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All my favorite tracks of the year. Send me a message if you'd like your track to be included!

My 2021 favorites

IS THIS LOVE
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2015/2020

IF YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT TO FEEL IT
YOU GOT TO PLAY IT, YOU GOT TO MAKE IT

YOU GOT TO EAT IT, YOU'VE GOT TO GROOVE IT
YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR IT, YOU'VE GOT TO BREAK IT

(Ref)
TAKE MY LOVE AND TAKE AWAY
THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE
SHOULD NEVER COME THIS WAY
WE'VE MADE THIS LOVING WORLD
FOR EACH AND EVERY HEART

(chorus)
YOU'RE THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE BEST THING ALL THE TIME
IS THIS LOVE

(Break 1)

ATTRACT IT, DON'T CONFUSE IT
EVOLUTION, IT HAS MADE US

YOU GOTTA DRIVE IT, YOU;VE GOT TO BREATH IT
YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW IT, I CAN'T FAKE IT

(Ref)
TAKE MY LOVE AND TAKE AWAY
THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE
SHOULD NEVER COME THIS WAY
WE'VE MADE THIS LOVING WORLD
FOR EACH AND EVERY HEART

(chorus)
YOU'RE THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE BEST THING ALL THE TIME
 IS THIS LOVE,  IS THIS LOVE,  IS THIS LOVE

(break 2)

(Ref)
TAKE MY LOVE AND TAKE AWAY
THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE
SHOULD NEVER COME THIS WAY
WE'VE MADE THIS LOVING WORLD
FOR EACH AND EVERY HEART

(chorus)
YOU'RE THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE BEST THING ALL THE TIME
IS THIS LOVE,  IS THIS LOVE,  IS THIS LOVE

AB MASTERED SONGS

IS THIS LOVE

‘’Catharsis’’ encompasses the energy and release felt when finally dealing with internal issues. It’s almost a celebration of choosing the right path to a more positive life and starting the inner journey.

‘’Past Mistakes’’, my sophomore solo EP, is available now: https://rickvanmeijel.bandcamp.com/album/past-mistakes

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Past Mistakes

Catharsis

Catharsis | Past Mistakes

Composition : Julien Morency
Here's my new composition.  At first I thought the mood would stay cold and melancholic, but at the end I guess I was caught by the Holiday spirit...😉  I think whatever happening in life, better keep searching the brighter path what do you think?!😏💖

Voici ma nouvelle composition.  Au début je croyais que l'ambiance resterait froide et mélancolique, mais à la fin je crois que l'esprit des fêtes m'a rattrapé...🙂  Je pense que peu importe ce qui arrive dans la vie, c'est mieux de continuer de chercher le chemin éclairé qu'en pensez-vous?!😏💖

The North Star

Acheter/Buy

Light

My first song of 2021. Lots of piano, synths, clarinets and bouncy bass. 🎶🎤🎵🎧💕

Heavy

Let's start the year in a slow mood.
Is slow life the solution...?
happy new year my dear friends :) enjoy 2021 with peace, happiness, love and be healthy <3
Thank You all for the support, listens and shares, also for all the wonderful messages/comments You gave me <3
P.L.U.R

Take me higher

Take Me Higher

Original music by : FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin composer Cover hart by : Suzanne Morin  artist painter

THE MAGIC FOX

Background

This is my take on an old traditional song. The earliest reference I've discovered is around 1847.  It supposedly had other titles 'The Grinders' and 'The Saddle on the Right Horse'  

It is a vivid description of the lot of Sheffield Grinders, working and often dying early in life due to their trade. The 'Grinding Hull's' mentioned in the lyrics were grim places, full of particles of metal and dust from the grinding wheels. Historical evidence suggests boys were often apprenticed from nine to twelve years of age.

Through my working career I was employed in the Steel Industry engaged in scientistic work and environmental research, quite a bit of it related to occupational health problems, So it is no surprise to me and very fitting that I wanted to get this song recorded. As a Sheffield lad born and bred it connects for me I guess. 

Apparently a version of this traditional song was recorded by 'The Ian Campbell Group' in 1972 and the band 'Afterhours' from their eponymous cassette only album from 1988. After hearing the 'Afterhours' 1988 version, I decided to work up a DADGAD guitar arrangement of my own.  Here is the result.
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Instrumentation and Arrangement

I wanted a simple arrangement for this song as really it's all about the lyrics and overall message. I used a DADGAD guitar tuning and aimed for a strum pattern that hopefully reflects the cyclical rhythmic quality of the grindstones in use.

After the main vocals was recorded I decided a bit of backing vocals would add a bit of extra spice to the overall song. Sometimes voice and guitar is all you really need. :-)
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The Sheffield Grinder (Lyrics around 1847)
**( with small revisions for this version)
(Photograph taken from the Illustrated London News 1866)

The Sheffield grinder's a terrible blade.
Tally ho, the grinder!
'Fore he sets his little 'uns down to trade.
Tally ho, the grinder!
He sets ‘em all down to grind in the hull,
Till their bodies are stunted and their eyes are dull,
And their brains are all dizzy and dazed in their skulls.
Tally ho, the grinder!

He shortens his life and he hastens his death.
Tally ho, the grinder!
And he’ll drink steel dust with every breath.
Tally ho, the grinder!
And he won't wash his hands ‘ere he eats a meal
And he won’t wear a mask as he grinds at his wheel
And he’ll die as he’s lived, as hard as cold steel.
Tally ho, the grinder!

(Instrumental)

The Sheffield grinders of whom we do speak.
Tally ho, the grinder!
Well they’re men who’ll earn just one pound a week.
Tally ho, the grinder!
But of Sheffield grinders another sort
Methinks ought to be called to court,
Aye, and that’s the grinding Government Board.
Tally ho, the grinder!

At whose door lies the blacker blame?
Tally ho, the grinder!
Oh where lies the heavier weight of shame?
Tally ho, the grinder!
Is it the famine-price contractor's head,
Or on the workman who’s under-fed,
And who grinds his own bones and his children’s for bread?
Tally ho, the grinder!

The Sheffield Grinder

Old Times

THE JODY GRIND (H. SILVER) -  brano tratto dall'album "NEWTONe"

Federico Ariano - Drums
Ludovico d'Apollo - Bass
Gian Luigi Carlone - Soprano sax -
Gianluigi Corvaglia - Tenor sax

Light

Riley