Like this a lot Shippa. Think it would do better without the first 23secs. People might bail before the good part.

I like this :) Very nice tune! Catchy and cool lyrics :) <3

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Homeland 

Another heartache
It’s happening once again
Subjugated by my fellow man
Overwhelming my life

It’s plain to see
Televisual insanity
Reporting the violence
Deafened by the silence

Still searching for some clarity
Devastated by hypocrisy
Of our existence
Diminishing resistance

Maybe you can decide
I’m otherwise occupied
Please understand
This is my homeland

Falling
Down to my knees again
Before I start to understand
It’s up to me

Stalling
No time to hesitate
No longer can I bear this weight
Just set me free

Homeland

Everybody has struggles, no one is immune from trials in this life, but God helps us through them if we rely upon Him.

Struggles

With the AUKUS deal throwing Australia's relationship with France out the window, I just had to comment...mon dieu!!! Not quite sure how this Australian model is supposed to work.

Model Roll

(We’re all talkin’ ‘bout)
Covert schemes with submarines
Rotten to the core
Déjà vu like we’ve seen it all before
Looking for anybody else to blame
When your best pal doesn’t even know your name!
Abandoning any decent protocol.
Is there any hope at all?

We’re juggling hand-grenades, pins pulled for us all
(Where the bloody hell are ya?)
Letting you think you’re in control
(Do you really want to know?)
They’re dragging their fingernails down the blackboard of your soul
(If you still have one)
That’s how we make our model roll.

(Let me tell you how)
Loose lips sink relationships
Pride before a fall
Pulled the plug now we’re spiralling down the hole
Such a mistake playing with high stakes
When all you got’s dependent on a handshake  
With fingers crossed behind their backs and all
All mirrors and smoke.

We’re juggling hand-grenades, pins pulled for us all
(Where the bloody hell are ya?)
Letting you think you’re in control
(Do you really want to know?)
They’re dragging their fingernails down the blackboard of your soul
(If you still have one)
That’s how we make our model roll.

Grandiose and comatose
Intelligentsia juxtaposed
Grovelling on your hands and knees 
Bending over backwards to appease

Feeling like a needle in a haystack (it’s coming)
Waiting for the devastating payback (it’s coming)
No joie de vivre, et je sais pourquoi
Qu’est-ce que c’est?


We’re juggling hand-grenades, pins pulled for us all
(Where the bloody hell are ya?)
Letting you think you’re in control
(Do you really want to know?)
They’re dragging their fingernails down the blackboard of your soul
(If you still have one)
That’s how we make our model roll.

Bonjour. Je m'appelle Scotty de marketing. Je suis désolé...non! Peut-être? Non!

Model Roll

One Thing Right (demo)

This is part 2 of some improvisational recordings I made with Pat Howell's beautiful handcrafted-from-a -kit dreadnought acoustic guitar.  Part 1 details the guitar's journey a little more and here I wanted Pat to hear his guitar in drop D tuning, and I thought you'd like to hear it too:)

For My Friend--Part 2

I swear
It wasn’t me
An opportunist
An opportunity

I was waiting for something to happen
Just waiting for something to happen
Before I took a step away
Floating up a creek without a paddle
I was starting to unravel
A rat inside a maze

I swear
It wasn’t me

Got an offer but I’m not persuaded
Got another and I should have made it
Should have made it happen
Had the chance and I tried to fake it
Had a chance but I didn’t take it
And it didn’t happen

I swear
It wasn’t me
An opportunist
Takes an opportunity

You had it coming…

Missed an opportunity…

I swear
It wasn’t me
An opportunist
An opportunity

Opportunist

What exactly do Influencers do?

What can I do for you?
I could tag you in my post
What can I do for you?
Cos’ it’s me they love the most
Maybe put your hashtag with my photograph
Would you like my autograph
What can I do for you?
Anything at all

What can you do for me?
Spread the word to my believers
What can you do for me?
They’re my influence receivers
Disciples doing what I tell them to
Always agreeing with my point of view
What can you do for me?
Everything and more

Tell them what they wanna hear
I’m the ultimate marketing engineer
Doing it all from a strobing screen
I’m an advertorial magazine
The heavy-weight champion of self-promotion
Got millions following with blind devotion
I’m more viral than influenza
They call me…(Hashtag) Influencer

Look at me, can’t you see, obviously
I’m the biggest seller of them all  
Quick split, just a click, take the pic
Then I pin it up to my wall
No stress, no worry, nothing’s a drag    
It’s all provided by a hashtag (Hashtag)
What exactly do I do for you?
I do nothing at all

See me
Everybody wants to
Be me
I guess I’m just
Lucky
Getting paid for doing bugger all

Tell them what they wanna hear
I’m the ultimate marketing engineer
Doing it all from a strobing screen
I’m an advertorial magazine
The heavy-weight champion of self-promotion
Got millions following with blind devotion
I’m more viral than influenza
They call me…(Hashtag) Influencer

All I do
Is smile and pout
Just hang about
Not working hard at 
All the money
Milk and honey
Thrown about me
Why work hard at all?

Tell them what they wanna hear
I’m the ultimate marketing engineer
Doing it all from a strobing screen
I’m an advertorial magazine
The heavy-weight champion of self-promotion
Got millions following with blind devotion
I’m more viral than influenza
They call me…(Hashtag) Influencer

Hashtag (#influencer)

one day i will run out of posts for my part with this band

.......will i be sad

Good Gods Gravy

Fire

Recorded at home on March 14, 2022 — this is my audio contribution to "Singing for Ukraine," a global, virtual choral project to support the people of Ukraine. May they have both freedom and peace.

To learn more about the "Singing for Ukraine" project, please visit: www.facebook.com/groups/singingforukraine

*Notes* Backing instrumental is the soprano practice track for the project. Image used is a field of sunflowers in Ukraine (found on Google Images).

Ukrainian Text & English Translation:

Боже великий, єдиний,
Нам Україну храни,
Волі і світу промінням
Ти її осіни.

Світлом науки і знання
Нас, дітей, просвіти,
В чистій любові до краю,
Ти нас, Боже, зрости.

Боже великий, єдиний,
Нам Україну храни,
Всі свої ласки й щедроти
Ти на люд наш зверни.

Дай йому волю, дай йому долю,
Дай доброго світу, щастя,
Дай, Боже, народу
І многая, многая літа.

Lord, oh the Great and Almighty,
Protect our beloved Ukraine,
Bless her with freedom and light
Of your holy rays.

With learning and knowledge enlighten
Us, your children small,
In love pure and everlasting
Let us, oh Lord, grow.

Lord, oh the Great and Almighty,
Protect our beloved Ukraine,
Grant our people and country
All your kindness and grace.

Bless us with freedom, bless us with wisdom,
Guide into kind world,
Bless us, oh Lord, with good fortune
For ever and evermore.

Prayer for Ukraine, composed by Mykola Lysenko, lyrics by Oleksandr Konysky.

While visiting a Sam Ash store, me and my friend decided to grab 2 guitars and an amp and jam. 
This is what came out of it on the spot at the store.

Copyrighted
Written by Read One

Jamming at The Store - Read One & BJ

Over the Indian Ocean

2022-09-07

Dew Drops

Fragments

Heartfelt

We’re all walking a fine line
Dodging the headlines
Strapped to a deadline
Not living at all

Talk to me, walk with me, speak with me
Listen to your heart
Come to me, hold on to me, be with me
Open up your heart

One step leads to another, sister and brother
Walking together as our world falls apart
We can help one another, look out for each other
Hold it together if we think with our hearts

Heartfelt

Solo Band, (sounds better than One-Man Band)...Meet the "band" here... http://youtu.be/2y1XbeCcKVc 
Songwriter heavily influenced by British Pop/Rock/Punk of the 80s-90s, and the Electronica/New Wave sounds of the 80s. All songs are written and performed by me - except for the few covers that I have obviously not written. Contact me at shippa63@gmail.com. Have a listen and let me know your honest opinions. Check out all of the albums, EPs and random singles available on Bandcamp via https://shppa-63.bandcamp.com/

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Shïppa-63

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