List of songs of peace, rights, sustainability, activism, protest, truth, etc

We can make songs very easy and quick over the net.
No experience necessary, just a desire for a better world.
Here are a few examples of people doing just that…

Not the sound necessarily, but some of the types of message.
1) Michael Franti & Spearhead –”Bomb The World” (We can bomb the world to pieces but we can’t bomb it into peace) and “Hey World” (Don’t Give Up)
2) CSNY – ”Ohio”, “Almost Cut My Hair”, Woodstock”
3) Marvin Gaye – ”Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)”, ”What’s Going On”, “What’s Happening Brother”, “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”
4) Neil Young – ”Let’s Impeach The President”
5) Natalie Merchant – ”Carnival”
6) Bruce Hornsby – ”The Way It Is”
7) Eric Johnson – ”Trail Of Tears”
8) Pink – ”Dear Mr President”
9) Rush – “Closer To The Heart”, “Subdivisions”, (side 1 of) “2112” and others
10) The Clash – “Know Your Rights”
11) Michael Jackson – “Heal The World” and “We Are The World”
12) U2 – “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”, Sunday Bloody Sunday
13) Bruce Springsteen – “American Skin” (41 Shots)
14) John Lennon – “Imagine”, Plastic Ono Band “Give Peace a Chance”
15) David Rovics – (Pretty much anything by him)
16) Bright Eyes – “When The President Talks To God”
17) The Youngbloods – “Get Together”
18) Bob Marley and The Wailers – “Get Up, Stand Up”, One Love”, “War”
19) Pete Seeger – “We Shall Overcome”, “Which Side Are You on” and others
20) Black Sabbath – “War Pigs”, “Killing Yourself To Live”
21) The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphopricy – “Television, The Drug Of The Nation” and others
22) Depeche Mode – “People Are People”
23) Buffalo Springfield – ”For What It’s Worth”
24) Concrete Blonde – “God Is A Bullet”
25) The Beatles – All You Need is Love”, “Revolution”
26) Nina Simone – “Mississippi Goddam”
27) Billie Holiday – “Strange Fruit”
28) Bob Dylan – “Masters of War”, “The Times They Are A-Changin'”, “Blowin’ In The Wind”, and others.
29) CCR – “Fortunate Son”
30) Anthrax – “Indians”
31) George Harrison – Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”
32) Patti Smith – “People Have the Power”
33) Jackie DeShannon – “Put a Little Love in Your Heart”, “What the World Needs Now Is Love”
34) Rebelution feat. Lutan Fyah – “Good Vibes”
35) The Cranberries – “Zombie”
36)
Alicia Keys – “We Are Here”
37) Anti-Flag – “911 for Peace”
38) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – “People Get Ready”
39) Matisyahu – “One Day”
40) Lenny Kravitz – “We Want Peace”
41) The O’Jays – “Love Train”
42) Ozzy Osbourne – “Revelation (Mother Earth)”
43) Renaissance – “Cry to the World”
44) Ocean Colour Scene – “Profit In Peace”
45) Buffy Sainte-Marie – “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee”, “Universal Soldier”, “The War Racket”, “No No Keshagesh” and many others.
46) Woody Guthrie – Harriet Tubman’s Ballad” and many others.
47) Temple Of The Dog – “Hunger Strike”
48) 4 Non Blondes – “What’s Up”
49) Gil Scott Heron – “Whitey On the Moon”, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, “Winter In America”, “Pieces of a Man”, etc.
50) John Mellencamp – “Rain On The Scarecrow”
51) John Trudell – “Fables and Other Realities”, “Listening (Honor Song)” and many others.
52) The Chambers Brothers – “Love, Peace & Happiness”
53) Grand Funk Railroad – “Creepin'”
54) Def Leppard – “Gods Of War”
55) Metallica – “One”, “Disposable Heroes”
56) Megadeth – “Countdown To Extinction”, “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” and others.
57) Pink Floyd – “On The Turning Away”, “Us And Them”, “Echoes” much of “The Wall” and others.
58) Toto – “Love Has The Power”
59) Stevie Wonder – “Village Ghetto Land”
60) Yes – “The More We Live – Let Go”, “Take the Water to the Mountain”
61) Bill Withers – “Lean On Me”
62) The Bob Seger System – “2 + 2 = ?”
63) Tom MacDonald – “The System”
64) Doobie Brothers – “Takin’ It to the Streets”
65) Holly Near – “Singing for Our Lives” and others.
66) Ani DiFranco – Your Next Bold Move” and others.
67) Steve Earle – “The Revolution Starts…Now” and others.
68) Phil Ochs – “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” and others.
69) Lou Reed – “Last Great American Whale” and others.
70) White Lion – “Little Fighter”
71) Dave Mathews Band – Ants Marching”
72) Quicksilver Messenger Service – “What About Me”
73) Johnny Cash – “Man in Black
74) Freda Payne – “Bring the Boys Home”
75) Rage Against The Machine – “Sleep Now In The Fire” and others.
76)
Supertramp – “The Logical Song”
77) Lyla June – “All Nations Rise”
78) Willie King and The Liberators – ”Terrorized”
79) Nick Lowe (and then covered by Elvis Costello and the Attractions) – “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding”
80) Ismus Betrue & Mario Moniz – “If Angels Were Real”
81) Timmy Thomas – “Why Can’t We Live Together”
82) Icy Window – “Debt Free”
83) Emmett Wheatfall – “Miles To Go”
84) Deep Purple – “Child in Time”
85) Yusuf / Cat Stevens – “Peace Train”
86) House of Good Tones Srebrenica – “Love People”
87) Jesse Colin Young – “Peace Song”
88) Emmanuel Jal – “We Want Peace”
89) Seasick Steve – “Love and Peace”
90) Tarek Bibi – “LightWarrior Anthem”
91) Tatiana Moroz – “Whatcha Gonna Do”
92) Three Dog Night – “Black & White”
93) Hot Chocolate – “Brother Louie”
94) Paper Lace – “Billy – Don’t Be A Hero”
95) OMNIA “I don’t speak Human”
96) Jason Mraz – “Back to the Earth”
97) Midnight Oil – “Blue Sky Mine”, “Beds Are Burning”
98) Bryan Adams – “What If There Were No Sides At All”, “Don’t Drop That Bomb On Me”
99) P.F. Sloan (and covered by Barry McGuire and others) – “Eve Of Destruction”
100) Peter, Paul and Mary – “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”, “The Great Mandala (The Wheel of Life)” and others
101) Grateful Dead – “Morning Dew”
102) Phil Ochs – “Iron Lady”
103) The Cure – “Jumping Someone Else’s Train”
104) Kate Bush – “Experiment IV”, “Army Dreamers”
105) Tears For Fears – “Mad World”, “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”
106) Graham Nash – “Chicago”,  “Military Madness”
107) Boston – “Peace Of Mind”
108) Edwin Starr – “War”
109) Indy Angel – “Jumala loi maan”
110) Steve Miller Band – “I Want To Make The World Turn Around”
111) Alice Cooper – “Brutal Planet”
112) Aureole Lighten – “Coming Soon”
113) Bobby Darin – “Simple Song Of Freedom”
114) Tom Waits – “Hell Broke Luce”, “Last Great American Whale” and others.
115) Bobby Scott & Bob Russel, The Hollies and others – “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”
116) Sheryl Crow, Johnny Cash – “Redemption Day”
117) Nickelback – “If Everyone Cared”
118) Blues Traveler – “Hook”
119) Beatnick’s Odyssey – “Love is in the Air (Peace is Everywhere)” [original version]
120) Carlos “Hip Hip” Heredia – “Revolution – Be The Love. Be The Light”
121) Anbaric – “The Defiant Heart”
122) Lowkey – “Ghosts of Grenfell” and others.
123) Roger Waters (solo) – “Two Suns In The Sunset”, “Amused to Death” and others.
124) Triumph – “Fight The Good Fight”
125) Marvin Rainwater, Don Fardon, Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” (Originally titled “The Pale Faced Indian”)
126) Zager & Evans – “In the Year 2525”
127) Daniel Kelly and Don Simpson – “We Were Not Made For This”
128) Emmett Wheatfall – “Miles To Go”
129) Pearl jam – “Even Flow”
130) Muad X Zayaan – “From The River”
131) Bruce Cockburn – “Call It Democracy
132) Phantom Lamp – “Never Ending War”, “Freedom Street”
133) Bonnie Dobson (and covered by  Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, the Grateful Dead and others) – “Morning Dew”
134) Corrosion of Conformity – “Technocracy”
135) Nico and Vinz – “Peace”
136) Terry Dan – “An Open Bottle”
137) Ren – “Hi Ren”
138) Papa Roach – “Leave A Light On”
139) Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Simple Man”
140) 2PAC feat Elton John – “Ghetto Gospel”
141) White Lion – “Little Fighter”, “Cry For Freedom”
142) Stay Tuned – “Zero Reset”
143) Jackson Browne – “Lives In The Balance”
144) The Guess Who – “Hand Me Down World”, “Share The Land”
145) Eclipsing Binary – “Overview Effect”
146) The Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter”
147) John Prine – “Sam Stone”, etc.
148) Jesse Jett – “The Dust Of Better Days”
149) EZO – “Fire Fire”
150) Scorpions – “Wind of Change ”
151) Living Colour – “Cult Of Personality”
152) Steve Howard & Mario Moniz – “Counterbalance”
153) Teri Wolf and Lorraine Hart – “So Many, So Wrong”
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I’ll add to this and please feel free to contact me with suggested additions and/or to be involved in this project.

PS, this project is a call out to ALL artists and ALL people that want positive change, people that see things that are wrong that need changing, and people that see things that are right that need support.
We can make songs that speak just like all those listed above have.
it can be easy, we can do this over the internet.
You can even record vocals or whatever on your phone.
Let’s do this!
Contact me to be involved or if you have questions.
… even if you don’t want to be involved in this project PLEASE stop with your silence.
It’s a betrayal to the world and it’s a betrayal to the idea of art itself.
Please.
Speak up.
Please.

I’ll add just a bit about how we can make songs…
It can be as I said above easy and quick. I can send song ideas through email,
or
you can record something just on your phone and send it to me to add to.
Don’t get bogged down in worry about perfection or that you haven’t done anything like this before.
Drop me a line and we can talk.
I’ll answer any questions you have if I can and I will add a bit on here about if you want to get any programs or gear BUT THAT ISN’T NECESSARY so please don’t hold back, drop me a line and let’s make this a better world through music !

Collaborations on songs can be in person or over the net!

We can make songs of peace, rights, sustainability, truth and write, record, mix and so on in person (Cincinnati) OR over the net!

No experience necessary, no money is needed, no musical gear required (even just a recording on your phone can work), all are welcome, all music including spoken word, it can be easy and if you don’t know how to be involved or wonder how you can contribute lyrics, ideas or a recording of yourself over the net then just let me know.
I will do whatever I can do to make songs of Peace, Rights and Sustainability happen and for you to be a part of this.

There are many ways we can go about making a song, any of which are welcome as long as they help us make a song/video etc.

You can record something on your phone, send it to me and I can make a musical idea that can then be sent back to you and so forth.
It can be easy and quick and you do NOT need musical or recording experience!

I can send song ideas and you can see what you think would fit and then continue with the back and forth.

You can use a computer program (DAW or just a plain recording program) and we can add, adjust, mix, etc anything (vocals, instruments) to the song.

If you do send any song(s) if it’s a bigger higher quality WAV or Flac file than an MP3 you may want to use something like Dropbox.com or Mega.io where you upload to there as cloud storage and send me the download link so that no matter what file size there’s not an issue with emails rejecting the email/file due to being too large.

If you’re looking to get into using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation which has the virtual instruments, effects, mixer and so forth), you can choose any one you’d like.
I use FL Studio and have used it from close to when it was new and basically just a sequencer all the way to today where it’s a full blown DAW with basically everything all the other big ones have.
If wanting to try it out there’s a free trial that you can fine here.
There is a learning curve but if you’re serious about the music it (or others) would be worth your time I’d say.

There are lots of DAWS, some free, some not.
I sometimes use the free Audacity for basic stuff. It’s not a full DAW, but is great for quick recording, editing and so forth.

To control and use a DAW like FL Studio you can program in the notes and control it with your computer mouse (they do have a mobile version that I know nothing about) and you can even use your typing keyboard as a piano keyboard to play/record notes and a performance, but a keyboard controller is much nicer and can offer way more control including knobs, faders, buttons and wheels that can be assigned various parameters of the DAW.
Those aren’t necessary, but elevate what you can do by tons.
There’s also an electric guitar with a synth output that can control performances but none of the parameters.

Most keyboard controllers plug into the computer through a normal USB plug.

The Main keyboard I use is a Nektar 61 key with the mentioned faders, etc. which you can read about at this link although I have an older version.

I also us a Novation FLkey Mini with 25 mini keys. I wouldn’t recommend starting on a mini key (smaller keys) as your “muscle memory” you build up as you learn won’t transfer to full sized keys, but if you’ve played for a while or if you’re sure you aren’t going to go into the world of playing that much it is a nice inexpensive keyboard with built in controls of various parameters already mapped to the most common things, OR you can get a bigger one or another brand.

To get electric guitar, external synths, microphones, etc into the computer you’ll want an AD/DA interface (analog/digital digital/analog) that takes analog sounds (voice, electric guitar..) and makes it digital for the computer to use, then sends out the digital sound as analog so that you can use speakers or headphones.
I use a Lexicon Omega 4 in, 4 out including MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) in and out but I don’t think they even make that one any more.
There are some reasonable priced ones all the way up to very expensive.
I would suggest doing a bit of research, making sure the one you get works with your DAW and operating system on your computer and DON’T think you have to spend a ton of money. Yes, there are or may be some benefits but spending a lot on an interface when a newer controller or whatever would serve you better is silly.
I think I get pretty decent sound off of an older interface that I bought used for under $100.

The above is just there for a basic idea of ways you can get into this but again…. you can record on your phone, you do NOT need fancy expensive equipment or knowledge of recording or experience.

Feel free to research and get advise from other musicians and singers on what they use, I’m not pushing FL, etc, just mentioning.

Drop me a line if you have questions or want to jump in on a song right away!

REMEMBER: People have been making music since time began and it doesn’t have to be hard, complicated or “perfect”.
*** This isn’t a songwriting class that lasts and lasts and goes on and on trying for perfection, it’s meant to be fast, fun and get the music OUT THERE!!! ***
It may be waaaay easier than you think, so don’t hesitate, join in or do some on your own, JUST DON’T REMAIN SILENT!!!

The next couple posts here have info about us getting together in a public place (meeting room at the DP library 45236 zip) so check the posts out or just get ahold of me and let’s have fun making music!!!

Peace,
Steve