House on Second Avenue             c. 2021 by M. A. Manetz

V1
Our couch was at the curbside, our broken TV too,
With a pile of stuff from momma's room folks were pickin' through.
Landlord notice on the door, said “PAYMENT OVERDUE”,
The day we left our house on Second Avenue.

V2
Mama said, “Just pack your suitcase, leave your toys out by the street,
I'll buy you some new ones, when I get back on my feet”.
I was tryin' not to cry, but the neighbor kids all knew,
The day we left our house on Second Avenue.

Bridge 1
Life was always stacked against us but mamma always found a way, 
She tried her best to ease the shame and pain I felt that day.
She said, “son, hold your head up high no matter what they think of you”,
And we walked out of the house on Second Avenue.

V3
Back in town for mamma's funeral, I drove my son around,
Pulled into a side-street, slowed the motor down,
He asked “daddy why you cryin'?”, and a tear fell right on cue,
As we slowly passed to the house on Second Avenue.

Bridge 2
I told him, “life was stacked against us but mamma always found a way, 
Her strength and patience raised me to the man I am today.
So son, hold your head up high no matter what they think of you”,
Then we drove on past the house on Second Avenue.
Yeah,we're finally past the house on Second Avenue.

House On Second Avenue

hiding in the closet
hiding under the bed
hiding in the downstairs shower
hiding in your head

i'll tell ya right now buddy he ain't done having fun
until he sees his own face on the milk carton
balled up in the corner behind the tv stand
reading Mad Magazine with a juice box in the other hand

he'll go where he knows you can't fit
and he'll stay there all night long after you quit
you think you can find him?  well let me tell you a thing
he's the one and only god damn motherfucking hide and seek king

hiding behind the window curtains
hiding under the sink 
hiding in the spot behind your bedroom door
where you'll never think

hiding in the cupboards of the your bathroom watching you
like a little creep
hiding out in the open in the middle of the night
breathing on you when you sleep

i'll tell ya right now buddy he ain't done having fun
until he sees his own face on the milk carton
balled up in the corner behind the tv stand
with a Mad Magazine with a juice box in the other hand

he'll go where he knows you can't fit
and he'll stay there all night long after you quit
you think you can find him?  well let me tell you a thing
he's the one and only god damn motherfucking hide and seek king

Hide And Seek

samarinda

U-A Rhinoceros Horn

This is a string quartet arrangement of a composition for voice and piano by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka, after Pablo Neruda's poem of the same name.

Premiered and recorded in San Francisco on 2/5/2023 by the Quatuor Sauternes (Aaron Brown and Andrew Song, violins; Stephen Moore, viola; Hans Brightbill, cello)

Image by Darren Sears (Cerro Castillo, Chile)

Quatuor Sauternes Recital, February 2023

Puedo Escribir (arr. for string quartet; original by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka)

Disquiet Junto Project 0591: The Loneliest Number
The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio.

I started with a track I'm working on since months and which does not work for me. I threw away all but what was originally some kind of Rhodes basis. I rearranged it until I liked it more than the original fully instrumented version. It's now Dmin with only two 4-bar-progressions to Gm and back. It's 90bpm, 6/4. I see plenty of space for Drums, Leads, Vocals, Noises - have fun, if you like ;-)

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Track cover: DALL·E "worm waiting under a clock, vermeer painting"

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The Patient Earthworm [disquiet0591] (The Loneliest Number)

Limited Drop

Eva Schneider, Fantasia sur le sujet "Sheep May Safely Graze"

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Love

Bienvenue sur la présentation Soundcloud de Claviertuoso-Education. Cette page permet à nos élèves de se présenter à un public plus large. Cela favorise la motivation et augmente le plaisir de la musique.

Welcome to the Soundcloud presentation of Claviertuoso-Education. This page allows our students to present themselves to a wider audience. This promotes motivation and increases the fun of music.

Willkommen auf der Soundcloud-Präsentation von Claviertuoso-Education. Diese Seite ermöglicht es unseren Schülern, sich einem breiteren Publikum zu präsentieren. Dies fördert die Motivation und erhöht den Spaß an der Musik.

Eva Schneider, Fantasia sur le sujet "Sheep May Safely Graze"

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