Childhood these  special versions
to be released June 2023

this song was originally written in the 1990s and was written before I returned to my original school and it was written about my childhood experience at boarding school and also my own childhood.  Into the mix was the theme of abandonment and being alone and being different.  I don’t think people understand sometimes how difficult it is to be different and how being like others makes things easier.  It seems strange to be a different colour and won’t be white like everybody else in order to be accepted.  Of course this seems ridiculous now but back then I didn’t have the understanding that and so losing friends saying goodbye to many people was a constant line of abandonment with no way of really saying goodbye.  I guess that became quite clear in a dream I had recently of a boy who died who I knew I was fond of but died in his teenage years and I really never got to say goodbye, but I found that dream is telling me that this has happened so many times that the sadness and depth of that loss I have not recognised.  I learnt an important lesson that people were adults are not always right and they can be corrupt and also hypocritical.  This is coming from people were telling us what to do and have that power and in the chorus I sing, you can’t hurt me now because I see how you try to hurt me.  The other lyrics and song are very clear as I wanted to make sure that the experience of writing the song would help myself but also help others to deal with pain and separation and difference.  So again it follows the principles of love and compassion for oneself and how healing and education and working in oneself can help evolve.

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You Can't Hurt Me Now (MUSIC Box Version) 5.46

A scene plays out for me one hot evening as I was waiting for a bus. 

Kajati adds backing vocals, keyboards and effects.

a lonely smoker smokes on the subway steps
around him his clothes in a bundle of all that's left
he points to the sky and says to the cops
that's where i come from
but they just kicked his legs
and said hey mate we're calling time
move on

thinking about that time before you wrote me a letter
saying that if we split up our lives would be much better
but you had no option so we should just stay together
how many times have you walked out on me i can't remember

he makes his way half a block up the road
there's a coles open late
and redface shouts across the cars
do you want to have a crack at me mate?

he dumps his bags on a bench next to a girl with tired eyes
points down the street and said those bastards ate me alive

mate they're just pushing a broom around a dusty room
the room's still is a mess
but the dust gets moved

they're just pushing a broom around a dusty room
the room's still is a mess
but the dust gets moved

Pushing A Broom (around a dusty room)

La uña de (la) saeta con ilícito duj; osado rex (a)glomera y elucidara; umbral del jazz e ítem de la ubre nativa.

…ya bud buda afable osifica el ovillo de la moza y el ujier haín copa el quiosco del oyhye… en un dique eficaz de unimembre festejo usa la ducha izquierda en el loquero entre los lobos.
 

D E  U n (i) m e M b r e  f E S T e J o

D i ó g e n e s  T a c u a r a

(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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de unimembre festejo

Average Earth

Simone Johnson voc
Ekkehard Sassenhausen sax
Erwin Pfeifer g
Urs C. Eigenmann keys
Bully Schoch b
Ralph Goebel dr
Ferdinand Rauber perc

Simone Drexel (* 13. Mai 1957 in St. Gallen) ist eine Schweizer Sängerin und belegte 1973 den ersten Platz beim Talentwettbewerb der Jugendzeitschrift Bravo. Der Einstieg von Drexel ins Musikgeschäft war als Teenager 1975 der Auftritt am Grand Prix Eurovision in Stockholm. Mit dem Lied "Mikado" ersang sie für die Schweiz den 6. Platz. Auch in den Charts ihrer Heimat war die Single ein grosser Erfolg (Platz 2), dennoch entschied sie sich nach wenigen weiteren Singles gegen eine langfristige Laufbahn als Schlagersängerin. Nach einer Ausbildung zur medizinischen Praxisassistentin heiratete Drexel einen Musiker, änderte ihren Nachnamen in Johnson und wurde 1984 Mutter. Ein Jahr später begann sie ihre Arbeit in einem transfusionsmedizinischen Labor, in dem sie noch 2006 tätig war. Seit vielen Jahren lebt sie mit dem Bassisten Bully Schoch zusammen.
In den letzten Jahren nahm Drexel auch ihre Gesangslaufbahn wieder auf und sang in verschiedenen Blues-, Rock-, Bossa- und Jazzformationen. 2001 sang sie ihren einzigen Hit Mikado noch einmal im Rahmen eines Fanclubtreffens des „Eurovisionsclubs Schweiz“. Sie war dann als Gesangslehrerin (Spezialgebiet Atemtechnik) sowie mehr als zehn Jahre als Frontfrau der Bluesband "Bluesonix" tätig.

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Blues ECU (Music: Urs C. Eigenmann, Lyrics: Malcolm Green)

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Odyssey (2024)

Written by Josephine Pascoe & Neil Thom
Piano, strings & flute by Josephine Pascoe.
Guitar, bass & drums by Neil Thom.
Produced & engineered by Neil Thom.

Odyssey

Techno1313

The best artists are those who fuse various facets of themselves to create pieces of holistic art that are meaningful and impactful and truly express themselves. JAYLEEBENJAMIN is one such artist. He is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer born in Singapore. He has lived across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe namely in Singapore, UAE as well as Austria, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. His drive, focus, and tenacity have led him to become a relentless and emerging force in the independent circuit. JAYLEEBENJAMIN is making music that is driven by a desire to motivate, inspire, and to tell his story his way. The very ethos of his music is social awareness, as well as spiritual progression and human relationships. T

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