This is composing/arranging/performance/production perfection, top to bottom.  I literally feel guilty listening to this for free.  This is larceny.  Thank you for making and sharing my favorite songs.

This sounds like a classic!  Great melody, vocals and production - and lyrics.  I enjoyed the cool, smooth vibe and the perfect transitions from section to section - great flow!

Roger...wow.  I am so, so, so glad you're in the semester.  You are a damn inspiration in so many ways.  Songwriting notes beyond fandom: I love the sunny sound that belies the obsessive nature of the lyrics.  Gives it a sweetness and makes it seem like the trap you want to crawl into.  Your vocal phrasing is just so, so expressive and sells this so well.  Given everything that's happened, I am more impressed than ever.

Amazing. So good. Swaying, grooving, just digging this.

so smooth. So grooving. Desire indeed. Perfect song. Thanks for sharing your art and gift with all of us.

I've been over the limit
I've been under the gun
Can I get just a minute
To se what's come undone

You've been watching the weather
You've been keeping the flame
Being down for whatever
Keeps my head in the game

So when the these heavy days come down
And I'm feeling six feet underground
You lift me up, you dig me out
Oh when these heavy days come down

We've been put through the ringer
We've had mountains to move
Still got rings on these fingers
Ain't got nothing to prove

I just needed a moment
To say what's on my heart
Simple fact of the matter
I'm still here cuz you are who you are

So when the these heavy days come down
And I'm feeling six feet underground
You lift me up, you dig me out
Oh when these heavy days come down

Heavy Days demo

Here's a song I wrote and played.

No I can't even walk 
Down the avenue
Without seeing you 
With someone new

I can't even go 
To the club no more
Oh they'll play our song
You'll be right there on the floor

Yes you're everywhere I go
In everything I do
And every memory
Is tryin to hold on to you

I'm caught up in this all alone
And every day you're gone
You're everywhere I go

Yeah, I'm losing my grip on this
Reality, love, I miss
The way that you call my name
I hear you in everything

And every song that DJ plays
I can hear your sweet harmony
Desire has got me out of my mind
My love it's just a matter on time


And you're everywhere I go
In everything I do
And every memory
Is tryin to hold on to you

I'm caught up in this all alone
And every day you're gone
You're everywhere I go

Everywhere I Go demo 101024

I am the eye of the storm over the Gulf of Mexico 
I stay calm while I sound the alarm 
where do you want to go? 
All you desire, and all you acquire means nothing in the end 
The battles that you fight, insisting you’re right 
All you want is a friend 

You scribble in a journal, spilling your heart line by line 
You obsess about a man that gives you none of his time 
Who you desire could be a liar, leaving you nothing in the end 
If you break and fall, who will you call?
All you want is a friend 

Do you see the truth of what you are? 
You’re a star in a life that’s hard to understand 
All you want is a friend 

I am the drum beat of time and you cannot get away 
I am the mirror of truth and you’ll face yourself someday 
And all you desire could burn in a fire, leaving nothing in the end 
If you were the light for someone in the night, you could be a friend 

Do you know the truth of what you are? 
You’re a star in a life that’s hard to understand 
So just be a friend 
So just be a friend

All You Want Is A Friend

WHILE I LIE HERE IN WINTER
FROZEN GROUND AND A DYING FLAME
CURLED MESQUITE TO FUEL THE FIRE
IN MY HEART A GROWING SHAME

NOW THE GOING’S GETTING BETTER
THAN IT’S BEEN SINCE I BEGAN
THE COLD CAN KEEP YOU WARMER
WHILE THE SUN CAN BE YOUR END

TAKE ME DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER
WHERE THE TRAIL FOREVER UNFOLDS
TO THE LAND OF THE TARAHUMARA
IN THE COPPER CANYONS OF GOLD

I WASTED TIME ON WOMEN AND WHISKEY
NEVER HAD MONEY THAT WASN’T ALREADY SPENT
I WROTE SONGS AND SANG TIL THEY WOULDN’T LET ME
I GOT OLDER, AND THEN NOBODY CARED

TAKE ME DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER
WHERE THE TRAILS FOREVER UNFOLD
TO THE LANDS OF THE VANISHED APACHE
IN THE COPPER CANYONS OF GOLD

TAKE ME DOWN…

COPPER CANYON OF GOLD

Here's a song I wrote and played.

[verse]
I woke every morning to my sorrow
I would go through the motions one more day
I’d search every smile for understanding
Someone who could help me bear the weight

[verse build]
And when I had finally found the bottom
Surrounded by darkness on all sides
I called our Your name in desperation
And I gave You control of my life

[chorus]
My Redeemer, My Restorer
My fortress in the flood
The power in the Blood
My Redeemer, My Restorer
We lift up the mighty name of Jesus

[verse]
Now fear can no longer be my jailer
And sin can no longer be my death
Pain cannot stand against my portion
I’m made whole in Your holy righteousness

[chorus]
My Redeemer, My Restorer
My fortress in the flood
The power in the Blood
My Redeemer, My Restorer
We lift up the mighty name of Jesus

[bridge]
Beauty for ashes
Pain into Glory
Forgiveness, redemption
Redeem and restore me

[chorus]
[tag]

My Redeemer, My Restorer

Here's a song I wrote and played.

TURN

Every day is a decision
To make the most of your position
Can we talk now, will you listen?
What's the point that we been missing?

Cuz I'm helpless and I'm hopeless
Felt this when I wrote this
Tired of running round and hopin
Nobody will notice

I'm open to the notion
The lack of forward motion
Rests squarely on the back
Of this empty and blind devotion

How do we find light in the darkest hour?
How do we find love when we don't know the sound?
How can we find trust when we don't have the power?

Where do we turn when the world starts to burn?
Tell me who do we call when the mountains all fall?

Every day is a decision
To make the most of your position
Can we talk now, will you listen?
What's the point that we been missing?

I know it ain't the world
I know it ain't every man & woman, boy & girl
It's just a handful of can't pull the
Wool over your eyes so they leave ya blinded
Don't need no disguise cuz they
Keep ya grindin

How do we find light in the darkest hour?
How do we find love when we don't know the sound?
How can we find trust when we don't have the power?

Where do we turn when the world starts to burn?
Tell me who do we call when the mountains all fall?

Turn - demo

Like We Used 2 Do
Music and Words by Mark Magram

(verse)
go to work every day
come home nothing new to say
whatever happened to our love is enough to
make me want to say this to you

every time that I kiss you lips
touch your body with my fingertips
im reminded of the same sensation
all those years ago

(chorus)
lets make tonight the night
let me love you down so right
lets make love just like we used 2 do
just like we used 2 do

(verse)
need to take a trip for two
get away to someplace cool
I dont care where we go as long as
we dont have to move too much

you know ill bring my A game baby
you know ill tend to all your needs
if you forgot the way that feels
let me jog your memory.

(chorus)
lets make tonight the night
let me love you down so right
lets make love just like we used 2 do
just like we used 2 do

(bridge)
I dont wanna be a stranger to you baby
I know a key that unkocks your soul
and I never thought I'd ever have to have this conversation with you
let down your guard
and let me inside baby

(chorus)
lets make tonight the night
let me love you down so right
lets make love just like we used 2 do
just like we used 2 do

Like We Used 2 Do

Resolve

This kind of life

Hello Souncloudians!  This is a bit of an experiment for me.  I am lucky enough to play & record music with the band Mingo Fishtrap.  That is 99% of my musical life.  But there are lots of songs that get written that don't make it to the Mingo records, and demos of songs and tidbits that do make it, but I like the demo, because they're raw, or funny, or whatever.  So I've decided I'd post some here.  Feel free to download and send other folks here. But I'd appreciate it if you didn't distribute the tunes, cuz I'd like to keep track of how many ears are listening.  
This is also where the songs for songwriting groups I'm in might end up...might be private, cuz they usually aren't ready for prime time. But if you want to listen, drop a line.




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