Original song written and performed by Kit Thompson (guitar, vocals, drums and bass) and Leanne Thompson- vocals. 
Additional vocals Ross Tressider. 

Cryin' Shame - Kit & Leanne Music.wav

An original song written by Leanne Thompson. Lyrics and vocals Leanne Thompson.
Guitars, Bass and Drums - Kit Thompson.

Lyrics:

INSPIRED 

She
Is the girl I wanna be
Living life as though it’s free
She’s on fire
Yeah She
Doesn’t act a bit like me
Letting everybody see
Her true desire
And she
Is the girl I wanna be
If ever I was free
Inspired

All she needed was some liquid courage
Just one more for the road
To drop the heavy load
To really let go
She could dance like there was no-one lookin’
Just movin’ as she please
She’ll drop you to you knees
You couldn’t say no

CHORUS

She keeps ‘em pourin’ like there’s no tomorrow
You’d think that she might drown
She straightens up her crown 
And flashes a smile
All eyes on her she feels the music playing
Running through her veins
Forgetting all her pain
At least for a while

Inspired - Kit & Leanne Music.wav

Rock Session

All Vocals and lyrics - Leanne Thompson
All instruments - Kit Thompson
Recorded at Texas Central in DFW with thanks to Pete Thompson. Feb 2022.


ALL FOR YOU - Kit & Leanne Thompson

This is my first completed job as a freelance musician with a website called SoundBetter. A client called Kennan Zishka approached me with lyrics that needed music to go with them. I was only too happy to accept the job, and this is the end result.


Kennan Zishka

Sending Some Sunshine

Copyright 2022 by Kennan Zishka

Lyrics: Kennan Zishka and Leanor Johnston

The sun sometimes
Hides behind the clouds
Or at least sometimes
It seems that way
The wind seems colder
Across my shoulders
Across my shoulders

Thanks for thinking of me today
Thanks for sending some sunshine my way

The day sometimes
Takes a turn to grey
Or at least sometimes
It seems that way
The sky seems darker
Far from the harbor
Far from the harbor

Thanks for thinking of me today
Thanks for sending some sunshine my way

I’m looking to the horizon
Wonder where the time has gone
Leaving scars
Leaving scars
I sometimes need a reminder
To find a sky that’s kinder
To my heart
To my heart

Thanks for thinking of me today
Thanks for sending some sunshine my way

My sails sometimes
Need to catch the wind
Or at least some time
For breathing in
A fresh gust that knows
Warmth as the sun glows
Warmth as the sun glows

Thanks for thinking of me today
Thanks for sending some sunshine my way

Sending Some Sunshine (with lyrics By Kennan Zishka & Leanor Johnston)

Our version of Kings of Leon song 'Use Somebody' - Leanne Thompson - vocals, Kit Thompson - guitars, Pete Thompson - drums, Angie Thompson - bass. Texas Central Productions.

Use Somebody - Leanne Thompson & Kit Thompson (cover)

For this week's theme, I thought of the word Aniseed as "Anna's Seed."  One of my open mic friends goes by the name Annabelle, and she is a talented singer-songwriter who gets up on stage almost every week to share her talents.  She befriended another one of my friends whose artist name is Rach Shine, and the two of them have performed together and become rather close.  Rach and I met mid-last year at an open mic night, where neither one of us ended up playing due to various technical difficulties.  Rach had seen a video on Instagram of me performing, and she recognised me as I just so happened to be sitting at the table next to her.  She reached out (or rached out, if you will) to me, and we've become really good friends.  In the following months, we have gone to more open mics together and started performing as a duo.  This is despite the fact that both of us have full-time jobs, so it has been a delicate balancing act to make it all happen.  We are so both so thankful that it did though, well and truly!


VERSE 1
I went to Stones Corner
Where everything went wrong
I didn't get to play
Not even just one song

Someone's keyboard blew up
I was going on tenth
An early work shift beckoned me
And I'd go home before then


VERSE 2
I was sitting next to her
Not knowing who she was
Then she turned around to face me
Just because

She had seen me on the net
As I played on my keys
She struck up a convo
And we were both so pleased


VERSE 3
We really hit it off
She played piano too
We talked for two hours
And nothing was taboo

I had made a new friend
And entered the Rach Shrine
We both clicked instantly
Her talents were like mine


VERSE 4
Over the coming months
We chose to be a team
Performing in front of friends
It felt like such a dream

We keep getting closer
Whenever we touch base
Let's hope we keep this up
Both on and off the stage

The Rach Shrine

Much like with most other weeks in the Club, my thought process varied rapidly as I pondered what to write about.  The obvious was the first that came to mind, being waves on the beach.  Then came the act of waving hello and goodbye, but that had already been done some 50-odd years ago!.  A homonym of wave, being "waive", was also an option but I decided not to go down this path.  Should I make this song about surfing?  Well not in the traditional sense anyway, but maybe the kind that involves computers.  That brought me to the idea of making WAVs, which are uncompressed sound files that are saved whenever you record audio either on a desktop or laptop machine.  I have always been into computer-based music, having had experience with it for at least 25 years.  It made perfect sense to me to write a song about it.  I experimented with loops and samples fairly early on in my deep dive into this kind of music, having been heavily inspired by the likes of Moby and Fatboy Slim who used a lot of both of these in their songs.  In saying that though, loops and samples were not used in the creation of my submission for this week.  On the subject of surfing, the chord progression of my song is based on the one used in the hit "Surfin' USA" by The beach Boys.  


VERSE 1
You open up your DAW
And start a new file
If you put the effort in
You'll be here for a while

The hours pass by oh so quick
But all you do is smile
You're fully in the zone now
This track's a real vibe


CHORUS 1
When you're recording audio
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

When you're recording audio
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save


VERSE 2
A guy told me I suck
And he wants my internet
It was a decision
That he'd like to forget

I took his voice and looped it
Then it became a song
I made the whole thing last
Over three minutes long


CHORUS
When you recording vocal takes
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

When you recording instruments
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save


VERSE 3
When you're finished for the day
Make sure to back it up
I use online storage
To archive all my stuff

External drives can work as well
But they are prone to fail
To me it's just not worth 
All the drama it entails


CHORUS
When you're recording digital
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

When you're recording digital
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

Making WAVs

While My Guitar Gently Weeps Cover

Not The Only One (Sam Smith Cover) - Leanne Thompson

Original song written by Leanne Thompson. Vocals, lyrics and piano by Leanne. Drums and Guitars - Kit Thompson. Mixed by Pete Thompson at Texas Central, the inspiration for this song, along with the wonderful Angie Thompson. Love you both. X

While My Guitar Gently Weeps Cover

TL james