What to say this heat is just beautiful Frans Beelaard ;-)

That guitar tone is awesome! What guitar(s) do you use?

crystal clean crisp production. it is always like a journey into another world. thank you , frans

Привет Франс, музыка вдохновляющая, звучит великолепно!!!!!!!!

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Can't Stay

Some of you will be familiar with this tune, and indeed it has been modified to include a bit of audio which was the basis of the theme. This bit of audio is the original recording of Stephen around 1982. I had looked for that recording for decades to be included just before the start off this song. Also, most recently I had redoubled my effort to find it to play for my beautiful wife as  she lay on her death bed. But, alas, I was only to find it the very day after her passing.

As you might imagine, the old cassette tape was full of hiss. So, my good friend and mentor, Sander (https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer), volunteered to help subtract that flaw and render Stephen's little voice to crystal clarity. Well, that is very much part of Sander's trademark. Thank you, Sander.

And below follows the original description of the song:


This is a song from a child which has no voice of his own. Having succumbed to the side effects of a childhood vaccination, he was never able to learn the spoken word...though through some miracle he seems to have developed perfect pitch. 

How would I know? Well, if I pick up various objects which can make a tone if they are blown into, though he may have heard it only once before, he will sometimes sing the note as it is being picked up. Blow into that object and, sure enough, he is in tune with it.

He was only about 3 years old when we were trying in vain to get him to speak into a tape recorder. Instead, he came up with this tune, which I decided to just add accompaniment. The original recording actually had his voice on it, but it has been lost over the years.

Stephen's Song (REMIX)

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Alto Saxophone solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo.Vibraphone solo.Fender Rhodes solo. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Bass Roland synthesizer. Fender Electric Bass.Trap Drum set. Percussion Ago go bells, Timbales, Tree Shimmer.

Mellow Fellow

Reaching out

Como pueden mirar, verlo y no llorar?
como pueden mirarlo, ver y no llorar?
Donde guardan la rabia? Donde esconden la tristeza?
Como calman la ira y porque no sienten dolor?

Queda solo mirarlo o tentarse y hacerlo, si total no es delito
Es un delito menor.

Un delito que no vas a lamentar.
Algo que tal vez ni sucedio.
Algo que no tuvo otro testigo que ésta cancion y este cantor.

Y si quedan las ganas y aparece de nuevo.
No la dejes pasar, despues no va a volver.
Despues viene la nada de la que no hay retorno
Y si lo ves le decis al Juez. Fue un delito menor.

Delito Menor

Rich Man Lyrics

This one is called Rich Man. In our last song, the poor man was trying to get by with limited funds. In this one, our hero is just enjoying life with whatever he can. He's happy just living life.

Lyrics;
I walk in old shoes
Drive on old wheels
Don't have much money
But that's not how I feel
Cause I'm a rich man

I do what I need
And that's getting me by
Got two feet on the ground
And my Head in the sky

I travel lightly
Not much to my name
But I've got all I need
Just the same
I'm a rich man

Wherever I'm at
Is where I want to be
And I'm living my life
Like this world's made for me
I'm a rich man

I have my friends
And my family
They're all the best people
And they're rich just like me


I've traveled the highways
In sunshine and rain
Slept in a boxcar
Of many a train
I've loved and lost
And I still feel the pain
But life is for living
And I can't complain

I don't need a thing
To prove my success
Nobody out there
I need to impress
But I'm a rich man

I do what I need
And that gets me by
Two feet on the ground
My head in the sky

I might walk in old shoes
and drive on old wheels
Not much money
But that's not how I feel
Cause I'm a rich man

I'm a rich man
a rich man
a rich man ...

Rich Man

If We Agree

Acoustic Guitar and Djembe recorded with AKG P170
Drum patterns taken from FPC plugin
Mixed with Fruity Loops

Torella

Out of the Box September 2022
Count on...

Signs Of Life

Instead of mine

Final song for the Post Dead Pop album.  Yet again, mixed by the fantastic Kris Bolin from The Bawl Slant https://soundcloud.com/bawl-slant 

I'M NO HERO
I'd swap no MBE for money
Don't need to cuz I'm far too cunning
Dragged your body from the river

CHORUS
But I know that you know that I know
I know that you know that I'm no
I'm no hero

Sold the photo that showed you dying
And the photo of me crying
As I dragged you from the river

CHORUS

I didn't mean it
Shhh! I never liked you
Faked the rescue and faked the sorrow

CHORUS

I'm No Hero

Be Able To 7

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!

Reaching out

Frans Beelaard

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