SHOUT IT TO THE WIND

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Track 4 from Love Is A Virus album
Released 30th September 2019
Available on all online platforms and here:
https://lolademo.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-a-virus
Videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVZ7uZ5Lp1XxSYYtWtCW8nNBHxLwVSZrL

Love Is A Virus

Cry Too Much But Don't Love Enoguh

Cry Too Much Dont Love Enough - Click for Video

MOTHERSTATION

I’m looking for an explanation
Coming up with thoughts as loud as thunder
Feeling good 
Feeling dazed
Feeling much the same

I’m looking for a destination
I’m trying hard just to keep connected
Feeling new
Still the same
Feeling like forever
But I’m never getting better


Empty Spaces
Motherstation at a glance
Superstation
Superstation

I’m looking for a new sensation
headlong drive swelling eyes that wander 
Feeling blue 
Feeling crazed
Feeling much the same

I tune in to another station
hypnotized by the sounds that got out
Feeling used
Feeling fake
Trying to remember
That I’m never getting better

Empty spaces
Stupid faces at the left
Superstation
Motherstation…

(Solo/Bridge)

Empty Spaces
Motherstation at a glance
Superstation
Superstation
I’m not going too far
Nowhere
But it won’t be long
Empty spaces
Mother Station

Motherstation

The other side of night(Mix 1, December 6, 2019)

Written, performed, and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio. This is the last song on my "Drive Time" project.
Hope you like the melodies and the sound ;-)
Photo by Adrian Danciu at Kinocut Pictures (visual.kinocut.com)

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars: Fender Strat; Fender Squire Bass

Mics: Neumann TLM 67 
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Eventide Eclipse effects

Lyrics
Verse 1
On the other side of night
We could take our chances there
It's a story to rewrite

Chorus
We could find our way
We could find our way
We could find our way tonight

Verse 2
Two spirits in the night
We're searching for daylight

Chorus
We could find our way
We could find our way
We could find our way tonight

Bridge
We're two spirits in the night
We're just searching for daylight
I thought I saw you there
I thought I saw you there
But you walked away in the night

outtro 
thought I saw you there
on the other side of night
thought I saw you there

The other side of night

I found this track in my archives recently was done a long time ago......I do not write many love songs, not a very good writer of love songs ..This song was  written by William Bell an American singer and songwriter , also covered by loads of artists globally  , however ,this my "own" version . ..This was "one of the 1st song" I posted on SC maybe 10 yrs ago or more but i took down all my songs in 2016  now obviously its uploaded again ......... Be safe !! Thank  y'all!!

Forgot To Be Your Lover By Jam York! (original verson )

Let Go of that Echo . 2019

Song, Vocals, Bass, Keys, Percussion, Piano:  Janine Levinson @janinelevinson
Keys: Jose Freitas
Mix: Doug Grean @terpsichords

Let Go of that Echo

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye
My head’s full of blackbirds but they won’t fly

Gotta let go, let go  

Sang a song so quiet, nobody heard
Kept it in the cage with the sad blackbirds

Gotta say no, say no to that echo echo  
That just won’t let me be free
That just won’t let me let go  -- gotta say no, say no

Sing a pretty question, keep it in my clothes
Answer with a puzzle and weave my prose?  no!!   

I gotta let go, let go of that echo echo       
that just won’t let me be free
that won’t let me let go
Gotta say no, say no to the echo, echo   
Oh I gotta be free,
I don’t know If I can let go, let go 
And just be me!

Kiss me in a signal, tap me a song
Four and twenty codewords can’t be wrong. no!

Gotta let go, let go of that echo echo 
That just won’t let me be free
That just won’t let me let go -- gotta say no, say no

I’m gonna stand tall and speak up   
I gotta say yes to find love
I’m gonna be real and speak out   
I gotta say yes to find  out
I’ve gotta let go, let go, of that echo

Let Go of that Echo

This song first entered my mind while I was comparing translations of the poetry of the remarkable Song dynasty poet Li Qingzhao.

	The attraction I have to Li Qingzhao's work is twofold - firstly: the sheer power of her expression, which speaks to me through each and every translation (some translations being so different that I often fail to recognize them as being the same poem) - secondly: her “Ci” poetry, is, for all practical purposes, songwriting.   “Ci” poetry began as lyrics to be sung to tunes both popular and original, not unlike the “12 bar blues” or “rock and roll” songs of the modern world.

	The imagery used in this song largely comes from her Ci poem “Banana Trees”, but should in no way be thought of as a translation - I do not pretend to have that kind of scholarship or talent.   It is, at best, a re-working of theme and image for a contemporary context.

	I do not know the original source of the cover art I have used here, but I found it at http://www.chinesetimeschool.com/en-us/articles/li-qingzhao/.   There are no extent images of Li Qinqzhao from her own time.

Lyrics:
        looking from our door, I see the poplars that we planted
	their green shadows fill the lawn
	their green shadows fill the lawn, leaves a-flutter in the breeze,
	in the quiet of the moment, they seem to share my thoughts

	they seem to share my thoughts, I recall a last farewell
	at the gateway of our home
	at the gateway of our home I listen to the sound, 
	in the quiet of the moment, to the rustling of leaves

	the rustling of leaves, a sound you’ll never hear again
	it breaks my heart
	it breaks my heart we can no longer share our thoughts,
	in the quiet of the moment, looking from our door

Looking From Our Door

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Looking from Our Door

Firstly on easy listening 6/4 bars, I cut some notes out of the main theme so as to give it dynamism, and finally obtained a prime amalgam of 17 quarter notes. I hid any recognizable thing in the accompaniment, and for the organic lines (voice and guitars) I tried the strong rhythm would not fix too much the melodies, first paying a lot of attention, and finally ... just letting me go.

Translated lyrics:

Oídos sordos (17 negras)  /  Deaf ears (17 quarter notes)

Quiero gritar todo lo que siento, estando solo;  /   I want to shout out everything I feel, being alone;
pero gritándolo al viento y si no contesta,  /  but shouting it at the wind and if it doesn’t answer,
dime, ¿de qué me sirve? (bis)  /  tell me, how does that help me? (bis)

Todos los vientos conocen mi historia  /  All the winds know my story
pero no hacen nada.  /  but they don’t do anything.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

He estado aquí y allí gritando como un loco,  /  I’ve been here and there screaming like a madman,
pero todo sigue igual.  /  but it’s all the same.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

Ahora sé que no sirve de nada;  /  Now I know it’s no use;
el viento sois todos que callais al verme,  /  all of you are the wind, silent when you see me,
y dejáis que hable y hable,  /  and letting me speak and speak,
y dejáis que hable y hable y hable.  /  and letting me speak and speak and speak.

No creo que vuelva mañana  /  I don’t think I’ll be back tomorrow
a escuchar vuestro silencio.  /  to listen to your silence.
Quiero encontrar a alguien. (bis)  /  I want to find someone. (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)
Image: "Red eared cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Oídos sordos (17 negras)

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Janine and the Problem recordings are:
Janine Levinson @janinelevinson, Jose Freitas & David Levinson @midiits 
with the occasional visiting player

cover art: janine levinson