Different flavors of cool guitar, haunting harp AND that "fancy" precision of yours. Good stuff, Rick!

I’m just too old For you to be so young I can’t turn back The hands of time. All I can do is make you listen To my tearful rhyme./wonderful

Nice track! Very cool guitar arrengement!

this is an excellent piece of music Rick. Your lyrics and vocal execution are spot on, not to mention the fantastic guitar playing & tone. Great work.

@darren-mcgrath-1: Thanks Darren!  Glad you enjoyed.

your awesome brotha, glad i came to ur page and listened

a fine true-to-life song ... and some awesome guitar

Just so we’re clear, that is a picture of a NOSE playing the guitar.

Song for five guitars three hambones and one stuffy nose

Letter

Well ….. synths, composition

https://on.soundcloud.com/n1u9HxZB74wW7FYv6

Surfers like Us ….. guitar, co-composition

Our next journey is unusual, but necessary. And each of us should make it in our hearts, and then invite other people to join us on this journey - a journey to world peace. The problem is still very relevant!!!
    This piece is our tribute to the victims of the nuclear attack in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. It is also a cry and an appeal for world peace!
    Artur: „When I got this intriguing synth track from my friend (Well) to record my guitar part, I was looking for the key to this song. Everything became clear after watching the film "Oppenheimer" by Christopher Nolan. I was deeply moved! May such a tragedy never happen again."
    Håkan: „I made this synth track and sent it over to Artur, hoping he could use it. He envisioned this theme and everything fell into place.
   Let us all hope that this never will happen again. Join us in our quest for world peace”.

    Release day: 21th Nov. 2023

Forgive us, Hiroshima! Forgive us, Nagasaki! (w/Well)

Because the old world is really going insane, we need a new one!
Voices were recorded in hostels in South Korea (Seoul and Gyeongju) with companions from Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, Germany, England... Thank you all!
This track is an extract from our upcoming EP: Time Zones, to be released in January 2024! 
Painting by Malka (detail).
Free Palestine!

Time Zones

A New World

Hyperspace.

Nat wrote this beautiful song some time ago inspired by some of the greatest love stories of the world, including her own, and we have slowly worked on a properly produced final version where she will sing the lead. But inspired by the song myself, I decided to record my own simplified version just as a “Voice Memo” on my i-phone. Nat loved it and it hung around as we continued to look toward the piano based version with Nat’s lead vocal. But with Valentine’s Day nearly upon us and little time to make a major production effort, she decided to sing along to my rough, live recording and this is what we have to offer. The bigger version will follow but, for now, we wish all who aspire to love, a very Happy Valentine’s Day 2024!

Copyright 2023 Gentle Rain Records / Daniels & Durgy
Written, Produced and Performed by:
Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Lyrics: When The Angels Cried

I never thought I'd ever find you, 
My heart was broken, so full of doubt, 
But heaven knew what we had been through, 
Fate led you in, as I walked out..   

And in that moment, somehow, I knew, 
I found my home when I found you...     

That's when the Angels cried  
When our souls found their truth...   
And when we stood there face to face, 
And finally said the words " I do"...    
That's when the Angels Cried 

The Angels light the dark and lonely
(The Angels.. light the dark...)
They guide the brave, and lead the true..
They lift our souls, with an awesome choir
And bring us hope, more than I knew
Our Angels searched the whole world through
To join our souls in perfect love for two ..

That's when the Angels cried  
When our souls found our truth...   
And when we stood there face to face, 
And finally said the words " I do"...    
That's when the Angels cried 

There’ll be times we’ll be indifferent
(For better...  For worse... Oh Let be your guide)
And times we wont see eye to eye
(To have and to hold...)
But at night, behind drawn curtains
(Oh My love..)
The love that shines inside us just wont let us die..

We’ll hear the Angels cry 
(In your eyes I'll see..)
As our love finds our truth.
And if the world comes to an end
We’ll meet in Heaven once again ....
And our Love will make the Angels cry…

When The Angels Cried

When The Angels Cried (Live)

One stratocaster, a little reverb and very few notes

Close Your Eyes - Instrumental

Classica Remastered

MOON SHADOWS

'Give Yourself To Love..'

I've had a terrible cold/flu for about a month.  I bought myself a new guitar (Simon & Patrick acoustic) and a new microphone (Rodes NT1A) just before I got sick.  I've been dying to put them to (good) use.  The rhythm came off the S&P acoustic one evening then I finished off the rest the next morning, using some of the grandkids' shaker toys for percussion!!!  This was a blast to put together.  First time using a djembe and first offering using a harmonica.

As for the song, well it is just about relationships and how usually one person becomes more dominant which makes it (sometimes) frustrating for the other.  Pent up frustration leads to saying mean things.  Saying things which one regrets almost immediately but you can never truly take it back (and have it all forgotten).  Been there.  Done that.  Have the bloody t-shirt.  

Can’t Take It Back
--------------------------

Been on the road for
So many nights
How I miss
Our warm bed
And I know I can’t take back
All those things I said

I’m just too old
For you to be so young
I can’t turn back
The hands of time.
All I can do is make you listen
To my tearful rhyme.

[SOLO]

Oh how I miss your eyes
And the gentle way
You caress
During the deep dark night.
Yet I stand here alone and no way
To put things right.

Been on the road and
I’m so damn tired
Wishing I was
Back home with you.
What can I say to make this right?
Please tell me what to do.

[SOLO 2]

Been on the road for
So many nights
How I miss
Our warm bed
And I know I can’t take back
All those things I said.

I know I can’t take it back.
What can I say to make this right?
Please tell me what to do.

[SOLO 3 - Outro]

:: Words, music and art work copyright Rick Engler

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Blue Prints From My Soul

Can't Take It Back (Original)

Somewhere I read that SoundCloud is the DIY of the music world.  Very true for most of us wannabe (famous) musicians.  For those who were lucky enough to spend years in an actual sound studio, maybe this is a slam dunk. For the rest of us, it's like being the Wright brothers before they fully understood science behind aerodynamics much less get a machine to fly.

I have learned a lot in 2018 thru 2019 while playing at small, local venues.  It's a lot easier to sit back in a "recording studio".  I do put that in quotes since, for me, this is just a couple of microphones connected to a DAW which is connected to a computer with some multi-track software and some free plugins to enhance the finished product.  I believe there are about 5 unique disciplines to learn which include: playing an instrument, singing, doing both together, using a microphone, connecting with the audience.  I have much more respect for stage performers now, especially solo artists. Now, if one adds the discipline of recording engineer, well then, you have a well rounded musical background. 

I do hope that you enjoy some of my tunes.  I'm always happy to hear from listeners who have something meaningful to share, even when it is not particularly flattering or in someway odd.  I'll even try to answer any questions you may have.  Remember that you are never too old nor too young to create and share your music and/or share your knowledge.

Can't Take It Back (Original)

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