Dave Bradley

Single take improv on my Taylor acoustic

Just messing about with a simple chord progression Dm-Bb-C-F-Am And a masked #selfie El canalla - Spanish for scoundrel/blackguard/cad

The Mighty Fall Suddenly it's gone You cannot see what you were missing The pain inside has grown so strong A future lost, no new beginning Time is moving on The winds of change swept you aside Took your faith with all your pride The years just crawl along Didn't you hear them calling? "Brother can you spare a dime?" Or was it just like any other day? Oh, couldn't you feel yourself falling? You re...

You can think of this as slow EDM, Rap-free, instrumental HipHop or a throwback to 1970s instrumental prog...up to you! Arrangement, solos and production by Dave Bradley. Radio edit, 20/12/17

Inspired by a visit to the "ghost town" of Kayaköy in southwestern Turkey and the book by Louis de Bernières "Birds without Wings", which is set in a fictionalized version of the town... Anatolia Moving through the empty places Confused by all the open spaces Climb the hill to reach the chapel The leaves are scorched within the dappled lighting on the ground Writing now a book for those to learn I...

Burning out If I'm still breathing Maybe I'm dreaming Either way, I'm screaming on the inside Raking through my feelings Maybe time isn't healing Oh no one’s really going to care If I don't reach the other side Smoking like a chimney, well They look at me dimly If someone doesn’t stop me I'm going to burn right out Oh I am burning, I'm seething, I try to slow down, but I am kicking and screaming W...

Push the Button Push the button and let it all come out There's solace in the stimulation of that there is no doubt Pull the lever this never will die out There's sorrow without stimulation; the driest ever drought And though it's all electrified in every twist and shout Just use it up, abuse it up before we all burn out Push the button! Push the button there is no time to lose With every breath a...

Wild Honeysuckle Where the wild honeysuckle grows You make your love in the sun The sweet, sweet scent of your rose Ooh she takes her time, you know she's coming Choose your line, spend your time While love is still on your mind That deep, deep feeling The deepest feeling of all time The deep, deep feeling The deepest feelings of all time...of all time Where the wild honeysuckle grows (still growi...

It's Never Too Cold to Snow Sick and tired of the changes in the weather Don't you know that I've been praying for the sun But, I'm resigned to coping with the stormy weather Whether or not you change your mind and say that you will come Well I know, you always take it everywhere And, I know there'll come a time When you open up, I really couldn't care And you'll find out when you're frozen...that...

Collateral Damage Waking up to the sins of the fathers No sword to ploughshare, the battle's just begun We are marching in time to a distant beat Tense with fear, we know this war will over run Think of somewhere that you'd rather be You can't fight it you just have to change the world There's karma, riding the stormy sea But in time... Isn't freedom worth fighting for? Are we free to fight? Fight...

Rising instrumentally to a challenge from Songwriters in the Kitchen to come up with a piece of music that followed the simple chord progression F-Dm-Am-Em. So, here's my effort. Working title: Kitchen Khaos

An acoustic jam with dB on rhythm, bass and lead guitar building on a live drum session by Klaus "DFD" Tropp Mixed and mastered by dB From the critics: "Another cool track from you. Unbelievable playin'" Photo also by dB of the view we had from a villa in southern Spain many years ago, thankfully there was no sirocco, but there was a bit of sunburn. Ouch.

As featured on "The Geordie Hour", Radio Tyneside, 31st May 2015 - http://www.radiotyneside.co.uk/d14/ There's plenty of time to unwind, when you've been and gone, when you're neither lost nor found, and it's over...like the man said, you can sleep when yer dead. Time to Unwind (It's Over) I saved your life you nearly drowned On the river bank, where Martha fell You turned to me and then you frown...

An instrumental trip in a hippy van...maaaan... Slight remix with a couple of silly FX to pump up those phatt tyres...

White line warrior Heading up the Inca Trail Silkroad Surfer Hides behind electric veil Foothill courier En route to the promised land Fuelled with a bitter taste Torment is in her hand Global decimation One in ten, where worlds collide Find the taker nation A future lost for lack of pride Main line quarrier Digging up the dragon's tale Milk wet citizen Finds the time to read the Mail Timeline war...

For those worried I'd gone all soft...some of the heavy stuff on the subject of dopamine addiction... White sheets without emotion Soaking up your fever Watching from the corner of your eye Floating round in circles Your limbs as flailing cleavers Thrashing with the torment in your eye The pulse of failed addiction Scratching at the ceiling With the needles of desire Tomorrow never knows what toda...

Bling! Bling! Funk rock...is money all you want? Gold and Silver Gold and silver, throw them away Final chance now, I hope and I pray Gold and silver, burn in the night Heat inflection, the timing is right Words and music by Dave Bradley Vocals, guitars and programming by dB Mixing and mastering dB Original, Creative Commons gold robots photo courtesy of Epsos. DE - https://www.flickr.com/photos/e...

The Silent Spring They tell us history is a lesson to learn Too many times we ignore it They say the danger is a stranger to burn Through the seasons they implore it It doesn't matter how near or how far The border lands we deplore them They feed us lies that just won't settle the score Fail to see that we abhor them Across the desert a healing wind blows Now the promise of a silent spring Though...

Give my love to the waves (Save me from Hell and high water) Give my love, to the waves Send me home, on a wind that saves If I ride the sea, or sail away Will you carry me back, home again? Give my time, to the pain If I miss you, would you sail with me again? Give my love, to the water Then I can find my way back, to where I ought to be You will know me. Call me by name Know how much I fear; It'...

Take me down to the river Take me all the way out to sea Chill my heart with the spindrift Sail the memories home to me Take a look at the questions At the questions you have found Catch a wave without harbour Where the truth is surely drowned Yet you know how I wonder If the truth will be concealed In the safety of that harbour That's the time when all's revealed Sail me back to Uh-huh Town Sail...

"RetroNonoMusic" heard my recent song "Bait and Switch" (remixed by @MonoStone-1) and asked if I'd like to be guest vocalist on one of his songs. Well, how could I turn down such an opportunity? He shared a few of his compositions with me and we agreed that I'd do a new vocal for his song "Jealousy". He allowed me to "tweak" his lyrics for the song, so I made them a bit edgier, a little darker, I...

Bait and switch There was a key under the mat, but you changed all the locks There was a note deep in your pocket, but no stamp for the box I saw a light up in your room, but your heart was like stone And though you strayed out of the gloom, there was nobody home There was a seed inside the pot, but no water for the bloom There was food there on the table, but no taste in the room You wore a smile...

Gravity's Rainbow (2016 remaster) If the fire's on the inside, a naked flame can't touch you Gravity can't pull you now the tide has turned there's no return Walking back the way you came and hoping that you'd be the same Holding back your tears but the fear is just too much for you All the colours of gravity's rainbow Waves of pressure pushing you to fall All the bruising from the grip of your ha...

Actor Kris Dyer narrates chapter 16 from the Audible edition of my book Deceived Wisdom - The Most Embarrassing Sting - in which we learn why urine and jellyfish don't mix. This is a free sample from the book provided by my good friends at Audible. New users can get a copy of the complete book entirely for free for most audio players and devices, just follow this link - http://www.audible.co.uk/sc...

Dream Catcher Those endless days of dreaming are ones never wasted... Who's to say what that feeling's all about? Who's to tell you how to live your life? Chasing up the daily grind, escape the truth take a mindful time I can tell that you really don't care. It's easy now, 'cause you've time to spare Build your picture, choose your side. Wake each morning safe in the light I can't handle your reje...