15 Seconds Of Glory

Progressive funk rock by the Dragonsail Puppets

Under The Shadow

Prelude to Planet X

A cover song.
Family Session (with my daughter & my wife)
With respect to John Denver "Take Me Home, Country Roads".
Thanks for listening.
I hope you like this.

Take Me Home, Country Roads [John Denver cover]

Had the pleasure of collaborating with Martin again....super track and recording.
Thanks for the opportunity Martin.
https://soundcloud.com/martin-hirsch-656665916

30March/2021

Cleopatra w/Martin Hirsch

The great escape when pencil, brush or chisel are in hand. Lifetimes of observations in a fleeting moment. Cassie felt this when seeing the endless paintings that swoosh in dreams, forgotten on the edge of waking. Creations lost to the decay of time, only to be remembered once again through foreshadow.

Canvas of the Mind

Dear friends, Stenshuvud is a rock cliff that slopes directly down to the sea. You may see some pictures on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/rTZqna_4yO8
Here is a very beautiful national park with beautiful protected flowers.
The picture shows a freshly cut backsip that I photographed a few weeks ago.
I would also like to offer my condolences to the British people as their dear Prince Philip has left us - a nice and pleasant man. That's how we experienced him.

Visa till Stenshuvud

Det finns en plats, där mitt hjärta blir varmt
Den ligger så fint
allra längst öster på - i vårt land
den sluttar så skönt emot havet
som glimmar av - morgonsolens glans
som visar att naturen den är fin

Du blickar ner mot dom som lever här
och som ger sig ut till havs
för sitt levebröds skull - och sin familj
Du håller Din hand i alla väder
så att ingen blir ett offer för storm
så att de kan komma hem till sina barn

Det finns en äng strax inunder Din fot
den ligger så fint
den badar i sol när det är vår
och backsippan visar sina knoppar 
som lyser blå intill vitsippans blad
och alla färger lockar humlor och små bin

Lyrics in English
A Song to Stenshuvud

There's a place where my heart warms
It's so nice
farthest east on - in our country
it slopes so nicely against the sea
that shines - the radiance of the morning sun
which shows that nature it is fine

You look down on those who live here
and who goes out to sea
for his livelihood - and his family
You hold Your hand in all weathers
so that no one becomes a victim of storm
so that they can come home to their children

There is a meadow just below your foot
it is so nice
it bathes in sun when it is spring
and the backsip shows its buds
which glows blue next to the white anemone's leaves
and all colors attract bumblebees and small bees

Lyrics in French
Une chanson à Stenshuvud

Il y a un endroit où mon cœur se réchauffe
C'est si gentil
le plus à l'est - dans notre pays
il descend si bien vers la mer
qui brille - l'éclat du soleil du matin
ce qui montre que la nature va bien

Vous méprisez ceux qui vivent ici
et qui part en mer
pour son gagne-pain - et sa famille
Tu tiens ta main par tous les temps
pour que personne ne devienne victime de la tempête
pour qu'ils puissent rentrer à la maison auprès de leurs enfants

Il y a une prairie juste en dessous de ton pied
c'est si gentil
il baigne au soleil quand c'est le printemps
et le backsip montre ses bourgeons
qui brille en bleu à côté des feuilles de l'anémone blanche
et toutes les couleurs attirent les bourdons et les petites abeilles

Lyrics in German
Ein Lied an Stenshuvud

Es gibt einen Ort, an dem sich mein Herz erwärmt
Es ist so schön
am weitesten östlich - in unserem Land
es fällt so schön in Richtung Meer ab
das scheint - das Strahlen der Morgensonne
was zeigt, dass die Natur in Ordnung ist

Sie sehen auf diejenigen herab, die hier leben
und wer geht aufs Meer hinaus
für seinen Lebensunterhalt - und seine Familie
Sie halten Ihre Hand bei jedem Wetter
damit niemand Opfer eines Sturms wird
damit sie zu ihren Kindern nach Hause kommen können

Es gibt eine Wiese direkt unter Ihrem Fuß
es ist so toll
es badet in der Sonne, wenn es Frühling ist
und der Rücken zeigt seine Knospen
die blau neben den Blättern der weißen Anemone leuchtet
und alle Farben ziehen Hummeln und kleine Bienen an

Visa till Stenshuvud (Lyrics in English below)

Inspired by the wonderful series "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter from 1978-1979, I am trying to dedicate a piece of music to every single episode of the 13-part series; partly based on the theme tune by Vangelis, but also my own ideas. I hope you have fun with it...
Carl Sagan opens the program with a description of the cosmos and a "Ship of the Imagination" (shaped like a dandelion seed). The ship journeys through the universe's hundred billion galaxies, the Local Group, the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way, the Orion Nebula, our Solar System, and finally the planet Earth. Eratosthenes' successful calculation of the circumference of Earth leads to a description of the ancient Library of Alexandria. Finally, the "Ages of Science" are described, before pulling back to the full span of the Cosmic Calendar. Note: the revised version of the series adds an introduction by Ann Druyan to this episode, recorded after Sagan's death, in which she discusses some of the changes that occurred in the years after its broadcast.

Cosmos

Cosmos Part I - The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean

Featuring myself on P-bass, V-drums and A guitar, is nine minutes of Cmi blues, separated into three parts so you don't have to sit through nine minutes of me playing with myself. That would be weird.

Picture (part I) Brian-melt – Sea-blue-green-forest-blues-part-i-of-iii-parts is of the Calapooia River, taken from a video I shot with my old scandroid phone. Titled "Reflection - Calapooia River Spirit." You may be able to just make out the River Goddess. 😉🤨😉

Video will go up on eewtube soon. For now, pirated (by me) here...
(sorry for the long link)
www.reddit.com/user/BrianMelt/co…ooia_river_spirit

shReddit is my por man's backup coms. I don't really "reddit" but I do read... it.. that.. you know; stuff, on reddit. And if you don't get involved in the gossipy, judgy, commentizing and rebutting, opinionizizing and spiel-atizing... people petty much leave you tf alone. Now what could be more better than that? PS frak fazebuuk snd frak twigger. What a bunch of deth by a thousand cults. Anyway...
tbc...
This is the last installment.  I'll put all three in a playlist sooner or later. Until then, the other parts are here....
https://soundcloud.com/brian-melt/sea-blue-green-forest-blues-part-ii-of-3-parts
https://soundcloud.com/brian-melt/sea-blue-green-forest-blues-part-i-of-iii-parts
☝😑

Sea Blue Green Forest Blues, part iii of iii parts

“Moonlight Skies” is a dreamy, poetic journey through the night — where love feels eternal, time stands still, and the universe hums in quiet harmony. With vivid imagery and soft emotion, it paints a world of weightless freedom beneath the moon’s gentle glow. The song drifts between reality and reverie, capturing that fleeting magic when two souls connect under starlit skies.

under-the-moonlit-sky

Vocal by Hippapotamouse.
A sprinkling of Les P.

Hippapotamouse

Welcome to the alternative reality that is the Dragonsail Puppets! We have a YouTube channel with cagey comedy and spirited music videos as well. Please feel free to check it out and join us on this party boat!

See their music videos and YouTube comedy series!:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBel-tzj24Gj9QR8RTRpow

On Earth One, all of the music and lyrics are written by Dragonsail, aka Greg Hester. Likewise, all of the playing and vocal performances and recording and mixing are done by Dragonsail as well. But that's not as interesting as what's happening on Earth Two.

On Earth Two, these songs are created and performed by a scheming diva named Surrenda and her enthusiastic but clueless dog sidekick Bruce. Additional songwriting is provided by their septuagenarian feline keyboardist, Catatonia, and Onree - the sweet pup with the mean shaker. There's also some old geezers in the band who've been with Surrenda for a couple of decades who actually play real instruments, but they mostly loom in the shadows.

The range of styles in their music includes funk, psychedelia, hard rock, prog rock and disco, which they tear away at with whatever instruments and found objects they have stowed away with them aboard their ship, the Club Dragonsail.


