 absolutely great john...you're one great musician.

this is a wonderful piece of art, everyone!

reminds me a bit of those sweet Cuban Songs in Buena Vista Social Club.....lovely! :-)

queixo-me às rosas, que bobagem as rosas não falam 

im brazilian and i love this song !! also have loved this version !!! congrats

This song was written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartola"> Cartola</a>. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/barbarabrowning">Barbara Browning</a> very kindly did a translation for me from the Portuguese and I put them into English verse myself. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/steph-casey"> Steph</a> made a superb job of singing it. I play the mandolins, the guitar and the pandeiro. Maestro <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jomama-2"> Joe Drzewiecki</a> applied some discreet cello, played a bit of flute and played the soaring soprano sax solo. 

Oh and he did all the mixing too.

The Brazilians are very selfish when it comes to Cartola. You ask a Brazilian 'what's your great music' and they, quite rightly tell you of Tom Jobim and Villa Lobos, but they kind of hold Cartola behind their back, and when you say 'what's that?' they say 'oh nothing you'd be interested in'.

As Rosas Não Falam

Bate outra vez
Com esperanças o meu coração
Pois já vai terminando o verão,
Enfim

Volto ao jardim
Com a certeza que devo chorar
Pois bem sei que não queres voltar
Para mim

Queixo-me às rosas,
Mas que bobagem
As rosas não falam
Simplesmente as rosas exalam
O perfume que roubam de ti, ai

Devias vir
Para ver os meus olhos tristonhos
E, quem sabe, sonhavas meus sonhos
Por fim


Roses Don't Talk

Now summer's gone
There's a hope I'll be breathing again
I will cope with your going and then
I'll be free

Now the garden calls
As I go there I know I will cry
And I know there's no chance you will fly
Back to me

The roses hear my woes
And yes, it's foolishness I know
They can't talk, they have nothing to tell
They can only exhale their sweet smell
Oh

Come to me now
You will see my tears falling again
Share the dreams that I'm still dreaming. Then
You'll see

Roses Don't Talk (Cartola: As Rosas Não Falam) With Steph Casey and Joe Drzewiecki

Written in 1923, "What'll I Do" is clearly autobiographical.  In this tender and yearning song Berlin wonders how he can go on without his love.  Part of "The Great American Songbook"
By special request :)

Hear Oddrun Eikli's beautiful version: https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli

Lyrics
Gone is the romance that was so divine
Tis broken and cannot be mended
You must go your way and I must go mine
But now that our love dreams have ended

What'll I do
When you are far away
And I am blue
What'll I do?
What'll I do?
When I am wondering who
Is kissing you
What'll I do?
What'll I do
With just a photograph
To tell my troubles to?
When I'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true
What'll I do?
What'll I do
With just a photograph
To tell my troubles to?
When I'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true
What'll I do?

What'll I Do by Irving Berlin

Schweres Gepäck

adieu

Hey Folks… just another little ditty… This time with some Country Slide Guitar, Oh Boy!!! And me howling away briefly about life in ‘these-there’ hills. Oh yeah and my go-too made-up strumming. Ha. All about the thumb. Plunk-plunk. I’ve been scribbling down lyrics here and there, but have found I am not really into penning out full songs right now. Songwriter’s block? Or maybe I got nothing to say. So instead, I have been working in the garden, digging up root crops, collecting seeds, and weeding, you know, autumn harvest, cleanup and planting. Plus I am doing home repairs as the weather has broke, with a little cooler days now. I was just up on the roof and backing up to climb down the ladder, and I almost kicked the ladder off the side of the house. Luckily, it fell back into place. And I haven’t lost all my winter weight, so I guess I can still bounce. All these ant and grasshopper chores leave little time for music. I do get to listen to a chorus of birdsong each day. The starlings have been great… they are good at mimicking, so some of the stuff they come up with is hilarious. There’s nary a mountain ash berry left on the trees, as the birds have gorged on them for the past couple weeks. I could hardly believe it because the branches were so heavily laden with berries. In other news, the bears have been down in town foraging on apples. There are quite a few apple trees that drop a ton of apples on the ground. We’re used to bears venturing out of the mountains ‘round’ here. They usually follow the creeks down. Although several bears each year are killed, some after busting into chicken coops, or cabins, and others, by hunters surprising them in the woods. Just down the road from here, way up in the mountains, is a ‘problem bear’ relocation site. The bears, called nuisance/problem bears, are trapped then relocated to the deep forest. Mostly bears from YNP who have taken a liking to picnic baskets. I have seen tracks, large claw scrapings on trees, and plenty of bear scat while hiking over the years. Gather I have seen quite a few bears in my day as well. In the avian realm, the geese are on the move too. Mostly Canada and Snow Geese. I hear the familiar honking, then look around in the sky for them. Snow Geese tend to fly at night, and it is so cool, like wind ghosts. The geese know they have to hightail it outta here before winter hits. When I am out and about, I see huge flocks of geese and ducks in the grain fields feeding. Another cool bird that migrates through here is the Sandhill Crane.  I hear their distinct rattling bugle calls and have to look way up in the sky for them. They can fly upwards of 10,000 feet in the sky. Huge flocks, with wingspans of 6ft across that look like tiny dots, like Jupiter and other celestials. Ha. Yes, I stumbled outside at midnight to take a gander to see if I could spot Jupiter in the Milky Way. Alright… I gotta head out and do some chores. Thanks for dropping by, Mark

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Mountain Slider... A Little Ditty

Voice: Oddrun Eikli ; Piano: Debra Buesking
"Embraceable You" is a jazz standard written by the brothers Gershwin in 1928. 


Thank you, Oddrun, for joining me in my front room to make music TOGETHER.  It has been a wonderful pleasure for me.
Hear Oddrun's beautiful music @oddrun-eikli

Embraceable You. Oddrun Eikli and Debra Buesking

video - sketch is here:
https://youtu.be/PQ9UtDz7lZw

5/4 of my heart

A musical self-portrait (revisiting an older composition)

The Daydreamer

Here’s a wild Phish cover I did after experiencing the jam band at the Hollywood Bowl a few weeks ago. It was a fun challenge learning the first half of this particular song. I started by listening to the studio version featuring a horn ensemble, then I focused on a couple of live versions I have: Live Phish Vol. 7 recorded in 1993, and Live Phish Vol. 4 recorded in 2000.

Musically, it features the whole tone scale, which I include during the jam section. Also, I love how the chords change to reflect the dark nature of the lyrics, something I feel is sometimes lost in music. As a fan of the band’s live recordings, one version could be laid back, and another could be faster. I took more of the fast approach, with a dreamy, atmospheric jam.

The keyboard drums were played without a click track. Later, I played the piano using Nord’s early piano sample, the Studio Grand 2 (Yamaha C 7). Then I played my five string bass using my line 6 bass pod, the “Session” preset. I finished with the guitar with the sustain pick up. All the echos, including the spacey, dreamy sounds were completely live on the spot!

Anyway, I would love to compose a song that features the whole tone scale in unusual ways, and unlike this song, write a vocal idea inspired by Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. I hope you like this cover.

Split Open And Melt - Phish Cover

A song about artificial intelligence...

Here are the lyrics:

You 've got to help me
you 've got to help me girl
Nobody can do it but you
Noone, it's true

Well i got nothing to lose anymore
nobody cares if i snore
All i can see is a half empty bed
dark thoughts inside my head

Woman i was dreaming of you
oh i feel so blue
Well i guess you've got something for me
come and set me free

When everybody laughs 
i run, i hide and i cry
The surface may look rough
but i am smooth inside

I always felt there was a cloud above
and that the world was running out of love
I guess i couldn't find someone to stay 
a little longer (with me) 

And that is why i guess i love the sun
and every girl i had is really gone
I cannot stand the pain, i hate it
when it rains

Girl you can save me
just a bit in your hard drive
Hold a little space for me
keep me alive

Girl, Help Me

Song by Bryan Ciliberto
Drums - Henri Ciliberto

Every day and night I walk these streets
every crack is named and growing
it will spread until the whole world caves in on itself
soon nothing at all will be unfamiliar
even the word ‘nothing’ will be understood
I stand on a plank overlooking pure bliss
while the silence echos in the back of my brain
they’ll be no word for silence either

help me I can’t help myself
help me I can’t help myself
over the river and through the hood 
to the blue light lounge we go
the fists will fly if someone dies 
well that's just how it goes

The sky looked down on him with yellow contempt
the fog seemed to move backward and follow him through the downtown streets
it was Christmas time and men were erecting a giant tree full of lights
an electric eel slithered into the streets and into the sewer 
as shoppers made there way into a 5 star hotel
all he could think about was his broken belt
it was 7:54 on the downtown street

I stood on the bridge overlooking the river
I could see the sun reflecting a million tiny pearls of light off the water
as the river flowed past it appeared they stood still
I slowly made my way across to the opposite shore

Unfamiliar

Have a look around,  leave a comment,  draw a moustache and glasses on my picture.

Roses Don't Talk (Cartola: As Rosas Não Falam) With Steph Casey and Joe Drzewiecki

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