Superb track, Frans, really cool guitar work and very well constructed piece

Great peppy tune, and as usual for you, the playing is great all around!

Introduction kind of Reminding me of Carlos Santana guitar style great arrangement

Wonderful brass arrangement! Bravo and overall production sound really great

And2End

This is the second collaboration I’ve worked on with the very talented Mark Spruce (Original Spruce).  

This is a folk song exploring the boundaries between this world and the spiritual world and tells the tale of an encounter with a Robin in a churchyard. 

Lyrics by Mark Spruce
Music & performance by James Whiteman. 

Best with headphones. Hope you enjoy it. 

Take care

James 

Lyrics:

Sky light Grey 

I stood in the church yard
Cold winters day
My back to the beach tree
Sky light grey

On the branch above me
Cock robin perched 
He sang then stared intently 
I returned his gaze

He repeated his song
And looked again
I smiled and nodded
Like we were friends 

I turned so slowly
As he moved to another branch
Eyeball to eyeball 
Repeat performance 

We both stood still
Locked in our game
He moved on once more
To repeat his refrain

I turned one eighty
When he landed behind me
My smile got wider
My heart got lighter
Watching each other
I'm absorbing this experience 

Then he came closer
We had circled the tree
A mystical moment 
This bird and me

You said your father
Would return
In the spirit of a robin
Watching over us one day

As I stood in that churchyard
Lost in that moment
I felt your father 
Came back to say

I'm here, I'm still here
I will always be here


Mark Spruce copyright Feb 2024

Further info:
The first collaboration is on the Original Spruce site called ‘Old Brock’ (music and performance Mark Spruce: lyrics James Whiteman).

Sky Light Grey (Collaboration James Whiteman & Original Spruce)

Mellow Fellow

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano solo. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Horn Section Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Drums Full drum kit. Percussion Bongos, Zildjan 22" Crash Cymbal, Ago go Bells, Cow bell, Tambourine.

Carmel

Lumpy Gravy

This Place in my Thoughts

Astrarium

Salsa Peyotl

Just one step further and Amenhotep will save me, or will he yet 
The guardians are grounded, and sleep in the silence of the potion to forget
we all forget 
All the hounds howling in the distance, a dread quartet
Unlock the espagnolette 

Moving windward through the suburbs
Wild flight is my name, the interdictal bane
My weapons here are useless, in this consequence of rumours
As a conjurers legerdemain

With wild crowds throwing missiles, to bring down the government
Tendentious armies take positions in our now encumbered state
Sending messages to morons, 
In the endless dead debate

Amenhotep Will Save Me

Artist Picture. Shyntwirl
Art Cover Editor. Shyntwirl
Colorist. Shyntwirl

Produccer. Shyntwirl
Programmer. Shyntwirl
Synthesizers. Shyntwirl
Beats. Shyntwirl
Distortion. Shyntwirl
Super Beats. Shyntwirl
Kicks. Shyntwirl
Fx. Shyntwirl
Mix. Shyntwirl
DJ. Shyntwirl
Improvisation. Shyntwirl
Remixed. Shyntwirl
Equalizers. Shyntwirl
Reverb & Echo. Shyntwirl
Keyboard. Shyntwirl
Background Expansion. Shyntwirl

Experimental / Techno / Descontruction / Underground / Hardhouse / R&B / Alternative / Synth / DJ / Mix / Kicks & Beats / Reverb & Echo / Improvisation

PROD. Shyntwirl

Shyntwirl - ¡SUPER CRAZY! (PROD. Shyntwirl)

Rockers Only Mother Fuckers

Written By https://soundcloud.com/user-705706912?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Bass And Drums https://soundcloud.com/junezunsane?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mixing and mastering 

Studio B

eddyoffline & The Junez Mosquitoes

WHY ( INSTRUMENTAL) (Dance Floor - Latina)

Reason

Greetings.. Thanks for listening..Born in Holland, came to the US when I was 10 years old.. I've Been playing, composing, writing, arranging, recording, mixing, mastering, engineering, producing music of all genres..Playing electric guitar, Slide, Dobro, Nylon Guitar, Bass, Accordion, Flute, Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Vibraphone, Harmonica, Drums & Percussion since I was 10 years old, self taught.. many different styles and genres to choose from. These songs are the representation of a lifetime's work! 
Superior recordings.. using the best Microphones, Neuman U-87's, Dynamic Microphones, Ribbon Mics, Shure SM-57 & SM-58, and a variety of dynamic and condenser microphones used in these recordings with today's latest software, Pro-Tools, Mastering Labs,  Reaper, Audacity and various hardware and software products from Germany, Australia, France, and various places from all over the globe. 48 Channel Mixing console, Various outboard effect units...Thank you for listening!

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