The Valuable Friends:

@rick-4-1 - Shadow Dance Drums
@janinelevinson - Wood Nymph Vocals
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Tree Stuff

HEART OF THE FOREST

Like a soft summer breeze...

In the whispering woods where shadows play,
A boy walks alone, night turns to day.
Warm tree roots as his friends, and stars as his guides,
Learns from the silence, where secrets abide.

Like a soft summer breeze...

With every fallen leaf, a story unfolds,
Of dreams intertwined and awakenings bold
As he dances with shadows, and sings with the trees,
He learns to be free, like a soft summer breeze

Like a soft summer breeze...

[In the heart of the forest] He finds his way,
[Through echoes of laughter] In the light of the day.
[Growing strong in the wild] Where the wild things roam,
[In nature's embrace] He’s making his home.

Oh what will become of him?
What of his joy?
Weep for the future
And sing at his death
If we are the last of the trees to fall
The winds will pass unnoticed
And no-one else, no-one else can dance…

© Phil McWalter  Oct 2024
Images conjured from text by AI - OpenArt.ai

Heart of the Forest

Blossoming

American Exceptional

Old Ideas from Old Email


To my surprise, I found some of my old music ideas in my old email account. I thought I had lost them forever.

I had forgotten that a lot of music sharing used to happen through emails.

Some of those recordings were made in Audacity, and later on, I moved to Logic Pro 9. There were many of my own ideas, but also a few collaborations and jam sessions with friends.

2012 03 08 idea

Where nothing is mixed, mastered or finished

Bass 4

Jupiter (2008) Cover Version

A Hot Glance

etathearo

(lyrics)

踏切の向こう側
夕焼けが街を染めて
昨日より少しだけ
まっすぐ歩けた気がした
誰かの正しさに
すぐ迷わされそうになる
でも君がくれた言葉が
胸の奥でまだ響いてる

うまく笑えない朝も
手ぶらで帰る夜も
まだ終わってなんかないって
自分に言い聞かせてる

見えないけど確かに
そこにある未来へ
かすかな風に背中を
押されて歩いてく
もしも明日が違う色でも
僕は僕を信じてみたいんだ

錆びついた記憶にも
意味はあると思えたら
傷跡もこの痛みも
少しは優しくなれる

遠回りばかりでも
道は続いてるから
地図にない場所を今日も
君と探していたい

見えなくても温もりは
消えたりしないから
曇った空に手を伸ばす
光はすぐそこに
誰かの声が背中を呼んで
僕は僕でいられるように

立ち止まる日もあるけど
それも僕の一部で
忘れないで あの日の空
まだ続いてる

見えないけど確かに
そこにある未来へ
かすかな風に背中を
押されて歩いてく
いつか願いが届く日まで
僕は僕を信じていたいんだ

Toward the Light

#classical #experimental #electro #piano #sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute 静かな残響

Paul Sudthisa, synthesizer modules

Douglas Wilkerson, drum set, melodic drum w/fx, atmospherics and vocals

Michael Grimes, guitar

recorded by Sudthisa, Wilkerson and Grimes

mixed by D. Wilkerson

Lyrics:
I’m still here
I’ll pick up the pieces
and I still love you
I will be everything everywhere all the time…
I got problems with the government
I got problems with society 
but I’m a good person (are you though?)
trying to stay on the level, someone that you could 
find trust in
I’m good, you’re good
It’s ok to be good
Take a bite of the apple
Mm mm mm mmm 
I got problems, I got problems 
I’ve got some issues that I’m trying to work through
I got problems with the government
Problems with society
I got problems with evolution
but I still love you
I still have hope, joy too, I got to
Take a bite of the apple, take a bite
and keep this thing rollin’
take a bite, take a bite of the apple, joy too (I got to)
take a bite of the apple
Take a bite of the apple
(I still have hope, joy too)
Take a bite!

take a bite of the apple

We inhabit a space somewhere on the outskirts of avant-jazz and punk rock, Dogs h8 Rats are genre defying, and full of surprises. The music is born of improvisational performances so with a little luck you'll catch the "mistakes and imperfections" now and then, or as Miles Davis once said "Don't fear mistakes, there are none" and that ethos is in clear evidence within the music of Dh8R's. The core of Dh8R's is made up of Douglas Wilkerson and Michael Grimes who collaborate with friends old and new."

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