Start me up (cover)

Interglacial - a warm time in the middle of an ice age.

Just cuz.

This was a bit I threw together on my iPad and Casio for the local open mic night.  Yeah, the recording was just the mic on my phone, so there's only so much you can do to clean up the sound in this environment.

Interglacial - improv for open mic on Jan 11

LYRICS BELOW (click "Show more")
When I wrote this duet, I had Amanda Sanderson's distinctively beautiful voice in mind. The song itself is an outgrowth or continuation of a poetry collection I published a few years ago, "The Book of Arabella."
Both the song and the poems are about a mysterious, otherworldly woman, Arabella, who feels trapped in a marriage, trapped in fact in her human body.
Here's a link to that poetry collection for the curious:
https://www.library.wisc.edu/parallelpress/pp-catalog/poetry-series/2014-2/the-book-of-arabella/
(...and yes, that is actually our cat in the photo on the big clock above the piano)
Instruments used:
All three guitar tracks played on my Gretsch 5622T
plus Fender (Squier) Jaguar SS bass
Angel chorus sung by angels...well, actually Alchemy synth
Amanda's SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena
Recorded in Logic Pro using hardware tube preamps and compressors.

***Cat on a Clock***
(Words & music by Timothy Walsh)
Verse 1 (Him)
You come softly down the stairs into my waiting arms.
Hand you coffee, touch your hair…it seems that you’re not there.
I don’t say it but I know, on this special day,
your body’s here with me, but you’re a million miles away.
I don’t say it—I don’t want to tell no one—
You’re going nowhere but you’re always on the run.

Verse 2 (Arabella)
Morning comes, I stretch in bed, see the sun come through the blinds.
Hear you in the kitchen there, smell the coffee so divine.
I rub my eyes, decide if I can slide into this day,
or maybe spread my wings and softly fly away.
I don’t know why I’m so restless in this world.
It’s like I’m from some country where I can’t return.

CHORUS:
You’re like a cat upon a clock sleeping in the sun,
whiling away your time on earth until our day is done.
Just like a cat upon a clock dreaming through the day
while the world outside goes on and softly spins away.

Verse 3 (Him)
Twilight comes and I see you in the garden where
the cedars and the pines are your sisters in the sky.
You walk out among the herbs, barefoot on the bricks,
smell the chervil and the thyme that never ask you why.
You’re so lost to me I don’t know what I’ll do.
I’m so in love with every single thing you do.

Verse 4 (Arabella)
Some days I wish that I could go flying through the sky—
spread my wings just like a crow and take off with a sigh.
Somewhere beyond the moon, I think I’ll find my home,
far away from this earth and this house of flesh and bone.
I’m not angry, I just don’t know how to say
I’m a creature not like you in any way.

CHORUS (sung twice)

Cat on a Clock

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Cat On A Clock (early demo mix)

Seatbelt reminder

With huge respect to Freddie King & Magic Sam!
Hope you enjoy this!
Thanks for listening.

San-Ho-Zay (Freddie King cover) [for stereo]

All Instruments By Martin Reed,
Produced By Martin Reed.
https://youtu.be/eB4VgSr9WW4

Tokyo Jams

intremon

This SeafoamSweaterGirl's song - you can find it on her profile. I made the instrumentation tracks around the vocals and mixed it. Thanks Nicole for another opportunity to enjoy and learn from the creative process.
This is a new version..

Truth is (feat SeafoamSweaterGirl)

... finest backing by Morten Jeamland, https://soundcloud.com/orteneamland Thank You !.... beautiful photo by Arto Marttinen / unsplash ... and a little sax jam ... Enjoy !

Stereo Heaven / sax remix / on a backing by Morten Jeamland

I would like
float in the sea
of the pretty eyes,
Melt me in a tear.
Wrap me in a crunch.
I want to question
gently to water.
Imagine the curves of a fairy.
Disappear in your ears
I want to play in the deepest
of a human being.

Sleep in a truth

Empathize with calm lakes.

Raðulfr Maganhar

From the album “Short Stories”, released 22.01.21

Get a free copy of my album "Short Stories": 
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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zf4ux62YMZ2Lry8qdEtTh?si=6oWM6uKJRQWhVsi78TUTxg

End My Days (album version)

A hobbyist electronic musician.

I'm trying to do some live jam capture stuff lately, but I mostly do synth editing and mixing - downloaded MIDI files with a little bit of tweaking; little to no "playing".  See links on songs.

Back in the 80s, I hung out in the music department quite a bit, and did a couple terms as a college station DJ, when I wasn't working on my computer degree (the day job which I’m not quitting).

I love the community on SoundCloud.  E.g. - people say horrible things to each other on places like YouTube, but here, people just quietly pass over things they don't like, and tell you about what they do.  Thanks, all!

Finally, FWIW, I usually try to put things I have "liked" through the rotation during my morning walk or commute for a few weeks before deciding to repost them.  I hope any visitors here enjoy the eclectic mix of things I have reposted, as well as (hopefully) some of my tracks.

Interglacial - improv for open mic on Jan 11

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