Wow Todd , such a well crafted song beautifully played and sung !

Sounds ..vocal.. really good! 🌍☮︎👍

Really wonderful songwriting and love your voice …..reminds me of “ James Taylor”!,,

Another outstanding song! Everything is on point. Perfectly arranged and performed. Man... You are a treasure

A beautiful song all round... lyrics, singing and guitar ... and those falsetto notes are enpointe

Love this! So good! Your voice is so soothing.

Vraiment doux et chaleureux, Réconfortant ♥️💙♥️

Your voice and guitar playing create such a deep sense of serenity. All worries magically go away!

Once in a Million Years
May 22, 2021  All Rights Reserved

Once in a million years
Stars align just to make it so 
Laying aside the fears
A feeling that we can’t let go

All through the day
It’s just like dreaming
Time slips and slides away
While we are scheming

Once In a million years
Fates are tellin you hold the phone
Pushing away the tears 
Believing that there’s no one home

Drift through the days
We’re only dreaming
Time slips and slides away
As we are scheming

Once in a million years
It’s crystal clear the time is now 
Leaving it in the rear view mirror
A time that never knew just how

All through the day
It’s just like dreaming
Time slips and slides away
While we are scheming...

Once in a Million Years

Reasons Why
11/12/2021  All rights reserved

The reasons why we turn away
From all that’s seen…
A complication for another day
And the lies between…

The living daylights up the darkest night
And places we have been…
Raise a glass to our prosperity…my friend 

The reasons that we go out late 
And stay too long
A complication for another day
What could go wrong…

The vapid prattle and another beer
As the clock strikes half past two
Tell me everything I long to hear, would you…

In the season of obscurity
Lines will fade
A complication for another day
We’ve got it made

The living daylights up the darkest night
And places we have been…
Raise a glass to our prosperity…my friend…

The reasons why we turn away
From all that’s seen…

Reasons Why

Photo by Phill Sinders

Verse 1
Live another lovely day
lookout now to the sun come down
on you...

See myself from years before
leave that person sitting at the
the door...

But now I, turn around and I walk away
And I, make plans for another day
leave a world behind that door 
that never could have kept me there
but you...

Chorus

You and me now... we carried the wind above the trees
We were something and everything just trying to believe
that we could... live on forever, die for each other
but see...
It's still everything to me
It's still everything to me
you're there with me, can't you see
It's still everything to me...

Verse 2
Now I'm... never sure if I'm good enough
never know if I'll measure up
to you...

But we are who we are and that's okay
or at least that's the way I see it
anyway...

And now I, turn around and fade away
miss plans from the good old days
strain to see the world behind a door
that could have kept me there
but you...

Chorus x2

v4.00

It's Everything

Might need to turn it up a little:)
**remixed 12/23 to fix boomy guitar and adjust eq on multiple tracks:)***
All rights reserved 12/5/2022
Artwork by Robin F. Williams 

I know… if I look away
I’m better off to see…
Time in a different way
And how it should be…
The minutes move so slowly
And sow their seeds…
Morning takes away the darkness
Eventually…

And if…I don’t miss the chance
To take it all in inside
Before walls come crumbling down
And we run and hide…
The hours show so little mercy 
Don’t you see
That we’re given what we need
Eventually…

The hours show so little mercy 
Don’t you see
That we’re given what we need
Eventually…

Eventually

Mujer Bonita Ariel En Bicicleta

When Tom approached me with this piano melody, the initial arrangement and the title to which he hoped I’d add lyrics and vocals, I thought it was almost unnecessary as the piece already said everything required. Shortly afterwards, Jussi had added sublime guitar which offered a hopeful balance in the mood. Knowing what Tom was referring to without discussing it openly I wrote these words from a similar position of experience. I contrasted the first verse of a woman at her peak with the second verse of a woman in decline to heighten the emotion. I found that the spoken word approach allowed more emotion to flow from both the music and the words. Tom had the great idea to ask Hidefumi to complete the song with a phenomenal solo. Thank you to everyone who helped make this come together, and a very special thanks to all of you for listening.

Music composition, piano and other instrumentation - https://soundcloud.com/tom-r-gnier
First guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/juswel
Lyrics and vocals - https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett
Final guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/boon-suzuki

Image of a painted door in Funchal, Madeira - Douglas Corrance (https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCorrancePhotographer)

She knows just what it feels like now.
I think she’s losing it, I think she’s losing it. 
When she is almost ready, 
She will lose her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Then she’ll lose herself in herself and then she’ll be free,
To be what she wants, what she wants to be.

She knows not who she feels like now.
I know she’s losing it, I know she’s losing it. 
As if she's gone already, 
She has lost her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Already lost herself in herself and now she’s elsewhere,
Knows not what she wants, nor who she used to be.

She's Losing It - Tom Régnier/Jussi Welin/Mark J Bennett/Boon-Suzuki

Bridge of Gold

This song I wrote a very long time ago, one of my early songs, I was in my 20's and into Hard Rock like Zeppelin, Floyd, Queen, etc, etc.I rerecorded it during the pandemic around 2020. It's a bit dark about a guy that broke-up with his girlfriend and was calling her just to hear her voice again. Her voice alone gives him the courage to face the future and pulls him out of his depression. His life is pretty  bleak filled with partying too much, constant drinking and blackouts. In the end, her voice alone saves him and the song ends in an uplifting and hopeful fashion. It's a dark love story, not one of my usual happy go lucky songs. The video added a twist with a man listening to this conversations and taping them for some reason. Maybe FBI or police? I don't know, I just threw it in! It shows people partying and waking up on strange floors. The video is brand new, just finished it last week. I will be posting it on YouTube in a few weeks, please watch it, it's pretty cool - https://youtu.be/bWbDYQ1wLxg
Thanks for dropping in and cheers!🍻

“IT DOES ME GOOD”

I JUST CALLED YOU, DIDN'T MEAN TO TALK,     
JUST WANTED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE,       
I WOKE YOU UP, THEN I HUNG UP,                  
BUT I JUST COULDN'T WALK AWAY,      
I COULDN'T WALK AWAY,     
HONEY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR VOICE CAN DO FOR ME,     
BUT IT DOES ME GOOD, BABY,
           
I STAY OUT ALL NIGHT AND I CLOSE PARTY'S DOWN,           
SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY I'M OUT RUNNING AROUND,           
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ON ANOTHER STRANGE FLOOR,           
LIKE A FOOL I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE,           
BABY I'VE DONE IT BEFORE,

I JUST CALLED YOU, WANTED YOU TO KNOW,     
I'M AS LONELY AS CAN BE,      
YOU SAID "HELLO" AND IT MOVED ME SO,      
I COULD FEEL YOU NEXT TO ME,         
I COULD FEEL YOU NEXT TO ME,     
HONEY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR VOICE CAN DO FOR ME,     
BUT IT DOES ME GOOD, BABY.
                                             
BY JIM VALDES © 1984

DEEP INTO YOU

"IT DOES ME GOOD" (VIDEO - https://youtu.be/bWbDYQ1wLxg)

I heard it's so very far
I got no boat
I got no car
Still I'm going
Somewhere I never been
Walking to Jerusalem

I heard people telling me
The breeze there is cool
The honey sweet
Peace and love among everyone
Walking to Jerusalem
Walking to Jerusalem

Might take quite a while
Many days and night
It's gonna be perfect
When I arrive
Just one prayer
Gonna pray it again
Walking to Jerusalem

There's nobody fighting
That's what I heard
No bombs or injustice
No unkind words
Just peace and love
Among everyone
Walking to Jerusalem
Walking to Jerusalem

Might take quite a while
Many days and nights
It's gonna be perfect
When I arrive
Just one prayer
Gonna pray it again
Walking to Jerusalem 
Walking to Jerusalem...

Jerusalem

when i dream of you is a story about an old man thinking about his life, remembering what he had, imagining what he would do if he had the opportunity to do those things now..

She is gone but he still waits.

when i dream of you.mp3

When It All Comes Back Around (Demo)

I am amazed at the level of talented artists encountered on this site.  Sharing and providing feedback is such an effective way to nurture the creative process.  I am so inspired by many of you.  My songs consist of mostly live instruments and voice.  An organic approach to song writing with a few surprises in the mix.  Please feel free to comment and download if you like!  Todd

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