Val Akey 1

MARCH   2020

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Some great songs from some fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own,

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Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

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Related tracks: Symphony of Light (TCM Underground & Lena MolFa - Ambient Uplifting)

visit Val on https://soundcloud.com/valakey/tracks

Val Akey

A collection of great songs from Soundcloud.

STAY HOME & LISTEN

It has been almost 2 years since I heard a production made in a style completely unknown to me: https://soundcloud.com/tetsuo-dubs/tetsuo-senso. I know the creator personally. I asked him what he would say about making a metal version of the track, as I had ideas for processing...
He has supported the project! For many months (while the track was preserved on my hard drive) he encouraged me to release this song.
Today is finally the moment to release - after doing the last few touches these days. Thanks, TETSUO! :)https://soundcloud.com/tetsuo-dubs
This time too, my virtual band rushed to my aid - as I usually do with my compositions.
Produced by Val Akey.
Used and programmed VSTIs:
- Drums: Addictive Drums2;
- Bass: Broomstick Bass;
- Guitars: RealLPC + GuitarRig5.
- String Orchestra: Cytrus (FL Studio 20)
- Choir: DSK ChoirZ

Release date: 21 April 2021

Sensitive Destruction

Trumpeter, composed and produced by Val Akey.
Many thanks for the cover photo to Sebastian Palomino (Pexels).
Thank you for listening!
Release date: 06 October 2021

Endless Road

Played the trumpet, composed and produced by Val Akey.
Thank you for listening!

Release date: 10 December 2021

Quiet Days

Release date: 19 March 2022

Many thanks for the picture to PIRO4D (Pixabay)

Gaia's Tears

Speed To The Tropics ©

Music by Kontra Sz & Val Akey.
- Kontra Sz: plays rythm guitars, lead guitars;
- Val Akey: drums-, bass- and keys programming (mixing and mastering) + cover art.
Many thanks Kontra Sz for the fantastic guitar play! https://soundcloud.com/kontra-sz

Release date:
12 January 2024

Captive Of Time (collab)

'SOMEDAY'
Written, Performed & Produced
by Andrew Borderick copyright 2015/2017/2020
Mastered by Andrew Borderick 23/08/2020

LOOK AT ALL THE LIFE TODAY,
IN THIS WORLD, FROM THIS WORLD,
WE CAN ALL LOOK BACK,
SEE WHAT WE, WE HAVE MADE

TAKE YOUR TIME AND SAY,
LOOK AROUND, AND ABOVE,
IT'S ALL HERE TO STAY,
IT'S ALL YOUR'S, IT'S ALL MINE,

(chorus)
SOMEDAY
WE MIGHT DANCE TOGETHER
AND LIVE, IN A LIFE OF LAW
SOMEDAY
THIS COULD LAST FOREVER,
AND LEAVE, THIS WORLD ALONE

SO TAKE A LOOK AHEAD
MAY'BE YOUR, NOT TO SURE,
THE CALL TO STAND THE LINE,
TO SAY GOODBYE, NEVER COMING BACK,

THE HERO IS STILL TO BE,
IN OUR LIVES, TO MAKE US FREE
TAKE MY HAND IN YOURS AND
SAY GOODBYE, TO ALL THE GREED,

(BREAK)
(REPEAT CHORUS)

LOOK AT ALL THE LIFE TODAY,
IN THIS WORLD, FROM THIS WORLD,
WE CAN ALL LOOK BACK,
SEE WHAT SEE WHAT WE, WE HAVE MADE

(REPEAT CHORUS)

SOMEDAY, LEAVE THIS WORLD ALONE.

Timeline

SOMEDAY

Para Lia - 'Romancero'
from the album 'Soap Bubble Dreams', out on March22
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/ 


words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

my inner is staring in the fireplace
come around and keep me from myself

i know you'll never let me down
and i don't know my way around here
because i wade through a surreal dream

and in my head
a band is playing a sweet melody
you are dancing like a fairy
to the sound of our destiny

can you spot me in my fairytale
let's walk the paths of our fate

don't realize what's going around
i have to reach higher ground
because i wade through a surreal dream

and in my head
a band is playing a sweet melody
you are dancing like a fairy
on the carousel of our destiny

Soap Bubble Dreams

Romancero

Para Lia - Romancero

Summer Tune

Para Lia - Mistakes

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words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

'Mistakes' is nothing more or less than a simple love song. Melodic and a little bit edgy, just like Cindy and me. Alt rock meets dream pop. Thank you everyone for listening and supporting Para Lia!

lyrics:

i found you waiting in the backyard
of my selfmade house of cards
you are like the sunrise that breaks the dark

all my mistakes led me to you
we are riding with the past into something new

my broken road is filled with ghosts
and some of my steps left potholes in my soul
it's a fine line between love and pain
you're touching my mind, you keep me sane

all my mistakes led me to you
we are riding with the past into something new
it's long overdue

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Mistakes

Video is here : https://youtu.be/ObxP85kpO-4
A song from our band Nebulae of Dawn! https://soundcloud.com/user-83652633/tracks
Music and mixing : Agapite https://soundcloud.com/agapite/tracks
Lyrics, vocal, mixing and mastering : Lukowig  https://www.facebook.com/Lukowig/ https://twitter.com/Lukowig
Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay

Mon miroir

Plane lisse surface
sans couleur rien ne t'efface
impassible indifférent
tu as le temps tu m'attends

tes airs profonds illusoirs
troisième dimension de foire
ne sont que des reflets sans vie
des jeux de lumière d'asphyxie.

Mon ami du soir mon miroir
de mon minois momie noire
le reflet me jette à la face
sans tact restant de glace.

Mon ami du soir mon miroir
de mon minois momie noire
le reflet me jette à la face
sans tact restant de glace.

Porte en trompe-l'œil ouverte
sur les images à toi offertes
triste copieur de génie
œil damné frappé d'insomnies

sur tes "pas laid" le goût du luxe
sur ta peau ces mots : "j'accuse
sans excuse tes traits disgracieux
tes rides tes cernes sous les yeux.

Mon ami du soir mon miroir
de mon minois momie noire
le reflet me jette à la face
sans tact restant de glace.

Mon ami noir toi mon miroir
condamne mes masques dérisoires
aux éclats se rit de moi
cruement sans émoi.

Mon ennemi du soir mon miroir
ton juste ton unique regard
immuable ni beau ni laid
me dit : "tes rêves de beau renie-les !".

Mon miroir [Agapite and Lukowig] - With video! (link in description)

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Bling Bling

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NVLA - Bling Bling

The man with the hat

Composed and produced by Val Akey. Used and programmed VSTIs:
Addictive Drums2/Broomstick Bass/FL Keys/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/Cytrus.
Many thanks for the photo to Victor Freitas:
https://www.pexels.com/hu-hu/foto/barlang-erdo-fak-festoi-803106/

Release date: 14 December 2019

Looking For Shelter

Composed and produced by Val Akey. Used and programmed VSTIs:
MTPowerDrumKit2/Broomstick Bass/FL Keys/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/LABS/VSCO2.
Many thaks for the photo to: https://www.pexels.com/hu-hu/foto/aszaly-eg-fa-felhok-60013/

Release date: 15 December 2019

When Something Hurts

Composed and produced by Val Akey. Used and programmed VSTIs:
Addictive Drums2/Broomstick Bass/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/AmpleGuitarMIILight/LABS/AASPlayer.

Release date: 21 January 2020

Just Before Sunset

The well-known and very popular television series "Vikings" inspired me to write this song. Hope you like it.
Used and programmed VSTIs:
Addictive Drums2/Broomstick Bass/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/AmpleGuitarMIILight/VSCO2/DSKChoirZ

Release date: 30 January 2020

Homecoming

01 - UVI - Falcon - Voklm - AbstracTension - Flavours of East
02 - UVI - Falcon - Voklm - Dark Angel
03 - UVI - Falcon - Voklm - Random Skin
04 - UVI - Falcon - Voklm - True North
05 - Soundiron - Voice of Gaia - Francesca Phrases Bright 120 BPM
06 - SA - OACE - Chamber Grid

Colorful Life

This is a collaboration with my soundcloud friends Foresto and Ken Minty, where I had the pleasure to contribute with bass and with providing the final mix.
I have made foresto´s guitars fly by massive use of the panner hwich gives this track something very airy and light.
I hope you all enjoy it very much.

Credit to:
Andrea Martini aka Foresto (electric guitar) @user-959329289
Ken Minty (Vocals, lap steel and slide guitars)@Kcm069
N.O.B.S. (Bass, Final Mix)

Please give as well a try to previous collaborations with Ken, Foresto and Tot.:
I promise it is worth it:
https://soundcloud.com/kcm069/long-time-gone?in=kcm069/sets/eccentricity
https://soundcloud.com/kcm069/heart-of-snow-w-tot-foresto-n-meyer?in=kcm069/sets/collaborations

7 October

7 October | Foresto, Ken Minty & N.o.b.S.

Producer and composer: XRC Maquinik and John Palmer
proudly presents

" With You "

With You ( XRC Maquinik and John Palmer) Free Download

Running Through My Dreams

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EP: Hc Kurtz - Make Your Measure
LABEL: Curiosity Music
RELEASE: 2020-02-21
CATALOG: CM024

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Composed and produced by Val Akey. Used and programmed VSTIs:
Addictive Drums2/Broomstick Bass/FL Keys/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/VSCO2

Release date: 26 Febuary 2020

Unrequited Love

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✏️ Lyrics
A silent escape 
The beauty that takes a hold on me
It’s like I have everything
I don’t need nothing else at all

Riding the wave
Feeling the possibility
A soul remembering 
That we were never made to fall…

I am hypnotized
Watching the world outside
And it just can’t reach me now

Alive; high in the endless skies
I’m over the city lights
Where my feet won’t touch the ground
My feet won’t touch the ground…

I am hypnotized
Watching the world outside
And it just can’t reach me now

Alive; high in the endless skies
I’m over the city lights
Where my feet won’t touch the ground
My feet won’t touch the ground…

Hypnotized

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ilan Bluestone pres. Stoneblue - Hypnotized (feat. Emma Hewitt)

Opus 34

THE PICTURE
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2020
Cover Artwork by Elke Fletcher (my Granddaughter)
YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwZ2NQaqExM

LOOKING AT YOU, THE PICTURE SAYS A MILLION WORDS
JUST LOOK AT YOU, AND ON AND ON AND ON I GO

THINKING OF YOU, I COUNT THE DAYS THE WEEKS THE YEARS
I THINK I KNEW, A WAY TO FIND ANOTHER YOU

I.....I THINK ABOUT, THE TIMES WE HAD AND ALL THE FUN,
AND WHEN WE LAUGHED, TO SEE THE SUN COME UP AGAIN,
AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.....

I WISHED FOR YOU, BUT NEVER ONCE DID BREAK THE BONE
STILL LOVING YOU, AND ON AND ON AND ON I GO

I.....I THINK ABOUT, THE TIMES WE HAD AND ALL THE FUN,
AND WHEN WE LAUGHED, TO SEE THE SUN COME UP AGAIN,
AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.....
(BREAK)
I.....I THINK ABOUT, THE TIMES WE HAD AND ALL THE FUN,
AND WHEN WE LAUGHED, TO SEE THE SUN COME UP AGAIN,
AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON

AB Music

THE PICTURE (see info for video link)

Original demo
Click here for a dreamy version:https://soundcloud.com/fuwatt/night-rose

Night rose(Guitar-solo version)

Wild beach

Really enjoyed layering up these harmonies and singing really low at times. Huge thanks to the super lovely and talented @wane-of-summer for mixing and mastering this for me....😊❤️🎶🎤

FLAME (A Capella)

Quantum

This is where my latest idea took me.  A bit of a message in the lyrics. 
 Not sure what genre it is, but was pretty cool to do.  Always a challenge to do something different and most certainly quite rewarding.  Hope you enjoy it.
Artwork by Michael Whelan.

Planet in Peril

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
And make it right,
Fix what’s wrong,

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Disgrace and guilt,
The time to act has come.  

The decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems,
So many species threatened
Habitats neglected and destroyed.
Freshwater resources being depleted or polluted. 
The human footprint so large leaving little space for anything else.

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Accept our crime,
Give life a chance

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Change some habits
Give the planet, it’s right.

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Stop the abuse,
Sow seeds of life.

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Hand in hand,
We can make it change.

Natural ecosystems have lost half their area.
Rain forests desiccating into savannahs
A million species at risk of extinction
All largely a result of human actions
Nature is being destroyed at hundreds of times higher than the average over the past 10m years 

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Return the gift,
This planet earth.

What’s it gonna be,
Will we blame the past,
Or take a stance,
Only time will tell,
If we did enough

Planet In Peril

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Lyrics

I need a pen
To write what I can't say.
I need a dirty woman.
I need to go to Texas.
I need this to live.
I need a love for a few minutes
I need my guitar
I need a car
To go where ?
No one is waiting for me
To go where.
Nobody here

I need a coffee
I need a cigarette
I need a business card
I need to know
I need everything
I need i need
I need help !

I Need

Written by Val Akey and Szabolcs Kontra.
Val Akey: drums, bass, keys programming in DAW (mix and master);
Szabolcs Kontra: plays rythm guitars, lead guitars.

Many thanks Szabolcs for your wonderful guitar playing and your contribution!!!
Please visit: https://soundcloud.com/kontra-sz

Release date: 17 March 2020

Spring Again (Val Akey & Szabolcs Kontra collab)

Rainy Fun Idea

Original Trac @ https://soundcloud.com/samybr

Letters (M) 1

Isolation mode

So close but yet so far - we're reaching for a star - it's at our fingertips - we ignore who we really are - the truth is in my eyes - but you never look my way - you're so pre-occupied - going on with your day - I'm peeking in your room to see if you're awake - please don't make pretend - oh how my body aches - you're reaching for your phone - it's not me on the other end - does he really make you smile - can he give you everything
got so much time for him - time to throw away - wish you'd make him your past and spend some time today - cause baby we got time - time to see this through - if you've got time for me - then i got time for you
When did this go wrong - the two of us to blame - can you sleep at night - or do you feel ashamed - cause i know that I'm ashamed with all this fight in me - i still procrastinate - precious time is fleeting - if you just pick up your head - take one look at my face - it'll all come back to you - you let me take my place - so i sit and watch you sleep - cause i'd like to spend some time - oh how my body weeps - can't have what isn't mine
Chorus
We're bent but we're no broken - we're tired but we're awake - exchange cautionary glances - at what point will we break - i need some of your time - i miss you terribly - I'm in the other room - come and spend some time with me
chorus

20 years in the making

Time

Composed and produced by: 
Chivicke HomeStudio/2015

South Caravan

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Here's a collaboration with Tom Adams. Tom is a wonderful blues guitar player and I'm sure a lot of people here know him. He can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
I am very happy that he contributed some of his marvelous blues licks to this blues rock jam.
Thanks for listening and take good care of yourselves in this tough times when  a lot of us have to stay at home.

An Ocean Between (With Tom Adams)

Life's Number
Written and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio.
Mix 1: April 2, 2020
Mix 2: April 7, 2020 reprinted to a 1/4 inch 2-Track Tape MCI JH-110
Cover art extracted from this week's lecture.....;-)
Keep safe and stay healthy during this difficult time
Cheers, Tim
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Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm: Fender Stratocaster
Rhythm Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Eventide Eclipse effects
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Lyrics

Verse 1
He's a mystery man
He's got the cure in his hands
For love, For Hate, and Disease...

Chorus
Looking back on life
Should have died a thousand times
Looking back on life
What the hell am I doing here?

Verse 2
He's a mystery man
He's got the numbers in his hands
For Life, For you and me....

Chorus
Looking back on life
Should have died a thousand times
Looking back on life
What the hell am I doing here?

Bridge
Bass riff...

Verse 3
He's a mystery man
He plays guitar in a rock band
For Love, For Life, For Peace

Chorus
Looking back on life
Should have died a thousand times
Looking back on life
What the hell am I doing here?


outro

Should have died a thousand times

looking back

Life's number

1st in a series of demos of new songs I'll be recording during lockdown. Unusually for me it is topical and a piece of social commentary...make of that what you will.

The Writings On The Wall (Lockdown Demo 1)

Chopin - Funeral March (Revisited by H&L)

A hobbyist composer/producer/musician. All tracks are original.
Please also visit our joint project with my friend Daniel Gómez: https://soundcloud.com/kheopslegacy
Thank you for listening!

Spring Again (Val Akey & Szabolcs Kontra collab)

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