Another of fellow Dorset based poet CJ Harrington's pieces set to music

Check out his soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/c-j_harrington and website https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcjharrington.co.uk%2F&token=19a002-1-1615131688735

THE RAVEN
The dark bird caws an aching creak, jarring
high in the branches of my twisted hazel

Light drips thickly - like warm blood or hot metal -
from the anvil angles of its beak, cuts short
breeze, divides still water, and settles
deep in the silence of the little pond beneath

It is not the tawdry light of the mind
where still limbs, still torso, still breath pull close -
become justified - where truth is vulnerable to age

Nor is it the light of secret gardens, of mists
unsettling and godless clarity eclipsing everything

An illusive bat mapping shady new worlds
by shriek and wail.  The old owl's careful murders
These fears swoop in the cool of night

But this raven comes with the light.  Hopping and strutting
Gently tip tap tapping.  Its black glint encumbering
ornamental cherry trees, beach and oaks with ease

And it brings the white-hot light of fear.  The clarity of danger
The fat weight of doubt that lingers near
The crack in peace.  The spark of both death and change

The Raven (featuring the Poetry of CJ Harrington)

Track 4 in "Etats d'âme" (2022) by Alex M: composed, played, arranged, edited and recorded by Alex M in GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro X, 12 March 2021 (late evening), and mixed in Logic Pro X, 15 March 2021 (late evening); posted on SoundCloud on 16 March 2021 (before the release of the album as a whole). The album artwork cover, also used as the cover of each constituent track, was created in Tayasui Sketches on 4 February 2021, edited and annotated in Paint and saved in its final form on 6 February 2021.

Duration: 6:36 minutes
Tempo: 80 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: A minor

Digital instruments used, in the order of playing and recording:

1. Piano - Steinway Grand Piano
2. Guitar - Acoustic
3. Synthesizer - Bass - Trap Bass
4. Strings - Cinematic - Cello
5. Keyboard - Keyboards - Electric Piano
6. Drums - Acoustic - SoCal
7. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Rhythmic - Pulsing Dream Pad (Full)

Etats d'âme - Healing

I’m excited to share this song with you; it's a little sneak peek of my upcoming album, which I plan to release toward the end of this year or early next year—I'll finalize the date soon. I wanted to give you a glimpse into the heartfelt emotions that inspired these songs. I truly hope you feel the beauty and depth behind them. Enjoy! 

You Can't Break Me - Teaser

BCXG - Days (Jungle Mix)

solo per te

Lost

Similar to my last song, this song is also in 7/4 time.  It uses a pattern 3-1-3 for the versus.  I currently plan to have a series of songs using the 7/4 meter.  I have written 6 songs at this time and I am slowly releasing them.  They will all be on this playlist as they are released:
https://soundcloud.com/user-276716031/sets/7-4-time-1

You can also find my previous sets of songs in 5/4 here:
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan1/sets/5-4-time
 
Mysteries in the Garden


Verse 1:
There are many mysteries in my garden
I look at the plants that are growing
I don’t know what this is and that is
Do I pull them or is there a pardon
Might it be something I love so glowing
Something with lots of pop and fizz

I want my vegetables to be free to grow
They give me such a wondrous glow
I want them to spread their yield
I feel like a farmer in a great field
Eating their bounty is my great pleasure
It is something that I so treasure

Chorus:
I don’t know all of these little plants
Growing there in the dirt with ants
There are only a few I recognize
When they are tall they don’t tell lies
The tomato and carrot look so familiar 
I don’t need a book or special filter

Verse 2:
The books show examples of different plants
Like other books tell about how to dance
I wish I could separate all of the things growing
It would give me a sense that I am glowing

Is the plant something I want to later eat
Perhaps cook in a stew with some fine meat
I don’t want them killing the plants I love
Smothering them with their in grip of glove

Chorus (at half speed):

Mysteries In The Garden

Samples from the great internet site Lorenzos Psychedelic Salon:
https://psychedelicsalon.com/members/terence-mckenna-sound-bites/

noxpox - nobody knows whats going on

Assertive soundscape with an outer-space / science fiction flavor, using very minimal melody.

Five Modes of Being

Bell Puppets

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Daydreaming

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