I'm already shouting with excitement on this, Claes! G-o-r-g-e-o-u-s.

This was an absolute delight, Claes, thank you.

So gorgeous Claes, my hubby is a classical/acoustic guitarist so will play it to him x

Groovy. Really enjoyed the peacefulness of this one.

Ooh, there's a lot to love in this one. Especially dig the the simplicity even with several layers, it's easy to complicate when layering but this is really pure and true. The guitar body percussion is lovely too.

Beautiful! Nice pacing, little ebbs and flows throughout, loved the harmonics at the end. And thanks for the description, always interesting to know more about what I'm hearing!

Copyright Erin Wolf 2022

Week 1 Prompt - Something New

*Note about the song: I was so frustrated trying to write anything for this prompt that I just started recording and playing. Rougher recording, but it's true to the rawness of the last few weeks.*

it's a new year and i know
i'm supposed to feel something different
truth be told i just
feel the same
the weight of the loss of the
last few weeks is heavy tonight
tears coming down like rain
but it's snowing outside

somewhere someone said at the 
stroke of midnight it would change
but i've found that really 
just isn't true
sometimes we've gotta face what's
staring right at us and oh
leave the magic for another day

but go ahead, new year,
show me something new
help me see the magic 
in the tragedy
help me remember the love & 
the gratitude in the grieving
go ahead, new year, dazzle me
show me something new
something new

i know that i'm lucky to have
loved those i lost
i know that i'm lucky and blessed
in so many other ways
truth be told this stings
in a whole new way
just a moment of reprieve
along the way

so go ahead, new year, 
show me something new
go ahead and show me the 
magic in the tragedy
show me the love and gratitude
in the loss
go ahead, new year, dazzle me
show me something new 
something new

Show Me Something New

Standing In The Doorway (#543, 220115)

I never did enjoy vacation
Too much free time freaks me out
Some people seem to strike a balance
I never could quite figure how

The rope I need to climb a mountain
Is plenty long to hang myself
And there's somethin' 'bout just standin'
In the doorway between heaven and hell

Standing in the doorway with one foot either side
Could go either way it's gettin' hard to see the line
Tryin' to see the future but it's still to soon to tell
Standin' in the doorway in between heaven and hell

When it's midnight at the crossroads
There's one train headed south
Another's racin' off the iron
One last chance to turn around

Where the point of no return is
Probably anybody's guess
I keep watchin' from the doorway
But I haven't seen it yet

Week 03 - Standing In The Doorway (220115)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2022
Week 2 Prompt: Twenty-Two

you can feel good at 22 if you want to
i feel alive at 35
wanna age like betty white
she made it to 99

you can feel like a king at 8
but you will have to wait
‘cuz the queen still gets her kicks
at nearly 96

doesn’t matter if you’re generations
x, y, or z
alpha or the greatest
or even boomers, see
it takes us all to make this
ol’ world go ‘round
so whatever your age
just live it anyhow

i don’t care if you tiktok or twitter,
or instagram
facebook or myspace
where tom is still your friend

opportunity could knock at 44
53 or even 61
maybe you’ll make it at 17
or somewhere in between

doesn’t matter if you’re generations
x, y, or z
alpha or the greatest
or even boomers, see
it takes us all to make this
ol’ world go ‘round
so whatever your age
just live it anyhow 

doesn’t matter if you’re generations
x, y, or z
alpha or the greatest
or even boomers, see
it takes us all to make this
ol’ world go ‘round
so whatever your age
just live it anyhow 

so whatever your age
just live it anyhow

Whatever Your Age

WEEK TWO 16/01

PROMPT: TWENTY TWO 
KEY:F

1.MEET YOU AT THE STATION
PLATFORM NUMBER 22
I'LL BE WEARING FADED JEANS
MY PALE PINK JACKET, WHITE SHOES
LEAVING EVERYTHING I 'VE ALWAYS KNOWN 
TO RUN AWAY WITH YOU
MEET ME HERE ON PLATFORM  22

WHERE THE WORLD MEETS TOGETHER
THE POOR AND THE FAIRER
THE RICH AND THE AGED
THE WEAK AND THE WEATHERED

WHERE THE STENCH OF THE DIESEL
KISS THE HISS AND THE HEAT
THE ONCE- IN- A -LIFETIMES CARVED
IN THE OLD TIMBER SEATS

2.MEET YOU AT THE STATION
PLATFORM NUMBER 22
I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOUR HAND TO HOLD
ONE HEARTBEAT MADE BY TWO
WE WILL SET OUR SIGHTS ON DAYS TO COME
WRITE THOSE SONGS SUNG BLUE
MEET ME HERE ON PLATFORM 22


3.MEET YOU AT THE STATION
PLATFORM NUMBER 22
BRING YOUR OLD GUITAR
THAT STRAP YOU FOUND AT THOSE MARKETS NEAR THE ZOO
WE'LL REWRITE THE TUNES OF ANCIENT DAYS 
AND WE’LL  MAKE THEM SOUND BRAND NEW
MEET ME HERE ON PLATFORM 22

Twenty Two

Life is crazy? Feels like the world is ending? Can't handle anymore?
Chill out my friend and do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha. 
Life gets better when you're in it. 

*****

Matcha Latte Cha Cha

El trabajo nunca se acaba
siempre mil pendientes hay para mañana
en la guerra de lo importante y lo urgente
se nos olvida vivir el presente

Al mal tiempo con buena cara
es mejor que actuar como si no pasara
con cada error algo nuevo aprendemos
otra manera de cómo no hacerlo

Un paso para atrás
no es volver a empezar
dos pasos para atrás no es fracaso
más bien un cha cha chá

Do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha
la vida para contarla hay que vivirla
Matcha Latte Cha Cha
mi vida es mejor si tú estás

El pasado ya no regresa
el futuro guarda más de una sorpresa
no hay más que lo que tenemos en frente
en el presente vivir plenamente

Un paso para atrás
no es volver a empezar
dos pasos para atrás no es fracaso
mas bien un cha cha chá

Do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha
la vida para contarla hay que vivirla
Matcha Latte Cha Cha
mi vida es mejor si tú estás

Matcha Latte Cha Cha

Copyright Erin Wolf 2022
Week 3 Prompt - Standing In the Doorway

Note about the song: First song written with covid. Bit of a ramble on this, hit record and just ran with it. It was a challenge to try to focus on something a bit more structured. I'm honestly just glad to have been able to get this out. Be well, friends. 

mmm, mmm, mmm

the fog is closing in on my mind
the virus spreading through
having one hell of a time
my joints are aching and
my body's feeling low
but i know i gotta keep my 
head held high for
those else in tow

mmm, mmm, mmm

i see my daughter as she
doesn't say a word
just keeps her focus high
and she sings like a bird
i know i gotta meet that 
perch up in the air
and i know i give my blessings
for every 'nother new day here

mmm, mmm, mmm
oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

i know that this will turn out
the way it's meant to be
but let me tell ya something honestly
i'm surprised that i'm not 
feeling lower than hell
i'm glad for everything 
i been through 
leading up to this spell

mmm, mmm, mmm

so i'll let the fog have a minute
then i'll come back, too
and i'll just pray that
i find another day with you
and maybe at the end of it all
there'll be a knock and I'll see you
standing in the doorway
just welcoming me through

mmm, mmm, mmm
oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

'til then i'll just sit here
in this small room
and thank my lucky stars that 
i'm probably not facing my doom
i'll just sit here patiently
and keep on keeping on
and i hope that i'll have 
another day to write another song

mmm, mmm, mmm
oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

Another Day of Covid Haze

WEEK 3 23/01/22
just a sketch idea-found this week challenging. 
PROMPT : STANDING IN THE DOORWAY

Matchless 
Like a precious jewel a treasure in a field-
Matchless
Hidden 'neath the soil of toil and broken faded dreams
Hidden 'neath the soil 
Matchless

Cashless
Songs of deep lament
Our empty spirits yield- Cashless
Ridden full of earth and dirt and broken cistern seas
Ridden full of earth 
Cashless

Catch us
In the sandstone halls
The fade then cut to grey- catch us
Standing in the doorway segue to my life unseen
Standing in the door
Catch us

Standing Week 3

Copyright Erin Wolf 2022
Week 4 Prompt: We Win

Trigger Warning & Song Notes: Contains mature themes relating to mental health, suicidal thought, and overcoming alcohol/drug addiction that are inspired by true stories. Second song with covid - well on the mend, and thank you for the well wishes over the last week. Glad I was able to put this one together.

baby girl climbed down the stairs
to meet her daddy at the bottom
it had been a long, hard day
working down at the docks

she saw the lines on his face
were deep and full of sorrow
she said, "we'll try again tomorrow, daddy
maybe then we'll win"

so they pulled out a cool treat and toasted 
under the light of the harvest moon
carrying away with giggles and 
everything they could fit onto their spoons

at the end of the night
daddy said, "baby girl, time to tuck on in"
"and who knows, maybe tomorrow,
maybe tomorrow, we win"

but what daddy couldn't show
he was holding on for dear life
and what baby girl didn't know
she'd become his last lifeline

as her feet climbed up the stairs
he went down to the basement
there on his desk lay the bottle, and the pills,
and the gun with the trigger looking right back at him

and he sat down, buried his head deep within
his beat-up hands, he began to cry
he threw the bottle and threw the pills into the night
and stashed the gun away hoping that it would hide

'cuz what daddy couldn't show
he'd been holding on for dear life
and what baby girl didn't know
she'd become his last lifeline

oh what daddy didn't show is that
he'd been holding on for dear life
and that night, baby girl became
his last lifeline

years down the road daddy was still clean
and baby girl full-grown
and one day he looked at her and said,
"do you even know what you mean to me?"

"oh, baby girl, do you remember all those years ago 
when you said tomorrow we would win?"
well, baby girl, we've been winning all along
and it's thanks to you we've come this far"

"'cuz what I couldn't show
is that I was holding on for dear life
oh and baby girl 
you'd become my last lifeline"

then baby girl said, "daddy i knew you were 
holding on for dear life
that's why I knew that I had to become
your last lifeline"

Last Lifeline

Listen, I know, I said that i’d come back
I’d sleep on your porch - the planes sleep on the tarmac
Distance don’t matter when love’s strong enough
I used to think
I used to think that it was

Falling asleep to the sound of the protest
My city’s always done it better
Tell me our love's true because
I used to think
I used to think that it was

So you’re out in Boston
I’m saying that I’ll buy a ticket tomorrow too often
You’re saying that tomorrow’s too late
I’m torn between going and making mistakes

Listen, I know, this ain’t coming easy
I know you know I’m making this hard  
Time doesn’t matter when love’s strong enough
I used to think
I used to think that it was

Used To Think That It Was - song a Week 2022, Week 5

Week 5
 Prompt: Used to think it was

1.
I was waiting at the bus stop
Just got off a train
Caught the morning ferry ride
Left home at 5am
Sat beside a friend of mine
I hadn’t seen in ages
The swell was high and silver skies
Put us through our paces

CH
Used to think it was sunshine
Used to think it was  joy
But it s ending in sorrow and storm clouds
Tho I had yearned for much more


2.
Deep beneath the harbour
Held with our dreams
Breaking creaking cracking boards
Lonely stony seas
Should we speak of lovers lost
Long for their returning
Could we dive into the night
Oh how are hearts were burning 

Used to think it was sunshine
Used to think it was  joy
But it s ending in sorrow and storm clouds
Tho I had yearned for much more

Silver Skies week 5

2nd creation for SAW 2021. 
Played around with DADGAD tuning on the 12-string (something I normally don't do). Then improvised the solo track with the nylon stringed Carvin NS1. Both guitars plugged straight into the mixer. As "percussion" I used the body of the 12-string.
Music and image Copyright © Claes Akerblom

Two For The Road (demo)

Mainly a guitarist, and sometimes singer-songwriter, I am influenced mostly by the singer-songwriters from the 60's and early 70's.

Two For The Road (demo)

Claes

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