Let This Be a Light Through Your Darkest Days

Got a new bass guitar so thought I might give it center stage and have been playing with a new Amp Sim from Neural DSP. So just some little blasts of fun 😃

Break Away

MusikLogo GinMillWoman LD02135 BiaB 02.Apr.2021
You may think, that this is a cover from 
Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)

However, uplift the volume and feel fine :-)

GinMillWoman

La chasse

"Got up this AM.  After 96° heat yesterday, at first light, it must have been 70° and it was pouring.  Perfectly framed, in the only part of the sky I could possibly see on my way into the kitchen in the house, was an impossibly enormous, vibrant rainbow.  It nearly ate up the whole sky.  I swallowed hard and went back for my phone so I could get a picture.  Oatmeal, aplles and walnuts.  Then, back to the studio.  It's apart from the house; a studio apartment.  There was a notification.  It's going to be one of those days."

*A video diary entry from my YouTube experiment.  I wasn't very good about regular entries.  Sometime, one time, a time, a few years back, it had been a grueling summer.  Sweltering heat.  Humidity.  Climate.  Politics.  All bad news.  News getting olds.  Family.  Wife.  Children, now adults.  Mental health.  Deep-rest.

I had seen a video on one of those poetry slam channels.  It ripped my heart right out.  There was another upload from the same artist.  It was going to be one of "those days."
Original video is here --->   https://youtu.be/3453qXd7plY


deep green audio "green about the gills"

one of those days

I first met Thomas through his work with Cecilia, who I'm a fan of, which makes this collaboration very special. He picked the appropriate excerpts from her "Standing In The Moonlight" which, coupled with his chilled reggae groove, give the song a more balanced perspective and positive vibration.
Featuring; 
Thomas F. / Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboard & Production @omcb
Special Cecilia / Songwriting & Vocals @specialvocals
Steve Whitfield / Songwriting, Vocals & Guitar @steve-whitfield-of-austin

Lyrics:
(him)
My love, you're drifting away
I hear the things that you say
I know the way is steep and full of danger

I keep trying to find
some kind of peace of mind
to keep me from meeting your anger with anger

Most of what you say is right
yes, and no, I don't want to fight
just want to reach resolution, love and contentment
and scale the slippery slopes of Mt. Grudge
to cross on over the Peak of Resentment

(her)
Don't leave me in this silence
Don't leave me in this silence
Don't leave me this way

I know I do no wrong
so wondering if you've been hurting
trying to hold it back, trying to hide
but can't deny, the sentiment is deep inside

(him)
You say I ruined your life
but you still want to be my wife
and you say you forgive me, but you'll never forget

But all I ever wanted from you
was just to do what you wanted to do
to follow your Muse and be free from regret

Now I feel like I'm no damn good
though I tried to do the best that I could
to reach resolution, love and contentment
and scale the slippery slopes of Mt. Grudge
to cross on over the Peak of Resentment

Gotta cross on over baby
roll ya over in the clover
gotta get a little peace in the valley
no more rumble in the alley
Gonna leave all that behind
..................(him)................................................../..............(her).............................
Find some kind state of mind,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, / Don't leave me in this silence
Put our heads & hearts in a peaceful place, / Don't leave me in this silence
Live a life of love and grace ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, / Don't leave me in this silence
Gonna cross on over now baby,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ Don't leave me in this silence
if it's the last thing I ever do,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, / Don't leave me in this silence
C'mon cross on over with me with me darlin/ Don't leave me in this silence
Don't ya wanna go there with me too,,,,,,,,,,,, / Don't leave me in this silence
Gotta get on down to a lovin' space,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, / Don't leave me in this silence

Peak Of Resentment  w/ Thomas F. & Special Cecilia

This is a song we felt compelled to learn a few years ago, and we feel the need to post it now.  There is no time like the present.  Like our other tracks, it was performed at a local low-income senior housing complex for a very forgiving audience.

Lyrics:
Now, all I have is now,  to be faithful, to be holy, and to shine, 
Lighting up the darkness, 
Right now, I really have no choice, but to voice the truth to the nations, 
A generation looking for God.

For such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth;
To hear the voice of God, and do His will, whatever it is.					
For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.

You, do you ever wonder why?  Seems like the grass is always greener, 
Under everybody else's sky
But right here--right here for this time and place,
You can live a mirror of His mercy, 
A forgiven image of grace.

For such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth;
To hear the voice of God, and do His will, whatever it is.					
For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.

Can't change what's happened till now, but we can change what will be,
By living in holiness, that the world, will see Jesus.
    	                    
For such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth;   
To hear the voice of God, and do His will, whatever it is.					             
For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.
 For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
 I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

Original sound is on the Halometry account. When i heard it, i asked to Halometry if it was possible to make a remix. 
As he was ok with the idea, here is my version.
And now, the link for my youtube channel :)
https://youtu.be/LSvb4MxKSc8

When it rains in your heart - Halometry (remixed by Bleep)

From the album “Short Stories”, released 22.01.21

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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zf4ux62YMZ2Lry8qdEtTh?si=6oWM6uKJRQWhVsi78TUTxg

Let's Grow Old Together (album version)

Octopus (Syd Barrett)

Cover I did some time back of King Crimson tune. GarageBand extravaganza!


The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournament's begun.
The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing;
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the court of the crimson king.

The keeper of the city keys
Puts shutters on the dreams.
I wait outside the pilgrim's door
With insufficient schemes.
The black queen chants the funeral march,
The cracked brass bells will ring;
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the crimson king.

I chase the wind of a prism ship
To taste the sweet and sour.
The pattern juggler lifts his hand;

On soft grey mornings widows cry,
The wise men share a joke.
I run to grasp divining signs
To satisfy the hoax.
The yellow jester does not play
But gently pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the crimson king.

(bass instead of flutes [haha])

King Crimson:  In The Court Of The Crimson King

All written by me and my guitar, home produced and mixed just for fun as well, with virtual instruments and a midi keyboard. Purely for the enjoyment of it.

Break Away

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