If catharsis is the sense of relief after tragedy, this is what comes afterward.

The Sound of Light

They were traveling for almost 10 years...
The old Wounded Healer and The Young Man.
Long years of fighting dark creatures and curing people from the cruel illness brought both of them deep under ground, almost to the center of the world.

There, as if far from the very last soul of the earth, was a giant garden.
It was a garden of white flowers and colossal trees with white leafs. It felt like this place was the frozen in time memory of the past somewhere very far from the world they both knew for the whole time. It was so beautiful...

For some reasons, The Young Man and The Wounded Healer both understood that it is the end. They finally found the source of the problem. All that was left is to find where it comes from.

They were breaking through every dark creature they see on their way. Every last one of them was weak against our heroes, driven by one and only purpose. They were unstoppable after all they've been through.

And far away, somewhere in the end of the Garden, there was a giant Heart, patiently waiting for someone to find it here, deep under ground, in the center of this world. To tell them the bitter truth, they both was afraid of to find out in the end...

Truth That Lies Ahead

I played my poem (set to music), Avalon, to a friend who loved it. "Wow, that would make a great theme for an album", although similar things have been done before (Rick Wakeman anyone?) and then he found me some songs by Henry VIII (of the UK) covered by so many people/groups. Well, I loved the challenge.
This is a taster of what may come, butthey may not all be classically inclined. In fact I covered this new song (lyrics written today 30th Jan 2025) in several ways from this, classical, to cinematic and alternative rock. I think I am going to enjoy this but can't put a definitive finish date on the projects as current projects must come first.
I do love this and is the first time I have tried to use choral themed styling, etc; must try again soon.

Arthur and The Sword - Lyrics

On that fateful summer day
Fate was about to play
A trick on powerful men of war.
In a kingdom so divided
A legend had provided
A magical way to chose the greatest King OF ALL

In days of old, 
when knights were bold,
A boy of humble birth, 
With heart so pure, 
and spirit sure, 
Would prove his royal worth.

The sword of might, 
Set in stone so tight, 
Awaited one so true, 
With strength and grace, 
he'd find his place, 

And destiny pursue.
Young Arthur came, 
with no acclaim, 
Yet courage filled his soul, 
He grasped the hilt, 
with iron will, 

And claimed his rightful goal.
The sword released, 
the whispers ceased, 
A king was born that day, 
With Excalibur, 
he'd lead for sure, 
And light the righteous way

Arthur and the sword

Original song: @neowakan - Cycle-A Part of The Flow (Vocal Version)
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02-02-2025
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lyrics 

In the world of shadows, I walk alone, 
Faces all around me, yet I feel like stone,
Chasing empty smiles, they're all just for show,
No one cares to listen, it's just a part of the flow!

Yea, I walk alone,
Yet i feel like stone,
They're all just for show, 
It's just a part of the flow!

Cycle-A Part of The Flow (vocal version)

Original song: @neowakan  - With No Angelness
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25/02/25

With No Angelness

Longer than I would normally like a track to be, but it took a long time to warm up and I did not want to cut any of the early part of the track out.
If you have not listened yet, you may want to forward to around 3 minutes before the track begins to warm up.
As usual, I would not be uploading unless I really like it.

You Make Me Feel So Good

Another of my favourite songs, I wrote this one in 1990 and it has a very similar structure to "Images" which I have recently posted. Not a lot to say about this song, except. I am unlike many singer-songwriters in that I do not write for personal experience. They are usually second hand feelings/emotions kicked off by a word or phrase which I have read or heard, that triggers the writing process for me.

Hope you like this song, and thank you for visiting.

Still I See You

There were only two of them in The Divine Garden. The fallen Guardian, that was betrayed by his own creator. And The Divine Flower - God of these lands, that killed his beloved. The place Guardian once called home - The field covered with flowers - now became battlefield. The wind caressed flowers with his gentle and cold touch. The sun was covered by clouds...

Both Guardian and the Flower had nothing to tell to each other after all they've been through. There was no other way but to fight until one of them will be destroyed forever. 

The Flower wanted to satisfy his egoism.
And the Guardian wanted to take his revenge.

The Last Bloom (Orchestral version)

No idea where this song came from! Although to be fair have been listening to a great song on SC from a  fellow musician which covered the loss of a long time friend.  But  this song was always about growing old, just that the first verse became a chorus and vice versa. Which meant the later verses just appeared from nowhere. Hope you are not put off by the lyrical content. Certainly not my style but I have been saying that I was in a bit of a rut with lyrics - in a way?

It Happens To All Of Us

Another in the  experimental (for me) Suno outputs with differing genres/styles, from an instrumental prompt. Just to  give me an indication of what to expect.

Moonlit Nights (Instrumental)

as always thanks to hitoshi yasui of chairhouse for his wonderful daily piano improvisations and for allowing us to record our version of  "in a an increasingly callous world" which he recorded on january 3, 2018 as part of his piano ten thousand leaves project.

thankful to have had this music to work on with my musical friend guillaume over these last difficult quarantine weeks. hope everyone is safe and well, persevering and continuing to make music. play on soundcloud friends. this too shall pass. 

chairhouse original piano version can be heard here:
https://soundcloud.com/chairhouse/in-an-increasingly-callous-world-1480-by-chair-house-01032018

my solo guitar version is here: https://soundcloud.com/naldeau/callous-world-by-chairhouse

cover art: Automat by Edward Hopper

Callous World by chairhouse, arranged by Guillaume Pearson

All My AI assisted songs are free to download.

I have been writing songs since1959 until the present. As a songwriter, I am more than happy with the wide range of songs I have written over the years. But my musical skills are quite limited and the early demos on Souncloud are of me singing  and accompanying myself on guitar or latterly ukulele. I can strum the strings well enough, but there my skills end.

Recently I discovered Suno AI and the results astounded me. I could finally produce demos of my songs to be proud of. I am currently going thru my catalogue of songs and producing AI assisted demos. I know many musicians turn away from AI but it has a place for me. There is no other way I could have obtained some 300 demos to this level. I do not and do not intend to look for any reward except the satisfaction that hearing my own songs gives me.

I am still writing and hope to have many more years of songs left in me, Enjoy if you can and I would love to hear your comments on the tracks, if the music moves you at all.

Moonlit Nights (Instrumental)

John Dyhouse

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