Wonderful performane, and a wonderful piece of music.

As heard on Big Mouth Season 2 Episode 9

!! 
Love you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBrj0XpmY0

PHOTO BY PAUL MCLAREN

September

Felix Mendelssohn wrote eight books of short piano pieces entitled Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words). These modest little piano pieces enchanted me as a child. Without any context to understand the title, I always imagined that the songs had not been given words because the pieces carried a special meaning that couldn’t be put into words. This magic of musical expression that leaves room for experiences too abstract or complex to be described concretely still captures my artistic imagination today.

This is my first composition for classical guitar, and I am grateful to Kyle Miller for initiating the collaboration. I still have a lot to learn about this beautiful instrument. 

Recorded live on Dec 10, 2018

Song Without Words (solo guitar)

By Ian Miller. Devised with Shyamala Ramakrishna, Dom Lounds, and Chris Peters.

Performed live at Rockwood Music Hall, 1/27/19.

Live at Rockwood

The Presence (Live)

I fell in love with a daydream
and she was beautiful, impeccable, my flawless fantasy

I fell in love with a daydream
and she was everything that I wanted her to be

I fell in love with a daydream...

I fell in love with a daydream
and she could move mountains, walk on water, calm the stormy seas
Never met a piece that fit more perfectly
I hoped that maybe, that she would daydream with me 

Made her from my memories
created in my reveries 
I hoped and waited patiently 
maybe daydream with me?

Daydream

We were always connected 
we should have expected
that one day, I might be into you

We swore that this was a friendship
so are you really suggesting
that maybe we should be lovers too? 

I still have so many questions...

If we wander down this road
would you tell me your objective?
Would you want to take it slow
or be passionate and reckless? 
Is it really more than just
more than pure infatuation? 
Do you think it could be love? 
Do you think it could be love? 

Lately I'm so Unsure...
Are these feelings we can trust? 
How do we know if this is supposed to be us? 
Do we get these chances more than once
in this life? 

We discuss till the early morning
spend hours on the subway platform
full of emotions we can't convey
We have to use drawings and analogies
we're both too immature
our words just get in the way

And you wonder if years from now
will I still find you attractive? 
Will I give you all of me
or will I only be distracted? 
If you open up your heart
then will I enter softy
And is it really worth the risk we'll take
or would it be more costly 

Baby I'm so unsure
Are these feelings we can trust? 
How do we know if this is supposed to be us? 
Do we get these chances more than once
in this life?

In this life...

Unsure

I know we haven't heard from 
Each other in a while
Busy, maybe

But there's a world I wander
A place I try to find you
In my memory

I remember how every year we'd meet 
under the same rustic sky
we were two spirits floating free
imaginations flying high
I guess I miss the energy
how we used to be
I think about it all the time

Wonderin if I've been crossin your mind

Rainy day card games...you'd school me every time
drove me crazy
sunsets on the sand
were you holding my hand? 
the picture's a little hazy

But I remember the smell of ocean breeze
Trying to catch seagulls in the sky
We were two spirits floating free
Imaginations flying high
I miss the carefree energy
the simplicity 
I think about it all the time

Wonderin if I've been crossin your mind

I think about you all the time...

Wonderin

We've been a long time comin' 
we'd be putting it all on the line for this
but maybe it's worth the risk...

maybe it's worth the risk

We could fly like the condors
soar above the worlds we know
climb ruby skies like scaffolds, see where the wind blows
maybe we'd find paradise between these thermal flows

But it'll get harder to breathe the higher you go...

What you doin with your head in the clouds?
You better come down, better come down 
What you doin with your head in the clouds?
You better plant your feet on the ground, boy

Head in the Clouds (An Uncertainty)

Feelin a little bit
Feelin a little bit stronger now
Standin a little bit
Standin a little bit taller now
Needed a minute but
Needed time to figure myself out
I think, I think, I think I'm ready now

Ohhh
When did I lose my shine
When did I lose my shine 
When did I lose my shine 
I think I'm ready
to step into the limelight

Limelight (A Proclamation)

a fire burns inside us, they thought they could tone it down
so terrified of how we gleam
did it make em. did it make em shine less brilliantly? 
we're luminous

a fire burns inside us, they thought they could snuff it out
the words used to smother us 
got us burnin, burnin brighter now
we're still luminous

so get up get up, we're gonna shine a light
not gonna lay down at their feet, no 
we are the burning beacons in the night
the ones that someone needs to see

someone needs it
we'll stay luminous

Luminous

feels like I've been waiting for ya
my whole life, my whole life
like we're meant for something
that'll only happen when our souls unite

cuz we're so much more than birds of a feather
now we're synchronizing energies
we're a force of nature when we're together
we've got synergy, we've got synergy

times are changing
this crazy world, so many battles left to fight
as these wars keep raging
well there's no one else that I want by my side

cuz we're so much more than birds of a feather
now we're synchronizing energies
we're a force of nature when we're together
we've got synergy, we've got synergy

well I thought that I could handle whatever
but it's better when it's you and me 
imagine what we can accomplish together
we've got synergy, we've got synergy

Synergy

we creep in the dark
hoping that no one will see who we are
hiding our faces, concealing our hearts
cuz we're scared they'll get torn
cuz we're scared they'll get torn apart

shadow dwellers

just scraping by
scavenging scraps that our peers left behind
abundance is dangling in the sunlight 
but we'd rather stay safe
but we'd rather stay under the cover of night

claws, they're dug in so deep
insecurities are pulling us under
scared to burn in the light
we die in the night
to hide from the sun, we're

shadow dwellers

eyes on our screens
wishing we could be what we see on t.v.
the only way we live is vicariously
cuz it's safer to be

shadow dwellers

hope in our eyes
left unfulfilled it grew crusted and dry
but they can't call us failures cuz we never tried
we just found a safe place to
we found a safe place to hide

claws, they're dug in so deep
insecurities are pulling us under
scared to burn in the light
we die in the night
to hide from the sun, we're

shadow dwellers

yes, we've made it this far
is this all we are? 
would we rather wonder?

Shadow Dwellers

Hi. My name is Joey. I like to make things.

Song Without Words (solo guitar)

JosephPrestamo

Recent comments

wanderso

Related tracks