I was fortunate to attend the International Health Institute conference in London last month and there were sessions run by a woman so passionate and committed to change to improve the delivery of healthcare to the masses and I thought her partner would be so proud . . .

Eccentricity so Beautiful

While life and limb can shatter          
It’s only hearts that matter - In our world - Darlin’ girl
You’re out there proselytizing.
And it’s so mesmerising - that’s your way – an ordinary day   

Something about you rising up      
Is cutting through my filling heart - it’s only love
On your soap box agent change
With so much to de-arrange - with a blast
            
Eccentricity so Beautiful (that’s you girl -it’s your world)

Those rank iconoclasts
Bathe in their master class - impervious - in Ivory towers
Talk as if they’ve got the plan
Line up and shake their hands - feel the grip - the hand of power

You’re raisin’ it from ground up
Changing at the speed of trust – with such feel 
Building leaders everywhere
Co-produce no limit skies – that’s our dream

Eccentricity so Beautiful (that’s you girl -it’s your world)

Exhausted but so energized - Trying to catch you in the eye - Need you close. 
I call you aphrodisiac - Hotel room take care of that – 
On that note

ECCENTRICITY SO BEAUTIFUL

A Forest Needs The Rain

FROZEN TO THE BONE {with Zzzzerbot} Alper Kul cover

Turn It Around

I Am

I Am Earth, Wind, Water, Fire

Written, performed and produced by Kar Stanton
Bass played by Joe Rodwell
Mixed by Joe Rodwell
Mastered by Nick Lewis at Old Cottage Audio

Lyrics:

I lost my patience
Did you take it?
When you created the infinite scroll
It take two seconds
The first impressions
I swipe and move on
But you're in control now

Scrolling through a steady stream of nothing
Searching for something

I get hooked on the little hits
And I can't snap out of it
You're doing me damage
But I can't break the habit
You chew me up 
And you spit me out
But I'll be coming back around
Any minute now
There'll be something beautiful
What will I find in the digital landfill

I'm spinning on a spit like meat
Is it true 
I'm a cog in the machine of your dreams
I'm prone as a product
I'm your asset
And you're selling me out
What is this deal we struck
I wanna give it up
I don't remember signing up
I don't remember signing up for this

I get hooked on the little hits
And I can't snap out of it
But I can't live without
Cos I might miss something important
You chew me up 
And you spit me out
But I'll be coming back around
Any minute now
There'll be something beautiful
What will I find in the digital landfill

Little hits of dopamine
Little hits of dopamine

Little Hits

New song written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - David Cooper

Lyrics - Glen Granthem

Lead vocal - David Cooper

Backing vocals - Glen Granthem

All Instruments - Glen Granthem.

Arranged and produced by Glen Granthem

Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uykZnQl1TLA

Image of you

I paint till dawn this image of you
I'm so obsessed it's all I can do
Brush in one hand like a magic wand
Floats on a lake like a beautiful swan

Chorus

Until the morning light ...... Almost every night
I trace this image of you

The Canvas stays wet ..... In the future we met
I trace this image, this image of you

Where we've been nobody knows
Where we're going everyone goes
Life's not forever yet love never dies
Your past from a place rest in these eyes  

Chorus

Bridge

Why do things that never happen make me feel sad
Could it be our dreams are the future ahead

Chorus x 2

Image Of You (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

Annomally.

If you need inspiration, this one's for you! Ana Ros began with simple guitar chords and a humming idea that I wrote lyrics for and John Henderson developed with his guitar enhancements. New Kompoz member Dusan Veljkovic mixed and produced the song wonderfully. Ana gives a soul-wrenching vocal performance. We hope you like it! 

I WILL TRANSCEND
Copyright 2024 Ros/O'Brien/Henderson/Veljkovic
Music by Ana Ros, John Henderson, Dusan Veljkovic
Lyrics by Alex O’Brien; All Rights Reserved

Ana Ros: Vocals
John Henderson: Guitars
Dusan Beljkovic: Production, Mixing/Mastering

No one told me that I should be sad
No one told me that I can be mad
No one told me the pain will end
No one told me I will transcend

The sun shines bright, my mind it’s clear
The warming light burns through all my fears
Cos no one told me the pain will end
No one told me I will transcend

The night is dark but rich are my dreams
This world is bleak but memory gleams
Hoo-hoo my big heart I can depend
And like the truth I will transcend

Hoo-hoo, hoo-woo transcend
Hoo-woo, woo-hoo I will transcend
I will, I will, transcend

RELEASE DATE ON SOUNDCLOUD: July 9, 2024


I Will Transcend - Featuring Ana Ros

Copyright 2024 Joe Stroffolino

I hold my cards close to my vest
Don’t like to share my political views. 
There’s people out there who poke at me and try to light my fuse
They say we’re in a downward spiral, the world’s spinning out of control
They try to get me fired up, pull me down their rabbit hole

I roll with the punches; I try to do the best I can
The world’s a complicated place and I’m just a simple man
But one thing that I’m a hundred percent certain about
I’m sick and tired all these angry people who like to scream and shout

They say one guys goanna drive us off the cliff, the other one's goanna lead us to the promised land.
And there’s books I have no desire to read, that they say should be banned.
They say it’s bad to be woke, but I’m not even sure what that means
And the reason I’m living paycheck to paycheck is because we have too many drag queens.

I roll with the punches; I try to do the best I can
The world’s a complicated place and I’m just a simple man

All these people trying to shove their views down my throat
I wish I could dig a virtual moat
Encircle myself and live in a cone of silence, that would be nice
I’m not interested in joining a cult
I wish that I had a catapult
So I could take all that stuff they’ve been shoveling and throw it back at them. That would be great.

It took a long time for us to get into this mess
And if you say you have a simple fix
I suspect it’s probably just a bunch of smoke and mirror tricks
Politics is the new religion
But unlike belief in heaven and hell
You don’t need to die to find out if your choices turn out well

Roll With The Punches

CAST AWAY

Du Brae
Martin Landolf Lobemeier
Ana Ros

CAST AWAY - Du Brae Ft. Ana Ros

To celebrate 2000, I took a year off to write songs, novels, plays, and stories - and I've been doing that since. At the end of my first year, I won first prize in the USA Songwriting Contest in the Lyric Category for 'Drum Machines and Beauty Queens.' This led to co-writing songs with many excellent musicians, including those represented in songs posted here. 

More recently, I was one of seven finalists in the Crisis Lyric Category of the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest for 'Lockdown Blues,' and one of nine nominees in the 2021 International Song Awards with 'Didn't the River Know' and 'Blue and Gold.'

For the past two years, I've been collaborating with many talented musicians on Kompoz. I release many of these songs here and compile the best into albums released under Captain Stormfield's Trip on Spotify and other platforms (see links below).

I Will Transcend - Featuring Ana Ros

AlexEOB