great first line..the whole image of Christmas pops into my head when I heard that...great guitar and vocal as well..happy holidays..100 -120 melody is really fine. as is 200. very smooth

This is like a deep rooted christmas song we all know it as all the classics roll into one. Happy Christmas The Strums 🎅

Wonderful Christmas song! Great vocals and music play! Lovely rhythm!

This is really a very pretty Christmas song.

Painting a picture of Christmas - Wonderfully atmospheric :)

wonderful guitar work! great Christmas song

Cool song, great vocals, and production!! …..🌍☮︎👍🐞🍀2024… and Happy New Year!😊

@sound23-941370948: Glad to hear you like this song.  Thanks!

No title for this one yet,so all suggestions welcome.

Careless and immortal
Time goes drifting by
Turning full circle
No time to say goodbye

I foolishly imagined
We'd go on and on
I never knew what we had
'Til it was gone

Behold the gift of hindsight
If only we had known
Contempt for our birthright
Trouble is homegrown

I foolishly imagined
We'd go on and on
I never knew what we had
'Til it was gone

Project 27.05.23

This composition started with a few earnest and honest piano chords. What emerged was a personal attempt to deal with loss through electronic symphony. 

More will come...

Art by Jane Langvee.

The Way [DEMO]

Welcome to the circus. . Well...this is very different from what I use to play. 
I got the idea to borrow parts of the lyrics from The Beatles song Piggies ( George Harrison)
A oblique glance on greedy people
nothing serious about this, just for fun.
But...I`m using my own composition for the occasion
You could call it a sarcastic song but with a sense of humour 


Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse,
Always having dirt to play around in

Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts?
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt,
Always have clean shirts to play around in

Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
One more time

Piggies

Libby Laksmi's open collab offer Ghost Hunt remixed with Llanpsych guitar added - many thanks for the collab 😎🙏
Link to Libby's page https://soundcloud.com/libbylaksmi/tracks

Ghost Hunt - collab with Libby Laksmi

'presently this is an untitled song' 

Take some time out of your lives
to gander at the clouds as they float by,
forming shapes and objects in the sky,
foretelling mystic futures as they fly. 

Hear the waves splash on the shore,
gracefully, as your mind explores
realms of consciousness unknown to you before.
Overstanding; finally secure. 

Feel the sun shine on your face;
limitless happiness to embrace. 
Please, don't let this feeling ever go to waste.
Spread the word, love always has a place. 

Feel the sand between your toes.
Enjoy the moment now before it goes.
It's been said before, 'tomorrow never knows',
so, live for now, let destiny unfold.

presently this is an untitled song

One of my fave comedy scenes in a movie is the "this poem sucks" beat poem in 'So I Married an Axe Murderer'. Written & performed by fellow Cannuck Mike Myers, the visual performance is as much of the fun as the lyrics. Here's my take (apologies for the vocal quality, which was recorded at different times & locations with just my phone mic). All instruments played by me on keyboard; I kind of like the realism of the snare drum brushes in particular. still needs practice tho. 
Hope you find this song "love...ed"  ;)

here's the original video from the movie: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XgmTYm-6x4

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve.   :)

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Harriet ('this poem sucks') - cover

Tiny little boots covered in snow
Apple cider warmin' on the stove
Tinsel twinklin' everywhere
Holly hangin' on the stairs
It must be Christmas Eve
Angels sittin' high upon a tree
Watchin' over presents patiently
Milk and cookies on a plate
Santa Clause is on his way
The kids should be fast asleep
Sleigh bells are ringin' in their heads
Twistin' like little tops in their beds
Tryin' to sleep but it's no use
With hoofs tap tappin' on the roof
Peakin' out the window to see what they can see
It's a candy cane Christmas
Sweet as it can be
The kids will wake up awfully early
'Cause they can't wait to see
If Santa made it so they can say
Look what he brought me
Sleigh bells are ringin' in their heads
Twistin' like little tops in their beds
Tryin' to sleep but it's no use
With hoofs tap tappin' on the roof
Peakin' out the window to see what they can see
It's a candy cane Christmas
Sweet as it can be
It's a candy cane Christmas
Sweet as it can be

V6.03

Candycane Christmas

Lyrics and Music: James Toburen

In Blackmoor's quiet grace,
Tess, a flower in the open space.
Dreams like winds across the moor,
A shepherd's daughter, love to explore.

Tess, in shadows deep,
A tale of love, a soul to keep.
Durbevilles' daughter fair,
In tragedy's embrace, unaware.

Marlott's fields, a world so small,
Tess, heeding destiny's call.
Durbevilles' door, a fateful night,
In noble disguise, love took flight.

Tess, in shadows deep,
A tale of love, a soul to keep.
Durbevilles' daughter fair,
In tragedy's embrace, unaware.

Through fields of gold, she roamed,
A fleeting love, a heart disowned.
Stonehenge whispers ancient lore,
Tess, entangled, forevermore.

Angel's love, pure and fair,
Secrets unveiled, a heavy air.
Past shadows linger, a haunting song,
Tess, in sorrow, she did belong.

Tess, in shadows deep,
A tale of love, a soul to keep.
Durbevilles' daughter fair,
In tragedy's embrace, unaware.

Stonehenge's shadows, a sacred ground,
Tess sought solace, fate unbound.
Gallows' shadow, a solemn stand,
Society's falsehood, destiny's hand.

Tess, in shadows deep,
A tale of love, a soul to keep.
Durbevilles' daughter fair,
In tragedy's embrace, unaware.

In Tragedy's Embrace, Unaware

In Tragedy’s Embrace, Unaware

"Round and Round (It Won't be Long)" is a pretty song about time and mortality. It extends the theme of the LP "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere(1969)," which immediately precedes this song on the album."   Song Facts

"Round and Round (It Won't Be Long)- Neil Young (Cover)

Emma's Unseen Skies

Emma’s Unseen Skies

With huge thanks to Anette aka Vocalatti https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti who kindly invited me to add a Sax solo on her wonderful track Storm. I'm happy that I may post it too, although my contribution is "minimal" :-)

Vocals, Lyrics and music by Vocalatti (c) 2024 - sax and final mix by me - cover illu also by Vocalatti

Storm // Vocalatti feat. joerxworx

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