Name: Crossfire by Roger Whittlesey
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Description: Words and music by Roger Whittlesey. Lead guitar by Audric Jankauskas. Bass by Noel Barrett. 2024.

You really know how to put this sound off. Well done!

super track, great sound  terrific vocals. Audric's guitar always sings. well done, play on. (<:

Always superb Production by your Creativity and Awesome Guitar, BRAVI 👏

Wow, great track Roger! Your voice sounds amazing, spot on!! Songwriting is TOP! (I'm reminded of the great Toto a little)

This Song is so beautiful Thanks for letting us listening to It 🧡

beautiful harmonies here Roger - love the extensions

Dicky Ticker

Wild Walking.

Here’s an old song of mine written in the mid/late 70s, but never recorded. I figured I would finally get this one tracked. I asked my friend Joliz to provide some backup and she provided a beautiful Joan Baez-esque vocal.

These brownstone girls they’re one of a kind
They give you their numbers but hold back their time
You can disappear in the stories they find
When they stare you down well don’t loose your mind
What a way to break on through in Mapleton

The summer days heat up the Brooklyn nights
But the streets are cold when the love’s not right
They’ll dance with you under dim street lights
When the morning breaks they fall out of sight
What a way to get so lost in Prospect Park

They’ll take you down to the Gowanus side
Where the water’s dark and the secrets hide
They’ll whisper so sweet in a summer stride
But when autumn comes they will slip and slide
What a way to lose yourself on Fourth Avenue
What a way to say goodbye to brownstone girls

Brownstone Girls (with Joliz)

Jam @ Via Kosmische, 15.10.2024.

Michał Sławski - electric guitar.
Adam Majdecki-Janicki - bass guitar.

"Dla Luizy Effalunt"

Cast of Characters:

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic and electric guitar, production, mix, mastering, seed idea

Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – verse vocals and lyrics, backing chorus vocals

Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, piano, and synth

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, percussion, and backing vocals 

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass and chorus vocals, lyrics, arrangement, and harmonies

Composition – The Eclectic Collective

This song began its life as a beautiful guitar 
chord progression from Stephen. He wrote it with the idea the The Eclectic Collective would bring it to life, which we were all excited to do. First up was Tez, who added the distorted guitar you hear adding the edge to the entire thing. Ken added his lively foundational drums next. Josh, of course seized on that, and followed shortly after with his four-string fretless bass. JJ came along next and added the expressive organ and dancing piano, along with the big choral vocals at the end, which he did with his new synthesizer. 

  Now that we had the music done, it was time for Mark to add his distinct, signature singing to the mix of his original lyrics. Josh decided to come up with some very simple lyrics for the choruses and arranged some harmony parts for them, too, which he also sang. Mark also threw in his voice to the choruses. Ken, too, contributed his voice to the choruses, as well as harmonies and vocalizations throughout the verse. 

  Once the song was in the can, Stephen edited, mixed and mastered it for us, very ably, as always.

  This was a seemingly large project, which took us almost two months from introduction to finished product. It's another good example of the songwriting capabilities of the EC. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by Mistermark:
 Watching the city lights getting smaller while I’m looking through my rear view
Leaving it all behind hit me harder than I  thought that it could ever do
Sometimes a man gets lost on the road like a wheel spinning round in his brain
It’s not what you said but it’s in the way you said it
Now it’s stuck in my head and I’m never gon’ forget it

I’m moving on
Away from home
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Well home is where the heart is as the saying goes, but my heart ain’t in it no more
But I remember all the times smelling grits in the hall as the morning sun hit the floor 
Old picture frames, and every toy’s got a name, now they’re packed up and stored away
Turning that key for one last time keeps turning around & around in my mind

I’m on the road
Away from home
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Now I’m pointing these wheels toward the setting sun
we’re flying straight up ahead like a bullet from a gun
Just you & me kid and this old guitar
we got dreams to dream and we’re gunna go far
Like stars in the sky there’s city lights up ahead
and I’ll keep driving toward ‘em till the day I’m dead
Closing one door just opens up another
there’s plenty of world just waiting to discover

I’m moving on
Another home…
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Away From Home - (Eclectic Collective)

Words and music by Roger Whittlesey. Lead guitar by Audric Jankauskas. Bass by Noel Barrett. 2024.

Crossfire

Thank you for listening. 
I think I've created a playful yet calming song.
I would be happy if you would rate it.

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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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