I don't think of prayer as a passive activity, but actively engaging and dialoguing with God about the state of affairs be it personal or of late, international in scope and consequence.  I am praying for Ukraine that their show of strength in the face of tyranny may be rewarded with freedom and peace. I'm praying also for Russia, a land of vast wealth and beauty, for the people whom I have come to know and love on the Cloud, that they may know it is a bad actor and not them who is to blame for the shadow that has fallen upon Europe, and in a broader sense, over all of civilization.  Peace is not the exception to human existence, bullets and bombs are.  Love is the state of normal we want to have, not hate.  I offer in this guitar meditation a prayer for peace.

A Prayer for Peace (Meditation for Guitar)

Part 6 of the 6-part series "Polaris", music inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's short story of the same name:
https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/polaris

I never wake
I never open my eyes to reality
to cruel to see

I'm home again
home where I belong
deep inside of me

There is no fear
there is no pain
there is no longing
there's no shame

And the dream
is just beginning...

Polaris 6 - End Is Beginning

Song by Bryan Ciliberto
Drums - Henri Ciliberto

Every day and night I walk these streets
every crack is named and growing
it will spread until the whole world caves in on itself
soon nothing at all will be unfamiliar
even the word ‘nothing’ will be understood
I stand on a plank overlooking pure bliss
while the silence echos in the back of my brain
they’ll be no word for silence either

help me I can’t help myself
help me I can’t help myself
over the river and through the hood 
to the blue light lounge we go
the fists will fly if someone dies 
well that's just how it goes

The sky looked down on him with yellow contempt
the fog seemed to move backward and follow him through the downtown streets
it was Christmas time and men were erecting a giant tree full of lights
an electric eel slithered into the streets and into the sewer 
as shoppers made there way into a 5 star hotel
all he could think about was his broken belt
it was 7:54 on the downtown street

I stood on the bridge overlooking the river
I could see the sun reflecting a million tiny pearls of light off the water
as the river flowed past it appeared they stood still
I slowly made my way across to the opposite shore

Unfamiliar

"If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can't decipher. What we can't understand we call nonsense. What we can't read we call gibberish. There is no free will. There are no variables.”  ― Chuck Palahniuk

Track list and start times:
00:00  Seán Ó Riada, Agus Ceoltóirí Cualann – Mo Mhuirnín Bán (Téama) , Pt. 1
02:59  anon8924 – c-moll
06:45  Elen Huynh & Mark Vernon – Paysage grammatical en organza
11:53  Gray – Eight Hour Religion
13:50  Adam Stansbie – Isthmus - Movement 1
17:33  Walt McClements – Climb (two times past the same point in two hours)
23:52  Nippon Gagaku Kai – Uhō Nasori (Kyū)
27:00  Baldor and the Euclidean Functions – Thematic Drops End Tale
30:45  BLK w/BEAR – How to Stage Yr Own Death_lanterns Hung Among Trees
36:14  Ensemble Economique – End Scene
42:33  Cakebaker – Vulgar Homunculus
45:23  Chinese National Song And Dance Ensemble – The Last Battle Between Kingdoms Chu And Han
49:29  Aosuke – Ein Erdnusstraum
57:15  Edward Ka-Spel – Dismantling the Tower
1:02:21  insectarium – all hail the dragon
1:08:55  Faceplant – Nothing
1:10:00  Kevin Richard Martin –Solaris
1:13:00  Johnny Hawk – jundsjwe
1:17:43  Mike Weis – The Temple Bell Stops (excerpt)
1:25:26  Leandro Fresco – El Cruce Imposible
1:32:57  Ourson – 237
1:40:22  Wolfgang Voigt – Rückverzauberung 7
1:47:43  Tim Hecker – Acephale
1:52:30  Glory Fckn Sun – Like True Wings To Icarus (excerpt)
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Eclectic current – Climbing past the same point twice

Mensis Martii

Composition and piano - Megan Jennifer Lewis
Mastering - Chris Adams

Someone very close to me has been working very hard to become a calmer person.  This has meant years of work : making peace with his late father, observing his emotional reactions, transcending them and letting go.

Recently he told me of a vivid dream about his father and I said that I felt that was an indication of the continuation of his journey, a journey to "calmer waters".  It inspired this piece of music.

You know who you are.  This piece is for you.  I hope it will add to your own feelings of peace and contentment and to those of all who listen to it. x

I decided to leave this piece as purely piano.  No other sounds, just the simplicity of the music shining through.  Calm waters have no ripples.

Now some important words on mixing and mastering. I have been lucky enough to meet someone recently with a lot more experience than I have with mixing and mastering. A professional with many year's experience, Chris Adams has kindly begun to mentor me in this area and has quickly become a good friend who is not afraid to give me creative direction, keep me grounded and disciplined and give me a lot of laughter along the way.  Chris has shown great patience as I try to improve the technical side of my music production skills.  He quickly discovered that I had a sub optimal recording set up and he has given me valuable advice and direction to improve my source recordings.  I am still learning and experimenting with this, doing my best to follow instructions because Chris and I live on opposite sides of the world.  He has mastered this piece for me and has offered to mentor me further so that I can improve my technical abilities with music software and production.  Exciting times!

To Chris, thank you.

Calmer Waters

Antihero

🍀🤣💚Ok, after you found your lucky pot--as in coins:) 
Wipe that green beer foam off your face & get up & boogie to this Munster mixing>>
Psst:) Hide your green tongue if you're dating for the first time ;) 
?QUESTION? :) Who all found a legit 4-leaf clover today, not being inebriated?
100 bonus points if you didn't slur while reading this! 😜🙃😆

The Luck Of The Undead

Herman Munster Finds A 4-Leaf Clover

A fave from The Velvet Underground.

Music and lyrics composed by Lou Reed.
Performed by FRANK LLOYD.

Cover photo by †ॐ

After Hours

The sea. One of my old songs, that means a lot to me. I found an old recording, and decided to bring her back to life. Song made from original recordings. 



The Sea…

The shore..
Was still..
While I, breathed your air..
The rain…
Was cold..
I saw, the old light tower there
I stood..
Alone…
With you, under the moons waving lines…
The breeze..
Underneath..
Feeling of, the passing of his faded eyes..
I’ve known..
Of this path…
I’ve grown, so use to it..
With the sea…
And just me..
I can’t see the waves crashing down….

The Sea ( under )

Produced & mixed by Alex Barron
Guitar/drums/percussion - Fred Hills 
Bass & additional guitar - Alex Barron
Violin/viola - Hepzibah Sessa

Kite

Drummer | Composer | Collaborator 

Bands/artists of past & present include: 

https://soundcloud.com/ojosounds
https://soundcloud.com/elliefordmusic
https://soundcloud.com/the-slytones
https://soundcloud.com/michael-baker-music
https://soundcloud.com/liembamusic 
https://soundcloud.com/hot-moth
https://soundcloud.com/dariusalexander

https://www.fredhillsmusic.com/

Kite

Fred Hills

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