Authentic flavours Rick, cool job on this classic!

Really liking this Rick... especially your vocals and harp

I love how you play harmonica, Rick!  It reminds me of accordian!

Dark and dank, yet somehow uplifting. A song about being a hot mess, and owning it.

Void Century - Demos

Nu One

I always put you up on a pedestal - And you would prove me right every time - And every day my life's been better still - I never let you off my mind
I always thought that it be better by now - I always seem to let you down - I'm trying hard but babe it's bred in me - Please don't leave me upside down
And there's a cold wind blowing from the north and i worry about us all the time - with the distance growing and sharp hollow notions we're oblivious through it all
Promise me you'll never leave me even though the coast is clear just say you aint going nowhere - i saw him leave the house smiling - saw him tuck in his shirt believe me babe your secret's safe with me - it'll always be safe with me
I always thought that we'd be better by now - I never seemed to let this go
Walking away babe is so damn hard - when you're all I've ever known
And there's a warm wind blowing from the west and so much i need to get off of my chest - I didn't mean to hurt you but i am flawed - believe me baby I'm doing my best
Promise me you'll never leave me even though the coast is clear just say you aint going nowhere - I saw him leave the house smiling - saw him tuck in his shirt believe me babe your secret's safe with me
It'll always be safe with me
It'll always be safe with me safe with me
It'll always be safe

Safe with me

A song about the unasked questions, and about the fact that we often have no answers to them...

"The Question" written by KL
Vocals, Synthesizer and Drums by KL
E-Guitar by MJW

The Question

Nothing’s ever easy now.

Original acapella Che Paxin (Looperman)
https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/22932/without-you-by-chepaxin-102bpm-pop-acapella
Photo : Paris vu de Montmartre

Without You Ft ChePaxin

420. wondering why (red clay strays).mp3

Emilio, aka https://soundcloud.com/stranger-something and https://soundcloud.com/olla-de-insomnio send me this wonderful instrumental. A very special thank you to Alejandro Venegas for playing these great drums. Later on he mixed and mastered it, he also provided this picture. It was a great pleasure to write and sing along, a Big Thank You for that…

Vuelo Lejano

1
Oh,
Wait
Is it already that late ?
And we still hesitate
Let us concentrate…
Let ’s collaborate…
Yeah…
Seriously…
This is supposed to be 
Just another love song
But 
We cannot sort out heart from mind, 
And that won’t be different this time

And with  .4 k per second
Just spinning around ourselves

No giggling please…
Fasten your deep senses
This is a far flight
And it’s only one-way…

Let us concentrate - ah -
Here today
There is no escape…

No giggling please…
Let’s collaborate…
This is supposed to be 
Just another love song
We won’t sort out heart from mind
And that won’t be different this time

And with 3.2 k per second, 
Ahaa, ahaa…
Circling around the sun
Ohh,
No giggling please…
Fasten your deep senses
This is a far flight
And it’s only one-way…
It’s only one way…
One way-y-y-y-y-y-y-y…yeah…

- solo - 					

2
So many lovesongs have been sung
So why again now a further one ?
Because it must not be left undone
Cannot leave it undone
Just cannot leave it undone…

Ohh,
There are turbulences

No joking please
There is trouble ahead
Hitting the unprepared -
Ohh, this is a hard way…

While we float
With some 30 k/s 
Around the milky way
And other hundreds of k/s
Trundling other ways
Within a thousand days
That is quite a stray
Even if you don’t move a single hoof…

No giggling please
This is supposed to be another love song
No joking please
This is a far flight
No giggling please
This is a heart’s way
And it’s only…
It's only one-way,
It's only one way…

Vuelo Lejano (wt Stranger Something)

a remake I did last night of a classic song

LAST KISS (COVER/REMAKE)

Let's go to the beach there's nothing else to say 🤩

A Due Act

Let's Go To The Beach

Der Song beruht auf wahren Geschehnissen und ist ein Appell an alle, Zivilcourage zu zeigen, gegen Unrecht vorzugehen und sich für Menschen in Not einzusetzen! Hier der Text:
The song is based on true events and is an appeal to everyone to show civil courage, to take action against injustice and to stand up for people in need! Here is the text:
Kurz mutig sein 

Der selbstlose Helfer
schaute nicht weg 
und zog bevor der Zug einfuhr
nen Mann aus dem Gleisbett. 

Anderer Fall: vor ner Diskothek: 
Joel hätt‘s fast nicht überlebt,
als er einer Frau zu Hilfe kam
und der Täter sich ein Messer nahm.

Beistehen anstatt wegzusehen,
Gegen Unrecht vorzugehen. 
Widerstehen!

Manchmal muss man nur kurz mutig sein. 
Man muss Rückgrat haben und sollte es zeig‘n.
Manchmal sind wir auf uns allein gestellt.
Du musst Charakter haben -
in dieser Welt!
in dieser Welt!

Am Hauptbahnhof von München
liegt ne Frau. 
Ein Typ wird übergriffig. Was für ne Sau!
Heldenhaft schreiten zwei Passanten ein.
Nochmal gut gegangen - Im Nachhinein

Beistehen anstatt wegzusehen,
Gegen Unrecht vorzugehen. 
Widerstehen!

Manchmal muss man nur kurz mutig sein. 
Man muss Rückgrat haben und sollte es zeig‘n.
Manchmal sind wir auf uns allein gestellt.
Du musst Charakter haben -
in dieser Welt!
in dieser Welt!

Ein anderer Ausgang
wär’ möglich gewesen
im tragischen Fall
Von Kitty Genovese.
Wegen des
Bystander-Effekts griff niemand ein.
Man blieb tatenlos
und mischte sich nicht ein.

Manchmal muss man nur kurz mutig sein. 
Man muss Rückgrat haben und sollte es zeigen.
Manchmal sind wir auf uns allein gestellt.
Du musst Charakter haben -
in dieser Welt!
in dieser Welt!
in dieser Welt!

Kurz mutig sein

I've played this song in various keys.  Although I prefer the key of E, I've had problems with capos on my 12 string and find it difficult to play this song with the capo on the second fret and then leaving the 6th string open.  I have a short set of "Drop D" songs so it is much easier just to play this in Drop D and just include it with a few others.   Maybe one day, I'll buy a real good capo.

Sometimes I add some harp solos when playing live  but since I'm in the recording studio, I can just add the harp as an extra track.  I don't have a sitar but I did add some extra chords using a "Spinner" or Leslie speaker effect.  It really isn't much more than a vibrato and the effect isn't exactly what i want but it will do.

As the story goes, John Lennon wrote this song about an affair he had during his marriage to Cynthia. The girl's flat was finished in what was considered cheap pine panelling ... in other words, it was a parody on those kind of girls who's places had walls done up in Norwegian wood.  According to Paul McCartney, it was his idea to "burn the house down" at the end of the song.

Norwegian Wood
-------------------------
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me
She showed me her room, isn't it good, Norwegian wood.

She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
We talked until two, and then she said, it's time for bed.
[SOLO]
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath.

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
So, I lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood.

Road Apples in the Foothills

December 1965

Norwegian Wood (Beatles cover)

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 the 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.

Norwegian Wood (Beatles cover)

BluesmanRick

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