You're The One

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by:
Leon Pajer

orlando51music © 2023

Terra Incognita

Instrumental: Duke Silver 
https://on.soundcloud.com/4JNEyRTYv9sJzAyGA

Lyrics and vocals: DelhyA

Entranced (with Duke Silver)

Well, I'm a grandpa now, so I recorded this to celebrate my new status.

DANIEL

Daniel came into this world and made my day.
Snow was falling in Utah so far away.
Hope you'll find there lots of love, and, if you cry,
your dad will sing you lullabies.

Soon you will become a man, and I'll be gone.
I hope you'll find then what it means to have a son.
Will you hold him in your arms, and, if he cries,
will you sing him lullabies?

Someday we may just be names once carved in stone,
and the memories of our birth will all be gone.
Others will comfort their children as they cry.
But will they sing them lullabies?

Daniel

Our first Welsh language track🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😎
Sosban Fach (Little Saucepan) is a Welsh folk song given a good rocking up by The Recursives
Neil - Vocals 
Al - Bass
Bri - Sax
Tez - Guitars and production
Ken - Drums (K2 and The Three)
Many thanks to Ken for adding the pounding drums :))))
https://on.soundcloud.com/VJQ1ztA9BNB5ig8Z8 (K2 and the Three)
uTube video of The Recursicves playing live
https://youtu.be/Jd4YW18BjEU?feature=shared

Sosban Fach - The Recursives with K2 and The Three

'among other influences'

Harmful & Mac - lyrics and music
Scotty - vocals

Are you paying attention? I guess you're not.
There’s too much information. Yeah, I hear that a lot...
And like a lot of fools you feel that you cannot improve without YouTube 
to help you through the bumps and bruises,
help you chew the lumps life chooses.
I don’t know if I wanna hold your hand.
If you follow me I’ll help you see that only I know how to breathe.
Come to stay and never leave.
See that violence leads to peace.
Instructions hid behind the crease.
Disruption to the sanity.

among other influences (with Harmful if Followed and Mac, 'Isaac and the Apple')

“Aprilis”

アプリリス冬ほろぼして勝ち誇る
アプリリスわが滅び待つ櫻花

April. Spring has won over winter.
April. Cherry blossoms await their doom.

Yamaha Vocaloid5 Editor
Magix Music Maker
Vocals: Yukari Yuzuki  AH-Software
Art work:　
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprilis#/media/File:Sousse_mosaic_calendar_April.JPG

Aprilis

Every day it feels like the world’s getting a little more crazy
Every day the future feels a little bit more hazy

Well there’s one thing I like to do 
When I’m feeling blue
That makes me feel okay 
When I’m having a bad day

I pick up my dumbbells and I watch a fitness video on my TV
And I exercise all those negative thoughts right out of me
I lift those weights up and down and I huff and I puff 
And I keep on going at it until I think I’ve had enough

Every time I go to the grocery store the food is more expensive
I go home, I look at my bank account, I feel so apprehensive
I drive to work, every day and the commute is not that great
I turn on the news, it’s so bad, the world is in a sorry state

After a hard day of working 9 to five
Like Hans and Franz on Saturday Night Live
You can pick up your dumbbells
And pump yourself up. You can do it.
Or you can lie on the sofa and watch TV
If you want to bed rot it’s so easy
And the only burn you’ll feel is from the hot sauce on your chicken wings
It’s not the same.

I pick up my dumbbells and I lift them
And I embrace all the pain
And I push all the negative thoughts right out of my brain
I lift those weights up and down and I huff and I puff 
And I keep on going at it until I think I’ve had enough

Some people turn to donuts when they’re feeling overstressed
We all need to do that we think is the best
As for me I’d rather grab my dumbbells and work up a good sweat
As I try to keep up with the fitness coaches on my TV set
As for me I’d rather grab my dumbbells and work up a good sweat
As I try to keep up with the fitness coaches on my TV set

I Pick Up My Dumbbells

The colorful symbols are my message to everyone... 🌍 ☮︎ 👍 🍀 2024 for a better world...!

Time

Seduction

Postcards from a Past Lane is a collection of places you’ve been, people you lost, and moments you never said out loud.

It opens on “Letters from the Seaside Town,” where salt air and unsent words still feel alive, and moves into “After the Last Train Home,” a nighttime walk through a city that’s teaching you how to keep going. “Paper Lantern Hearts” floats a softer kind of hope, and “The Way Back Home” reminds you that sometimes coming back is the bravest move.

“Maps of the Morning” is early light, coffee, and quiet courage. “Static Between Stars” is the sound of reaching for someone across distance and doubt. “Somewhere the Lights Stay On” promises you don’t have to be okay to be welcome. “Echoes of a Quiet Street” walks the blocks that still remember your name.

By “Half-Life of a Promise,” you’re learning what fades and what doesn’t. “Cathedrals of the Common Day” lifts ordinary life until it feels holy. “Postcards Never Sent” is every almost-said thing you’ve carried for years. “Bright Enough for Two” leaves you in the sunlight with someone who makes the room feel bigger than you thought it could.

Bonus tracks circle the heart of the record:

“Where the Footbridge Starts” is about going back to where you first told the truth.
“First Warm Thought” is for the person who never loved you back but still lives inside your gentlest memory.

These aren’t love songs and heartbreak songs. They’re memory songs. This album is not asking you to relive the past. It’s handing it back to you so you can walk forward with both hands free.

The Way Back Home

Songs with a twinge of humor (and some a bit more serious).  
I do not use AI to create my songs. 
https://linktr.ee/joe.stroffolino
Recently I have had the urge to pick up my guitars (Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire) and I have been trying to use more guitar in my songs.  
My go to .vst plug ins are  EZkeys 2, EZ Bass and  EZ drummer 3) and my DAW is Logic Pro 11. 
I welcome your comments and enjoy listening to all the great music on SoundCloud. 
All songs are originals and copyrighted.

I Pick Up My Dumbbells

Joe Stroffolino