My musical view of the outstanding poem "Funeral Blues" by W. H. Auden with vocals by Gustavo Sequeira.

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“Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message ‘He is Dead’.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

Stop All The Clocks

Stop All The Clocks (Anmafean - W. H. Auden - Gustavo Sequeira)

Almost 2 years ago Jaime and I did "Those Days Are Gone", a song that I am very proud of. The original was sung by Jaime who gave it a superb interpretation. Carlos joined us doing an amazing guitar part. At that time Cindy asked us to sing another version of the song which we agreed. It's a completely different approach and style, with Cindy also delivering a fab work on the vocals. That version has also a slightly different arrangement than the older one and it is that version that I would like to share here now. 
If you want to listen to the original  track you can visit:

https://soundcloud.com/anmafean/those-days-are-gone-jaime-j

Please visit:
Jaime's page at: @jaime0223
Carlos page at: @xabu28
Cindy's page at @cindyeichardt

Lyrics - Jaime J. Ross
Music - Anmafean
Vocals - Cindy Mobes
Guitar - Carlos Saborida

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Those Days Are Gone

I remember when the thought of you 
Sent shivers down my spine 
When everything felt perfect 
I was yours and you were mine

When I wrote love songs just for you 
Every word - I meant 
You simply were amazing 
Truly - heaven sent

And then one day I felt a change 
I felt you pull away 
Your hand no longer fit in mine 
I wondered if you'd stay

So many laughs so many tears 
But now those days are gone 
You packed your life of memories 
And then you just moved on

The days I felt you loved me 
The days we carried on 
The days that made my lifetime 
Those days are simply gone

And now I'm standing all alone 
Your smile still haunts my mind 
How could you stand to walk away 
And leave your life behind

I'll learn to live without you 
I'll learn to just move on 
And I may learn to love again 
Before my days are gone

Those Days Are Gone (Anmafean /Jaime J. Ross - Feat. Cindy Eichardt & Carlos Saborida)

Lyrics and music: Anmafean
Vocals; Strata
Bass, Flugelhorn, French Horn: Ricardo Alves
Piano: Pier Luigi Salami
Drums: Alejandro Stessens
Keyboards: Anmafean
Holding Me
Since the time that I was born
You were always there to care
Like the moment in that photo
On the bed and holding me
Holding me
Holding me
Holding me
Holding me
Nowadays your world is odd
And trying to communicate
It's so hard for you to find the words
Usually, coming so straight
Chorus
All those revenants that you see
But never say a word to you
As frightening as they can be
I must help to overthrow
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
I'm afraid I can't heal you
As you did with me before
But I have to protect you
Like the sand does to the shore
Holding me
Holding you
It's my time to take care
Be sure that I will be there for you

Holding Me

A few days ago Bruce Conover sent me a message with a track he did over my track Sigma 13. He added some instrumentation, lyrics and vocals. The track was amazing. We exchange some ideas and I sent him my complete set of tracks for Sigma 13 so  that he could do his own complete mix. The result is “Divide and Conquer” that you can listen here. 
Thank you Bruce for your great work over my track.
You can listen more of the amazing work by Bruce on:
https://soundcloud.com/conover
https://soundcloud.com/bruce-conover

“Divide and Conquer”
Music: Anmafean and Bruce Conover	
Lyrics, vocals and final mix: Bruce Conover


Divide And Conquer (Conover/Anmafean)

After long time since Bleeding Heart was written it finally is ready.
I have to thank my two collaborators for their superb role in this track. Raphael GTR did an amazing lead guitar track and helped me a lot with the production. NayJ, which I recently found on SC, came and join us with fantastic vocals and adding also part of the lyrics. To both of them my sincere and big THANKS!

Listen more great music on NaiJ and RaphaelGTR cloud's
NayJ - https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2
RaphaelGTR - https://soundcloud.com/raphaelgtr


Bleeding Heart

Music
Main theme - Anmafean
Guitar solos - RaphaelGTR
Melody for Chorus and ad-libs - NayJ

Lyrics
Anmafean / NayJ


Vocals - NayJ
Keyboars and programed drums - Anmafean
Lead Guitar - RaphaelGTR

Production - Anmafean


"Bleeding Heart"

I came across you
On a cold morning day
Hoping that day
Would be the first of our lives
But I realized it wasn't meant to be

So from that day
A bleeding heart with a seam
Made me feel you and I
Still could live the love of my dream

Now years later
I saw you again
My heart wasn't bleeding
Like it was before
And that's when I realized
This thing was never for you or me

So on that day
A heart and a dream
Died silently
Giving me back my life again
Giving me back my life again

Bleeding heart, no more bleeding heart
Bleeding heart, no more bleeding heart

The best thing that I can offer you
Is my love for your safety
The best thing that I can offer you
Is my love for your well-being

I got my life back, my dreams back, my freedom back
No more bleeding heart
I got my life back, my dreams back, my freedom back
No more bleeding heart


Bleeding Heart (with NayJ and RaphaelGTR)

One of the most beautiful love songs ever made in Portuguese. Compositon : Jobim & Vinicius // Lyrics: Vinicius //Poem : Soneto da fidelidade by Vinicius 

Backing: Mark Dorricott / Vocals : Ebru Dengiz & Anmafean / Poem vocalised by Anmafean

Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar
I know I'll love you

Eu sei que vou te amar 
I know I'll love you
Por toda a minha vida 
for the rest of my life
Eu vou te amar 
I'll love you
A cada despedida 
each goodbye
Eu vou te amar 
I'll love you
Desesperadamente 
desesperately
Eu sei que vou te amar.. 
I know I'll love you

E cada verso meu será 
each verse of mine will be
Prá te dizer 
to say to you
Que eu sei que vou te amar 
that i know i'll love you
Por toda a minha vida... 
for the rest of my life

Eu sei que vou chorar 
i know i'll cry
A cada ausência tua eu vou chorar 
each absence i'll cry
Mas cada volta tua há de apagar 
but each return will erase
O que essa tua ausência me causou... 
what your absence did to me

Eu sei que vou sofrer 
i know i'll suffer
A eterna desventura de viver 
an eternal misfortune of living
À espera de viver ao lado teu 
waiting to live by your side
Por toda a minha vida... 
for the rest of my life


Sonnet on Fidelity  (English translation)

Above all, to my love I”ll be attentive 
First, and always with such ardor, so much 
That even when confronted by this great 
Enchantment my thougts ascend to more delight.

I want to live through in each vain moment 
And in its honor I must spread my song 
And laugh with my delight and shed my tears 
When she is sad or when she is contented.

And thus, when afterward comes looking for me 
Who knows what death, anxiety of the living, 
Who knows what loneliness, end of the loving

I could say to myself of the love (I had): 
Let it not be immortal, since it is flame 
But let it be infinite while it lasts.

Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar (Jobim/Vinicius) - collab [Mark + Ebru + Anma] (mastering by DejaNNegic)

A new version of the song with vocals by Strata
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Tell Me (Lyrics by Anmafean)

Remember the days
The days when we met
Remember the feelings
I can not forget

Those were the days
Where your heart beat harder than mine
The love of those days
Would last beyond life

In those dreamy days
Where hands were in hands
I remember the smiles
Always on our faces

Those were the days
Where happiness would not end
In those dreamy days
You became more than a friend

Tell me
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you still care
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you still care

It is hard to think
That those days are lost
If passion can end
Love shouldn't be gone

The past is the past
I keep saying to myself
But I know for sure
I will love no one else

Remember the days
The days when we met
Remember the feelings
I can not forget

Those were the days
Where your heart beat harder than mine
The love of those days
Would last beyond life

Tell me
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you still care
Tell me
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you still care

Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you still care

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Production Info:
- Keyboards, Drum programming - Anmafean (Antonio)
- Guitars, Percussion, Production - @rock-flexible (Stefan )
- Main Vocals and BG Vocals - Strata

- Keyboards: Yamaha PSR S-700; Roland DP
- Several guitars (Schecter, Ovation and a classical one) 
- Gtr. Chain: AVID Eleven Rack and KM184 respectively
- Live played triangle, chimes, and tambourine
- Stefan’s modular
- Produced in Logic Pro X with plugins from Waves, Apple, NI, Output, IK Multimedia and Camel Audio
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(c) 2016 - 2018, All rights reserved, Anmafean

Tell Me - Anmafean; Rock Flexible; Strata

Hope - Anmafean - Jaime J. Ross - Rock Flexible
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At the beginning of 2013, I talked to Jaime about the situation of Carlos a friend of ours who was struggling against a severe illness situation and I showed her a couple of ideas for a song about it. Jaime came soon with a complete poem for it and I did a melody line for those verses. While doing a first arrangement for the song it was clear to me that the song should have kind of a Led Zeppelin style. For that, I needed real guitars and who better to play them but Stefan aka Rock Flexible. We talked to Stefan and already in 2015 he came with a brilliant acoustic approach for the first part of the song, Jaime has sung that first part and all sounded so good that I couldn't wait for the rest. For a couple of reasons, the complete song never came to life till now (it must be the longest collab ever), but I really think it was worth the waiting. Stefan's acoustic and hard guitars lines and solos and Jaime's beautiful main vocals and harmonies brought the song to a much higher level.
For unfortunate coincidence, at this time some of our friends are also struggling in problematic health situations. So this song is dedicated to Carlos and all those friends.
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Production Info:
Lyrics and Vocals by Jaime J. Ross @jaime0223
Song composition, Drums, Keys, Synths, Bass by Anmafean
Guitars and production by Rock Flexible https://soundcloud.com/rock-flexible

Drums, Keys, Synths, Bass - Yamaha PSR S-700
Guitars: Fender, Schecter, Charvel via Eleven Rack and Boss GP-10
Main Vocal Processing: Warm Audio WA76, WAVES CLA Plugins, WAVES Q10
Background Vocal Processing: TC Helicon VoiceLive Rack
Production and Mastering on Logic Pro X with WAVES Plugins

Cover Photo by Jaime J Ross
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Lyrics (by Jaime J. Ross)
Hope

You've been my friend for many years
You know the best of me
And now I see you hurting
So hard for me to see


I want to take your pain away
And I want to see your smile
I want things to be as they were
And not only for a while
 
Even in the darkest hour
Even in the darkest night
We must believe...hold on to hope
That things will be alright

I will not think that all is lost
I know you'll make it through
Dig down deep and find it...
The strength inside of you

So many things still left to do
So many things to say
So many songs we've yet to write
You simply have to stay

Even in the darkest hour
Even in the darkest night
We must believe...hold on to hope
That things will be alright
 
I’ll be lost without you
And all you have to give
Don't give up...hold on to hope
Fight, my friend...and live

Sometimes this life's not easy
And hard to understand
You're not alone...for I am here
Holding out my hand

Even in the darkest hour
Even in the darkest night
We must believe...hold on to hope
That things will be alright
 
Even in the darkest hour
Even in the darkest night
We must believe...hold on to hope
That things will be alright
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(c) 2018 - All rights reserved

Hope

O Rio

Music and lyrics: 
                            Anmafean

Special Guests :
                            Luís Freitas (vocals)
                            Pier Luigi Salami (piano)


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O Rio
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O nosso amor era eterno
Como água de um rio
Que corre para o mar
Mas tudo o que parece certo
No fim está tão perto
De acabar

Na água como na vida
A sombra das nuvens
Faz-nos duvidar

Só
Eu estou tão só
Mas vou gritar
Tu és o meu destino

Por favor
Volta para mim
Não sei viver sem ti

Quando o rio se pôs negro
Nas margens contido
Já a abrandar
Soltaste as tua amarras
Disseste-me adeus
Era o rio a secar

Mesmo num rio tão azul
Um céu encoberto
Faz a cor mudar

Só
Eu estou tão só
Tu sabes bem
Quem faz o meu destino

Por favor
Volta para mim
Não sei viver sem ti

Mas desse céu tão turvado
Choveu de novo
A paixão

E esse rio desolado
De novo apressado
Arrastou a solidão

Só
Eu já não estou só
Tu sabes bem
Que o mar é o teu destino

Por favor
Fica junto a mim
Não sei viver sem ti
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(English Translation)

The River

Our love was eternal
Like water from a river
That runs to the sea

But everything that seems taken for granted
after all it's so close to end

On the water as in life
The shadow of the clouds
Makes us doubt

Alone
I'm so alone
But I will shout
You are my destiny.

Please
Come back to me
I do not know how to live without you

When the river went black
On the contained margins
Already to slow down
You untied your moorings
You said goodbye
It was the river to dry

Even in a river so blue
A cloudy sky
Makes the color change

Alone
I'm so alone
You really know
Who does my destiny?

Please
Come back to me
I do not know how to live without you

But after this cloudy sky
Passion rained again
And this desolate river
Again was hurried
Dragging  the solitude

Alone
I'm not alone anymore
You really know
That the sea is your destiny

Please
Stay with me
I do not know how to live without you

O Rio

Music and lyrics: Anmafean
Vocals: Jay Vox

Anmafean & Friends

Things That Matter

"The Thievery Corporation"

Anmafean: Keyboards; Music; Lyrics; Production
Marta Antunes: Vocals
Ricardo Alves: Flughelhorn

Lyrics:

To want what belongs to others
To lust what is not yours
Coveting goods, ideas
On land or on the seas
It’s steal

The rich that want not to be poor
The poor who want to get rich
Taking away what they shouldn't
Leaving so many wounds to be heal
They steal
They steal

It’s the thievery corporation
They steal all that they see
But their conscience condemnation
Recommends determination 
To stop being a thief
And with a strong belief
Make a new life to live

The Thievery Corporation

Hi. My name is António and I am from Portugal. My main influences come from the prog/rock/fusion world from the 70ths, but also from all the Rock music since then to newest Indie sounds, Portuguese and Brazilian music, or from the Blues or Jazz gods. With so many and so diverse influences my music covers a great variety of styles, from rock to jazz, from step to folk, from chill to blues, from pop to ... fado.

Anmafean

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