You speak the truth. And you have made the knowing sounds of rage, which I yet find comforting. I was raised Catholic at a certain time and in a certain place (not Ireland), and I know the score. Thanks for saying (and singing!).

awesome track Davy man !! superb guitar and tone !! :))

Even later in 2025 Playlist

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Flute solo. Steel Drum solo. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Yamaha Synthesizer Bass. Korg Synthesizer Bass. Roland Synthesizer Plucking Rhythm. Gibson SG Electric Guitar Rhythm. Roland Synthesizer Muted rhythm. Acoustic Full Drum kit. Percussion Tambourine, Cowbell, Bongos, Zildjian 22" Ride & Crash Cymbals.

Cool

Cool Kat

ONCE UPON A TIME..........original

This started with a very beautiful piano piece by Tom, then advanced by Jussi’s great electric guitar lead. I added an imagined lyric about someone not being able to commit to a relationship and the song was completed by Boon’s excellent acoustic guitar work. Thanks to all for their wonderful contributions. Thanks everyone for giving this a listen. Much appreciated by us all. 

Desamor by Tom Régnier, Jussi Welin, Boon Suzuki and Mark J Bennett

There’s an absence in my life, 
Perhaps of my own device. 
An awkward independence, 
Rendered me unable to share,
 My life with any other. 
Desamor, Desamor

There’s an absence in my life,
 Desamor, Desamor 
An awkward independence,
 Left me unable to share.
 Desamor, Desamor
 Keeping a distance from love and affection, 
Forbidding myself that joy.

There’s an absence in my life,
 Desamor, Desamor

Keeping a distance from love and affection, 
 Forbidding myself that joy.
 Desamor, Desamor

Desamor - Tom Régnier, Jussi Welin, Boon Suzuki & Mark J Bennett

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  

Jamais sans toi, j’aimais te laisser  
Rien que toi, à moitié vidé  
J’avance d’un pas, petit à petit vers là  
Les larmes coulent et dégoulinent vers le bas  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  

Attendre et croire, les traces s’effacent  
Sur mes pas, je suis son chemin  
Petit à petit, on coule vers le bas  
Et tu arrives à temps, le verre à moitié vidé  
J’aimais sans toi, et jamais te laisser  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Si l’on doit se quitter  

Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
On doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
On doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
On doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  

Plus rien sans toi, les souvenirs s’effacent  
Rien que toi, avec le temps qui passe  
Je recule d’un pas, toujours plus loin de toi  
Sers-moi dans les bras, et finis le verre avec moi  
J’aimais sans toi, jamais te laisser  

Si l’on doit s’éloigner  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là  
Si l’on doit se quitter  
Qu’est-ce qu’on fout là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  
Triste ou pas, ne me laisse pas là  


Ne me laisse pas là

Ne me laisse pas la

I love this time of year when the light seems to play on the floors.  It's just a peaceful thing I notice.  Certainly not earthshaking, but lovely.
Thank you to David Dunham for his friendship and his unending help in mastering my piano tracks.
@david-dunhamuser589535203

The Evening Light

Dawning Day.mp3

Swan Lake Memory (Unloved) Remastered

 Le plus dur, après la perte d'un être cher, c‘est de devoir continuer à vivre .… sans lui.

Ces pensées musicales ici, remémore ces moments partagés et, est une manière de lui rendre hommage. 

Avec la voix de Clara Sorace .... https://clarasorace.com/

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 The hardest thing after losing a loved one is having to carry on living .... without her.

These musical thoughts here recall those shared moments and are a way of paying tribute to her.


With the voice of Clara Sorace .... https://clarasorace.com/

I Pray For You ....

Original by Fleetwood Mac 1975

Vocal : Debbie Lynn

Landslide

Lyrics based on those written by a child in an institution run by abusive clerics.

Just a child scared and small
No one to turn to no one at all
No one to hold me to dry my tears
No one to hug me to ease my fears

Sisters of no mercy
Twisted and cruel
Sisters of heresy
Masquerading as school
Hell is awaiting
A special place for you

Hoping and praying it's just a dream
When I hear the other children scream
Out of sight is out of mind
The world moves on
We are left behind

Nothing left to help or save
A final unmarked lonely grave
Someday when you've nowhere left to run
When the world finds out 
Just what you have done

Sisters of no mercy
Twisted and cruel
Sisters of heresy
Masquerading as school
Hell is awaiting
A special place for you

Sisters of no Mercy

When Love begins

This is the last renovation of several songs I wrote some years back and recorded with Roger Stankovic (https://soundcloud.com/roger-stankovic), who did the lead vocals. Started as a basic piano and vocals track, but I took it down and added some new elements. Very happy with Roger's amazing work on this! Harmonies, moi, and Jen DB.

Falling Sands

some variations from Jacques Lemaire upon a theme by Marco Lucchi

Jacques Lemaire & Marco Lucchi - wallpaper music n*1 [variations]

More  dystopian  tech musing about how we will manage this growing power of AI,   using the  Original Star Trek Episode Where No Man Has Gone Before ....Hopefully we get it right... 


Where No Man Has Gone Before

I'm a doctor
Not a prophet
I wonder how it came to this
A little nature 
A little nurture
I'll be a song psychiatrist 
Kinda hokey but you get the gist

Was it father?
Was it mother?
With their foolish and their fallacies
Computer Nation
AI creation
They put a bunch of little devils in me
We've gone giddy on the gadgetry

Erratic fanatics 
We rage, we rile up 
So routine, the calls for war
Id inner states to sublimate
Let's take a trip to Where No Man Has Gone Before

…..Wait there's more…….

Once a doctor
Now a defector
With a push ‘n’ prompt electro-fist
Paranoia meets persuasion
Money maker on the precipice 
Gone from licensed to the ludicrous 

It's so cinematic 
God makes Man makes God to call for war
All urethaned and baked our brains
Shall we wake them and go to Where No Man Has Gone Before

Where's the Human?
Here's the New Man
The doctor now a fantasist 
AI shaker
Body faker
No longer the psychiatrist
Even Captain Kirk has been dismissed
Algorithms trump the Altruist 
When I'm cranky then I get like this
Gonna Meta-meet my therapist








Where No Man Has Gone Before

My first Christmas song! This was originally intended to be just a series of improvisations on Prokofiev's Troika ( Sleigh Ride ) but then I got the idea of bringing in a space theme. So I started thinking about the Apollo 11 moon landing and worked this in. I’m not quite sure how, but Neil Armstrong has ended up providing the main vocal hook - hence the extra title in brackets! There’s a hint of Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss about the brass section. I added the actual Strauss motif in the fade out just because….well, it’s meant to be a jolly festive song so why not?It was a whole heap of fun adding all the effects and touches to create that spacey and festive vibe. I hope you enjoy it and, obviously, have a wonderful Christmas! 

Additional space effects - Pixabay
Original image - betidraws on Pixabay


Christmas Sleigh Ride to the Moon (One Small Step)

Cast of characters:

Gaz Brownie — @user-755327533 — Gaz — vocals, vocal harmonies, lyrics, and composition
K2 and the Three [and the Four] -- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – Warwick four-string fretless bass
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Tom Anderson custom T guitar
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and piano
Llanpsych–@llanpsych –Tez– mix, production, and mastering

This song began by Gaz composing it and on his acoustic guitar, and singing his original lyrics over it. Gaz is a brilliant songwriter, lyricist, and singer, with whom we've worked before. However, this is the first song he's shared with us. He gave it to Ken first, who started the project and invited the rest of us to it.
  Ken, who was the originator of the project, was actually the second person to lay down a part, which he did to Josh's bass, instead of the other way around, as they usually do it. Stephen then came in and replaced Gaz's acoustic guitar with his silky smooth electric guitar. JJ got down on his magical piano and organ parts not long after Stephen added his guitar. 
  This was a somewhat uncomplicated process, as Gaz gave us a fully realized song to work with right from the start. Tez sealed the deal with his expert production to cap it off, too.
  As mentioned, this is our second song starring Gaz, and we're very grateful to him for sharing his magic with us. We're all looking forward to working together again in the future, too. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it. 
Original lyrics by Gaz Brownie:
V1
Im drawing the conclusion that 
Im just being polite 
And questioning myself is it me our are they right
I’m feeling a little angry hope it’s not out of spite 
Is just a reaction to this uncomfortable night 

Chorus 
When did the world stop listening 
When did the world stop listening 


V2
As we compete for space to try & speak
Everyone’s on journey on a bus to shit creek
With condescending story’s of their bad & awesome week
And I’m working on finding just a better style of technique 

Chorus 

V3
I avoid catching that struggle bus 
Don’t wanna be part of my problem and be misunderstood 
What are you looking at is there something you wanna discuss 
I push his   face up the window cause I’ve had enough 

Finish on a chorus

When Did The World Stop Listening (Eclectic Collective with Gaz Brownie)

Second album of 10 songs 'Looking Up',available from bandcamp,Spotify and the rest.

https://vancemagill.bandcamp.com/album/look-up

First album of songs. 'Flying Solo'.
https://vancemagill.bandcamp.com/album/flying-solo

And on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/4BOvUv16dOl6cgcWANX1Dz
This is my first solo venture. It's an album of ten songs and it can be downloaded  from bandcamp free,or for whatever you deem it worth. I'd be happy if you just take a copy and listen to my musical ramblings. 
Thanks to all who take the time.  :)

Follow on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/album/4BOvUv16dOl6cgcWANX1Dz
A while back I viewed s/c as merely a hosting platform for posting on forums,but then I realised there was access to so many wonderful compositions by other folk,it then became my prime source of listening to music.
This little corner of the internet is actually a thriving musical community where nobodies such as myself can share songs with the great and the good.
All that just has to be positive and welcome.
Thanks to all who listen and comment,be assured I will return the favour,as I love finding new artists. Please don't follow me if you are going to unfollow,I only wish to listen and share music,I am not a follower collector.


Songs are a mix of solo work with all instruments played by myself,plus my own world weary vocals! I tend to favour my home made Telecasters and a Strat,though the odd acoustic makes an appearance. I use Logic Pro X and am a recent convert to DAW.

I play and write for the joy of expression and always with the hope my songs may be a positive force to anyone who takes time to listen. I'm an old boy now,so I harbour no dreams of success in the conventional sense,having the odd comment is just fine for me. Thanks to all who bother.

 Also earlier songs from a project in 2015, with Fiona and Martin Magill,Vocals and keys. Martin is a very talented working keyboard player,but sadly Fiona no longer sings. Our loss.
Lastly there are tracks from late 80s/early 90s from SOS,a band I was in back then.

Dear listener, Feel free to leave comments and I'll try to reply.

I've been making music for around 16 years now but because of the wonderfully generous community that is SC, I have learned so much in a short time. I look forward to learning even more by collaborating. 
I suppose my strengths are in lyric-writing and singing. I feel fortunate to have been able to work with some stunning compositions by some very talented SCers.

My very best to you, Mark

Some links to recent Continental Collision streaming sites, etc are available below:

Sisters of no Mercy

Davy Vance

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