'The Wind Blows East' Is a Jazz Fusion track, Featuring Andy Grossart (Bass) and Georg Boehme (Winds). Andy sent me a bunch of chords and asked if I would like to do anything with them. I loved the changes and set about organising them into a piece. After choosing a tempo, time signature and writing some top lines. I drafted out a rough arrangement, sent this through to Georg, who add his wind arrangements and solo lines. I then sent this back to Andy, who added his bass lines. Now came the enjoyable task of re-arranging the whole piece whilst adding my own parts, mixing and producing what we now have as a finished track.

Alan Hamilton - Composition, arrangement, production, Drum and      Percussion sequencing, Keys and Brass.
Andy Grossart- Composition, Bass 
Georg Boehme - All Winds and Wind arrangeing.
https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

This has been another fantastic musical journey for myself and having the company of these highly skilled friends to complete it is the icing on my cake. So thank you Andy and Georg for this collaboration and to Andy for the original ideas.....Alan

A Cupboardful Of Hats

The Wind Blows East

The Wind Blows East (Feat. Andy Grossart & Georg Boehme)

hey there mother
I can hear you
though I'm far, far away

hey big sister
now I miss ya
wasn't supposed to go this way

the river
gives and takes
like my father
I was born to live

under water
you get closer
to the beginning

you can only do 
what you do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPDyMlxVP5Y

Michael Weber's Album

the river

talkin' to the birds 'n talkin' to the bees
talkin' to the wind 'n talkin' thru the trees
talkin' all along, singin' a song

makin' up a rhyme, makin' up child
take a little trip, take a little dive
take it on down, take it on down, oh

take a little surprise, take a little run
take a little somethin' you have never done

talkin' to the sky 'n talkin' to the wind
talkin' to the higher 'n the higher it begins everything

take it all around, take it instead
take it in stride, take it in there
take it all around, live it all around ya

i don't see ya, i don't hear ya
when you're not ya, so just be ya

everybody takin' 'bout everything else
everything something better than that
can't be this, can't be that
must be something in between

take a big dive, take it in stride
if you learned wrong, you might be right
can't beat it, yo, yo

if you should fall, if you should fail
get a good thrill, tell a ta tale
take on as you go, take it on as you know

magic

I am so grateful for all of the support I receive here on soundcloud. Thank you so much for sharing, streams, comments, and messages about this song. I am honored that you like it. This is a track from my upcoming album.

© 2024 Lyrics And Music By Brenda Doss

Lyrics:
In a room that you call your own     
Every day like the one before
What you left it was never home     
And the people now are gone

All your life in a twelve by ten     
And your dreams mostly in your head
Where's the love well it came and went     
And it's been away too long

This isn't where you thought you'd be     
Alone every night with your tv
A bottle of wine won't help     
What's missing in your life

I see the writing on the wall   
Do you think it's over?
I hear what you won't say    
What's always on your mind
Don't tell me you can't ever change     
'Cause I've seen you hopeful
Tell me you will think      
Of all that you can try

Ladada da da da da da ...     
       
In a room where it all began     
With your life there in plastic bags
You give up what you never had     
Cause everything has changed

All the years they get by somehow  
And the hope where you once were proud
Of the plans they were so profound     
But were humbled by the game

I see the writing on the wall    
Cause you think it's over
I know what's goin on    
When you say you're alright
You tell me you can't start again  
Nothin's left to hope for
I say that's not true     
There's so much you can try
If only you can try     
There's so much you can try

When you look out every morning in your life
Look ahead and not behind
You never know what tomorrow brings you

This isn't where I thought you'd stay
I'm down on my knees and now I pray
Cause what you're about to do  
There'll be no turning back
No  'cause I think it's over  

I saw the writing on the wall    
But I couldn't stop you
You said that you'd hold on    
And now I say goodbye

When I think I'm out of hope  
Nothin's left to live for
I can hear you say      
It's gonna be alright
If only you can try     
YEAH YEAH  if only you can try
If only you can try      
You can try, you can try

Ladada da da da da da ...

You Can Try

Hi everyone!

I present you one of my dearest compositions from 2005 called "LOST IN THE LIGHT".

The arrangement is made tonight, mostly recorded in one take with very few exceptions.

Also it's my first time producing a composition of mine, so it was really exciting. :)

Above all, I hope you will enjoy it! 😊😉


Comments are really welcome!

Lost In The Light

A HUGE THANK YOU again for all of the streams so far on this song and for these amazing comments, re-posts, likes, and plays. It is so unbelievable to me actually. Thank you for taking the time out of your life to listen to my music. 

© 2024 Lyrics And Music By Brenda Doss 

Lyrics:
Made up some mantra cards
And I carry them close everywhere I go
I can win I can change I can see myself reaching further

Don't have much money these days
But I'm rich with a spirit that never gives up
I'm in this forever, as long as it takes I'll be dreamin'

On and on the world spins and here, my only life to live
What will it be from now as I look forward?

It's all about the choices I make
What I do, where I go for the rest of my days
I’ll learn from the past 
But I'll only look back when I'm older

No one's gonna take my dreams away
No one’s gonna change my resolution 
I want only memories,  and no regrets yeah
I'm the one who's gonna  make it right
Oh I'm the only who's gonna live this life
So I'm holdin out this time for something more
Reaching further than I have before

I need my mantra cards
Seems the voices of fear 
They keep pulling me down
Faraway from the crowd 
I must learn what it means to be silent

Cause only in my head 
A wall can turn into an open door
If I can see it I can walk right through it
While all around me life goes on 
I hear the beat of my own drum 
I listen and I know I'm getting closer

No one's gonna take my dreams away
No one's  gonna change my resolution
I want only memories 
And no regrets, yeah

I'm  the one I'm gonna make it right
Oh I'm the one I'm gonna live this life
So I'm  holdin' on this time
You see I'm holdin' on 
This time for something more
Reaching further than I have before
I can see myself reaching further

Debut

Reaching Further

My friend Bruno Cadillon (Cab: https://soundcloud.com/bruno-cadillon-847608847) proposed to me last summer to arrange this song of his. I did it, altough with my less than excellent skills. I think the song is very beautiful. And the video produced by Bruno is also very nice, giving a better idea of his versatile talent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktr-SbZqnv8
I think here the lyrics are difficult to translate into other languages, so (as he did) I leave them in French.
All imperfections are mine, as always.

Cover picture: Pierre Bonnard, 'Workshop with Mimosa' (1935), Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou.

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De mon pouce
Je repousse
La mousse

Dans l’eau douce
Barberousse
S’émousse

Je pars en mer
Éphémère
Quitte ou double
Assis par terre
Un chien couvert
De plumes d’oie
Aboie sur un chat
Qui s’en fout bien
Il demande un verre
Qu’il boit d’un trait
Vodka glacée
Me regardant
d’un air étonné

De mon pouce
Je repousse
La mousse

Dans l’eau douce
Barberousse
S’émousse

Accroché là
Éphémère
Quitte ou double
Assis par terre
La peau couverte
De plumes d’oie
J’aboie à la lune
Qui s’en fout bien
Lui fait une prière
Vodka glacée
Très épicée
C’est terminé
Et m’endors par terre

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Lyrics and music: Bruno Cadillon.
Arrangement: Michele Ansani.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, October 1th.

Barberousse [Bruno Cadillon with Michele Ansani]

summer sunlight on the ground
i still see you fallen down

it happens every day (to the chosen) baby
the wounded find a way hey

every heartache, every fear
just a mistake brought us here

you have the secret knack (deep inside you) darling
the one that brings us back jack

into the weeds we’re going
spinning ‘round
but we’ll be back i know it
watch us now

hey honey don’t you know (don’t you know it) by now
you’ll never be alone, no

we’re grateful for today (we accept it) cherie
there is no other way hey

It Happens Every Day

Technicolor Parquetry - 10 4 24, 6.07 PM

01/17/2025 There was a time I thought my little songs could actually "change the world"; that perhaps music could make us all more kind, compassionate, tolerant, empathic, less violent, less greedy, or at a minimum, happier. 

I have always hoped we could navigate our differences with words rather than weapons and that humanity could as a whole, truly practice reverence for the planet and all the living creatures who share it with us. 

But, I see now how absolutely naive I was. The despair, suffering, destruction, and apathy that continues now, many years after I wrote this song, has not changed. Some things, are better but many things, are not; however, I remain hopeful that humanity will eventually work things out and I, in any way that I can, will keep trying to make things better. And so I decided, I would finish producing this song and include it in my first album; an album which on many days might be the continuation of a journey, or on other days, the end of a journey.

Track 5 from my album. I hope you enjoy it.

© 2024 Lyrics, Music, Content By Brenda Doss

I should be happy  
With all of my life
I should be satisfied 
But I’m not
Why do I carry 
The weight of the world on my back
Why should I care
When no one else does

I am a slave 
To the thoughts that I have
I need to change the world
With these tired hands 
Don’t turn me off 
Don’t turn me down
Don’t shut me in 
Don’t throw me out
And I might go crazy
But you might come around
       
At the back door 
You will find me
And I might never leave
At the back door 
You will find me
These tired hands are bleeding
 
Should I worry
If it all goes to hell
Can I live my life in apathy
Like everybody else
Why am I here 
What can I change
These reckless times  
I’m not to blame
Isn’t anybody out there
Isn’t anyone afraid

At the back door 
You will find me
And I might never leave
At the back door 
You will find me
Begging on my knees
At the back door 
You will find me
These tired hands are bleeding

I’m your disease
I’m  your despair
I’m like a flea
I’m in your hair
I’m breeding in your conscience
When you don’t want me there

At the back door 
You will find me
And I might never leave
At the back door 
You will find me
Begging on my knees
At the back door 
You will find me
A wounded heart grieves
At the back door 
You will find me yeah yeah yeah

At the back door 
You will find me
And I might never leave
At the back door 
You will find me
Cause I'm begging on my knees
At the back door 
You will find me
A wounded heart grieves
At the back door 
You will find me
These tired hands are reaching

Back Door

Song written by Tom Wang, and Andre Doumitt at Thunderbird Campus in 1994, and performed by Gilpin's Messengers.

Gilpin's Messengers:
Tom Wang - Guitar, Vocalist
Andre Doumitt - Lead Guitar
Tom Roughan - Bass Guitar / Recording Engineer
Steve Leavengood - Drums

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