Name: Keep The Devil Away © Riff Beach by Riff Beach in Riff'n Originals
Duration: 3 min 39 s
Description: The lyrics and melody for this song just came to me so quickly! All I could do to write lyrics down, play and record it......before I forgot anything. Quite a stripped-back song, really. Hope you enjoy it, regardless! ;)

Mighty fine upbeat creation from 10 years ago, my friend! Enjoyed it very much.

A good one Riff - glad this was posted again -  missed this one--stripped down and a good message !!

this is such a pleasant song in Johnny Cash kind of style. Love it

Love your vocals and what a wonderful song! (Reminds me a little of Pete Seeger...)

really like this song Hess...you have such an easy way of keeping a sweet rhythm...and you always record so clean...something i'm going to have to learn / just found my mike Shur PG48...not USB unfortunately...

Collection of some of my Original tunes from now and the past 3-5 years or so. :D

Riff'n Originals

So Strange

7/8 Modal Harmonic Improvisation :10 composition looking to get help from others to complete the story of a Tele Screen George Orwell Space Opera World in need of a department of Ethics and Morality to regain Truth and Hope with Love for Family, God and Country...

MamaSuzy

A piano composition, either to be played by two pianists, or by one pianist with four arms.

Part of a new album I've been uploading, featuring compositions written over the last several months of 2021. If anyone can pinpoint what all of these compositions have in common, musically-speaking, put it in the comments - there was a concept tying everything together but I'm not going to reveal what it was unless if someone figures it out on their own.

Cover art created using NeuralBlender.

This album is going to be called "Prohibited Topics," a tribute to the textbook authors and teachers whose work is being disrupted by right wing efforts to stifle education about racial disparity and structural racism in the US.

Prohibited Topics

21 7 23

“Third Passacaglia for String Orchestra” was completed in August, 2022 in Fairview, TX.  The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 10 minutes.  

Printed and electronic copies of the score and parts for this work are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

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Third Passacaglia for String Orchestra - "Appassionata"

Water Heart

Ice Castles

Please visit https://youtu.be/0x99d_HQviI for music video.

Wod da ois gehn

Wos dad ois gehn (what would all be possible)

The time we are given in this life is the crosswalk of our crossing. This song is part of the Mediterrâneo sequence.

PASSADEIRA

Parei o carro, que a passadeira é para parar.
Principalmente quando é um velhinho a atravessar.
Tremem-lhe as pernas, na tentativa de acelerar o passo minúsculo.
E eu até duvido que ele vá chegar ao outro lado,
a qualquer rua, a qualquer lugar.
Falta-lhe o tempo num mundo feito para circular.
E ele sacode o corpo, na tentativa de me acenar,
a agradecer-me a paciência do meu esperar.
E fez-se tarde, e eu vou ter mesmo que acelerar nesta viagem,
rumo a um futuro crepuscular,
que cruza a estrada de um deus que espera sem me apitar,
porque a minha vida vida é a passadeira do meu passar.

E fez-se tarde no meu passar.
Tremem as pernas no meu passar.
Tropeça o passo no meu passar.
E Deus à espera... 
É a passadeira do meu passar.

CROSSWALK
I stopped the car, the crosswalk is there for me to stop.
Especially when it's a frail old man crossing.
His legs tremble, in an attempt to accelerate the tiny steps.
And I even doubt he'll make it to the other side,
to any street, to anywhere.
He's short of time in a world made to circulate.
And he shakes his body, trying to wave at me,
to thank me for the patience of my waiting.
And it's getting late, and I'm really going to have to speed up on this trip,
towards a twilight future,
that crosses the road of a god who waits without horning at me,
because my life is the crosswalk of my crossing.

And I'm getting late in my crossing,
my legs trembling as I cross,
my steps stumbling as I cross.
And God just waiting for me,
because it's the crosswalk of my crossing.

Passadeira

Instrumental & Mixing: Zpeters (Zach) soundcloud.com/zpeters 

Vocals & Mixing: James Toburen soundcloud.com/jamestoburen

Born Alone (w/ Zpeters) (Wilco cover)

Originally written, composed in 2012. Revised, Re-Recorded and ReMiXed in 2017!  :D
🙌   🍇  Chances © Revisited - Original 🍇  🙌
Riff Beach (Riff Werx ® 2017 - Revised)

All the chances that we’re given
And the choices that we make
What do we deliver?
To offset all we take?

Chorus
For, our wishes, they’re delicious
Our intentions……..so divine
Remember what we choose…..
and, Leave…..the rest behind

The calm we crave to capture
Often leads to Great Escapes
Will the vineyards of our mind……
…..Give us sweet or sour grapes?

Bridge
Are we searching for a purpose?
Perhaps……a place of Peace? 
Are we holding on too closely?
Or, is it distance that we seek?

< Instrumental, Repeat Verse 1, Chorus and Out >

Sunny Beaches Abound

Chances © Revisited (2017)

🙌   🍇  Chances © Revisited - Original 🍇  🙌

All Things Under The Sun © (Original) - Music, Lyrics, Production - Riff Beach
RiffWerx - Riff Beach - 2017 - <Spoken Word>
Please…Hear Our Plea
Or, Hear Our Sigh…..
It’s out there in the Wind
Blowin’ around on High
And, Guide us to Real Power
…..on this Planet
Love…..and…..Peace  
Now……and Forever
Chorus
(‘Cuz, My, Oh, My……)
Oh, just what have we Done? 
Or, (rather) Un-Done?
To All Things Under The Sun
[(All Things) Under The Sun? …..Oh, Yeah!
We gotta’ make it better. Better for me, and better for you…..
and better for All Things Under The Sun)]
And, sometimes, you know
When we’re all so Tired 
……Tired of Waiting
But, We Know a Change is Comin’
And, you know, sometimes, if we really listen….
I mean really listen?
Perhaps, we can feel it?
And, maybe, this Feeling?
Will bring Healing?
For The Human Race……
And, maybe, help make this a better place !
Bridge
Right Here…….
Right Now….. Better
Because, you know we can make it…..
So much Better 
Better……Oh, Yeah!
Make Our World
So much Brighter
Lessen our Load……
Yeah, and make it so much Lighter !

RiffWerx

All Things Under The Sun ©

All Things Under The Sun © - AcoustaTronic Spoken Word

Writer - Unknown. Music, Guitars, Harmonica, Vocals, Production - Riff Beach. In Loving Memory of My Dad with Love to Mom and All of Us who have lost those so very close. May The Circle of Life continue and may we all be reunited one day. For Believers, Non-Believers and/or  however or whatever you believe. May Peace, Calm and Comfort find you and somehow help ease the sting of loss. Blessings!

You Never Said Goodbye
Writer - Unknown
Music, Guitars, Harmonica, Vocals, Production - Riff Beach 
RiffWerx - 2017
You never said, "I'm Leaving"
You never said, "Goodbye”
You were gone before we knew it.......
And only God knows Why
(Chorus 1)
A million times I needed You
A million times I cried
If love alone could have saved You
You (know you) never would have Died
(Bridge)
In Life, I loved you Dearly
In Death, I love You Still
In My Heart, I hold a Place
That only You can Fill
(Chorus 2)
It broke My Heart to lose You
But, You didn't go Alone
As part of Me went with You
The Day God took you Home

You Never Said Goodbye

You Never Said Goodbye - AcoustaTronic Tribute

The lyrics and melody for this song just came to me so quickly! All I could do to write lyrics down, play and record it......before I forgot anything. Quite a stripped-back song, really. Hope you enjoy it, regardless! ;)

No Place Like Home.....
Created with Alvarez Artist Series Acoustic. Featuring Ernie Ball Earthwood Silk & Steel Soft Strings. Love the sound and feel of these strings on this wonderful Grand Auditorium Acoustic Electric. Original Lyrics, Music Composition, Guitars, and Production by Riff Beach. Tapped out African Drums on drum pad.
Rather Be Back Home Again ©
Riff Beach - Original (RiffWerx -2019)
Thinkin’ about some of the places that I’ve been
New York, Paris, Berlin, and Rome
Still, I’d rather be in your arms again
I just wanna’ be Back Home
Yet, here I am……out on my own
Sometimes, feeling mighty and strong
And other times, tired….and all alone
Yet, I just keep on sailing right along
(Chorus) 
Oh, Yeah, but here I am again…….
Though, you’re out-standing on your own
(Left) Thinking of how things might have been
(When) all I wanna’ be is Back Home
Seen the rising and setting of the Sun
I swam upon The Seven Seas
Held it together and came undone
You know this heart is hard to please
(Post-Chorus)
Oh, Yeah, but here I am again
Though, you’re out-standing on your own
Thinking of how things could have been
But, all I wanna’ be is Back Home

An Original right from the very Heart and Soul of this Panhandle Poet and One Man Band.... Reflecting upon blissful times past when our Family would bask in the warmth of a comforting Campfire on gorgeous, chill Wisconsin Autumn Evenings. Actually, they jokingly referred to the campfires I built as more like raging Viking Funeral Pyres or Bonfires, but anyway.... Splendid, Loving Memories for sure. :D))) On occasion, songwriters hear a song in their head and feel it so deeply within their hearts, before even attempting to create or capture it somehow. This tune almost ran over me. Couldn't create a click track fast enough using BIAB, and then played along with my Martin Acoustic 000, and flavored it a little in the background with the Godin Electric. Hope it's enjoyed? Note to Self:  Build another Campfire soon on a Beach nearby! 
Campfire ©
Riff Beach - Original
RiffWerx - 2019
All we need is a spark to build a Campfire
A little something to keep the chill of night away
And, don’t you just love to watch the flames dance higher?
Drink up some warm…..Chase your Blues away
Chorus
(And) Won’t you come sit down next to me?
Unwind your busy mind?
Is there anyplace you’d really rather be?
(Let your thoughts run free…..)
Leave all your worries far behind?
As firelight eases day to night
There’s just nothin’ like a Campfire
The sweet scent of crackling wood
Why, everything feels just the way it should
Bridge
Together, this gift we share 
Splendid moments wrapped in 
A night so clear
For Love..... Love's right here

RiffWerx - Riff Beach Original Music - 2019

Sunny Beaches Surround

No. This has nothing to do with Archys travels, we have to wait. This is – you guessed it – just "Bonkers".

Bonkers

You may contact Me at:
riff_beach@yahoo.com
Founder, Big Beat Beach (Records & Band) - 3B Records & Production, RiffWerx Production & Projects 
Aspiring musician, songwriter, home recording enthusiast, guitarist, and songwriter with a pragmatic, positive outlook on life.

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