smooth, jazzy, great arrangement...beautiful chanson

Yann’s piano is a beautiful backdrop for your voice.  Beautiful song.

Très élégant, belle collab. Magnifique solo 👍

“My main goal in life is to just be happy. I don't compromise my happiness for anything. If I find what makes me happy I'm going to do that." - jhene aiko

Trust your own judgement, live with it and love it.  - Nas


When the ideas are coming, I don’t stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn’t come along all the time.  

DR. DRE

Manifestation (MASTER) (2)

A psychedelic rock tour de force!! This is a co-write with Catherine Rose, who made excellent contributions to the lyrics.

Special thanks to my musical collaborators for using their considerable musical talents to help me bring the vision for this song to life

Rich O’Brien - Vocal, Guitars, Production, and Mix

J.J. Terrell -@j-j-terrell - Organ

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1– Bass

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken Karasek - Drums and Percussion

No Longer There (with J.J. Terrell, Josh Clary, and Ken Karasek)

Hush my little darling - don’t you cry
watch the sky 
stars so bright 
the beauty of the night
Sandman made a dream for you
I wish it will come true
blessings, fortunes, hope and hugs
the best of dreams filled with love 

Hush my little darling dont you cry
dream sweet dreams  
Wave the day goodbye
Morning  breaks
Darkness fades away 
You’ll play
sun or rain
come what may. 

Evening stars spread the light 
a diamond in the night 
A nightbirds sings her lovely tune
it’s time to wake the sleepy moon

Hush my little darling dont you cry
dream sweet dreams  
Wave the day goodbye 
Morning  breaks
Darkness fades away 
You’ll play
sun or rain
come what may. 

Hush my little darling dont you cry
dream sweet dreams  
wave the day goodbye

Hush

This is the first track off the new album "There to here (Part 2)" An instrumental with Doors influence. Also available at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7bld1sXMZIFPQb8S8XaNyl?si=f23eb4eb707a45b3
2	and YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaKfktZLon0

There to Here  Pt. 2

Doors Open

Doors Open (Instrumental)

Start To Move

In the grand expanse of the cosmos, envision a tempestuous surge of cosmic vitality cascading upon an outpost nestled within the cosmic embrace of Alpha Centauri. Fashioned from adaptive materials, products of the ingenuity of distant epochs, the outpost steadfastly withstands the tumultuous onslaught, manifesting a symphony of resplendent hues and luminosity.Amidst the void's chilling embrace, intrepid astronauts, representing a mosaic of diverse racial lineages and gender identities, anchor themselves firmly with magnetic footwear, grappling with undulating tendrils of energy, laboring tirelessly to restore equilibrium to the besieged outpost. In the distant reaches, enigmatic astral entities, their corporeal forms woven from celestial dust and adorned with thermal ocular organs, observe with a beguiled curiosity, drawn by the spectacle unfolding before them.Behold, a quintessential odyssey of the cosmos unfolds—a saga fraught with peril and exhilaration—a testament to the indefatigable spirit of humanity, as it endeavors to traverse the uncharted frontiers of knowledge and fortitude.

Outpost Alpha Centauri

Merci à Yann pour les arrangements piano et le traitement sonore.


Rêve-t-on de Paix aux allures de silence
Les êtres imparfaits désirent cette chance
Tourner de par le monde relever les défis
Balayer d’une seconde les vaines prophéties

Relayer sur les ondes les messages de Paix
Orienter dans nos songes les mots les plus vrais

Rêve-t-on de Paix à offrir au monde
Dans les instants vrais à chaque seconde
Le pouvoir des mots des tyrans de trop
S’éteindront un jour , il le faut

Chorus
   
La Paix
Pour nos coeurs 
Pour nos âmes
Cette Paix
De vie et de flamme
Sur le chemin
De la Paix
 


La Paix avec Yann KIFER Piano

I think if fish could talk I'd imagine something like this, but it's just a little musical outburst.
In addition to electronic instruments and possibilities (DAW), I used guitar, arturia pigment synthesizer and electronic drums when creating the music.

I Talked to the Fish

Streaming !

This song was inspired by the 13th century poem about the abduction to Elfland by the Fairy Queen of Thomas the Rhymer. Thomas was a real person, also known as Thomas Lermount, a Scottish laird whose supernatural powers were said to rival those of Merlin. He was called True Thomas because he was said to have received the fairy boon of the Tongue That Can Never Lie. 

Whether or not Thomas actually was abducted by the Queen of Elfland,  I’ll leave up to you and your imagination! 

I’m very grateful to APi_ZZ for providing such a beautifully evocative soundscape for our fairy ride from Dreamland to Elfland! You can find here: https://soundcloud.com/api_zz

Words and vocals by Annie Dieu-Le-Veut
© Annie Dieu-Le-Veut, April 2024

Music by APi_ZZ 
© APi_ZZ (Andreas Pirner , April 2024)

Words: 

True Thomas was lying on a grassy bank, when a marvel with his eye spied he...
There he saw a lady bright come riding by the hawthorn tree.
Her skirt was of the grass-green silk, her mantle of the velvet fine, 
And at each lock of her horse’s mane hung fifty silver bells and nine. 

True Thomas, he pulled off his cap and bowed down to his knee: 
“All hail, thou Queen of Heaven! For thy peer on Earth I never did see.”
 “O no, O no, Thomas,” she chuckled, “That name does not belong to me; 
"I am but the Queen of fair Elfland that am hither come to visit thee.
“Sing and play, Thomas,” she said, “Sing and play along with me, 
And if you dare to kiss my lips, then certain of your body I will be.” 
“Betide me weal, betide me woe," replied he, "That fate shall never frighten me.”
And then he kissed her rosy lips, all under the hawthorn tree.

“Now you must come with me,” she said, “True Thomas, you must come with me, 
And you must serve me seven years, through weal and woe, as chance may be.”
 Then she mounted on her milk-white steed,  and she took True Thomas up behind.
And every time her bridle rang, the steed flew faster than the wind.

On they rode, on, and farther on, the white horse swifter than lightening,
Until they reached a desert wide, and living land was well behind them.
 “Lie down, lie down now, True Thomas," she said.
And rest your head upon my knee; 
Abide and rest a little space, And I will show you wonders three.” 

“So do you see that narrow road, so thick beset with thorns and briars? 
That is the path of righteousness, though after it but few enquire.” 
“And see ye not that broad, wide way that lies across the lily leven? 
That is the path of wickedness, although some call it the road to heaven.” 
“And see ye not that lovely lane that winds about the fern’d hillside? 
That is the road to fair Elfland, where you and I this night must ride.
“But Thomas, you must hold your tongue, whatever you may hear or see, 
For if you speak in fair Elfland, you’ll never get back to your own country.”

So on they rode.... and on.... and farther on, 
And they waded through rivers above the knee, 
And they saw neither sun nor moon, 
But they heard the roaring of the seas.
 It was dark dark night, and there was no sun light, 
And they waded through red blood to the knee; 
For all the blood that’s shed on Earth runs through the springs of that country.

Soon they came to a garden green, and she pulled an apple from a branch on high,
“Take this for thy wages, True Thomas, it will give you the tongue that can never lie.”
"My tongue is my own,” True Thomas said, 
“A goodly boon that you gifted me! 
I’d neither buy nor sell it, at fair nor tryst where'ere I may be.
“I dare neither speak to prince nor lord, nor ask favor from fair lady. “ 
“Now hold thy peace,” the Lady said, “For as I say, so must it be!”

So now True Thomas has a coat of elven cloth, 
And a pair of shoes of elven green, 
And till seven years are gone and past 
True Thomas on Earth will never be seen.

True Thomas and the Queen of Elfland

Even today, modern politicians are educated by what's been dubbed a "manual of statecraft", penned by the so-called Father of Modern Political Philosophy and Political Science, the 16th century Venetian, Niccolò Machiavelli. 

In Machiavelli's book, The Prince, they are taught that no matter how evil the means that they employ are, to achieve victory, the ends will justify those means. Then as the victors, all they have to do is to rewrite the history, to present themselves as the good guys. 

I'm very grateful to Mark Combstead for providing such great rock music for this poem. You can find him here: https://soundcloud.com/markcombs-928282858

Words:

Last night, I dreamed of Machiavelli,
 Who, it seems, hasn’t learned much since the days of the Medici. 
 His pretext of seizing power for the ‘good of God’,
 Was straight out of the playbook of Cesar Borgia....
 So it seemed from my talk with poor, deluded Niccolo.
 
 Looking into my eyes and holding my hands
 He plied me with cunning plots and plans,
 Dripping in evil criminality, and base intent
 To create chaos for the existing world order
 No means was too foul, not even murder.
 
 The end will justify the means, my dear,
 Don’t worry your pretty head. 
 He said. 
 I wasn’t buying it, though, 
And so I said:	
 
 All around us in the world today that we see,
 Has been caused by those with such a strategy.
 The end doesn’t justify the means, at all.
 It is the means themselves which create the evil
 Of famine, pollution and perpetual war,
 Driven by madness, greed and holy preachings;
 This is the end created by your teachings. 
 We now have nation pitted against nation,
 Because the way, the means, IS the destination.
 

Words and vocals by Annie Dieu-Le-Veut
© Annie Dieu-Le-Veut, April 2024 

Music by Combstead
© Mark Combstead, April 2024 

Cover Art by by pizarro2021 at DeviantArt.

Machiavelli (ft. Combstead)

An alternative rock track made by the artists: Just JIMM, G  Page, and WALL

Related link: https://tinyurl.com/4h9m6s6y 

Video: https://youtu.be/OaNpghc1z5E

Lyrics:

They’re creeping around in the dark 
Something is haunting me
Alone with my shadows, my doubts and my fears
Alone with all the shit you can’t see

And I never showed, but they keep me in chains
In the height of my life, and they’re the root of my pain
It’s time to cut them loose 
And just move on

And I know it’s only me
My own worst enemy
Time to just move on

I’m here 
There’s no way to change the past 
And I’m tired of looking back
I know I gotta move on
Know I gotta be strong
Here
Life will move on by 
If I don’t get up and try
So, I’m breaking chains 
I’m gonna leave the pain right here

You’re worthless
You’ll never amount to anything
You just wait

I know it’s had me trapped
Like a rope around my throat 
And I know that it’s me that’s holding the leash 
I just need the strength to let go

And I know it’s only me
My own worst enemy
It's time to just move on

I’m here 
There’s no way to change the past 
And I’m tired of looking back
I know I gotta move on
Know I gotta be strong
Here
Life will move on by 
If I don’t get up and try
So, I’m breaking chains 
I’m gonna leave the pain right here

I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising in me
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising in me
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising in me

Move on

I’m here 
There’s no way to change the past
And I’m tired of looking back
I know I gotta move on
Know I gotta be strong
Here
Life will move on by if I don’t get up and try
So, I’m breaking chains 
I’m gonna leave the pain right here

I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising in me
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising in me
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising
I feel the light rising in me

Here

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