the track uses repetition to effect the earworm possibilities. Also the concept of a crescendo developing via an eb and flo progression.
It should be of interest in the way the different elements ,like a jazz group would do, take the forground  swopping importance of front stagefocus. Enjoy!

Then There's You!

In a world without love 
Nothing but the sky
Is it gonna be enough?

"John Lennon said"  remixed June 2023

My Father played this instrumental and described to me the Apache native Americans on their way through a canyon . Cow boy films were topical at the time of writing this instrumental by the Shadows. enjoy!

Native American Shadows (cover)

"Foolish Girl"   (Jan 2023 remix)

this is a cover sung by my youngest son Paul.

This city 2 ( cover by my son paul mcguinness)

this is a song i used to sing back in the day by leo Sayer. Cover version.

When I Need You .  Cover of a song by Leo Sayer  (Remixed July 2023)

MORE THAN I CAN SAY.WAV    LEO SAYER COVER

"Stumblin in" by Chris Norman and Suzi Quatro Cover

DutyFree Heartbreak

Blues at Christmas time
lo fi  live  first take ( vocals and guitar)
Electric guitar added for xmas 2024...worth a listen . Enjoy

Please come home for Christmas live LO FI   ( added electric guitar 2024) Cover

THE VISITOR IS A CHILD YOUR CHILD AND MINE
THE PLANET EARTH IS CRYING
AND ITS PEOPLE HURT
WAR AND HUNGER FLYING
TO END A NATURES BIRTH
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS      
HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME
ONCE THERE WAS ONE
TAKE TOOK FORM AND SEE   
SO LET US TRY TO HEAL
TO SEE THIS GLOBAL WORTH
THIS CHILD OF HUMAN STRIVING
THIS MOURNING MOTHERS BIRTH
HER TREES AND Lakes are groaning             
TO END FINANCIAL WEALTH
TIDY  UP THE GARDEN 
TAKE OUT ALL THE TRASH 
GIVE OUR CHILDREN PARDEN 
REPAIR OUR SELFISH PAST
POLISH ALL THE E HEIRLOOMS 
CLEAN THE WINDOWSKY 
GIVE OUR CHILDREN PARDEN 
REPAIR OUR SELFISH PAST
I SAW YOU CANCEL FLYING
THEN SAVED A CARRION PAW
THAT PLASTIC BAG DENIGHING
THOSE LEATHER SHOES NO MORE 
 WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS 
 HOW MUCH THIS MEAN TO ME
THAT FINAL STANDING ONE
THAT LONLEY FOREST TREE
SO LET US TRY TO HEAL
LETS SAVE OUR CHILDRENS EARTH
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS      
OUR ASSASINATED MESS
THE VISITOR IS A CHILD YOUR CHILD AND MINE

The visitor's a child  (a song for 2024)

acoustic kinda sound but definitely Country music, with an ambiguous vibe in many ways.

"I FALL T0 PIECES" 2024 (my late Mum's stage song 🥰) Country Cover sung by tom mcguinness

Songbird (Cover) Jan 2024--------------------- Artwork by Mark McGuinness. BA (Hon)---

Laura is my niece . The two people in the photograph above are my late mum n dad , Tom and Jean .This collaboration has been an emotional journey and our large family will now get to hear this contribution to the musical heritage of our family. She is a talented songwriter and International performer.
Laura's songs can be heard on SoundCloud and on her Website 
"Laura Oaks Music"  here  .........https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b9f94a_3ea687f1cb264bd3b08a3c1abdab4d8a~mv2_d_6600_4400_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_2500,h_1666,al_c/b9f94a_3ea687f1cb264bd3b08a3c1abdab4d8a~mv2_d_6600_4400_s_4_2.jpg
also on soundcloud here....https://soundcloud.com/lauraoakesmusic

There goes Tommy and Jean ( Collaboration songwriter performer  Laura Oaks a" Family Tree" tribute)

The journey is important and to have loved is cause for celebration.

Hallelujah cover

One of the songs i feel I need to get out of my system . Please Enjoy!

Leave right now (yet another cover🤦🏽FF#)

work in progress cover  ;)  i intend to update this effort adding and changing a work in progress as it has been sitting round for about 2 months as i considered  where to go with it---so it might be worth a second listen at a later date to see if i can improve it . Kind regards tom
#  updated 18/8/2024
#  updated  22/8/2024 
# updated  06/9/2024
 Please have a second listen...has it improved ( prob a good idea to have side to side versions... dont know how to do that on soundcloud.....yet!😉

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NuT IN LOVE    cover

i cant make you love me (Cover)  Lo Fi   guitar and vocals only( one take)

FOOLISH GIRL

LAYLADY  (Cover Palimpsest style)  one take Lo Fi

JOHN LENNON SAID....

something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain smoking trees

"The Smokin' Tree" (Artwork by                                         Sebastian mcguinness aged 8)

The track uses repetition to effect the earworm possibilities. Also the concept of a crescendo developing via an eb and flo progression.
It should be of interest in the way the different elements ,like a jazz group would do, take the forground  swopping importance of front stagefocus. Enjoy!
                            LYRICS TO "then there s you"
when the sun dont shine
the coffee flows
the words cant rymne

You will be you will be you 'll be mine

when the trees wont grow
A kiss wont do
paint wont prime
you will be you will be you'll be mine

Dreams are Nature's childre they're Nature's children.....then there's you.

But... you are always here
you in my heart
you like the one
i run to you
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me......dreams are natures children then there's you (repeat)
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me the one for me
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me the one for me

when the thirst wont go
time/talk/tells
meaning lies

you you will be in my eyes

But... you are always here
you in my heart
you like the one
i run to you
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me......dreams are natures children then there's you (repeat)
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me the one for me
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me the one for me

when the pram wheels roll
lightspeed gift
Cat cant spell
you you will be you will be be my girl
But... you are always here
you in my heart
you like the one
i run to you
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me......
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me the one for me
you will always be
you'll be the one the one for me the one for me repeat humming tune then build and add words

Then there's You!

This is a Simile. It's similar (no pun intended) to a Metaphor but similes make the comparison by saying that something is LIKE something else but metaphors make the comparison by saying that something is something else.

Too Much ( a poetic simile)

This is a song which describes the inner child in all of us including those things in our experiences which form our individuality. It also explores the concept of "Child" in its miriad of meaning possibilities. It refers strongly to the saying 'The child is father/mother of the Man/woman.'

Child

Drink

La la la   lal lal la
I drink my coffee. You drink your tea
The long road opens wide.
You travelled with me all the way through Natures thought,
To all the places that the sun shines on
Then there was the start of a recent one
The man who came to see and turn the meter-maid on
You drink your coffee. I drink my tea
I drink my coffee. You drink your tea
The old tree looking down
Crippled inside and out of Natures thought
With Owen's mud-lusty toasted trench-foot toes.(Wilfred Owen)
And on the floor the paper looks a flavourite soul
There once was a gender a common goal.
There’s a place a trip, a place to trip, a trip unknown
A faster thought ,a faster thought in just one tone.
A corner of the middle , inside a tomb.
A sand-speck sequence which draws ,draws us home.
A sand-speck sequence which draws ,draws us home.
(guitar….)
There once was a time!
Across the sky, across the slow cross-crested sigh.
A flatter side am I a flatter side am I.
A sound as dead as cold as ice will apply
The man who came to see and switch the meter-maid on
The long road opens wide
You travelled with me all the way through Natures thought,
To all the places that the sun shines on
Then there was the start of a recent one
The man who came to see and turn the meter-maid on
I drink my coffee. You drink your tea
I drink my coffee. You drink your tea
There’s a place a trip, a place to trip, a trip unknown
A faster thought ,a faster thought in just one tone.
A corner of the middle , inside a tomb.
A sand-speck sequence which draws ,draws us home.
A sand-speck sequence which draws ,draws us home.
I drink my coffee. You drink your tea
I drink my coffee. You drink your tea
(Repeat)

Drink

What Ya Gonna Do?

Dreams are Nature's Children

"I love you like a thumbtiphandheld"

the girl in the picture is my late sister. a charismatic performer with a great voice. the man behind playing the Fender 1965 Fender Jag is my late dad.

tom mcguinness

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