Words and Music by Shar, 2019
Percussion by Dave Matthews, 2021-2021
Production by SharDave Music, 2022

Definition of #shar genre: highly original, poly-harmonic, organic, raw and unpretentious, haunting.
 
The original song by SharDave tells the story of a visit from a dear friend that unexpectedly turns up in the city in which Shar then resided. They had an afternoon of talk and wine that resulted in an amazing revelation.
The genre is a fusion of blues, soft rock, and folk. 


Lyrics

You came around the other day 
Both of us had much to say 
We hadn't been together for some time 
I thought that you had given up 
On us ever catching up 
There had been silence on the line 
There had been silence for some time

Keep that connection, keep it deep and true 
No matter where you are, no matter what you do
Keep that connection, keep it safe and warm 
Through the silence, through the storm 

I had fallen to despair, because I though you were not there
Thought you, had ceased to care 
But here you are the other day, laughing smiling just the same 
As when I saw you months ago, friend of mine

Took me back, to the place
Took me back into the time
We first found ourselves entwined 
Friend of mine

Took me back, to the place
Took me back into the time
We first found ourselves entwined
Friend of mine

You came around the other day 
Both of us had much to say 
In your company I found
My friend was back again 
My friend was back again
My friend was back again
My friend was back again
My friend was back again
My friend was back again

Keep That Connection

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The highly-original and captivating song features a fusion of World Music and Western music elements. With layers of acoustic guitar and percussive instruments such as Congas and Dun Duns, this song is built around a haunting poly-harmonic melody, which embeds itself in the listening mind and draws one into its environment. Mapping social and cultural values of people to the physical landscape that they inhabit, the song calls for a deeper understanding of how people, culture and land coincide. 

Words and music by Shar, 2022
Percussion by Dave Matthews, 2022
Production by SharDave Music, 2022

Lyrics

Landscape
Let us collaborate on how to spend the early evening of this 
glorious full moon night
Landscape, landscape

Let me get to know your landscape
Let me get to know your landscape

Landscape
Let us collaborate on how to spend the early evening of this 
glorious full moon night

Let me get to know your landscape
Let me get to know your landscape.

People you love
The stories you tell
What you've learnt to love
What you've learnt to hate
This is your landscape
This is your landscape. 

Let us collaborate on how to spend the early evening of this 
glorious full moon night
Landscape, landscape

Let me get to know your landscape
Let me get to know your landscape.

Landscape

This driven, energetic song is a reminder that freedom is so important and cannot be taken for  granted; we must strive for our own freedoms - physical, psychological and emotional. It is also a reminder that our being in the world results from a long list of causal influences, and that we are embedded in the physical universe in a fundamental way. Each of us, therefore, is very important to the fabric of this universe and to society as community.   

Definition of #shar genre: highly original, poly-harmonic, organic, raw and unpretentious, haunting.

LYRICS 

Free yourself, know this wisdom, free  yourself
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, do it with all your might
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, free yourself
Do it with all your might

Whatever situation, you find that you are in
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, free yourself
Do it with all your might, know this wisdom
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, do it with all your might
Whatever situation, you find that you are in
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, free yourself
Do it with all your might

There's nothing we can do we're not meant to do
Nothing we can do we're not meant to do
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, know this wisdom
Do it with all your might, free yourself

We are not coincidental, we are not coincidental, we are not coincidental
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, do it with all your might
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, free yourself
Do it with all your might
Free yourself, know this wisdom, free yourself

Whatever situation, you find that you are in
Whatever situation, you find that you are in
We are not coincidental, we are not coincidental
There's nothing we can do we're not meant to do
Nothing we can do we're not meant to

Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, free yourself 
Do it with all your might, know this wisdom 
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, 
Do it with all your might, free yourself 

We are not coincidental, we are not coincidental, we are not coincidental
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then, free yourself
Do it with all your might, free yourself
Whatever it is, your hand finds to do then
Free yourself, free yourself
Free yourself, free yourself
Free yourself, free yourself

Free Yourself

This unique instrumental piece of music takes the listener to the ocean. Sit back and imagine you are in a sailing boat, heading toward a distant shore, perhaps toward home. An emphasis on drums and hand percussion, together with layers of acoustic lead guitar, combine together to produce a haunting traditional relaxedness. 

The accompanying music video is a rich visual feast featuring over 200 digital watercolour images depicting a story of adventure on the high seas and in the beautiful Northern Territory rivers. 

Selected images are available on our merch site (https://doctor-shar.com/overview-tangled-music-video...).

Tangled

This song reflects Shar's love of night life - of dancing, partying, enjoying live music, engaging in the movement of rhythm, and soaking in the positivity and love of life that this brings. It is a celebration of the joys to be found in losing oneself in dance. This upbeat song is a fusion of reggae and pop, driven by a strong percussive base and coloured by scintillating keys. 

LYRICS
You rock my world when you're around
You got my rhythm and you got my sound
You rock my world when you're around
Been sitting on the shelf, sitting on the shelf, 
Sitting on the shelf of the lost and found 

Dancing in the night, come out to play
Sway with the beat, got nothin' to say
Movin' with groove, lost in the soothe
Of the music as it washes over me this way 

Dancing in the night, come out to play
Sway with the beat, got nothin' to say
Movin' with groove, lost in the soothe
Of the music as it washes over me this way 

Dancing, Dancing 

You rock my world when you're around
You got my rhythm and you got my sound
You rock my world when you're around
Can't you feel it, can't you feel it
Feel my ground

You rock my world when you're around
You got my rhythm and you got my sound
You rock my world when you're around
Can't you feel it, can't you feel it
Feel my ground

Can't you, can't you, can't you feel it
Can't you, can't you, can't you feel it
Can't you, can't you, can't you feel it
Feel my ground
Can't you feel it
Feel my ground
Feel my ground
Feel my ground

You Rock My World

This funky jazz-blues song features a boogie-woogie style jazz piano, a lively bass line, and is coloured with layers of acoustic lead guitar and a reggae-influenced drum groove. It's a lot of fun. Like the theme that runs through so much of SharDave's music, the song talks about the good things of life and how we should strive to make the most of these, to stand up in times of trouble, and to face life without surrendering to fear. It's all about courage in the face of everything that happens. 

LYRICS

I have no choice, I choose anyway
To exist we must survive 
Choices are unfair, but that is life 
To exist we must survive

Finding ways to think on it 
Finding ways to sit on it
Just doesn't jive
Watch the sunset by the sea 
Making love, you and me
That's the way of life

There is trouble, there is strife
Don't you be afraid
Burst that bubble, kick into life 
Don't you be afraid 
There is trouble, there is strife
Don't you be afraid
Burst that bubble, kick into life
Don't you be afraid

I have no choice, my senses are yelling
To exist we must survive
When I'm with you everything is telling me
That's the way of life

There is trouble, there is strife
Don't you be afraid
Burst that bubble, kick into life 
Don't you be afraid 
There is trouble, there is strife
Don't you be afraid
Burst that bubble, kick into life
Don't you be afraid

That's the way of life
That's the way of life
That's the way of life
That's the way of life

That's the Way of Life

That's The Way Of Iife

The impetus for writing this song is the individual colours we each have when we express ourselves. When we do that with integrity and honesty and respectfully, we show who we are and are able to relax with ourselves and others. It takes confidence to do this, but the reward is expansive. The song is uplifting and positive. The song fuses across three main genres: Rock, Funk/Soul, and Pop. Sub-genres include Blues, Folk Rock, Indie Alternative Rock, and Pop Soft Rock.

Lyrics
Colours of you, colours of me
I sing about life, I sing 'cause I'm free
And I let my hair down
I let my hair down

Don't know how, don't know why
Music flows through, my easy-waking mind
All the visions I embody 
Open up for the world to find

I sing when I'm happy, sing when I'm sad 
Sing when I'm good, sing when I'm bad
And I let my hair down
I let my hair down

Don't know how, don't know why
Music flows through, my easy-waking mind
And all the visions I embody 
Open up for the world to find

I'm an open book, I'm an open book
If you care to look, if you care to look
An open book, an open book
When I let my hair down, when I let my hair down

Don't know how, don't know how
Don't know why, don't know why
Music flows through, my easy-waking mind
And all the visions, all the visions
I embody, I embody
Open up for the world to find
Open up for the world to find
Open up for the world to find

Let My Hair Down

This contemplative  song is based within the Jazz-Folk Fusion genre. It is all about accepting ourselves  as part of the world - and our fate - with grace and wisdom, knowing that everything is connected and everything will be as it is meant to be. In the core of our soul, we are who we are as we were and as we will always be. So we can relax, and just allow ourselves to enjoy being. The song builds a space where we can rest and contemplate. The album artwork features Rosie, contemplatively participating in the world as it washes over her in the early evening.

LYRICS

Everything in its turn
Everything in its turn
Time moves on, what becomes is written in the passing of years

Everything is already here
All our dreams, all our wants, all our loves, all our fears
Everything in its turn

Let us not give place to fear
Let us draw each other near
Let us not give place to fear
Everything in its turn

Everything is already here
Let us not give place to fear, everything is already here
Let us draw each other near
Let us not give place to fear

Everything in its turn
Time moves on, what becomes is written in the passing of the years
Everything in its turn

All our dreams, all our wants, everything in its turn
All our loves, all our fears
Everything is already here

Everything is already here
Time moves on, what becomes is written in the passing of the years
Everything in its turn
Everything in its turn

Everything In Its Turn

Our song, Dance on the Stage, is inspired by a fantastic interview between Sadhguru and Matthew McConaughey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAoffyn2xpM). The song is all about dancing to our experience, and not letting life drag us down. Rise above, and use everything life has thrown at us to be the very best of ourselves. This energetic, upbeat song is permeated with an exciting range of hand percussion, including rhythms made with Dun Duns, Kilkenny, Djembe, Cowbell and more. 

LYRICS

Dance on the stage of everything you've seen
All that you are, everything you've been
Come dance on the stage of everything you've seen
All that you are, everything you've been

Don't let the past pull you down
Don't let it suck you into the ground
Don't let the past pull you down
Don't let it suck you into the ground

Sensing, world around me, part of who I am
Don't let the past pull you down
Don't let it suck you into the ground
Sensing, the world around me, world around me, world around me
When we touch, when we touch, part of who I am
When we touch, when we touch
You become part of me
You become part of me
You become part of me
You become part of who I am

Don't let the past pull you down
Don't let it suck you into the ground

Come dance on the stage of everything you've seen
All that you are, everything you've been

Feel it, feel it with your heart
Feel it, feel it with your soul
Feel it, feel it with your body

Don't let the past pull you down
Don't let it suck you into the ground

Come dance on the stage of everything you see
All that you are, everything you be
Feel it, feel it with your heart
Feel it, feel it with your soul
Feel it, feel it with your body
All that you are, everything you've been

Come dance on the stage of everything you see
All that you are, everything you be

Don't let the past pull you down
Don't let it suck you into the ground
Sensing, world around me, part of who I am
Sensing, world around me

All that you are, everything you've been
Part of who I am
When we touch, when we touch
You become part of me
You become part of me
You become part of me
You become part of who I am
When we touch, when we touch,
You become part of me
When we touch

All that you are, everything you've been
Come

Dance on the Stage

Dance On The Stage

State of Desire is a chill, upbeat, folk-rock song, all about living in a state of passion, of looking forward with the greatest of enthusiasm and excitement to the unfolding of every moment of our lives. It's all about grasping every opportunity to live life to its fullest. This is what we call 'living in a state of desire'. The music features African-influenced hand percussion with rhythms and beats of the djembe, clay drum, and dun duns. The percussion is punctuated throughout by haunting acoustic lead guitar that offers the listener magical moments of meaningful and musical reflection.

LYRICS

Live anew 
Always be true
Its the best thing you can do
Seek your fire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire, live to the end

Lost in eternity, each second of time
I'm here for you
Seeking, yearning, the fire divine
I'm here for you
Live with passion, be sublime
I'm here for you
I'm here for you
In this state of desire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire, live to the end

Look into your eyes, I see the sky
I'm here for you
Smile that makes its way across your eyes
I'm here for you
Feel that pure joy, the energy divine
I'm here for you
I'm here for you
In this state of desire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire, live to the end

Live anew, always be true
Its the best thing you can do
Seek your fire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire

In this state of desire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire
In this state of desire

State of Desire

State Of Desire

This song comes out of a late night jam session at the SharDave studio. The next day the poem came to Shar out of nowhere, but suited the song...so, a gift. A contemporary jazz number, the song is driven by a funky rhythm and an intriguing guitar, playing with and weaving its way around, the spoken word. The story of the song involves the rhythmic movement of the sun as a metaphor and witness to the patterns and seasons that comprise each of our lives. Lofi in nature, the final production is minimalist, we preferring the magic that we somehow caught in the dead of night. This is a raw, organic, chill, surprising jazz creative.

LYRICS
The Sun has tramped across the northern sky
From east to west and back again
And I have witnessed this event many times
From east to west and back again

I have my favourite sunset spots that track the sun
From east to west and back again
I find in my unguarded moments the joy it brings
And ways to see it sinking

And I wonder at the passing of the seasons marked by the sun
From east to west and back again
Passing of the seasons reflected in my life
I see it in the aging of my kin.

And we enjoy our times lived in the sun
Tramping from east to west across the seasons of our lives
The seasons of our lives
The seasons of our lives
The seasons of our lives
The seasons of our lives
From east to west and back again
From east to west and back again.

From East To West

This is an original song, music put to a poem that Shar wrote when she was young. Here's the story in her words: I had written the poem when I was young, making a bookmark item of gold ink on parchment paper. It got lost in the midst of time, as bookmarks tend to do. As I was packing to move interstate from Darwin to Victoria, I found the bookmark, unexpectedly, in one my many books. Ten days after arriving in Victoria, I was called to Queensland to attend my mother, who was dying. Gathered together with my brothers and sisters on my mother's property, I put this song to music to play with my siblings. My mother, herself a musician, loved listening to the music that we were playing in our vigil. This song describes the power and influence that the written word has on our mind and mood, and on the formation of the ideas that shape us. A fusion of genres, the power of 'To Write' is captured in the multi-layered percussion that defines it.

Lyrics by Sharjon Rose Ford, 1996 
Melody by Sharon Rose Ford, 2020
Music by Sharon Rose Ford & David John Matthews, 2022-2023
Production by SharDave, 2023

Lyrics

Shake the sieve, and leave the debris in the net
Shake the sieve
Intensify, to form the ink 
That writes the words. 

They travel through the body and mind
To impress and to incite 
And to seduce the eyes that read the words 
Written by the ink. 

And paper, to receive the mark. 
And paper. 
Where vision and emotion, are lords of spirit 
For a while. 

They travel through the body and mind
To impress and to incite 
And to seduce the eyes that read the words 
Written by the ink.

To Write

SharDave is a musical duo and musical production team, both seasoned musicians, who have been working together as a musical team for around a year and a half. They are currently releasing high-quality, new unique songs regularly. The music is a fusion of folk, acoustic rock, and funk, with elements of world music, jazz and blues. It is highly original, poly-harmonic, organic, and unpretentious, yet totally accessible. The songs range across genre and include African and Latino influenced rhythms and instruments, and often, multi-layered acoustic guitar tracks and piano. Together, these permeate the music, resulting in a style that is unique, percussive, melodic and energetic. 

Shar's often profound and philosophically complex conceptions appear throughout the lyrics, which are motivationally themed around positive aspects of courage: facing fear, standing strong, valuing connection and freedom. Their primary aim is for people around the world to hear their music and hopefully to love it as much as they do.

SharDave record and produce their music in the SharDave Music studio located in Gippsland, Victoria, and play live across a range of venues and ensembles. In addition to their own music, both Shar and Dave play with local community musical bands in Victoria (Australia), such as the Latrobe Community Concert Band and the Invy Horn Jam, the latter being a roving New Orleans style band.

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