you've got me, tell me you got me, I’ll go
cuz I got you, baby come on, let's go
don’t need to tell me – tell me  I’m out of my mind
It’s about … it’s about time
All we got is time.

Constellations (Another Year) - (A Rabid Parrot Original)

Balkans tour guides Tina Hiti and Marijan Krišković recommend their favorite uncrowded places to explore along the coast of Croatia.

Croatia's Coastal Hits

This years Project is by WHAM! - Last Christmas in a piano version made by sing2piano.

Singers:
Eliane
Elsa
Guilherme
Iron
Kerstin
Lea
Lisa
Pat
Stewart


Lyric video: >link<

Thank you all so much for joining! Merry Christmas!

Last Christmas (KP Project 2018)

- Mix - 30 - 6-2019 - Mr - 16bit

everything's changing

Tell me the story of the lighthouse
Under the window to the east.
Looking out, over the fields of green,
Must be the deepest horizon, we've ever seen...

Where were you
When the night was falling
on our heads?
Didn't you see
the warning sign
up ahead?

Moving, ever closer,
Moving, to the edge
Changing, we're always changing:
Nothing stays the same.

Under, under the window
I was waiting for your sign.

Where were you
When the night was falling
on our heads?
Didn't you see
the warning sign
up ahead?

I couldn't find
my bearing in this land.
I try, I try, I try...

Searching, yes I am searching.
Share a light with me.
Keep me, on the right side,
Save me, from the slide.

Where were you
When the night was falling
on our heads?
Didn't you see
the warning sign
up ahead?

I couldn't find
my bearing in this land.
I try, I try, I try...
But everything's changing
Everything's changing
Moving ever closer
Moving to the edge
Changing
We're always changing
Nothing stays the same

Everything's Changing

Hey, thank you all so much for this years project! You guys are amazing! 

Lyric video is coming soon.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Medely (KP Christmas Project 2019)

Welcome to my SoundCloud jukebox!

I have loved the idea of writing music and songs for as long as I can remember but life seemed to have other plans... so where does a 40+ year old expert car singer start in this world of singing and songwriting?  I have no idea.  But thanks for letting me find out :)

In February 2013, I discovered a fantastic karaoke site (KaraokeParty.com) that completely reignited not only a love of singing, but the desire to write and be heard.  I am just an amateur singer/songwriter and have only been at this since I joined KaraokeParty.com - some of the songs you may have heard there if you have visited me, but a lot are songs not available on the site and have been poached from various sources online to whom I owe my gratitude.

Fast forward to the end of 2013 and stumbling upon RaidCall, a primarily gaming and streaming voice channel service that turns out to be more than a perfect match for karaoke enthusiasts worldwide, allowing users to join karaoke rooms and "perform" for a live audience.  What better place to build the confidence that only comes from playing for an audience.
  
I have met some fantastic people with some incredible voices, some of whom I have collaborated with on the tracks on this page.  Between life, work, 2 kids and 2 dogs (RIP Riley  and Watson 2014), I usually only get time late at night to work on these things, but I hope you stick around and listen and enjoy what you hear!   I am so excited to share this music with you.  Welcome!

Technical stuffs:  I use an ART M-One USB mic and Audacity (still learning) to record and mix.  ADDENDUM:  All of my recordings from the end of August 2014  were mixed using Samplitude Music Studio and all my recordings since June 2015 were recorded using an AudioTechnica AT2020 microphone and Scarlett Solo (by Focusrite)

p,s,  I'm still trying to learn how to mix and record.  Be gentle.

Constellations (Another Year) - (A Rabid Parrot Original)

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