2022 best of the Cloud

Some of my Soundcloud Favourites #83

Feb Friends

Untitled Playlist

Guitar instrumental written, performed and produced by Sean Ferree

The Serenity

Made By FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin musician composer, Live recording guitar Godin semi-acoustic / midi transfer guitar to synth Ableton 11.

River Flow 16 04 2022

Rummaging through the archives, looking for a specific track - couldn't find it yet - I know I have it. But I came across this ditty and decided to do some mixing work on it.

It's from 1997 I think, original 4 track recording, I was having a blast playing the slide guitar and just felt this vibe coming, decided to record it.

I do not regret it for one bit :)

Lucy Lights

Music and production by Jeff Gordon https://www.facebook.com/jeffgordonmusic
Vocal Melody by Kate Stanton
Lyrics by David L. Graham of McTown Music

Pinocchio
V1:
He don't understand the why
Lies are what he does
Doesn't know what's wrong or right
Just hangs onto what he wants

And I am his her
I've spoken all the words
How could I
Leave him in the lurch

CH:
Didn't want to see me go
When he didn't mean it to hurt
How can lies hurt me so
Guess he's never seen Pinocchio
Didn't want to see me go
When he didn't mean it to hurt
How can lies hurt me so
Guess he's never heard of Pinocchio

V2:
He don't understand my pain
Been this way his whole life
Always wants it his way
Brings the darkness to light

And I am his her
I've spoken all the words
How could I
Leave him in the lurch

Chorus

BR:
I'm walking away now, but he can't believe
That I could give up on promises and leave
But he doesn't remember his promises to me
Guess he's never seen Pinocchio

Chorus out

Pinocchio (Feat. music by Jeff Gordon and lyrics by McTown)

Halfway Between Here and New Orleans ©
Original - Riff Beach ( RiffWerx - 2016, Revised 2022 )
Lady Luck…..
Well, she left me out in Reno
Just one more throw
Before the red-eye home
You know I just wanna’ hop a streetcar
Or, maybe, take a shiny limousine
I’m so tired of being crammed into airplanes
That kinda’ travel just leaves me feeling mean
(Chorus)
Well, there’s sure something in living sunrise to sunset…..
But, I’m not sure exactly what it means?
And, just some thoughts on my way back to you
Halfway - between here - and New Orleans
Remember that time down on Decatur
Or, when we first met on Magazine?
We knew that sooner - or - later
We’d end up halfway between here….
…..and New Orleans
And somewhere over the Mighty Mississippi
You know you’re right there in all my dreams
All the time we’ll spend together
Halfway between Here…. and ….. New Orleans

Sunny Beaches

Halfway Between Here And New Orleans ©

Halfway Between Here And New Orleans (Live) ©

What an honor to add my acoustic guitars to this collaboration with ace electric guitarist, keyboardist, and producer Seagull, Soundcloud's Poet Laurette Peter, Soundcloud's Poet of the piano, Debra Buesking, and vocalists Clara, and Snowflake.  With this visionary and epic trilogy, we explore the human condition and the choices we must make that will determine our destiny as a race.  It is a longer work but a rewarding listen if taken as a whole, but can still be appreciated in smaller bites if time doesn't allow a nearly 16 minute commitment.  The first segment is "Lost" until 4:55, "Lament is from 4:56-10:14, and "Ghost of a Dragon" until the end.  
To experience the full impact of the "trilogy", one must see Seagull's superb and deeply moving film with "Next Choice" as the soundtrack; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCA7MZSvEwI
Follow these fine artists:
Seagull @farout-music-studio
Debra @debra_buesking
Peter @user-264930040

Next Choice (Seagull, Peter, Debra Buesking, Snowflake, Clara, and David)

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

This is unapologetically inspired by the A-side to one of my favorite albums of all time. I'll let you guess which album that is - if you are older than 50 it will most likely be easier.

A lot of us spend our lives chasing a dream, and despite reaching milestone after milestone the dream is always just beyond our reach. If you're lucky all you need to do is stop and think - maybe you're already there. I was reminded about this when told a story about a popular beach boatman asked by a hedge fund manager why he doesn't invest in an additional boat. After many questions the investor tells him that after years he could become so financially successful that he could spend his afternoons with his family and friends. The boatman tells him that after his morning fishing run that is already what he does. 

The guitar is a Logic Pro X Heavy Metal Guitar. For the drums I "mixed it up" a bit by using more reverb on the snare than on the rest of the drums. Also had a hi-hat in there initially but I took it out as I thought it muddied up the sound too much. In general I debated how much reverb to use and progressively used less and less to try and warm it up. For the bass I combined an electric bass with a traditional standing base. I departed from my usual approach of trying to reproduce as natural a piano sound as possible by using equalization to mainly remove some of the high and low end - the purpose being to create a "lo-fi" sound. Finally, the synth is Nord Native and treated with some ringshift to get the moving in and out your ears effect.  

LATELY MAYBE

Too much
Not enough
Will I ever
Is it never
I can’t see
Will it ever be

Lately, I’ve been thinking too much
Lately, I’ve been dreaming too much
Maybe, I’m in heaven
Maybe, I made it yesterday

Is this the end
Or could it be the beginning
I can’t tell
It seems a bit like hell
So many moving parts
So many false starts

Lately, I’ve been thinking too much
Lately, I’ve been dreaming too much
Maybe, I’m in heaven
Maybe, I made it yesterday

Too much
Not enough
Lately
Maybe
Lately it’s been too much
Maybe it’s been too much

Lately Maybe

Spotify

Written and produced by Francesco Vitti
Registered in the studios of EKOS records (Italy)
Label: EKOS records

Hands (radio edit)

HANDS (radio edit)

DOPPLER SAMPLER

I reworked my 2014 rendition of this U2 classic song, and it became a mess of modern approach and waybackwhen flawed recording takes, but it was a fun process trying to build it back into something audible :)

We work with what we have. Hope you enjoy!

New Year's Day (U2 cover)

Hello my friends!! Hope everything is great with you all..?? Here comes a new song from me (Robert Lillemäe) and Sabrina ( Sabina Larsson) A new day, a new song and this time we decided to make a new song dedicated to my sister who past away in cancer (Carina Bengtsson) we named this "Never Be The Same" It is a Dance & Edm track in 130 Bpm. We don't know if you gonna like it or not so please, please tell us...and we hope that you gonna recognize our rhythms and melodies. This will be one of our last songs here, me and Sabrina are signing under to a new record label so we don't know the deal on uploading songs there yet, hopefully it's not gonna be a problem.. Thank you Sabrina for creating music with me and for this song, it could not be done without you... Love and Respect from Robert and Sabrina. (When your eyes go out? we all have memories. We save them in our heart, bring them out from time to time. So you will forever be here anyway. Rest in peace my lovely sister)

Never Be The Same - Sabrina & Lillemäe

Enchanté, 2023!✨
https://open.spotify.com/track/3LsxH0u3CDe7AlydQmqZ28?si=GyzgQCW1SrOzBsDy6zbMjQ

Enchanté

Thank you to everyone who listened to this track at the beginning of the new year.
People are surrounded by happiness.
Everything is made with a smile.
The energy of laughter, the vibration of a laughing voice, the world begins to fill with smiles.
Nice, I imagined your smile and played the guitar.

Smile is like that of an Angel's

bring me back to life

Crushed

Written, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Kyle Bolan
Art by Kyle Bolan

Walls And Words

Thank you for visiting this track.
Not everyone may be able to see inside their own hearts, but knowing who they really are is very important. 
Always keep bright light in your heart so that darkness does not creep in. Let go of your body and focus on the voice of your heart. 
A good day

Nobody Knows Inside

Just one phrase of bass may remind you of one famous legendary song, but it’s just your assumption!

Don’t say it’s Monday

KITTY GANG!

something different
A Sonic experiment. headphones would be the desired medium.
If you can just let your mind do nothing at all,  
not even try to latch onto the 'music' . 
alot going on here yet nothing at all . 
your thoughts after i would like :)

track: me
vocal: albert
picture: ai via me

Miracles in the Rhythm of Time {Carefully Crafted Mix}

The Wrong Way

I'm glad you found my music.
I've always wanted to express the music deep in my heart.
My music is music that overflows from the album jacket.
My music will light up a projector of your memories.
It's like finding your old album!
And above all, I hope I can make you all happy.

Smile is like that of an Angel's

fu-fu