A song about my eldest daughter when she was 10. The most amazing child who unfortunately at that age was going through a period of self doubt. Beautiful Failure was how she saw herself, not how I saw her.


Beautiful failure, sooner or later we’ll say so long 
Unusual stranger, counting the days until the tide runs out 
We’re winding down 
Hey as long as you can smile you’re alive 
Won’t you stay and just breathe for a while 
You’re a mile away 
Beautiful failure, growing in greater than the sum of your parting 
Goodbye familiar alien, huddled with strangers round the fire 
Escaping the cold, don’t cry 
Hey as long as you can smile you’re alive 
Won’t you stay and just breathe for a while 
You’re a mile away 
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall 
And down comes cradle baby and all 
Beautiful failure, bolder and brighter than the sails 
That take you away
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Beautiful Failure

Thanks for stopping by! I'm a Vocalist, Guitarist, Multi-Instrumentalist & Producer + a Shamanic Explorer, Plant Medicine Advocate, Lucid Dreamer, Passionate Traveler and Surfer whenever possible. Born in NY and I'm currently living here, I've also lived in LA, Brooklyn, Hamburg, Germany & Sagres, Portugal. My music is @ https://johnzay.bandcamp.com

Also feel free to contact me about Mixing, Mastering & Custom Music. I've been producing music professionally for over 15 years for artists such as Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Tom Rhodes, David Faustino (yes from Married with Children for his hip-hop label) as well as companies like Google, Uber, Verizon, Charter and many more.....check out www.naturalsonic.com for more info on that! Peace, Love & Good Sushi!

The songs I’m posting currently are sketches I intend to refine and professionally record. Everything here with three exceptions (Amy & Me, Once With Years, and Alright, It’s Over) was recorded on my iPhone via GarageBand or VoiceRecorder. Influences are too many to list, and I often find out what’s influenced me long after I write. Thanks for listening.

I'm just another fretless bass player, but shorter.

The rough mix and demo tracks here are to appear on my forthcoming solo album, "Stormy, Rain, Change, Fair..." which I hope to release soon. I've written the music and played the instruments.  I have used and occasionally adapted the poetry of my life partner Vienna Forrester. She has a knack of creating strong visuals in her poems and I wanted to showcase her talents and fulfil my need to release my musical work to the general public, hence the reason for this album. I am deliberately trying to stay away from the notion that songs must follow a rhyming verse chorus pattern so think of these lyrics as poetry (which is what they are) and you'll get the idea. Of course, this also means that commercialism is out the window but all I ask is that you listen and if you like what you hear, that's fine by me... if you don't, that's also fine. I just want to be happy with what I create but if it makes you happy too, then that's a bonus.

Thanks for reading and listening.
Ian

Welcomed by everyone, music is the only free state of our soul. 

Musically I'm an 80s son. My musical background sinks the roots in electronic music and the progressive rock of that period. The preferences that define my musical style do not identify me in a defined category. It is true that synthesizers with their sounds will light up my interest, of which "Jean-Michel Jarre" remains the most influential, but also the powerful notes of Heavy Metal and Hardrock inspire me. I can not however forget the influence that they have had bands like "Asia", "Queen", "Rush" and many others.

This is me.

I'm a singer-songwriter-musician. (Yeah, I'm also half of Tears For Fears.) Thanks for giving my solo material a listen.

Beautiful Failure

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