Some of my favorite tracks on soundcloud.

Table of Elements

Dedicated to some folks in my life who've picked me up along the way, especially through music...

This is one I'm pretty proud of.  Oddly, it's the first time I’ve written a full original song with me singing my own lyrics. I'm joined by the uber talented @TexMex-Shaman, who is wielding the lead electric guitar starting at the first verse through to the end. (this is the second time now where my vocal melody is partly inspired by his magical playing!) He also lends his mastering skillz to great effect here. Thanks TMS for truly bringing this to life with your playing! 
All other instruments are played by me on the keyboard - acoustic guitar, bass, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, 2nd electric guitar (the higher one in verse 2), horns, drums & percussion, words and voice. The chorus is supposed to sound like a 60's soul song, like Marvin Gaye meets Van Morrison. 
If you play this more than once I'm sorry but I'm afraid you'll be stuck with it in your head all day.  :)

This one's a personal one for me, so thanks for listening, and for picking us up with your music!

LYRICS: 

Verse 1
alone in the corner, that old six string whispers to me
ah but when daddy played, he could set your spirit free 
like the drops in the rain, or a forest tall and green
there's music alive all around
and mamma she told me, you must listen for more than the sound
and hear with your heart

Chorus     
(And then she’d) 
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up,  
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up, 
pick me up higher 

Verse 2
Now I’m writing my own song… makin’ music with old friends and new
But the joy of my days, are my beautiful daughter and you
And when you play that song, she would close her eyes and sway
all the while as she sings
And man when I hear her, whispered memories they lift me up still
like a bird on the wind

Chorus  

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Other credits: 
-second verse sample of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' (by John Denver), performed by my 9 yr old daughter
-image design by me using Chat GPT
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here's a link to just the final chorus vocals and horns isolated: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/pick_me_up_vox_isolated

and here's a link that features mainly the sax solo & horn section:
https://on.soundcloud.com/y1PR8xv69y77n5CY5w
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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

-mark

Pick Me Up (with TexMex Shaman)

This track represents my work life of fixing broken big rigs or in the uk truck or lorry’s 

Kenny the mechanic

LE CIEL ÉTAIT TROP LOURD

DENIZ (Turkish for sea) 
Piano . Lady Maple Leaf #LadyMapleLeaf
Sitar . R.J.Walker
Waves recorded on the Turkish South coast near Kemer. 
by Lady Maple Leaf / Walker

Deniz . PIANO / SITAR and THE SEA . :-)

Bury Tomorrow (démo)

This is an #openverse challenge. Winner gets to jump on the song with me for real on my upcoming #spotify album in a few months time! #rap #verse #instrumental #sing
# FORCK#COLLAB#  ??#RESOUND#CELLOVERSION#

 #HELPNEEDED#DUSTY G#

#CELLOPHANE#STYLE#WOW#

#BIG#DUSTY G#DGD#

Dusty G  -help needed-CELLOPHANE version

Alive (Poem and Notes)

Presidential SPCTRMIX (ft. Ryder Official)

I created this track to add to an AI video.  It's my first time of making music solely to be the soundtrack of the video I was working on.

Link: https://youtu.be/uDDpj0HpP4A

Music created using mainly Spitfire and Orchestral Tools instruments.
DAW: Reason 13

An Elderly Tale (non-AI)

Unendlicher Raum

No synthesizers were harmed during this production.
A spaghetti western arrangement from 2013.  Featuring the inimitable Jessie Dettwiler on cello & choral vocals.  She's pretty cool.

Demos

Ennio's Ride

The Bird has rhythm

Very fortunate again to be able to collaborate with the immensely talented Nic Evennett.  Her vocals, musical sensitivity and gift for writing profound lyrics make her a true artist to be appreciated.

https://soundcloud.com/wingless-night

One Breath

Just a little roar,
Climbing through the floor,
Just the hollow trains
Crawling through these veins

When there's not much to hold your mind,
You can be sure I will find

Your miracle
Your miracle
Your miracle
Your miracle

Parted lips of cloud,
Beauty unavowed,
Smiled across the blue
For the good of you

We're just one breath from giving in
Exchanging 'is' for 'could have been'

Your miracle . . . 

These twisted branches held within:
The perfect place for birds to sing

One Breath (Classical Glass and Nic Evennett)

Latish

A jazzy re-interpretation of Sheila Chandra's "Ancestral Voices" tabla vocalization - an original track from the album "Weaving My Ancestors' Voices (1992)" - Title: "Speaking In Tongues" - arranged and produced by Peter Heckmann featuring the Hawaiian based pianist Richard Schunk jr. All copyright of the original vocal track belongs to Sheila Chandra and Steve Coe. (License granted to Raining Heart Records & Rose Records and Publishing through Harry Fox Agency).

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