Great lyrics and melody. Love the vocals and arrangement 👏👍

A wonderful, albeit sad, song Stan. Vocals are powerful on this, and also like the subtle vocal harmonies.

Great stuff Stan.  Hints of our home band Lindisfarne in there somewhere.... :)

Ah, this is a sweet one  -- slow and lovely melody !!

What a fabulous tune!!! Songwriting, performance, production....all Solid Gold Gobi Goodness.

Excellent song writing Stan. There's a real quality to the lyrics and you've captured a sentiment that I'm sure many of us can identify with.

beautiful song great vocal's and music, i love it,

Lyrics
The water was cold
As we stepped from the bank
Under the blue skies above
And never once did we speak of romance
And never once spoke of love

But I hear your laugh on the wind
And see your face in the clouds
And now and then I could swear it was you
Hiding away in the crowd

But then we grew up
Put our child toys away
And we never even said our goodbyes
Innocence fled, naivety ran
But I still see the colour of your eyes

But I hear your laugh on the wind
And see your face on the clouds
And now and then I could swear it was you
Hiding away in the crowd

Instrumental

But I hear your laugh on the wind
And see your face on the clouds
And now and then I could swear it was you
Hiding away in the crowd

The fun we had then
Comes back now and then clearer than yesterday
The blue skies have gone
And the sun that had shone
In my eyes has faded away

Outro

Childhood Dreams

KORG sound A081 1999 Synth improv by Magician

1999

Last Days of Summer

Chapter 111 of 266
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TAFFETA | 111

A place of refuge can be physical, mental, or emotional - a song about nurturing 

Remastered- originally  from the post classical EP “Beauty Devours” -
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/beauty-devours

Mood Exhibit - Building a Shelter

My thanks to muterial for the joy of working on his original track, “Off The Rails”, which was composed of sounds that came from just two seconds recorded by him of water flowing across a ford and then slowed more than 100 times while treated through filters, reverb, EQ and compressors. The result was an invitation to further treat his innovation with additional music and sound for spacial effect for this collaborative version. I, of course, could not resist. :)

- Hverheij

But wait – there’s more! To hear additional outstanding work by muterial, you can follow the direct link to his site: https://soundcloud.com/muterial

Plus Notes:
Off The Rails (open collaboration) – composed by muterial © 2023 licensed under a Creative Commons License. Original track link: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/off-the-rails

Original photo concept and many more are at www.instagram.com/rollocarpenter/
This photo version liberally mangled by Hverheij solely for this collaboration. 

I try, okay?

System Off The Rails

System Off The Rails - muterial + Hverheij

Lorcán ~ an Irish given name meaning " little fierce one "
Arranged and produced by, Mike Hllton © 05/02/2023
Thanks for listening.

Instruments

PRS Custom 24
Takamine Acoustic Guitar
Double Bass
Bodhrán
Vocal Pads
Chimes

The Lorcan

Lorcán

Written for songwriting contest, w/theme the Santa Fe River in n. Florida. Translations..."Timucuan": native people in n FL at time of Spanish Conquest.  "Cracker Cowboys": colloquial name for cattlemen who herded wild cattle north during the Civil War.  "O'leno town": ghost town on the Santa Fe, a swinging bridge built in the 1930's is still there.  

Roll On, River   c. 2023 by Mike Manetz

V. 1
The river was Timucuan,
Before the comin' of the white-man's gun.
'Neath the giant cypress trees,
They fished the river wild and free.
Spanish priests came one day,
Taught the natives how to pray,
Named the river Santa Fe,
River watched them fade away.

Chorus
Roll on, river,
On and on forever,
She'll be rollin' on when we're all passed and gone.
Through centuries of hopes and dreams,
Conquistadors, fools and thieves,
Roll on, river,
Roll on,
River, roll on...

V2
Cracker cowboys took control,
After driving out the Seminole.
Their cattle on the muddy banks,
Would feed the hungry rebel ranks.
Black man runnin' to be free, 
Down the Santa Fe on to the sea.
Midnight paddle down to where,
A Yankee gunboat's waitin' there.

Chorus

V 3  
Lovers at O'Leno town,
On a swingin' bridge they're lookin' down,
River rushes there below,
Like a thousand years ago.
Their kids will play computer games,
They'll forget the history and the names,
But the river holds the memories,
Of all she touches, all she sees...

Chorus




Their kids will play computer games,
They'll forget the history and the names,
Of all of those who came before,
Guess it doesn't matter anymore...

Centuries of hopes and dreams,
Conquistadors, fools and thieves,
All they left is all but washed away,
Their kids will play computer games,
And forget the history and the names,
of all of those who came before,
They don't care much for that anymore...

Roll On, River

Hi there! Hope you enjoy my latest sciency experiment.;)

Credits: 

➤ In the picture you can see one of many amazing works of the incredible light-artist/sculpturist Paul Friedlander.

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Pulsary Spherical Refraction

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco
https://youtu.be/o92PB5ey-Jg

Summer Dreams

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Featured voice electronic music composer Delia Derbyshire

Future Past Mind

Thank you so much for listening to my music, if I don’t reply immediately I do apologise. Life has a way of getting in the way of things I’d rather be doing but I do appreciate your listening and support.

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