A new version of my latest track with some added vox and guitar. 

Also updated the mix a bit. I hope this is progressing in the right direction.

Please feel free to leave a comment as your feedback is valuable to me.

Mediation

Smólaigh  ( Gesindel )

Hey… Thanks for dropping by. As a young boy, around sixty years ago, I used to like to listen to old people as they rambled on with stories about their lives. I really enjoyed those stories. I am an old man now, and I tend to ramble on, as well. This song is about that…. as I wake up to a chilly autumn morning. I have been busy ‘buttoning things up’ for winter. Collecting seeds, preparing garden beds, raking leaves, moving stuff inside, winterizing my home, getting winter gear ready, and other such sundry tasks, some of which I had forgotten about, like filling a tub with gardening soil and compost for planting seeds next spring. So I put the tub right by my front door. Ha. I have mixed feelings about heading into another long mountain winter. Throw old age into the mix and boy, am I having fun. I have also been sitting outside quietly, as flocks of birds fly by. Some flocks temporarily stop here to rest and feed, before winging off. It is fascinating to watch the dynamics of the flocks and how different kinds of birds interact. There are high flying geese, cranes and ducks overhead as well. All those birds are vocal, and when I am outside working, I tend to whistle along with them. They don’t seem to mind. The relative harmonious balance of it all is so refreshing to watch. Although a robin, or two, in the mountain ash always seems to be chasing other robins away from the berry laden tree. There are more berries in that tree than all those robins could ever eat, and I watch as the chased away robins sneak back into the tree. Some older birds die here in the yard, as they are no longer up for the long migration ahead. Sad to see. I often find one or two of them, dead each year, huddled peacefully in the deep grass, or hidden elsewhere. It has also snowed several times here in October… Hope you’re doing well. Mark  

Autumnal Ramblings Of An Old Man

Composition and lyrics: Paul and Fritz Kalkbrenner

This is the raw version (the "Sand"-edit...) of a collaborative project with https://soundcloud.com/synline. We both used the same vocal track.
Please take a listen to his "Sky"-version, it is quite different:
https://soundcloud.com/synline/sky-and-sand?si=95b81c6c2859417d8653ce0853ecc8df&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

A Big Thank You to my friend Synline. I enjoyed this collaboration very much.

Sky And Sand 

In the nighttime when the world is at its rest
You will find me in the place i know the best
Dancin’, shoutin’, flyin’ to the moon
Don’t have to worry ´cause i’ll be come back soon

And we build up castles in the sky and in the sand
Design our whole world ain’t nobody understand
I found myself alive in the palm of your hand
As long as we are flying, all this world ain’t got no end
All this world ain’t got no end

(I found myself alive in,
In the palm of your 
In the palm of your hand,
I found myself alive in…)

In the daytime you will find me by your side
Tryna do my best and tryin’ make things right
When it all turns wrong there is no fault but mine
But it won’t hit hard `cause you let me shine

And we build up castles in the sky and in the sand
Design our whole world ain’t nobody understand
I found myself alive in the palm of your hand
As long as we are flying, all this world ain’t got no end
All this world ain’t got no end   

(I found myself alive in,
In the palm of your,
In the palm of your hand…
As long as we are flying 
All this world ain’t got no end,
All this world ain’t got no end,
Ohh,
All this world ain’t got no…)

Sky And Sand (cover, raw edit)

Fugue No.1 Op.54

Rob: Vocal, Bass, drums, lyrics and mix

Lyrics 

I’ve got wind in my hair
Smile on my face
Needle point to ninety five
No one anywhere around

Back pinned to my seat 
She’s revving high
Pulling away clean and green
Front end up high

This jalopy has only one speed
It’s full throttle ahead
From stoplight to stoplight

Who want to take a ride
Take your life
Put it in my hands
Take a thrill ride

Check the oil, check the tires
Every night
Put a fresh shine on the paint job
Man, she looks so tight

I’ve got no reason to stop
No one gonna stop me
Needle up to hundred five
Red and blue lights all around

Hands pinned to my back
Feet spread wide
Got a fresh shiner on my eye
I know better

Take A Thrill Ride

https://lilspaceman.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-ones-that-you-love
drums and guitar https://soundcloud.com/swivelized-sounds
bass guitars, keys and vocals by lil' spaceman

to the ones that you love

[Verse]
Round and round the wheel it spins
Chasing tails
We lose
We win
Bittersweet
The taste of gold
It burns my tongue
But I won't fold

[Prechorus]
Fevered dreams
They call my name
In this circus
Who's to blame

[Chorus]
Waiting till I get paid
Living in the mess we made
Fevered dreams are calling loud
Round and round
I’m lost
Unbowed
The only way out is to aim to please
So I’ll dance till I drop to my knees

[Verse 2]
Coins that jingle
Promises fake
Every step’s another stake
I see the mirror
Cracked and thin
The reflection grins
The devil's twin

[Prechorus]
Fevered dreams
They light the sky
Burning bright
But tell me why

[Chorus]
Waiting till I get paid
Living in the mess we made
Fevered dreams are calling loud
Round and round
I’m lost
Unbowed
The only way out is to aim to please
So I’ll dance till I drop to my knees

Carousel

Take Us Back

" Praise ye the Lord" is an Air form Georg Friedrich Handel's oratorio "Solomon", written in 1748.
The anonymous libretto is currently thought to have been written by the English Jewish poet/playwright Moses Mendes. It is based on the biblical stories of the wise king Solomon from the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles.

violin - Clarke Alonzi, Anna Downes
viola - Philip Hayman
organ - Helen Roberts
voice - Robert Llewellyn

We hope you'll enjoy!

lyrics

Praise ye the Lord for all his mercies past,
Whose truth, whose justice will for ever last.

Praise ye the Lord  (Solomon - Georg Friedrich Handel)

Master Baiter

Smirk On My Face released August 22, 2025 please support Rob Olsson and myself by listening to it a million times each!!

Take A Thrill Ride

Single Use & Recycled