So far, I have made 4.5 ‘funny demo extensions’ on VENUSIAN SHORES. Venusian Shores was a song I wrote for PSYCHOHISTORIANS, a jammy project band I created with RIDDELL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NEW ZEALAND COMPANY - A LIMITED LIABILITY PARNTERSHIP which I, STEPHEN PATRICK RIDDELL, was SOLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNTIL THIS CORPORATE ENTITY CEASED TRADING in 2023).
After the first PSYCHOHISTORIANS EP Foundation (2022), the band broke up and never got a chance to record the song. However, we did hold one rehearsal where we worked out the lyrics and a chord chart as a group… I can’t remember how many band members actually attended this rehearsal though…
Venusian Shores
Intro
D Bmin D Bmin D
Verse 1:
Bmin Emin F#min D
Journey for a while on Venusian shores
Bmin Emin F#min D
Never mind the feeling inside you that gnaws
Bmin Emin Gmin Emin
Never mind the feelings inside your mind
Bmin Emin F#min Amaj (or Amaj7)
Just open up and start to be kind
Riff (could be a cool mandolin lick here…):
A Bmin A D Bmin D Bmin D
Verse 2:
Bmin Emin F#min D
I’ve never had much reason for pride
Bmin Emin F#min D
Gotta stop trying to run away and hide
Bmin Emin Gmin Emin
Gotta stop pretending the magic will fail
Bmin Emin F#min A
Just open up and start to set sail
Bmin A G
Bridge:
(note G/B means G maj with B in root, same for other chords with this notation)
A/C# G (or Gmaj7)
I can’t remember how long I have travelled
A/C# G (or Gmaj7)
I can’t tell how the memories unravelled
A Bmin Bminadd9
When does this start, and where does it stop?
A/C# G/B
I’m only a traveler along this hilltop
A
But there’s no need to run
G
There’s no need to hide
D
Stop
Bmin Emin F#min D
Journey for a while on Venusian shores
(x4 at least, vocal descants etc… to liven things up)
Room for some tin whistle solos
Verse 3:
Bmin Emin F#min D
I’m now engulfed in a purple haze
Bmin Emin F#min D
Trying to live the rest of my days
Bmin Emin Gmin Emin
Trying to escape this world of mine
Bmin Emin F#min Amaj7
Just open up and let that haze shine
However, for this video I have gone back to my own DEMO TRACKS from Darkest Night of the Soul (2022 - 2023), an ALBUM I was going to MAKE before RIDDELL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED CEASED TRADING in 2023!
Here are the first 4.5 VIDEOS in the VENUSIAN SHORES WEBSERIES so far…
VENUSIAN SHORES
Here is how the SUBSTACK TRANSCRIPT TRANSLATED this AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION at this CURRENT HOUR of 10:58 PM 05/12/25 NZST according to my WINDOWS 10 COMPUTER SYSTEM BUILT by PB TECH in 2020 in WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND!
VENUSIAN SHORES II VENUSIAN SHORES REVENGE!
ON 05/12/25 NZST according to SUBSTACK I uploaded VENUSIAN SHORES.
VENUSIAN SHORES III VENUSIAN SHORES BACK TO THE DEMO!
This is the THIRD ITERATION of VENUSIAN SHORES.
And Now... For Something... Completely Different!
Hi all, I have just completed a new 10 minute video. It is designed to be a funny, humorous, recitatory video where I sing the song When I was a Lad from the opera The H.M.S. Pinafore. For more info about this opera, and the sheet music to the song, you can find these in my essay below:
WAIT A MINUTE! 3.75 ADDITION NEEDS TO BE MADE… this is EPISODE II of LIFE OF STEPHEN WEBSERIES, which exists in SAME REAL UNIVERSE as it is all sonicthoughts.substack.com VIDEOS made by AT stephenpatrickriddell YOUTUBE MAN!
Salty Sea Dog
This is a short 10 minute comedy skit I performed live while listening to a Parliamentary Debate on 10/12/25 about Resource Management reform. In it, I sing segments of two songs from my album/book Acapella (2021). I hope you enjoy it and find it amusing in a tragicomic kind of way!
VENUSIAN SHORES IV: BACK TO THE DEMO WITH A TWIST!
THIS IS A SEQUEL to the VENUSIAN SHORES SERIES and EPISODE 3.5 (AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT)…
I hope you enjoy this series, DEAR READER! Signed: STEPHEN PATRICK RIDDELL, NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN BORN in CHRISTCHURCH on MAY 2nd 1994 on this day BOXING DAY 26th of DECEMBER 2025!
