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Take Me With You

Take Me With You – Song by Matthews & Hoeve – Moonpub Music April 2010
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Take Me With You - Moonpub Music
First upload new song Matthews & Hoeve. More to follow, have to think of a story first – if there is one… Thing is, I started this tune with the morning coffee just to see if there was a melody and lyric idea to get me goin’. There was this tune, and later on I decided to put it out of style a bit. There is some country in the recording but also some latin. And also some pop I guess. And the lyric perhaps is more at place with R&B, can’t say really. I still can remember I wanted to do the recording in bossa brasil style but decided to go another way when hearing a song by Ben Harper – who I think is in category “americana” for some reason. Why all this? Well, there have been some discussion about the songs lyric and also it’s style. Let’s just call it (soft) pop and get over with it, I’d say.

Song was discussed at forum songwriter101.com

Song by Matthews & Hoeve

STYLE: country, pop, latin, etc.

TAKE ME WITH YOU

Baby here comes the sun, Don’t look surprised
Look up and see those heart shaped skies
And if this is heaven then let’s keep love alive
I can see above the clouds

Take me with you
Take me with you

I’m blowing purple crystals up against the silvery moon
And through my window pain I can see the daffodils will blossom soon
You can help me cope with these feelings so new
Feel my heart beating out loud

Sometimes I admit I don’t know what to do
All I know is want you to take me
Take me with you

Baby we can ride untill the break of dawn
And enjoy the late night kisses while laying in eachother’s arms
From the cradle to the grave let’s keep love alive
Feel your heart beating out loud
See the moon above the clouds

Sometimes I admit I don’t know what to do
All I know is want you to take me
When the morning comes tell me what you wanna do?
All I know is I want you to take me
Take me with you
Take me with you

Song by Matthews & Hoeve
Recording: Moonpub Music April 2010


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Like Amsterdam With No Canals

Like Amsterdam With No Canals – Song by Wilson & Hoeve – Moonpub Music 2010
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We still have to go through some pronunciation issues Jules (Julian Wilson – lyrics) and me, but I decided to put it up anyway. Song took me quite some time to finish must say, and perhaps it’s better to have it online for some time while listening if it should have repairs.

Song started off when I wanted to have something “Amsterdam” (my hometown) in a song. It’s only one line in this song and for now, it’s title. But perhaps the title should be You Are My Compass - which also has a pronunciation issue because of stress on wrong syllable. As a matter of fact there was the idea of filling up whole song with mispronunciations…

More later.

SONG by Julian Wilson & Johnny Hoeve

STYLE: Latin, pop.

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Never Meant To Hurt You

Never Meant To Hurt You – Song by Matthews & Hoeve – Moonpub Music 2010
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This may be bit of a test recording for me, can’t say at the moment, it needs more listening…

There was not really a clear vision in what style the song should be so I decided to play around some, and see where the music would take me. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. But recording is a (small) celebration: number 10 of cowrites Matthews & Hoeve.

There’s a forum entry at songwriter101 for this song.

Song by Matthews & Hoeve

STYLE: pop



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Stay Around

Stay Around – Song by Shirley E. Matthews & Johnny Hoeve – Moonpub Music, the Netherlands
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Latest Matthews & Hoeve song. Don’t know if story is clear in song, but guy leaves girl and goes travelling because relationship needs a change. Meanwhile he is doing phone calls to tell her what is on his mind, but he gets no reply. California, Oklahoma, Colorado, all done in 3 minutes.

Next: around the world in 1 song? Or what about: across the universe in 3:48? Oops, is already done…

Song was also discussed at songwriter101 – see what was said.


Song by Matthews & Hoeve

STYLE: pop, some R&B.

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