A great piece of theatre. Very dramatic and a fitting conclusion to the Mermaid's Tale. Great job Lenny.

I lovd this series. It has the ambition of a prog song cycle, but so much more warmth and humanity than what the lable "prog" might conjure. And besides, I do love me my sea and my mermaids.

Love this, a beautiful ghostly winter tale and like Jonathan I loves my mermaids, gorgeous work!

mmm  I really like your sea yarns.. moody yums

Okay, I'm over a year late. But I like keeping some of you up my sleeve in case of Emergency.

From time to time I've felt this way... and meaning to write a song about it.  

Hope you don't overly empathize, but if you do, I'm with you in spirit (as are many others I'm sure).  Please take a breath, know you're not alone and remember that it's darkest before the dawn.  Stay well. ☮ .  I'm Done.

Lyrics follow:     Done

I'm tired and I'm dyin

(Nyah Maan Ohoo Ow
Ah Ow)

This life is...
It's pullin on me

It's pullin on me

...

I'm Done!
I'm Done!

(I'm tired and I'm dyin...)

No fuckin way
I'm So STUCK

... 

What ya want me to do?

What ya want me to doo?

W T F !

Oh ... It's reasonable But I'm not doin that

I'm Done

Man.  There's no sense kickin a dead horse
If it's down 
It's down

...

It's down

Done

You do get some nice surprises in this SC audiosphere of ours.

Imagine my delight when out of the blue Paco dropped me a note saying he'd composed some music and wondered if I might have a bash at some lyrics to match.  Of course, I jumped at the chance.

It transpired that his composition wasn't about anything in particular, rather, it was just one of those pieces that sort of emerge from a theme somewhere and grow into something very worthwhile but difficult to "place".  However, in our discussions about possible development ideas, I couldn't help but notice Paco's deep affection for his home city of Seville, and there’s only ever one outcome when England meets Seville…. 

Thank you so much, Paco, for the invitation to make some musical marmalade -  it was a hoot “jamming” with you!

Check out Paco's brilliant stream here: https://soundcloud.com/sonido-reflexivo
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Hot Seville Night

Softly as the dusk,
Certain as the easy sunrise
No need to rush,
Time stands still before your eyes.
Watching as the world plays out,
All its crazy bright tomorrows.
Ebbs and flows of human tide
Cool air hanging in the shadows,
Of a sweet perfumed, hot Seville night.

Orange blossom rain
Lazy jasmine musks the air
Aroma showers fall again
Kids with petals in their hair
In these melancholic times
Family smiles caught unaware
Bring sanity and peace of mind
Citrus blessings freely shared
In a sweet perfumed, hot Seville night.

Hot Seville Night
Senses move to ease the spirit
Wishing  I was back there in it,
My Hot Seville Night

Magic jacaranda sway
Violet through the Alcazar
Ancient histories replay
Laughter from the tapas bars
Rose flamenco passions flare
burning scarlet in delight
Festive celebration colours
Billow everywhere in sight
On a sweet perfumed, hot Seville night.

On a sweet perfumed, hot Seville night.......

Hot Seville Night (MidiSound asks 1234567890 to come out to play)

Out of the BoxAugust 2022
More complex sound still is… White Noise… Delia Derbyshire

White Noise

Experimental Piano. My mother was hospitalized yesterday...

I-The day my mother was hospitalized

Navigating life can be like a game of tug of war with our dog... (especially on election day within the USA,) where he and the folks with whom we interact don't care about anything but, what's their immediate want or need... with no consideration of others or future generations with regard to BEing able to live a healthy, safe, prosperous life. Instead, we'd rather not admit our complacency and thereby... our culpabilities towards why things occur the way they do as to why there are still wars, famine and more rampant and ferocious diseases... despite many professing we live in the information age, are superior species, etc. Funny how we are failing to see the reasons for these things slapping us in the face essentially, while we continue to simply watch our friends, families, and Mother Nature become more ill and die from unnatural, preventable causations... each day, each month, each year. Even more funny, how those encouraged to "speak the truth" are then... ridiculed, mocked, bullied, and belittled for taking a stand to do so. It's done under the guise we must "Be kind..." the new age way of saying "Sit down and shut up... we just want to enjoy spending the money we made off the backs of those we're now killing." Even the ACLU receives up to 8% of their budget from companies with whom their litigants are then encouraged settle disputes and to sign nondisclosure agreements. (It might be more than 8%, by now.) Transparency would be for it to be illegal for any "gag order" to be placed on any lawsuit settlements whether inside or outside of courtroom proceedings.

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Let Go

https://youtu.be/SwuQV7I9R3w

Demain , le vent… Texte : O’Mat

Et si demain nous décidions,
Comme le vent souffle la feuille,
Comme la feuille embrasse le vent,
De nous échapper librement,

Nous prendrions le premier vol,
Comme le vent souffle l’oiseau,
Comme l’oiseau embrasse le vent,
En quête d’un pays d’Orient,

On y trouve d’autres manières,
On y respire d’autres parfums,
Dans la douceur du matin,
Se cachent parfois quelques guerres,

On y trouve de beaux visages,
Parfois marqués par les années,
Mais que le soleil a tanné,
Comme pour effacer leur âge,

On y découvre des villages,
On y entend d’étranges sons,
Dans la douceur du soir qui tombe,
Se cachent parfois quelques orages,

On y traverse des rivages,
Parfois marqués par les années,
Et que le soleil a séché,
Comme pour révéler leur âge,

Et si demain nous décidions,
Comme le vent souffle la feuille,
Comme la feuille embrasse le vent,
De nous échapper librement,

Nous t’emmènerions, mon enfant.

Demain , Le Vent...    O'Mat / Illos   chant JuliA

This is the last in the series.

https://soundcloud.com/gibson-j-4-5/sets/the-mermaids-tale

Thanks to RosesAreBlue for permission to borrow some lyrics from A Winter's Waltz . If you listen carefully you can hear her ghosting in and out of this song where I used elements of her vocal from In a Lovers' Storm. 

The Mermaid's Tale

The great retreat of the ice some twelve thousand years ago gathers pace. A shaman makes one last visit to a cave on the shoreline, before it floods forever, to bid farewell to the spirits of his ancestors and apologise for failing to halt the rising sea. 

He attempts a final ritual of such power it attracts the attention of a mermaid. Horrified by his attempt to control the sea, the mermaid sings her own magical spell, far older and more powerful...

Chapter 5   The Mirrored Smile

Life giving Sea,
never knowing how 
her touch might feel

Calm or tempest blow, 
gentle summer breeze 
or blizzard with a wild wind  

Mark this rising tide,  
prayers of blood and kin
why does no God talk to me ?

Move from the known, for a dream, troubled in stone
Losing all that we know
Dreams can speak, to the bold, the improbably meek
Holding all that we know

Now, high the  Sea,
I'm running scared of all
her mood might be

Paint, and fire dark,
leave their mark
upon the cold stone

One flame with me, 
comes the sea
to take me down

Potion  philtre, familiar will rise...
     I put on my skin and I dance // The sea, to your song, will not dance
Fish in the ocean, star in the  sky      
   Here in my bones I can dance // The sky, to your song, will not dance
Sweet Gaia guide me to conjure and mark 
   Here in your dream I can dance //  Here in your dream, I will dance
Safe course through this dangerous moment and dark... 
   
Scale, bone, skin, stone..// Storm, wind, sing, true 

             Dark spell, slave to the dance

Tree, rune, wolf, moon.........// Blow, sharp, fin, hand

            Black heart, slave to the dance

Cave, deep, bear, sleep.........// Heart, song, sea, name

           Lost soul, slave to the dance

Leaf, wood, blade, blood......// Blind, tongue, dark, game

           Ocean, Slave to the dance

Charm, what sound is this ?
See the girl,
the mirrored smile 

Her song, magic holds
a spell unfolds
to the sound of the sea

Now, her touch unsure
to my brow
to lay me down.

 

There are a few ideas that were never fully developed, 

Coming soon. 
https://soundcloud.com/gibson-j-4-5/the-anoraks-companion-to-the-mermaids-tale-part-1-seawind

https://soundcloud.com/gibson-j-4-5/the-anoraks-companion-to-the-mermaids-tale-part-2-only-if-you-put-some-clothes-on

The Mirrored Smile

LIVE@ The Percy Grainger Museum (Dani Kirby - Vocals, Mat Ward - Bass)

This song is valid today more than ever, maybe bringing a better world (some day). Cover John Lennon.
Stop the war in ukraine immediately !! For freedom, democracy and self-determination in the whole world !!!!!!!!!
Charlie Chaplin speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY1Xg6X20

Lessons

Imagine

memento

This is now a basic 'Free' account.  A number of old songs are no longer available. 


Huge 'Thank You'  to the following people for their  help on some of these songs and their inspiration on others. 


http://soundcloud.com/the-secret-red-orchestra

https://soundcloud.com/vangabriel

http://soundcloud.com/the-acoustic-grill

https://soundcloud.com/bluecherrykiss

https://soundcloud.com/faerytale

https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter

https://soundcloud.com/little-lone-waltz

A few ( printable ) quotes.

 "  Masterpieces "-----Dolll
 "Shit, you got me crying"----RosesAreBlue
  " A Legend".....RosesAreBlue
 "I brought my kazooo"------  Faerytale
 " Unaffected Eccentricity"-----Gil Gillespie
" Uniquely Mad "----- Phil McWalter
" F*ckin' space chords man" ------Phil McWalter
 "Unhinged seriousness"----Wheelwright
 " Slightly Deranged".......Superhowl
"F***ing Hell "  ----Man on a Grill
"Chaos and Beauty"-----Steph Casey
" Nutter" -----  Kim Guy
" F**K's Sake ! LOL "------Bekah B
" You are definitely Cool " .......lola-demo
" A bloody good racket"   ,,,,,,Steph Casey 
" Intelligent, uniquely beautiful music " .  Kerijohnson.
" Devastatingly cute"  Aerogene 070. 
" Cool husky crooner at play "   Soundboard tinkerers.
"Keep your knees together"      RosesAreBlue.

The Mirrored Smile

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