www.writeawaymag.co.uk 51www.writeawaymag.co.uk 51KATYEKELLYEWEBSITEhttps://katyekellyean-dtheinterruption.com/DOCIAL MEDIAhttps://www.facebook.com/KatyeKellyean-dTheInterruptionMUSIC PLATFORMShttps://linktr.ee/katyekell-yeandtheinterruptionHello my friendSo glad to see your face againFeels like it’s been a thousand nightsA thousand milesIt’s great to see you smile So let’s begin It’s my graceWatching the lights play on your faceEven though we’ve been here So many times before Now it fees like moreThis sacred space This is our timeThe moment your eyes lock with mineMoving together when the music Starts to soarThe tempo’s rising moreBeyond sublimeSwaying, playing, the beating of your heartHolding you in thrall from the moment we that we start Your delight shows me we have the right stuffAnd the sweat pours off my bodyand I just can’tt get —- enoughTime andDistance can’t DiminishWe’re in thisTo the finishDon’t ever want to stopSingingAll my words back to meFeels like you always knew meYou got me From the startYou call my nameFueling my heart, searing my brainThe light and shadows dancing on your upturned faceYour joy can’t be replacedSo glad you cameThis is our fateTo be together in this placeNot just tonight but maybe thousands moreEach different than beforeBut always greatAlas my friend Our time tonight is at an endSing one last verse before we have to goI really hope you knowWe’ll meet againSwaying, playing, the beating of your heartHolding you in thrall from the moment we that we start Your delight shows me we have the right stuffAnd the sweat pours off my bodyand I just can’t get enoughTonight I’ll rideAnother city in my sightsThe lights come up and they’ll hold me like a brideThe beat intensifiesFeel so alive As the sweat pours off my bodyAnd I just can’t get enough.OhohohYeah the sweat pours off my body and I just can’t get enoughOhohohStill the sweat pours off my body and I just can’t get enoughFollow this link to listen...ENOUGH
52 www.writeawaymag.co.ukLIFT OFF© Mike TurnerOne of the consistent bits of feedback I’ve received on my lyrics is that I’m pretty direct. It’s true - I tend to write with a specific message or point in mind, and lay it out pretty explicitly in the course of my songs. This is particularly true of songs I’ve written on social justice topics and world peace.One of my songwriting heroes is Bob Dylan, not least of which because of his sometimes inscrutability. He certainly makes his points, but many of his songs carry more than one interpretation, and thus the “message” becomes in part a function of the lens of the listener’s experience. I’ve wanted to be able to write like that, and so I set out to intentionally write an “inscrutable” song. I wanted to use imagery and references that told the story and made the point that I had in conceiving the song, while at the same time seeming somewhat contradictory, and being subject to more than one interpretation. The result was my latest song: “Liftoff.”Now, make no mistake: I had a definite message in mind in writing the song. But I wanted to be less direct about it than I normally am - and to see if anyone would figure out what I intended the song to be about (as well as seeing what alternate messages listeners might come up with).I’ll be interested in any feedback anyone might offer on the “message.” There’s a clue to my intent in the YouTube description - but not so blatant a clue that I think it gives the message away.I recorded the track using some new video equipment, including a photographer’s backdrop of a brick wall, and some diffusion lighting. Think of it as a “performance demo.” I’m still experimenting, but I like the look of the video and quality of the audio (recorded live using a Tascam video recorder). I have plans for a fuller production version later on for streaming release.Bio : Mike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the US Gulf Coast. His original songs have received world-wide radio and streaming play; his songs were featured at the 2020 Monroeville Literary Festival (Alabama/US); and he was named 2017 Male Gospel Entertainer of the Year by the North America Country Music Associations International. He co-founded Music For World Peace Records and wrote/co-wrote more than 10 tracks released by the label by numerous artists. Mike’s poetry has been published in numerous print and on-line journals and anthologies; his book, “Visions and Memories,” is available on Amazon.
LIFTOFF© Mike TurnerSitting at a table in a run-down barWasn ’t born here and haven’t got too farMaking out a case for lifeOr one more nightHave another drink, a bourbon with beer backListing all I got and everything I lackFigure there’s just one more chanceIt ’s flight or fightCan’t say what I’ve lost Or what I ’ve wonCan’t get out the gateRace done been runNever been here but now I’m back againReady to launch, I’m counting down from tenLiftoffHave a good flightCarbon-copy sins leave chains that surely bindShould have known better I saw all the signsCan ’t much escape who we areOr who we’ll beLooking forward to times that already passedYesterdays are all we’re really left at lastNo present, no futureJust historyDon’t know how to seeWhat ’s gone from sightDon ’t know how to makeOld past wrongs rightNever been here but now I’m back againReady to launch, I’m counting down from tenLiftoffBoosters igniteLiftoffHave a good flightLast roll of the diceIt ’s win or loseGo all in or foldIt ’s ours to choose Never been here but now I’m back againReady to launch, I’m counting down from tenBeen here before but from the other sideReady to launch, I hope it’s a smooth rideLiftoffBoosters igniteLiftoffHave a good flightLiftoffHead for the lightFollow this link to listen...www.writeawaymag.co.uk 53MIKETURNERWEBSITEhttps://www.miketurnersong-writer.com/SOCIAL MEDIAhttps://www.facebook.com/MikeTurnerSongwriter/https://mobile.twitter.com/schoonerskipperMUSIC PLATFORMShttps://www.youtube.com/MikeTurnerSongwriter
54 www.writeawaymag.co.ukUKRAINE FOREVER© Jim ThompsonALL PROCEEDES FROM SALES OF THIS SONG WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE RED CROSS UKRAINEWatching the poor folks in Ukraine suffering under the Russian bombings and displacement of whole cities prompted me to write a song called Ukraine Forever! I decided that all income from the song will go to Red Cross- Ukraine. The song should appear on iTunes , Spotify etc within the next week or so. Please share and donate if you can.I took up songwriting about three years ago after I retired and had the extra time to devote to the songs. I now have 21 video songs on YouTube with one song - Vietnam having over 9400 views. I was working some chords for a new song when Russia attacked Ukraine. I decided to use those chords and write the song - Ukraine Forever. I will donate all income from the song to Red Cross Ukraine. I expect the song to be active on iTunes , Spotify etc in the coming weeks.
www.writeawaymag.co.uk 55JIMTHOMPSONESOCIAL MEDIAhttps://www.facebook.com/Jim-Thomp-son-Songwrit-er-110833264834472MUSIC PLATFORMhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-6pV5GN5AHOZ35BX-7JfLTg SLINK TO THE SONG:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcJ3LB-Hy7ewUKRAINE FOREVER© im ThompsonCame without any warningAtttacked us from land and seaWe’re dying to be freeWe pray to God for salvationGather our friends to the fightAll free world supports usWe stand for truth and its lightHeavenly Father we paray to youSave our country, children tooWe want free-dom made our standFight with our handsFor free-dom, mountains to sandsOn Gods given landFor free-dom, will never give upTo the last manWill never surrender our countryFight to the ends of timeLuck still smiles on us BrotherInnocents die of war crimesThe world knows who’s to blameGod bless in glory UkraineHeavenly Father we pray to youSave our country, children tooWe want free-dom made our standFight with our handsFor free-dom, mountains to sandsOn Gods given landFor free-dom, will never give upTo the last manFollow this link to listen...
58 www.writeawaymag.co.uk56 ww w .wr i t e awaym a g.co.ukThe Show Must Go OnThe Show Must Go On© Brian May / Freddie Mercury / John Deacon / Roger TaylorThe Show Must Go On is a song by the British rock band Queen, featured as the twelfth and final track on their 1991 album, Innuendo. It is credited to Queen, but written mainly many weeks in the top 75 (five) as it did upon its by Brian May. The song chronicles the effort of frontman Freddie Mercury continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life, although his diagnosis with HIV/AIDS had not yet been made public in spite of ongoing media speculation claiming that he was seriously ill. When the band recorded the song in 1990 Mercury’s condition had deteriorated to the point that May had concerns as to Queen, with Elton John singing lead vocals and whether he was physically capable of singing it. May recalls; “I said, ‘Fred, I don’t know if this is going to be possible to sing.’ And he went, ‘I’ll fucking do it, darling’—vodka down—and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal”.It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 14 October 1991 in promotion for the Greatest Hits II album, just six weeks before Mercury died. Following Mercury’s death on 24 November 1991, the song re-entered the British charts and spent as original release, initially reaching a peak of 16. A live version with Elton John on vocals appeared on Queen’s Greatest Hits III album.The song was first played live on 20 April 1992, during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by the three remaining members of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi playing rhythm guitar. It has since been played live by Queen + Paul Rodgers and Queen + Adam Lambert with Rodgers citing one of the performances as the best of his career. Since its release, the song has appeared on television, film (including an operatic version in Moulin Rouge!), and has been covered by a number of artists.
www.writeawaymag.co.uk 59www.writeawaymag.co.uk 57QUEENWEBSITEhttps://www.queenonline.com/:SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/Queenhttps://twitter.com/queen-willrockhttps://www.instagram.com/officialqueenmusic/MUSIC PLATFORMS:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMhD-4jzUqG-IgPzUmmytRQTHE SHOW MUST GO ON© Brian May / Freddie Mercury / John Deacon / Roger TaylorEmpty spaces, what are we living for?Abandoned places, I guess we know the score, on and onDoes anybody know what we are looking for?Another hero, another mindless crimeBehind the curtain, in the pantomimeHold the lineDoes anybody want to take it anymore?The show must go onThe show must go on, yeahInside my heart is breakingMy makeup may be flakingBut my smile, still, stays onWhatever happens, I’ll leave it all to chanceAnother heartache, another failed romance, on and onDoes anybody know what we are living for?I guess I’m learningI must be warmer nowI’ll soon be turning, round the corner nowOutside the dawn is breakingBut inside in the dark I’m aching to be freeThe show must go onThe show must go onInside my heart is breakingMy makeup may be flakingBut my smile, still, stays onMy soul is painted like the wings of butterfliesFairy tales of yesterday, grow but never dieI can fly, my friendsThe show must go onThe show must go onI’ll face it with a grinI’m never giving inOn with the showI’ll top the billI’ll overkillI have to find the will to carry onOn with the showShowShow must go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go onFollow this link to listen...
58 www.writeawaymag.co.ukTime In A BottleTime In A Bottle© Jim CroceTime in a Bottle is a hit single by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant, in December 1970. It appeared on his 1972 ABC debut album You Don’t Mess Around with Jim and was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives!ABC originally did not intend to release the song as a single; but when Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, its lyrics, dealing with mortality and the wish to have more time, had additional resonance. The song subsequently received a large amount of airplay as an break and told Bruce to put a couple of mics on it. He was album track and demand for a single release built. When it was eventually issued as a 7”, it became his second and final No. 1 hit. It was the third posthumous Billboard number-one hit after “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding and “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin. After the single had finished its two-week run at the top in early January 1974, the album You Don’t Mess Around with Jim became No. 1 for five weeks. In 1977, “Time in a Bottle” was used as the title for a compilation album of Croce’s love songs.The arrangement features a harpsichord that producer Tommy West discovered had been left in the mixing studio:“The night before we were going to mix, I was watching a horror movie on TV, and something must have lodged in my brain because when I walked into the studio the next day, I saw this harpsichord sitting in a corner and got an idea. A jingle company had used it on a session and in walked a couple of guys from SIR [Studio Instruments Rental] to haul it away. I asked them to take a lunch whining that it was out of tune, but I asked him to let me try something. I added two tracks of harpsichord, told the movers they could remove it, walked into Jerry’s office and asked if I could borrow the electric bass that was sitting on his couch, played that on just the second verse and the outro, and that was that! Radio compression worked in our favor on that record. It made the harpsichord blend with the two guitars in an unusual way. But we thought this record would only be an album cut.”
JIMCROCEWEBSITE:https://jimcroce.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/jimcroceofficialhttps://twitter.com/jim-croce?lang=enMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65-e2FWVa0www.writeawaymag.co.uk 59TIME IN A BOTTLEC Jim CroceIf I could save time in a bottleThe first thing that I’d like to doIs to save every day ‘til eternity passes awayJust to spend them with youIf I could make days last foreverIf words could make wishes come trueI’d save every day like a treasure, and thenAgain, I would spend them with youBut there never seems to be enough timeTo do the things you want to do once you find themI’ve looked around enough to knowThat you’re the one I want to go through time withIf I had a box just for wishesAnd dreams that had never come trueThe box would be emptyExcept for the memory of how they were answered by youBut there never seems to be enough timeTo do the things you want to do once you find themI’ve looked around enough to knowThat you’re the one I wantto go through time withFollow this link to listen...
60 www.writeawaymag.co.ukMake Me Feel Your LoveMake Me Feel Your Love© Bob Dylan“Make You Feel My Love” is a song written by Bob Dylan for his 1997 album Time Out of Mind. It was first released commercially by Billy Joel, under the title “To Make You Feel My Love”, before Dylan’s version appeared later that same year. It has since been covered by numerous performers and has proved to be a commercial success for singers such as Clare Dunn, Adele,Teddy Swims, Garth Brooks, Shane Filan, Bryan Ferry, Kelly Clarkson, Ane Brun and Nick Knowles. It is one of the few songs to have achieved the status of becoming a “standard” in the 21st century, having been covered by more than 450 different performers. Dylan eventually released the song himself as a single.Spectrum Culture included the song on a list of “Bob Dylan’s 20 Best Songs of the ‘90s”. In an article accompanying the list, critic John Paul described it thusly: “Accompanied by a lone piano, ghostlike bass line and slightly woozy sounding organ playing sustained notes throughout, the arrangement of the song isn’t terribly remarkable, the meat of the song itself relying on Dylan’s surprisingly emotional read and jazz-like chord progression”.A 2021 Guardian article included it on a list of “80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know”According to his official website, Dylan performed the song live over 300 times in concert between 1997 and 2019 on the Never Ending Tour. A live version performed in Los Angeles in 1998 was released on Dylan’s “Things Have Changed” CD single in 2000. The live debut occurred at Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina on November 2, 1997, and the last performance took place at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2019
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62 www.writeawaymag.co.ukAnnie’s SongAnnie’s Song© John Denver“Annie’s Song” (also known as “Annie’s Song (You Fill Up My Senses)”) is a song in 3 4 time written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver. The song was released as the lead single from his eighth studio album Back Home Again. It was his second number-one song in the United States, occupying that spot for two weeks in July 1974. “Annie’s Song” also went to number one on the Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 25 song for 1974.It went to number one in the United Kingdom, where it was Denver’s only major hit single (many of Denver’s American hits were more familiar in the UK through cover versions by other artists). Four years later, an instrumental version also became flautist James Galway’s only major British hit.“Annie’s Song” was written as an ode to Denver’s wife at the time, Annie Martell Denver. Denver “wrote this song in July 1973 in about ten-and-a-half minutes one day on a ski lift” to the top of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, as the physical exhilaration of having “just skied down a very difficult run” and the feeling of total immersion in the beauty of the colors and sounds that filled all senses inspired him to think about his wife. Annie Denver recalls the beginnings: “It was written after John and I had gone through a pretty intense time together and things were pretty good for us. He left to go skiing and he got on the Ajax chair on Aspen mountain and the song just came to him. He skied down and came home and wrote it down... Initially it was a love song and it was given to me through him, and yet for him it became a bit like a prayer.”“The first time I heard ‘Annie’s Song,’ I told John it had the same melody as Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Second Movement,” says Milt Okun. “He walked over to the piano, sat for an hour and came back, and the only thing remaining from Tchaikovsky was the first five notes. It was fantastic.
ANNIES SONG© John DenverYou fill up my sensesLike a night in a forestLike the mountains in springtimeLike a walk in the rainLike a storm in the desertLike a sleepy blue oceanYou fill up my sensesCome fill me againCome, let me love youLet me give my life to youLet me drown in your laughterLet me die in your armsLet me lay down beside youLet me always be with youCome, let me love youCome love me againLet me give my life to youCome, let me love youCome love me againYou fill up my sensesLike a night in a forestLike the mountains in springtimeLike a walk in the rainLike a storm in the desertLike a sleepy blue oceanYou fill up my sensesCome fill me againFollow this link to listen...JOHNDENVERWEBSITE:https://johndenver.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/johndenvermusic?lang=enhttps://www.instagram.com/johndenvermusic/?hl=enMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://open.spotify.com/ar-tist/7EK1bQADBoqbYXnT4C-qv9whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGrr6ebF40https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGSbuaIi0xIwww.writeawaymag.co.uk 63
ISSA 2022 Awards Live Show 6th AugustISSA 2022 Awards Live Show 6th AugustWATCH THE ENTIRE VIRTUAL 2021 ISSA AWARDS HEREMARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 6TH, OF 2022.THE 2022 ISSA AWARDS LIVE SHOW IS ON!This year, we are set to resume our LIVE show at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, right in the heart of At-lanta, (in the same venue where the Annual BMI Awards are also held), on Saturday, August 6th, 2022 with a Preparty the evening prior to the show and the After Party immediately after the show at our very close and convenient location right (Wild Wing Cafe Dunwoody) just around the corner from our new venue. The show will have our 20 plus foot plush red carpet entrance and banners, complete with photographers, four videog-raphers and will be the talk of the town with several local television celebrities on the red carpet conducting interviews with our Finalists. We will be releasing information from our production crew of over 15 people to help with anything you may need, from hotel reservations, concierge, airline travel for our International attendees, and more.If you need to book your reservations for next year to get great deals on travel now, DO IT!There is a lot to do in Atlanta, of course, it being a very large metropolitan city, it houses the largest International Air-port in the World and hosts a very eclectic realm of music genres, which is why our awards are based on you and your music, not the genre. You might want to consider staying a few days and taking in the city, and the music scene here. There are also some really amazing tours.We will be LIVE at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Atlanta!(Home of the BMI Awards)www.YouTube.com/c/ISSAsongwritersPreParty and After Party will be held at Wild Wing Cafe in Dunwoody, GAPreParty is from 5-9 pm on Friday August 5thRed Carpet Interviews and Photos will begin at 10:30amISSA Awards Show will begin at Noon and end by 3:00pmAfter Party is from 5-9 pm following the ISSA AwardsOur first year, we had attendees from over 18 foreign countries, and 8000 Members, and we have grown so much since then. Last year we had twelve thousand members and are vastly approaching the 15,000 mark. This is why we decided to step up our venue and provide you with the best of the very best when it comes a top notch, high end, high quality awards show.We will be presenting our show at SANDY SPRINGS PERFORMING ARTS CENTEROUR ANNUAL AWARDS SHOWS IS BECOMING MOST INSTRUMENTAL, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE OUR A FORCE ON THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCENE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AT SUCH A RAPID RATE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO HIGHLIGHT YOU, THE ARTIST, EVERY YEAR.The 2020 and 2021 ISSA Gold Winners will be judging and some presenting and performing at the 2022 Awards.**ISSA is a free platform to singer songwriters and musicians worldwide. There will never be a fee to join. Our organ-ization prides itself in providing year round visibility for our members across various and vast social media platforms. Free promotion, free support, free management tools and much more. Countless hours are spent making sure that ISSA is prominent in all realms of internet promotional sites, with music industry resources and in coordinating day to day communication, support and promotion with our artists and members.*Being a well known international music organization, ISSA is widely recognized by industry insiders, giving legiti-macy and credibility to those serious about their craft. Winning one of our crystals, your reputation as an independent artist will stand out across cultures in this worldwide platform.
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