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Fuck You Stan
Conceived as the last song on the album Failing in love, it gives the last word to the girl protagonist. It sounds quite sweet until the...
barrysmyth58
Aug 6, 20232 min read
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Not The Same
The ‘wall of sound’ production will fill any room. The slightly haunting and reverberating vocals give it another worldly feel, and it...
barrysmyth58
Aug 6, 20231 min read
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Strength of Soul
My son Mat won England's Strongest Disabled Man in Manchester. To accompany the video I did another version of the melody I previously...
barrysmyth58
May 17, 20231 min read
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Platform 9
This is a brassy track that bounces along nicely, and is based on a Big Band rhythm. Hopefully it evoking the Big Band/Dance Hall era of...
barrysmyth58
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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Waiting
I had been trying to do a girl pop type of song but was stuck for inspiration. I heard Helen Shapiro's Walking Back To Happiness and...
barrysmyth58
Mar 10, 20231 min read
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Lift Heavy, Be Happy!
This was a half written but abandoned track that I did not know what to do with. When my son entered a Strongman competition, I thought...
barrysmyth58
Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Babe....Club(Debbie Mix)
Simply an instrumental version of Babe....Club, came about when my brother and sister-in-law, Debbie, said they had difficulty hearing...
barrysmyth58
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Babe.... Multi mix
Here are 4 versions of the song Babe…. released a few months ago, mixed into one song: - The original has a 70s/80s soul vibe. The Club...
barrysmyth58
Oct 22, 20222 min read
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Babe.... Club
Babe.... Club As I had done three versions of this song, I thought a fourth one would make a nice set. I had wanted to do a dance/dub...
barrysmyth58
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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Babe.... Smokey
I loved the vocals on the original Babe...., my daughter said they sounded like they belonged in a smoke-filled bar, so I thought I would...
barrysmyth58
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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All You Need
Much more of a rock song with a message about what’s important in family life. The guitar makes use of the pitch bend wheel, giving it a...
barrysmyth58
Sep 13, 20222 min read
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Strength Of Heart
Strength Of Heart is a reworking of a previous track, Strength Of Mind, that was the soundtrack to Mat performing at the 2021 Britain's...
barrysmyth58
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Get It On Medley live!
Get It On Medley Live I did this for fun and because I was stuck for a project to do. I though a rock version of a T Rex song would be...
barrysmyth58
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Will You?
Will You? Part of an album I am working on, I wanted a duet about the next stage in a relationship. Initially, I had a standard verse...
barrysmyth58
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Babe
The opening instrumental section was supposed to be part of a longer instrumental piece, but I did not know what to do with it. Fast...
barrysmyth58
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Gone In 60 Seconds
This early effort from a few years ago is a simple old style 3 ½ minute pop song, stripped back sound with a rock n’ roll beat. Fun to...
barrysmyth58
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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This Fragile World
This came about almost by accident. It was meant to be an 80's synth/pop song. but as usual, I got diverted! The opening lyrics just...
barrysmyth58
Mar 9, 20221 min read
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Now The Love Has Gone
This 8 1/2 minute rock/prog rock track started life as a short and simple acoustic piece, in a folder entitled Acoustic, then I had an...
barrysmyth58
Jan 20, 20223 min read
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Missing You
A sweet little song with a sparse sound and simple lyrics, about being in love but being apart. It started out as an experiment for a far...
barrysmyth58
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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Strength Of Mind - Instrumental
Strength of Mind was written specifically for a video I did of my son, Mat, taking part in the Britain’s Disabled Strongman competition....
barrysmyth58
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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