A nice change-up of genre but still maintaining the large soundstage, open ambience, and sparkling production you are known for. Kudos!

wonderful country style -fantastic vocals -loveley song

very nice song, wonderful vocal and instruments !

I have listened to it twice because I loved it. It is a song that catches you. I am in love with the voice. Delighted with this discovery, I like your music very much.

In this song I enclose everything I think about my work as an artist. Proceeding along risky paths, responding to violence with even more sensitivity, because sensitivity can truly move the world. Embrace your sensitivity and that of others, choose who you want to be and follow your nature, whatever the cost. 

Written and Performed by Stefano Manotti

Arrangement and mixing: Giulio Carmassi (ex-Pat Metheny group)

Executive production and mastering: Paolo Schianchi and OmniaMusica Recording Studio


TESTO

Comincia da qui questo viaggio nascosto
Con le altre paure del giorno
Che ho lasciato al loro posto
Una notte qui
Vale più di un silenzio
Per sentir la chitarra suonare
Come in braccio a cento persone
Libero così dalle mie leggi
E dalla mente che dalla sua amplifica i rimpianti
Libero così dalle tue leggi
Ho passato troppo tempo per parlarti

Lo so
Quella è la via
Io sto di fianco
Con la mia fantasia
E quel che sarà
Non è roba mia
Non è roba mia

Finisce da qui
Un bel viaggio scomposto
Non si posson tirare le somme
Non si può vedere a che costo

Solo questo ti dico
Se sei nato per qualcosa
Tornerai ogni volta
Sulla strada più rischiosa

Libero così dai compromessi
Dalle parole messe lì per non esporsi
Libero così dai giochi fatti
Per sorprendermi ancora a cantare la vita

Lo so
Quella è la via
Io sto di fianco
Con la mia fantasia
E quel che sarà
Non è roba mia
Non è roba mia

Lo so
Quella è la via
Io sto di fianco
Con la mia fantasia
E quel che sarà
Non è roba mia
Non è roba mia



LYRICS

Begin from here, this hidden journey
With the other fears of the day
That I left in their place
One night from here
Is it worth more than silence
To hear the guitar play
As if embraced by a hundred people

Free like this from my laws
And from the mind that amplifies regrets
Free like this from your laws
I've spent too much time talking to you

I know it
That's the way
I stand by my fantasy
And what will be
It is not my concern
It's not my concern

It ends here
A disjointed journey
You can't add it all up
You can't see at what cost
Only this I tell you
If you were born for something
You'll return every time
To the riskiest road

Free like this from compromises
From words placed there to avoid exposure
Free like this from done deals
To surprise you again and sing life

Fantasia

Hard to argue against the observation that we as a species keep making the same mistakes with each other and recreate the same tragedies over and over. Same senseless rhetoric/same simple destructive "super race" syndrome...
If we can figure out the theory of relativity and the structure of DNA, then why can't we see through the useless destructive rhetoric of the "leaders" we see around us?
let's study the past to construct the future

lyrics:
don't you remember who you are
don't you remember why you came
don't you remember all that's happened 
that got you where you are today

your footprints in the sand are still there
time hasn't washed them away
get your head out of the clouds
let the past guide your way

every mistake you make today
every regret you'll have tomorrow
has already been played
a thousand times along the way

there's nothing new about the hate you feel
there's nothing unique about your fears
it's all been said and done before
we don't need to do it anymore
so let's go forward and build a better day
put the fears and the hate away
all they will ever do for you
is bring back the tears we have seen through the years

so please learn from the past
the's how we build a future for us all
we have to learn to work together
building bridges and not walls

don't you remember who you are
don't you remember why you came
don't you remember all that's happened 
to get you where you are today?????

if we keep doing what we're doing we will get the same result

High Desert

Open Road

J-Starfish Polka

Canon n djb

Sketch(2023) + improv 

It's a little bit selfish piece that packs my favorite atmospheres, such as the midnight waltz and the image of a labyrinth. I sketched it with the image of wandering around looking for the exit from a complicated maze…

Piano sketch 11 Lost In Maze

Rhythm of the Night

This song has had a facelift, I originally wrote it back in 2001, then I rewrote parts of it in 2020 during the pandemic, then I recently touched it up a bit and produced a video for it. It's a little weird but I tried to convey the feeling when you're starting to lose your mind and life becomes harder and harder to deal with, it's a bit Grungy. I had to edit it down because it was like 6 minutes long! If you watch the video when I post it on YouTube, it will all become clear! It's a bit disturbing so listen with an open mind! This is not for everybody, I've had this buried for like over 20 years. This audio is from the video that's why it's so noisy.

“DON’T KNOW WHAT?”

DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY MIND?
ON THE VERGE AND BORDERLINE,
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALL WORTH GOING THROUGH?  
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?             
      
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO SAY?
NOTHING'S WRONG I'M OKAY, 
DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THIS FUSS IS ABOUT? 
I'LL WORK IT OUT,

DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COME OVER ME?
I'M SEEING THINGS I AIN'T SUPPOSE TO SEE,
WHY DO I HAVE TO CHANGE,
INTO SOMEONE I DON'T WANT TO BE?  
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COME OVER ME?
         
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY HEAD?
SUICIDAL THEY ALL SAID, 
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY BRAIN?
CAN'T STAND THE PAIN,

DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE?
GETTIN' HIGH MAKES IT ALL RIGHT,       
DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO LIVE OR DIE?
CAN'T STAND THE LIES,
          
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COME OVER ME?
I'M SEEING THINGS I AIN'T SUPPOSE TO SEE,
WHY DO I HAVE TO CHANGE,
INTO SOMEONE I DON'T WANT TO BE?  
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COME OVER ME?  
  
DON’T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY MIND?
ON THE VERGE AND BORDERLINE,
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALL WORTH GOING THROUGH?  
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO? 

BY JIM VALDES © 2001/2020

AGE OF CORONA

"DON'T KNOW WHAT?"

(KARAOKE) Enigma - Retrun To Innocence

¡¡ Warning: very old track with very LO-FI sound !!

A tribute to the heavy origins I wrote on July 1994: two alternating riffs and a 3rd theme for a rest; little by little encouraging voice and of course, distortion on rhythmic and solo guitars.

Tributo al jevi original que escribí en julio de 1994: dos riffs alternados y un 3er motivo para ir descansando, voz que poco a poco se va encendiendo, y claro, distorsión en rítmica y solista.

Lyrics/Letra:

Casi he olvidado el tiempo
 en que podía decirte que no.

He tirado mi cigarro a la noche
y no quiere apagarse,
para seguirla viendo desnuda
a la luz de la calle.

Si hay sí,
pero ni la piscina,
ni los tragos de Passport,
pudieron apagar...
...mi cuerpo, su cuerpo, ¡qué locura! (bis)

Casi he olvidado el tiempo
en que podía decirte que no.

Y ahora vuelvo a estar atrapado
de lo que pude escapar,
ahora vuelvo a ser esclavo
de lo que pude olvidar...
...de ti, de tu cuerpo, nena, ¡qué locura! (bis)

Cuando podía decirte que no (Si hay sí)

From as far back as I can remember, the visual medium and music were one in my mind.
I hope you enjoy something here!

Open Road

TSM

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