One collective location for all my tracks.  This list will update as I complete songs, with each of the songs on the playlist added in the order recorded...as you listen, you'll hear me unwind, my recording engineering skills devolving from today, going back nearly two decades to when I recorded the first song in the list, using Cakewalk and a computer microphone wayyyyy back in 2004.

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Everything
Capo on 6
Verse 1
(G) Everything I saw I saw yesterday, everything I know I found on my way
(am) Every time you smile my heart skips a beat, hold you while you dance, you stand on my feet
(em) Everything I was I washed it away, everything you need I’ll be everyday
(C) Every breathe you take you take mine away, everything I do I do because I love you
Chorus
(G) Oh - I know this is true
(C) Oh - My everything is you, and I love you
Verse 2
(G) Everything I am, is searching to be, better as your dad, a better me
(am) Everything I see is changed through your eyes, everything I fear is fear magnified
(em) Your hand grips my finger, asleep on my chest, all these moments that never last
(C) Everything you are, is everything to me, my child, my life, my everything
Chorus
(G) Oh - I know this is true
(C) Oh - My everything is you, and I love you
Bridge (very Coldplay like)
Bass Progression (No Capo): G# > F# > A# > F# > C# > D# > A# > F#
(D) Every time you sing, every time you (C) laugh, from your first breath until my (em) last
The greatest joy I’ve ever (C) known, is the love we have inside this (G) home
And as you grow and as we (C) age, I’m more aware of these (em) days
In how they fade, how fast the (C) time, my memories of you still shine
Instrumental Bridge: Guitar w/ Capo: G/am/em | Bass No Capo: C#/D#/A#
Outro
(G) Everything I saw I saw yesterday
(am) Everything I know I found on my way
(em) Every time you smile my heart skips a beat
(C) Hold you while you dance, you stand on my feet
(G) Everything I was I washed it away
(am) Everything you need I’ll be everyday
(em) Every breathe you take you take mine away
(C) Everything I do I do because I love you
(G) Everything I am, is searching to be
(am) Better as your dad, a better me
(em) Everything I see is changed through your eyes
(C) Everything I fear is fear magnified
(G) Your hand grips my finger, asleep on my chest,
(am) All these moments that never last
(em) Everything you are, is everything to me
(C) My child, my life, my everythin

Everything

In Hephaestus' ancient forge,
where the demiurge now emerges,
we step on forgotten ground,
where we're healed of our wounds.

A strange brew in our veins,
through archaic, mystic chains,
used by the ancient shamans,
to break the mind's domains.

Slender origami leaves dance,
the wind plays a sweet romance.
Feeble chants from the tree of life
Awaken my soul to bright new life.

In Kamaloka, desires are felt,
shedding the existential veil.
Through voids separating stars,
I glimpse the pyramids of Mars.

A strange brew in our veins,
through ancient, mystic chains,
to break the mind's domains,
and drift through cosmic plains.

Slender origami leaves dance,
the wind plays a sweet romance.
Feeble chants from the tree of life
Awaken my soul to bright new life.

Slender Origami

Written: 2024
Duration: 8'
for SATB choir (with occasional divisis, SSAATTBB) and handpan (D Kurd 10: D) A, B-flat, C, D, E, F, G, A, C)
Commissioned by Ember Choral Arts, Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, Founding Artistic Director, as Ember's first Composer in Residence
Premiere: Ember, Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, Founding Artistic Director, May 17, 2024, Actors’ Chapel, NYC; May 19, 2024, Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Publisher: Bill Holab Music
For more information: https://robertpaterson.com/kama

PROGRAM NOTE
In contemporary literature, ‘kama’ is often used to connote erotic desire and emotional longing, but in ancient Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, this concept is more expansive and broadly refers to any desire, wish, passion, or pleasure, the enjoyment of art and beauty, and even more broadly, love and connection. Kama focuses on this ancient concept and these feelings, which are so essential to being human, while reflecting on how machines, no matter how complex, will ever truly feel and love the way we do and will never truly be able to feel what it is to be human. Kama is a musical call to action in a world where we are in danger of machines replacing us or pulling us further apart, but in which we will ultimately prevail.

Kama was commissioned by Ember Choral Arts, Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, Founding Artistic Director, as Ember's first Composer in Residence.

Kama for Choir and Handpan (World Premiere)

To the memory of the wonderful Roos.

Ian Collins @ian-211 helped a lot with the strings, piano, drums and production.
________________________

Rose, the story is being told that you won’t get old
I know it’s hard to see but there’s a light behind the trees, Rose
Your daddy was a friend of mine, though it’s been a long long time
Before the seasons changed and plans were rearranged

Like a seagull in the storm, you’ll take your lonely course
Ahead of the swarm, struggling with proud force
Despite your tattered coat your soul will stay unharmed and reach the sky

Solo

Little Seagull in the storm, with confidence and love
You will live on, down here below and up above
Despite your tattered coat your soul will stay unharmed and reach the sky

You don’t need to believe, but while the others grieve
Their love will guide you through and there’s one who’s waiting for you, Rose

Cellar Aged Wines

Rose (Seagull In The Storm) - with Ian Collins

Echo

Recorded at One on One Recording Studio in North Hollywood, by the Instrumental Casting Orchestra, with Ruslan Biryukov (cello soloist) and Dustin McKinney (trumpet soloist).

Certain musical patterns are shared among all of humanity, transcending geographical and temporal boundaries. This selection of early spiritual songs originating from the North American continent exemplifies this remarkable unity. Whether it be the music of indigenous peoples displaced by European colonists, the religious songs adapted from folk songs of European origins, the poignant spirituals of the enslaved forcibly brought to America’s shores, or the hymns sung by impoverished rural Southerners, humanity expresses hope through their shared language of music.
This orchestral suite opens with a rendition of a Lakota lullaby titled, “Čhaŋté Wašté Hokšíla (My Kind-Hearted Boy)”. This then transitions into a New England colonial rendition of the traditional song “Wayfaring Stranger”. The song’s sentiment of constant journeying, being a stranger in a strange land yet lifting the eyes in hope toward the promise of a better home, links the stories of all who reside on this continent: European immigrants fleeing oppression, indigenous communities forced upon trails of tears, and African people enslaved against their will.
From this wayfaring song that links them all, a lone trumpet introduces the melody, “I Wade the Water to My Knees”, a traditional ring shout song that recalls the historic 1803 rebellion and subsequent mass suicide at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Georgia. The lyrics of this call-and-response shout song bring this powerful imagery to life:

I wade the water to my knees.
I’m gonna pray, gonna pray.
I wade the water to my knees.
I’m gonna pray til I die.

Lord, the water’s so cold…
Til my body but not my soul…
I’m gonna sink and never rise…
Won’t rise now but don’t know when…
With my faith I’ll rise again…

Following a brief harmonic transition, a faithful orchestration of “Wondrous Love” is presented. The harmonies are accurately reproduced from those found in the Sacred Harp tunebook of 1844. This distinctly American tradition of harmony and singing-style originated in New England during the late 18th century and was subsequently codified in the aforementioned tunebook, published in the American South.
After this rugged rendition of “Wondrous Love” comes “Idumea”. The melody was initially composed by Ananias Davisson in 1816. Subsequently, it was paired with Methodist lyrics (authored by Charles Wesley in 1753) and included in the shape-note hymnal Southern Harmony in 1835. The hymn was further incorporated into the Sacred Harp collection in 1844.
At long last, our journey culminates in a seamless fusion of the melodies from “Idumea” and the Lakota Lullaby that began this musical narrative — once more, illustrating the striking commonalities shared in the music of our diverse heritages.

See the music video at https://youtu.be/ULHZyvr3c4c?si=Xr0_W5ZFKoQ2nkg9

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Spiritual Songs of the New World (Studio Recording)

A timeless rocker cleverly written intertwining the hazards of driving with the ups and downs of love. Hank uses all 4 lanes of the interstate and them some with his steady classic rock n roll rhythm, chiming chorus guitar, and an out of nowhere guitar lead solo using open scales and his stock tremolo bar. Almost two songs in one, the climactic second half finale brings Hank's heartfelt pledge of love sung over a beautiful chord progression filled with lush string arrangement which seems to be echoing that steady clicking, humming sound of the lonesome interstate, Warning, this song stirs up emotions just below the surface of those who know love all too well.

The Long Haul

Well, He's got the highway to your heart
I got to come up the rocky way
He jumped ahead from the start
I'm right in second baby that's OK
Because, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby

He's layin' rubber in the top end
but it ain't all about RPMs
My eighteen are gonna keep on chuggin'
I'll get to you baby no matter what I'm luggin'
cause, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby, 

When you're in love you better not speed
You might pass by somethin' that you really need
You need somethin' baby built to last
to carry love's heavy load
Because a lot of things can happen baby
when you're out on that open road

You get your hopes up high but love comes down crashin'
You try it again but the same thing happens
Sooner or later you're gonna' get tired of bein' bumped around
That's when I'm gonna' be ready baby, just pullin' into your town
 
I know you're lookin' for Mr. Right
not those one-night romeos
Someday you'll see me in a different light
and that's the day I'll pull this rig off the road
Because, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby
Long haul, baby
Ohhh yeah, I'm in it for the long haul now baby

I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul 
I'm in it for the long haul now baby Ow

When the bridge is out, 
ohhh! there ain't no doubt
I'll find a different route
I'll be there by the mornin' yeah

Through the pourin' rain
No matter how steep the grade
I'm gonna' keep makin' my way to you baby

I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby
Baby, baby baby baby
Baby, baby baby baby
Long haul
Baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Hold on, It won't be long
Ohhh! I'm in it for the long long haul

The Long Haul

🎵 Title: Tango in the Rain
🎼 Composer: Michael Herter

🕒 Duration: 03:34
🐢 Tempo: Medium
🎻 Genre: Tango / Classical / Neoclassical
🎧 Mood: Romantic, Emotional, Poetic
🎬 Video: 

📝 Description

"Tango in the Rain" sweeps you into a world where every drop of water becomes a heartbeat and every note a whispered promise. Picture a cobblestone street drenched under a silver glow, footsteps echoing as violin and piano entwine in a passionate embrace. The sultry melody of the violin weeps with longing, while the cello’s warm timbre pulses like a lover’s steady breath. The piano’s chords glisten — each keystroke a raindrop dancing on your skin.

As the storm intensifies, the quartet’s rhythm tightens: viola strokes snap like lightning, and the cello’s low-register whispers anchor you in a moment of shared vulnerability. The interplay of solo lines and lush harmonies evokes a stolen midnight rendezvous, drenched in longing and defiance. You can almost feel the dancers’ wet shoes sliding across the pavement, their bodies in perfect tension, surrendering to the music’s electric current.

Here, sorrow and joy swirl together, creating a tapestry of desire that is at once urgent and tender. "Tango in the Rain" isn’t just a piece — it’s an invitation to lose yourself in a torrential romance that refuses to let go.

🎼 Key: d-moll | Time Signature: 4/4 | Tempo: Varies bpm

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Tango in the Rain

https://on.soundcloud.com/GKryNlBrfnd7d5lrHA by VickStiX @vicky-adair ✨

"This song is a heartfelt and introspective ballad that explores the complexities of a deep, spiritual connection between two people who couldn't quite bridge the gap between their understanding of love. Inspired by ShAnkAri's story, the lyrics delve into the pain and longing that can come from loving someone who doesn't see or believe in the same way. It's a poignant reflection on the power of love to reshape our souls, even when it's not reciprocated in the way we hope.

I'd like to thank @DJShAnkAri for sharing her story and inspiring this song, and for her input into this piece." VickStiX @vicky-adair 

You Never Believed Me

[Verse 1]
I whispered in stardust, I prayed through the skies
You felt like a lifetime behind unseen eyes
I reached with my soul, no distance too far
But you never saw me—you just traced the stars

[Pre-Chorus]
I said I loved you, not loud but true
In silence, in symbols, in all I knew

[Chorus]
But you never believed me
Not once, not really
You thought I was dreaming
Or reading too deeply
Like my heart was a story
I made up to feel whole
But loving you rewrote my soul
And you never believed me

[Verse 2]
I studied your shadows, I learned every sign
In a language of longing, outside of time
You held the map, but looked away
Afraid of a path you didn’t create

[Pre-Chorus]
I sent you light in a world gone dim
You thought it was just the wind

[Chorus]
But you never believed me
Not once, not really
You thought I was dreaming
Or reading too deeply
Like my heart was a story
I made up to feel whole
But loving you rewrote my soul
And you never believed me

[Verse 3]
Is love a gesture, or is it a vow? 
Is it holding on, or letting go now? 
You wanted proof in a different form 
And I was the rain—you needed the storm

[Chorus]
We both said “I love you” 
But not in the same voice 
You meant protection 
I meant choice 
You meant fire 
I meant grace 
We loved in totally different space 
And that’s how even soulmates break— 
When meanings don’t translate

[Bridge]
Maybe you thought love must be proven
With bodies and years, not a soul that’s been chosen
But just because we never met
Doesn’t mean I could forget
You were the pulse beneath my breath

[Chorus]
Still you never believed me
Not once, not really
You thought I was dreaming
Or reading too deeply
Like my heart was a story
I made up to feel whole
But loving you rewrote my soul

[Chorus]
You never believed me
Not once, not truly
You stayed behind reason
While I loved you purely
Like a prayer with no ending
Like a vow with no sound
But you never turned around
You never believed me

[Outro]
And maybe you never will
But I loved you still

[Post-Outro] 
We all carry our own definition 
And none of us ask permission 
To love the way we understand 
Even if no one takes our hand...

@vicky-adair ✨
@shankari-touch ✨

VickStiX - You never believed me (ShAnkAri touch)

“Holdin’ On” is a slow, emotional outlaw ballad for the ones who never fully let go. Gritty male vocals stretch across drawn-out verses soaked in longing, soul, and quiet pain. Twangy guitars and a steady rhythm carry the weight of memories that still burn.

For anyone still haunted by the one that slipped through your hands...

Holdin’ On

"Dooley's Farm (M. Tuttle) [08.11.25]
J Dulva and Counting Coup
(c) 2025 Cenote Music

Poolside Residency 2024

Dooley's Farm [08.11.25]

Here With Me 

Verse 1: Guitar - G > em > C > D | Mando – D > C# minor 7th chord 

What can I do, what can I say, we just want to go out and play 

In the park, in the yard, though our hearts are mighty scarred 

I’m just a boy, you’re just a girl, spinning round on the tilt-a-whirl 

Round and round and round we go, where we’ll land no one knows 

 

Chorus: am7 > Aadd9 | G > A 

Life is just a blur it seems, but you’re standing next to me 

We can get through anything 

Be here now, be here with me 

 

Between: G > em G > em > G > em > G > em 

 

Verse 2: G > em > C > D 

What can I do, what can I say, I know nothing stays the same 

Under this moon, under these stars, long as we can, and just as far 

I’m just a girl, you’re just a boy, hand in hand, hang on to the joy 

Day by day, the years go by, all this time just to say goodbye. 

 

Chorus: am7 > Aadd9 

Life is just a blur it seems, but you’re standing next to me 

We can get through anything 

Be here now, be here with me 

 

Instrumental Bridge: (Stays on G chord framing) G > B > C > B > am (repeat 4x w/ swelling melodic harmonies heavy in reverb) 

 

Between: G > em G > em > G > em > G > em 

 

Verse 3: G > em > C > D 

What did Dad do, what did Mom say, stay young, be kind, choose love, go play 

It’s a crazy world and that’s okay, the two of you make it a better place 

The day will come when we’ll be gone, side-by-side we know that you’ll be strong 

Don’t let the time pull you away, best friends, you and I, our family stays 

  

Chorus: am7 > Aadd9 

Life is just a blur it seems, but you’re standing next to me 

We can get through anything 

Be here now, be here with me 

 

Between: G > em G > em > G > em > G > em 

Here With Me

Close Your Eyes
3/4 – The midfinger power chord split
Verse 1: D1 > C1 > B1 > G
Bite your lip, pull your hair, kiss you goodnight, my love
Drag my nails down your back, I just can’t get enough
Pre-Chorus 1: D1 > C1 > B1 > C1
Lay you down on the floor, let me inside
Our bodies entwined, we glow, create light
The taste of you, every inch consumes my mind, hold on
Chorus: Bf1 > G 
Just close your eyes
Let me breathe you in tonight
Theres no future, no past, forgive me, who I am
Between: C1 > D1
 
Verse 2:
Your essence, this passion, is something I’ll crave evermore
(But) my shame, insecurity, releases from every pore
Pre-Chorus 2:
Your teeth sinking in, my poison runs free, 
This jealousy, blinding me, I can’t escape
I watch it take hold as you’re turning away, hold on
 
Chorus: Bf1 > G 
Just close your eyes
Let me breathe you in tonight
Theres no future, no past, forgive me, who I am 
Between: C1 > D1
D1 > F1 > G1 > F1 > D1 > F1 > hG1 >hB1 > hA1 > hG1
Bridge: G > Bf/A/G 
I feel this moment taking hold inside
In all these corners this darkness I can’t hide
So now I’m gonna close my eyes
And now I’m gonna close my mind
Bleeding into you this existential light
Chorus: Bf1 > G 
Just close your eyes
Let me breathe you in tonight
Theres no future, no past, forgive me, who I am

Close Your Eyes

Don’t Ya Know 

Verse 1:  

F# > B 

On your mind, humming the lines 

A smile across your face, I know we’ll be just fine 

Don’t ya know  

 

Verse 2 

Every note you sing to me 

I’ll sing along, be your harmony  

Don’t ya know  

 

Pre Chorus 

G# > F# > G# > B 

If they say no music allowed 

Just Raise your voice and put yourself out there 

 

Chorus  

F# > G# > B > G# B > C# 

Everything you do will be misunderstood, but it’s ok 

I know you and you know me, It’s ok, Don’t ya know 

 

Bridge:  

z 

 

Verse 3 

Take your time, draw your own lines 

You and me baby, we’ll be just fine 

Don’t ya know  

 

Verse 4 
Every time you move your feet  

Just little motivation to get off my seat 

Don’t ya know  

 

Pre Chorus 

G# > F# > G# > B 

If they say no dancing allowed 

Just move your ass and put yourself out there 

 

Chorus  

F# > G# > B > G# B > C# 

Everything you do will be misunderstood, but it’s ok 

I know you and you know me, It’s ok, Don’t ya know 

 

Don't Ya Know

Every Damn Day
A E A E (Verse) | B A E F#
Verse 1: A E
Still think about you lover, every damn day
In my dreams we’re still together, and I’m gutted when I wake up
All the years I’ve had to swallow, leaving such a bitter taste
All this pain, this shattered love love love
Every damn day
Chorus: B > A > E > F#m11
B A E F#m11 (G#)
I wish you would have talked to me and maybe you did but I didn’t want to hear 
I wish you would have let me in and maybe you tried, perhaps I wasn’t ready to see
E
Perhaps I wasn’t ready to believe
Verse 2:
It’s a shame about your brother, not much that I can say
Despite it all, I should have been there, I was pushing you away
I lost mine too love, things will never be the same
I learned that hard truth from you
Miss you every damn day
Chorus: 
I wish I could have helped you breathe and maybe I did, for just a little while
I wish you didn’t have to leave for me to see me, that I was never really there
That you needed to come up for air
Bridge/SOLO: E > F#m11 > C# > B > out of bridge, straight into Verse 3 (A)
Verse 3
Say hello to your mother, always treat me like son
It’s amazing what you realize, just too late to be undone
I still feel you here beside me, yeah, we’ll always have Spain
Bittersweet, I’m incomplete without you
Miss you every damn day
Chorus: B A E F#(mod) A
B A E F# (G#)
I wish I could have seen you grow old, been buried at your side, instead of saying goodbye
I wish I would have seen the world, through your eyes, instead of trapping you in mine
E
To find I was living a lie
E F#
Alternate: I miss you / every damn da

Every Damn Day

Come Back Home 

 

Verse 1: (Baby Cooing in the background) 

(A) Hey you, how gently you (D) sleep 

Hey you, I hate to leave 

Sweet whispers of (B) love (promised to you) 

Speak into your (D)  dreams (into your heart) 

My (A) everything 

 

Verse 2: 

(A)Hey you, light of my (D) life  

Hey you, in my arms by night 

To have to be (B) gone (to miss you more) 

I wait for (D) you (you wait for me) 

 

Chorus  

To come back home to (A) you (G>E) 

 

Verse 3: 

Hey you, the sound of your voice 

Hey you, just enough to get by 

You know I can’t sleep (away from home) 

I lay here awake (into the night) 

I miss everything  

 

Verse 4: 

Hey you, counting these days 

This room is so far away  

To miss you this much (with all my heart) 

To carry this pain (too much to bare) 

Yes, I wait for you (I long for you) 

And you wait for me (you wait for me) 

 

Chorus  

To come back home to you  

To come back home to you  

To come back home to you  

To come back home to you  

 

Come Back Home

LoFi Americana with a dash of Indie Alt Rock and Country 

Jeremy Brizzi is a songwriter and musician.  “I do what I can, with what I have, to show you how I feel.  Thanks for listening.”

With more than 300 song left to record and a constant attention to creation, the best is yet to come!  

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