you are just an exceptional talent Annie...I am probably repeating myself, but you vocal performances are just exceptional...I see I have some catching up to do...and I will enjoy every minute

This is just wonderfully aranged, produced and performed Annie.....

By clicking on "Play" I know that it will be exceptional again .... and it is.

Happy New Year from The Welcome Parade!!

We hope 2022 will be the start of something quite exceptional for everyone.  I think we are all due a bit of a respite from the current state of affairs! 

Lyrics:
I can feel the fire living in the rain
Pay witness to the pleasure hiding in the pain

To hear the craziness of those that you deem sane
A circle left unbroken we'll travel once again

If not today, maybe tomorrow… 
If not for joy, maybe for sorrow…
If not to lead then maybe to follow…
If not to steal then maybe to borrow…

To feel as broken, as I seem to be
All surrendered out my friend, embracing my defeat

The mirror changes nothing except the point view
A gap, a hole,  a thing that takes my place,  takes my place with you

If not today, maybe tomorrow… 
If not for joy, maybe for sorrow…
If not to lead then maybe to follow…
If not to steal then maybe to borrow…

If not for joy, maybe for sorrow…



The Welcome Parade is proud to release our first two tracks of 2022

The Ready -  See "The Ready"

Not Today - This ones development followed a different path than what normally happens in our band.  As usual it starts on Skype...ends up discarded to the "we will get to that later" pile.  The melody however simply refuses to leave my(Jeff's) head.  I string together a rough rhythm guitar track and send it off to the crew and say in the email....this is what this is about for me and I am compelled to finish this. 

Thom sends back a written chorus....and what a chorus it is.  I do a quick performance and once I can hear the thoughts in real time... the verses slide right out of my head on to paper.   Jay moves to the Rhythm guitar, Jeff to lead vocal and bass,  Thom on the lead and aux & rhythm guitar work.

Normally in development the drums and bass get locked in first so everyone can grab on to the vibe once its all figured out.  In this case...the bass was the last instrument to be figured out.  It was a wonderful opportunity to play off my band mates with the bass.  There are times where I rotated to the speakers and imagine my friends in studio/stage across from me as I start digging deeper on the bass.  Something I don't always get to enjoy but something so seductive to feel! 

I hope one day the world looks at us and says...we got to get these guys together!  If not I am just very happy to have a couple of friends with a musical connection that exists as something so natural, it is difficult to keep the components separate, to realize where one ends and another begins. 

You guys rock and I am so glad to have you as friends and musical companions...rock on mi amigos!

2022

Not Today

Not Today (by The Welcome Parade)

Lyrics:
Floating down, through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now
But in the space between the heavens
And the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream
I had a dream
Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma
After the service, when you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell and touch the silk in your lapel
And as the teardrops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream
A place to stay, enough to eat
Somewhere, old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
And what's more, no one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no one kills the children anymore
No one kills the children anymore
Night after night, going 'round and 'round my brain
His dream is driving me insane
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight
What's done is done
We cannot just write off his final scene
Take heed of the dream
Take heed

The Gunner's Dream (Pink Floyd Cover)

Lazarusch

My latest song with piano, electric piano, bass, drums, erhus, flute, synths and vocals! 😊🎶🎤🎼💕
Mastered by my lovely Sander. Thank you...😊💕 
@wane-of-summer for his awesome music. 😊🎶❤️

Never won the lottery
Didn’t win the raffle prize
Didn’t win at all the games
But I think I might have won
Ooh I won this time

Oh souls like yours
They don’t grow on trees
And now I feel
I’m as lucky as can be

Didn’t always get the part
Didn’t always make them smile
Didn’t always win the prize
But I think I might have won
Ooh I won this time

Chorus

Ooh you won first place...

GROW ON TREES...

THE PATHFINDER was one of the first tracks we produced as OESJ. In the very beginning in 2016 it was never released in this original version. We dug out the PATHFINDER again and reworked it. Here it is in the version from 2022.
Peter Pasch aka @docfritz > Drums, Percussion / Remix and Production
Ralf Wadephul > keyboards & synthesizers
Composed, Arranged & Performed by 
OESJ | ORCHESTRA OF ELECTRIC SPACEJAZZ 
© OESJ | All Rights Reserved | www.oesj.eu

THE PATHFINDER

@ApproachToSilence2 - 8.7.22 (Teaser)

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vN5jJunsP3xwqwAQH4tCs?si=0e42d3b6689544df

ApproachToSilence_2022

AchtSiebenZweiZwei

(Lyrics translated in english below)
-----

Je file
Dans la nuit
Je n'ai pas le temps je file
En ignorant la pluie
Comme un pinson perdu la haut
Comme un poisson remontant le ruisseau
Bravant le courant
Avançant dans le vent

Je file
Dans la vie
Je n'ai pas le temps je file  
Sans abri sans appui
Comme une roue qui tomberait à l'arrêt
Comme un fou qui croierait s'évader
Ne jamais s'arrêter
Et le mouvement d'après...

Je file
Comme dans un rêve
Tout est bien plus facile
Quand le réel s'achève
Si l'existence est un combat
Perdu d'avance et sans aucune loi
Alors j'ai choisi
La fuite à la vie

Je vais en avant
Mais sans rien devant  

Je file
Vers ce lieu
Un rendez vous d'avril
Que j aimerais si joyeux
Mais j'ai si peur : si je me trompais ?
Dans mon coeur je ne sais comment aimer
Et souffrir alors
Pour mourir encore ? 

Je file
Perturbé
Je vois des flash qui défilent
Quelque chose a changé
Les jours qui passent,  et je retrouve le goût
Les souvenirs s'enlacent et dessinent un nouveau nous
Je ne contrôle plus vraiment
Je laisse aller gaiement

Je file
Dans tes yeux
Je ne vois plus le temps qui défile
Je ne vois plus que nous deux
Dans cette âme soeur j'ai trouvé la force
Oh ta douceur reforge l'ancienne écorce
Le destin l'a voulu
Le reste est superflu

----
I run off into the night
I don't have time I run
Ignoring the rain
Like a chaffinch lost up there
Like a fish up the stream
Braving the current
Moving in the wind

I'm running through life
I have no time I run  
Homeless and unsupported
Like a wheel that falls when it stops
Like a madman who thinks he's escaping
Never stopping
And the next movement...

I run like a dream
Everything is much easier
When reality ends
If existence is a fight
Lost in advance and without any law
So I chose
To run rather than live

I go forward
But with nothing in front  

I'm running to this place
A rendezvous in April
I'd like to be so happy
But I'm so afraid : what if I'm wrong?
In my heart I don't know how to love
And suffer then
To die again ? 

I'm running disturbed
I see flashes of light going by
Something has changed
The days go by, and I find back the taste
Memories entwine and draw a new us
I'm no longer in control
I let go happily

I run into your eyes
I can't see time passing by
I see only the two of us
In this soul mate I've found strength
Oh your sweetness reforges the old bark
Fate has willed it
The rest is unnecessary

Je File

Vocals - Cass Dvorak
Electric Guitars - Rock Sinders
Bass and Acoustic - (@Mazeppa)

I have a place, a special place
down by the river, on a sunny bend

That is where I saw her, that day that we met
A bounce in her walk, so light on her step

I have a place, a special place
down by the river, on a sunny bend

Here comes my girl
Oh, she looks so cool i can hardly wait
Oh ya, i can hardly wait

I can hardly wait
Oh ya, i can hardly wait

I have a place, a special place
Down by the river, on a sunny bend

That is where I saw her, that day that we met
A bounce in her walk, so light on her step

Here comes my girl
Oh, she looks so cool i can hardly wait
Oh ya, i can hardly wait

V5.03

Light Step

Dark Matter is all around us.....recent evidence indicates that the Perseus Galaxy cluster (pictured) is held together by the stuff! 
Dark Matter's gravity effects may be responsible for many unexplained mysteries....who knows?
Track details: 
Flute ensemble with dark clarinets.
Tenor sax bursts (left channel)
Alto sax improvisation (right)
Soprano sax ensemble.. fanfares and themes.
Amalgamated dance beats throughout. 


Dark Matter Invasion

Chapter 102 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days. 

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you want to hear everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
Released in 15 part/chapter increments:

TAFFETA VOL. 6 is now available on Bandcamp:
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-6

TAFFETA VOL. 5
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-5

TAFFETA VOL. 4 
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-4

COVER YOUR TORSO WITH TAFFETA! Check out the official TAFFETA 2022 t-shirt!
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/merch/belial-pelegrim-official-taffeta-design

TAFFETA Volume 1:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-1

TAFFETA Volume 2:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-2

TAFFETA Volume 3:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-3

The TAFFETA Playlist is always kept up to date:
soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical

TAFFETA | 102

A trans-Pacific cooperation at it's best. Josh (Entheogenic Psychonaught) asked me if I was interested in working on a project together. I had a basic idea that he transformed with his amazing drum, bass, organ and guitar wizardry into what you can hear. Many thanks to Josh for giving me this opportunity and for all of his time spent on this. 
It's quite amazing what can be achieved through modern technology. I never imagined being able to work with someone on the other side of the world on a music project and that someone other than my family might hear the result (showing my age here).

Far & Wide

Far and Wide (Collab with Entheogenic Psychonaught)

A female composer, singer, musician, pianist, piano teacher, choir leader (Heart of Scotland choir), song writer living in Bonnie Scotland! I have grade 8 piano with distinction and an LTCL piano diploma. On band camp too! 
I also have a duo with the wonderful @wane-of-summer
Follow us @user-949559825 (Passion Arcade) 💕
I teach online piano and singing via video if anyone is interested just message me!

GROW ON TREES...

Annie Smart

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