lovely song! profoundly simple arrangements! loved this...

Excellent track Johnny! Love the guitar & your vocals great!

catchy tune indeed, found myself picking up the guitar and playing along.Plus your song writing is awesome as always.

@austin-1972: Thank you so much Tulip! So glad to see you here!

@soulful-woods: That's such an amazing comment! Thank you so, so much!

I just finished reading "The Last Good Man" which uses the "Thirty six men among us" as the premise so this song caught my attention.  Great tune, Prav!!

I don't remember this one Prav...great performance as always!

Comme Ça Que Je L'aime (the way i love her )

Taken from my album Tales of generation x
People may ask themselves over time of why carry a burden and stay alone? and to not find love
I carry a lot of love and desire ,we are on this planet for a very short time and people need to find the right person and the right kind of love and friendship otherwise we might waste our energy and freedoms in the wrong direction if you find a spark try and keep it lit
written and produced by jim manser
and final master russ sinfield
watch the video i made here https://youtu.be/sAz4_ZWicMM

youtube video link

When the sky falls in [watch the video on youtube]

Scotty: lyrics, vocals
Tommy: bass, noise

Scottyottydopaliscious. Never insipid.
Instinctually primal to drop a rhyme that's seditious.
Surreptitious, I am not, expeditious, I am.
Repetitious about fictitious and pernicious laid plans
by the man, and by 'the man', I mean those we've elected,
who persuade simple minds and keep the wealthy protected. 
But at what cost? Our true wealth; health, education. 
A teacher's salary is what they earn on vacation.
When will we lose patience like it's homophone due to cuts,
get the guts to stand up to everything that's unjust?
Vigilance is a must nowadays or we're fucked but
it would be nice for once to place the ice after just.

Under your ass I will light a fire. Grab your device.
A quick search will suffice to learn the facts of this vice
and maybe it will entice, inspire masses to fight
for paradise from the present hell we suffer in life. 

Don't think twice, it's not alright, we've had enough of their tripe.
I'll be concise with the knowledge I'm about to recite like
class sizes erupting, slashed courses disrupting
development of thinking critically, our children need something
other than mathematics. Don't get me started on how it's tragic
that my kids are disadvantaged simply 'cause they're not Catholic.
Our government remains emphatic in defending their lies.
Pointing fingers elsewhere while they aim to privatize
education and healthcare. Agenda aimed for the welfare
of the wealthy. Who you think receives the promised tax breaks?
So get the facts straight. Dig 'em up before they get buried.
Their distinction of truth is now black, beyond blurry,
so let's hurry, for real, 'cause we're running out of time.
So let us storm queen's park like 1789
instead of hopes for divine intervention. 
End of lesson. 
May I mention again the theme that I am stressin'?

Under your ass I will light a fire. Grab your device.
A quick search will suffice to learn the facts of this vice 
and maybe it will ignite the masses all to unite
and fight for their right to live equal in paradise.

Onterrible, Canada

'In A Rush To Slow Down' is a Jazz Fusion track inspired by the notion that rushing to acquire skills or knowledge invariably leads to not getting them at all. My teacher would say "practice, patience and perseverance". So then my musical journey here starts off at a frantic pace and morphs into a slower pace.

In A Rush To Slow Down

Conception Jaquette : Lily de BOISVILLIERS
©Janvier 2023 - David de BOISVILLIERS

Bird Fly

Boundless as the Heavens
Boundless is My Soul  ~  X2

Boundless are the Heavens
Boundless We Bestow  ~  X2

Boundless is My Soul  ~  X2
Boundless I Behold  ~  X2

Boundless Lofty Heavens
Boundless as My Soul  
Boundless are the Heavens
Boundless is My Soul - My Soul

Boundless All Creation
Boundless My Heart & Soul
Boundless ad Infinitum
Boundless in Control - In Control  ~  X2

Boundless

photo: Zdzisław Bekiñski
https://youtu.be/GlnJoClHP5k
Thumbing the nose at bad moods/anxiety. Who wins? The jury is not yet out. Just happy to have achieved a post, it has been a while.

What's that?
It's hollow inside
Can't believe there's nothing in there!
Yep, it's hollow inside
We've been tricked by social media
Hollow inside?
Keep it down or he might here you!
Yep, it's hollow inside
Hmm...

I just want to go back home
(I don't like it here)
I just want to go back home
(I don't like it here)

I just want to go back home
I just want to go back home
(I don't like it here)

What's that?
It's hollow inside
I just want to go back home
Can't believe there's nothing in there!
I just want to go back home 
It's hollow inside
(I don't like it here)

I just want to go back home
It's hollow inside
Can't believe there's nothing in there!
I just want to go back home
It's hollow inside
(I don't like it here)

It's Hollow Inside

I came across this little improv I did a while back on Pat Howell's beautifully crafted home-built guitar, and had been keeping it in my back pocket for St. Patty's Day.  In this track I riff on some tunes I've played over the last several years but take on a new richness played on his guitar in drop D tuning.  If you're keeping score, the first is "Emerald Isle", the second is "A Splash of Joy" and last is "Celtic D'lite".  Enjoy with your favorite Irish brew:)

Celtic Musings On Pat's Guitar

This is what jamming with the great Johnny Minstrel sounds like. We always loved that light free airy sound. No added fx. Thanks Pravinand @johnny-minstrel

JM: electric guitar, harmonica

The Line (Brian Peters)

I was looking out my window on the first day of Spring
Thought I saw the Winter phantom, well he touches everything
We never know what's good or bad until one of them is gone
Everyone is looking for the line between right and wrong

Well we're looking to the heavens and we haven't left the ground
Looking for the eternal in a world going down
This road just keeps you travelling, going on and on
Everyone is looking for the line between right and wrong

I never know what's hurting, I never know what's true
But man is always restless about the things he always knew
It seems like it started from the day I was born
Everyone is looking for the line between right and wrong

All of us are blinded, learning how to survive
Someone else may tell you, you got to keep hope alive
Well I'm staring out my window, I might see another dawn
Everyone is looking for the line between right and wrong

The Line (w Johnny Minstrel)

A year ago, I was making a bass song using "Traditional Instruments of Okinawa". But I had no idea what kind of sound to add to it. It took me a year of experience to make this songOnce I come up with a new tune, I can't get the hang of mixing.."I walk with experimental musicians." When I listen to music, I love deciphering the feelings and excitement of an artist's work.
 The music Ⅰ listen to every day is circulating. From "fun music" to "hard music" to my own music. Through this circulation, I get "my own musical freedom".
We are walking together with musicians who create the most popular works. These works remind us of the rich cultural values of music.
This time, I incorporated traditional Japanese music (Okinawa folk songs) into my work. I hope the people living in "Okinawa" don't get angry.

I took a step forward. Overlap any impossible sound! (255)

Thirty Six Men  words&music: Pravinand Maharaj 

Thirty six men among us
Holding back the devil’s game
Walking with the weight of mortals
None can tell their names

*You trip on a chip of sin
You fall where the countless been
You wonder how you got in here
And will you get out again

Thirty six men among us
Since time began
Walking with the weight of pardon
Waiting till their work is done

*
Thirty six men among us
Down where the devils dread
Walking with the weight of mercy
Tramping on the serpent’s head

*


Thirty Six Men

I'm a singer-songwriter from Durban, South Africa. Having being raised in the church I was advantaged with a ready-made audience. Their kindness, patience and ecouragement gave me the confidence to improve my songwriting and to take it quite seriously. At times when the lyrics had a touch of controversy, they never thought it scandalous, which further encouraged me to write on social issues, love songs, and songs with just a story. 
By my mid-teens I was heavily influenced by the hippy gospel songwriter Larry Norman, which may explain why into my 50's I still have long hair! Through his music I learned that songs do have a greater purpose. 
As a young upstart I was blessed with a kind and forgiving congregation. Today I'm blessed with a very tolerant family and a bunch of great friends. I love what I do!



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