Wow Luke, this is truly exceptional! 🎹✨ The way you've layered those synth textures with the piano creates such a dreamlike atmosphere - totally living up to that Manhattan illusion vibe. The saxophone adds this perfect jazzy touch that just floats through the mix 🎷 Love how you've worked those tape effects, giving everything this wonderful vintage warmth. The drum programming is so tasteful too, never overwhelming but keeping everything moving forward with style 🥁 Your production really shines here - each element has its own space to breathe while still feeling cohesive. The depth and dimensionality of the mix is outstanding. This is the kind of track that reveals new details with each listen. Pure class my friend! 🎼 Keep crafting these musical gems! 🌟

Very nice track, Luke!  Really puts one in a New York state of mind.

Very nice atmosphere! Cool Beat and great piano!

The Great Luke, does it all 🙌🏾❤️‍🔥💯❤️‍🔥🙌🏾

Anytime brother Luke 🙌🏾💯👊🏾👊🏾

Like all your Beat's TITLES, Very Original with every Aspect of YAH Music Too! I really enjoy listening, Luke, keep it up, Brother! 🫡🙏🏽

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Thank you Farays
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“Manhattan illusion” by Luke

"Whatever"is an '80s-style rock song. It talks about the world of disposable and temporary things we live in, where nothing lasts long enough to become real. Friendships, relationships, love — everything is plastic and fleeting. A time without memories.

Whatever (Tanto Faz)

It’s just like that, the way I recall,
Blurred-out words, nothing real at all.
I hit the street, but I’m not there,
Can’t see you — green or red, I don’t care.
I walk ahead, try not to glance behind,
Where I go, you don’t cross my mind — that’s fine.
What’s gone is gone, it won’t return,
The future waits, no need to burn.
It’s gone, it’s done — no more glory,
The fire wipes out every story.
Time just moves, it won’t relent,
Chasing wins, it kills the present.
And memory? It fades, it dies,
Just disappears before your eyes.

++++++++++PORTUGUES

Tanto faz é um rock estilo anos 80. Fala sobre o mundo de coisas descartáveis e temporarias em que vivemos, onde nada dura tempo suficiente para se tornar verdadeiro. Amizades, relacionamentos, amores...tudo é plastico e passageiro. Um tempo sem memórias.

Tanto Faz

É bem por ai, é como eu me lembro;
Palavras difusas, tudo fake;
Descubro a rua e não me vejo;
Não te enxergo, verde ou vermelho;
Sigo em frente sempre tento não olhar pra trás;
Pra onde ando não te percebo, tanto faz;
O que passou, passou. Não volta jamais;
O futuro te espera, fica em paz;
Passou, passou, não tem mais glória.
O fogo varre toda a história.
O tempo sempre segue em frente, buscando a vitória despreza o presente.
A memória se diluí, se desfaz.

Whatever (Tanto Faz)

A few months back, anyone landing on this page was extended an invitation to….“come set for a spell in The Blue Room…..when nobody loves you.”  Well, took a while, but I reckon the word’s getting out amongst the broken hearted - this smoky little back-alley jazzabilly joint been seeing some semi-decent crowds lately.  Might have to add a couple more tables over there in that side area where we been storing the old feltless pool table.   

I dunno, maybe there really are a lot of lonely hearts out there, looking for companionship.  But my bet is that the real draw here is the new act on stage, as the house band is now joined by two long-time Atlanta musicians - Herb Avery and his Hammond organ, and Randy Hunter with his saxophone.   

For this version of the house theme song (aka The Blue Room), not only is my fumbly-finger organ solo replaced with Randy’s stellar saxophone, but I’ve put together a new intro, much more fitting for the new instrumentation.   And btw, brother Herbert not only plays his Hammond on the song, but that’s him you’ll hear playing the background lounge piano as the track opens.

So yeah, come set for a spell (whether you're loved or not), and let Randy & Herb show you their stuff.   

(Original version is here:) https://soundcloud.com/bruceavery/the-blue-room?si=36546f88f147427aba1593bf85a7ec1f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The Blue Room - version 2 w/sax & B3

Composed & Produced by Val Akey.
Thank you for listening!

Release date: 27 August 2025

A Romance Torn By The Wind

Ghosts, they never fully disappear.

Lyrics

[Verse]
Soft as the moonlight drapes the floor
I hear your footsteps at my door
A ghost of you
Or maybe more

[Chorus]
Play it again
The tune I know
The one that danced so soft
So slow
Let the whispers rise
Let the echoes flow

[Verse 2]
The clock hands pause
The air stands still
The room hums low
A quiet thrill
Each note a bridge
Each chord a hill

[Bridge]
Fingers brushing
The ivory speaks
A song of moments
The love it seeks
In every pause
The silence leaks

[Chorus]
Play it again
The tune I know
The one that danced so soft
So slow
Let the whispers rise
Let the echoes flow

Whisper of the Keys

"Karson Sinbad emerges as my new alter ego — an Afro-American Ken doll reimagined with an aura of mystery and effortless style." - Mavio 


Hi Ken

My Name Is (Hi Ken)

The Earth Love

Sprawling Mantra (Remix 2025)

Now THIS is a shitty song!

Lyrics:
All you people, better watch your back
He’s parkour poopin’ down the railroad track
Gonna mount his fecal attack
He’s a scatophilic acrobat

Taking shits and doing the splits,
Nobody can withstand the spray of his fecal blitz
Squirting doo doo everywhere
While he does back flips through the air

Look out for shit streaks
They’re signs that he’s lurking
In quarters of town in your vicinity
How can this be?  I’ll tell you
There’s no one that won’t be covered in his shit
From head to toe you’ll be drenched
In his ca-ca, oh Chewbacca!
Nobody knew his weaponized poo
Would be used as a warfare projectile
Hosing you down all over town
His volcanic asshole erupts on your face

Gotta eat his fibre and prunes
Using diarrhea to make water balloons
The odor from his shitting spree
It will bring you to your fucking knees

Taking dumps and stumping chumps
Gulping down laxatives while snorting some bumps
Getting chased on down the road,
You can all fucking suck on his choad

Don’t need a pit stop
He’ll break into your shop
And dook on the carpet, 
Then he’ll do it again till quarter to ten, and then he’ll
Re-aim his cross hairs to seniors in park squares
The elderly won’t be spared
Of his diarrhetic discharge
On a war path, excretion blast
Nobody will make it out unstained
Infections of staph, run to the bath
And clean yourself off before it’s too late, now

Taking shits and doing flips
Falling down stairs and breaking his hips
Rush him to the hospital
Where he’ll take a fucking shit on you all

Taking poops and marching the troops
Squirting his shit through flying circus hoops
He’s a GG Allin fan
He’s a scatophilic acrobat

He’s off to the races
He’ll crap on your faces
And onto your dinner plate
You’re throwing a fit, you’re eating his shit
It’s time to seek shelter immediately
Or fall victim to his digestive system
Spray your ugly face with ca-ca
Time to get hit with a blast of shit
Pretty soon you will be seeing brown
His shit is punk rock, the best on the block
Got fired from his job as a circus clown


Scatophilic is not a real word, I made it up

Scatophilic Acrobat

autumn leaves

What Do You See

We are for real! This is no joke! This IS on G! I ate a tire, SEND THE DOCTA!!!

For_Real

My new 🎹  🎺 piece is called..“Smokey Hornz”
                         

All music posted on this channel created & composed & played & arranged & produced in house by myself (Luke)

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one of a kind …
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