WHITE CROSS
Me and my best friends are out tonight
We´ve got to celebrate that we survived
It´s a wonder to be alive
And we´re so greatful now
That we´re back in our hometown

There´s no white cross
Some above – let us go
Too many around us, where taken care of
And gently – swept in a flag

No,
There were no cross
Made of the government for us
So, now we sit here with tankards,
Feeling so good and smokes on a fag

We were soldiers, who fought the war
And now we´re thinking…was it right
Is that the way of making peace
If there´s another way
We will stand – in the front-line

Music: Dan Holmberg 2008
Lyrics: Michael Johansson 2008
Song: Michael Johansson 2023
Musical idea, mix and mastering: Michael Johansson 2023

White Cross (October 20th 2023)

Picture: Bronze Age Rock Carvings at "Heaven´s Sacrificing Grove" (Himmelstalund), Norrkoping, Sweden (Michael Johansson 2023). 

Dan and I have been writing songs since 1977. All songs are written the guitar based way with an acoustic guitar, pen and paper, even if the secondary construction is made with digital tools and programmes.  
Now it is the first time that we will get a bit more official. We do not have any particular genre, because we believe that the feel of the melody will lead you to the genre. So after a while you will hear Pop, Rock, Country, Crossover, Symphonic Rock, Ethnic, Ballads and more.
All instruments are digital (mostly VST-instruments). I do not know if that is good or bad, but it is the only way for us to make this happen.
My favourite bands/artists are QUEEN (early albums),Roxy Music, Styx, Barclay James Harvest, Supertramp, David Bowie, Babe Ruth, Pavlov´s Dog. Procol Harum,  Echo and the Bunnymen and Crowded House. Amongst individual artists I love Clifford T. Ward, Rupert Holmes, Al Stewart and Chris De Burgh.
Dan is inpired of Eagles and Pink Floyd and many of the hardrock bands from the seventies.
Music production: Cubase 12 Pro (Steinberg), Waveform 9 (Tracktion), Band-in-a-Box 2023 (PG Music), T-Racks 5 Mastering Suite (IK Multimedia)
Some VST-plugins: Sampletank 3 and Miroslav Philharmonik 2 (IK Multimedia), Real Guitars (Music Labs), Amplitube 3 (IK Multimedia)
 /Michael J

PS! WE HAVE GOT MORE THAN 130 SONGS

White Cross (October 20th 2023)

Digital Dan-a-Mic Orchestra