I composed this music in response to a contest. Astrophysics fascinates me, so what a pleasure to compose a melody on the piano while immersed in the poetic space images of The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick (proposed to illustrate with a composition). Especially since I was showing off my new keyboard called Astrolab... I saw this film 10 years ago and have memories of it that are divided between formal beauty, philosophical questioning and a feeling of oppression. I thought it needed repetition, evolution and accident, gentleness and intensity, hope and inevitability, smallness and grandeur...

J'ai composé cette musique en réponse à un concours. L'astrophysique me passionne, alors quel plaisir de composer une mélodie au piano en immersion dans les images spatio poétiques de The Tree of Life de Terrence Malick (proposées pour être illustrée par une composition). D'autant que j'étrennais mon nouveau clavier nommé Astrolab... J'ai vu ce film il y a 10 ans et en conserve un souvenir partagé entre beauté formelle, questionnement philosophique et sentiment d'oppression. J'ai pensé qu'il fallait de la répétition, de l'évolution et un accident, de la douceur et de l'intensité, de l'espoir et de l'inéluctable, de la petitesse et de la grandeur...

Tree of life

Assault & Flattery

Memories est né d’une belle collaboration avec Eric Georgesco, initiée en décembre 2024. Eric avait composé, quelques années plus tôt, une mélodie très personnelle intitulée Memories. Dès la première écoute, j’ai perçu le potentiel de ce morceau. Il restait à trouver la bonne direction pour lui donner une nouvelle dimension.

Pendant plusieurs mois, le titre est resté en suspens, car je n’arrivais pas à lui insuffler l’énergie que je cherchais. C’est finalement en mars, après que l’un de mes proches m’ait encouragé à écouter Clara Luciani (que je connaissais vaguement jusque-là) que tout a changé. En découvrant La Grenade, avec sa ligne de basse percutante et son esprit French Disco, j’ai eu une révélation : c’était exactement ce qu’il fallait à Memories pour prendre son envol.

La voix de Delphine s’est ensuite imposée naturellement. Sa lumière, sa sincérité et sa douceur donnent vie au morceau et en incarnent toute la sensibilité.

Merci à Eric pour sa confiance, et à Delphine pour sa voix qui sublime la chanson.


Memories is the result of a beautiful collaboration with Eric Georgesco, which began in December 2024. A few years back, Eric had composed a melody he called Memories, a piece that meant a lot to him. The first time I heard it, I instantly felt its potential. The challenge was figuring out how to rearrange it to take it somewhere new.

For several months, the track was put on hold. I just couldn’t find the right energy to bring it to life. Everything shifted in March, when a close friend insisted I take a deeper listen to Clara Luciani. I knew of her, but hadn’t really explored her work. Then I heard La Grenade and its bold bass line and French disco flair hit me like a lightning bolt. That’s the kind of groove Memories needed to finally lift off.

Delphine’s voice quickly became the obvious choice. Her bright, honest tone full of candor and warmth, truly brings the song to life.

Huge thanks to Eric for trusting me with this project, and to Delphine for her voice, which elevates the song in the most beautiful way.

Credits: 
Sur une musique originale de Eric Georgesco https://soundcloud.com/eric-georgesco/memories
Chant : Delphine
Paroles et arrangements : Richard Gonfrier
Production et mastering : Richard Gonfrier


Lyrics : 

En ces jours étranges
Plus rien ne me dérange
Je vais partir
Sans te le dire
Les yeux perdus

Dans ce ciel immense
Où tout n’est que silence
Je vais courir
Sans revenir
Le coeur déchu

Mon coeur sillonne 
Nos plus belles memories
Et moi je fredonne
Nos plus belles mélodies

Quand tu me dis « Mon Ange »
Mes pensées se mélangent
Ca m’fait souffrir
De te mentir
L’amour déçu

Je m’entoure de distance
Pour que j’me recommence
Je vais grandir
Me reconstruire
Me mettre à nu

Mon coeur sillonne 
Nos plus belles memories
Et moi je fredonne
Nos plus belles mélodies

I had tu run to heal myself
But your love still echoes in my soul


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Memories (Feat.Delphine & Eric Georgesco)

I think of some of the "old timers" that have influenced my life especially when I was a younger man, the stories they shared, the wisdom in those stories if I listened closely, and most sobering, that I'm an old timer myself now.  This song is a bit of a musical portrait of encountering an old timer at a small-town diner and enjoying a bit of food and conversation.  Joining me in this visit is ace pianist and valued collaborator Debra Buesking.  As always, her playing enriches and informs my playing and is totally sympathetic to the theme.  Thank you dear friend for sharing this special musical moment.  Hear more of Debbie's superb composing and playing @debra_buesking. Thanks to George Motz Photography for the track picture.

On a personal note, I appreciate all of you that reached out to me upon hearing about the devastating flood in central Texas that swept away many lives and much property.  It was a worst case scenario happening on one of the busiest weekends of the year.  Amarillo stayed high and dry during the event, but all of us were touched, as was the whole world, upon hearing of the tragedy.  Please continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Old Timer at the Diner (Debbie Buesking; piano, David; acoustic guitar)

Rise Up

Another offering from me and Dave Cooper , it's a bit different , we hope you like it ! Me and Kim are still trying to win a song contest , so give us a vote if you can http://hofa-contest.com/song/19226/  Lots of stuff coming up including Gaz Brownie , Dave Cooper , Axel Menningen , Kim and myself , so please stay tuned folks ! Me , Axel and Andrea Brennan are embarking on a project that's bigger than Trump's overblown ego , and that massive ! So there's a lot of work to do on that , all will be revealed in the coming months . Charlotte and I need more plays on our album , so if you get chance play a track or 2 , I'm sure you'll like it , links below . So many thanks for supporting an old muso who still has hopes and dreams , and all his own teeth !!!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWWNcrIRv08J_eEbL7MJ_1UTdMo0MjJLM
https://open.spotify.com/album/78ewrWZjS41XvHT9mFWd6O?si=yDMcRADSSrOdWlanz6UPMw
Stare across the stormy sea on this windy night

There’s nothing here for me and I don’t feel right

Take me to a land outside the visions of my mind

Take me to a paradise I’ll never find

 

Chorus

 

Sing songs of love for me

Sing songs of life

Sing songs that sound so real

Sing songs, sing songs of life

 

Take me on a roller coaster ride through mountains past

Through the valleys of my mind and make it last

Take me on a sailing boat, cool breeze through my hair

All’s well till someone spoke, what’s that you say

 

Bridge

 

Here‘s where the journey ends

Oh it had to be

Meeting lovers, meeting friends

Oh it had to be, to be

 

So I stare across the sea and I never know why

Why it came to me and I start to cry

I’ll never leave this place and I know this is true

And I’ll never see your face and be with you

Songs of Life

An original song by J.J. Terrell

Left Behind

It’s really about the nights we shared
Underneath all the stars

Now that we’re apart, it’s hard to breathe
Thinking of the love, the dreams we weave.

Oh babe I need you back, it’s true

Memories linger, they haunt my mind
Every lonely moment, I’m left behind
I see your face in the setting sun
Without you here, I’m all but done

Time keeps passing, but the ache won’t fade
Our song still plays, in every serenade
If you could hear me, would you find your way
Back to my arms, where your heart should stay?

Ohhh babe, I need you back

Memories linger, they haunt my mind
Every lovely moment, I’m with you
I see your face in the setting sun
Without you here, I’m all but done

Oh babe, I need you back
It’s true


Left Behind

Original song by Leonard Cohen. As performed by Jeff Buckley.

Lyrics:
Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing "Hallelujah"

Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
And she tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Well, baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah (live acoustic cover, orig. song by Leonard Cohen)

You Are The Reason - Calum Scott (piano)

we'll be alright 11.28.25

You don't own me

Close to Robert is a French composer born in Scotland, pianist, producer and environmental activist, formerly elected to the town hall of Toulouse, France. 
His music mixes pop melodies, crooner voice, catchy bass lines, jazzy piano and synth solos. 
His compositions would be different without the Beatles, Bowie, Gainsbourg, Bashung, 80s Pop, the Roland JX3P synth... Close to Robert likes eclectic musicians, pop in the broad sense, like Chilly Gonzales, Jeanne Added, The Divine Comedy, Lana del Rey, Benjamin Biolay, Emilie Simon, Sébastien Tellier, Get Well Soon...
Ecology takes a major place in his lyrics, in a perspective that is both realistic and optimistic, because we have no other choice but to believe in humanity.