Great vocals..captivating organ..A true gem of musical expression. Excellent musicianship, production, mixing, and an overall audio delight!

You always know how to sing with that perfect feel.  Always a pleasure listening.  Doesn't matter what language.  ...and great mix btw.

yoroAcoustic

Project 2000
Bateria....Tino Feijo
Bass.... Domingo Lopez
Guitarra...Javier Piñeira

After Hours

She was a widow South of Memphis way  
In a small town in an outback bay  
She minded her own business  
She asked for no forgiveness  
 
Her husband left his brother’s house  
He left as quiet as a mouse  
One night around midnight  
With the stars shining bright  

Chorus

He was never seen again  
Though he had committed no sin  
He was never seen again  
Seen again
 
Many suspected a dark man in an alley  
Who did not belong in that valley  
Others thought the wife surely was involved  
But the crime was never resolved  
 
There was not proof nor charges pressed  
Though police searched and did their best  
Many said the dark man guilty  
And showed him no pity

Chorus
 
Bridge

Went out West to start a new life  
Lived a life full of worry and strife  
Changed his name and his identity  
Tried to become a nonentity  
  
Thirty years later the body was found  
Laying in some forest ground  
The evidence was irrefutable  
None could argue it was inscrutable  
 
They all knew the wife did the deed  
She hid the body and did it with speed  
But those in the know would not give up  
They were convinced that she was culprit 



Went home and drink some mead  
Forgot about it as she was freed  

Someone many suspected was the culprit  
Was sent to prison because she was it

This song is loosely based on this story:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/widow-charged-three-decades-after-husbands-body-found-beheaded/ar-AAZ6s5e

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/french-authorities-charge-widow-30-years-husband's-body

You can find music by Dave Cooper here:  https://soundcloud.com/warfydave

Never Seen Again (Cooper/Lockhart Collaboration)

This song is for anyone who has been in a relationship with a narcissistic or toxic person. As anyone who has been in a relationship with a narcissist knows, it is incredibly painful. Years can be wasted staying stuck in the relationship triangle of frustration, self-pity or believing you can fix them. When you finally realize that the only way to move forward is to completely cut them out of your life forever you are on the first steps to freedom. Expressing the anger you feel from all the abuse and time wasted is the first step to healing. Hope this song can help you to feel it’s okay to be angry. 

Share this song with someone who needs to hear this.

Mad As Hell

modern day

photos are memories I keep within my mind
stored in the basement in a crate I’ll never find
songs are the stories and the places I have been
authored before this mental knot I’m tangled in

modern day is here to stay
and all that was will fade away
heavens rain and hell will pay
our eyes are wet with tears

poets and prophets weave our words into their art
read in dramatic mien and spoken from their heart  
unseal the parchment let the words escape their cage
left with a book with seven hundred empty page

styles we made are old and frayed 
where all the past is filed away
a quill, a pen I’ll write the end
the sky is wet with ink

modern day is here to stay
and all that was will fade away
heavens rain and hell will pay
our eyes are wet with tears
modern day is bland and beige
remembrance of the golden age
a quill, a pen I’ll write the end
my heart is black as ink

Modern Day

Gunshot blues is the first track I have written and recorded. I recorded the track at HQ Studios in Manchester. I first started writing the song about 7 years ago but then moved onto writing the next song and then the next song and so on. I finally got around to finishing this one last year and taking it to the studio to record. I play the guitars, bass and there is an organ somewhere in the background. I then attempt to sing as well. Drums are a mix of samples put together by the producer. There is some other percussion in there such as tambourine and I don’t know if there is a technical name for it but “shaky egg”? My Dad did those as he came with me to the recording studio when i did this track and I wanted him to be a part of it. See what you think…..

gunshot blues

This song is a tribute to beautiful lives cut short. Back in November 2022 last year three University of Virginia football players were shot and killed by a former teammate as they returned from a trip to see a play in Washington DC. It happens all too often in this country. These three were outstanding young men much loved and mourned by the community.

The amazing Ceci Wynans paid tribute in song at their memorial service:  https://youtu.be/VLA6biZDTx0

The art is a painting by D'Sean Perry, one of the three young men lost. 

This is song is sung from the imagined perspective of their parents.

Brother Gone

I still see a little boy running hiding from me and laughing then
I'd like to think that losing you had some higher reason in the end
but how can anyone know how hard it is to let you go

you were the one who always knew everything is in God's hands
but you're not here and it's so hard to understand

just look at all these people standing here
calling out your name
this would be the happiest day of my life if you were here by my side
instead all I've got is this heartbreak and pain

how was I to know it'd be the last time
that I'd see your shining face next to mine
they can take away the good years that should've been yours to claim
but they'll never take away the good man you became

I'll always see a little boy running hiding away from me
but this time you're not coming back
and I'm not sure how I'm ever gonna live with that

God I need some peace of mind
I hope that it isn't far away

Brother Gone

This is the story of a young man's adventure in the mid 1800's when he sets sail from the UK and places his foot on a distant land where he feels at home. 
Also at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9jLm933OQ
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen 
Vocals, guitars and keyboards: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
We sailed into port on a hot afternoon
I felt we had been back and fore to the moon
Salt in my eyes and salt in my throat
I’ve never been so glad to get off a boat

Verse 2
Rapped up in hope and quite a bit of luck
I looked up at fortune and then a thought struck
I’m a stranger in this land but I feel so at home
From my head to my feet and every bone

Chorus
To realise my every dream I’ve had
Realise the choice of good and bad
I may be a stranger in this distant land
But I feel so at home with my brother Galahad

Middle 8
I feel such an old man at age of twenty two
I’ve seen so much hardship with so much to do
I pull myself up with an invisible hand
This is my home. This is my land

Verse 3
The crowd surged forward in the afternoon sun
A voice shouted walk and please don’t run
And then I saw someone raise a gun 
It chilled the spine, I’m sure, in everyone.

Verse 4
I closed my eyes for a moment or two
The crowd surged forward. They stepped on my shoes
Crushed up together, I felt black and blue
The queue seemed so long but soon I was through.

America (Stranger In This Distant Land)

So this was going to be a nineties throwback petshop boys style piece. I could never get it right, it's such a nihilistic piece. This is a very rough version, two takes on the piano, and a few takes on the vocal.

Let’s go, just you and I, 
while the world still dreams below the starry sky
Down the lonely street into an empty town 
From our mindless sleep on to Hallowed ground

I always thought there would be time
but i watched it slip away before my eyes
Yet we had time for our goodbyes
Looking out, at the edge of the demise

Without you here, what would I be?
Within your arms, you comfort me
You keep me close, 
you set me free!

It doesn’t end with a whimper or a bang, 
We just slowly fade to black from where we came
It doesn’t end in flood or fire,
It all just simply falls to our desire

will there ever be another?

A Love Song From The End Of The World

keep the hope...

YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/kX-0hKZoRqA
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宙にそっと / The Wind is Blowin’
=========================

風は吹いている
時が止まることに
抗うかのようだ

道は延びている
いつか終わることを
隠すかのようだ


宙にそっと　「負けた」と　言ったさ
傍できっと　かつての　願いが
笑ってるんだ


風は吹いている 
時が止まることに
抗うかのようだ

眩しすぎる朝
重いドアを叩き
呼んでるかのようだ


窓にそっと　「悔しい」と　言ったさ
傍できっと　終わらない　想いが
踊ってるんだ


宙にそっと　「負けた」と　言ったさ
傍できっと　かつての　願いが
笑ってるんだ

宙にそっと / The Wind is Blowin’

Supernatant

Bandcamp

Hydropathy

find the light : )

one for the kids. c'mon, sing along, it'll make you feel good :

the light I saw

please also check my YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/CZfO158DCvU

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帰り道 / the way home
==================
そして今日もまた日が暮れる
なだらかな 上り坂の向こう
どこかで見たことのある風景
独りの　帰り道

似たような ため息をつき
似たような 人々を見送り
通し番号のような日々に
章立てを　必要とする

順序よく 居なくなって
順序よく 現れ流離う
ひとたび リズムが狂えば
底のない悲しみに抱かれ

「ご自由に お入りなさい
招待は しませんけれど」
そんな　侮辱に耐えて
ちっぽけな　譲れないもの

そして今日もまた日が暮れる
なだらかな 上り坂の向こう
どこかで見たことのある風景
独りの　帰り道

似たような 足音をたて
似たような カードをかざし
逆算で成立する日々に
秒読みを必要とする

順序よく ドアを叩き
順序よく 逃れ身を隠す
ひとたび リズムが狂えば
たえ間ない憂鬱とあそび

「大切なもの お出しなさい
持っていても しかたないでしょう」
そんな　屈辱をこえて
ずっとずっとずっとずっと先へ

そして今日もまた日が暮れる
なだらかな上り坂の向こう
どこかで見たことのある風景
独りの　帰り道

concave & convex

AppleMusic

帰り道 / on the way home

please also check my YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/9_uSWmEd2gU

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砂の城
=====

ずいぶん　狭くなった
路地を　今日も　歩いてる

さっき　すれ違った
唄い続ける　聖者たち

悲しむなら そよ風のなか
微笑むなら 夕陽の丘


いつか　崩れ去った
約束の　砂の城

さっき　すれ違った
顔のない　人の群れ

流離うなら 大地の上
留まるなら さざ波の岸


誰を　想い　跳び込む
それほどまでに　自由を

誰の　幸せのため
何故に　その雲は
暗く　重く　どかない


ずいぶん　遠くなった
星を　今日も　眺めてる

さっき　すれ違った
踊り続ける　賢者たち

企むなら 暗闇の底
憂うなら 大空の下


誰を　想い　跳び込む
それほどまでに　自由を

誰の　幸せのため
何故に　その雲は
暗く　重く　どかない

砂の城 / sandcastle

please also check my YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/Ea28pQL7N6g

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凹凸　concave and convex
=====================

会えば きっと 消える 僕ら
凹凸が　まるで　合致してる
さらけだしたままの声をしまう箱は何処？

最大級の 警戒もむなしく
時に 水面は 荒れ狂い
積み上げた なけなしの 粒子を 飲み込んだ

会えば きっと 消える 僕ら
好きなことだけで 暮らしていけるほど
都合よく できてない 思考回路

最大級の 警戒もむなしく
時に 嵐は 吹き荒れ
まとまりかけた 闇と言葉 蹴散らした

どこからやってきたのだろう
その記憶すら　ない

会えば きっと 消える 僕ら
凹凸が　まるで　合致してる
さらけだしたままの声をしまう箱は何処？

最大級の 警戒もむなしく
時に 水面は 荒れ狂い
積み上げた なけなしの 粒子を 飲み込んだ

凹凸 / concave & convex

keep the hope...

please also check my YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/iBp4IQzy8iY
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悪意なきもの / pandemic
====================

新型に怯える　　旧型の　じぶんは
(I’m  afraid of the new type, ‘cause I’m an old type)
無邪気で小さなキカイに　脅かされてる
(threatened by innocent - ultramicroscopic machines)

生きようとする　意思もなく
(they have no will to live)
陥れようとする　魂胆もない
(they have no ulterior motive to ensnare)

壊そうとする　野望もなく
(they have no ambition to destroy)
困らせようとする　悪意もない
(they have no malice to annoy)

視えない世界と交錯を果たし
(interlaced with the invisible world)
粛々と　崩れゆくものを前に
(something collapses quietly)
泣き濡れた　魂の　行方は
(the weeping soul… where are you going?)
 　
 　
新型に怯える　　旧型の　社会は
(the world afraid of the new type, ‘cause the world is an old type)
悪者探しで誰かを　脅かしている
(threatening someone by searching for bad guys)

生きようとする　意思もあり
(they have strong will to live)
陥れようとする　魂胆もある
(they have strong ulterior motive to ensnare)

壊そうとする　野望もあり
(they have strong ambition to destroy)
困らせようとする　悪意もある
(they have strong malice to annoy)
 　
 　
視えない世界と交錯を果たし
粛々と　崩れゆくものを前に
泣き濡れた　魂の　行方は
 　
 　
視えない世界と交錯を果たし
粛々と　崩れゆくものを前に
泣き濡れた　魂の　希望は
(the weeping soul… what is your hope?)

悪意なきもの / pandemic (lyrics in description)

please also check my YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/0rfuuvDcjL4

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日々の綾　inevitable coincidence
==========================

僕は過ごす　時間という幻想を
僕は歩く　確からしい今を

いとしいひとの　姿でさえも
描けなくなってしまった


遮ったときに　友情は試される
振り向いたときに　愛情は照らされる

戻れないどこか
置いてきたもの
想い出してしまった



これ以上の奇跡を　望んだところで
日々の綾に　溶け込んでしまえば
似たような　もの



君は過ごすだろう　絶え間ない日々を
君は歩むだろう　ささやかな今日を

いとしいひとの　姿さえ
描けなくなっても




やがて朝焼けのなか　薄らいでゆく
人知れず　ささえつづけた　
名もなき　声となろう



君は過ごすだろう　絶え間ない日々を
君は歩むだろう　ささやかな今日を

いとしいひとの　姿さえ
描けなくなっても

日々の綾 / inevitable coincidence

[1st album] "いつから 僕らは / Itsu Kara Bokura Wa" now available at:
Spotify（Download）
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