I'm in awe how you can keep a consistent quality and style. don't know what makes a sound 70s but you and your band nailed it.

Great vocal.  Really good instrumental.  Excellent prosody between the two.  I really liked this.

Got the ol acoustic guitar out of the case last night. It's been awhile! Dang my fingers, powered through though, cause this song had to be guitar. Part of this song was an old rift I've had forever and it's destiny was this. Someone very dear to me wrote the lyrics and she wishes to remain unknown. This whole thing came together in a day, and it's such a good feeling. I hope you enjoy this live take I did tonight! Thanks for listening!:) Here's to my first guitar song on here! 

My Escape

The world fades to silence
The night pulls me in 
Close my eyes 
And I find you again
No time no distance 
No walls in between
Only the place
Where you're waiting for me 
In the daylight 
you're a memory 
But in the dark
You're right here with me
Oh Oh  Oh Oh 

You're my escape
When the stars start to shine
Where the past and forever
Collide in my mind
No goodbyes no heartbreak
Just you next to me 
In the place where we love 
Endlessly 
Ooo Ooo 

Your touch feels so real
Your whisper so clear
I swear you can hold me 
Like you are really here
But the morning keeps stealing 
What the night lets me keep
And I wake up 
Alone from the dream
In the daylight 
you're a memory 
But in the dark
You're right here with me 
Oh Oh Oh Oh

You're my escape
When the stars start to shine
Where the past and forever
Collide in my mind
No goodbyes no heartbreak
Just you next to me 
In the place where we love 
Endlessly
Ooo Ooo 

Maybe someday
I won't have to wake
Maybe one night 
You'll ask me to stay
Until then I'll be waiting
Eyes closed heart awake
For the moment
I find you
My escape 
Oh Oh Ohhh Oh 

Music written by Daniel Colter Valentine
Lyrics written by someone lovely 
©2025

My Escape (Original song live)

🎶 CREDITS 🎶

Words & Music: Roger Whittlesey
Lead & Background Vocals, Keyboards: Roger Whittlesey
Guitar: Harry Jacobson (Philadelphia, PA)
Bass: Noel Barrett (Cork City, Ireland)
Production & Arrangement: Roger Whittlesey
Mixing & Mastering: Roger Whittlesey
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🎸 "Between the Lines" – Roger Whittlesey feat. Harry Jacobson & Noel Barrett

Get ready for an electrifying ride! Between the Lines is an upbeat, heartfelt song about love that lingers just out of reach. Featuring the incredible virtuoso guitar work of Harry Jacobson (Philadelphia, PA) and the rock-solid bass groove of Noel Barrett (Cork City, Ireland), this track delivers emotion, energy, and unforgettable melodies.

Written and performed by Roger Whittlesey, who brings soaring vocals, rich harmonies, and dynamic keys, Between the Lines is packed with passion from start to finish. And don’t miss the standout guitar solo and fiery outro—this one is a must-listen!

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Between the Lines

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A piano song that I recorded on January 31, 2025. While I have goofed around with piano in my life, I have never ever recorded a track by myself. I just put my cell phone using GarageBand, on my upright piano, and pushed record! I hadn’t even touched the piano in about five years! I sent this over to my awesome online band, Eclectic Collective. They were more than enthusiastic to add some orchestration.! it definitely falls in the classical/rock category! Check out the full version at K2 and the Three! I promise you won’t be disappointed ! Awesome players and producers ! ￼Josh Clary, Stephen Watkins, Mark Boucher, and Tez Terrill! I haven’t been on this page in a while, mostly because I used up my free 300 minutes, ha ! I deleted a few songs that I moved back to my main paid account ! Hope you enjoy this !😎￼
Full version 

https://on.soundcloud.com/hkPivuyis8PUyBbg6

January Epiphany-Solo Piano version

My first vocals for .. a long time . So please be indulgent :))
The story of an original guy , surrounded with people who want him to change. Cause toujours means something like "i dont mind what you're talking about"

Cause Toujours

File Updated 21/04/25 @ 19:14 GMT - More vox power in and mixed the drum and keys cheese a little higher... possibly still not enough cheddar there

Bass run live
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DItwK6NNYAk/?igsh=ZzkwbmkzbWxmazU0

Vocal run live
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DItiaLPt5_-/?igsh=MW0xNnR4ZXRuczg5bQ==

Acoustic warmup and some background
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DItU4cHNWRZ/?igsh=MTQzemFtcTV2OWxteQ==


The Other Side remake # 5. It started in 2002. Got adjusted in 2007. Had seperate facelift's to reflect new reality in 2015 & 2024. Now # 5 is truly Alive for The Other Side. Both the Song and me appreciate your time and love ♾️ If art is conscious in a universal sense as it's doing its job of inspiring love, then that appreciation from the piece itself doesn't have to seem misplaced...

It's great to make art... But the sharing bit can truly last and maybe it can actually transcend the artist as an energetic entity. Maybe all art is that after it's created ♾️ (unless souless ai made it)


Tempo 155bpm 4/4
Tuning 417Hz A and down one semitone then capo 2 (B string back up one semitone)

Lyrics

Why go beyond this face 
To no longer replace and only embrace this soul
You can’t grow while running from this
Down clenching your fist,
Your hot heads
Too mystical

Light up the other side
Light up the other side

I know to look to this place
Search every last little trace
Find why all is interlaced with the cold
(The Beautiful Dark: In order to.know we are playing with light we unfortunately need to understand the shitty darkness that exists in this universe most of which was created by what we currently refer to as  "humanity" - Can't recall a dolphin ever bringing evil to planet Earth - They show plenty of love though... maybe that's showing us how natural love is and where all hate comes from! Humans...)

Light up the other side
Light up the other side

Love like you mean it
Love completely
Is your heart beating?
Then love like you mean it!

We're wishing for middle eastern freedom
We're wishing for Tibetan peace
For 'free' Iraqi beliefs
We let go of Mugabe 🙏🏿 🥳
Zimbawes relief
Fuck you Burmese high priests
🖕🏽All black and white beasts

Rainbows of love
Your Dharma duties
Never end Peace and Love
No shame no doubt no guilt reigns

Just love like you mean it
Love completely
Just love like you mean it
Love completely

Light up the other side
Light up your inside
Light up the other side
Light up your inside
Yeah ➕📈


Notes
Man this feels good. It's like I'm handing a big chuck of myself over and its a good chunck of good in my head.

I pledge to write this song until I die and hopefully that means me making lots and lots of versions of this over the coming decades. It has to be rewritten because this song needs to reflect my reality and that always changes. When the time is right I'll pass it on to another human who I feel will be worthy enough to keep it going for another lifetime.

I wrote this song originally 23 years ago on a two octave Casio keyboard. It was so cheesily amazing. However the beat cheese was 155bpm of high tempo rhythm so when I went to write the lyrics I slowed the gait to try and say what I wanted to say and not sound like a chipmonk.

So today we go back to that gait and we do it without like sounding like a chipmonk and with new relevance for what I see in reality.
This is the result of the first wave of recompiling the idea again from scratch. I'll hone it now...

2002 Original Jam (Casio version)
https://on.soundcloud.com/KUfoFsjM5oUTyJgg7

2007 Version
https://on.soundcloud.com/zaTQnMc55Xaiuvc39

2015 (recorded in 2024 but in the light of v2015)
https://on.soundcloud.com/YzF6zUSGoTgCKkUx

2024 version
https://on.soundcloud.com/zewarjwwqzHtftZp7

The Other Side (2025)

pianno6a (studio 1998)

the piano backing is a Midi file from MIDI KLOWD with a piano of my choice, my "trombone" is blown on EWI USB ..... a little fun, using a midi backing track. The VST "Deelay" delivers a special flavour :-)

Kind of Blues

Two Guitars and a poet walk into a Bar (From the Half-Life Series on bandcamp)

Hey…. Glad you dropped by. This is a simple, fun banjo song, with an instrumental break that has some mandolin, recorder, homemade percussion, and guitar-bass. It also has some vocal shenanigans. The song is about my time in graduate school, 40 years ago, when I lived off campus in a harmonious hippie house. I lived in the attic with my wife, and there were 4-6 roommates downstairs at any one time. We were all university students, peace loving, free-thinking, socio-environmentally conscious free spirits who became a family of sorts. There were potlucks, guitar jams, gardening, all sorts of ecological endeavors, helping our neighbors out, sharing meals, peace protests, shows and concerts and of course, studying for our classes, among other things. It was a time that helped shape who we would become. There was Joan, who became a professional wildlife photographer, Jack, an environmental engineer, Tim, a social worker, who built a farmhouse and had a large family with the love of his life. Andrea, a founder/owner of a community composting and recycling business, Delilah, an ecological research scientist and me, a laid back science teacher. We’ve kept in touch over the years, and now we are all old people. A lot of that lifestyle, ideology and sense of peace and freedom has stuck with me to this day. Hope you like the song. Mark

Our Harmonious Hippie House

Changing Lanes

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Roger Whittlesey is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter from the Boston area. He often composes and records pop music with intricate harmonies and deceptively sophisticated chord changes. Many songs spring from his 60s, 70s and 80s influences, but his music is original and unique. Whittlesey often collaborates with instrumentalists and singers from the world of jazz, folk, and pop to create a hybrid form.

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