Really nice work here, Crísthopper! I'm with @joshua-tanz in appreciating the sparse piano - really helps your voice pop.

oh im getting regina spektor feels on this one-great :)

Great Bossa Nova beat with the piano. Love that falsetto!!

Such a sweet tune! Lovely rhythm and melody!

I like verse structure, also the added warmth when the bass kicks in at about 44. 00. You have put in a great performance on this one.

Omg, Cristho. I really love the way you put the lyrics together 😍 it's very beautiful, I'd love to cover it sometime 🤗

I would have to describe the melody and lyrics to this one as nutrient-rich, it's like, I'm ingesting depth and value as I listen. I like the buh-buh-buhs too, it helps balance the philosophical nutrition.

I really like it when you go off-piste melodically after the second chorus - reach into your falsetto and play around

Really like the imagery to start off the song

Beautiful chord progression works really nicely with your voice. 

The seventh tale of Snow and Cherry

Not in my blood

it's early morning
sun rays are coming through my window
my soul is yearning
thoughts in my head spin round in circles

Why'd I keep on falling down
and coming back for more?
it's made me stronger
while trying to kill me all along
but giving up is not in my blood

the still of morning
gives me the courage I've been missing
I'm fooling no one
playing a game I know I can't win

Why instead of losing hope 
I'm coming back for more?
why do I bother?
not even I would claim to know
but giving up is not in my blood

it's early morning
thoughts in my head spin round in circles
I finally noticed
sun rays are coming through my window

Why in spite of feeling down 
I'm coming back for more?
it's made me stronger
bringing some comfort to my soul
but giving up is not in my blood

Giving up is not in my blood

Tales of Snow and Cherry

Not In My Blood

Another collaboration with Mark Anderson where I sent him the tune, and he then wrote the lyrics to fit the tune.

To fall in love
(Mark I. Anderson)

Listen to these words
Let them fall upon your soul
Like you’ve never heard before
Like you’ll never let them go
Tonight, let the fire burn us
Tonight, let two hearts learn 
This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

Hold me close and whisper
The things that love will say
I’ll hold you close to kiss you
At the closing of each day
Tonight, is all we need
Tonight, you can believe
This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

(Bridge)
The mystery of the ages – hidden in our kiss
Time reveals her secrets – when I’m holding you like this

Listen to our passion
Hear the rhythmic beat
Two hearts pounding faster than
Even time could keep
Tonight, we’ll just let go
Tonight, we’ll let it show us
This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

To Fall In Love (demo)

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

Cover of "When I'm Gone" by Phil Ochs
Originally released in April 1966
Original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB-BBVQLnxI

Photo credit: Boston Herald article, "Phil Ochs: 'Gone' but not forgotten
https://www.bostonherald.com/2011/03/11/phil-ochs-gone-not-forgotten/

I was introduced to this song by John McCutcheon in July 2021 and again in January 2022. Within an hour of hearing it a second time, I took a listen to Phil's version (linked above), and then set to learn a very basic picking cover. Here's my first attempt.

When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs Cover)

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

Prompt NO WINDOW

1
No sunshine no rain
No window no pane
No nothings gonna hold me back

2
No justice no rule
No sorrow no fool
No nothing's gonna hold me back

no nothing
no nothing

3
No riches no fame
No fortune no gain
No nothing s gonna hold me back

4
No slander no shame
No mourning no grave
No nothing s gonna hold me back

no nothing
no nothing

5
No promise no clue
No treasure  no jewel
No nothing s gonna hold me back

6
No story no rhyme
No language no sign
No nothing s gonna hold me back

no nothing
no nothing
no nothing
no nothing

7
No worries no plans
No products no brands
No nothing s gonna hold me back

8.
No mercy no hate
No longing no stain
No nothing s gonna hold me back

no nothing
no nothing
no nothing
no nothing
no nothing
no nothing

No Window week 6

Sample of the track Breathe from the forthcoming digital release - 6 Songs About Love?

6 Songs About Love? 

Breathe

Original music by Evan McDoniels
Photo credit by Wendy Wei used with free permission of Pexels.com

Epiphonic Petrichoir

3 hour flip.
Original track - https://youtu.be/H1qv7Z4D5qA 
MOSNAR DET - Remixing, Drum, Bass & Guitar Programming

Loop Diggers Sunday Roulette Challenge 107 B-Films - E N U F

Disquiet Junto Project 0575: On Ice

Ice storm in a tea cup (disquiet0575)

Using the same sample I recorded back in 2013, treated with a bit of reverb here, some multi-tracking with pitch drops, (mmm, pitch drops), some copy ‘n paste, a bit of The Mangle and a smattering of various Audacity effects, I have created something pleasing (to me), if a bit hurried and unoriginal.

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The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it.

More on this 575th weekly Disquiet Junto project — On Ice (The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it) — at: https://disquiet.com/0575/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto /

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