cam and the hp_ ask-the smiths

An old favourite from Spanish band Mecano.

Mujer Contra Mujer.m4a

Whilst studying sound, my tutor had some choice catchphrases. These were his 3 best so I wrote a Song about being a sound engineer. as you do ! 
This is a live take that some how grew arms and legs a plenty.sound design was so much fun adding all my effects and voices.
I do hope you enjoy it.
It needs to be listened to twice to take in everything !
please feel free to comment .
Cv*XO

Groovy Dreamy Awkward

This is one of seven up-tempo songs I’m releasing. The beat was inspired by songwriter Tom Walker who posted a 30-second video on Instagram of him playing to a small festival crowd. I loved the rhythm, which is not one I normally write with, so set about trying something new. Also new is the story of the song. This is for all the shy people in the world and how folks tell you to get out more. It’s about avoiding ‘acquaintance’ friendships and holding out for real ones: they last longer and will make you happier

LYRICS
Every move is a move beyond the pale
We’re trying to push ourselves a little further towards a better place
That feeds our heaven not our hell
We’re swimming in synchronicity beyond the ripples and the swell

Don't call it by any other name
No matter what they say or how their words can play
In your mind, just find another way
To love the cradled sight that blinded souls can only ever hope to find

Try to be what you want to be
And then just pull yourself out of the shadow
'cause you'd rather find deep down inside
The light that fills your love divine in your shadow

People energize or they deplete
I'm telling you nothing new that you have never seen or have believed
It's the way it's always been
But it is more about the state of you and who you're letting in

And who live it by many other names
So swim against the tide and let those drifters drown
In their self-obsessed insanity
You know you are free if you never feed forgotten words or empty deeds

Try to be what you want to be
And then just pull yourself out of the shadow
'cause you'd rather find deep down inside
The light that fills your love divine in your shadow

You crowd my mind
With your endless dissipation of energy wasted on the blind
They don’t get it, they can’t see
So don’t you try to change, who really wants to be the same

Try to be what you want to be
And then just pull yourself out of the shadow
'cause you'd rather find deep down inside
The light that fills your love divine in your shadow

Shadow

I first heard this song sampled in a Fuzzbox Inc tune close to 10 years ago and recently in A Skillz Shambhala mix. Feeling inspired i thought i would give an edit of it a go, hope you dig it !

Mastered by https://soundcloud.com/doctor-moody

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Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Blow Your Whistle (Pecoe Edit)

This song accompanied the end credits of the movie The Accountant. It made a real impact, so much so that I wanted to share it. The original is by the fantastic songwriter Sean Rowe.

Leave Something Behind (cover) - The Kitchen Sessions

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Armour (lo-fi remix)

Grow Slow/Now Breathe (Yoko Pwno remix)

An alternative christmas song for one of the most difficult years in history.
please enjoy.

LYRICS

Mid December it's the first day of christmas
and I watch the snow fall
for i've been a good boy for most of the year
but I'm first to admit there's been tears
if you're making your list, checking it twice
my name is with one 'I'
I'll leave cookies and milk at the foot of the stairs
 to share
with your reindeer, say you'll be there?

come on Old Nick , crash on down my chimney
you just might fit, give it a go
for I've been a good boy for most of the year

I'll always remember the night in December
when my true love gave me
silence and absence of how hard a mile is
when you've come so far 
I've been walking in circles in the sleet of purple
my only angels made of snow
so if you're making your list, checking it twice
I wont blame you if you fly by

come on old Nick, crash on down my chimney
you just might fit, give it a go
for I've been a good boy for most of the year
I won't tell a soul if you'd rather have a beer
your shimmering footprints in the snow won't last the year
but I'll  remember your cheer

come on Old Nick, crash on down my chimney
you just might fit,  give it a go
for I've been a good boy for most of the year

Fin xo

Most of the Year

Most of the year

First song from the first Dog On A Swing release in nearly four years! This song is available to buy on Bandcamp, or you'll get it now if you pre-order On Love II from dogonaswing.co.uk

Ed Ritchie: vocal, electric guitar, organ, programming
Graham Coe: cello
Nik Paget-Tomlinson: ambience from Street Sounds sample (freesound.org/s/59570), licensed under CC by 2.0 and edited by Ed Ritchie
Mixed and mastered by Ross Saunders at Dirty Reel
Illustration by Eve Alvarez

In May 2013, the very first official DOAS release On Love emerged. Nearly eight years later, its sequel On Love II: Love Harder will be released on Bandcamp on Friday 30th April 2021. I produced it myself (mixed and mastered by Ross Saunders) and it features Graham Coe (The Jellyman's Daughter) on cello, Jon Bews (Storm The Palace/Cantrip/ex-The Last Battle) on violin, and Alex Palmer (Nimbus Sextet/Moy) on drums and percussion.

One of the songs is set during a fragile moment between a big night and the morning after, one hails from a dull hut millions of miles from Earth, and one tells a dark tale from a house with sloping floors. The other three songs describe an acrimonious breakup, a morbid plea, and a clumsy meet-cute.

Groovy Dreamy Awkward

venus as a boy

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