THINK LESS, LIVE MORE

Original song:Namisa Okage
https://soundcloud.com/namisa-okage/small-happiness-of-the
Arrangement:FuWatt

Soundcloud page of Namisa Okage:https://soundcloud.com/namisa-okage

Small happiness of the everyday life(Namisa Okage  cover)

Music & Lyrics: Margareta Theorin

DU, MUSIKEN OCH JAG

Du och musiken 
gör mitt liv, värt att leva.
Varje dag vi har det fint
Du, musiken och jag.

Vi sjunger, spelar
skriver maskin
och umgås som bara vi kan.
Dagar blir till veckor
månader till år.
Snart vi sitter och minns
det som varit.

Tiden bara rusar
musiken enbart tjusar.
Vår kärlek lever med oss
för alltid.

Du och musiken ....

Lyckan har vi funnit
alla år som runnit.
Utan hopp och mening
levde vi då.

Stämmor 1993 Margareta

Du, musiken och jag. 1399 ( 1993 ) Margareta Theorin ( Margareta )

A VAPOR, An Apparition                            
2018 Janine Levinson

Song, vocals, piano: Janine Levinson
All other instrumental: Doug Grean @Terpsichords
Produced, recorded, mixed: Doug Grean

I am not here      
I am circling overhead
I am not here       
I am a cloud
And just as hard as you may try to tie an anchor, I’ll unwind
I am not here

You cannot tell        
If this is all a fabrication
But you know that you will make the deal
While just as hard         
As you search your imagination,
You can’t tell if I am real
I am a vapor, an apparition

It can be hard to focus on the corporeal
When I know I don’t have to be here
When things get rough
Like when you think you’ve found the answer
And you find I’ve disappeared                                                   
Just like a vapor, an apparition
A vapor, an apparition

I didn’t try to understand
Didn’t even try to land

It can be strange 
You will be talking to yourself
And then you see that it’s me in the mirror
And you suspect that you have fallen line and sinker
For someone who isn’t here
I was a vapor, an apparition
A vapor, an apparition

I didn’t try to understand
I didn’t even try to land

A Vapor, An Apparition

Madeline's Static Cello

Great composition by Paco Ray, worked out along two years.
Last collab to be posted in this profile, first friends I did music with:
https://soundcloud.com/paco-ray: composition, lyrics, instrumentation, vocals, production.
https://soundcloud.com/david-sinverg-enza: lyrics, vocals, bass guitar.
https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo: vocals, pocket sax, coaching.




Letra  / Translated lyrics (inspired by Aldous Huxley's novel 'Island')

EL PÁJARO MINAH  /  THE MINAH BIRD

Me desperté  /  I woke up
de un sueño equivocado,  /  from a wrong dream,
tumbado entre palmeras,  /  lying among palm trees,
no estoy perdido ni encontrado.  /  I’m neither lost nor found.

Me siento bien,  /  I feel alright,
el sol me ha iluminado,  /  the sun has illuminated me,
la vida se estremece  /  life is shaking
y el egoísmo se ha agotado.  /  and selfishness is exhausted.

Pero cómo no lo pude ver?  /  But how couldn’t I see it?
No tenemos que ir ni que volver.  /  We don’t either have to go or come back.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que vivimos muy cerca del Edén.  /  that we live very near of Eden.

Es esto real?  /  Is this real?
Atrás quedan las ruinas de la ciudad.  /  Behind are left the ruins of the city.
No pierdas tu tiempo,  /  Don’t waste your time,
no sufras más.  /  don’t suffer anymore.

Cuando el ave abra sus alas  /  When the bird opens its wings
y el día se convierta en oscuridad,  /  and the day becomes darkness,
escucha su cantar,  /  listen to its singing,
deja de pensar y vive.  /  stop thinking and live.

Pero cómo no lo pude ver?  /  But how couldn’t I see it?
No tenemos que ir ni que volver.  /  We don’t either have to go or come back.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que vivimos muy cerca del Edén.  /  that we live very near of Eden.

El ritual del Mosha,  /  The ritual of Mosha,
luz del amor al alba,  /  light of love at dawn,
la plenitud del alma,  /  the fullness of the soul,
el privilegio de la vida  /  the privilege of life
como canta el Pájaro Minah  /  as the Minah Bird sings.

Una procesión de focos avanza,  /  A procession of lights goes onward,
rugir de tanques, ruido de armas.  /  tanks roar, noise of guns.
Un grito llama a la venganza  /  A shout claims for revenge
cuando un soldado dispara al Pájaro Minah.  /  when a soldier shoots the Minah Bird.

Tanques y tropas arrasan la ciudad.  /  Tanks and troops raze the city.
La estupidez humana es el arma más letal.  /  Human stupidity is the most lethal weapon.
Cien años de historia  /  A hundred years of history
en una noche ven su final.  /  in one night watch their end.

Cuando el ave cae al suelo  /  When the bird falls to the ground
y su sangre se convierte en hielo,  /  and its blood turns to ice,
y se apaga su cantar…  /  and its singing fades…
Jamás aprenderás si no quieres escuchar.  /  You’ll never learn if you don’t want to listen.

Pero cómo no lo pueden ver?  /  But how can’t they see it?
Hemos sido bendecidos al nacer.  /  We have been blessed at birth.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que la vida es sueño.  /  that life is dream.

Y no quiero despertar   /  And I don’t want to wake up
de este sueño equivocado.  /  from this wrong dream.
Me siento bien…  /  I feel alright …
Me siento bien…  /  I feel alright …

Paco Ray: El Pájaro Minah (ft. David Sinvergüenza & E-Ruizzo)

SA - Fragile String Evolutions - Pure Tone 01

Back To Hobbiton - Dryer Version

song written in 1974 by José Luis Perales for the magnificent film CRIA CUERVOS. To watch and watch again
Chanson écrite en 74 par José Luis Perales pour le sublime film CRIA CUERVOS. A voir et à revoir.

PORQUE TE VAS (Infos in description) Cover of Jeanette

Music & Lyrics, Vocal, Synth, Drums: Jan Schonander @thegats
Guitars, Bass, Drums: Norbert Meyer @nobsmeyer

This is a track from my soundcloud friend Jan Schonander, which he wrote, performed and released here on soundcloud already some weeks ago.
As he recently asked me, if I could do a N.o.b.S. Version of it, I did not hesitate as I really do like the song.
If you listen to the original, there is a guitar already creating a great atmosphere. 
I wanted to amplify this momentum with my version especially in the second part with heavy rock riffs.

I hope you all will enjoy this and bang your heads to it. It is something for rock obsessed individuals.

Please visit Jan on his site and support him, you will like the music you will find there:

Lyrics:

BREAK OUT OF THIS CAGE
Break out of this cage
Why can’t I hold on to the bars
Is it all in my mind
The weight on my shoulders
Better than that 
More than that
You deserve so much more
So much better than that
Round and round and round…..
Up and down
Round and round
Off the ground
I don’t want to hear a sound
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh….
Break out of this cage
Break out of this cage
Break out of this cage
Why can’t I hold on to the bars
Is it all in my mind
The weight on my shoulders
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh…..
Round and round and round…..
My future
Your future
Our future
It’s all in the past
It’s all in the past
Get off of this circular path
Break out of this cage
Break out of this cage
Break out of this cage
Why can’t I hold on to the bars

Break Out Of This Cage | N.o.b.S & TheGat(s)

Break Out Of This Cage | TheGat(s) & N.o.b.S

It sure seems there's always malice in the palace. Either you’re in the palace causing malice or you’re trying to stop the malice. In both cases there's still malice in the palace. As subjects, we have to live with that malice, so get out and vote. And if voting doesn’t make a difference, get out there and storm the palace, but only for a cause I believe in, lol. 

I love roots reggae and am stuck in the period between '68 and '82. Don’t get me wrong, ska is great, and I lump rocksteady into my preferred period of reggae. And I am not saying I don’t appreciate later periods of reggae and dancehall. I did enjoy the 90s dancehall that often went along with golden era hip hop. But I will always like 70s roots reggae best. I must be old. 

Thanks SoundCloud friends for making roots reggae with me and helping me LARP my musical fantasies. You're all the best! May everyone live out their rock star dreams.

Joerxworx: Horns
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
D. D. Danahy: Keyboards 
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Heartscore: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
Jon Lock: Bass and Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Bitzone: Drums and Percussion
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Wou-Wou & Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Trodding in this world of inequity 
People dying in the city
Kings in palaces show no pity
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you can tell us 
And don’t you try to quell us
Or we’ll be storming up the citadel, yes! 
You’ve got to be pure of heart and pure mind
Cause blessed are the pure in heart
So you’ve got to live clean
If you know what I mean
There’s malice in the palace
We’re storming the citadel, yes!
And in the end, the last shall be first, and the first last 
For many shall be called, but few shall be chosen
Trodding in this world of inequity 
People are dying in the city
And kings in palaces dem show no pity
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you can tell us 
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it
For him it is sin
And that is the way of the righteous
For the path may be rocky
But the conscious can remain clean
If you know what I mean
There’s malice in the palace 
And we’re storming the citadel, yes!
For many are called, but few are chosen
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace, 
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you have to say
And don’t you lie to us
Or we’ll be climbing the citadel, yes!
Or we’ll be climbing the citadel 
There’s too much inequity 
So don’t you try quell
Do good things for in due season we will reap
So do not grow weary in doing good, y’all
And the fruit of the spirit is love, goodness, and peace 
And against such things there is no law
Living in the righteous way is no flaw
There’s Malice in da palace
And We’re storming the citadel
We’re storming the citadel, yes!
For many are called, but few are chosen
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
Trodding in this world of inequity 
people dying in the city
Kings in palaces dem show no pity
And we’re all going to be storming the citadel, yes!
So Queen Majesty
I wanna have a word with you and lick up da chalice
I wanna hear, I wanna hear, I wanna hear what you have to say
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
And don’t you try to quell us
There’s Malice in da palace
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life

Joerxworx, D.D.Danahy, Heartscore, Jon Lock, Bitzone, Russ, the Couch King -  Malice In The Palace

The old music chamber
Written, recorded, and mixed by Tim Griffis November 2020
Trying to write an instrumental with a jazz vibe that smells like cigarettes and booze.....;-)
Sorry for the squeaky strings.
Thanks to @mrcagey for feedback on an early draft - always appreciate that. 
Mix 1: November 11, 2020

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio

Guitars
Guild DV-52 acoustic - acquired in Vancouver, Canada in 2000
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Squire Bass

Microphones
1. ambient room mic (TLM67)
2. close mic acoustic (AKG C414 XLS)
3. close mic acoustic (Shure 57A)

Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 30 ips using ATR Master Tape.

The old music chamber

Mary , Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60). Her unwise marital and political actions provoked rebellion among the Scottish nobles, forcing her to flee to England, where she was eventually beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English.
The scene to the soundtrack:
In the May sunshine, Mary and her 2nd husband Lord Darnley her cousin went to ride to the Scottish
woodlands.It all seemed like a dream, the wild ride, the strange smells and sounds.
They should have a race. Mary loved to ride and to ride fast. A horn sounded, it notes oddly out of
place where no hunters were.

Music : Lillithe 2020
Vocals: Ghosthack
www.Ghosthack.de
Remastering: Paploviante

Mary Stuart / Lillithe Production

Lou Brindell generously offered the vocal stems to this powerful song.
I created a new sonic bed and feel for it. 
Go check out Lou's other outstanding sounds here:
https://soundcloud.com/fidelitycastro

Vocals - Lou Brindell / @fidelitycastro
Beats, bass, organ, synth, guitar - Fat Pockets / @fatpockets

Mixed and mastered by Fat Pockets.

Lou Brindell - HAM (FPRMX)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/3FPJf72lx9c. Thinking of family while camping along the Rio Costilla at Carson National Forest in New Mexico. Featuring @joerxworx on tenor saxophone. Production with an iPad Pro: Audioshare (samples), Korg Gadget (music production), iPad Pro (raw photos and video), iMovie (video production).

DAVEHEFFNER.COM

Dreaming at Rio Costilla (ft. joerxworx - tenor saxophone)

I WANT TO HOPE-voice/text/music François Bourgouin

My latest original from my act in the casino lounges of Reno, Nevada...

FANTASY OF LOVE
(DWS 2020)

We see what we want to see

Mostly

And I know you run and hide
but that’s OK if you don't arrive by me
I can't see why it would matter
Just 'cause your smile’s getting fatter

Just talk to me sometime
You know
call me up - drop a dime
I'm around from time to time
Don’t worry about the climb

We think we know every thing
we know everything
but we don't know what's it
which chair we all should sit

La  la la la

My love extends to the sky
817 570 2242

We live in a fantasy of love
its a hanging tree
its a hanging tree of love
sent down from heaven above

that's what it means to me


***** Copyright 2020 - DWS - All RIghts Reserved

Sheep Sun Glasses

Fantasy of Love

Fantasy Of Love

retro tango

when we were young I thought those days would never end
I use to spin you ‘round the floor, your legs could bend
we’d sit and talk until the dj was leaving
he’d say move forth but we were drunk on this feeling
we lost each other to our lives long time ago
an unfulfilled, entangled fate was never known
I’d call you up but I get weak in the finger
A burning question in my heart ever linger

time carries on at it’s tempo
we’re only given a window
fools never heed
what they’re taught about time
never crosses their minds

I lived through things I hope my kids will never know
my mind’s ideals were sacrificed for higher goals
when things looked dark and fearful thoughts crept inside me
I looked to you my guiding light to remind me
lets take a moment to give thanks for what we hold
come gather ‘round and hear the tales of other’s woes
our dreams that thrived are growing dim like the ember
I tie a bow with woolen string to remember

time carries on at it’s tempo
we’re only given a window
fools never heed
what they’re taught about time
never crosses their minds

Retro Tango

Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli in a Blossom Deary Song.
Aleck Rand: Guitar, Bass, everything else. https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
Oddrun Eikli: Vocal

Singer and composer Blossom Deary always makes me smile.
There are so many things to worry about, but here is a musically hopeful smile in November darkness.
Inspired by Blossom :)
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist.

When I was young I lived in a world of dreams
Of moods and myths and illusionary schemes
Though now I'm much more grown up
I fear that I must own up
To the fact that I'm in doubt of
What the modern cynics shout of

They say it's spring
This feeling light as a feather
They say this thing
This magic we share together
Came with the weather too

They say it's May
That's made me daft as a daisy
It's May, they say
That gave the whole world this crazy
Heavenly, hazy hue
I'm a lark On the wing
I'm the spark of a firefly's fling
Yet to me
This must be
Something more than a seasonal thing

Could it be spring
Those bells that I can hear ringing
It may be spring
But when the robins stop singing
You're what I'm clinging to
Though they say it's spring It's you

If poets sing
That when a hard sympathetic
It's merely spring
Then poets plights are pathetic
Though I'm poetic too T

hey say it's spring
For lovers, there's where the lure is
That evil thing
For which September the cure is
This, they are sure is true
Though I know
That it's so
That my fancy may turn in the spring
With the right One in sight
One can find a perpetual thing

Did I need spring
To bring the ring that you bought me
Though it was spring
That wondrous day that you caught me
Darling I thought we knew
That it wasn't spring 'Twas you

They Say Its Spring. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

I tried to warn you / Paploviante November 2020
Paploviante: Music, Picture, Mix and Mastering
Vocals and lyrics: Loraina from www.Ghosthack.de
Lyrics:
Please don't tell me
That you had it bad too
I dont give a rats
That you played me like a fool
I tried to warn you
I don't like these little games
Now just sit back
Watch as I set the world ablaze
One at time
I'll do my time
I will consent 
Because I did the crime
Ooh, i’m guilty
Of lovin you
I’m guilty
Of lovin you
I'm Just an alley cat
I slink by when I can
Even this pussy cat
Will crawl a high rise without plan
You were a predator at night
Tall dark and dangerous
lust at first sight
I tried to hold you
But you were gone by day’s light

I Tried To Warn You - Paploviante

A collaboration with Torbjørn Vagle and Jimmy Rivas.

I sent a demo of the song with the basic chord sequence to Torbjørn  and Jimmy in the hope they would consider joining me for another collaboration, Torbjørn to add his exceptional keyboards, Jimmy to write lyrics and provide his powerful and distinctive vocal, luckily for me they both agreed.

Torbjørn  and Jimmy’s contributions have lifted the song to a level way beyond my original demo, thanks very much for your outstanding work guys.

Triumph over adversity is the theme here, I think we can all relate.


Credits:-

Jimmy:- Lyrics, Vocals, vocal composition and arrangements. @j-rivas

Torbjørn:- Organ, Synths, keyboard composition and arrangements. https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv

Dairv:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, musical composition, final mix and mastering, cover photo.

An Invisible Enemy (Jimmy Rivas - Torbjørn  Vagle - Dairv Dubbleyew)

WELCOME TO🐵FREAK HOUSE !!!

❗ATTENTION: You Will Change In An Animal, When You Come In 🙀 ...
... But Feed & Water Are Free😺And The Music Will Kick Your Ass !!!

"VIP³" > grod no dakreit 🥵 by DudellicAh! (2020)
Original Version > performed by MatiniOh! (2018)

Freak House🧐Unlimited (Be My Guest🥳Everybody Is Welcome) [🥵VIP³]

New site after E-Ruizzo: https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo

Many thanks to Alex https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
and Richal https://soundcloud.com/rickitansky for their fantastic pics !!

THINK LESS, LIVE MORE

RUIZZOIDMAN