Some great music I have discovered while surfing the cloud.  If you have something you think should be added let me know. 

Peace and love!

Icarus's Golden Ticket - Things you should hear Mar 2021

Out next in Iono-Lounge is Shabboo Harper with a new single called "Are You Scared of Life?". It makes us travel in our thoughts and think in all we've been passing trough, it makes you feel scared of life? Or you will stand and fight until the last breath? Sometimes we make this question for ourselves, and what we must believe is that better days will come, and Only true Love Saves Lives. Enjoy the path with this amazing soundtrack.

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Release date:
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Are You Scared Of Life?

Shabboo Harper - Are You Scared Of Life? (Original Mix - Snippet) IONO Lounge 🔆

Song written and sung by Eric Feltham

When I was young the world was so wide now  I’m
A little bit older a little bit wiser
Now every days exactly the same
Same as the day before
When I was younger living was easy
I could go where I want and do what would please me
Now I can’t walk unless somebody sees me
No one to blame but me.

The little man on the tv said
You gotta live a life with no regrets
I try but I cant forget my younger days

When I was younger the world was much brighter 
Now I am older, older and wiser
Spending my days locked in a cage
Watching my hair tuning grey

Prudence they say is the greatest of virtues
But I didn’t know cause they never tell you
Make a false move and you know it will cost you
You’ll pay the bill every day

When I was younger the future was brighter 
Now I’m much older, older and wiser

Younger Days

Music and lyrics: Daniel Gomez
Guitars, bass and vocals: Daniel Gomez
Drums: Daniel Gomez using software
Mix and production: Daniel Gomez

Buried Alive!

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocal
Gordon Midgley: Guitars / Bass / Backing Vocals
Gary Reeves: Drums
Arrangement, Production & Final Mix by Gordon Midgley

From the very beginning of our relationship, my wife Jo had always wanted me to write her a love letter. We have been together for 34 years and, in that time, I’ve written her 3 love songs, which she often says are very special and mean so much to her - and yet she would still remind me that she’d never had the love letter she had always wanted.  So the idea occurred to me that I would write her a love letter within a song.  I wanted to make it a surprise, so had to write it in secret, which in itself was no easy task.
Once I had something I thought worked well I decided, although possibly difficult, to play this song with it's personal expression of love to someone who I knew would give a totally honest opinion.  That person could only be my brother Gal.
By the time I sent him the secretly made demo, I’d convinced myself it wasn’t very good so it was something of a surprise when he said he absolutely loved it.

Even as I was writing the song, I always had Gordon in mind as the best person to work on it with us.  He’s such a sensitive and tasteful player and the arrangement he produced, along with Gal’s drumming, proved the perfect vehicle for the kind of ‘love letter’ I wanted it to be.  Without their consummate skills, none of the following could ever have happened.    

The original plan was to play Jo the song on Mother’s Day but I’m afraid excitement got the better of me so, on the very day Gord sent the final mix, I decided to reveal the big secret. I suggested she listen on headphones, hoping that would help give the kind of immediate intimacy and connection I wanted her to feel.  Watching her listen, I was feeling more than a little nervous but as the track continued, she grabbed my hand and started to cry and continued to do so after it had finished, telling me that she now had her love letter and that it was the most special thing ever.

It was something I’ll never forget and, as sentimental as all of this may seem, I make no apologies for this love letter to my beautiful wife Jo and the perfect moment it gave to both of us.
(Terry Reeves) 

Dear Jo 
When we first met love at first sight I never knew
I had never felt could you to feel the same way too
Two long years to get the strength to tell how I felt
The fear inside you would smile and make life melt
Life was far too short to keep a secret to myself
When I explained you didn’t leave me on the shelf

Dear Jo, Dear Jo Dear Jo, Dear Jo
Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo,

Dear Jo 
A lifetime in your arms can never be complete
Do it all again my heart would miss a beat
Hanging by my fingertips showing I want to stay
Every single second and every second single day
A chance to tell you how much I love you I always will
Creation of a love storm, from the start we made it real

Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo
Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo

Dear Jo
We were meant to be with each other there’s no doubt 
Some tried to separate our love by loudly shouting out
Our love never about anybody else just you and me
Knowing that the end result didn’t need an apology 
Heads up looking forward three children by our side
Memories are for you and me our time machine will glide

Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo
Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo 

Dear Jo 
You always wanted me to write you a special love letter
All the words you deserve are so hard to put together 
No time to apologize for the difficulties I have caused 
Not the plan I promised and like you I am so confused 
I said many times I wouldn’t change a single thing
All my love is yours you gave my voice a chance to sing

Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo
Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo, Dear Jo  
Dear Jo

DEAR JO - CRIPPLE CLUB & GORDON MIDGLEY

This is a further open collaboration with Special Cecilia, based on her a Capella
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/waiting-for-your-sunshine-standing-in-the-moonlight
I hope you will enjoy it!

Waiting For Your Sunshine

Waiting For Your Sunshine | Special Cecilia & N.o.b.S.

I AM A FOOL LOVING YOU
Vocal : Melissa
 www.Ghosthack.de
Trumpets : Don Clark and  Al Matheson
Arrangement, Mix and Production : Lillithe
Mastering : Paploviante

I AM A FOOL LOVING YOU (Mastering Paploviante)

Kitchen and UK Songwriter forum big fat round of applause for our friend DB, who passed away.

Farewell Dutchbeat

I have been playing around with.....ii V I progressions and the Bebop A dominant scale. I call this one an Indie Dark Jazz flavor. Hope you will like some part of it and maybe hum along before it ends..... 
Thank you René for feedback on the first draft! 

Live from Chicago 
Written by TJG March 2021
Mix 1: March 23, 2021

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars
Rhythm 1: Guild DV52
Rhythm 2: Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Fender Stratocaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Percussion: 
Pearl Cajon Mach 2 – with brushes
Pearl Hi Hat with Zildjian symbols - with brushes - no idea what I'm doing here, but I like working the foot pedal. 

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 (vocal)
AGK 414 & Shure KSM44 on guitars, cajon and hi hat

Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. I used an input and output transformer to give some additional harmonic distortion......I just like pushing the buttons and watching the reels spin…;-)


Verse 1
They’re all buying guns
To take a shot at you
But you’re still smiling
Because you died a long time ago
Two bullets through your soul

Refrain 1
It’s live from Chicago
Let the camera roll 
It’s live from Chicago

Verse 2
When the morning breaks
The camera fades away
But you’re still smiling
Because you’re still standing tall
Two bullets through your soul

Refrain2
Let the camera roll 
It’s live from Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
It's live from Chicago

outro
How was I to know?
It's live from Chicago....

Let the camera roll
It's live from Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
It's live from Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
Here in Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
let the cameras roll
let the cameras roll
it's life in Chicago
it's life in Chicago

Two bullets through your soul
It's live from Chicago

Live from Chicago

This is the 3rd song Bitzone, Frawstakwa, and I have worked on together for my CKP page. I wanted this latest track to continue with the electronic hip hop vibe we had established with our previous two tracks.  Bitzone dug into his rich production archive and found a beat 10 years deep that met the criteria. This time I sent the track first to Frawstakwa to switch things up, since the last two songs I had started off. Frawstakwa came up with these deep metaphysical lyrics and I added a literal interpretation that I hoped would complement his meaning while keeping in theme with the previous two tracks. Bitzone then worked his magic and transformed the track into an electronic hip hop rock fusion. And then for a final surprise, he asked Joerxworx to join in with some futuristic EWI. In the end, I like that this track is different from It Ain’t Looking Good and Trendsetting and I think it points at a possible new direction for the next track we all work on together. 

Thank you for all your listenings, comments, playlists, radio spins, and purchases. The musical team is eternally grateful. 

Don’t loose hope, keep faith in yourself and your community, be creative, and persist.

Big thank to She's Excited for letting us use art from her instagram page. Check out more of her images here: https://www.instagram.com/shes_excited/

Bitzone: Music, Mix, and Production
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
bitzones.net
Joerxworx: Akai EWI
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
RS Frawstakwa: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Vocal Arrangement
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
She’s Excited: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/she-s-excited
https://she-s-excited.bandcamp.com/album/my-own-crazy
Intro: Michio Kaku

Lyrics

Oh, this is just great 
Yo, gimme a break 
No, Freudian slip made
So, it’s no mistake
Go, psycho analyze it 
Though, am I insane
In the membrane
Or normal
It’s weird right?
We’re here but so briefly
Mere mortals
Appears our fate is foretold
How unfortunate 
Of course there’s this
Who says we have to forfeit free will
Forget about it
We are forward thinkers 
And forces of nature
Scratch that - supernatural
Look at how we have grown
And evolved
Lets explore
What’s beyond
What is known 
And accepted by all
Be omnidirectional 
Slow, in the fast lane 
Flow, like a mixtape
For, goodness sake
Over and over again 
Face total
Loss of control
Lack of faith
Don’t trip though
Effects cause vertigo
Catch wreck, let ‘em know
Fact check, general 
Search, research
Both the world and the earth
First you learn
Then you teach
Art and culture
To reach out and touch 
All of the people 
Them, no doubt indeed

Bitzone and the Couch King

One stereo image
Audio visual one

Sirobosi Frawstakwa
#frawstakwaforyou

What difference does it make
If at any given rate
The only thing that matters in the end is too late

What difference does it make
If at any given rate, yo!

Have you ever felt alone
In a place so dark, so vast, so cold

Everyday I pass by
The same lame busted gate 
The same 
Boarded up broken windows and
Old rusted grates
The same
Overflowing trash cans continue to accumulate with a ever-growing stench that won’t abate 
It’s the same
Neighborhood cats talking smack on da crates 
It’s the same
Families falling flat with not enough food on their plates
I’m passin’ by the same
Kids in baseball hats standing wet in wait 
Out there gettin’ rained on cause the bus is running late 
It straight 
Hasn’t changed at all 
What difference does it make
I’m still awake at dawn 
Exerting on 
Getting my debt rate gone
Word is born
What difference does it make
Cause pass generations gone
Still couldn’t pass it on
What difference does it make

What difference does it make 
If at any given rate
Things just stay the same

What difference does it make 
If at any given rate
We keep on playing games

What difference does it make 
If at any given rate
There really isn’t even anything else left for me to say

What Difference Does It Make

Bitzone, Joerxworx, RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - What Difference Does It Make

Music by Daniel Gómez & Val Akey.
All guitars (leads, rhythms, bass) played by Daniel Gómez. @danielgoram
Drums and keyboards programming / mixing and mastering by Val Akey. @valakey
Release date: 23 March 2021

The Call Of The Priests

Are you ready? 

Jason Akita: guitars https://soundcloud.com/kobe-akita and https://soundcloud.com/kobe-akita/new-peters-akita-2
Me: the rest, including mean vocal and dirty, demented harmonica

One World Town (Brian Peters)

Let there be darkness
And let there be light
Let the sun and the moon
Keep the day and the night
Let there be evil
And let there be good
Another War of the Worlds
Where the Tree of Knowledge stood

Let there be pleasure
And let there be pain
Let the living mourn the dead
And let the dead rise again
Let there be trouble
Between the old and the young
Another Tower of Babel
A confusion of tongues
-
Don't wanna live in a one world town
Where nobody knows what is real
Where there is no up and there is no down
Cause you were made with magic
On the Potter's wheel
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Let there be heaven
Let there be hell
From the Book of Revelations
To the worlds of HG Wells
Let there be loving
And let there be hating
Let a man know within himself
Of the road he is taking

Let there be heroes
Let there be gods
Let there be rebels
Who live under the sword
Let there be greatness
Outcasts and giants
Let the martyrs carve the roadways
With the prophets and the saints
-
Don't wanna live in a one world town
Where nobody knows how to feel
Where there is no up and there is no down
Cause you were made with magic
On the Potter's wheel

One World Town (w Jason Akita)

Don't miss the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e86QGnhPJeI

Para Lia - Children Of The Flood (Feat. Fady Haddad)
from the album ‘Gone With The Flow’
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

Follow Para Lia on:
www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
twitter.com/para_lia_band
www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

Meeting @fadysporz on Soundcloud back in 2018 felt like a meeting of soulmates. There is a mutual respect for each other’s work and i wrote the track with room for Fadys heavenly synth work in mind and also with the idea that he joins Cindy and me in the vocal work. With Fady having the ability to ‘read’ the way of the songwriting and harmony construction it was effortless to work together - he is a fantastic musician. Thank you Fady for joining us here! 

how can you sleep, did you sleep
how dare you sleep?
when the water already laps your feet
it's time to move offbeat

you are the rider on the withe horse on the dike

gone with the flow
gone with the flow
don't let it all take you away

how would we guard what we love
if we were stuck behind a broken dike
how would we save what has to be saved
without a heart and nothing but an angry mind

we are the children of the flood

gone with the flow
gone with the flow
don't let it all take you away
we are the children of the flood

Children Of The Flood (Feat. Fady)

Hey Everybody!
We hope you all are doing well and you enjoy our new song!
Thorsten & Lammbone https://soundcloud.com/lammbone

Lyrics:
I catch a whiff of sweet aroma from the restaurant across the street
As I tiptoe atop these cobblestones, hoping to get something to eat
Maybe I forgot to tell you I loved you? Or maybe it‘s time for a change?
I’m left with these unanswered questions that I wish would just go away.

Could this be a love song? One that you will never hear
Or am I lonely, and these thoughts are just me being insincere?
‘Cause I just smiled at the waitress, who reminded me of you
So I drop some coins on the counter, tiptoe back across these cobblestones
As far away from you as I can be. 

I don‘t really want to see you anymore
Close my eyes for a moment trying to forget
But there you are in my memories
Where you’ll always be.

Written by Thorsten Schnüttgen and Mark Lamm
All rights reserved.

Could this be a love song?

Pangäa - Could This Be A Love Song?

Alpine / Paploviante 2021 open collab
Music: Paploviante
Picture Paploviante with Swift Publisher
BPM 125
Free Download

Alpine - Paploviante / Open Collab

Stay the same.
We are who we are.
My wings were broken long ago and you're my falling star.

Mastered by Tainted Icarus
https://soundcloud.com/taintedicarus



Bill's note:
Whatever happened to choice?
It is what it is.
We are who we are.
This is probably the closest I'll ever get to one of those stupid quarantine songs. ( no offense meant if you wrote one btw ... ha,ha) 
Tough times around the world. Hopefully this music brings some sort of peace to those who listen. 

I really like the drums in this. Will puts some nice little subtleties there. 
I also concentrated on the bass line a little more in this.
Also the "bookends" on the both sides of the chorus make for a cool statement ... at least with Melissa singing it. 
She kicks it pretty hard in the bridge too. Every once in a while we have to let her show you what she can do, right? 
Hey, if you've read this far then God bless you.
You are truly the most important people in the world to us! Our friends around the world in music have changed our lives for the better. 
btw - we are more active on YouTube nowadays so if you want to come on over we'll talk a little more.
Cheers everyone.
Bill from NS

Stay the Same

THE SONG WITH NO NAME
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Coptright AB Music 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9wTEzWb6-E

WHEN WILL THE DAYLIGHT COME
THERE'S NO MORE SKY LIVING INSIDE
WHEN WILL THE LIGHT COME ON
WHEN YOU GET HOME   A FLASH OF LIGHT

BUT LIFE WILL PASS US BYE
AND NEVER SAY GOODNIGHT
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE

WHICH WAY DOES THE RIVER FLOW
IT'S LOOKING REAL DRY EXCEPT WHEN I CRY
THE MOON AND THE SUN WILL RISE
AND EVERYDAY   THEY CALL YOUR NAME

A LIFE OF RIGHT AND WRONG
A NEVER ENDING SONG
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE
(Break)
THE TICKING OF TIME GOES BYE
THE MEMORY LANE IS FADING AWAY
THE WAVES ARE ALL CRASHING DOWN
AND EVERYDAY HAS NO NAME

SO LIFE WILL PASS YOU BYE
THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE

THE SONG WITH NO NAME

THE SONG WITH NO NAME (see info for video link)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More', and by clicking the BandCamp link above)

Good morning my wonderful SC friends. Boy do I have a wild ride for you. :D

Today, I’m elated to share my latest (and third) collaboration, working with the musical mastermind… Carlos Vivanco (https://soundcloud.com/carlosvivanco-1, https://carlosvivanco1.bandcamp.com/). Very few people live and breath the musical world like Carlos does. And working with him is always a mind expanding event. This fellow seriously knows his music history, and he’s generous with that knowledge. I’m thrilled to be on the receiving end of that information. I learn a lot.

So as I’ve done in the past, I like to include what I learned about the song (and the music theory behind the song) while creating it.

For starters, this song is 7/8 (This is my second venture into that time signature. ‘The Seven Petals of Anemone’ was also 7/8). But Carlos threw a few surprises at me with this one, by performing some unusual musical math centered around my birth date… and concluded that 8/10/69 = 7/8 C Locrian mode. Carlos loves advanced and unusual time signatures, and is a wealth of knowledge in that regard. Here’s what I found out…

Locrian is one of seven modes (which includes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolidian, Aeolean and Locrian). It is more commonly considered a modal chant theory from after the 18th century (although the original term dates back to the Greek regions of Locris). Locrian is also considered a minor scale. But it can be a major scale, if started from the seventh scale degree of any Ionian (not entirely sure what that means just yet. Haha).

On the white piano keys, the scale starts with B (but it’s called C Locrian mode. I’m still unsure how that works as well). The ascending form goes: key note, half step, two whole steps, half step, three whole steps. And Carlos makes it very easy for me by providing the usable notes: C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭.

That’s probably the extent of what I was able to pull from this one. I still struggle with understanding terms like 'diminished fifth'. And the phrase ‘the only modern diatonic mode in which the tonic triad is a diminished chord’ just melts my brain at the moment. But I’m getting better at this stuff every day, and that’s a wonderful feeling. 

So without further delay, Carlos and I are very happy to present you with our latest collaborative creation, ‘Seven See Locrian’. We sincerely hope you enjoy it. :D

PWWO06

Seven See Locrian | Carlos Vivanco & GrevusAnjl

The art of living
This is a song about escape and freedom to be at one with nature and the elements .
we are living in strange days and my instincts tell me to go find the spirits of the great outdoors and reconnect with nature and find some grounding also i feel the need to create as artists we are currently stranded souls left on a empty beach waiting for everything to open  up and re-connect again .
I hope this song finds you some piece of mind as i make this music out  of love and creative purpose ...for now lets wait  for the dance to happen again ..over and out
written and produced by Jim Manser feb 2021

The art of leaving

The Art Of Leaving

This one is about a car chase. I was watching a late movie, one of the  Fast And Furious movies…..I know what you’re gonna say, that I watch too much TV. The thing is I’m an insomniac so when I get frustrated and after counting about a thousand sheep and I still can’t find a restful sleep I then turn to TV. Anyway, this time I came across one of the Fast and Furious movies. All the action and speed inspired me to produce this track. Enjoy the energy. Love to all. Copyright protected ©

The Drive ©

Tangible Texture

News: Well a lot I could say...but going through some issues right now.  So I am on occasionally...though a lot less than  I would like.   You are always my peeps and  I love you clouders as brothers and sisters.   Peace and love my friends!

Member of: 
The Welcome Parade (https://soundcloud.com/thewelcomeparade)

Musician, Songwriter, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Producer and general noise maker.   If you don't get that..that's on you!  

Tainted Icarus has a protest/grunge/rock type of feel.   Sharing a similar vibe and feel of great bands like Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Cult. 

Slogging it out my home studio and trying to understand the deep sorcery that is Music Recording, Mixing, Mastering.    Jesus if someone had told me how damn complicated the topic was... I might have reconsidered.   

I keep it real, listen to your music and comment.  Be supportive of myself and others and I have your back.  I stay out of the rampant game playing and focus on finding real people making music. Is that you? If so pull up a chair and PM me.  

It takes me a while to make the rounds.  If you are releasing a new track and want me to stop by sooner... send me a PM.  

Relax and enjoy a tune...or make one.  No need to run around in that haze of fury.  Peace and love!