Sam Celetano

Cozy~

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/0LGKdagYQYLfEhvdMnXI6R?si=f6954a1ff86e4bb6
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryB5LhxR3w

Cover art made by Kento Iida ! (instagram.com/whykentowhy)

If you can believe it, a new song less than 6 months since my last! Hold onto your hats though... because in the next month, three more new ones are coming! This is the single from my EP, "The Museum Is Closed Now," which will be released on all streaming services on September 15th! I might trickle these songs out on SoundCloud though (algorithm be damned), just a heads up for my friends who listen here exclusively.

Thanks so much for sticking with me over the years! My following is small, but the comments on some of my tunes have touched me in ways that I can't begin to explain here. Your support will always be graciously accepted and reciprocated. My music has evolved a great deal since I started posting instrumentals in 2015, though lately the pockets of time between them have grown deeper. Please know that I have no intention of stopping, my life may change dramatically but the music will always come with me.

Thanks for listening, as always!

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the song is about boomers in cities who looooove to drive. yeah it's that literal. haven't you heard my other songs?

Lyrics:
You can see the way things are and how it drives me mad,
then how about you stop insisting that it’s not so bad?
“You take this for granted” now that’s what you say
Confronted with the truth and all you do is turn away  

Though we may not quite agree
It’s never too late to change
I find it hard to believe
things are just better this way

You can play defense now up until your dying day,
but tell me if it’s still a win if no one wants to play
Can’t think up a way for you to see the light,
but up until then I just risk dying on my bike

Though we may not quite agree
It’s never too late to change
I find it hard to believe
things are just better this way

I Don't Want to Drive a Car

Track 03 from "The Museum Is Closed Now" EP, released September 15th, 2022. Thanks for listening!

Links:
www.linktr.ee/sambcel
www.instagram.com/sambcel

Credits:
Lead Guitar - Ryan Kawanami
Art by Kento Iida (www.instagram.com/whykentowhy)
Mixed by Vic Cuccia
Mastered by Tom Waltz

Lyrics:
Pasadena, in July,
hotter than the sun
I’ve got beautiful memory,
from summer of ’21 

Well sir I heard you the museum is closed now,
I look at my watch it’s four forty-five
We turn to laugh and say “what’s that guy’s problem?”–
they’re kicking us out though it closes at five

It feels like yesterday
I saw you drive away
With flowers at my feet 
I’m crying in the street

Spending New Year’s in Santa Cruz,
leaving behind the blues
Really don’t have plans it seems
Doesn’t matter with you

Walk ten miles where the cliffs meet the sea 
meets the sky, you and me and a friend made of clay
Without a doubt if we picked Brussels sprouts
then the memory would make them much sweeter

It feels like yesterday
I saw you drive away
With flowers at my feet 
I’m crying in the street

The haze has cleared it’s a beautiful day
and I can’t help but feel that all will be fine
I turn to laugh and wipe tears from my eyes,
though it hurts to endure such a wistful goodbye

Brussels Sprouts

Track 02 from "The Museum Is Closed Now" EP, released September 15th, 2022. Thanks for listening!

Links:
www.linktr.ee/sambcel
www.instagram.com/sambcel

Credits:
Art by Kento Iida (www.instagram.com/whykentowhy)
Mixed by Vic Cuccia
Mastered by Tom Waltz

Lyrics:
Baby, baby, baby, it’s plain to see–
that I get star-struck in your company!
It’s taken a year but you don’t understand
how it makes me feel when I hold your hand

Tell me, tell me, tell me now if it’s true,
a change of pace would give me such certitude
I’m getting restless but pay me no mind,
too much time thinking, get left behind

I’m moseying on, hope to see you again
I will be back but I do not know when
Hope to see you in Paris, New York or the Bay,
but getting your hopes up is a dangerous game

When the day is done and I’m feeling gray
my baby calls me cowboy, I hesitate.
So I saddle up and then ride away,
high-tailing it back to East LA

You’re moseying on now and I’ve lost a friend
No longer your cowboy, but let me pretend
Hope to see you in Paris, New York or the Bay,
but getting your hopes up is a dangerous game

Cowboy

Track 01 from "The Museum Is Closed Now" EP, released September 15th, 2022. Thanks for listening!

Links:
www.linktr.ee/sambcel
www.instagram.com/sambcel

Credits:
Art by Kento Iida (www.instagram.com/whykentowhy)
Mixed by Vic Cuccia
Mastered by Tom Waltz

Lyrics:
Sometimes you’re physically bound down,
but mentally gone, 10 years ahead
You dream up something you don’t really want,
and when you return everyone has moved on
Follow tradition you do this and that
Place a rock on a stone, though it won’t bring them back
You’re mourning, waiting for this pain to pass,
If you needed help then you just need to ask

Will it get easier to cope,
or are you lying to yourself?

Your final memory is her on your bed,
with tears in your eyes, your heart made of lead
No silver lining here to be found,
the storm is your fault and your head’s in the clouds
What can one say other than “I regret?”
Apologies tired, explanations unsaid
Don’t think she loved you but that’s just a guess,
you should have inquired before making a mess
 
Will it get easier to cope,
or are you lying to yourself?

Easier to Cope

こういう気持ちを何て言ったかな - Your Lie In April OST

Reunion- Coraline Soundtrack

This is a cover of a song I love, "水玉模様の片想い" by a YouTube channel called "sundaytube02." The link to the original is below:


https://youtu.be/mjrIeEbyyFg

The jazz arrangement of this cover (from which my version gets its inspiration from) was created by USK, the incredible guitarist behind the YouTube channel "Retro Vending Machine In Japan," and is the 28th track on his album which you can find below. 

http://jihanki.michikusa.jp/CD/ - @onsenjazz

If anyone knows more about these songs then PLEASE message me and tell me about them. Thanks for listening.

Special thanks to Ryan Kawanami for providing me with a transcription.

Photo taken at the MFA in Boston.

水玉模様の片想い (sundaytube02 cover)

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/khaidreams
TWITTER: twitter.com/khaidreams
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/khaidreams

Produced by Matt Jordan(@bigbon3) and Philip Etherington(@philip-etherington)

Now and Then

Sandals

Listen on Spotify!

Thanks for listening!

https://open.spotify.com/track/2CBKIUm0VQIghFKUFxj6dC?si=jdf1ezi2T7-3xrWuVifXIA

Photo taken at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles

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I want you to know how I feel
Though I may say it I just think that I might have to spell it out
for you, so listen here
I want this all to be crystal clear

I care about you more than a lot,
this feeling I feel is felt deep in my heart
And by chance if you feel just a bit of the same, 
then come over baby stop playing this game

We haven’t known each other long
But god, it’s easier to say what I feel when I write a song
That is, if you don’t mind
I have been thinking of you all this time

A Lot

Distance

sammy b's instrumental jams– now with words!
thanks for listening~

talk to me: celentanoguitar @ gmail.com

Easier to Cope

Sam Celentano