OPEN COLLABORATIONS

THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE

VICTIM EXPECTED TO LIVE LIKE VICTIM
DIE....DIE....DIE LIKE A VICTIM
INNOCENT CHILD CAUGHT UP IN THE CONFUSION
WHY....WHY....WHY ALLL THE FRICTION

WE'RE ALL VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM
WE'RE ALL VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM

TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY
TOMORROW, MUCH LIKE TODAY....
TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY
TOMORROW, MUCH LIKE TODAY....

FOOLISHLY WE THINK WE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM
BUT DRINKING IN DEFEAT IS AS CLOSE AS WE'LL EVER COME
NOTHING CAN CHANGE WHAT HAS NEVER BEEN CHANGED
MANY HAVE TRIED, BUT HAVE DIED BEFORE IT LEFT THE PAGE

TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY
TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY

TOMORROW WILL BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY
THE SUN RISING IN THE EAST, BUT REFUSING TO STAY
OH, AND NOTHING CAN STOP THE TIDAL WAVES OF HISTORY
THE SUN RISING IN THE EAST, BUT REFUSING TO STAY

NOTHING CAN REPEL THE TIDAL WAVE OF MISERY
AND NO ONE CAN CHANGE THE BLOODY COURSE OF HISTORY
NOTHING WILL DEFLECT THE BITTER BLOWS OF TRAGEDY
AND NO ONE CAN PROTECT THE INNOCENT FROM THE GUILTY

FOOLISHLY WE THINK....WE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM
FOOLISHLY WE THINK....WE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM

ALTHOUGH WE KNOW WE CAN NEVER BEAT THEM
WE WILL NEVER JOIN THEM
WE KNOW WE CAN NEVER BEAT THEM
BUT WE'LL NEVER....NEVER....NEVER JOIN THEM

SELLING OUT TO THEM SHOULD BE OUR BIGGEST FEAR
PROTECTING OUR INTEGRITY, OUR WHOLE CAREER
IF WE RETAIN OUR DIGNITY WE'RE VICTIMS IN THE FLESH
BUT OUR SOULS ARE ONE COMMODITY....
THEY CAN ONLY SECOND GUESS

DON'T SELL THE ONLY THING WE OWN
DON'T SELL THE ONLY THING WE OWN
WON'T SELL THE ONLY THING WE OWN

DIE LIKE A VICTIM

THE SHOCK RETURN OF SIGHT AND SOUND

WHEN YOU’RE UP….I’M DOWN

ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS ABSURD
I’M ALWAYS STUCK FOR WORDS
I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY
BECAUSE MY THINKING IS BLURRED

WHEN YOU’RE UP….I’M DOWN

BREAKING THROUGH THE SILENCE
WAS THE VIOLENCE IN THE CROWD
VERBAL DIAHORREA; CACOPHONIC AND LOUD
AS I STOOD AMIDST THE BEDLAM
THE WHITE NOISE AND THE LIGHT
EMITTED RADIATION INTERRUPTING THE NIGHT

WHEN YOU’RE UP….I’M DOWN
WHEN YOU’RE UP….I’M DOWN
I WISH THAT I COULD CHANGE THE ORDER AROUND

ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS ABSURD
I’M ALWAYS STUCK FOR WORDS
I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY
BECAUSE MY THINKING IS BLURRED

WHEN YOU’RE UP….I’M DOWN
WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH I PRODUCE NO SOUND

STUCK FOR WORDS…I’M….STUCK FOR WORDS
I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY
STUCK FOR WORDS…I’M….STUCK FOR WORDS
I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY

THE SHOCK RETURN OF SIGHT AND SOUND
LEFT ME KIND OF SPEECHLESS 
WON’T SOMEONE TURN THE VOLUME DOWN

DROWNING OUT THE VOICES
WERE THE NOISES ALL AROUND
OSCILATING FREQUENCIES AND STIMULI ABOUND

BREAKING THROUGH THE SILENCE
WAS THE VIOLENCE IN THE CROWD
VERBAL DIAHORREA; CACOPHONIC AND LOUD
AS I STOOD AMIDST THE BEDLAM
THE WHITE NOISE AND THE LIGHT
EMITTED RADIATION INTERRUPTING THE NIGHT

THE FULGARATING, CORRUSCATING, SCINTILATING LIGHT
THE FULGARATING, CORRUSCATING, SCINTILATING LIGHT

BREAKING THROUGH THE SILENCE
WAS THE VIOLENCE IN THE CROWD
VERBAL DIAHORREA; CACOPHONIC AND LOUD
AS I STOOD AMIDST THE BEDLAM
THE WHITE NOISE AND THE LIGHT
EMITTED RADIATION INTERRUPTING THE NIGHT


THE SHOCK RETURN OF SIGHT AND SOUND

OMINOUS GUY

Song is bout the impairment, HEMISPATIAL NEGLECT--more effective when accompanied with the visuals. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-hgL5j0jdU&index=79&list=UUDWaANhnYBRVxCNqR7GsjOg

THE 92nd SONG: because it's 90 seconds long :)

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

SECURITY AND PEACE BEGAN HER THOUSAND YEAR REIGN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ALL THE TROUBLES OF THE WORLD
DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A REFRAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

AS THE MIRACLES INCREASE
DEATH WILL DISAPPEAR AND THE PAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

CITIZEN KANE CAUGHT THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO ZEN CITY
SHE HAS AN INTERESTING NAME
AND HE WANTED TO SEE HER AGAIN

HOPING ALL THAT WOULD COME TO PASS
WITHIN ONE PERFECT MOMENT
WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD LAST
FOR ALL ETERNITY

WHEN SHE TAKES YOU IN HER ARMS
AND WHISPERS, COME TO ME
SHE OFFERS PERFECT LIFE
IN A PERFECT WORLD
WITHIN HER HEAVENLY CITY

SECURITY AND PEACE
BEGAN HER THOUSAND YEAR REIGN
ZEN CITY
PURITY AND FAITH
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE
ZEN CITY
ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

will be adding more lyrics/vocals to next version

ZEN CITY voc version 1

THE CHAIN TUNES PROJECT (collective band name: THE CHAIN TUNES GANG)

BASED ON THE CHAIN LETTERS PRINCIPLE

A musician lays down an initial track and forwards ti to several musicians, they each add a second track and forward it to several more, and so on.

A universal format, like Cubase, would help, as it would mean the whole folder for each song could be sent to the next musician in the chain.

Each step of the process would also need to be sent back to me, so I can keep a record of it all, including details about each musician involved, their links and an email address, so you would also need to forward, to each participating musician, my email address together with the song files.

IF YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, SEND ME A MESSAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE A CHAIN TUNES PAGE ON HERE AND ON REVERBNATION, WHERE TUNES BEING USED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE POSTED, AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

I will give more detailed instructions to musicians who sign up.

PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS: the-chain-tunes-gang@live.co.uk

REVERBNATION LINK: https://www.reverbnation.com/thechaintunesgang

JUNGLE BALLS - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

HAPPY SMILEY ARSEHOLE - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

TRICKLE (OR TREACLE) - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

THE CHAIN TUNES PROJECT (collective band name: THE CHAIN TUNES GANG)

BASED ON THE CHAIN LETTERS PRINCIPLE

A musician lays down an initial track and forwards ti to several musicians, they each add a second track and forward it to several more, and so on.

A universal format, like Cubase, would help, as it would mean the whole folder for each song could be sent to the next musician in the chain.

Each step of the process would also need to be sent back to me, so I can keep a record of it all, including details about each musician involved, their links and an email address, so you would also need to forward, to each participating musician, my email address together with the song files.

IF YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, SEND ME A MESSAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE A CHAIN TUNES PAGE ON HERE AND ON REVERBNATION, WHERE TUNES BEING USED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE POSTED, AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

https://soundcloud.com/the_chain_tunes_gang/sets/the-chain-tunes-gang-project

I will give more detailed instructions to musicians who sign up.

PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS: the-chain-tunes-gang@live.co.uk

REVERBNATION LINK: https://www.reverbnation.com/thechaintunesgang

TWITTER LINK: https://twitter.com/CHAINTUNESGANG


THIS IS A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO COLLABORATING, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE VARIATIONS ON A THEME. THIS TYPE OF COLLABORATING HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE—I KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN—SO MUSICIANS THAT SIGN ON TO THIS PROJECT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING GROUNDBREAKING, AND SOMETHING THAT IS SURE TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF THE MEDIA, AS LONG AS EVERYONE INVOLVED TAGS ANY TUNE THEY UPLOAD TO ANY PERSONAL PAGE IS ALWAYS TAGGED AS A CHAIN TUNES GANG collaboration.

For many of us, this could be the stepping stone we are looking for; a simple concept so revolutionary that it could put us on the map, setting world records along the way, but the important factor, which would be the difference between grabbing the public's attention and not grabbing it, is sticking to using THE CHAIN TUNES GANG collaboration name whenever completed and uploaded, wherever they happen to be uploaded.

So think about the underlying concept here; it is a simple one, but that's what makes it brilliant!  ALL TUNES ON THIS PAGE ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE! 


IN THE MODE - THE CHAIN TUNES GANG

BISH BASH BOSH (CHEMICAL COSH)

Almost on a daily basis I am told by one Soundcloud user after another that my music is crap, that I have zero talent....what do you think? Are they right, or is it a case of sour grapes? And do you think I take it to heart :) No! What's heartbreaking for all of us is, WHEN NO ONE LISTENS!


SICK WORLD WITH A HEALTHY REFLECTION (2015)

SEE WHAT YOU THINK....SMELL WHAT YOU SAY

(instrumental is I'M SHAFT with my lyrics)

REVAMPED - QUIRKY KARAOKE

HIP POPE

THE CHAIN TUNES PROJECT (collective band name: THE CHAIN TUNES GANG)

BASED ON THE CHAIN LETTERS PRINCIPLE

A musician lays down an initial track and forwards ti to several musicians, they each add a second track and forward it to several more, and so on.

A universal format, like Cubase, would help, as it would mean the whole folder for each song could be sent to the next musician in the chain.

Each step of the process would also need to be sent back to me, so I can keep a record of it all, including details about each musician involved, their links and an email address, so you would also need to forward, to each participating musician, my email address together with the song files.

IF YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, SEND ME A MESSAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE A CHAIN TUNES PAGE ON HERE AND ON REVERBNATION, WHERE TUNES BEING USED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE POSTED, AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

https://soundcloud.com/the_chain_tunes_gang/sets/the-chain-tunes-gang-project

I will give more detailed instructions to musicians who sign up.

PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS: the-chain-tunes-gang@live.co.uk

REVERBNATION LINK: https://www.reverbnation.com/thechaintunesgang

TWITTER LINK: https://twitter.com/CHAINTUNESGANG


THIS IS A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO COLLABORATING, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE VARIATIONS ON A THEME. THIS TYPE OF COLLABORATING HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE—I KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN—SO MUSICIANS THAT SIGN ON TO THIS PROJECT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING GROUNDBREAKING, AND SOMETHING THAT IS SURE TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF THE MEDIA, AS LONG AS EVERYONE INVOLVED TAGS ANY TUNE THEY UPLOAD TO ANY PERSONAL PAGE IS ALWAYS TAGGED AS A CHAIN TUNES GANG collaboration.

For many of us, this could be the stepping stone we are looking for; a simple concept so revolutionary that it could put us on the map, setting world records along the way, but the important factor, which would be the difference between grabbing the public's attention and not grabbing it, is sticking to using THE CHAIN TUNES GANG collaboration name whenever completed and uploaded, wherever they happen to be uploaded.

So think about the underlying concept here; it is a simple one, but that's what makes it brilliant!  ALL TUNES ON THIS PAGE ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE! 

In the WRONG PLACE at THE WRONG TIME with THE WRONG MINDSET, apparently making THE #WRONG #MUSIC, but it feels #RIGHT to ME!

Highly unlikely more than one of my tunes will ever be heard by more than a handful of listeners, so just for the record here is an incomplete list of artists my music has been compared to by other musicians, depending on which tunes they heard, StevenVellou (Gothic Funk)

RESIDENTS, PHILIP GLASS, DAVID BYRNE, FRANK ZAPPA, THE BEATLES, BAUHAUS, SISTERS OF MERCY, DAVID BOWIE, LOU REED, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PARLIAMENT, SYD BARRETT, PINK FLOYD, PSYCHIC TV, NEU, MOMUS, MINISTRY, CHARLES IVES, BEACH BOYS, KINKS, THE FALL, JOY DIVISION, DEPECHE MODE, GARY NUMAN, LEONARD COHEN, STONE ROSES, GIORGIO MORODER, GEORGE CLINTON, THE CURE, DALIS CAR, JOHN ASTLEY, KILLING JOKE, ALIEN SEX FIEND, ROBERT FRIPP, DEVO, B52’s, IAN CURTIS, FAD GADGET, TALKING HEADS, GORILLAZ, MIKE PATTON, JON ZORN, LES CLAYPOOL, STEVEN REICH, TOM WAITS, THE EX, TOM CORA, THE CAKE, NAPOLEON XIV, KEVIN AYERS, ROXY MUSIC, FRANK TOVEY, RUPERT HINES, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, SPARKS, BILL NELSON, JOHN CALE, TRIO, JULIAN COPE, HEAVEN 17, LLOYD COLE, TUBEWAY ARMY, FRONT 242, NITZER EBB, COCKNEY REBEL, SHRIEKBACK, VICTOR SNOW, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, THE THE, BABYBIRD, JOHN LENNON, ULTRAVOX, DAN DEACON, BACH, SQUEEZE, ANDREW ELDRITCH, IGGY POP, MIDNIGHT OIL, BILLY CHILDISH, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, VELVET UNDERGROUND, LOVE AND ROCKETS, ART OF NOISE, LOOK PEOPLE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, PRODIGY, et al.
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Don't take sides and I'll respect you for it; take sides and I'll treat you with the same contempt I treat anyone with a mob mentality, because mob mentality invariantly betrays an underlying intolerant right-wing mentality!
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#SUPPORT gathers #MOMENTUM when #RECIPROCATED!
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My tunes are ten times better than you might imagine!
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A lack of listens proves nothing, other than the fact that no one is finding your tunes; it does not prove, as some believe, that your tunes must be crap, so don’t ever take such a ridiculous notion on board—on an internet FLOODED with music no listens rarely has anything to do with the quality of your music, your creative talent, is almost always down to the fact that the right audience can’t find your music, because finding it is now as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack!
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, EVERYTHING FOR SOMEONE!
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For diversity and consistency, I am not hesitant in saying my Soundcloud pages house the most inventive creations on here. There are others making fabulous tunes, but no one is more prolific while maintaining a high standard of pole to pole invention, and that applies to the lyrics too. I won't escape obscurity and oblivion, but that proves nothing, the internet is way, way, WAY overcrowded with unsigned music, way too much mediocre stuff, which obscure anything exceptional out there; the wood hidden away behind lots and lots and LOTS of trees, and no one has the time to look for needles in haystacks, to find a diamond in the rough, it's just way too big a task, not humanely possible!

INVENTIVE, AUTHENTIC, DIVERSE MUSIC, INVENTIVE, AUTHENTIC, IMAGINATIVE LYRICS, but those are the last things the vast majority of listeners are looking for these days!
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Me, I'm awestruck by musicians who can't be pigeonholed, who don't conform to any borders, who don't think about which direction each new creation will take, they just go wherever that creativity takes them; pure, on the fly, innovation, imperfect but 100% authentic, as far a way from manufactured, recipe book, regurgitation, as it is possible to get, totally unforced, inspirational and way, way, WAY outside the box! There ought to be a place for such creativity, there was at one time, but a mercenary music industry put an end to that, leaving us with a situation where those who deserve the most adoration for the talents receive the least!
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Will this ever change, will a yearning for TRUE underground, creativity unique to the individual, ever return, or has the spoon-feeding gone to far this time, is its grip so vicelike nothing can break it!
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I make #INVISIBLE music, perhaps it feels that way to you too!
#Overlooked, #Underrated, Dismissed Without A Listen!
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When Soundclouders follow me or click like without leaving feedback, what is it they are hoping for? That I come listen to their tunes and heap praise on them, what? I mean really, what is the point of following someone, what is the point of liking one of their tunes, if you don't actual think they are deserving of feedback, if you don't think the tunes are as good as what you do???

EXPLODING THE MYTH THAT UNSIGNED IS UNSIGNED BECAUSE IT’S INFERIOR TO SIGNED MUSIC!

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UNTIL this MYTH is blown out of the water we don’t have a cat in hells chance of breaking through. #TheMyth  is the BIGGEST obstacle that stands in our way, it is the FIRST hurdle we must get over, it is the message that should be going #VIRAL, it’s down to each & every one of you to make that happen!
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#ExplodeTheMyth
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Listening to just one of my tunes tells you nothing about my creative approach, listening to ten of my tunes will still tell you very little, listen to a hundred of my tunes and the penny will start to drop, but it's only after hearing 500+ of my creations and collaborations that your eyes will widen in amazement! 
However, if you don't have unlimited eclectic taste none of that applies, and the reality is, who, in this world, is going to listen to every tune I've created, no one--if even one tune is heard from beginning to end it's a minor miracle, because sadly, there is a belief that unsigned means inferior, but I've heard enough tunes by the rest of you guys to know that's a myth, that's bullshit, we create some of the most inventive, authentic, imaginative tunes out there!
Give me unsigned, independent and underground music over signed, safe, predictable, recipe book, music any day of the week!
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I MAKE TUNES NO ONE WILL EVER LISTEN TO!
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Some musicians & music fans don’t want to hear music from the past because they would have to acknowledge IT’S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE!
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Finally come to terms with the fact that I'm PLAYING TO AN AUDIENCE OF ONE, and even I have to FORCE myself to listen!!!
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My music and lyrics are all about different, but if no one listens no one will EVER know! 
#StevenVellou

I CREATE TUNES ON THE FLY; NO FORMULA, NO PLAN, NO DIRECTION; THEY JUST HAPPEN--I'M IGNORANT OF THE RULES INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC MAKING PROCESS, SO I'M NOT BOXED IN BY THEM, WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE SO VARIED AND UNPREDICTABLE!
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Meaningful yet tongue-in-cheek tunes that can’t be #PIGEONHOLED!
Great production ISN'T my forte, accomplished musicianship ISN'T my forte but #UndergroundInvention, #InfiniteDimensions & LYRICS are!
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Now I don't personally believe I'm in the same league as #Bowie, other than my lyrics, more often than not, making more sense, but I do think I share his ability to adapt to different genres, and his endless, diverse, creativity, just not quite on the same level.
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I'm not proficient/accomplished on instruments, & I have other musical limitations, but most genres come natural to me, and I much prefer having that unforced ability to being highly accomplished on instruments, highly polished on production, or having the perfect voice!
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If I didn't feel I had my own approach, if my music was easy to pigeonhole, I would have quit music a long time ago!
Never been about fame & fortune, just about pushing the boundaries without actually intending to push the boundaries; creativity that's second nature not formula! 
Yes, I want to reach an audience but making money from my music means nothing to me!
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NOT saying I’m THE MOST #talented musician on music promotion sites but I will say I’m one of the most #UNDERRATED! Even so, I would much rather be underrated than overrated!
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