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That's me! Went for pure guitar and vocal, keeping it simple for my first Guitar Talk competition lol
That was fun thanks, haven't composed in a while and I feel like this song represents me because I have come through some pretty tough emotional times in my life (like us all) and have chosen that no matter what, I believe in my dreams and obviously in the Power Of Love. Thanks for the opportunity to create for an audience! Have fun guys

Jis Wern. Awesome song! Waarlik 'n lied vir oorspronklike harts Afrikaans.
The vocals and acoustic just fantastic!

Hi Mijeala, your entry shows link shows but nada on Soundcloud. It shows not available. Would you mind reposting please?

    WOW! I will listen in studio later but amazing voice.

    Sjoe! Well done to the early birds, great entries! ? ? ? - I'm thinking we'll be getting a wide range of genre's for this one?

    Took forever, but I'm hoping that I've finally settled on a arrangement,...(still loads to do though).

    Stoffeltoo

    Thanks for the offer. I'll see if I can get something together tonight, and will shout if I need some assistance. Time hasn't been on my side as of late.

        RCVN I'm struggling, not sure if I'm making this one...

        Same same, man this challenge is probably the most I've ever struggled to birth a simple song. I have a bunch of good bits but they just don't want to come together. I've pretty much given up on lyrics and vocals at this point --- will be happy to get an instrumental out.

          DEMO - Touch The Sky by Rodney Vikens
          Mixed and Mastered by @ScottyDogg (Soundcloud: ScottyDogg (@scott-naude)
          Photo by Banter Snaps on Unsplash

          Lyrics:

          There's a young man walking down the street,
          His dreams washed down the gutter.

          You're not good enough, not rich enough,
          and you'll never ever make it

          He's been trying so hard, he's been trying so long,
          but he just can't get it right.

          There's a corporate monster, a mainstream hunter,
          and he will never stop you.

          Touch the Sky, touch the Sky with a new song.
          Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
          Raise your voice, raise your voice to a new dawn.
          Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".

          There's a secondhand store with a broken sign,
          inviting him to come in.

          You need the best of this, and the best of that,
          before you can chase your dreams

          So he wrote a song, a melody,
          he didn't care what anyone thinks.

          The corporate giant, the mainstream,
          couldn't stop his dreams

          .....falling and crawling and get up again,
          the struggle is coming but it's not the end.

          Touch the Sky, touch the Sky with a new song.
          Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
          Raise your voice, raise your voice to a new dawn.
          Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".

          Touch the Sky, touch the Sky with a new song.
          Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
          Raise your voice, raise your voice to a new dawn.
          Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".

          I like the afrikaans songs coming in, makes me also want to try and write an afrikaans song next time. Only started to listen to some afrikaans songs (mostly old songs) recently.