Written April-May 2013, arranged June: This was meant to be a conventional song, but has ended up as more of an experiment. I had written the lyrics a while back but couldn't work them into verses/choruses etc., so instead I set each section to different chord sequences with near-by repetition only. I did a basic version with just the chords and a bass part, but it was a bit too short and dull, so I added more chords for an instrumental ending and tried perking it up with some strings, at which point it got seriously out of hand and has now become a bit of a pseudo-orchestral curiosity/monstrosity.

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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.

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The source image for the picture is at www.flickr.com/photos/klg19/4416474472/in/photostream/ (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0). I have cropped and otherwise heavily processed/fiddled-with the original.

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22nd April 2016: Replaced with 'remastered' version (mix unchanged)

By The River's Edge

Cut and paste construction job with assorted vocal, trumpet, orchestral and piano samples.
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Produced arranged composed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Photo credit (detail) Atul Vinayak https://unsplash.com/@atulvi

Metro Spring - Instrumental

It ended up a lot more 80s than I originally intended.
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Fish with anxiety problems
Lobsters with anxiety problems
Squid with anxiety problems

They think about
Disturbing facts
They think about
Things I don't want to
But I don't want to
Come across as
The kind of person
You'd walk away from so

I'm trying hard to be happy
Even though everything is wrong
I'm trying not to be down
Even though that doesn't really work

Girls with anxiety problems
Boys with anxiety problems
Robots with anxiety problems

They think too much
They focus on
On all the things that
That could go wrong but
But I don't want to
Come across as
The kind of person
You wouldn't talk to so

[Repeat chorus]

Fish with anxiety problems etc.

[Repeat chorus]
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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original photo (I've messed about with it a bit) Sigmund https://unsplash.com/@sigmund
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I'm Trying Hard To Be Happy

Thumpy thumpy thing. Messed about vocals from a couple of sample libraries. Not EDM in the modern sense but I don't think it really counts as house or pop either (90s handbag house (upmarket handbag?) - ish maybe). Many thanks to grumpy Ian (not an SC presence) for his valuable feedback on an earlier version of this track.
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Produced arranged composed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original photo (detail) James Michael Vallado https://unsplash.com/@jamesval

Escape Sequence (3:33 edit) - Instrumental

Fairly simple song I wrote quite quickly (quickly for me anyway) with added attempted enlivening of final chorus by means of cod-orchestrals. 
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I want another cup of coffee but I've had too much already
I get caught up in the details and then I feel a bit unsteady
So I'm staring through the window at the people out at lunchtime
In the sunshine

I dreamt I went to heaven on the train
Oh they've got canapes and badges where you write your name and I
Sat next to an angel
We got into conversation
I got caught up in the details
And I missed my destination

I thought I knew just what I wanted but I did not know my nature
You get caught up in the details and then it's five years later
And when you told me that you loved me well I know at first you meant it
(I know you really meant it)

[Repeat chorus]

Can't be ordinary and also extraordinary
I'm tying not to be someone who's going to let you down

[Repeat first verse]

Think I'm gonna go out in the sunshine

[Repeat chorus]

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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original photo (detail) Matt Palmer unsplash.com/@mattpalmer

Caught Up In The Details

A solstice song - possibly - not exactly cheery and I'm probably unwise to post but it's the shortest day today (in the northern hemisphere) so it's now or never.

Many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein and grumpy Ian (unknown on SC) for their extremely helpful feedback on an earlier version of this track.
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The light grows weak and the dark grows strong
But life must end for life to go on
Rich and strange
This world is rich and strange my child

When the snow comes down it's so beautiful
But the birds will starve and the cold will kill
Rich and strange...

We cherish the lamb keep him safe from harm
Then we slit his throat cut the meat from the bone
Rich and strange...

And if you don’t fight they’ll drive out our kind
But to win a war you've got to lose your mind
Rich and strange...
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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original image (detail, processed) by Jr Korpa https://unsplash.com/@jrkorpa
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17th November 2023: Replaced with a hopefully somewhat better mix.

Rich And Strange

I was feeling extremely grumpy when I wrote this.

This is another track from my 2013 backlog (and thanks again to Phil McWalter for his helpful suggestions regarding an early mix of this track).

Lyrics:

You too can grow a beard and become a serious young man
And you too can ride a bicycle that's not very practical

And there may be young ladies who'll find some amusement
In your constant cultural references
Though most of them may be uninterested and will not care
That someone once said
You look like the guy out of Radiohead

It's all part of the process
We're all part of the process – yes

You too can ostentatiously not go to the gym
And you too can like things in theory that are really quite dreary

And as time passes you'll probably need glasses
And may have become fat and or married
And the assumptions you thought were valid will come undone
When it becomes clear
That you've failed to die young

[Repeat chorus]

And all the new music
Oh it will sound rubbish – yes

[Repeat chorus]

La de de, la de dah
What you gonna do, what you gonna do
It's all part of the process
It's all part of the process
La de de, la de dah, it's all part of the process
What you gonna do, what you gonna do
It's all part of the process

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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.

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The picture is of Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet (the well known whiny Danish prince).

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10th May 2015 : Replaced with 'remastered' version.

It's All Part Of The Process

This track is based on the concept and fantastic riff in http://soundcloud.com/paddyconner/the-coalface-of-rock-n-roll

When I first heard the riff in that song it really hooked me, so I sampled it and started experimenting - and have finally ended up with this. I've messed about with the original sample something horrible in places - but Mr Sturmey Archers has been extremely nice about the whole thing. 

This track is from my 2013 backlog, and many thanks to Phil McWalter for his advice on an early mix of this track.

The picture is called 'I around in circles' and is by the artist Luciano de Liberato: http://www.lucianodeliberato.com/cicli/

Lyrics:

I've been working in the factory
The factory of rock and roll
I've been working with the robots
They say we've got no soul
In the factory of rock and roll
They say we've got no soul down there
Oh and they're probably right
But you know, we don't care

I've been working in the factory
The factory of rock and roll
I've been ch-checking the computers
They say we've lost control
In the factory of rock and roll
They say we've lost control down there
Oh and they're probably right
But you know, we don't care

It looks like you are
Either trying to write a song
Or a suicide note
Would you like some help with that

Et maintenant en Français

[Repeat first section en Français]

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Stonking guitar riff sampled from http://soundcloud.com/paddyconner/the-coalface-of-rock-n-roll

Computer generated voices Google Translate.

Other parts produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.

I also wish to immediately and unconditionally apologise to any/all French speaking peoples of the World for my un-schooled attempts at pronouncing your lovely language at the end of this track.

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13th July 2015: Replaced with a probably slightly better mastered version.
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14th May 2019: Replaced vocal in middle section with computer dialogue.

The Factory Of Rock And Roll (featuring The Sturmey Archers)

Last minute Christmas-ish song, written when I was supposed to be doing something else - but at least I have posted something this year now.

Many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein for his extremely helpful feedback on an earlier mix of this track.
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People hurry home
Against the cold
They crowd below
In metro stations

A small child stands transfixed
By Christmas lights
Despite the wind speed and
Direction

The eternal now
The eternal now

The circumpolar low
The wind blown snow
The coniferous tree
Exception

An accident prevented by
An angel on the
Roof tops
Intervention

[Repeat chorus]

[Repeat verse]

[Repeat chorus]
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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original image (detail) Nicolas Gras https://unsplash.com/@armgd
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14th November 2023: Replaced with a hopefully better mixed version also with some changes/fixes for the piano part in places.

The Eternal Now

RIP Terry Hall.

I like this song very much. It was written by Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos and Hall, apparently following a brief affair, though I didn’t know any of this until reading about it recently after the sad news of Terry Hall’s death in December. I have never before inflicted a cover on the world and if my attempt here works at all I think it’s a demonstration of how a really good pop song can survive a minimal arrangement and a dodgy vocal.

I may end up having to take it down :/ but there are other covers of this on SC already – so something something Mechanical Licencing Collective something something something. Maybe.

Many many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein for his encouragement.
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Produced performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original image (detail) Michael Fenton https://unsplash.com/@michaelrfenton

Our Lips Are Sealed - Cover

Began as an exercise but I think it's worked out reasonably OK (represents progress for me anyway). It's quite long (sorry) - I tried to shorten it but couldn't really. Also tagging as classical may be pushing it a bit but is probably closest - or maybe should be soundtrack? Don't know.

Many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein for his encouragement with this track.
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Produced arranged composed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original image (detail) Kristine Cinate https://unsplash.com/@kristine_cinate

In Sight Of Spring - Instrumental

Beckenstein: guitar parts, musical composition and mixing @jonathan_beckenstein
Wheelwright: other instrumental parts, musical composition, vocal, vocal melody and lyrics

Fictive Sisters https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com is a transatlantic online collaboration between Wheelwright and Jonathan Beckenstein. Notes for the Fictive Sisters curious appear after the lyrics below.
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Man running from burning building
He says why does everyone, everyone have to be on a journey
What if I don't want, I don't want to be on a journey

And you can fight the flames
Try to salvage what remains and tell yourself you're someone good
But there's a part of us that's wild
Doesn't want to be rewired to live in tidy neighbourhoods

Man running from burning building
He says why does everything, everything have to be for a reason
What if I don't want, I don't want to know if there's a reason
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Image credit: Unseen Histories unsplash.com/@unseenhistories
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The ongoing online collaboration between Jonathan Beckenstein and Michael Wheelwright has been named Fictive Sisters.

Fictive Sisters does not have an SC page and so all tracks will remain exactly where they are on SC. This is also the plan as/if/when we ship new ones, and all Fictive Sisters tracks will of course continue to be free to stream on SC - so no change on SC at all really.

We have though setup on bandcamp https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com and corralled a selection of past and present tracks into Immaculate Distraction, an album-type-thing, so anyone who wants a download (of a single track or the whole lot) can now obtain the original files for a modest consideration.

bandcamp

Wild (with Jonathan Beckenstein) (Fictive Sisters)

There is now a better mastered version of this track featuring an excellent intro on Phil's page here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/song-for-a-fallen-rockstar-with-overture-1 which I would definitely recommend over the version here.

I wrote this song after David Bowie died – started out with a lot of lyrics – which I later worked into sections, then wrote chords and melody lines and kept on going with more sections until I’d run out of energy. Didn’t have a chance to record it until Easter when I did a basic arrangement with piano along with some strings and simple brass.

I then ran it past Phil McWalter (@phil-mcwalter) – who very kindly offered to do some guitar parts, and also had a lot of other ideas – and – to cut a long story short – Phil has since put in loads of work on the track and has developed it with enormous energy and enthusiasm (and stoic tolerance for my pickiness and un-adventurousness). We’ve ended up with a truly collaborative result that is hugely more entertaining and substantial than my first version, and Phil’s vision for the track has brought out meaning in it for me that I don't think I'd seen properly when I was writing it. Thank you so much Phil - for all your time, and all your patience!

Also many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein (@jonathan_beckenstein) for his thoughtful and encouraging feedback on this track in both its later version and, crucially, on its first version.

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@wheelwright: Words, vocals, chord structure and vocal melody, piano, some strings and a bit of rather dull brass here and there.

@phil-mcwalter: Guitars, trumpets, drums and percussion, bass, choir, bells, snyths, cello, extra strings, general production on all parts, and mixing.

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Well there's a danger
If you're a rock star
And you live too long
They'll say you died too late to save your reputation

But what do they know
They still played the songs you sang
And printed photographs
Of you when you were young

Oh what do they know
Yeah what do they know
There can be no music in their souls

Just for a moment
Seemed like a star shone
Brighter than the sun

But on the next day
It was all explained away
And life just carried on

But this unbearable
Sense of impermanence
It builds us up
It cuts us down

But when the air is still
Just before the dawn
I think maybe
Oh just maybe
I could find my way back home

Then all the bad girls sing along
Coz all the good girls couldn't come
To your performance

And as the closing credits roll
All the kids get up to go
Oh maybe someone shed a tear
But we'll never know
And I begin to realise
I'm not so good at letting go

They'll try to break into your mind
They'll try to steal away your strangeness
But there’s no future with no engine of desire
Oh who’s going to paint those pictures
Who’s going to set the world on fire

Oh who needs structure for the sake of structure
Who needs love for the sake of love
When your daddy said history repeats you said
I don't want to hear about that

And when they took him away he said
Please don't test my blood
In case it's already cold

And we made up all these stories
But they turned out to be true
But we’ve got to make a new life
Anywhere but here

And we ran before the flood
And we thought our hearts would burst
But it turned out we were young
And so we didn't die

And we ran before the flood
And we thought our hearts would burst
And I took your hand in my hand
And we ran for miles and miles

And I'm dreaming that I'm lying here
With my back against the snow
I'm reaching for the stars
But the earth won't let me go
They say there's nothing left now
But something still remains
Yeah

There's something out there



Song For A Fallen Rockstar (Wheelwright & Phil McWalter)

Many thanks to https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein and https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter for their invaluable feedback on earlier versions of this track (years ago now) The line 'and the rain shall make a door for me...' is nicked from the writer Susanna Clarke. The idea for the lyric 'sitting in a British car park...' was inspired by an SC comment exchange with https://soundcloud.com/steph-sweet about rain (also years ago). The field recording used in the middle and at the end is https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/midnight-summer-rain-in-chelsea

And mum said do you hear that sound
It means the swifts are here from Africa
And I don't know why they fly that far
Just to be hear with us in the pouring rain

And it was British Summer Time
Yes it was British Sumer Time
With ice-cream in the rain
Coz it might just turn out nice again

And we’re on the beach and it’s a cold grey day
But at breakfast dad said well let’s go anyway
Coz with a bit of luck it’ll brighten up
But we got wet through and my hands went blue

But it was British summer time
I remember British Summer Time yeah
With ice-cream in the rain
Coz it might just turn out nice again

And on that last day when I held your hand
And you weren’t quite sure where you were
And we turned you round so you could see the sun
And you said well at least it’s turned out nice again

And it was British Summer Time
And now I’m listening to the rain
And I know all things must pass
But you can’t escape the pain
And there’s this seaside photograph
Of that day I cried and cried
Then we had ice-cream in the rain
And it was all alright again
And the rain shall make a door for me
And I shall walk through it

Sitting in a British car-park waiting for the rain to stop
And if the rain don’t stop then we’ll just get wet

[Shipping Forecast]

[Repeat chorus]

You get accustomed to the rain
You get accustomed to the rain

[Shipping Forecast continues]

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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.

Download

British Summer Time

Written June 2012.

I was subsequently most honoured that @PhilMcWalter covered this song here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/shes-not-crying-because-shes-a

Unusually for me I worked most of this song out in my head first before recording anything - so I had the melody and lyrics and more or less how the chords should go - but I had no ideas for instruments or arrangement. The first version I recorded was rather horrible and I went through a lot of trial and error, but what I ended up with eventually works reasonably OK I think (believe me it's certainly better than the first one!). I should probably have written a second verse too.

The picture is derived from 'Portrait of Bia de' Medici' by Agnolo Bronzino (public domain). I have cropped it and messed severely with the colours (my apologies to Bronzino).

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The child in the sparkly dress
She thought she was looking her best
The wedding is over, the grownups all dancing
But she’s gone and hidden away, so she won’t have to say...

She’s not crying because she’s a girl
She’s crying 'coz this is the real world
When you start to see how it works
That’s when it hurts

She’s not crying because she’s a girl
She’s just trying to live in the real world
When you get to see how it works
That’s when it hurts

You think she’s weak
But then you think that showing your feelings
Always means that you’re strong
But you’re wrong

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Produced arranged composed performed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright.

She's Not Crying Because She's A Girl

Written February 2012. Finally finished as part of clearing my 2012 backlog. World of stress with the mixing and arrangement. I think I've just about lost any perspective I may have ever had on this one at the moment. It started out with the chords for the verse, and then the chords for the rest of it, with the melody done next, and then fitting lyrics to the melody at the end, and I've almost abandoned it at least twice. There's quite a bit of (deliberate) distortion on some of the instruments - but I don't think I'm handling it very well in the mixing - I have this idea for the kind of sound I want but I don't think I have enough skill to get it right yet. This is also the first time I've done so many tracks that I need to scroll my mixer window all the time, so maybe this is telling me I should be spending less time obsessing/displacing on production and arrangement and 'sound' of existing stuff and more time on writing new stuff - or maybe it's just telling me I need a bigger telly - or maybe both.

The picture is a detail of a design by artist Alphonse Mucha (public domain) for a song book cover.

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He shuts the window
So he won’t have to hear the
Sentimental song that’s on the radio

Makes him remember
Although he’d never say
He can’t regret the day that they first met

Don’t miss the heartache or the fights
Saying she’s wrong when all along
You knew that she was right and
You were such a fool

It’s just a sentimental song
From such a long long time ago
We were so young, what did we know?

When love is true can’t be rehearsed
For good or bad, can’t be reversed
Know what you had after you'd lost it

When love is true, can't be reversed

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Produced arranged composed performed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright.

It's Just A Sentimental Song

I have a lot of material finished now that I was going to inflict on the world earlier in the year but then the stuff that has happened and is still happening happened. A lot of my new tracks are a bit on the heavy/morose/miserable side, but this one about fear of haircuts is relatively cheery - and haircuts are kind of topical at the moment - so there is that.
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Your hair is growing
With some profusion
Soon it will
Cover your eyes
I foresee problems in
High wind conditions and
Risk of entanglement in
Branches of thorny shrubs

I know you don’t wanna hear it
But we all
Know when it’s time it’s

Time for a trim, it's time for a trim, time for a trim
Time for a trim, it's time for a trim, time for a trim
Time for a trim, it’s time for a trim, it's time for a trim
We all know when it’s time for a trim

Your hair is growing
With great profusion
Soon it will
Obscure your vision
I foresee problems
Problems at bath time and
Risk of entanglement in
Open machinery

I know you don't wanna hear it [etc.]
[Repeat chorus]

It's time for a trim it's
Time for a trim it's
Time for a trim it's
Time to face your fear

It’s alright for girls they
They know the secret language of haircuts (but)
I just don't want to look stupid
All I really want is the same as whatever it was you did last time

Mm I think it's time for trim
That's now clear to everyone

I know you don't wanna hear it [etc.]

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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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The picture (detail) is from 'It Was Time for a Trim' by the incomparable Kelly Puissegur.

Time For A Trim

Written May 2012. I did the words and melody for this over several days last year and it's been stuck in my head ever since. I did the chords, finished off the lyrics and recorded it March/April this year without too much trouble, and to save time I was going to ship it with the basic piano/bass/strings track that I used for doing the vocal but it sounded too sugary, so I've done this electronic arrangement with acoustic drums which I hope suits it better (the song is maybe sugary stylistically, but I think less so otherwise). I had trouble getting it down to three minutes, and the mixing was tough – out of the box some of the textured electronic sounds are really wayward frequency wise so it's been good practice if nothing else. The song is meant to be about the gap between celebrity and reality - I hope it doesn't come across as too pretentious.

The source image for the picture is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/4603014041/ and I have heavily cropped and otherwise messed with the original. The photo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 but I'm not sure what the licensing arrangements for the underlying work are (I don't think it even exists anymore).

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And so you've got to Hollywood
Like all the things you've done it's
Turning out to be
Not quite as good
As you thought it would
But you're hanging on

Now all your dreams are just part of the show
And everybody knows it's
How desperately you wanted it that pulled you through
It's happening to you, but it's just

Fame (ooh ooh ooh)
Now everyone knows your name (ooh ooh ooh)
We'll pay for watching you burn (ooh ooh ooh)
Oh there's no moral
No lesson we should learn

Fame (ooh ooh ooh)
Now it seems you've got it all (ooh ooh ooh)
We'll sit and watch as you fall (ooh ooh ooh)
It's nothing personal
We don't know you at all

So now you've got to play the part
And all the things you said you
Wanted from the start, well
They've all come true
But we're not quite sure
Who you really are any more

You always dreamed of being part of the show
And everybody knows it
Even though it's hurting you, you can't let go
It's all you know, it's just

Fame [etc.]

Fame
Burn
Fame, burn
Burn, burn, burn, burn

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Produced arranged composed performed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright.

Now Everyone Knows Your Name

Jonathan Beckenstein: Guitars, bass, musical composition and mix http://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Clarence Paisley-Cheesemont: Drums
Wheelwright: Vocals, vocal melody, lyrics and sampled cello

This track is available on Immaculate Distraction https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

I am a great admirer of Jonathan's work and when he approached me with this wonderful piece of music asking if I might have a go at lyrics and a vocal I felt really privileged. I wanted to try to do as good a job as I could, but initially I struggled, and then, feeling extremely despondent I took a break from it. On my second attempt I think I started to listen properly to what the music was saying – rather than imposing too much of myself on it – and I  began to get melodies and word patterns that seemed like they were there under the surface already.

This has been an amazing project to work on, and Jonathan has been hugely supportive throughout. I've done my bit for sure, but it would have been nothing without the music.

Jonathan's posting of the song is here:

http://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein/we-all-know-how-it-ends

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Last night I dreamed that I could play the guitar
I was on The Titanic trying to sing
My heart will still go on
But I kept getting it wrong and
I couldn't get the high notes but
At least we hadn't hit the iceberg yet and

All the stars above us shone
Like cheap sequins in the sky
Like they'd all just been stuck on
By someone who didn't try

I was studying Kate Winslet
She was standing by a ventilation inlet
In a girly dress despite the cold and
I could see that she was not impressed
By my extraordinary rendition
I said you're looking nice and
I need relationship advice and she replied
Let's take a walk on the starboard side

And the stars above us shone
Like cheap sequins in the sky
Like they'd all just been stuck on
By someone who didn't try
When life's too flattering too sweet
We all like to pretend
But we all know how it ends

We're listing to port and
Kate's politely listening as
I'm listing all the things I should have said to you but
Never did
And realistically I think she's thinking
Less about you and me and
Rather more about the fact that
We've all started sinking yeah
Into the unforgiving sea oh

But the stars above us shone...

We All Know How It Ends (Wheelwright + Beckenstein)

What you need
Is a stable boy
Yeah you need someone
You can rely on
Yeah you need someone
Who'll bolt the stable door
Before the last horse has gone

And love it's such a cheesy song
But we've all got to sing along
Yeah love is blind it's plain to see
That love will never let us be

What you need
Is a stable boy
Yeah you need someone
Someone who isn't me
Yeah you need someone
Who'll bolt the stable door
Before the last horse has gone

[Repeat chorus]

[Repeat verse]

[Repeat chorus]

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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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The picture (detail) is from 'The Mystery of Love is Greater than the Mystery of Death' by Russell Oliver.
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20210317 Yet another attempt at a better mix
20210301 Uploaded another attempt at better mix
20210228 Uploaded attempt at better mix

Stable Boy

Music's got a hold of me.
I am also half of Fictive Sisters https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com

I have a soundcloud manifesto too (I know almost no one cares):
(1) I do not want to win at soundcloud
(2) I respect people who listen by trying to do work that is as good as I can make it but I may attempt (and possibly fail badly at) different kinds of music so you will probably find some of my tracks suck quite badly even if you like others
(3) If I follow you please feel no obligation to follow me back or to listen to my tracks because I know different people like different things
(4) If you follow me please don’t expect me automatically to follow you back because as I said different people like different things. I try to listen to most new uploads of the people I do follow, so there are only so many people I can meaningfully follow (and only so many reposts I can cope with) at any one time before it all gets a bit overwhelming
(5) If I add a track of yours to my likes that means I particularly like it and if I comment on a track that means I really did want to communicate something. I do not do these things expecting or wanting anything in return or fishing for listeners/followers etc.
(6) Soundcloud (still) can be wonderful and has wonderful people in its universe but some aspects of it do my head in and so I am putting this out here so everyone knows where I am coming from. This is not intended as criticism of anyone else, it is just what works for me

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