starting the day to this one - like this a lot ... no so simple to whip out a tune like this ... nicely done.

I hear a little Tom Waits.  great bluesy old timey feel.

I really dig this Bruce! Hell of a tune to start the semester with

Hey Bruski, I like this idea "once more from the top".  Can you give it a little more juice, so that you say "once more from the top", and THEN the music starts up?  I comment because I care.  :D Glad to be back in the game with you at the helm!

I love the classic vibe on this song, it has a great long time ago kind of feel! sorry just got to it Im running behind on listening to all the post but Im working on it slowly but surely!

I had to look up "bindle." Then I learned how to make one.

now when you say "my gut’s on fire" ----- that's a literal and figurative aint it?  LOL.  ah man...... I hope you can get comfy and heal up quick.  "a letter, a feather, a flower, a day" ---- that sequence is fantastic Bruce.  this was another enjoyable, dark, bayou, Louisianan, journey.  dig what nick said on a couple of levels.  flow and also the meaning of the line....if it exists in empty space it will seem like a directorial command almost.  coolness

Ooooh! Very cool! Love the vibe and sound. Love it.

Ah! The guitar work is fantastic- but that vocal effect is super interesting- almost like you're swimming inside the track. Very interesting.

Here's a song I wrote and played.

If I rang you up 
On a Saturday
And I told that I thought 
We ought to run away

Would you laugh at me
Would you take a beat
Would you pack a bag
And meet me on 183

Out by the Park & Ride
Leander Station
Or is this another one way conversation

If I rang you up
On a Saturday
Valerie

When the lion roars
Do you understand
Can you tell tomorrow's promise
In the desert sand

And it all burns down
Would you walk away
Would I find your shadow chasing
The last light of day

No, I know you'll stay
Stay right here with me
We'll be dancing in the ashes
'Til we're old and gray

That's a guarantee
Just you wait and see
Valerie

Valerie

The Sounds You Love The Most
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2023)

(v1)
Sometimes you don't get to find time just to clear your mind from the stress of the day
Then a song comes on the radio and it all melts away

One chord followed by a voice is all it takes to send Shockwaves into your brain.
And you're drawn into the melodies like a moth to the flame

(ch)
You can feed your soul by turning on your stereo
Listen to the sounds you love the most
You just can't go wrong by turning on your favorite song
Let the music carry you away

(v2)
Life moves light speed every time you blink another ten years pass you by
And for all intents and purposes you just try to survive.

But the time line sound track acts like a scrap book keeping all your memories close
A familiar song evokes the ones that you cherish the most

(ch)

(br)
Every day a band prepares to take a stage from stadiums to dive bars festivals to back yards
And the people come from miles around to be
Enveloped in the passion, and dance and sing and scream

(v3)
Everyone's focused on the differences between us that separate and pull us apart
But the love of music lives within every human beings heart

(ch)

The Sounds You Love The Most

Yesterday my friend, Guy Forsyth, sent me a song called Get In The Van that he actually recorded going down the highway in a van on tour with The Hot Nut Riveters. I immediately wrote this and sent it in response. Happy trails, Hot Nuts! Good luck on the road.

Don't Put Me Back Baby, Please

Steal Back the Frequency (River Embrace)

You Don’t Know Me

It was just a momentary fire that shoulda been smoke on the wind
But you pinned it on the wall like a photograph of someplace you have never been 
Now here we are back in the same old place, and I just want to let it go
Why everything with you is so god damn hard I’ll never know, I’ll never know

You paint a picture with jaded eyes 
I never know whether to laugh or cry 
Or why it took so long to realize that you don’t know me, you don’t know me at all 

Sometimes I wonder were you like this on the day that you were born 
And was I just a fool to feel the presence of a rose among the thorns? 
Decade ago, we might have worked things out, tried to find a common page 
Well, here we are, and I guess I know now you’ll never change, you’ll never change 

You paint a picture with jaded eyes 
I never know whether to laugh or cry 
Or why it took so long to realize that you don’t know me, you don’t know me at all 

Feels like 1000 years digging through the lost and found
I want to let it go, turn and walk away, pour spirits on the ground
Agree to disagree, I just wanna live
And you don’t know me I guess you never did 

You paint a picture with jaded eyes 
I never know whether to laugh or cry 
Or why it took so long to realize that you don’t know me, you don’t know me at all

You don’t know me

©2024 alpha juno inc + jd torian
swu spring 2024, song 1
**********
v1:
Poor spirit(s), long in life
Easier days make for restless nights
Work and bend your times away
Store it up for later days

Light the way
Part the grey
A nod to black
Enough of that
Bend the Jack

Ch1: 
World’s gone high

v2:
Fire and the anvil’s hot
Clocked in working, remove the rot
Not in service? Eject the thing
Return to dust
Noting to bring 

Up to the sky Better lives  No more goodby Got my eye on you.  

Ch2:
World’s gone high

World Gone High

swu spring '24, song 3

verse:
Beneficial mornings 
Every other day
(Make it)
Easier to sort out
Before you hit the hay

You don’t have to work out
Every single thing
Just pack out
The trash that you bring

prechorus:
Then throw it away::

Chorus:
It’s a long goodbye
Long Goodbye 

second verse same as the first.

©2024 alpha juno llc + jd torian

The Long Goodbye

Go For a Drive                            Denis Bastarache Nov 1, 2024

[Verse 1]

I'm still looking for my own direction
something a GPS can't find
got an old map for my refrence
I'm gonna see small towns, and lose my time

back roads that lead to nowhere
fill my head with story lines
old churches where no one is praying
ghost towns left behind to die 

[chorus]
we only knows what they want to tell us
take a road trip trust your eyes
find an old school map to guide you
get some courage, go for the drive

{Solo}

[verse 2] 

my papa had an old map in his glove box
dating back to his early age 
drove around in a 55 T-bird
the one that he left to my name

I'm going to follow his footsteps
take my time no need to race
have myself a perfect vacation
and stay away, from the passing lane

[bridge]

they say I got my Daddy's smile
driving his T-Bird
his 55

[chorus X 2] Guitar and out

Go for a Drive

Cultivate Love
Music by Mark Magram and Jen Leigh
Words by Mark Magram
Guitars by Jen Leigh

(v1)
Put that smile on
Head out the door
Let the world know what you're lookin' for

Positive vibes make
Positive lives
Give a little love and you'll get a little more

Take a stack of sunshine
Make it rain
Give out the joy and drown out the pain

Leave out the drama
Get the good karma
Come on let's all go on a love campaign

(pre)
Times like these we all could use a nice distraction
Every act of kindness starts a chain reaction
Before you know it love is gaining traction
Everywhere all over the world

(ch)
Kick that negativity to the curb
You've got to cultivate love
Take all the hate and set it ablaze
You've got to cultivate love

(v2)
Turn that frown
Upside down
Look at all the good things all around

Music, art
Sports and games
Healing potions for your brain

Mountains oceans
Rivers lakes
Nature's beauty feels so great

Grab your guy
Grab your girl
Take a trip and see the world

(pre)
When you're feeling down and you've lost control
Focus on the things in life that feed your soul
Share those things with others and make love the goal
Everyone all over the world

(ch)  
(ch)

Cultivate Love

there’s no wind in my sails
my dining car has gone off the rails
I spend my evenings banging my head against the nearest wall

my gut’s on fire
lost my desire
stand and face the music, 
or start running away

it’s simple, really; 
I used up my last chance
I trusted gravity
every step is a dance

a letter, a feather, a flower, a day
my thumb and my bindle, then I heard you say
once more from the top

those were the days we thought would never end
singing and dancing with my very best friend

push ‘em all in
chips begotten the original sin
face the man in the mirror
or start running away

it’s simple, really; 
I used up my last chance
trust in gravity
every step is a dance
hold me close and count the seconds
closed the door on my way out
I missed my cue, I dropped my lines
can you hear me whisper, when I’m shouting?
once more, from the top


©2017 Bruce Salmon
written and recorded in Austin TX

Once More, From The Top

Bruce Salmon

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