Another great one! Love the guitar solo near the end! Excellent lyrics too!👍🎸

Fantastic composition and cool vocals /sound 😎👌

This is an absolutely brilliant song! I wouldn't have wanted to miss it, thanks for sharing!

Sounding even better after listening to it for a second time, I guess its growing on me!😁Great track! 🔥

Excellent musicianship, vocals, lyrics, production & mix. Top-notch song, enjoy very much! 🎸😃

Featuring... Drums!!  Oh wow!  Sharing vox!  Nice harmony parts.  It ain't country... Is it Americana?  It's rock!!  Way to go!  Peace!!  =)

I started with an image of my grand daughter on her roller skates and thought about the feeling of freedom on those skates.  Then I drew on some memories from childhood, a class mate who went AWOL with a rock n roll band, which at the time I though was really exciting.  I've mixed reality and fantasy and created a song about looking back at life, the things we did and didn't do.  I've layered up the sound using Audacity and a Roland Duo-Capture Ex interface, my Yamaha P - 121 digital piano and SM 58 mic.  Sorry about the gap at the start, this is the first time I've used a metronome to try and keep to time and the first track had a couple of intro notes, but I deleted it as I didn't like the sound.  Unfortunately I don't know how to edit the first few seconds out.  The painting is an old one of mine,  I think it reflects the song to an extent.  Thank you for listening and I welcome your feedback as always.  I've tried to use techniques that came from this lovely SC community and I'm very grateful.

I Wish That Girl Was Me

Ranger Girls

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Fantastic Flight

I DON'T WANT ANY MORE OF YOUR COFFEE
when i ask you
you want to run away

You talk a lot and then
you can't meet

Do not tell me anything
I already know about you

And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…
And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…


There will be no more ruin
I want my life
of your sticks
I passed it
Away from you


days of bitterness
Of forbidden laughter
Only when
I think of you

I don't want any more of your coffee
I don't want any more of your coffee

when i ask you
you want to run away

You talk a lot and then
you can't meet

And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…
And I don't want any more coffee
Of you…

There will be no more ruin
I want my life
of your sticks
I passed it
Away from you


days of bitterness
Of forbidden laughter
Only when
I think of you

I don't want any more of your coffee
I don't want any more of your coffee
Coffee…

Café

Several decades ago, a daughter of a middle-class family had disappeared & ended up with her body tossed in a river.
The deceased had 4 siblings that were jealous of her & wanted her inheritance portion.
So, before her 18th birthday the egomaniac sisters decided to get rid of her. 
In a plot to drive the victim crazy, they failed. The wicked sisters then contrived a plan to ensure that their desires would be fulfilled by their own maniacal methods. They would invite their target to go swimming. 
...Except, when they all joined together under the guise of family love, they strangled & drown their innocent sister. 
Now the body has come to the surface & is discovered by fishermen out boating. The sisters do not yet know they will now be hunted for custody. 
The strange thing about the murder case is that the other relatives were found to be in on the death, too. Greed was an obvious malefactor set to create demise, but there was far more of a dark secret that was the motive for doing away with the one sister. What did the deceased know that she shouldn't have?
The authorities have a tough road ahead of them as they cut through a thick 'wall' of family feigned charm turned fatal.

Discovering The Missing Body

Naissance

Arrows Of The Sun

Mood Exhibit - Fragile Oasis

Wait for me / Paploviante
Bass, Music and Mix Paploviante
Vocals: www.ghosthack.de
Lyrics:
Wait for me
I'm not far behind
I know that i can change
Remembering
All of those nights
Beneath the window frame
Don't know why
We keep going round and round
in the same place
Can't decide
To live my life on the ground or in outer space
Memories
Keep me waiting for you
Leave with me
To the stars above I think I'm ready for you

Wait For Me - Paploviante

Recorded in the 1990s on 4 track recording machine and a hardware sequenzer.
©1995 m: H. Krumm / t: & vocals: E.
Guitar played by R. Hanke
This ist the 1997 version of the song.
Remastered from compact cassette  in 2022.

Passenger

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Passenger - 1990s Vintage

Mexico is considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone. 14 journalists killed this year, and counting!

Dedicado a esos periodistas de México, y de muchos otros países, que han sido asesinados haciendo su trabajo, ya los que continúan a pesar de las amenazas de violencia!
Dedicated to those journalists from Mexico, and from many other countries, who have died violently doing their job, and to those who continue despite the threats of violence!

A special thanks to Ale Destiny, whose vocals added so much to this song. Listen to her latest song "Vincent" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfa7jjZoK0U&list=OLAK5uy_kwTdpzKWQbJ5Xm05Ok3ulGPmfAm_xv7s8

"La violencia contra la prensa en México no da tregua y en solo seis meses, lo que va de 2022, 12 periodistas han sido asesinados en el país, según el recuento de organizaciones como Artículo 19, Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF), el Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) y el que registra CNN."
(The violence against the press in Mexico does not let up and in just six months, so far in 2022, 12 journalists have been murdered in the country, according to the count of organizations such as Article 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) and the one recorded by CNN.)
― Rocío Muñoz-Ledo: 4 Julio, 2022, CNN Español

“No society can be free and fair without journalists who are able to investigate wrongdoing, bring information to citizens, hold leaders accountable and speak truth to power.”
― UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Journalists ... have been killed ... in a lot of places where hard rain falls. As readers or journalists, we honor them when we remember that their dying was not part of a plan to make the world cheaper, baser, or dumber. They died to bring us the truth.”
― Pete Hamill (journalist, novelist, essayist and editor)

Lyrics
Aunque sea esto lo último que escriba…. ¡No voy a rendirme!
(Even if this is the last thing I write... I'm not going to give up!)

In the freezer of my fridge
Waits an impression of my teeth
To identify my mutilated remains
If they hear you’re asking questions
See their names in big bold captions
There’s a deadly bullet waiting with your name …….. your name

Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war
Trying to tell a story with one eye on the door
If they don’t like what you’re saying
You’d better get to praying
Cos only God could be your savior … now
Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war

I’m married to death,
Hand in hand we stalk the streets
The camera clicks to capture the grisly trail
I try to find humanity
In this crazy, cruel insanity
I can’t tell if I succeed or if I fail …….. if I fail

Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war
Trying to tell a story with one eye on the door
If they don’t like what you’re saying
You’d better get to praying
Cos only God could be your savior … now
Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war

I’ve lost so many friends and colleagues
Shot or stabbed or hacked to pieces
By cops or gunmen from the narco
Leaving stains like scarlet day-glo
Craven silence in high places
Bought by money with no traces
No justice for those brave cold corpses
Lost in hard rain down in Juárez
Lost in hard rain down in Juárez
Lost in hard rain down in Juárez

Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war
Trying to tell a story with one eye on the door
If they don’t like what you’re saying
You’d better get to praying
Cos only God could be your savior … now
Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war

credits
from the album Urban Tales, released February 28, 2022
Track released July 16, 2022
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers; Ale Destiny
Guitars, keyboard, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Album Cover photo: Image by Mizter_X94 from Pixabay
Cover design: Loretta Sellers Fortuny

Urban Tales

Lost in hard rain down in Juarez

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Lost In Hard Rain Down In Juarez (ft. Ale Destiny) 5 Stars/Highly commended rating in the UKSC, 2022

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

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

Lost In Hard Rain Down In Juarez (ft. Ale Destiny) 5 Stars/Highly commended rating in the UKSC, 2022

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