Your bringing the house down with this killer track,

Cool synth pop with originality. Melancholic, but very beautiful! Great job!

Unkind 

hear my fable of past time
pull up close eyes wide
spend time in the maze of a dark mind
that escaped from a past so unkind
I use to hang out at night with the aimless
called them friends of mine
trouble makers, wild and wasted
too dumb for the art of real crime

John got on a train for his boomtown
James ended his days in jail
Peter wanted to make his dear mom proud
never ended the chase for his own tail
these days I count myself lucky
no need for a rabbits paw
chosen and beloved by an angel
no sense to be made of what I saw

these days spent by an ocean
warmed by sunny skies
past time all a blur like illusion
comes back with the shills of a gulls cry

I dream lyrics and cosine 
I walk through the forest blind
you pencil the points of a timeline
connects with a past so unkind
Jesus, send me the blueprint
grand scope of your one design
consider the facts of my own sin
entwined with the cycles of time 

these days I count myself lucky
no need for a rabbits paw
chosen and beloved by an angel
no sense to be made of what I saw
hear my fable of past time
pull up close eyes wide
spend time in the maze of a dark mind
that escaped from a past so unkind

Unkind

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

Sometimes people close to us pass away far earlier than expected, and sometimes they come back to visit us in our dreams.

Here's the breakdown of what I used on this track:
Drums: Logic Pro Virtual Drummer Max Punk Rock with the Bluebird drum kit
Bass: Logic Pro Thumb bass with some chorus and delay
Electric Piano: Korg SV-1 Reed EP-2 preprocessed with chorus and plate delay, post processed with echo, spreader, ensemble and flanger. With all these effects and a sustain pedal, if you hold the pedal down and repeat notes in rapid succession, a crescendo effect is created (with the built in analogue amplifier).
Synth: Logic Pro (Alchemy) Strings Morph and Buss Bar (Funky Crunchy)

MISS YOU

I see you when I close my eyes
I dream of you when I despair
Too much time since I held you
Years gone by since I saw you

I miss you
Are you watching over me
I miss you
Did you come see me

When you sat down right next to me
Did you tell me that you’re gonna be alright
Did you tell me that the future is bright
Did you tell me to not lose sight

I miss you
Are you waiting for me
I miss you
Will you take care of me

Sometimes you’re with me
Sometimes I feel good
Sometimes you’re with me
Sometimes I feel good

I wake up reach out for you
I lose myself grasping for air
It feels so real swear I saw you
Years gone by seem like yesterday

I miss you
Are you watching over me
I miss you
Did you come see me

I miss you
Are you waiting for me
I miss you
Will you take care of me

Sometimes you’re beside me
Sometimes I feel good
Sometimes you’re beside me
Sometimes I feel good

A gaping hole inside me
At all times I miss you
A gaping hole inside me
At all times I miss you
A gaping hole inside me
At all times I miss you
A gaping hole inside me
At all times I miss you

Miss You

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This tune came out of a wonderful convergence (happy accident); my collaboration with @devin-locke on "Theme and Variations" and a renewed interest in the painting of Bob Ross. One of the variations I became so taken with, I wanted to develop it into a full track using the original steel string voice of the collaboration then adding nylon string to enlarge the melody line.  "Happy Accidents" was a favorite saying of Bob Ross as he would go about his painting on Public Television.  I saw how it applied to me in how I have composed guitar music over the years;  the unexpected note or chord I first thought a mistake became a turning point for a phrase or melody line.  Some would call it "serendipity", for Bob Ross it was a "happy accident".  If you listen closely toward the beginning, you can hear my granddaughter Lily in the background, a bit of a cameo and very much a happy accident:)

Happy Accidents (For Bob Ross)

A track from the album Time and Tide, available on Bandcamp
amandasanderson.bandcamp.com/album/time-and-tide

Lyrics, music, mixing, production: Verulium
https://verulium.bandcamp.com/releases
Vocals: Amanda Kim Sanderson

Selene, the goddess of the moon 
Mercurial and hewn 
From ashen rays of afterglow 

High, presiding through the night 
Her veil of silver light 
Cascading over all we know 

Deep in my subconciousness 
Arcadia survives 

In the dismal days of 
Emptiness 
We try to turn the tide 

Before my eyes 
The truth in a strange disguise 
So I ran and I ran 
But the future had a plan 
To catch me out 

If you attune 
To the phasing of the moon 
Like chasing a ghost 
From the pillar to the post 
It wears you down 

Turn the tide 
By leaving the past behind 
Buried in the sands of time 

So in the end 
The phasing wins again 
Come the dark, come the dawn 
Come the chasm of the morn 
It wears you down 

Turn the tide 
By leaving the past behind 
Buried in the sands of time

credits
from Time and Tide, released June 4, 2020
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Time and Tide

Buried In The Sands Of Time

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Gitarr & Bas Magnus Lödberg

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Under A Sun Called Hope

Somewhere

If gravity is the only thing
That keeps you from leaving me
You’ve got to find your wings
And learn to fly

I’ll find comfort in these things
The things you have taught me
And search for forgiveness
In what you leave behind

So leave me your courage
Your strength and your wisdom
This precious sorrow
These tender tears

The strength of a lion
The love of a lamb
I feel it around me
All through the years

There’s so much that I regret
Those unkind words I said
Were born from frustration
And not from my heart

I know there will be peace
The sadness will be released
I’ll put back together
What’s torn all apart

Life is a mystery
Who knows what the world will bring
But I know you’re beside
When I’m ready to start

Gravity

Yet another collaboration with the uber talented Janine Levinson. This time her pick. One of her and my favorites.

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Songwriter based in Chicago, Illinois.  Contact via email simplecircuitsmusic@yahoo.com or PM.  Thanks for your kind feedback!


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