Nothing More (Cover)

Official Music Video: https://youtu.be/cV7NMot_1bA (premieres alongside CMJ Music Marathon Feb 8)

This song comes from wilderness. Olena and Marko found me aimless and wandering in Krakow, which somehow led, two days later, to an evening spent by the Western Carpathian mountains surrounded by a larger group of friends. Guitars around a campfire, melodies sung into the night. After leaving them, I wrote the main theme in trying to capture the mood we'd found.

I forgot about the song until a year later, when it seemed a good idea to gather all the “postcard” songs composed during journeys afar. Many of the themes seemed to want to stay simple and untouched, but “Foot of the Carpathians” presented a deeper mystery. I felt it was worth trying to expand the track’s primary statement into a few different but related harmonies, and introduce it to Nir Sabag (drums) and Hugo Reydet (bass) with room for melodic and rhythmic improvisation. I hoped a trio in musical conversation would be fitting for a song born from a small gathering.

We, together with longtime production friends Virgil Segal and Brian Trahan, recorded the track at TRIXX Studios in Berlin, Germany. The soundscapes were meticulously scored later, combining sounds found separately. This could not have been accomplished without Brian’s impeccable sound engineering. Full sound credits are listed at http://travelpoems.com/#about -- however, the primary contribution to the vibe of the soundscapes in this track is a recording of a Tibetan singing bowl, made in Duisburg, tuned to the frequency of the asteroid Ceres. 

If hearing this song evokes for you any memories, or fantasies, or other stories, I would love to know -- just message me here, or at eric@travelpoems.com. The live Travel Poems show features immersive storytelling, so it may be possible to weave your story into the musical experience.

First single “Foot of the Carpathians” premiered by JAZZIZ Magazine (longform interview at https://www.jazziz.com/qa-eric-pan-travel-poems/)

BANDCAMP: http://ericpan.bandcamp.com
GORGEOUS ALBUM SITE: https://travelpoems.com
ALSO NICE ARTIST SITE: https://ericpan.org

“Chapter 1 . Secret towns” full album released 28 Aug 2020 on Falling Sea (https://fallingsea.com)- and featured with longform interview on national radio, PRI’s “The World”: https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-31/travel-takes-new-meaning-jazz-pianist-s-latest-album

Chapters 2 and 3 release with tour and live storytelling, plus roving art exhibition soon

“Foot of the Carpathians” features Nir Sabag (drums) and Hugo Reydet (bass). Trilogy album recorded in various countries by Eric Pan and Brian Trahan, mixed by Brian Trahan in New York and Berlin. Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty in Los Angeles. Photography by Eric Pan. Calligraphy by Jitesh Patel.

Scored with found sounds — credited to these curators:
spt3125 freesound.org/people/spt3125/sounds/24806/
stefanhoevenaar freesound.org/people/stefanhoevenaar/sounds/50651/
colinsullivan (California) freesound.org/people/colinsullivan/sounds/189451/
unfa freesound.org/people/unfa/sounds/269344/

Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns

Foot of the Carpathians

There are 50 plug time signatures in this one! Video here https://youtu.be/l-XCK_ema-c

I ride the roadwave
Towards endless horizon
And rising sun
It has begun
Spread your wings
Everything is going be alright! 
On the darkside of the cosmos
Our defiance burns
And schemer snakes incinerate
Spread your wings
Fly above the world
Everything's going to be alright
Our flame cannot be extinguished
The wheel turns
And manipulator snakes perish
Driving me around in circles

Roadwave

This song may be a waste. If anyone enjoyed this song, I would be grateful if you would write your impressions.


..............................Somehow, I feel unstable recently.

Disappears

coffee - beabadoobee (cover by Bec Lestrange)

I got this song stuck in my head for weeks, so I started playing it on the guitar :D I put the lyrics down below in case you wanna sing along :)

coffee

Don't stay awake for too long
Don't go to bed
I'll make a cup of coffee for your head
I'll get you up an going out of bed
And I promise that one day I'll feel fine
And I promise that one day I'll feel alright

And I'll make a cup of coffee with the right amount of sugar
how you like it
And I'll make a cup of coffee with the right amount of sugar
how you like it, how you like it

Don't know how long I'll stay for
It's okay, I'll knock on your door
Won't you come down and get me?
I'll like it when you hold me tight
You make me feel nice
The green in your eyes
Makes me feel warm inside

And I'll make a cup of coffee with the right amount of sugar
how you like it
And I'll make a cup of coffee with the right amount of sugar
how you like it, how you like it

• what's life worth living for if not art? •

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Le bruit des airs et des eaux, peur, s'efface
Et pour tout cela non mais je ne puis 
Revoir ces endroits perdus, repris, passent
S'éloigner longs et si lents, sans un bruit

L'amour est sans fin, sans rivage
Si beaux, en silence endormis
Sans qu'ils n'en surprennent ou enragent
Si beaux, tout deux endormis

Se lancer, sourires, poussés, blottis sur la grève
Oublier tout ce qui un jour nous lie
Ne plus avoir de pensées ou de rêves
Ne plus avoir et seulement aujourd'hui

L'amour est sans fin, sans mirage
Si beaux, en silence endormis
Sans qu'ils n'en reprennent ou partagent
Si beaux, tout deux endormis

Et puis le retour, soudain, qui nous brasse
Et tous ces endroits connus ressurgis
De l'oubli momentanément tenace
Un temps si bref fera de nous maudits 

L'amour a pris fin dans l'orage
Si sombre, aussitôt endormis
Retrouver tous ces coeurs sauvages 
Si froids, bientôt endormis

Et pour toi, je voulais changer (papapa)
Et pour toi, j'ai tellement changé (papapa)
Et pour toi, tu voulais changer (papapa)
Pour enfin que nos chemins s'effacent
Et s'effacent, et s'effacent, et s'effacent

Changer pour toi
Au temps pour moi
Et tu dis non, non 
Tu ne dis jamais rien de toi

Changer pour toi
Au temps pour moi
Non, non, 
Tu ne dis jamais rien de toi

Changer pour toi
Changer pour toi
Au temps pour moi
Non, non
Tu ne dis jamais rien de toi...

Credits: lejardinmusic.com

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The Three Heads and The Serpents [NFT]

I found a way to start it off
To let you know I've had enough
You thought that maybe I was tough, well surprise

I saw the birth of innocence
Been searching for a seventh sense
I failed in my benevolence every time

All that we are we owe to every moment of this life
Sometimes the choice is wrong, but thats alright

We're only human we're bound to break
There's only so much that we can take
For all we are we still make mistakes
That's just life

I'm firing shots at anyone
Just anyone and everyone
This mouth's a fully loaded gun, no control

I tried to keep it all inside
Excuses for my foolish pride
Well you can run but you can't hide, from your soul

All that we are we owe to every moment of this life
Sometimes it all goes wrong, but thats alright

We're only human we're bound to break
There's only so much that we can take
For all we are we still make mistakes
That's just life

And we laugh, and we cry
And there's ups and downs
There's swings and roundabouts
Still we try, live a lie
We should just be real cos

We're only human we're bound to break
There's only so much that we can take
For all we are we still make mistakes
That's just life

Only Human

Kinda a dark track about my experience with major depression
Made entirely by me, Emma Garriott

Secret.

I put my foot in my mouth, twice a day
Spouting out words with nothing to say
I put my doom on you, and then I watch my world unglue
'Cause picking up the pieces - that's what I do

When my baggage starts to grow
I've gotta let go, go, go, go, go
When it impacts on you
I've gotta change my mood - for good              

Spending time in a dead-end job
Pencil in time just to sound it off
Didn't see how it brings you down
Didn't try to find some common ground
'Cause sprawling 'round for pieces - that's what I do

When my baggage starts to grow
I've gotta let go, go, go, go, go
When it impacts on you
I've gotta change my mood - for good

I see things that I hate in me
You may think that I let them be
I need to learn to think things through
Stop letting all the bullshit through
'Cause sprawling'round for pieces - that's what I do

If my baggage starts to grow
I've gotta let go, go, go, go, go
When it impacts on you
I've gotta change my mood - for good


'Cause losing all my pieces - that's what I do



Music & words © Sean Parsons Music

Let Go

Thyme

Don't follow me - I'm lost too.
But we got the music.

Love, Bec

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