If Only – an original song by world music singer and guitarist Damien Riley

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Imagenation

Be yourself, believe in yourself. The secret to a good night’s sleep is that.

I am in love with this Carácter

Unreleased song

When I Release an Album …

When I was about 18 I a church youth pastor guy told me that when I’m talking to people I shouldn’t give examples from my own life because my own life is not a normal life. He was talking about my experiences in the recording studio. “Try to use relatable word pictures kid.” In 1986 and 1987 my band resolution and I paid money and we bought time in a studio. We went in there and recorded and it was life-changing for me. But I’ll try and think of a different metaphor that you’ll understand. A more relatable word picture 🤔

You know when you realize you are late for work so you rev your car up and speed? After 11 albums, I wanted no stress at the end. Normally I have a hard time at the end as the musical artist of an album. It is a feeling of finality and changes are not possible through my distributor. I am surprised there were only 9 songs in the final record. Gye sent me about 20, I had one I wanted on there “Miracle Already.” But after a piece of time comes to pass making an album, I HAVE to release it. Like a hot potato burning my hands

Yeah the eating the roughage and prunes part and exercising is where I’m at with my Album. Keep a weathered eye for this one, we know we need a hit, I feel we have many here. By we, I mean my music and video people along with my distributor TUNECORE. I always include people otherwise it’s just boring old me. Have a lovely day. Hopefully the album drops very soon, I always say it’s my best but this time it’s very true, In very tangible ways it is my best music album ever:

  • It’s my best because I didn’t expect it to be. I had two songs kick in around after Viejo dropped: The Feeling and The Laughing Box. I set a goal for this to be my last album and to focus on a live tour after this. I turned in “the plates” to TUNECORE on the 14th 🎱 🕺 I know this fun game well. Now, I recover, yes these art projects can hurt me physically I get too intense. I hope you like it. If you can’t wait, scroll way down and hear the tracks in order. I knew how to end this energy like finishing a race strong. Are races relatable? Not everyone can be great like The Danien Riley, I’m using what I got bro and babe.

Shhh early release is here with bonus songs 👇

Final tracks for The Laughing Box