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Related tracks: Authorized To Be Free (2021)

My favorite rock tracks found on SoundCloud. Mostly instrumental rock.

SoundCloud Rock Gems

Ride features a lennonesque piano track that allows you to relax in the moment. Enjoy!

© Copyright Mark Zimmerman 2021. All rights reserved

Ride

Download for free

Better Man Live (Master) only on Soundcloud 
I've only recently started being active on SoundCloud, to celebrate this platform and its sweetest listeners, I am posting this live version of my song -Better Man- with my full band, cut just a month prior to the 1st lockdown back in March 2020. 
Share and support this journey cause big changes are coming your way! 

Watch the Full Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm33Zs6Qx90

Better Man Live

My version of a gospel classic. Recorded 5/14/21

In The Garden - Gospel Cover

Scar The Martyr (Deluxe)

Scar The Martyr - Cruel Ocean

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, who passed within hours after this song was finished.  Each time I listen to it she is in my thoughts.  Kelley, you are in God's hands now, and we will ensure that my brother and your children are loved and cared for.  You are cherished.

Solemn

The second LP release on Leng Records is the fourth from German band Mountaineer. Joining Leng label mates such as Cantoma (Phil Mison), Ray Mang, Idjut Boys, Lexx and Mudd on ‘The Real McQueen’ they deliver a subtle blend of summer pop and bossa-folk which comes across like some kind of Brazillian country lounge cocktail bar. 

Mountaineer started out life as the project of German singer/songwriter and Hamburg-based Henning Wandhoff. His debut album ‘Sunny Day’ saw a limited release but the restrictions of solo recording didn’t provide the creativity he desired and he was soon looking for other musicians to collaborate with. A few years and a number of band member changes later he found his perfect writing and recording partner, Frank Mollena. They are both multi-instrumentalists with Henning playing acoustic guitar, drums, congas, percussion and providing the vocals on ‘The Real McQueen’ and Frank playing bass, keyboards, electric guitar and programming the drum machines. The bands recording line up was completed by Alexander Rischer and they set out to rejuvenate their collective love of the classic LPs from the late 60s and 70s.

Starting with the rolling, gentle breeze of ‘Always Coming Home’, Mountaineer effortlessly mix latino rhythms with subtle pop melodies as main composers Henning Wandhoff and Frank Mollena are accompanied by fellow band mates Alexander Rischer (electric guitar) and Anna Bertermann (vocals) plus Christian Ebert on omnichord.

Next we have the album’s title track with the more uptempo pop vibe of ‘The Real McQueen’ providing a very radio friendly chorus and harmony whilst ‘Come Alena’ sounds like Prefab Sprout chilling on a desert island hammock and ‘Circlemakers’ is pure sunshine filled, laidback bliss – perfect for those lazy, hot summer days. 

‘Gush it Gosie’ provides an instrumental interlude that lets the pedal steel guitar of Oliver Stangl shine through and ‘White (I’m Clouds)’ sees further collaboration, this time from Patrick Gobel on drums as the track rides off on a sea of Wurlitzer style organ.

Another instrumental interlude is provided by ‘Always Coming Home (Theme)’ before ‘Golden Chalk’ fills the premise of the three-minute pop song perfectly. ‘Limbo’ slides along on the back of some wonderful backing vocal harmonising whilst ‘Blown Away’ sees Patrick Gobel return on drums giving the track a classic bossnova backing. 

Finally ‘When We Love Life’ sees Anna and Henning’s voices sparring in beautiful, poetic motion as the pedal steel guitar adds extra intonation and feeling before ‘Always Coming Home’ makes a final reprise to close the bands second long-playing chapter.

The girl-boy vocals work like a charm over a fantastic band, with stunning lap steel work, easy drums and a whole host of other instruments making for a complex yet easy listening vibe. All twelve tracks leave their mark, yet come together beautifully as a whole. It's no surprise that Leng would choose artists that suit their sunshine roster and this album is the sound of the first morning you unzip your jacket on the walk to work.


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Mountaineer - The Real McQueen

The second LP release on Leng Records is the fourth from German band Mountaineer. Joining Leng label mates such as Cantoma (Phil Mison), Ray Mang, Idjut Boys, Lexx and Mudd on ‘The Real McQueen’ they deliver a subtle blend of summer pop and bossa-folk which comes across like some kind of Brazillian country lounge cocktail bar. 

Mountaineer started out life as the project of German singer/songwriter and Hamburg-based Henning Wandhoff. His debut album ‘Sunny Day’ saw a limited release but the restrictions of solo recording didn’t provide the creativity he desired and he was soon looking for other musicians to collaborate with. A few years and a number of band member changes later he found his perfect writing and recording partner, Frank Mollena. They are both multi-instrumentalists with Henning playing acoustic guitar, drums, congas, percussion and providing the vocals on ‘The Real McQueen’ and Frank playing bass, keyboards, electric guitar and programming the drum machines. The bands recording line up was completed by Alexander Rischer and they set out to rejuvenate their collective love of the classic LPs from the late 60s and 70s.

Starting with the rolling, gentle breeze of ‘Always Coming Home’, Mountaineer effortlessly mix latino rhythms with subtle pop melodies as main composers Henning Wandhoff and Frank Mollena are accompanied by fellow band mates Alexander Rischer (electric guitar) and Anna Bertermann (vocals) plus Christian Ebert on omnichord.

Next we have the album’s title track with the more uptempo pop vibe of ‘The Real McQueen’ providing a very radio friendly chorus and harmony whilst ‘Come Alena’ sounds like Prefab Sprout chilling on a desert island hammock and ‘Circlemakers’ is pure sunshine filled, laidback bliss – perfect for those lazy, hot summer days. 

‘Gush it Gosie’ provides an instrumental interlude that lets the pedal steel guitar of Oliver Stangl shine through and ‘White (I’m Clouds)’ sees further collaboration, this time from Patrick Gobel on drums as the track rides off on a sea of Wurlitzer style organ.

Another instrumental interlude is provided by ‘Always Coming Home (Theme)’ before ‘Golden Chalk’ fills the premise of the three-minute pop song perfectly. ‘Limbo’ slides along on the back of some wonderful backing vocal harmonising whilst ‘Blown Away’ sees Patrick Gobel return on drums giving the track a classic bossnova backing. 

Finally ‘When We Love Life’ sees Anna and Henning’s voices sparring in beautiful, poetic motion as the pedal steel guitar adds extra intonation and feeling before ‘Always Coming Home’ makes a final reprise to close the bands second long-playing chapter.

The girl-boy vocals work like a charm over a fantastic band, with stunning lap steel work, easy drums and a whole host of other instruments making for a complex yet easy listening vibe. All twelve tracks leave their mark, yet come together beautifully as a whole. It's no surprise that Leng would choose artists that suit their sunshine roster and this album is the sound of the first morning you unzip your jacket on the walk to work.


Mountaineer - Circlemakers

Edit: I have replaced the original recording of this tune with the audio from a YouTube video I made, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/m4v759Tphxs
Wanted to write and record something for just guitar, bass and drums. I recorded the guitar track as a single take. You can hear my ham-fisted pickup changes throughout..I can only hope it helps make it sound like a live performance. I also recorded Telepath using my live rig. I hope you enjoy it!
Hats off to Rob DiStephano of Cavalier Pickups for making the best product out there, bar none!!!  http://www.cavalierpickups.com/

Telepath

This is an edited instrumental version of "What About My Reward".  Influences include Joe Bonamassa (Black Country Communion), Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs/Deep Purple/Kansas), and Yes to name a few.  I like to call this New-Classic Rock.  The original version is over a minute longer and has male vocals, a song about a pseudo-Good Samaritan who performs good works, but for fortune and fame.

Almost Canadian!

What About My Reward

Instrumental Anthemic Blues-Rock With Screaming Guitar Solo

Order: https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-blue-compiled-by-phil-mison

Over the years, Phil Mison has become the go-to selector for those looking for Ibiza-themed compilations. None of his previous collections, though, have been quite as personal as Out Of The Blue, a compilation inspired by his first spell behind the decks at the Café Del Mar in 1993 – and the remarkable chain of events leading up to it. 

Mison made his first trip to Ibiza in the summer of 1991 and quickly fell in love with the magical music being played by Café Del Mar resident DJ, Jose Padilla. On his return to the UK, Mison began to cultivate his own take on the laidback, open-minded style, recording mix-tapes of “Ibiza style chill out” tunes to give to friends. 

In November 1992, Mison was hanging out in Tag Records, Soho, when Padilla walked in. He plucked up the courage to speak to the Spaniard because earlier that summer Mison had given one of his friends some tapes to take out to Jose in Ibiza so he wanted to see if he had got them. During the conversation Mison invited him down to his next DJ set at Nicky Holloway’s club, the Milk Bar and less than three months later, and clearly impressed by what he’d heard on the tapes, Padilla invited Mison to fill in for him at the Café Del Mar, beginning in April ’93.

It’s that first trip to DJ in Ibiza – a crazy six-weeks spent dividing his time between spinning records at Café Del Mar, hanging out in Jose Padilla’s house in the hills, and meeting some particularly eccentric White Isle residents – that proved the inspiration for Out Of The Blue.

The compilation contains a mixture of records that Mison played in his earliest Ibiza sets, those that remind him of that period, and recent discoveries that boast a similarly warm, loved-up vibe. Mison is at pains to point out that it’s not a track-for-track representation of his first sets, but rather a collection inspired by this most momentous of experiences.

As you’d expect from a selector of Phil Mison’s standing, Out Of The Blue is an outstanding collection.  Some will no doubt hear the influence of his mentor – the man he credits with effectively turning his DJing career around – in the undulating rhythms and new age melodies of Kamasutra’s “Sugar Step”, the meandering synthesizer solos and Spanish language vocals of Congarilla’s sublime “Sacred Tree”, and the lilting flamenco guitars of “Gambarra”, an unreleased mix from Mison’s popular Cantoma project.

Elsewhere, listeners can marvel at the starry ambient bliss of Belgian legend Frank De Wulf’s “The End”, recline to the saucer-eyed fusion jazz of the Christoph Spendel Group, shuffle along to tactile, hard-to-find period deep house from Language, Moodswings and Don Carlos, and marvel at The Cactus Rose Project’s ridiculously rare “Jelly”, a sparkling, disco-era jazz-rock outing partly inspired by the Doobie Brothers’ “Long Train Running”. 

Out Of The Blue may well be a very personal selection of tracks celebrating a moment in time, but it’s happily one that we can all enjoy.

LENG SHOP

D4 Cantoma – Gambarra (Unreleased Mix)

High energy instrumental guitar tune. If you like Paul Gilbert, Vai etc then it should be to your taste!

Audible Energy

New music

New morning(from the EP "Guitar tracks from the past" on Spotify).

My way of celebrating hitting 10k plays, danke

Hallowed Ground

NEW SONG - BUY NOW - 
https://ronsnyder.bandcamp.com/track/good-luck
Written by Ron Snyder / Glenn Snyder
Copyright 2018

2021 REMASTER Replaced Previous Version

Good Luck

Ron Snyder - GOOD LUCK (original song)

Hair Of The Dog

This song will be featured on the soundtrack of the film #DrunksLikeUs, written by Paul Mackie.

"Suffer the Bitches" is a Van Halen style guitar instrumental piece from Guitarist Jeff Fiorentino and the Hollywood crew at http://JFRocks.com

This track is our 2013 year opener!!

"Suffer the Bitches" is an ASS-Whoopin Van Halen inspired piece that's really a throw-back to early Van Halen along the lines of On Fire from VH 1 and Unchained from Fair Warning.

Usually when I write a song be it an instrumental or something for a vocalist, there’s some concept I have in mind which is helping me to craft the mood of the piece.  We deal with this topic quite a lot in the “Songwriting 101” lesson series at JFRocks.com.  As I’ve said before these “concepts” or “ideas” usually come from simple things that happen around us all day long.  The phrase, “Suffer the Bitches” was definitely ringing in my head as this song came together…  The riffing itself is a little “Bitchy”..  It’s choppy, and the drums are a bit on the angry side…

Written and Arranged by - Jeff Fiorentino (ASCAP) http://JFRocks.com
To License this Song - visit, http://JFRocksProd.com

Performed by

Jeff Fiorentino - All Guitars
Mick Sims - Bass
Jeff Fiorentino - Drums

Engineered by - Mick Simms

Enjoy the song.  As always CRANK IT UP!!, and please share it with your friends on your social media.  I and all of us at JFRocks.com always appreciate the support.

Visit Jeff Fiorentino's Official site at http://JFRocks.com

Suffer the Bitches

My Peace

It's grail time! Kalita are honoured to officially release for Record Store Day 2020 (29th August!) for the first time since 1983 Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch's mythical American-Nigerian Afro boogie masterpiece 'Electric Murder', accompanied by extensive liner notes based on interviews with Marcy's family and producer Daniel Irabor.

The product of the then husband and wife team of Marcy and Dan, 'Electric Murder' brought together both the former's American and the latter's Nigerian roots; recorded in London with UK-based session musicians, this mix of heritage and styles resulted in an Afro disco album unlike any other.

With original copies turning up for sale roughly once every few years, and with an eye-watering four-figure price tag to match, Kalita for this year's Record Store Day saves you the never-ending search for this true holy grail.

Released on black vinyl, with printed insert detailing Marcy's life and musical career.

Electric Murder

Funky Boogie Woogie

Buy here!

A1. Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch - Funky Boogie Woogie

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False Start

First song in collaboration with my fellow musician EileenNoise (@zipboy83)  who gave birth to this amazing base over which I slapped some lyrics 

Music, beats and arrangements written and performed by EileenNoise.  
Lyrics, vocals GrownUp Indigo


LYRICS
I don't need to beg

You think you can put me down and get the best of me

Look me in the eye and tell me what you see

Your mistake was to put me in a blindspot

So you aim to divide and conquer

Your power makes you the blindest, not the strongest

Your mistake was to think we're the weak ones

Feeding lies

Ruining lifes

We'll uprise from your blindspot

Blindspot (feat. EileenNoise)

After Thought

Many thanks to my friend Andy Nagle great collaboration  more of Andy's music https://soundcloud.com/user-495333206-856466515

Lyrical composition / vocals   Andy Nagle
Music composition / production  COMBSTEAD

Harder I Fall  -  Andy Nagle💀

A spacy guitar excursion!
(c) 2010
Guitar, Bass, Programming, mixing, producing and mastering by Robert Grigg
Recorded at home.

Deep Space Mine

Throw The Guilt

Throw Um Up

It's a blessing to be able to create music and if someone enjoys my work, that's icing on the cake! All blessings come from God.

As a retired DOD Civil Service worker, I have time to record some. I have been recording at home sice around 1990 and some of my tracks are very old.  I‘ve had 50+ years in bands playing music of many types. I still play the club scene 3 to 4 times a month. Life is good!

I'm a Guitarist who likes to write, record and sing many styles of music. Please check out my tracks. I'm also enjoying the occasional collaborations.  Meeting some good friends on here and continuing to grow. Thank you for listening!


Es una bendición poder crear música y si alguien disfruta de mi trabajo, ¡eso es la guinda del pastel! Todas las bendiciones vienen de Dios. Como trabajador jubilado del Servicio Civil del Departamento de Defensa, tengo tiempo para registrar algunos. He estado grabando en casa durante unos 23 años y algunas de mis pistas son muy antiguas. He tenido más de 50 años en bandas tocando música de muchos tipos. Todavía juego en la escena del club de 3 a 4 veces al mes. ¡La vida es buena! Soy un guitarrista al que le gusta escribir, grabar y cantar muchos estilos de música. Por favor, echa un vistazo a mis pistas. También estoy disfrutando de las colaboraciones ocasionales. Conocer a algunos buenos amigos aquí y seguir creciendo. ¡Gracias por escuchar!