Name: The Ballad Of Don by J Dulva
Duration: 3 min 34 s
Description: This is an original composition. Words by J. Dulva Miller and Madelaine Landry. Music played/recorded by J. Dulva Miller and Bryan Fusilier. Produced/mixed by Bryan Fusilier.

The name of this artist I can get behind and I can see on build boards

Good separation between the main elements creates strong clarity.

Lyrical historical documentation of the present situation we find ourselves in

Nice! Real music made by real human! I like it!!

Disassociate

rockon2017

cleared for takeoff

Spring day

Spring Day

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Can't See {Rock}

sad man in the moon

Evelyn watched her parents
Drink themselves to death
Her aunt and uncle took her in
With her brother, Jeff 
And something inside her resisted
The life of a post-war girl
And people around that little town  
Asked, “What in the world?”

The focus of attention 
In any room she entered 
Evelyn in her twenties
Was joyous and centered 
She wasn’t going to be a mother
Or a stay at home wife 
Sister Mary Keith
Would be a bride of Christ 

Evelyn
Bright as fire
Bright as lights
Around a field
Found her calling 
In the convent
As the bells of St. Mary’s peeled
But in time she knew 
What she really wanted 
A different kind of sisterhood 
She was out there somewhere
Out of touch
But she was happy and life was good

Evelyn had a nephew 
And a feeling about young Jack
He needed her protection
And so she was back
She’d known it from the start 
Oh, they were two of a kind 
She held him close and gave him hope 
Watching the eighties unwind 

Evelyn
Bright as fire
Bright as lights
Around a field
Found her calling 
In the convent
As the bells of St. Mary’s peeled
But in time she knew 
What she really wanted 
A different kind of sisterhood 
She was out there somewhere
Out of touch
But she was happy and life was good

Jack struggled for his health
To keep the seesaw even-keeled
And felt a stab of self-hatred 
Every time he kneeled
Holding the two halves together
The bible and the man of his dreams
Survived by beloved Aunt Evie
And the echoes of her screams

Evelyn
Bright as fire
Bright as lights
Around a field
Found her calling 
In the convent
As the bells of St. Mary’s peeled
But in time she knew 
What she really wanted 
A different kind of sisterhood 
She was out there somewhere
Out of touch
But she was happy and life was good

And in time she knew 
What she really wanted 
A different kind of sisterhood 
She was out there somewhere
Out of touch
But she was happy and life was good

She was out there somewhere
Out of touch
But she was happy and life was good

(c) 2025 Darryl Wright. All rights reserved.

Evelyn

Plivam

Celestial Day

So it begins in 2/4 then the usual 4/4. First time trying out just a D vamp although the bass line does begin with E. I’m using a 70’s funk clav that Stevie Wonder probably uses a lot and some more simpler funk piano rhythmic variations than my WeChat piano instructor.  Then a chord progression where I pretty much follow the chords with the melody. For the E7#9 at the end I learnt that if you play an E9 half a step higher before it it sounds good so I tried that and I do think it sounds good. Chorus goes to D Dorian with a bit of ii-V in the first phrase. Horn section for the chorus is done based on feel. For the last line of the chorus I tried an ascending whole tone run where it went D-E-F# paired with a more diatonic horn run  but I don’t think the mixer liked some of the dissonance of the whole tone on the root notes so he emphasised the more diatonic notes. I was OK with that. For the guitar solo the first couple of bars contain the melody I sang in my head. Then I played a 4th degree dom9 arpeggio over the Dm giving it a dorian feel. Then some shred wank (tapping) that I improvised. Then my signature (note - xxx - note -xx - note - x) lick and another line I sang in my head to end the BPM back to something in the 90’s. There are some bebop notes played by this effect called ‘cinematic funk’ in the last chorus. I did prefer the previous mixer but only by a little.Better groove than the previous funk song but probably not better melody. Hopefully we’ll get both right on the next attempt.

Lyrically, just being naughty. Putting a positive spin on things.  I don’t particularly enjoy this role but a positive spin on things makes all things …positive.

I’ll be your backdoor man
Just don’t leave the condom in the bin post  a 1 night stand. (Some element of truth where this woman used to call it a 套套。a ‘Dom Dom’ if you will. I think it’s definitely your first time cheating on your husband when you leave it in the bin like that.)
You have love. To Offer me.
And I return it to you with dignity

Who’s that man with the croissant knocking on my door
The ashes from his cig fallin’ on the floor
And if I pay for dinner will my husband find out?
That his bank account is ebbing today 

I think one of the lines in the chorus i am singing is do you remember when I kissed your trauma twofold


Backdoor Man

Trading Spaces

This is an original composition. Words by J. Dulva Miller and Madelaine Landry. Music played/recorded by J. Dulva Miller and Bryan Fusilier. Produced/mixed by Bryan Fusilier.

The Ballad Of Don

My name is Jack Miller. I am a guitar player/composer/multi-instrumentalist since 1972. Took a break while raising a family for about 18 years. Been at it again since March 2017 and loving it. I play solo and in the group, Counting Coup.

The Ballad Of Don

J Dulva

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