VERY upbeat, retro vibe, done on unplugged electric as it was fairly early in the morning and we have to consider the neighbours. That backing singer is supportive throughout - the main vocals are quiet and barely distinguishable in the first part, yet still provide good harmony, then towards the middle as the main vocalist feels the support of her backer her voice swells with confidence, it's good to hear ! However, the backing vocalist does have the last word  (if it can be called a word :-) ) Enjoy ! (PS I have a friend who says she doesn't like it when people sing about sad things in an upbeat manner, but for me it really helps ?)

Lonely Doop De Doop Yeaaaah

The most chilled-out track I've ever done I think, which is true progress for me :-)
I did 'apply noise reduction' but it lost something, so I've left it fuzzy. Hope it helps you all chill, if you need it :-) It's a bit quiet, but hey, that helps with the chill. And yes, you really can hear raindrops on the roof right at the start :-)
AND the fade out at the end is all natural, no help from Audacity ! I truly WAS chilled !

Leave Yourself Behind/Messages

So Markus https://soundcloud.com/16031975m sent me this track, which he had named 'Lycantropic', so I took the name on board and came up with these lyrics. I had GREAT fun ! I love this track Markus ! And I was getting better at howling towards the end, though I sound more like an over-excited puppy than a werewolf :-) And the picture IS me and my guitar on the way to the open mic this evening, AND THE FULL MOON !!!    ...and here, on youtube, is an acoustic version of this track :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNhUjYUyBRg

Lycantropic MJJM TC

I've been waiting for this chance for ages ! Months and months ago Iain McLay, guitarist and frontman of local band Akimbo, kindly put some lead guitar on my track 'The Essence Of Your Heart', and we've been trying to get together ever since to do some more recording, on my track 'Take Me Back To The Riverside', which Iain heard me busking in Bury St Edmunds and really took a shine to. So today he came over to my 'studio', which incidentally is on a riverside, and we recorded THIS. Vocals have been re-done as well, more mellow and less shouty :-) Odd how it's taken an increase in confidence to achieve a reduction in vocal volume .... I was breaking through some barrier before, I guess. 
Anyway, thank you So much Iain, and hope you all enjoy this :-)

Take Me Back To The Riverside W Iain Lead

Originally written in a picky style, this one's now a 3/4 strum. I like this one :-) Busked it for the first time today, and really enjoyed myself :-) At least one other person liked it as well ! Result ! And there's a shaker on this track, but I can't do that AND play the guitar at the same time :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHSFb6t6JM

‘The Mists Of The Past’ by Tracey Cracknell

She was a really nice lady
But her decisions were bad
Her love she had squandered
On many a cad
Poor woman was convinced she was cursed
So when somebody liked her she ran away first
Yeah when somebody liked her she ran away first
“It’s self-preservation” the mirror she told
But the lack of elation was making her old
Though her looks they were fading
Her soul she would keep
And when she was ready she’d make the leap
Yeah when she was ready then she’d make the leap
Until that sweet moment she’d stay on her own
Nobody could hurt her if she was alone
Bad memories faded, they faded at last
Until they were lost in the mists of the past
And she could look forward with no further pain
And find a new love and be happy again

The Mists Of The Past

‘All We Need Is To Be Free’ by Tracey Cracknell ... youtube https://youtu.be/4I235EqdxVw
In my opinion this track would benefit from the addition of cello, to ground it, but my cello fell over (onto the ground, actually) and I’m having trouble getting it to stay in tune now, but as the song would suggest, it doesn’t actually NEED it 😊 …PS thanks to the most awesome Iain McLay for advice on which line, out of the three options I gave him, should be the title. I didn’t give him the other two that it might have been ! Thanks Iain 😊 ... and finally, I've got the vocals taking precedence because, after the 'n'th time of listening, the picky guitar, though nice, was getting on my nerves a bit lol, so I made it quieter :-)

We only get one life, you know
We write our own story
And you must find your way, like me
And if you leave behind
The search for power, fame and glory
I think you’ll find
All we need is to be free

All We Need Is To Be Free

This track again, with guts, for Rich to have a listen :-)
collab with Rich Hall https://soundcloud.com/49fables
and Rick Medlock https://soundcloud.com/rick-4-1

Youre an original RAMONED mix Rich Hall, Rick Medlock

https://youtu.be/rt6F9ecRFgI  ... and it's the second song at the open mic HERE https://www.facebook.com/100014908718043/videos/264798864027069/

So, I'm sitting in the bar of the local sports and social club getting wifi ... there's a cricket match on the sports ground outside, the sun is shining, people are clapping politely when a run is scored AND I'm UPLOADING A PUNK SONG AND THEY DON'T KNOW !!! I LOVE it :-) !!!!

'I Never Know What To Say To You' by Tracey Cracknell

I never know what to say to you
I'm tongue-tied like a fool and I don't know what to do
I never know what to say to you
But I like it
Coz I like you !

....it's only a chorus at the moment really, but check out my youtube vid, that'll give you some idea :-) ... and my headphone socket is still playing up, so sorry if the mix is a bit rubbish ... mmmm, think I might need to drop the lead guitar a bit .... and rejoice with me, people ! I voluntarily used a barre chord !!!

Lyrics and vocals ... Trace
Bass ... Trace
Rhythm guitar ... Trace
Backing vocals ... Trace
Lead guitar ... Trace
Drums ... not Trace, but I DID push the button to start and stop them :-)

PS it now has four verses as well, I'll get around to recording them sometime, but they've already been aired live at The Alma in Cambridge. Went down really quite well :-) .... and I've just busked it in Bury St Edmunds .... no-one threw rotten tomatoes, RESULT !!!!

I Never Know What To Say To You

:-) ahhh :-) a very sweet little song :-) and here's a funny video for it :-)Song starts a little way in, I got carried away with telling you all about it :-)
https://youtu.be/jSL7cRhbgbQ

'Listen To Me Now' by Tracey Cracknell

Listen to me now
I don't believe in destiny now
But if I did, it's true
My destiny would be
You and me now
Yeah I know it's true
Do you hear what I'm saying ?
You won't catch me praying
Coz God is not my friend
Though he may get me in the end
It's you and me now
I don't believe in destiny now
But if I did, it's true
Oh my destiny would be
You and me now
Yeah I know it's true
Oh whatever we have started
It's not for the faint-hearted
But I know deep down I'm brave
But that's not what I crave
It's you and me now
I don't believe in destiny now
But if I did, it's true
My destiny would be you ......

Listen To Me Now

I wrote a song after a somewhat hectic day, sent it out on a facebook live video https://www.facebook.com/100014908718043/videos/307884559718499/ within 20 minutes of writing it, Rich Hall of https://soundcloud.com/49fables saw and heard it, and wanted to enhance it, so here it is :-) Thanks Rich :-) Also, I may change the cover art to one provided by the one and only Jerry Lochman https://soundcloud.com/time2cclear, but this one here (if it's the red 'sea') is mine, hope you like it :-) Hope you like the track too :-)

'Peaceful Now' by Tracey Cracknell (feat Rich Hall)

Sirens wail and banshees howl
Chaos then
Peaceful now
We all have a tale to tell
A taste on Heaven
A touch of Hell
The best of us and the worst
The last of us
And the first
Sirens wail and banshees howl
Chaos then
Peaceful now

Peaceful Now feat Rich Hall

Youtube vid ... https://youtu.be/Jldcpjuk3po
A collaboration arising from an actual, physical, face-to-face jam this afternoon ... hope you're pleased with the result Eamon https://soundcloud.com/eamon-heneghan ! Rather slightly to the left of perfect, but hey, who's counting lol :-) Much fun, and here's to many more jams :-) Maybe gigs too, who knows ? Live it now !!! .... PS the title and words are in no way expressive of any particular political stance.

Unallocated

Left Of Centre

An instrumental track, two guitar parts, two bass parts, a bit of percussion, and then I added something fizzing as I felt it needed a little chaos :-) I think that's all ... so far. And the picture is of the 'thing' that I made this morning whilst listening to this track :-) Do you think I have a career as a hatter ?
By the way, the track is 'mixed' by the universe as my headphone socket is in need of repair, but I hope you like it anyway :-)

Bearable Chaos

Mixed with my fingers crossed :-) Headphone socket still, erm, eclectic :-)

Green-shaded lamps cast their light so dimly
On pages filled with a mystic sign
I could translate but it isn't in me
So turn your back as I turn mine
Turn your back as I turn mine
And walk away from their silent knowledge
With ignorance and bliss intact
No weights increased upon your shoulders
Just words unknown, enlightened, fact.
Words unknown, enlightened
Do we need a destination
Do we need to know the way
Do we need a one and only
And do we need for them to stay ? 
Do we need for them to stay ?
Send yourself an empty message
Send yourself a text today
Send yourself an empty message
You'll see there's nothing to display
You'll see there's nothing to display
Do we need an explanation ?
Do we need to know for why ?
I am feeling fascination
And I will feel it 'til I die
I will feel it 'til I die
You can keep your violent visions
And you can keep your wicked words
I will keep my inhibitions
And we can share the whole wide world
We can share the whole wide world
Green-shaded lamps cast their light so dimly
On pages filled with a mystic sign

Mystic Sign

A guitar track, dupliacted and put out to the sides, and layers and layers of vocals :-) No bass as yet. Hope you like it !!! .... PS youtube vid :-) https://youtu.be/lXw5OsR5cd8

'No Heart Left To Break' by Tracey Cracknell

I thought I had no heart left to break
But I found out way too late
I shoulda known you'd be the one to break it
You got no heart left to break
No heart
No heart
No heart left to break
Too many eggs in one basket
And they're falling to the ground
It shouldn't be too much to ask, should it,
That you don't hang around ?
You should leave me to my healing
Or maybe I should go away
But soon I'll be revealing to myself
That I will be okay
Oh yeah I'm gonna be okay
No heart etc


...words may differ, they often do :-)

No Heart Left To Break

Erm. Minimalist. Bass. A bit weird. Hypnotic

The spring is broken on my clock
I don't know what's real and what's not
I wind it up just the same
But then it breaks again

Spring

So this one started out as a song called 'Still Inside My Head', I had two really vastly different experiences performing that same song at the same venue, the last experience broke me and the song a bit, so here it is, mended, for me and it, and you, with a few extra words as backing vocals, that I think make all the difference :-) Hope you like it :-) Play along if you like, it's only two chords :-)

'Don't Give Up' by Tracey Cracknell

(I love you more because you're broken...don't give up)
Pastures new
Trouble is
I can't decide
Which pasture has the sweetest grass
Whilst the thought of you is still inside my head
You're still inside my head
(I love you more because you're broken .... don't give up)
You invite me in
So you can kick me out again
I've had enough 
Of you and all your silly games
You say our paths might cross
I might not believe my luck
But just like all those times before we'll
Mess it up
(I love you more because you're broken...don't give up)
Pastures new etc

Don't Give Up

I should have a photo of a spring really, shouldn't I ?! :-) Anyway, I wrote this one when I was feeling rather wobbly psychologically. Am feeling much better now :-) Rich Hall heard it and decided he'd like to enhance it a little, so here it is :-) Thanks Rich !!! (Rich 'is' https://soundcloud.com/49fables

Spring ... collab with Rich Hall

Acoustic version of a song written a couple of weeks ago on bass. Hope you like it :-) It's folky like this :-)

Fear Not The Shattered Cove

This is the first one I've recorded for a while, probably needs some sparing bass, but I'm happy with it so far :-) Had fun anyway !!! Hope you like it :-)
'Silent Lightning' by Tracey Cracknell
I'm lost in an ancient fairytale
Lost in an ancient fairytale
With dragons and knights of old
But the dragons have lost their fire now
And the knights are none too bold
There's a double-edged sword in an old leather scabbard
Once christened with blood and the sweat of a brow
Long dead and laid in the grave
Woah life, let it run through ya
Sitting on the roof watching silent lightning
Bats flying round my head in the dark
Swaying with the leaves as they rustle in the trees
Sure beats wishing I was dead
Sure beats wishing I was dead
Woah life, let it run through ya
It don't just happen to ya
We cross the lines between realities
We join the dots and that is what we see
We cross the lines between realities
We join the dots and that is what we see
Woah life, let it run through ya
It don't just happen to ya
Fishing with a magnet when the willow stole my chimney
Upstream of the lock
Meditating on a web decorated with the hands
Of a dandelion clock
Looking from the darkness through the curtained window
At the creatures of the light
You can stab me with your gaze and your lack of resolution
But you won't get me to fight
I know you're there
I can feel your stare
Woah love, just do it to me
Oh love just runs right through me
Woah life, let it run through ya
It don't just happen to ya
Sitting on the roof watching silent lightning
Bats flying round my head in the dark

Silent Lightning

I love Betty :-) Betty's a campervan. Me and Betty are an item, but Betty has to go. I will love Betty forever. Here's her song. It sounded awesome on headphones, but my headphones ARE broken lol, so it may actually sound a bit like three mad women singing the same song at once, hopefully :-) Hope you enjoy it anyway :-) Betty makes people smile :-)
I've set this one as a FREE DOWNLOAD to spread the love as far as possible :-) And there's always room for improvement, extra backing vocals, instrumental solos, etc, just message me :-)

The End Of The Road

https://www.facebook.com/100014908718043/videos/462290570944563/?id=100014908718043 ..... going on mini-tour in Brighton UK, 25th-30th May 2019
I'm a singer/Songwriter/(former...well, sort of occasional now, I suppose)busker living on the Suffolk/Cambs border, also known as Post-Punk Folk Rock Poet https://youtu.be/Qqujx8RsP90 ! Also an artist - check out my art and poetry on the link below at :
shambaladelfuego.wixsite.com/tracey-cracknell

Poetry books available on Kindle using the links below

Copyright on all songs and artwork owned by Tracey Ann Cracknell

Thanks to all my collaborators :-) :

Iain McLay, front man of local covers band Akimbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhntzz_UAAo
The Castrati Brothers https://soundcloud.com/121248_rw
Jay Greenfield https://soundcloud.com/jgrnfld
3rd Prodigy https://soundcloud.com/3rdprodigy
Tom Riccardi https://soundcloud.com/tom-riccardi
Chris Wood https://soundcloud.com/user-608472821
Markus (MJJM) https://soundcloud.com/16031975m
Les Johnson https://soundcloud.com/eljay-15
Bob Smith https://soundcloud.com/bob-smith-83
Martin Andersson https://soundcloud.com/mkandersson1982
Mike Spring https://soundcloud.com/mike-spring
Donald Bell https://soundcloud.com/donald-bell-227867146
Lawrence Farr https://soundcloud.com/awrencearr
Two Bob https://soundcloud.com/twobob
Andy Bushell https://soundcloud.com/plasmatronlfo
Juxta John https://soundcloud.com/juxtamusic
Jerry Lochman https://soundcloud.com/time2cclear
Phil McWalter https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter
Rick Medlock https://soundcloud.com/rick-4-1
Rich Hall 49 Fables https://soundcloud.com/49fables
More to come.....

....Thank you all SO much for your support ! Apologies for any delay in responding to comments etc, am trying my best to keep up :-)....
Some of you will know that I'm not 'online' at home, so can't listen as much as some, and I like to listen to like/repost etc, but I'll do my best !
I've been reposting, but have had a clear-out now, and am going to try and still repost, but clear them down regularly. They make the biggest splash when they first hit the stream anyway, don't they ?

Tracey Cracknell

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