I like many am shocked and appalled at what is unfolding before us. In the midst of this darkness I salute the people who are opening their hearts and offering assistance to the refugees from this disastrous conflict.

Here are some UK links to appeals providing humanitarian aid. I'm sure each country has equivalent appeals happening now.

https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/current-emergencies/ukraine-crisis-appeal
https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/donate-now-to-protect-children-in-ukraine/

Empathy For The Agony

Beautiful Girl

Thank you for joining me on another attempt at music. 
This track is to counter some of the doom and gloom that has taken over my mind.
When you look at the statistics of poverty, crime, and human misery, the numbers show that life is getting better for most people. 

lyrics:
no waste
no war
no lonely
no poor
no disease
no crime sprees
enemies

it may seem like
out of our sight
never closer 
than this very night.

you dont have to imagine
all the pieces are in place
love will hold us
science will save

yes peace
yes trees
yes equality
yes love
yes clean free energy
we will rise up
like everyone in time
never closer 
than this very night.

Art: Saving the world with science. Illustration by John Devolle

hopium

Scotty: rhythm, lyrics, vocals
Franko Malley: slide, percussion, backing vocals
Tommy: bass

Robyn feat. Franko Malley and the Mud Butts

For my oldest daughter who never likes to say "goodbye" but prefers to say "love ya, see ya".  Thanks to Debbie Buesking for giving this reissue of a song I posted a while back a rejuvenating lift and a whole new feel only she can do.  More of her fine music can be found @debra_buesking.   Also a shoutout to Annie Smart who graced the original with her superb lyrics and vocals; soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1/dont-say-goodbye-by-david-dunham-and-annie-smart.  Jose Castro has also put forth a beautiful vocal interpretation using mine and Debbie's version: https://soundcloud.com/jfcpetruscastrus/dont-say-goodbye/comment-1727452658

Don't Say Goodbye with Debbie Buesking, piano

46.6 bpm


Talking to myself outloud about time and a reality that cannot be quantified.


This moment

The moment this moment 
is the only moment that exists
the moment this moment 
is not a measurement of time
it takes no time at all
there is no measurement that small
the moment when the moment 
passes from the future to the past
is not a measurement of time at all
but a place in space
like a string of pearls in a void.

This Moment

This is not a song about Marilyn Monroe.
It’s about a fiery relationship they came to an end between two people in which she screams in a melt down  and quotes a famous line from Marilyn Monroe.

If you can’t handle me at my worst then you don’t deserve me at my best !

Marilyn’s Quote ~ Conscience of Kings with Jeff Roberts

As the night falls.

Deep South Roads

I never really cared for the finished product i posted last week, it never really sounded right. I loved the Roy Bittan style piano, and that took a long time to learn and record, but it didn't work so i scrapped it for the fender organ that i played on the fly. And I transposed it up a third, and reworked the words and completely remixed it.  I think it works a lot better now.. 

I don’t want to be the one you call up on the telephone
To see if I could come around ‘cause you don’t wanna be alone
Don’t get me wrong I want to spend some time with you
Don’t get me wrong but do you feel the same for me I feel for you
I don’t want to be the one that’s always looking in your eyes
Then you turn lights down low
And suddenly I’m paralyzed
It makes my heart start to stutter my knees they shake
and my words they flutter
I don’t want to be the one that ends up feeling like a fool, 
I don’t want to be the one when love has faded and we’re through
Love’s so overrated, it makes your life so complicated

I Don't Want To Be The One (Redux)

A new original piece for solo classical guitar, inspired by  moonscapes and moonrises and named after the Greek Goddess Selene.  Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6KqQ0T26d6g?si=XDo7EfsGfX0iJ2sB

Selene

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

Don't Say Goodbye with Debbie Buesking, piano

David Dunham