Keeping it real in May 2023

“Just a Boy” is a haunting indie-blues track by Three Photons, crafted in response to a tragic local event. With raw vocals, analog warmth, and soulful instrumentation—including Jeff Roberts on bass and Andrew Borderick on B3 organ—the song captures the ache of senseless loss and the fragility of youth. Mixed with precision and emotional care, it stands as a sonic memorial: intimate, reflective, and deeply human.

A big thank you to Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick for playing on....."Just a Boy".

This sad and devastating local story has been on my mind for a long time.... I'm reminded about this tragedy nearly everyday as I run along the Mississippi Blvd and see the memorial. 

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Just A Boy
Written by TJG August-September, 2021


Thank you to Jeff Roberts (@jeff_roberts)for his catchy bass guitar work!
Thank you to Andrew Borderick (@andrew-borderick)for the fantastic B3! 
Thanks to Rene (@para-lia) for feedback on an early draft - always appreciate that. 

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Mix 1: September 23, 2021
Mix 2: November 9, 2021
Thanks to Eddie Cilettie for departing some of his wisdom about mixing ;-)

Verse 1
You move like a summer breeze
There's whistling in the trees
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
Don't leave me alone

Refrain 1 - instrumental and hum

Verse 2
You know I hate Christmas Eve
It brings me to my knees 
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
You were just a boy

Refrain
How they took your life
What a senseless crime

Verse 3
You said you were going for a ride
But I didn't say goodbye
You're always on my mind
Don't leave me alone!

Refrain
Well they took your life 
by surprise
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime

Verse4
And After all this time
I can't heal
and baby sometimes I can't feel....

Refrain
Yeah they took your life
Yeah they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life
How they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life

outro
You move like the summer breeze
and I hear you whistling in the trees....

Just a boy (ft. Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick)

Astronomy by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Album: Cosy Lube Turtle

Astronomy is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1974 Secret Treaties album. 

Music: J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard.
Lyrics: S. Pearlman.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn mostly from the 1974 Secret Treaties studio album.

Chuck would often introduce this song by telling the crowd that it was famously covered by Metallica. "We wrote it of course! Cough ahem..."

A few artistically tasteful variations on the original have been made for this version.

One of the composers, Joe Bouchard, listened to it and granted his royal seal of approval.

Both Derek (panned right) and Chuck (panned left) take solos during the song.

Astronomy was often the final song of a live set from The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One in Exeter UK.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2023. 

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album)
https://blueoystercult.fandom.com/wiki/Astronomy
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Cosy Lube Turtle

Astronomy

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The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Astronomy

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance and production by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved

Tuning: Open D

Lyrics:
Ten miles into the woods
Three hundred miles out
Everything changing	
And I’ve been cut out

I’ve got you
I’ve got you
I know you won’t let me down

The words that they’ve chosen  
Cut like a knife
It's no way to live now 
It's no kind of life

But You’ve got me
You’ve got me
You know I won’t let you down

Harmonica break

They’ve chosen their cages 
They’ll never be free
A prison of mirrors
Yet they’ll never see

I’ve got you
You’ve got me
And now it’s time for us to break free
Yes now it’s time for us to break free

Break

Sensual Theorem

Relentless Hesitation

Music by @abloamberelli
Guitar by @juswel
Vocals/lyric by conover
Thanks to everyone

It's gonna be OK
A new dawn shows a new path ahead.
Love to all

Becalm new dawn (Conover/Camberelli/Welin)

This tune was performed by Mike Oldfield in 1983. Performed by me on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #497 by Mike Oldfield

The Mysterious Decibel - Spiders, Phantoms, and Lost Miracles

Lyrics, instrumental, Vocals, Sounds, mix, song structure - The Mysterious Decibel

Vocals mastered by: Mark McClellan

https://themysteriousdecibel.bandcamp.com/track/spiders-phantoms-and-lost-miracles

Lyrics:

The silk from all the spiders pulling me in all directions
Grueling... phantoms... 
Carry me into the void where nothing matters

I can't believe in miracles
Because miracles are unfair

If we all have one chance to cheat life,
I'm waiting on my share!

Spiders, Phantoms, and Lost Miracles

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Call To Love is the first song I recorded in studio.

This experience was a huge step in building my confidence and started my journey towards really working on producing my own stuff. 

I like to think of this song as a sort of personal mantra to live by. And when life gets tough, I return to it as a much needed reminder to myself of beauty in the world. 

Glad to finally add this to my SoundCloud collection. I hope you enjoy :)

Music, lyrics, guitar & arrangement by Tam Hastings
Produced, mixed & mastered by Milan Rendall

Recorded / mixed: Ableton Live

Lyrics:

I follow the call to love
Knowing that I am enough
I follow the call to love
I pick up my heart from the dust and
I will remember
I will remember oh oh
Remember

She looked up at me that day
Watching me do it my way
And I will be free every day
These words I heard her say
I will remember
I will remember oh oh
Remember

Drop your sword
And kiss me while I sleep
My hand in yours
Is a memory I'll always keep
Hope is a road
Meant only for the brave
And as I paint my poetry
The sun rises on another day

I follow the call to love
Knowing that I am enough
I follow the call to love
I pick up my heart from the dust and
I will remember
I will remember oh oh
Remember

This is a call from
My heart to you
Knowing love
Is something I know how to do, so
Take my life
Exactly as it is
And as I paint my poetry
It falls so gently on
Your ears

I follow the call to love
Knowing that I am enough
I follow the call to love
I pick up my heart from the dust and
I will remember
I will remember oh oh
Remember

I follow the call to love
Knowing that I am enough
I follow the call to love
I pick up my heart from the dust and
I will remember
I will remember oh oh
Remember

To love
Call to love
Call to love


© Tam Jennifer Hastings, 2022

Call To Love

Call To Love (Studio Version, Prod. by Milan)

Anthropomorphic Expressions – The Trees Cry
April 2023
Duration: 3:00
Listen to the Anthropomorphic Expressions Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/anthropomorphic-expressions
Special thanks to John-Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for his highly valued musical input and for creating the trees sound library used to compose this piece.

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, or emotions to non-human entities or objects. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Anthropomorphism is a common way humans perceive and interact with the world around them.

Trees consist of a wide variety of plant species that have independently evolved a trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight. The majority of tree species are angiosperms or hardwoods; of the rest, many are gymnosperms or softwoods. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. Trees have been in existence for 370 million years. It is estimated that there are around three trillion mature trees in the world.

About a third of all tree species, some twenty thousand, are included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Of those, over eight thousand are globally threatened, including at least 1400 which are classed as "critically endangered". 

For violin, bansuri, duduk, cello, bassoon, double bass, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, tree samples and percussion

Anthropomorphic Expressions - The Trees Cry

Track taken from EP, 'Tales of the Mythical Gliders Club'

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No Spell Repeater

This tune was performed by Toploader in 1999. Performed by me on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #498 by Toploader

Sex Anywhere

Escapism

Reminiscent of the French composer Erik Satie
Special thanks to David Dunham @david-dunhamuser589535203 for his generous help in mastering my track.

SATIE*ESQUE

Fantasy Night

Common Fixes 85 BPM

The Mysterious Decibel - Facing Fears

Lyrics, instrumental, Vocals, Sounds, mix, song structure - The Mysterious Decibel

Vocals mastered by: Mark McClellan

Lyrics:

I'm staring, My eyes tearing through the night as I rest my head
Trying to forget what reveals itself in the light above my bed

Face the spider parallel on the ceiling
To maybe change my perception of feeling
Maybe if i stare so long
it'll become so numb
just trying to overcome
Might not need a chase of rum
Or even a hit to make me dumb

The dreaded fear that's above my head
Like the cover of a book that is barely read
Every eye, every leg, It's own demon
Should I flush it all away with the spray of my semen?

Just close your eyes
Move on closer
Open wide
Take a bite
Accept the sin
swallow it down
Take the monsters in
And turn them around

Facing Fears

Sun and Shield

Anthropomorphic Expressions – The Rocks Sing
May 2023
Duration: 3:00
Photo by Bruce Klepper 
Listen to the Anthropomorphic Expressions Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/anthropomorphic-expressions
Special thanks to John-Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for his highly valued musical input and for creating the rocks sound library used to compose this piece.

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, or emotions to non-human entities or objects. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Anthropomorphism is a common way humans perceive and interact with the world around them.

The Earth is made of rock, from the tallest mountains to the floor of the deepest ocean. Thousands of different types of rocks and minerals have been found on Earth. Most rocks at the Earth's surface are formed from only eight elements (oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium), but these elements are combined in a number of ways to make rocks that are very different.  Rocks are continually changing. Wind and water wear them down and carry bits of rock away; the tiny particles accumulate in a lake or ocean and harden into rock again. The oldest rock that has ever been found is more than 3.9 billion years old.

Humanity has made use of rocks since the earliest humans. This early period, called the Stone Age, saw the development of many stone tools. Stone was then used as a major component in the construction of buildings and early infrastructure. 

Rocks are commonly divided into three major classes according to the processes that resulted in their formation. These classes are (1) igneous rocks, which have solidified from molten material called magma; (2) sedimentary rocks, those consisting of fragments derived from preexisting rocks or of materials precipitated from solutions; and (3) metamorphic rocks, which have been derived from either igneous or sedimentary rocks under conditions that caused changes in mineralogical composition, texture, and internal structure.  

For alpine flugelhorn, alphorn, alpine trombone, violin, viola, harp, piano, tuba, timpani, rock samples, virtual instruments and percussion

Anthropomorphic Expressions – The Rocks Sing

Santi Caballero, Dani Rambla, Alex Ventura, Gabi Martínez y Sergio Párraga

Keeping it real in May 2023

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