I Langa e Africa

IL SIGNOR SQUALLIDO PERSONA [live] (2004)
For heavy metal band

Performed by 
RDB IL RESTO DELLA BAND
Emanuele Galbusera, voice
Samuele Rampani, guitar
Giovanni D'Avanzo, bass
Stefano Tedesco, drums
Nicola Di Buduo, graphics 

Recorded live at Area 51, Rozzano, 31st October 2004

Il Signor Squallido Persona [live] (2004) | Heavy metal band

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It Is What It Is
by Matthew Kiser

Some chapters of life naturally close while leaving a mark that stays with us. If you’ve ever found yourself looking back with both gratitude and a touch of wonder in a state of quiet peace, maybe this song will resonate.

Key: G Major
Tuning: E Standard
Tempo: 82 BPM

Lyrics:

I was living a life, steady and sure,
'Til a spark lit a fire I couldn’t ignore.
You came out of nowhere, like a dream in the dark,
But the lines got blurry and we put out the spark.

Well, it is what it is, and I've weathered the fall,
Took some time but I’ve let go of it all.
If the winds ever blow and you find your way back,
I’ll be where you left me, just not looking back.
Just a smile for the road, and a mem'ry we made,
I hope you’re out there living the life you craved.

Years went by, and the silence grew loud,
But I shook off the hurt, found peace somehow.
Still, sometimes at night, I hear your voice in my head,
Like you’re calling me though the words never get said.

Well, it is what it is, and I've weathered the fall,
Took some time, but I’ve let go of it all.
If the winds ever blow and you find your way back,
I’ll be where you left me, just not looking back.
Just a smile for the road, and a mem'ry we made,
I hope you’re out there living the life you craved.

If you ever feel the pull, the way that I do,
I’ll be somewhere down the line, waiting like I used to.
Not holding on, just letting it be,
What’s meant to find us, will eventually.

Well, it is what it is...
It is what it is...

And so, it is what it is, and I've weathered the fall,
Took some time out but I’ve let go of it all.
If the winds ever blow and you find your way back,
I’ll be where you left me, just not looking back.
Just a smile for the road, and a mem'ry we made,
I hope you’re out there living the life you craved.

Sometimes I wonder, was it all in my mind?
Did you feel the same or leave me behind?
I’ll never know, but it’s haunting me still.
Were you just a dream? or was it even real?

Well, it is what it is, and I've weathered the fall,
Took some time, but I’ve let go of it all.
If the winds ever blow and you find your way back,
I’ll be where you left me, just not looking back.
Just a smile for the road, and a mem'ry we made,
I hope you’re out there living the life you craved.

Yeah, I hope you're out there living the life you craved...


© 2025 Matthew Kiser. All rights reserved.

It Is What It Is

Put Me Out (Girl's Collectives)

The Music Umbrella international Consultancy for 45 years | Licensing , digital distro, Publishing and sub publishing  deals , Touring, Merch ,Sponsorships, and lecturing on the business "then and now".  
All genres except for bad yodelling 
We love music , we love writers !

Hiyo wee lassies & laddies! May peace shine upon ye all the days of your lives!

If you enjoy what you hear, please show your support by* following and sharing what you enjoy with others.  Your support means a lot to others.

To all who come before me and to all who follow, I shall shove my love upon those who sweeten the pot of compassion.

*You may also show it by "fan support" if you'd fancy it. 

About me:

I'm a person who delves in artistic endeavours from a place famous for its surf & counter culture.

Main Instruments: Piano-Forté, Voice, Guitar

My full vocal range currently is ≈ ~95hz to ~2.5khz (Gb2-D#7)


Main Genres: (NACC) Nash Rock // Folk Fusion


Notes:

- I think I have super flexible & elastic vocal cords which may be why my range is naturally large

- I listed my range not for general audience (unless you were curious); rather for anyone who might see it and decide they'd want me to sing for them or something, not that I consider myself a good singer because I don't have much practise despite singing nearly every day for the past 2-ish months.

I’m a 'GenX' songwriter and self-producer trying to bring my stories, maybe some wit, and a little bit of heart back into music after stepping away to raise a family. My songs live somewhere between dynamic rock arcs and maybe a little folk-Americana honesty — sometimes vulnerable, sometimes satirical, usually saying SOMETHING, even if it's just "relax".

I’ve been playing music since grade school trumpet, picked up a bass guitar at 9, then later the guitar, some functional piano in college followed by a decade of playing live - and for 18+ years I’ve been building songs in DAWs: from Cakewalk and Cool Edit Pro to Audacity to Studio One. 

   Today I produce with a mix of live instruments, EZDrummer/Mix/Keys, Melodyne, and AI-assisted vocals. (I am not the singer - at least as you hear it, but everything starts with a seed. The voices you hear are the brush that I paint with.)
    Every track I share here is both a finished piece and open for collaboration or reinterpretation. If the right artist hears themselves in one of my songs, I’d love to see it take new life.

“If I can’t make you feel something, then I don’t think I have a song. I think that’s the whole point—to make you laugh or cry or SOMETHING. If it doesn’t move you, it’s just words and chords.”         -David Crosby

Composer, performer, teacher and designer of musical instruments.

His training includes composition studies at the Milan Conservatory, musical analysis and electronic music at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan, advanced courses in Europe, studies in the field of theatre and performing arts.

His works combine music composition, performance art, sound sculpture, and have been presented in Europe, the United States, China.

In the early 1990s he created the HN System® for the composition of physical, mental, emotional performative processes.

In 1994 he was a lecturer at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, where he presented the HN System, defined by Heinz-Klaus Metzger as «the most surprising artistic invention of the last 15 years».

He designed the HN Percussion®, musical instruments that involve the performer’s entire body.

He conducts workshops at conservatories and universities.

His music is the subject of academic papers, theses, documentary films.

New tracks tagged #Crossover Rock