Haven't posted anything for a long time, so I figured I'd post an epic teaser guitar solo off of my upcoming album, Songs Interrupted. Hope you enjoy it!

Songs Interrupted

What You Doin - Preview

The first single off the upcoming album, Life Interrupted. What You Doin is a song about hiding struggles from those who love us and want to help us overcome them.

Life Interrupted

What You Doin

Never Ending is the 5th track off the upcoming album, Life Interrupted. Like each of the tracks on the album, it represents one of the seven stages of grief, this one being the upward turn. At this point, the stages of grief like anger and pain have died down, and you're left in a more calm and relaxed state.

Never Ending

The Wonder is the 4th track off the upcoming album, Life Interrupted. Like each of the tracks on the album, it represents one of the seven stages of grief, this one being depression. This may be a period of isolation and loneliness during which you process and reflect on the loss.

Intro (Em | D | G | G)
Woah, woah, woaoaoah.

Verse 1:
G
Don’t know what I want to do today.
Em | D
G
Don’t wanna let it slip away.
Em | D
G
Oh, oh, it feels insane.
Em | D
G
Like a moment burning in my brain.

Chorus:
C D
I don’t wanna sleep right through it.
C
I don’t wish I could do it.
C D
I don’t wanna sit here and wonder.
Em | D

Verse 2:
It feels like I’ve lost my mind.
Feeling like I’m paralyzed.
Oh, oh, I can’t control it.
When that feeling rolls over me.

Chorus

Bridge: (E | A)
E A
Why I can’t break free.
E A
Why I’m lost inside a dream.
E A
Why I feel like I’m falling,
C Bm A G D
Backwards through time.

Breakdown:
Em | D | G
Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah.

Chorus

The Wonder

One More Day is the 3rd track off the upcoming album, Life Interrupted. Like each of the tracks on the album, it represents one of the seven stages of grief, this one being anger and bargaining. This may be a period of lashing out, telling God or a higher power that you'll do anything they ask if they'll only grant you relief from these feelings. One More Day is a duet featuring vocals from Kristina Pokopatz Terlecki

Vere 1:
F G C
We thought we knew what ever after was,
F G C
But the chase was all that we had ever known.
F G E Am
Though love may be real in our hearts, it still can turn to dust.
F G C
That’s a story no one ever told to us.

Verse 2:
F G C
There really isn’t anyone to blame.
F G C
We made a life together, day by day.
F G E Am
Then life became a carousel and suddenly we changed,
F G C
Wondering if there’s something left to save.

Chorus:
E A
Please have mercy on me and tell me what to say,
F C
So I can be back in your arms for one more day.
E Am
I know that we may never love again,
F G C
But I would give up my whole life for just one day.

Verse 3:
F G C
The clouds grow dark and thunder crashes in.
F G C
The waves roll and toss us from our feet.
F G E Am
A tempest fury seizes us and throws us overboard,
F G C
Lost to the tides of the sea.

Chorus

Bridge:
Am E
I have tried to figure how to,
F C
Live my life without you there,
Am E
But this night moves and I reach for you.
F G G | F | Em | Dm | C
I can feel it start to fade.

Verse 4:
F G C
Now I lay upon a barren shore.
F G C
And the sun that once warmed me burns my soul.
F G E Am
Underneath the light of truth I see what I have lost,
F G C
And I’d try to get it back at any cost.

Chorus

One More Day

One more stab at this first demo with the best parts of v1 and 2 combined.

Say Goodbye / Let It Die

Like each of the tracks on the album, it represents one of the seven stages of grief, this one being pain and guilt. The loss may feel unbearable and that it may seem that it is making other people's lives harder because of one's own feelings and needs.

Like You Said You Would

Like each of the tracks on the album, it represents one of the seven stages of grief, this one being reconstruction and working through. You can begin to put the pieces of your life back together and carry forward.

Chicken Salad

Like each of the tracks on the album, it represents one of the seven stages of grief, this one being acceptance and hope. This is a very gradual acceptance of the new way of life and a feeling of possibility in the future.

Fading From The Truth

A recording I did of The Christmas Song in 2010

Merry Christmas 2010

The Christmas Song by Bob Wells and Mel Torme

All of my studio quality recordings are available at https://jonathanblackshire.bandcamp.com/.  I try to update my feed frequently with demos, song sketches, and ideas that I'm working on.  Not all of it is pretty, but I enjoy sharing the creative process with anyone who wishes to listen.  Thanks for your support!

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