@fingerstyle_guitar: A typical thunderstorm, played out real time ... but not as I was recording the tune. Thanks for stopping by and going through my archives, Didi!!

An industrial dance track. Hope you enjoy 🖤
Available for download at Bandcamp https://scratchkelly.bandcamp.com/track/the-damage-done

Elements

The Damage Done

💿

Cover of Jeff Healey Band's version

Bass : Fin Valentin
Drums: Max Christensen
Keybord : Kim d Blanc ( PdB Orchestra )
Guitar & vocal: PJ Project

En flad ti'er

While My Guitar W/ Hit Med Pengene

In the stillness of their small apartment, the walls are lined with photographs, newspaper clippings, and scraps of information meticulously collected over months of relentless pursuit. Their obsession consumes them, every waking moment devoted to the object of their fixation. It’s all about you, they murmur softly, their eyes tracing the lines of their target’s face in the photographs, committing every detail to memory. From a distance, they watch, unseen yet ever-present, their presence lingering in the unsettling feeling of being observed. As their fixation deepens, their grip on reality slips further away, until they can no longer distinguish between fantasy and reality. And in the darkness, their obsession takes a chilling turn, blurring the lines between admiration and something far more sinister.

All About You

I recorded this music (instrumental version) about two years ago (Per Jensen plays bass here). Now I decided to add vocal. I hope you enjoy.

Even when evil wins always flame of hope smolder that goodness wins in the future. 

This is my translation of lyrics (I hope it reflects the meaning)

A flame of hope.

Be sure it won't go out
Although sometimes evil wins.
When the clouds gather
Believe it, believe it.
It has to hurt a little first
To then enjoy.
So that you can appreciate later
every new day.

Chorus
Let it smolder, let it smolder
Until the end of our days.
Let it illuminate the way in the darkness
for all of us.
May it give you strength once again
Let it give faith
that the world will be better.

After all, Someone is watching over the world
He holds his hand over it
Let us firmly believe that evil will be eradicated
Let's believe it.
We cannot be afraid
This is what evil is waiting for
The flame of hope is still smoldering
Let us firmly believe in this.


Greetings!

Płomień nadziei (A flame of hope)-collab. with PJ Project.

Mysterious Ways

Mysterious Ways (Graham Williams)

This song is about love and wanting to make the other person happy. They become your motivation for fixing yourself in the process 🪐💐

Take it away

Clouded Thoughts

The Curtain

This Custom Shop SG came to me very cheap because the headstock was broken. I spent the last two weeks stripping it down and reparing it. Put it back together yeasterday and played some bottleneck on it. I put her through two delay units, tiddling the knobs as I played!

Bill Boethius; guitar

Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius

Big Delay Blues

Mosaic Pattern

Track #2
Recorded using Kristal running on a PC
Rain/thunder sounds property of Rick Engler.  All rights reserved.
Photo courtesy of Wallpapersdl.net

I had just purchased a couple of Apex 185 microphones and a Steinberg Cl1 analog to digital box which I attached to my laptop.  A thunderstorm started so I went upstairs and put the mics up by an open bathroom window and recorded the sound of that storm for a few minutes.  This particular piece of music just kinda popped out of my head a few days later so I put it all together and titled it "Three Days of Rain".  This was my third attempt at working with the sound effects.  Unfortunately, I did not back up the original so the raw thunderstorm sounds are gone.

It is what it is and overall, I'm happy with the result.

- Rick

Three Days of Rain Remix 3

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.

Three Days of Rain Remix 3

BluesmanRick

Recent comments

warfydave

Ken Minty

BluesmanRick

Related tracks