My life is filled with wonders, really. This is the first song that I wrote using my new lap steel. Thank you, Rene for all the wonderful adventures.

My Life Is Filled With Wonders

First song written specifically for the lap steel.

[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb]sound and [Bb]mean[Gm]ing[Eb]
rhyme and [Bb]melo[Gm]dy[Eb]
truth and [F]song

[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb]sound and [Bb]mean[Gm]ing[Eb]
rhyme and [Bb]melo[Gm]dy[Eb]
truth and [F]song

[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb]sway and [Bb]har[Gm]mo[Eb]ny
pulse and [Bb]pro[Gm]so[Eb]dy
breath and [F]pause

[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb] precious [Bb]memor[Gm]ies[Eb]
friends and [Bb]fam[Gm]ily[Eb]
heartfelt [F]talks

[Eb]Every [F]day I [Gm]try
To bring my [Eb]best self [F]to this [Gm]life
[Eb]Every [F]day I [Gm]try to [Bb]build
The [Eb]best dream

Demos

Sound and Meaning

We Praise You
by John Tynan
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in our gathering today
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praise You
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in the things that we create
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praise You
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ooh
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aah
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in the smile upon your face
we
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praise You
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in the thoughtful things you say
we
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praise You
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ooh
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ooh
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ooh
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aah
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in our efforts to upraise
we
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praise You
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in the love we give away
we
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praise You
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aah
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in our gathering today
we
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praise You

We Praise You

An instrumental for synthesizer and guitar, Countdown to Liftoff was created using Tracktion Waveform to record tracks using electric guitar as well as the synths Tracktion Collective and the Roli Studio Player and Roli Studio Drums.

Countdown To Liftoff

My brother-in-law was getting ready to head to the airport and I started composing this song on my father's old, Baldwin "Fun Machine" organ. I promised him that I would put it up online. It's a song about hockey! It's not just skating... that's hockey!

A Song About Hockey

I've been trying to achieve a particular sound for a long while now. So far, this is the closest I've come to the sound that I've been hearing in my head. Accordion, Bass, Glockenspiel and Electric Piano... who would have known?!

Meditation with Accordion and Glockenspiel

Miles, in his first podcast, talks about why he likes his favorite movie, Back to the Future.

Back in Time - Episode 1

Recorded in the early morning while the whole family was asleep, this impromptu improvisation is an homage to the introduction to Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter" with a little of the introduction to Pink Floyd's "Dogs" thrown in. 

HomageToTheIntroToNoQuarter

An "exaltation" for bass, electric piano, accordion and voice.

Exaltation to an Empty Forest

Here's a little song that I've been working on over the past few days. Me just trying to orient myself again to the stars after being back in the U.S. and then my thinking about how we orient ourselves to the world.

What do I know?
by John Tynan

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Round & round & round we go

Round & round & round we go

What do I know?

What do I know?

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I gaze in to the night

Trying hard to place the stars

Pliades or Mars?

Cygnus or Taurus?

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The planes go flying by

like sparks from a beach bonfire

They come and go

They come and go

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This word live this night

Many souls, so many lives

Where will we go?

Where are we going?

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Each day a flood of words

Tries hard to describe the world

What do we know?

Where will we go?

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Each day comes & goes

No ending to the show

This much I know

This much I know

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Round & round & round we go
Round & round & round...

johntynan

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