In 2018 Dave (warfydave) Cooper sent me recording he had made, inviting me to contribute lyrics, vocals and steel guitar.   Immediately on hearing the recording, the words to Lewis Carroll's “The Lobster Quadrille” (sometimes called “The Mock Turtle's Song) started running through my head.
	We recorded the track and Dave posted it on his SC website (https://soundcloud.com/warfydave).   The song is still there at https://soundcloud.com/warfydave/lobster-quadrille-mix-4.
	The track I have posted here uses all the original stems except for the steel guitar (which I felt obliged to redo).   It has been re-mixed and re-mastered.
	There are many versions of this song on SC, the only ones I strongly remember are by Bruce Klepper (at https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/the-mock-turtles-songfeat-mark-ewart), and Steely Dan (at https://soundcloud.com/steely-dan-official/the-mock-turtle-song), but I am sure they are all worth a good listen.

	The Lobster Quadrille appears in “Alice in Wonderland”.   It is sung by the Mock Turtle while he and the Gryphon attempt to demonstrate the dance to Alice.   John Tenniel's famous illustration (the cover art I have used) pictures both the Mock Turle and the Gryphon.

The Lobster Quadrille

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I have been playing around with.....ii V I progressions and the Bebop A dominant scale. I call this one an Indie Dark Jazz flavor. Hope you will like some part of it and maybe hum along before it ends..... 
Thank you René for feedback on the first draft! 

Live from Chicago 
Written by TJG March 2021
Mix 1: March 23, 2021

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars
Rhythm 1: Guild DV52
Rhythm 2: Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Fender Stratocaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Percussion: 
Pearl Cajon Mach 2 – with brushes
Pearl Hi Hat with Zildjian symbols - with brushes - no idea what I'm doing here, but I like working the foot pedal. 

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 (vocal)
AGK 414 & Shure KSM44 on guitars, cajon and hi hat

Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. I used an input and output transformer to give some additional harmonic distortion......I just like pushing the buttons and watching the reels spin…;-)


Verse 1
They’re all buying guns
To take a shot at you
But you’re still smiling
Because you died a long time ago
Two bullets through your soul

Refrain 1
It’s live from Chicago
Let the camera roll 
It’s live from Chicago

Verse 2
When the morning breaks
The camera fades away
But you’re still smiling
Because you’re still standing tall
Two bullets through your soul

Refrain2
Let the camera roll 
It’s live from Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
It's live from Chicago

outro
How was I to know?
It's live from Chicago....

Let the camera roll
It's live from Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
It's live from Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
Here in Chicago
How was I to know?
Two bullets through your soul
let the cameras roll
let the cameras roll
it's life in Chicago
it's life in Chicago

Two bullets through your soul
It's live from Chicago

Live from Chicago

Composed & Produced by : Chivicke 
HomeStudio Productions ©2021

Oasis

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 04/2021.

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

Between Land And Sea

Para Lia - Kassandra
from the album ‘Gone With The Flow’
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition with the great work of Louis Renzoni and the music of Para Lia here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

words and music by René Methner
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork based on Louis Renzonis 'Light From A Candle' 

Follow Para Lia on:
www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
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The background for the inspiration of course is Homer and the tales on the Trojan war. But Kassandra does not tell a story – it’s a kind of a painting with an ancient scenery or maybe just a sketch: Kassandra in front of the burning city. And it could be a modern painting. We are in a distance of more than 3.000 years to the plot of the ancient tales – and still mankind has Kassandras and tears in front of burning cities.

Working on Kassandra i had in mind from the beginning that Cindy will take the main voc in this song. So i wrote the harmonies and the song structure with that in mind and i love how she sings the song. Kassandra also includes a few notes played with a Greek Baglamas and helps the song to get a special note. This string instrument is the small sister of a Bouzouki. 

lyrics:
on sungod days in the morning dew
the tears of kings are just a few
meaningless rain drops

we keep that fire burning
until the tide is turning
and the ships are grounded

in the golden light of the afternoon
she is dancing like the queen of doom
she blinks into the sunlight

we keep that fire burning
until the tide is turning
we watch the flames rise higher
we keep that fire burning
until the tide is turning
we watch the flames rise higher
into the sky
into the sky

Gone With The Flow

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Kassandra

A song from the album 'Spirits Of The Witchwood'
Full album:
amandasanderson.bandcamp.com/album/spir…-witchwood

open.spotify.com/album/5IB7b8o3uP…HWRGOhQK8JpqbpLg

Mixing and production: Verulium
verulium.bandcamp.com

Vocals: Amanda Kim Sanderson

A song from the album 'Spirits Of The Witchwood'
Full album:
amandasanderson.bandcamp.com/album/spir…-witchwood

open.spotify.com/album/5IB7b8o3uP…HWRGOhQK8JpqbpLg

Mixing and production: Verulium
verulium.bandcamp.com

Vocals: Amanda Kim Sanderson

Spirits Of The Witchwood

Return Of The King

The incomparable Janine Levinson flying just above the evening mist...@janinelevinson Doo-wop vocals with more chrome than an Airstream
The remarkable Rick Medlock always right there in the current... @rick-4-1 Drums and Rhythmic Orchestration
The renowned Jamie Rhind on those buoyant keys... @jamie-rhind Organ, Piano
Me on the Other Stuff, head just above water... @phil-mcwalter Vocals, Guitars, Hammond B3, Production, etc


A Pretty Waterfall

You walked into the room that night
Like a storm above our heads
And it felt like a hard rain 
Felt like a bridge was going to fall 
But you weren't an ocean, holding me up 
You weren’t a river, come to carry me home 
You were a waterfall cutting through stone 
A pretty waterfall, cutting through stone

You sat down on a stool at the bar 
And it had to be next to mine
You asked if I’d ever 
You asked if I’d ever been here before 
But you weren’t temptation, bending my will
And you weren’t the devil, come for my soul
It takes many years and it cuts to the bone
But you were a waterfall, cutting through stone

We walked out of the bar that night
Through the wood towards the river
And the air smelled sort of heavy
And we started running, it felt like a flood
But you weren’t there to baptise me, in those deep dark eyes
You weren’t there to wash away, my sins and my lies
Dived into the roaring water down to the sand
Then we swam into the waterfall, holding hands

© Phil McWalter - April 2021
Image: diamondpaintingdistributor.com

A Pretty Waterfall

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A Pretty Waterfall - With Janine Levinson, Rick Medlock and Jamie Rhind

I have found another asset from Special Cecilia which I found very inspiring and very beautiful. 
Cecilia´s original can be found here: 
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/aca-cecilia-destins-lies

I hope you will enjoy our collaborating again!

Below are Cecilia´s Lyrics:
Ici et là de par le monde il semble que l'on soient plusieurs
Appellés à répendre de la lumière, à l'encontre des ténèbres
Chacun à sa manière, chacun de son côté, mais nos destins sont comme liés

Beaucoup d'entre nous ont souffert et ont surmonté leurs peines,
beaucoup connaissent les galères et ont résolu leurs problèmes
beaucoup ont encore dur, mais on garde le coeur pur
les intentions honnêtes

Je suis le capItaine de mon propre navire,
je garde le contrôle, je veux pas qu'il chavire,
tant de monde à explorer, de choses à partager
surfant sur les vagues de la destinée

Destins Liés

Destins Liés |  🆂🅿🅴🅲🅸🅰🅻 🅲🅴🅲🅸🅻🅸🅰 & N.o.b.S.

Lyrics & Vocals https://soundcloud.com/shark_teeth93
LYRICS:

I can't hear a single word you say
I can't hear a single word you say
Under water and I'm washed away
Under water and I'm washed away
I can't hear a single word you say
I can't hear a single word you say
Under water and I'm washed away
Under water and I'm washed away
Water flowing in the heat of May
Water flowing in the heat of May
I think we've had our fun for the day
I think we've had our fun for the day

We flow down the waterfall
We flow down the waterfall
There's no turning back now

I don't hear a single word you say
I don't hear a single word you say
Under water and I'm washed away
Under water and I'm washed away
Water flowing in the heat of May
Water flowing in the heat of May
I think we've had our fun for the day
I think we've had our fun for the day
I'm drifting right beside you
I'm drifting right beside you
As we fall over the ledge
As we fall over the ledge
I'm drifting right beside you
I'm drifting right beside you
As we fall over the ledge
As we fall over the ledge

Everything beautiful
If you can see clearly
Everything beautiful
If you can see clearly

I'm never gonna let you go
I'm never gonna let you go
Though the water pulls us apart
Though the water pulls us apart
Though we're sinking to the bedrock
Though we're sinking to the bedrock
I'm still here beside you
I'm still here beside you

We flow down the waterfall
And I can see clearly
Everything beautiful
When you're here beside me
We flow down the waterfall
And I can see clearly
Everything beautiful
When you're here beside me

Waterfall - Shark Teeth & Moon Dust

llustration: Jonathan Djob Nkondo https://absenteism.tumblr.com/ 
Drums: Gonzalo Serrano https://soundcloud.com/messages/486957645:834842971
Piano, Analog Stack Synth, Granular Magnetic Guitar, 
Studio Horns, Stinger Bass: Jan Schonander @thegats

The original Pyrrhic victory came courtesy of Pyrrhus of Epirus, a Greek king who was undone by his costly battles against the Romans. Pyrrhus first invaded Italy in 280 B.C. after allying himself with Tarentum, a Greek-speaking city that resented the Roman Republic’s increased domination over their homeland. He arrived with a force of some 25,000 men and 20 war elephants—the first the Roman legionaries had ever faced—and immediately scored a famous victory in his first battle at Heraclea. The following year, he bested the Romans a second time during a heated clash at Asculum.

Pyrrhus fancied himself a latter day Alexander the Great, and he’d hoped his invasion would give his empire a foothold in Italy. But while he’d routed the Romans at both Heraclea and Asculum, he had also lost more than 7,500 of his most elite fighters, including many officers. Pyrrhus had no way of replacing his casualties, and his failure to deal the enemy a deathblow sent morale plummeting within his ranks. According to the ancient historian Plutarch, the warrior king was quoted as muttering, “If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” Following a setback at the Battle of Beneventum in 275 B.C., he reluctantly called off his campaign and sailed back to Greece.

From the History Channel

PYRRHIC VICTORY

Caviar and cigarettes
Dances in pirouettes

Are you feeling good
It seems you should
Now the smoke has cleared
Now that you are feared

Your triumph is great
Are you ready for your fate
Cause for elation
A grand celebration

Oh, it doesn’t feel right
Oh, this dishonorable plight 

Caviar and cigarettes
Dances in pirouettes
Glitter, riches, fame and glam
Black tie Russian roulette

You lick your wounds
All your lovers are gone
Alone in your palace
Your light has shone

All your friends in flight
All your allies are foes
It’s not an end
The start of your woes

Caviar and cigarettes
Dances in pirouettes
Glitter, riches, fame and glam
Black tie Russian roulette

Pyrrhic Victory

I started writing this song sitting in a field in wales on a camping trip
its a song about getting out and about in the summertime and looking for adventure as the title suggests its a group of memories and reflections on the way i see the world at the moment,maybe the restrictions on life we have had to face has woken something up in some of us and there is a need and desire to get back out there again
written and produced by Jim manser june 2021

Reflections

A studio project based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Creating songs with a warm, vintage, and nostalgic vibe. Carving a path between rock and jazz. Trying to be analog in a digital world.  Visit ThreePhotons.com for more information. 

All songs written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Three Photons at The Princeton Sound Studio Project. Primary genres are Indie,  Rock, and Jazz-Blues. 
 
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Three Photons