January 2021

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Wolves is a poem written by my brother Ciarán, I loved how descriptive and emotive the words were so put them to music and recorded it in an earlier acoustic version and here it has been transformed again by 2Rightly, his profile here- 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/UzP9o

'But you don't want a little world, an everywhere scenario, or not with me.. Not now' 

wolves (2 Rightly/Aine Parkes)

Para Lia - Fools (Feat. Terry Wigmore)
from the new 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
cover artwork: Louis Renzoni
cover design: John Farley, SPR Designs

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www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
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www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

The song features the fantastic musician @terrywigmore on cello. Thank you so much Terry for joining us here and for giving the song an extra dose of melancholic elegance. 

lyrics:

he has doubts. sometimes.
is she still here? always?
the daily grindstone sometimes thins the skin.
when you're back to back the ocean in her eyes can not be seen.
sometimes.

and then she says

i send you all my love
i send you all my love
you fool

she has doubts. sometimes she doesn't know him.
testiness and tiredness. the ocean in his eyes seems to be
not clear.

and then he says

i send you all my love
i send you all my love
you fool

i send you all my love

Fools (Feat. Terry Wigmore)

Magino Line

One Man's Domain

underneath your warpaint
i can see you've been crying and there's no love left at all
and the air hangs cold and still
a last kiss to remember the thrill of summer nights not so long ago
so c'mon and if you've got business then get to it
you're making a mistake now
i can tell it by the ache now
you'll wanna take it back so badly
before my heart attacks me
this last bit of starlight is the end of a long night
i'll be glad to see it go
it's not that the earth didn't spin 
it's that the gravity just felt too thin
but baby ah you know,
yeah you know how it goes

You're Making A Mistake

Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 - 3mov 
Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
Version Neoclassic by Christian Levitan
Electronic Adaptation - This album required more than 1,360 hours of work - Recorded in Shenyang - Liaoning - RPC

Symphony N.1 - Version Neoclassical

Op.21 - 3mov - Neoclassical Version

Symphony No.1 In C Major, Op.21 - 3mov - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Sweet and warm tune combined with satirical lyrics.

The Truth

Protect Us From The Truth

This track is inspired by an old piece from 1982, which we played in my third Band. At that time we were enthusiastic and wanted to make music as a living. But we all ended up somewhere else, only our singer made it, as he joined Pink Cream 69 and later Helloween, where they are playing the big festivals till today :-)
I myself had stopped playing at all, focused on my profession and touched only the acoustic guitar from time to time. My Marshall JCM 800 and my Fender were becoming more and more living room Accessoires and were nicely looking hanging untouched at the wall. In 2015 my son woke up music in me again, when he came to me playing a song he had created with GarageBand on an iPad. Then the guitar flame started to burn again and finally the result you can listen here. I hope you enjoy it.

Fehlalarm Suite Part 1

Fehlalarm Suite Part1

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records  
Available to Buy: https://danielsdurgy.bandcamp.com/track/the-hardest-part
Written Performed & Produced by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica: Craig Durgy
Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Bass: Nat Daniels

Lyrics:

The Hardest Part of Loving you is letting go

The Hardest part of loving you, is letting go
Because i’m deeper in the storm
You Hint at words of love for me,
But nothing solid and concrete
it’s always some damn mystery
That's paved by so much history 

The hardest part of knowing you is loving you
For I couldn’t help it if I tried
But I got no place left to speak
Beneath a silent you and me
But without words the bones grow cold
Like some forgotten graveyard stone

Chorus:
I always say I’ll walk away,  but never do
Because you’re part of me and who I am
And if the earth came to a stand
No more oceans… no more land
The words I’m not allowed to say 
Would still endure through any age.

Instrumental

The Hardest part is bearing love I cannot show..
To burn so bright it cannot die
I wish that you could feel the same
I’d love you in a thousand ways
And though I know you never will
I hope you know I love you still...

The hardest part of loving you.. is letting you go.

Chances

The Hardest Part

Always a pleasure to work with the very talented Ren Faye.  I strongly recommend you take a listen to her independent work here: https://soundcloud.com/renfaye-1

Across the Miles (Ren Faye and Classical Glass)

Vocals by Amanda Sanderson.

From the e.p. Just a Phase. Available as a free download: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-phase.

I said, “quiet, please …”
I then fell to my knees – my heart wide open
Then, I said, “marry me”
Silently, his eyes said you must be joking

I said, “what have I done?”
He said, “you’re not the one … and you never will be.”
I said, “pretty please.”
The pity in his eyes, it almost broke me 

Pretty, pretty please
I’ve lost my dignity
Pretty, pretty please
Have you seen my dignity?
Pretty, pretty please
Have you seen my dignity?

Just a Phase

Pretty Please

From the e.p. Just a Phase. Available as a free download: https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-phase.

Shadows dance into the light
Voices shriek earthly delights

Help me before I stumble
It seems I’m falling over you
Shallow, I’m fading
Insubstantial, just like you

It’s just a silhouette in the dark
I hear the pulsing beat of my heart

Help me before I stumble
It seems I’m falling over you
Shallow, I’m fading
Insubstantial, just like you

My breath hangs like clouds in the air
I thought I almost saw you, just there

Help me before I stumble
It seems I’m falling over you
Shallow, I’m fading
Insubstantial, just like you

Insubstantial, just like you

Insubstantial

This is the second Part, where more the bass is in the foreground than the guitar. I am playing a Fender Jazzbass Deluxe with active pickups, which gives it a nice crunchy sound.

Fehlalarm Suite Part 2

Fehlalarm Suite Part2

Part 20 of 266
Installments released every Saturday.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part1
Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part2
Part 3: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-3
Part 4: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-4
Part 5: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-5
Part 6: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-6
Part 7: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-7
Part 8: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-8
Part 9: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-9
Part 10: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-10
Part 11: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-11
Part 12: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-12
Part 13: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-13
Part 14: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-14
Part 15: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-15
Part 16: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-16
Part 17: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-17
Part 18: https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/taffeta-part-18

The TAFFETA Playlist: soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical

TAFFETA | Part 20

When We Were Happy

Part of our writing recently during the pandemic. Nothing much else to do so we put our creative minds together and tried to see what would get spat out.

Without You

The Affectionate Punch welcomes you to it's world of DIY home recordings.

Free downloads via Bandcamp:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/