Claudine West 2016, alternative, music, musician

Limestone Century

New tune! Limestone Century is an essentially funky ‘Bog Woppit’ track from my 2016 forthcoming solo album. I adventure new paths using Pro Tools SE instead of Fostex multi trackers. I’ve put off using it for a while now as dislike reading instructions (So I watched Youtube videos to get me started) Back in my early 20’s I was the reel to reel tape user. Then to 4 track cassette tape. Moving into digital multi trackers. Always a musician and composer (I’m not a sound engineer and wiz at the tech) But I’m slowly learning. Pro tools crashes, pops. But on the whole I’ll persevere. It made music making very easy.  (I’ll save up for the ‘Full Monty’ after California next year) It does take the challenge out of my making it up as I go along. I can tolerate for this album I’m sure 😉

I bought the tiniest midi keyboard for my massive hands. More for recording synth parts for meditation music. The principled self that records everything live with real instruments still gets to do that in part. Fully in our Rock band ‘Subway Circus’  yes I’m having a bit of fun playing with loops and like.

Inhaling my himalayan salt pipe is helping lung recover after that darn nasty lurgy last month.

What’s it about?  I suppose a ‘header’ : Purification, making peace, music. 2016 started off poorly. It’s time to make things alright again.

Once upon a parallel line

The Quintessence of Frequency in an Idyllic Blue Sky

the Sound of the Hedonist:

 Levitate in the Limestone century 

The haven’t not decided 

The world collapsed inside

Retired and fired up upon too young 

Razor wires and battle cries 

Idyllic blue sky

Make your peace with makers 

And follow lycanthrope a

Panic button

The sound of a heaven rip

Divination walker of the mountains and the underpass 

You make your peace with fables 

You make your peace with your God 

© Claudine West 2016

Enjoy ~ Claudine

Claudine West music, musician, nottingham

Post Viral Poorly Strums

So literally a week after my gig at The Alley Cafe. One was striken with one of the worst viruses I’ve ever had. Bad throat, cough and frothy lungs. It went on and on. Exhausted I fumbled through Xmas. January was a write off! 

But we did play a gig at the weekend: Blog here : http://subwaycircus.com/2016/01/30/kevfest-2016/ 

 It’s now February and I’m almost recovered. Subway Circus (Rock band I perform drums and some songwriting duties in) were also plagued by this incestuous filth. Delaying the recording of our debut Album. ‘Pilgrim Commuter’ which is rescheduled for February. 

I had a little warm up warble yesterday. 

At Close Range – Claudine West http://youtu.be/s6q4nsBsUcA
At last I’m back on with recording meditation music. All is well, all is good. Im full of wind :-0 
~ Claudine 

  

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Live at Wire & Wool

I’m still dripping with sweat.  Literally Unplugged. 03/12/2015 = Lovely crowd. Cotton mouth. A quick gulp of whiskey to warm the cockles. (With a rare, soon to be less rare.) Solo live appearance on my other love: Stringed instruments. The Alley Cafe crowd were lovely. http://alleycafe.co.uk/ Thanks you Will Robinson for my Wire & Wool invite.

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I depart shortly to the boudoir for happy strum sleep. It’s been a long week in The NHS. A gig tomorrow with my drums at The Understudy awaits with Subway Circus! ROOOOOCK . Far past my usual bedtime. OMG 11pm! I’m a pro. A few randy shandys will perk me up nicely.

Here is Unusual Haunts:

(Thank you for recording wifey / Manager Ange – The new Sharon Osborne who saved me from myself)

We swiftly move into Exit with Ange’s finger (initially)  on the lens!!

Sonic World : “Don’t keep me smiling it’s just not happening…” This is the original.  In Subway Circus we do it slightly different.

Finally. My little young Mandolin came out for strumtastic happenings. With the moreish folky lyrics and discovery storytelling of Exceptional Believers.

Nighty Night. The early bird swings, strums, warbles and will be back soon solo.

~ Claudine

Claudine West composer, multi-instrumentalist, music, musician, singer songwriter, songwriter, subway circus

Wildkin & Unusual Haunts

Considering it was a late and indulgent one last night. Drumming then the  adrenaline rush, sweating gush has cleansed and energised my torso and beyond. After a soak in the tub the morning after and softer fingers. I cracked on with an acoustic workout. See videos below. Good things. Good work.

Read Lastest band blog : Subway Circus

Unusual Haunts 

Wildkin 

Moon guitar

~ Claudine

 

 

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Exceptional Believers and the Mandolin

As the dark afternoons and days fill me with a certain sadness. Hibernation, although it would be easy to slip away. Is a procrastination.  But It is nesting and writing time. I’m in rehearsals for live solo work, as well as with Subway Circus http://subwaycircus.com/ being the resident drummer. So Jim Jams on as soon as the dark hits. Being true to oneself and playing the music I love is the sparkles in the flames of my life.

Here is Exceptional Believers:

Claudine West alternative, composer, music, singer songwriter

Molasses In The Spring With Olaf

Molasses In The Spring with Olaf 

Channelling, words, sentences, thoughts, reads of the week, experiences from the realms of parallels. Olaf is the friend. The friends that gives sweet memories of times in the sunshine. As the pink blossom falls. We travel; I found this music on an old Fostex digital recorder, while sorting deletions and fresh starts in composition. Remembering the lyrics and melodies weren’t there at the time. Today the wanted to come through.

Tokyo at Mohive

Chrono las over

Highway a night drive

Imploding supernova

 

Molasses in the spring with Olaf

Birds of paradise in the garden

 

Nephilim in darkness

Corroded movers

They shake new world orders

Roll it under

Make it thunder

Break the man in two

 

Machina took it out on toucan

The words and menopause

The losers in the blue room

Empty wards have active soul wanderers 

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