A happy jig plus a clear eyed lyric sung with vim and vigor. As far as I can tell, the poor bugger keeps on joining up and aiding the oppressors. And then he dies and starts all over again. A true curse.

So sorry I thought I had posted a comment on this great track! Love it! Love the melody and the story. Do different. It’s great!

Great classic sound.  You’re a wonderful storyteller

A wonderful seafaring ditty sung with gumption, bravo!

powerful story telling and vocals here.  Great performance

Wonderful songwriting, story telling and performance. Slight echoes of Al Stewart with a classic folk feel - lovely stuff! :) PS I left a comment ages ago ……… and just noticed it had dissapeared 🤷‍♂️

Great theme - story and a vibrant presentation of foul deeds

Great tale, well cast!  Fuck white guilt, baby.  We Brits and Yanks earned it!

This is the first song that I have recorded with my HeadRush Looperboard. I layered four separate acoustic guitar parts using a Taylor Koa 214ce. I then added Latin Percussion Conga Drums, Teak Shakers & Meinl Bongos using my old Yamaha MD4s minidisk recorder. Now, I have remixed this track by adding my Slingerland Snare Drum with Wire Brushes and Zildjian Constantinople Cymbals.

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Before The Last Train Stops

Before The Last Train

Gettin The Squeeze

This is the 1st release by Gaz Brownie and myself , hopefully one of many ! Gaz came up with the lyrics and chords , so I did the music and production and this is the result . Gaz on lead vocals , and me on the music stuff and backing vocals , it really clicked , hope you like it ! My next release is on the 20th , From Higher Ground , this year is gonna be good !
Please check out Gaz Brownie , you will be amazed !

Give Each Other Up

Give Each Other Up ( Fox and Brownie )

Partage musical sur ce 3 temps composé par Broder T (Norway)

Venant du Nord, il découvre Paris

Guitare et voix Baie des anges

Nord PARIS Compositeur Broder T

More Than A Body

An Islander's Progress; being a song concerned with empire and imperialism, and their consequences, and reincarnation.

". . . false accounts of the role Britain played regarding colonisation not only misleads students but supplies them with a false sense of pride. This filter on reality may then be applied to view topics concerning race, discrimination and equality in their adulthood . . . (as a result) . . . racism is embedded in Britain’s history and society."
― Martin Greenwood: The Impact of the Past: How British Colonialism Affects the Modern World: May 4, 2021

Lyrics:
Over the seas and far away (and far away)
When I was young, I joined the ships leaving from the harbour
“Fair winds and following seas” went cries to each and every boat
We hastened down to Africa, then caught the Trade Winds west
With foul holds full of sad lost souls to toil in lands remote
But I drowned off the Florida coast in a raging hurricane
My body lost forever, but my soul it did remain

Proud Islander I was my friend, one of our doughty sailors
Whose cargo to America brought us wealth and God’s good favors
Proud Islander I was my friend
Though hard these days to comprehend
Proud Islander was I . . . Proud Islander was I

Over the seas and far away (and far away)
When I grew up, I yearned to be a brave strong soldier lad
So, I upped and joined the army, and sailed east to India
When the sepoys rose against us, we strapped them to our cannons
And blew them all to Hell and back in the name of Queen Victoria
But cholera came to claim me in a ravaging blue death
My body gone forever, but my soul it would not rest

Proud Islander I was my friend, proud of our mighty regiments
That did our people all inspire by seizing lands and continents
Proud Islander I was my friend
Though hard these days to comprehend
Proud Islander was I . . . Proud Islander was I

Over the seas and far away (and far away)
When good Queen Liz attained the throne, I joined the colony police
And fought the Mau-Mau brutally, with torture and fell murder
Yet in truth I’ll willingly admit to a conscience slightly stricken
When I forced a poor young Kenyan girl to couple with her father
Years later they avenged her fate, strung me up by a noose
My body left for animals, but my soul it still was loose

Proud Islander I was my friend, proud of our glorious history
That encompassed many centuries, albeit often bloodily
Proud Islander I was my friend
You may find it hard to comprehend,
Proud Islander was I … Proud Islander was I

My friend I’ve lived for centuries, seen the rise and fall of nations
I’ve seen bright mornings shining while a dark night duly lengthens
For all my sins it is my fate to be reborn again
I’ve not atoned! Proud Islander, I still am my friend!

Proud Islander I am my friend
Though I find it hard to comprehend,
I’m never going to die . . . I’m never going to die
I’m never going to die

Vocabulary:
Sepoys: The term sepoy referred to all native soldiers in the service of the British East India Company's army. For a number of reasons, many sepoys were involved in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against British rule. It's fair to say both sides committed atrocities during the Rebellion. It was repressed by the British and quite a few sepoys were executed as described in the song.

Mau-Mau: militant African nationalist movement that originated in the 1950s among the Kikuyu people of Kenya. The Mau Mau advocated violent resistance to British domination in Kenya. The British suppressed their rebellion by means of war with the Mau-Mau fighters and the use of detention camps for large swathes of the population.

Music: Michael Sellers; Sergio Aguilar
Lyrics: Michael Sellers; Gerry Verdier
Vocals: Michael Sellers
Guitars & bass, keyboards, & musical arrangement: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Sergio Aguilar
Sound engineering & production: Sergio Aguilar
Album Cover photo: Image originally from cottonbro studio on Pexels
Cover design: Michael Sellers; Loretta Sellers Fortuny

One Singer Left to Mourn

An Islander's Progress

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An Islander's Progress (UK Songwriting Contest: Star Rating: 5 Commended Entry)

Enemies from the Future

Lune 3 est l'aboutissement  de  plus de 3  ans d'évolution de ' lune '. ici une version  dans l' esprit du live  un seul violoncelle, un seul violon , et une batterie prise live . Le violon de rosin dust nous envoûte. 
la video ici: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr23mfojczs

Lune 3

Lune ( avec Rosin Dust )

Another track where I get to write melody and lyrics over Kris Bolin's music and expert production!  Check out his band The Bawl Slant - ( @bawl-slant)

Music and Production - Kris Bolin 
Lyrics and melody - Marc Freak

THE AFTERLIFE IS LIES
Every night I wake up in a sweat
Every night I feel the cold and wet
End of the night it seems like the best yet

CHORUS
Think that I'm crazy
Tell me that the afterlife is lies
When I feel the shaking of your thighs
Think I'm demented
Do I decry your thoughts and faith
Well I am straddled by a wraith

The spectre's touch will bring me to the end
The benefits are better then a friend
The spectre's touch that i will not defend against

CHORUS

The Afterlife Is Lies (with Kris Bolin)

This song is an homage to my best friends. MY GUITARS. They have been a constant source of joy and creativity. Always there when i need them. The vessels that songs come from, and help me tell the stories of my life, my experiences, and share them with all of you!  Long live the music, and long live the guitars!

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Michael Sellers is a guitar playing singer-songwriter from England, now living and recording songs in Merida, Mexico. 

Landing page: https://linktr.ee/michaelfirthsellers

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