Spring 2022

I love sad songs, I wish I could sing them better...

Unspoken
We don’t speak of love
Or what our hearts dream of
In these quiet days

And the silence
Is more than I can bear
And so I filled the air
In my careless way

It’s no wonder why we don’t see eye to eye
We’ve grown so far apart,
And I don’t remember why

But love goes on
Even after everything went wrong
Though we tried with all that we have known
We’re little more than strangers on our own

Love’s sweet remains
Burning from the fire of younger days
We’re searching for the ashes of those ways
Scattered by the wind and blown away

There’s a picture 
When we were young and free
The world was at our feet
Before it all crashed in

And if I could
I would go back there in time
Erase the sadness in your smile
And we could start again

Yes I know that we would up just the same
Out here alone together
Wondering who’s to blame

Unspoken
Words I didn’t say
I think that it’s too late

unspoken

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records 
Featuring Junkheap (Dave T)
Written Performed and Produced by Daniels & Durgy 
Our Utmost Thanks to you Dave for lending us your terrific Rock vocals to blend with ours on this epic song!

Lyrics:

Bodhran’s Dream 

A silver veil hangs sweet and low
The sea pulls her skirt in the wind
Gazing over Tempters cliff, 
The heart calls a future unmet
Two hands upon a timeless face
Who never seem able to meet
But Time has sold what should have been
And I can’t let go of this dream

Chorus:
So take my hand Love!
And we’ll dance ‘till the Sun kiss the moon in the sky
By the beat of the Bodhran and the whistle’s delight
We’ll ignite heaven’s light..
And we’ll live every lifetime!
In the space of a moment in each others’ arms,
And we’ll sing ‘till our voices surround every star
And remake what has past,
If tonight’s but a dream
Darling.. Live it with me.

Holding on to memories
That glisten like pearls on a string
And where this ends, no one can know,
But hope is where all this begins…

Chorus:
So take my hand Love!
And we’ll dance ‘till the Sun kiss the moon in the sky
By the beat of the Bodhran and the whistle’s delight
We’ll ignite heaven’s light..
And we’ll live every lifetime!
In the space of a moment in each others arms,
And we’ll sing ‘till our voices surround every star
And remake what has past,
If tonight’s but a dream
Darling.. Live it with me…. Live it with me…

Bodhran's Dream

Bodhran's Dream (Ft Junkheap)

A bit late,but best wishes to y'all. 

I hope this is a good year
I hope for me and you
I hope for warmth and good cheer
In twenty twentytwo

I'll raise a glass,here's to you all
Together we can do
Before our final curtain call
Let live twenty twentytwo

May your time be ever golden
May you see your trouble through
May you never be beholden
In twenty twentytwo

Remember what we took for granted
Remember what we thought was free
Isolated disenchanted
Life has no guarantee

Here's to all the tired and weary
I wish the best for you
A year that's not so dreary
In twenty twentytwo

(Twenty) 22

Evanescence

Watch the live performance of this song here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY4BWb-D4b8

Nobody’s hanging around
Been looking all over town, for you
Nothing’s popped up on my phone
Should not have left you alone
How could I have known
That you would run away
Oh I listen to my Playlist seems so dark today wish I could make it brighter 
gonna write a happy song
Everyone’s contagious nobody can save us I can make it brighter gonna write a
happy song
Just then a knock at my door
We still haven’t found a cure, you know
But if you wear one of these
You can go out to the store
This has become such a bore
I’d rather die than waste away
Oh I listen to my Playlist seems so dark today wish I could make it brighter
 gonna write a happy song
Everyone’s contagious nobody can save us I can make it brighter gonna write a happy song
And you know, it’s not as bad as what they sell us on TV
It’s big business making lies reality
They make it hard to be the best that we can be
a roller coaster fiction ride we’ve got to always question why            
spoon fed soon dead get the fuck out of my head
This has become such a bore
We can no longer ignore
Healthily wasting away
Oh I listen to my Playlist seems so dark today wish
News says everyone’s contagious nobody can save us 
Oh I listen to my Playlist seems so dark today wish I could make it brighter
 gonna write a happy song
News says everyone’s contagious nobody can save us I can make it brighter gonna write a happy song
Music & Lyrics by Mike Molino; Guitar Dominick Torregrossa check him out here on SC https://soundcloud.com/d-torregrossa-373706580      
Mastered by Woods Studio Free Mixing and Mastering. Check them out here on Soundcloud - @woods_studio

  Music & Lyrics by Mike Molino; Guitar Dominick Torregrossa check him out here on SC https://soundcloud.com/d-torregrossa-373706580

Happy Song

happy song

This release is a little different from my usual line, results from an obvious folk influence and turns around quite dreamy lyrics and romantic musical arrangement. The mood of this song is about allowing yourself to imagine another life, feel another world, transform one another and, by embarking this imaginary journey, actually just to be. A 3:15 minutes glimpse to a lifetime voyage towards an untethered soul…

Realizing this song brought me a very nice surprise in the form of a pleasant new collaboration. The lyrics required a female voice and I had difficulties finding the ethereal but not immaterial one I had in mind. The challenge persisted for a couple of weeks until I got in touch with Hana Pavšič - the talented Slovenian artist who covered this song with her beautiful voice and brought the extra touch to it, giving it this enchanted atmosphere I was after for this Magic spell.

Vocals - Hana Pavšič (@hana-pav-i)
Mixed and mastered by A7 Recording Studio (@a7-recording-studio, www.a7recordingstudio.com)
Produced by Blaž Pavšič

▶MORE◀
Web: www.ladatinthebox.com/
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2nX96XjXTUZvCoNWTNNun3
SoundCloud: @Ladat
Apple Music: music.apple.com/ch/artist/ladat/1465006973
Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/artists/B07S5HGR98
Deezer: www.deezer.com/artist/66111552
BandZone.cz: bandzone.cz/ladat
YouTube: www.youtube.com/Ladat77
FB: www.facebook.com/77Ladat

▶ARTWORK◀
MaKo: instagram.com/marketka1975

Magic spell

okay I fleshed it out and worked on the vocal...
NOTE: I finally took those annoying breaths out of the vocal track!

This one’s gonna hurt, it’s gonna make me wanna cry
And turn things upside down, and still I’ll wonder why
You made me feel alive, but now I want to die
You took away my wings when you taught me how to fly

This one’s gonna hurt, more than anything I’ve known
It makes me question everything, what is right and what is wrong
What it means to be redeemed, to come off of that ledge
And you see the one you love still dancing on the edge

In this dirty dusty room, it’s like an empty tomb
There’s an echo in the hall, but no one there to hear me call
But know I tried to make it right
I tried to save us from the fall

I don’t know what to do, I can’t believe it’s true
I was lost inside a dream, but I know now what it means
To wake up in the cold, when everything went wrong
And the life we knew is gone

This one’s gonna hurt, and it’s more than I can stand
When I can’t hold you close, with these two empty hands
I was searching for a sign, to know how you would feel
I wish I could change your mind
But I know you never will…

This Ones Gonna Hurt (Complete Mix)

BREATHING
JUST FOR DOING SOMETHING
AND NOT DO NOTHING
WASTING TIME

BEING BORN
INTO THIS BORING
WORLD OF NOTHING DOING
BUT WASTING TIME

LOVE SEEMED
SOMETHING TO BE TRIED OUT
BUT IT DIDN’T WORK OUT
SO I
WENT BY BYE

BREATHING
AND IF NOT FOR YAWNING
WHAT’S THE POINT OF LIVING
WASTING TIME

LIFE SEEMED
SOMETHING TO BE TRIED OUT
BUT IT DOESN’T WORK OUT
SO I
GO BY BYE

BREATHING
GENTLY SELF-ERASING
SLOWLY DISAPPEARING
WASTING TIME

LIFE SEEMED
SOMETHING TO BE TRIED OUT
BUT IT DOESN’T WORK OUT
SO I
GO BY BYE

BREATHING
WATCH THE SUNSET RISING
BACKWARDS IS THE FEELING
WASTING TIME

WASTING TIME (Lyrics)

COMBSTEAD and I made another!
Vocals, Lyrics and Guitar by Robert Grigg
Check out COMBSTEAD: @markcombs-92828285

Video Link:  https://youtu.be/camgLE7yI3o

On Track - Combstead / Robert Grigg

Still the adventures of young Loony/Bruno C
I did my best to restore this track with big mastering work; even though some defaults remain I'm quite happy with the results ^^

HOW TO GET AWAY   Bruno C

WE WERE SET UP IN A LOVE TRAP CALL IT A BLIND DATE
BY A MAN NAMED WALT WHOSE LAST NAME WAS FATE
AND IT DIDN’T TAKE AN HOUR BEFORE WE FELL FOR EACH OTHER NOW YOU CAN ASK TALLULAH SHE WILL TELL YOU ALLELUIA
I LOVE YOU... STILL
WE GOT MARRIED IN A SNOW STORM AT SILVERMINE TAVERN
AND THAT’S THE WAY OUR LOVE WAS BLOWN 
ONE WAY TICKET NO RETURN 
AND NOW IT’S BEEN 13 YEARS OF VALENTINE’S DAY
SO NEVER MIND BILLY SHEARS LET ME JUST PUT IT THIS WAY
OUI JE T’AIME QUAND MÊME ENCORE

HEY SUSAN AND STEVE WHAT A BALL WHAT A BALL POND 
PLANTING SEEDS LET THEM GROW YESTERDAY AS TOMORROW 
IT’S ON ALL WRITTEN ON THE SAND ON THE BEACH OF BLOCK ISLAND 
SO I GUESS ONE COULD SAY THEY BOTH HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY
I LOVE YOU... STILL

OUI JE T’AIME QUAND MÊME ENCORE

YES WE WERE SET UP IN A LOVE TRAP CALL IT A BLIND DATE
BY A MAN NAMED WALT WHOSE LAST NAME WAS FATE
AND IT DIDN’T TAKE AN HOUR BEFORE WE FELL FOR EACH OTHER NOW YOU CAN ASK TALLULAH SHE WILL TELL YOU ALLELUIA
I LOVE YOU... STILL
OUI JE T’AIME QUAND MÊME ENCORE

I LOVE YOU... STILL  (Lyrics) Song for Susan

Well I almost scrapped this song but after 3 weeks writing words, and then realizing how fun it is to sing, i kept it. I'm trying to figure out how to add a little lightheartedness to my music, but i think this one just turned out creepy lol. NOTE:  I always felt a little uncomfortable with the words, i just really didn't like them, so I reworked the chorus and a few other lines, and rerecorded the vocals. It seems a little better now...
 

I've seen my own worst enemy
Every night just staring back at me
Through the mirror with such animosity
And baby, it drives me crazy
I don’t understand what’s with this guy,
He don’t know that he’s alive
He combs his hair on the wrong side

I don’t expect you to understand,
But I’ve got these hammers for my hands
I like to start with everything
and smash away what I don’t need
and scattered all around are the pieces off of me
oh baby can’t you see what this done has to me

It’s a strange strange situation 
I need a little information
If it’s real or just imagination
Don’t say it’s so, I can’t believe 
Its down to you and me again
Up against the world my friend
Who can say   how this will end
 
It’s 3am and you’re slamming doors
Cause ‘I don’t speak your language anymore’
While I’m on my knees picking pieces
Of me up off the floor, 
I can’t lose much more, these pieces could be the last of me,
I wish I could see the way you see
is there anything left in this debris

Hammer Hands

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander
Guitar: Davy Vance https://soundcloud.com/skub1955

Not much I can do about the tragic events in Ukraine. I've decided that the aggressors can't appropriate the Z, so I'm taking it back in this metaphorical musical battle.

This is a tweaked master (for some of you this may be basics). I moved both the organ and vocal noisegate from last to first in the effects chain. This allows the effects such as delay to work and sound as intended. Also tried a saturator on the lead "high" vocal to make it stand out more in the mix. You will all let me know if this worked (it is most noticeable at the end where you can hear the organ fade out with the planned delay). On a side-note if anybody is interested in how the "sucking" effect is achieved on the drums it is using a combination of regular and reverse reverb. 

TAKING BACK THE Z

I’m taking back the Z
You can’t have it
You can’t have it
You can’t have it
You can’t have it
You can’t have it
It’s not white 
Z belongs to U
Yellow and blue
U
Yellow and blue
U

I can’t let go, it’s all I got
I can’t let go, it’s all I got
I can’t let go, no 

I’ll move from place to place
I’ll zig and I’ll zag
I’ll duck and I’ll hide
I’ll stay alive
I can’t let go, no

I’ll weave and I’ll bob
Be a thorn in your side
I’ll run and I’ll jump
No river’s too wide
I can’t let go, no

I’m taking back the Z
It’s all mine
It’s all mine
It’s all mine
It’s all mine
It’s all mine
It’s not white
Z belongs to U
Yellow and blue
U
Yellow and blue
Yellow and blue

I can’t let go, it’s all I got
I can’t let go, it’s all I got
I can’t let go, no 

I’ll beg and I’ll pray, 
Turn every stone
I’ll rant and I’ll rave
I’ll never rest
I can’t let go, no

I’ll be your worst nightmare
No matter your might
Be your worst nightmare 
Both day & night
I can’t let go, no

It’s all mine…

Taking Back The Z

Taking Back The Z | Davy Vance 🎸

Note: The i tweaked the mix a little bit, sounds a little better now..
Okay so i started a little early on my pride track for this year. It was supposed to be uplifting and happy, but Alabama just passed a law very similar, and yet worse, than Florida's idiotic don't say gay bill. So i finished this up, and it's a little acerbic. It's pride weekend here in Mobile this anyway so I guess it's as a good a time as any!

With my complete and heartfelt apology to Anastacia...

Here’s to the ones that feel like they don’t belong,
That are looking for a reason to keep hanging on
You’ve got a friend in me and you know that it’s so
And together we are stronger than you will ever know

If there’s a way to stand out you’ll find it
When it’s your time to shine you will blind them!

Now there’s a word going ‘round they’re tryna shut us down
Cause we don’t act like the others in their country club towns
And they’re spreading lies, they try to dehumanize
But they’re just putting us down to bring their selves up high

And we’ll never back down, we’re gonna stand our ground
And we won’t shut up, we’re gonna shout out loud

It’s our life and we’re gonna live it
They don’t have what it takes to break our spirit,
There’s a word that they hate, but they’re gonna hear it,
We’re gonna sing it out loud today, that word is,,,

Now it seems insane, they have so much to gain,
When they create some kind of drama just to smear our name,
We all have fear, and we all have pain,
But a little understanding goes a long, long way

And we’ll never back down, we’re gonna stand our ground
And we won’t shut up, we’re gonna shout out loud

It’s our life and we’re gonna live it
They don’t have what it takes to break our spirit,
There’s a word that they hate, but they’re gonna hear it,
We’re gonna sing it out from up above, that word is,,,
LOVE!

Love is the answer
Love brings understanding
Love pulls us together
It’s a word so demanding
Love wins over hate
It always prevails
Love tolerates,
Love never fails!
Love is what guides us,
It’s a beacon that blinds us
It will always finds us
Love will unite us!

The Word Is Love (Pride 2022)

Mixed and Mastered by Woods Studio
@woods_studio

Lyrics by Robbie and Cavebar, based upon our shared summer memories from many years ago:

Oooh..
Floating aimlessly in the night, somehow feeling our hearts taking flight,
Lying in our canoe on the bay, gently rocking our youth, all in sway,
Eyes fixed on the magical sky; star-filled wonder as meteors fly,
Soft surrender to mysteries vie with our need to know why.

Bobbing, quiet in darkness and calm, endless beauty that acts as a balm,
Sharing fragments of our young lives; 
Whispered stories of how we survived
Wondering aloud how to be; forming a philosophy
Trying hard to find the right word; when the meanings were blurred, and it all seemed absurd.
                 
Happy to be, happy to be, just happy to be, happy to be
Happy to be, just happy to be, on this planet.
Happy to be, happy to be, just happy to be, happy to be
Happy to be, just happy to be, on this planet.

Floating aimlessly in the night, somehow knowing all will be right,
Lying in that canoe on the bay, gently rocking our worries away,
Feeling fortunate and free, most of life was still to be,
Fostering a dream, of a future that’s bright, like the heavens at night.

Happy to be, happy to be, just happy to be, happy to be
Happy to be, just happy to be, on this planet.
Happy to be, happy to be, just happy to be, happy to be
Happy to be, just happy to be…….just to be.

Floating

VIDEO OFICIAL:  https://youtu.be/_O_a1-Flsm4

GIRASOL

El frío cubrió todo con una capa de hielo
y girasol es,
la noche aventaba todo su fulgor con la oscuridad 
y girasol es,
fue como estar ausente por un instante nada más, 
nada más.

El silencio atrapó todo con un manto de nácar necedad 
y girasol es,
la nada inundaba con blanca seda y negra oscuridad 
y girasol es,
fue como estar distante en el presente en ésta realidad, 
realidad. 


GIRASOL CREDITOS:

Sojue Stradac - Símbolos, signos y presentimientos.
Paulino Robles: Fotografía, portada CD  #FotoBazarTulancingo

SEMILLAS

Girasol

Quatrième et dernier titre du premier enregistrement studio des Catsbleed
Fourth and last title of the first Catsbleed studio recording

Bruno - Loony De Bussy - Chassaigne :  Vocals/guitars , Music&Words
Bruno Loeillot : Bass/vocals
Jo Caron : Keyboards
Yves Trevette : Drums

EVERY DAY - The Cats Bleed

Another live interpretation of an old classic love song, this one was originally written by Jimmy Duncan and first recorded by the Sonny Land Trio back in 1957. But this caught most of our attention from the Bobby Helms recording later that same year. I’ve also been a big fan of the version released in 1968 by The Vogues. This started as a live recording that Nat once again brought to full life with her beautiful accompanying vocals and instrumental nuances.

Deja Views

My Special Angel

My Special Angel (Cover)

This beautiful ballad was written by Michael Nesmith, probably best known as one of The Monkees, but remembered here as a solo artist. Sadly this was his only top 40 success though I feel he had other well written efforts. This is another one of our recordings that started with a raw live performance with some minor post-live enhancements.
Produced and Performed by Craig Durgy and Nat Daniels
Gentle Rain Records

Joanne

Joanne - Live (Cover)

Written by two Frenchmen, Pierre Delanoe (lyrics) and Gilbert Becaud (music) this now famous Everly Brothers recording from 1960 was originally recorded in French as “Je t’appartiens” by Gilbert Becaud. Nat and Craig feed on classic vocal harmonies and naturally greatly admire what the Everlys did with this beautiful love song. We cover this in a way that fairly closely follows the Everly approach.

Lyrics
I bless the day I found you
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you
Let it be me
Don't take this Heaven from one
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever
Let it be me
Each time we meet, love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be?
So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you'll always
Let it be me
Each time we meet love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be?
So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you'll always
Let it be me