Donatella Basilico: lead vocals, drums, keys, choirs
Piero Caniparo: guitars, guitar synth, choirs
Bruno Torre: bass guitar

Some velvet morning     cover (Vanilla Fudge version )

Song composed during a Fredericton Arts Alliance Residency. Joint composition with Bryan McDaniel. Guitar Bryan McDaniel.

There is nothing wrong with you because you are different. Everyone is different.

We do not have to be homogeneous; we do not have to be the same. There is distance and difference between even the closest of human beings. We do not have to walk the same path to share the same vision: that all view points are valuable; except for hate, which is not a viewpoint at all but a dark glass some people see through… losing all clarity and beauty.

We do not need to stand above someone. We can stand side by side and not be in each other’s shade…so that we all receive the same amount of sunlight. 

Two great things we can do in life: Have the courage to be yourself, your unique self and embrace what is different about you; and the second thing is to embrace what is different about everyone else …what is their unique contribution to the world?  (And maybe doing the second will only come from doing the first. Maybe you can’t accept everyone else’s differences unless you accept your own). 

Every power struggle, abuse, and essentially all inequity in the world is related. We need to solve the inequities in our own lives in order to impact the world’s inequities and essentially set a good example so that others will follow, not you; but your behaviour, by making changes on their own.

Differences are very important. We need them to understand things…without differences we cannot compare, understand, and get perspective. We wouldn’t even have a concept of time without differences! Differences create understanding if we embrace them and only difference can create change and growth…the concepts of change and growth are also not possible without differences! 

The ironic thing is that humans sometimes think that rejecting differences and striving to be the same will create unity. But the opposite is true: only through accepting all our differences and celebrating them can we truly unite and move forward. 

Maria

Difference

Blackout

Parody of Putrefactive using samples from the 80's TV show ALF

Putrefactive (Gordon Shumway Remix) *Parody Track*

Fault

Tenebrific

My remix of this mind-blowing muterial track. @muterial

Original: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/descent?si=357476e85d094144a451cd2d402be52d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

descent | muterial | pelegrim broken mind mix

Altrove (Another time, another place)

Teaming up with fellow baritone Sean Evans, and our fabulous accompanist and vocal coach Helen Roberts to perform one of the Land of song's most popular hymns.

We hope you'll enjoy!

Lyrics

Nid wy’n gofyn bywyd moethus,
Aur y byd na’i berlau mân:
Gofyn wyf am galon hapus,
Calon onest, calon lân.

Chorus:
Calon lân yn llawn daioni,
Tecach yw na’r lili dlos:
Dim ond calon lân all ganu
Canu’r dydd a chanu’r nos.

Pe dymunwn olud bydol,
Chwim adenydd iddo sydd,
Golud calon lân, rinweddol,
Yn dwyn bythol elw fydd.

Chorus

Hwyr a bore fy nymuniad
Esgyn ar adenydd cân,
Ar i Dduw, er mwyn fy Ngheidwad,
Roddi i mi galon lân.

Chorus

English

I  do not ask for a luxurious life,
The world’s gold or its fine pearls,
I ask for a happy heart,
A truthful heart, a pure heart.

Chorus:
A Pure Heart, that’s full of goodness,
Fairer than the delicate Lily:
Only a pure heart can sing,
Sing the day and sing the night.

Chorus

If I desired worldly riches,
It would swiftly go to seed:
The riches of a virtuous, pure heart,
Will reap eternal profit.

Chorus

Late and morning my wish,
Rising to heaven on the wing of song,
So to my God for the sake of my saviour,
Give to me a pure heart.

Calon Lân (@ rehearsals with Helen Roberts And Sean Evans)

I've been busy with a major move, so I haven't had time to write anything for a while, but I thought I'd post this old piece from my archive. I tried to "think" like a sax player. Synth saxes never sound quite right, though.  Please excuse the sloppy ending.

The Elevator

From the EP "The Time is Stretching"
https://zuunzug.bandcamp.com/album/the-time-is-stretching

Music for a horse in the Mongolian steppes...
Musique pour un cheval dans les steppes mongoles...

Horizons

Composer of serious, commercial, film/tv, music.  Berklee allumni.  www.gorankjellgren.com

The Elevator

Göran Kjellgren

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