This is a collab with Kari & Kopi from Finland i got the idea for the lyrics fron Frank Sinatra's it was a very good year ....any way here it is Thanks for listening
When I was w/ Kari Topi
When I was nineteen
Well it was a crazy time…
I came up with this one this afternoon its about loss just guitar and Vocal HB 12 string plugged straight into focusrite.........Thanks for listening
The Old Man
the old man thought he was king of the hill
Till life made him feel nothing…
Heres one with the HB 12 string and Gibson SG and a bit of wizardry or clicking of presets and fiddling .....
Your my secret agent
Your my devil in disguise
You are the devils disciple
Sent to burn my eyes
Your something I keep secret…
I came up with this one this afternoon its about loss just guitar and Vocal HB 12 string plugged straight into focusrite.........Thanks for listening
The Old Man
the old man thought he was king of the hill
Till life made him feel nothing…
Messing around again with the HB 12 string and came up with a backer so i got Elvis of the settee and pushed him to sing for his supper....man can that man eat toasted peanut butter sandwiches ....4 tracks of guitar drums on M-audio Keyboard…
Messing around again with the HB 12 string and came up with a backer so i got Elvis of the settee and pushed him to sing for his supper....man can that man eat toasted peanut butter sandwiches ....4 tracks of guitar drums on M-audio Keyboard…
Listening to Boris today will do it to you ...... Thanks for listening
Talking Head (Am7 Am/D D7 sus4 F C Gm DM Cm Am F C G F C Gm )
Your just a talking head to me
I see your lips move but I don’t hear what you say
Tomorrow is just…
I was trying out the new guitar a Harley Benton 12String just like Tims (Greeny's) an its a beauty it sounds great and for just over £200 a bargin to boot. Heres a bit of blues the Harley benton and a fender strat and a wha peddle
I travelled…
Poor old Reg everything was going swimmingly until he fell of the wagon, 6 weeks dissapeared and guess what his wife didn't understand and he's out on his ear again, he's got no one to blame but himself but he's gone a bit weird this time…
How are you friend?? I need to get on AT more often. dont know if its covid or what, but many great peeps and tunes of late. Makes me happy. I like the ambiance change at 1:20
I did this collab with a chap Stephen Moore on songrafters he did most of the hard work playing and mixing i just donated the lyrics and vocal Thanks fors listening....
Courage is coming with the wind
The dead serenade but no one is listening…
Poor old Reg everything was going swimmingly until he fell of the wagon, 6 weeks dissapeared and guess what his wife didn't understand and he's out on his ear again, he's got no one to blame but himself but he's gone a bit weird this time…
Love that "I want you" ... insistent and, er, creepy... And that spoken section is brilliant... it sums that awful situation up perfectly... there are no winners... only losers... Poor ole Reg! How on earth is he gonna talk his way out of that phone message?!!!
To try and help the grieving process........
Today and tomorrow is all you need
Yesterday seems so far away
Tomorrows here it came today
I look around me to try and find away to get back to yesterday
I don’t know what I believe in…
FUNKY HEART PROBLEMS w/Hardlock
To all those with the same problem something to smile about .......
Funky Heart Problems
Eggs sausages bacon and beans that’s all I think of eating
That’s all want to eat but I can’t with this diet that I…
I was going to do another instrumental but heard a song at the start so changed direction and came up with this one...
Another day comes
Yesterdays youth seem miles away
As age creeps on day after day
Life isn’t what it used to be
And no…
Glad you changed direction - powerful song. Liking that insistent piano motif... during the instrumental (cool wah on the guitar!) I was suddenly aware of why I'd been feeling on edge all the way through... kind of focuses me on the lyrics. Cool.
A collab with Mike_S over from the otherside at songcrafters on his instrumental track King & Country which he kindly took the lead off for me to play with and i came up with this Thanks Mike
The people like ants looked up and they just…
I was going to do another instrumental but heard a song at the start so changed direction and came up with this one...
Another day comes
Yesterdays youth seem miles away
As age creeps on day after day
Life isn’t what it used to be
And no…
Was messing around this afternoon and came up with this .....
let the love come out and play
Now you tell me you’ve nothing to give
Yeh You tell me, you can’t get that hit
You tell me that you want it
You giving me nothing you don’t want…
Was messing around this afternoon and came up with this .....
let the love come out and play
Now you tell me you’ve nothing to give
Yeh You tell me, you can’t get that hit
You tell me that you want it
You giving me nothing you don’t want…
Well i had lost my mojo and was trying to find it this afternoon and came up with this.....trying to play beyound my ability as always but hey I'm Trying!! Thanks for listening.
What are you trying to prove
You’d set your hair on fire just…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 01
Written Saturday-Sunday 1st-2nd February 2025
Written 1st-2nd Feb
Demo recorded 2nd Feb
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I wasn't gonna do this FAWM thing this year, but they sent me an email...
And then I wrote…
Song 9# for my 2025 RPM Challenge. The finishing line is near. I wrote this song last night - it emerged out of the burning heart ache I've experienced since the death of my beloved 13 year old dog Maxwell (died last May) - my love for him is…
Sometimes writing a song is the very best and only thing you can do....
Cold Winter Moon
Oh cold winter moon
And the wind that blows
Bring me a change
For my weary soul
Take away this longing
That fills my heart
Something is over…
My words, ai demo.
Your clothes are in the wardrobe
And your books are on the shelf
I wander from room to room
Talking quietly to myself
How can I see my future
When you’re standing in the way?
Every morning I wake up, I’m in
Tomorrow…
Guitars/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A couple of nice reels played on guitar, the first is The Cup of Tea, can't remember the name of the second one. Unfortunately my midi flute scratch track got added in the mix…
(Song 4)
Hair net tossed on the table
Name tag still pinned to my shirt
Work boots wait on the front step
but they might walk out on me too
I've got no one left to care for
No one left to hear my prayer
Talking to the kitchen window…
this is all chris. except i went the route of playing synthesized drums, which was a gas. at one time i couldn't stand the sound of them. but i knew they would fit his song. i think this is a very interesting journey.
A strange beast that began back in 2021 as a chord progression that didn't go anywhere. I finally knuckled down and finished it. It has a somewhat awkward transition from verse to chorus, but when I tried shifting either to accommodate the other…
I come up to the surface
And take a breath on my return
Crystal waters on the surface
Light gets swallowed down below
And it’s the same way with my feelings
About you they stay much the same
Twenty years wrapped up in paper
Tied it up…
Another one for Steve, our bass player….a BIG Planet of the Apes fan.
I never followed Those movies, but he assures me that he’s kept within the bounds of the narrative.
-Lyrics-
Friends…
Comments on thetworegs's stuff
That hit the spot ....
great lyrics on this one.
Yeah , Alex Harvey lives in all of us .... great track ....
Love a 12 string , reminds me of good ole Ronnie Lane , bless him, good stuff ....
tight 12 string sound very nice
Elvis LIVES!!!!!!!! Check your sideburns and jumpsuit at the door..... Sweet!
I have the same response to our fool of a leader too!
Boy that sounds warm and sultry! Love it. Great song too!!!
How are you friend?? I need to get on AT more often. dont know if its covid or what, but many great peeps and tunes of late. Makes me happy. I like the ambiance change at 1:20
Nice one
Love that "I want you" ... insistent and, er, creepy... And that spoken section is brilliant... it sums that awful situation up perfectly... there are no winners... only losers... Poor ole Reg! How on earth is he gonna talk his way out of that phone message?!!!
Digging the guitar sound here. And a very cool song.
Mmmm... Eggs and suasages and bacon and beans... MMMMMM... sorry? Did you say something else? Missed it, I was thinking of something else... :)
Glad you changed direction - powerful song. Liking that insistent piano motif... during the instrumental (cool wah on the guitar!) I was suddenly aware of why I'd been feeling on edge all the way through... kind of focuses me on the lyrics. Cool.
Woo. DIgging the lyrics.
Cool sounds.
That's a crackerjack of a song .......
nice bluesy late 60's grind. yeah !
Yep. Mojo regained.
Yeah like it. Sounds like your mojo has been dragged kicking and screaming from wherever it was hiding.
Comments made by thetworegs
That bass is shaking the car down and dirty
Another year older waiting for your FAWN 26 submission
Poor old Maxwell at least he was loved
I’m liking the piano sounds like a real one rather than midi but I’m probably wrong
Got a great 80’s vibe going with that synth
The UK stops on 2 inches of snow good luck with the next 3 months were hoping not to drown in all this rain
A beautiful song beautifully sung
Great vocal
smooth as butter
Excellent
Smooth excellence vocal and backer
Slick recording
nice string work
excellent productions and vocal great lyrics "Talking to the kitchen window Like someone out there still cares"
they work treat it sounds like you both had a blast
That was a ride
You vocal drew me in ….
Nicely done great production
Excellent
Ooh yeah