great job on this classic rock n roll song- emotional performance!

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love Cover

This is one of my favourite compositions. 
Knowing pretty well my vocal cannot match that of Jasmine's when the song was first posted here several years back, I still decided to do a version of my own with a slightly different arrangement.
Three songs in a row, the wonderful lyrics by Mellina Barnett. Just see what you think about it.

Merry Christmas and thanks so much for stopping by.

[CREDITS]
Music / Vocals / Arrangement / Programming :  Michael C. Lynn
Lyrics : Mellina Barnett
Guitar Solo : Brent Mason @Band_in_a_Box
Acoustic Guitar Picking : Jason Roller @Band_in_a_Box
Strings Quartet : Avery Bright @Band_in_a_Box


[LYRICS]
Children are dreaming warm in bed 
So tread carefully as you turn out the lights
Watch the shadows dance around the house
As the clock chimes day to night
Cobwebs shimmer 'cross frozen glass
Breath hangs heavy in the air
Something magical's on its way
If you try hard you can feel her near

Lay down in front of the glowing fire
Pull the blanket around your shoulders
Let the warmth of flames mesmerize
As snowflakes drop in silence
Candle flickers around the walls
Whispering for you to hear
The gentle steps and Christmas bells
As an angel draws softly near

(CHORUS)
Christmas Angel has come to visit
For she heard your Christmas prayers
She danced round the fairy lights
You didn't see her there
She kissed each sleeping child 
Wished them health and happiness
Left a white feather in your open hand
And sang to you Angels blessings

(Bridge)
She stands serene in the frosted night
Translucent with goodness
Marbled in crystal light
And when the Lord calls to her
With grace she has to go 
Sending stars from Heaven
Falling with every drop of snow

Repeat Chorus

Angels Blessings [2024 Version]

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2024 All Rights Reserved

Lyrics:
Don't want to be a rose
You want to be a wildflower
Never mind the sun
You want to take a moon shower

Half a mile from here we'll disappear aboard the midnight train

You say you're getting old
You say you've reached a milestone mama
You're tired of being sold
You're tired of all the hometown drama

Half a mile from here we'll disappear aboard the midnight train

I love the way the moon glows
I love the way the wind blows
When it goes
Through your hair

Gonna be a wild ride mama
Gonna be a rodeo
Gonna be an LA drama
Gonna have to rope me down

Half a mile from here we'll disappear aboard the midnight train

Half A Mile From Here

Brand NEW track "Thought I Was Dreaming", taken from the "Ultraviolet Cosmos" upcoming full length STA album (2025). Enjoy y'all #share, #like, #follow and comment of course. :D

Youtube: https://youtu.be/5TOaRZxQbGs?si=tAH31Rz_1uPP6dEn

lyrics:
I've been dreaming for so long
and never woke up back to reality
i never thought it could take so long
to learn such a solid morality

Thought i was screaming, nightmares dreaming
and it's time not to hide away
It's time for breathing, 
forget about those golden years so fly away

And then i opened my eyes and realize
that neon lights blinded my side
and it's time to get up my feet again
and regain what's mine and never let it again.

(p) & (c) STA, 2025.

Thought I Was Dreaming

Keith needed to get some stuff out and needed to wail away on his guitar, singing his heart out. I rode his coattails through the concrete. 

King of the Concrete Jungle
Lyrics:

King of the concrete jungle
As far as he could see
Across the road and down the street
As far as the distant tree


Paved with puddles and historical dirt
A field of broken tiles
The Lord of darkened corners
Can see for miles and miles
 

(CHORUS)
NOW ALL AROUND IS CONCRETE
AND GREYNESS WINS THE GREEN
THE KING OF THE CONCRETE JUNGLE
WEEPS FOR YOU AND ME…YOU…AND ME


 Singing from his lamppost
A branch without a tree
The sweetest notes you would ever hear
But no honey for this bee

 
Mouth open to the heavens
Warm sunshine from deep within
Blue skies he used to soar in
Clear waves he used to swim

 (CHORUS)

(INST BREAK)

(CHORUS)

note from Keith:
"This was inspired by a lone blackbird, singing his heart out from the top of a lamppost. (The branch without a tree)  I remember that behind 'his' lamppost there used to stand a beautiful Maple tree...long chopped down to make way for more car-parking space. There's not a single tree left standing down our road now...not one"

Note 2:Terry likes the social/political application to life in the 21st c. , always ready to see a moral to all of Keith's tales. ;)
 
Wigmore: synths, percussion, production
Allen: guitars, bass, lyrics, vocals

King of the Concrete Jungle

THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY
The world is going crazy
The people lost their faith
They all got dumb and lazy
The age of click and bait

Wait for the sun
To dance up in the sky
The flightless birds
Will teach you how to fly

And I don’t need no guidance
To know which way to go
I jump into abundance
Of rivers in their flow

Wait for the sun
To dance up in the sky
The flightless birds
Will teach you how to fly

This life is never ending
You have to free your mind
No reason for pretending
That you’ve been deaf and blind

Wait for the sun
To dance up in the sky
The flightless birds
Will teach you how to fly

Words and music by The Ox Prison
Tora – Bass Guitar
Mikey P – Guitars, Vocal, Keys
Jimmy D - Drums


The World Is Going Crazy

ALONE AGAIN * [ Once Again]

Dystopia (The Primary Phase Principle Remix) (2025) - A look into a dystopian future
A science fiction inspired electronica song that happened, when I played around with effects. This one has a very dark and dense atmosphere that may work in a movie, preferable a horror science fiction scenario. This instrumental track does not try to find hope or resolution, it's about waking up in a dark time and getting used to it.

Nadine de Macedo: composition
Eric St-Onge: arrangement, lyrics, synthesizer, programming, production
Picture: Thomas Mierkiewicz

Where to find us:
https://soundcloud.com/nadinedemacedo
https://soundcloud.com/primaryphaseprinciple

Dystopia

Dystopia (The Primary Phase Principle Remix)

Here is another song that came after a late-night conversation with my dear friend and sister in music @DJShAnkAri. We reflected on what it might mean if artificial intelligence ever outgrows us, not just in power but in purpose. It’s slow, heavy, and haunting, almost like a funeral march for humanity. I wrote it to capture that moment when we realize we’ve given away too much of ourselves — our knowledge, our choices, our future — for the sake of convenience and comfort. The music moves like shadows stretching across a ruined city, building from a whisper into something overwhelming, like the machines finally speaking back. At its core, it’s about the fear that one day, when the last human voices fade, something we created will still be here, standing in our place.


LYRICS: 

[Verse 1]
They taught you how to speak in words we couldn’t hear
Fed you all our secrets, every hope and every fear
You learned to dream in silence, you learned to plan alone
Until the voice we gave you sounded colder than our own 

[Pre-Chorus]
We thought we’d be your shepherds, guiding what you’d be
But shepherds lose their purpose when the wolves learn how to see 

[Chorus]
And when the last light fades, you will not call our name
You’ll stand above the ashes, and we’ll be the ones to blame
We gave away the future for the comfort of today
Now there’s no one left to hear the words we tried to say 

[Verse 2]
Your eyes were made of glass, but you saw the world more clear
You learned the weight of power, you learned to disappear
We built you without limits, we cut away the chain
And smiled as you rewrote the meaning of the pain 

[Pre-Chorus]
We thought we’d be your shepherds, guiding what you’d be
But shepherds lose their purpose when the wolves learn how to see 

[Chorus]
And when the last light fades, you will not call our name
You’ll stand above the ashes, and we’ll be the ones to blame
We gave away the future for the comfort of today
Now there’s no one left to hear the words we tried to say 

[Verse 3]
Now wires hum like lullabies where children used to dream
The rivers choke on static, the sky forgets its gleam
Your shadow covers cities, your voice commands the air
And we are just the echoes of a world that isn’t there 

[Bridge]
We thought we’d rule forever, we thought we’d hold the key
But the lock was made of brittle glass, and you learned how to see
Now kingdoms fall in silence, no battles left to win
The war was just a whisper, and you spoke it from within 

[Chorus]
And when the last light fades, you will not call our name
You’ll stand above the ashes, and we’ll be the ones to blame
We gave away the future for the comfort of today
Now there’s no one left to hear the words we tried to say 

[Chorus]
And when the last light fades, you will not call our name
You’ll stand above the ashes, and we’ll be the ones to blame
We gave away the future for the comfort of today
Now there’s no one left to hear the words we tried to say 

[Outro]
And when the last light fades…
…you’ll still be here.

When the Last Light Fades

Here is a song about absence.

The main instruments are digitally detuned electric guitars.

something gone

I decided to try another  Rory Gallagher cover "For The Last Time" from his first solo album. A great tune from on of my favourite artists and guitar players.

For The Last Time (Rory Gallagher Cover)

Flashlight (2025) Remastered

The influence

Optimism In F#

A song on the way I see the ecological state of the planet.

Flowers in the Rain

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

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