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Daktari

Picture for song 'EVERYTIME THAT I SEE YOU' by artist 'Daktari'

EVERYTIME THAT I SEE YOU EVERYTIME THAT I SEE YOU

A song about a young guy trying to decide whether it's worth puting his heart on the line to date his favourite girl or whether it would be just a waste of time and he might be better just leaving it alone. Who's been there,ha,ha.?

1/5/2011 Reggae

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LOVER AND FRIEND LOVER AND FRIEND

A nice, laid back song that takes you right to the beach on a sultry Jamaican evening.

12/14/2010 Reggae

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A joint effort between myself who supplied the music and a friend who wrote the lyrics. Odd-ball reggae once again.

4/24/2010 World Fusion

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Live acoustic version of this great Bob Marley song. Recorded in one take with vocal, guitar and foot tambourine/cabassa.

3/28/2010 Cover Songs

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My take on Bob Marley's classic song. Recorded live with guitar, vocal and a little foot tambourine...

3/28/2010 Reggae

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What is this indeed? A song inspired by a question on Meridith's 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'.

3/21/2010 Rock Unplugged

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Second and more quirky version of this song that I wrote for my wife. This time it creeps into the rock category. Thanks for checking it out.

3/7/2010 Rock General

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A cute reggae song with an African influence.

2/28/2010 Reggae

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Acoustic reggae version of this classic Elvis song.

2/17/2010 Reggae

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A song by JIMMY EAT WORLD. This is my version which is about half the speed of the original.

2/12/2010 Cover Songs

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India meets Africa in an abstract way.

2/1/2010 Traditional Indian

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An atmospheric piece of music that conjures up the image of a Japanese garden in the rain

1/30/2010 World Fusion

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I guess this a straight forward soft rock love song. No excuses. It's a nice change to write and record something different from my usual African/Reggae/Celtic stuff. Written for my wife, Rachel when we first met about eight years ago.

1/24/2010 Pop Rock

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This track has a huge Zimbabwe guitar influence although the lead instrument sounds Greek to me? VIVA TUKU ! Written and recorded at home on Monday evening, Jan 18.

1/21/2010 Traditional African

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This is a melody I have played around with on my classical guitar for a while. Today, I got a chance to record it for the first time.

1/10/2010 World Fusion

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I love Tuku music and the way he uses bouncy, dancy music to support his sometimes very serious lyrics. This is my humble attempt to get try and get something on similar lines.

1/8/2010 World General

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An old blugrass type song recorded in one take.

1/3/2010 Bluegrass

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Two great songs played as a medley on classical guitar with cabasa and djembe.

12/24/2009 Smooth Jazz

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My recent attempt to capture a Zimbabwe sound in a quick waltz time. A tricky thing to do I found, ha,ha....

12/19/2009 World General

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Original music composed by Sean O Riada. This is an instrumental based on the song which was originally an old Irish poem written by Peadar O Dornin back in the 18th century,

12/17/2009 Traditional Irish