Oh once there was a lost sailor 
Sailing across the sea
Dreaming of where he’d go
And who he’d choose to be 
Oh the waves were rolling high
Oh there was a lost sailor 
Who thought he would reach the sky

Oh mummy why’d daddy go 
Why’d he have to leave?
Why son, he was a lost sailor 
And he was sailing across them seas. 
Oh why’d he leave - tell me - I have to know
Oh son, I loved him too but sometimes you have to let them go

Sometimes there’s not words to say 
The feelings you feel 
The strength of your will
Somehow you will have to pay
For all the flounders
And missed encounters 
Someday you’ll grieve to stay
Give up on sunsets
Accept the upsets
Somewhere at some time of day
The world will catch you
And love will match you

Oh there was a lost sailor
And he was sailing across the sea 
Dreaming of rainbow sands
And islands wild and free
Oh the waves now touch the sky
Oh he was a lost sailor
Who never stopped to question why


Oh there was a lost sailor
And he was sailing across the seas
Desperate for the land
Now praying on his knees 
Oh the waves just strike and crack
Oh he was a lost sailor
He couldn’t find his way back
Oh mummy why’d daddy go
Why’d he have to leave 
Oh son he was a lost sailor 
And he’s trapped on those treacherous seas.

Sometimes there’s not words to say 
The feelings you feel 
The strength of your will
Somehow you will have to pay
For all the flounders
And missed encounters 
Someday you’ll grieve to stay
Give up on sunsets
Accept the upsets
Somewhere at some time of day
The world will catch you
And love will crush you

The Lost Sailor

Art Expressed in Music – Leonardo's Genius	
April 2024
Duration: 3:30
Listen to the Playlist: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/art-expressed-in-music-i
Painting: Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519) was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer.  His “Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa” are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance.  His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. He is renowned in the fields of civil engineering, chemistry, geology,  hydrodynamics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, optics, physics and zoology.  As an engineer, Leonardo conceived ideas vastly ahead of his own time, conceptually inventing the parachute, the helicopter, an armored fighting vehicle, and the use of concentrated solar power. The unique fame that Leonardo enjoyed in his lifetime has remained undimmed to the present day rests largely on his unlimited desire for knowledge, which guided all his thinking and behavior.  As an artist, Leonardo considered his eyes to be his main avenue to knowledge; to Leonardo, sight was man’s highest sense because it alone conveyed the facts of experience immediately, correctly, and with certainty.  He used his superb intellect, unusual powers of observation, and mastery of the art of drawing to study nature itself, a line of inquiry that allowed his dual pursuits of art and science to flourish.  In Florence between 1500 and 1506, Leonardo began work on the “Mona Lisa”.  The “Mona Lisa” set the standard for all future portraits. The painting presents a woman revealed to likely have been Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocond.  The picture presents a half-body portrait of the subject, with a distant landscape visible as a backdrop; the expressive synthesis that Leonardo achieved between sitter and landscape has placed this work in the canon of the most-popular and most-analyzed paintings of all time. The sensuous curves of the woman’s hair and clothing, are echoed in the undulating valleys and rivers behind her. The sense of overall harmony achieved in the painting—especially apparent in the sitter’s faint smile—reflects Leonardo’s idea of the link connecting humanity and nature, making this painting an enduring record of Leonardo’s vision and genius.  In 1517, a drawing by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino depicted an elderly Leonardo with his right arm wrapped in clothing. The latter, in addition to the record of an October 1517 visit by Louis d'Aragon, confirms an account of Leonardo's right hand being paralytic when he was 65, which may indicate why he left works such as the “Mona Lisa” unfinished.  He continued to work at some capacity until eventually becoming ill and bedridden for several months.  Leonardo only produced about 20 paintings in his lifetime. It is estimated that Leonardo produced between 20,000 to 28,000 pages of notes and sketches spanning across 50 different notebooks about work related to whatever topics that interested him – painting, engineering, philosophy, warfare, engineering, physiology, landscape, proportion, perspective, geography, and geology.... Unfortunately, Leonardo's interests were so broad, and he was so often compelled by new subjects, that he usually left projects unfinished.  Leonardo died at Clos Lucé on 2 May 1519 at the age of 67, possibly of a stroke.   Leonardo was described as lamenting on his deathbed, full of repentance, that "he had offended against God and men by failing to practice his art as he should have done”. 
For virtual voices, piano, marimba, tubular bells, virtual instruments, sound effects and percussion.

Art Expressed In Music - Leonardo's Genius

This is the title track off the album "There to here". It continues the story of a young man travelling across the atlantic ocean from Ireland in the 1800's and trying to find a place to settle in the new world of America. 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
Mixing and production: Phil Bowen
Vocals/ backing vocals: Phil Bowen
Guitars: Phil Bowen
Keyboards: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
Verse 1
I look across Long Island in the setting sun
Shadows seem to dance around everyone
I look back at the ocean there’s nothing but sea
And wonder if this is reality

Verse 2
I walk to the station catch the Stonington line
Lay back my head. It’s like a mountain I climbed
One more day and I’ll soon be there
Providence calls to my evening prayer

Chorus
That’s the way I got from there to here
It seems to roll into another year
A little laughter, a few more tears
That’s the way I got from there to here. 

Verse 3
So the train moves on and time moves on
I’m sitting here thinking that I belong
To this new world of hope, opportunity
No more locks on doors, no master key

Verse 4
The moon shines down across a canopy of trees
On a warm summer night well I feel so at ease
One more day and I’ll soon be there
Providence calls to my evening prayer.

There to Here  Pt. 2

There to Here

There To Here

Lilith

Une composition de Willy Moreno https://on.soundcloud.com/NkTnGd9okwZKuayH9
ou j'ai ajouté des parties de guitares.
Amitiés Musicales
#jmantoni

A composition by Willy Moreno https://on.soundcloud.com/NkTnGd9okwZKuayH9
where I added guitar parts.
Musical Amitiés
#jmantoni

Friends

Improvisation based mostly on the Harmonic Minor scale.

12/8 Fusion Shuffle in C minor#151

Gather 'round, intrepid adventurers, and let me regale you with the dark and heroic tales of Valoria, a land steeped in ancient lore and shrouded in mystery. 

In this forsaken realm, where towering mountains hide forgotten strongholds and enchanted forests whisper secrets to the night, brave warriors and cunning mages once battled forces beyond mortal comprehension. The echoes of their deeds still resonate through the misty valleys, beckoning the bold and the fearless to uncover lost relics and confront the shadowy powers that linger.

But beware—Valoria's allure is as dangerous as it is captivating, for not all who venture return.

Tales of Valoria

CALL ME BABY

Go watch the YouTube video https://youtu.be/3LP7lfBx92I
Jake came to us a few weeks ago with this awesome bass line and we decided to do something with it. We see what's going on in the world and sadly what has crept into some churches. That's where the line "plead anointing without reverence", comes from. Only God knows the hour of Christs return. Matthew 24. We believe were seeing the birth pains. Regardless we need to continue to spread the gospel preparing Gods people for His return.
Verse 1
Troubled soul, eyes wide open
Come out of your grief. 
Sins grip on the world,
has blinded its people.
Tag
What shall be done?
His will be done
What shall be done?
His will be done
Chorus
Age of grace at its severance
Remnants left surveying damage
Plead anointing without reverence
End of Days
Verse 2
The Word is out, hear His voice
Some will answer
Turning to You, they know Your cry
Give sight to the people
Repeat tag and chorus
Bridge
Preach the warning
This Day comes to a close
Increase love for Christ a hatred for sin
Repeat Chorus

12/8 Fusion Shuffle in C minor#151

Bardot