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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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Baby Look Up


Baby Look Up (Don’t Look Down) – Song by Moonpub Music, the Netherlands 2009
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Except for dutch language songs I’ve mainly been cowriting with lyric writers for some time now. I used to do lyrics english myself but those people I work with now can do a far better job. But sometimes it’s just fun to try something myself. Or it just works out that way. I now also know that I have to keep it simple when doing an english lyric – or just let it come straight from the heart, no grammar or correctness needed for that. Anyway, here’s one that just came up, and before I knew it also the lyric to this song was done. I tried country rock for the music (can’t help liking pedal steel)

0h I know what is missing – a girl’s giggle in break of song. Coming up.

Song by Johnny Hoeve

STYLE: country rock

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Just Gettin’ Old

Just Gettin’ Old – Song by Ray Bertram & Johnny Hoeve
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The challenge was the song’s title. Nobody wants to sing “I’m just gettin’ old”. And so how you gonna make this a fun-song to listen too? I tried speeding up the tempo a bit for someone that age, and during recordings was constantly thinking of Sean Connery for good inspiration. He don’t mind I guess…

Discussion this song songwriter101.com: click here


Song by Ray Bertram & Johnny Hoeve

Style: Pop, AC, Country, Jazzy, Big Band

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Little Sweettie

Little Sweettie – let me know
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Lars E. Carlsson asked me to redo vocals for his song Little Sweettie. So here’s my first job as a demo singer. It’s not something I will continue doing – own songwriting and recording has priority – but it can do no harm now and then when time allows.

STYLE: rock & roll, country, also pop perhaps.

No credits for Moonpub Music



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