Oooh, that a capelle section was a brilliant break in the song. Really well done, James!

your chorus is gritty angsty and full of emotion-lovely stuff

I like the approach to this, the chord progressions kind of build up and swell like ocean phenomena.

I swear to God, I wanna marry that bridge.

The rhythm guitar really helps to make this track stand out. Great lyrics; sounds like an instant classic!

"Ship To The Shore" (#419, 201122)

Got no gin blanket's gone
Wind so cold water's calm
Prayed for grace don't know how
Threw the compass off the bow

Made up my mind ship to the shore
Ran out of time do that anymore
Throw it all out deadbolt the door
Ain't too proud that's for sure

Anchor's up tide is low
What's my plan hell if I know
Raise that flag load that lead
Burn that oil sun to set

Made up my mind ship to the shore
Ran out of time do that anymore
Throw it all out deadbolt the door
Ain't too proud that's for sure

Cast my face hard and mean
Break the chain nice and clean
Drop this freight light the fuse
No more runnin' nothing to prove

Week 48b - Ship To The Shore (201122)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2020
Recorded at All Saints Episcopal Church, Appleton, WI

Week 51 prompt: Favorite one. Be forewarned that it's a one-way ticket to Sapville on this one. #sorrynotsorry

i think you’ve always known
that you’re my favorite one
the way your smile lights up a room
oh, i’m undone

for years i’d been alone
with this pain i’ve known
and then your love made me swoon
made my heartbeat strong

i don’t know
how to show
what i feel
all this fire
heart on the wire
it is real

will you stay
if i say
the truth i know
my favorite one
we’ve only begun
begun to grow

here we are again
just like we've always been
will you sing me some pretty tune
reminding me of when

we had to hide away
take cover from the day
yet somehow despite the gloom
you made it more okay

i don’t know
how to show
what i feel
all this fire
heart on the wire
it is real

will you stay
if i say
the truth i know
my favorite one
we’ve only begun
begun to grow

i think you’ve always known
that you’re my favorite one
the way your smile lights up a room
oh, i’m undone

Favorite One

open tuning DADEAD then dropped a tone down to CGCDGC

we are but a mist 
that rises on the morn
that whispers to the valley 
then silently is gone

A vapour in the sun 
A beam of precious light
that lingers for a moment 
then fades til out of sight

here's to the glory
a million ages roar
here's to the glory
a million ages call

if all of life's a song 
we write a phrase or line
our great collaboration 
that echoes all of time

in tempo key and rhyme
we join a holy choir
in present days of hope
and ancient days of fire

here's to the glory
a million ages call
here's to the glory
a million ages roar

a million ages - SAW2020

Ode to Ole Willie

Build a fire from the warmth of quiet
Keep whispered winds outside the doors
You can stay still for the ones who move you more
They would break your heart

Left alone with continental faults
Stitching seams to hold them tight
When the slightest shake could bring down the mountainside
They would break your heart

They would break your heart
Try to break the fall
And hold on ‘til the spring and call it worth it after all

So end the year with monuments
Shadows long in the dying light of day
Statues made of moments you wished you’d had something to say
They would break your heart

They would break your heart
Try to break the fall
And hold on ‘til the spring and call it worth it after all

The quiet’s everyone's
The faults are ours alone
The monuments we chose to pull down into our homes

So they can break your heart
You call it someone else’s art
Someone else’s fault
Remember what I said about ours alone

They would break your heart
Try to break the fall
And hold on ‘til the spring and call it worth it after all

The End of the Year - Song a Week 2020, Week 51

Collaboration with Deborah Goldbaum Kelly on vocals.

Evan McDoniels, Deborah Goldbaum Kelly - Down To The Depths Of Your Soul (original)

Favorite One - (Me holding you)

Corner of my heart -

I was THINKING I should probably spend some time on my own when you came to me,
Soon I was saying we should move you into my home - Where the sanity?
But it isn't every day that I meet a sucker like me - for needs and instruments,
Cutting to the chase I'm gonna wear my heart on my sleeve, for you

We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on dancing
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on loving too
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on laughing
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on talking through 

TALK it all through but only if you tell me help me underSTAND 
what’s going on it’s only healthy To let it out
I can ONLY see you, know you, if you show me It’s the only WAY to love, 
you shut me out I just get lonely but...

We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on talking
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on trying too
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on searching
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - I won’t give up on you

I’d SAID that I should probably spend some time on my own - There’s no escaping me
Always find that I’m doing what I think you’d want - but no-one's making me
Time to seek the light I tried to find, shining through your eyes
Here among the trees and in the skies

If you want your space, it's yours to take it - No-one's holding you 
Me I got my own change to make and it's letting go of you
So I set you free and let you leave me, Let it slide
No-one's more surprised than me, believe me, to find

We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on dancing
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on shining through
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - We'll keep on laughing
We'll be alright, we'll be ok - I'll keep on loving you

We'll Be Alright

Song a week 2020 challenge - Week 51
Theme " The Favourite One "

A quick scratch recording of an idea based around the responses I got to this picture meme on my facebook wall.

I am not your Favourite One - demo - Song A week 2020 Challenge Week 51

We're Not Real - Song A Week 2020

Haven't had much of a Saturday in a while to work on a tune. I've been in and out of the studio and working on my new album for the better part of this year.

After finishing recording last week and getting a few mix/master days in at East Hall Recording, songs started falling out again. This one started as a marimba-esque line I was playing and went from there.  Cheers!

We're Not Real - Dec 19 2020

I’ll tell the truth tonight
let’s give it one more try

you’re not real
you’re not real

we’ll make it through somehow
we will make a b line
to the other side
we’ll go to town
we’ll make it out alive
I’ll be down
but you feel like you’re gonna die

we’re not real
we’re not real

tell me how you feel
I know how you fear

it wasn’t too much
it wasn’t so easy
but it ripped us in two
it happened in the night
we were never strong enough
the damage shows the light
we never wanted a fight

you’re not real
you’re not real
we’re not real

We're Not Real - Marty Shutter

Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Godin Guitars Official Artist and Founder of www.songaweek.org.

His catalog of 500+ titles includes collaborations with hit writers Mark Narmore, Elliott Park, Steve Dean, and Pete & Pat Luboff, among others internationally from England to Australia.

Redding's music has landed cuts by numerous recording artists including Dan Whitehouse, Emma Gale, and David Easterling.

Week 48b - Ship To The Shore (201122)

James Tristan Redding

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