Name: The Water Is Wide, Low-C Whistle by John Laurence
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: I arranged this traditional tune for piano and Takahe big-bore low-C whistle. The recording uses the full range of the whistle, C4 to C6.

I arranged this traditional tune for piano and Takahe big-bore low-C whistle. The recording uses the full range of the whistle, C4 to C6.

The Water Is Wide, Low-C Whistle

This song was written when I felt like all hope was lost. The seed of the song came about a week after I received divorce papers. Up until that point I had hoped my marriage could be saved, but this song is about that hope being smashed and replaced with hopelessness, emptiness, and despair. Don't worry though, there's another chapter to come yet: Golden Heart (Part III - Healing)!

Words and music, guitars, keys, programming, production and mixing by Tim Inglis. Mastered using Pro Tools and mastering.studio

Lyrics:
V1.
For the grief that I've caused
For the loss that we share
I exhale sorrow
For the hope that sits hidden
Behind a wall of despair
I exhale sorrow
Ch.
I exhale sorrow
I exhale sorrow
I exhale sorrow
When I feel only emptiness
Would you tell me that there's something there?
V2.
For the love that is lost
For the hearts that are broken
I exhale sorrow
For the harsh words said
And for those left unspoken
I exhale sorrow
(Repeat Chorus)

2020 Hindsight

Exhale Sorrow (Part II: Despair)

(translation above)
Chanson écrite dans le cadre des ateliers d'écriture de Claude Lemesle, immense parolier français, avec pour thème : "faire une adaptation la plus fidèle possible".

Song written within the framework of the workshops of writing of Claude Lemesle, immense French lyricist, with for topic: "to make an adaptation the most faithful possible".

Loin de mes pensées

Pour la leçon, trop tard, je n’y comprends
Rien de rien, rien de rien
Et soudain toute mon âme se pend
À ta main, à ta main

Refrain : 
Peux-tu partir sans même dire un mot d’adieu
En effaçant tout notre passé ?
J’aurais pu t’aimer mieux, et si je t’ai blessée
Crois-moi, c’était bien loin de mes pensées

Tu as cent mille raisons de partir —
Je le sais, je le sais —
J’ai laissé notre jardin dépérir
Ne pars pas, s'il te plaît.
(refrain)

Le matin immobile dans mon lit
Loin de toi, seul sans toi.
Toutes mes chansons crient sans aucun bruit
Seul sans toi, loin de toi.

(refrain)
Tu es partie…
Crois-moi, c’était bien loin de mes pensées

Adaptation de Myckaël Marcovic, 1er décembre 2021

The last thing on my mind

It's a lesson too late for the learning,
Made of sand, made of sand.
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
In your hand, in your hand.

Chorus :
Are you going away with no word of farewell,
Will there be not a trace left behind ?
Well, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind.
You know that was the last thing on my mind.

You've got reason a plenty for goin' —
This I know, this I know —
For the weeds have been steadily growin'.
Please don't go, please don't go.
(chorus)

As I lie in my bed in the mornin'
Without you, without you.
Each song in my breast dies a bornin’
Without you, without you.
(chorus)
That was the last thing on my mind

on the traditional song : The living of Liverpool

Loin de mes pensées (adapt. The last thing on my mind by Tom Paxton)

Composición, voz y guitarra: @benni_bandini
Mix y máster: @alvaro_bargas & @panta_x_rei
Coros: @alvaro_bargas 
Percu: @vanvaliente
Portada: @beatrizdlucido

VLTIMA BALA RECORDS
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Envuelto en tus  brazos - Beni Misiles

OKAY!! HERE IS THE WHOLE FINISHED SONG! IT IS NOT PERFECT!! BUT I HOPE Y'ALL ENJOY THIS! IT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAV SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BITTY GIRL!!  XOXOXOXO!!!
NO BEAT/ NO INSTRUMENTAL... JUST ME SINGING IT .... I AM VERY NERVOUS AS USUAL ABOUT MY VOCALS.... I AM PRETTY HARD ON MYSELF AND I DON'T HONESTLY KNOW IF THEY OR ANY OF MY SINGING IS GOOD...AT ALL..
SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN!!

THANK Y'ALL I LOVE Y'ALL BUNCHES AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TKING TIME FOR ME, BECAUSE DAMNIT THAT IS VERY NICE AND KIND OF Y'ALL !!!

THANK Y'ALL SO DAMN MUCH I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL 
MUCH LOVE TO Y'ALL   XOXOXOXOXO!!!!

KRAE- "I AIN'T GOT NOBODY"--STRAIGHT VOCALS KENNA-RAE-- ROUGH DRAFT #1

Tell me now was it yesterday
When you took my hand
Told me it'd be okay

Don't remember if you gave
Anything more than
Just empty promises
Were they promises at all?

I never asked you to stay
Yet you chose to do all the same
But when I needed you this one time
You thought it best to say goodbye

Tell me now how much it takes
To break a heart and
Leave behind no cares

Guess you know it very well
This wouldn't have been
Your only conquest
You must have felt so tall

I never asked you to stay
Yet you chose to do all the same
And when I needed you this one time
You thought it best to say goodbye

Single(C)2019
Music - Jorge Paulo and Sreyashi Mukherjee
Instruments - Jorge Paulo, Mark Jackson, Roberto Rabosio
Vocals and Lyrics - Sumi (Sreyashi Mukherjee)
Mixing - Jorge Paulo

Find Jorge Paulo's music on: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0yAixly8E45vcRjnZWx6D9?si=p29bv-uWQ76NO-zhXMVPfQ

Promises And Lies (with Jorge Paulo)

When That Day Comes - Combstead / Robert grigg

The eyes: you can see so many things through them and you can see the real essence of the person in front of you. We are made of beauty, inner beauty that we have the duty to make shine to bring a bright light in the world especially when the days are dark, when you feel down, when you feel misunderstood or you don't know who you are. Look in the mirror and dig into your soul to unleash your beautiful power.

In Yours Eyes ( Piano Version)

By The Hill (mix 2022)

Ostinato non sereno

Poor soul without a place to call home
plagued by the nagging echoes of the past you've disowned.
Poor soul all alone in the cold
with a drug-addled vision of the future you've sold.

Be in the world but not of the world.

Poor soul working day after day
with all of your worries and those debts to pay.
Poor soul, lines on your face and your hands
reflect the endless procession of mundane demands.

Be in the world but not of the world.

Rise above or fall below...

Poor soul with all your money and power
with your meager view of the world you devour.
Poor soul with all your status and fame,
with the hidden hurts of an ego inflamed.

Be in the world but not of the world.

Rise above or fall below...

Rise Above or Fall Below

Rise Above

"Aging rock legend in my mind."
johnlaurence@drjohnlaurence.com
John Laurence is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer/songwriter, with a wide range of influences from Heavy Metal to Mahler, Folk to Baroque, with a healthy dose of Blues, Classical and Jazz. Instruments he plays include keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, ukulele, Godin Merlin, dulcimer, recorders and whistles, and brass including cornet/trumpet, mellophone and trombone.
  
In 2011 he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) which had affected him undetected since childhood. Although he has a PhD and has had two successful careers, he has begun to see life with a whole new perspective. He has always been a musician at heart and is making up for lost time with a new career as a musician and composer. His music is  influenced by blues, jazz, folk, classical and rock. Given his eclectic tastes and creativity, it is not surprising that John's music has evolved in to a World Music style. A new EP has just been released, named "Last Song of the Dove".  Feedback on the album has been encouraging, especially from countries such as Canada, USA, Mexico, Japan, Israel, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. John is now producing a full length album "Takahe Toccata" building on the style of the EP and dedicated to the World's endangered birds.

The Water Is Wide, Low-C Whistle

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