Pain Relief

A slightly restrained version of 'Something Strange'

Something Less Strange

R     o     X     X

This is a track Hedd and I wrote in 2019 before the pandemic. I sure miss him.
I love the words he wrote for this. We were trying something a bit different than our usual. Give it a listen and tell me what you think.
Tom

Fall Away

Hedd (Randy Hedrick)- Lead vocals
Tom_ everything else.
Recorded at RoXX Studios.


Verse 1 
Lucid dreaming
Witness the world inside your head

Pre chorus 
Stop their screaming
Shadows crawling across your bed
Making it all come to light

Chorus 
I had a dream that people were kind
But in that dream - hate would blind
And never lift us
As we fall away

Verse 2 
Silent crying
Your pillow soaked with salty tears
Inner voice
Trying to temper hopes and fears

Pre Chorus 
Stop their screaming
Shadows crawling across your bed
Making it all come to light

End Chorus 
I had a dream that people were kind
But in that dream - hate would blind
And never lift us
As we fall away

I had a dream that people were kind
I had a dream that love would bind
And lift us all
Before we all fall away

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Fall Away

When It All Falls Down

Added more drums, bass line and arpeggiated synths without changing the arrangement…mixed to brighten the mix, adding some energy to an already brilliant original track by @s111y and @d4n4

Collab

H/Over Water (@s111y D4N4  Libby)

Solo Piano - Chris Bright

immaterial 0929 - 9:29:22, 10.30 PM

Worn out shirt
soft and faded
cotton threads gone bare 
in places 
 Days I put it on 
I feel just like I did 
          when 
A while back and 
           then 
brush my cheek against its fabric 
I’ve made it stretch and give
same way I learned to live 
and 
I put it on so I feel just like I did
              when
A while back and 
               then 
pearl buttons over silver clasp
white ivory combs in a lightnin flash 
caught out in the open 
gettin drowned 
this sodden clothing 
where my warmth is holding 
in a shirt that’s softly fading 
cotton threads gone bare in places
every tear has been repaired 
for the life and memory of the person 
that I was and who I’ll always be

Bare In Places

Çârâ Mûñdâ Mâñã Gâchã

Dear one, enjoy this beautiful medley from the upcoming long-play piano album, 'Wind Keys Piano,' 1h30, set to release at the end of September 2025. If you like it, let us know, and we’ll send you a direct message once the full album becomes available. Cover photography from www.skstudios.fr. Blessings!

Wind Keys Piano Series 1 (Medley)

Drops of Sky

Performing at the SINK open mic in Shoreditch with JK on acoustic guitar and moi on vocals. Such a beautiful song that to me is all about the pain of regret and accepting that it is just part of the human condition.

Let Her Go (Passenger) - Live with JK at SINK open mic

I make music because it is where I let go of the have-to’s, and become part of something larger than myself. The language I speak on the keyboard when I improvise expresses a part of me that only comes out there at the moment of creation - when I’m fully connected and in the flow. In those moments when I disappear in the music, those are where I’m most fully alive. The musical question I pose to myself when I play is largely this: how can I release my inhibitions and let go of patterns sufficient to bring something entirely new, unexpected, and enlightening into the world, with structure, precision, clarity, and depth of expression. These pieces are meditations that are of me, but more precisely, they come through me. When I’m in the flow, I’m channeling the energy and only moderately directing it. The challenge is to be open to take risks while maintaining a structure, melody, and tempo that makes it interesting and satisfying enough to keep listening. I keep doing this nightly because it’s a language, because it’s a connection to something greater than myself, and because it’s very very relaxing.

immaterial 0929 - 9:29:22, 10.30 PM

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