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This song has nothing to do with aesthetics, being attractive, is in my opinion the least interesting thing about a person BUT feeling confident, comfortable and empowered in your body is important, to me that is true beauty. 

It would be nice to feel great about yourself every day but life can, at times, have a tendency to make you feel small and inadequate. It’s especially easy now with the addition of social media, comparing your body and life to the bodies and lives of “perfect” people online can be soul crushing. It can leave you feeling like all that you are isn’t enough. 

That’s when you need someone to lift you up. You need kind words when you’re unable to speak them to yourself, you need reassurance when you’re feeling discouraged. You need a reminder that you’re a bad ass and that you should never shrink to make others comfortable, because you’re not “too much” you’re just enough.

Pretty

Fragments of Sea Glass
Words by Andrea Brennan
Music and Musical Performances by
Dominick B. Giarraputo
Copyright © 2021 

Green and purple, amber and blue
Fragments of sea glass
Each one so beautiful
Like the memories of me and you
ooooh
Fragments of sea glass

Out to the shore we would go
Whenever the tide was low
And search in the sand for hours on end
For treasures to bring back home

Green and purple, amber and blue
Fragments of sea glass
Each one so beautiful
Like the memories of me and you
ooooh
Fragments of sea glass

All summer long we played
Pretending we weren't afraid
Searching for peace of mind
With every broken find and treasures to bring home……
bring back home

Green and purple, amber and blue
Fragments of sea glass
Each one so beautiful
Like the memories of me and you
ooooh
Fragments of sea glass

At summer's end you left me
I pray that you rest in peace
I'll head to the shore tomorrow
To drown my sorrow in a rainbow of memories

Memories…….. memories

Fragments Of Sea Glass

Love is gentle
And temperamental
However we fight
It's always in reach

Though we'll stumble
Down we tumble
It gets us back on our feet

Love is a kiss
With words on your lips
You know are better unsaid

We need reminding
When the darts are flying
Another way instead

The answer is love

Love is a lens
The sees through any defense
This whirling emotion
Whipping you to brand new highs

An act of balance
This dizzying challenge
Can take you by surprise

Oh the answer.....
The answer is love

The Answer - REVISED - camera demo

Lady Gaga’s sense of style
Brian Wilson's awkward smile
And all the songs he wrote with Jan and Dean

These are things I shouldn't love... I still do.

That second slice of pumpkin pie
Dumb movies with that “Hey, Vern!” guy
Does anyone still read MAD Magazine?     

These are things I shouldn't love... I still do.

I was born in California
Half-a-mile from Venice Beach
After school I’d watch those surfer girls
Always slightly out of reach.

New York City in the rain
Midnights riding on the subway train
Apartment B still smells of nicotine

And it reminds me of you
And all those things I shouldn't love... but I still do.


Things I Shouldn't Love (mellow demo) - Lee Charles Kelley (lyric) and Justin Osowiecki collab

Empathy (Lyrics by Texo Carmen)

Angel (Feat. Serene Sunderland - user-846248422)

She's got pimples on her nose
Ballet blisters on her toes
Her mother says that's just how life goes

Dinner time sit up straight
Frozen fish sticks on her plate
Her mother screams, "We're running late!  Get in the car!"

It doesn't pay for her to cry
So she takes it all in stride
That's how a kid gets by 
Suburban life

Her brothers barge into her room
Steal her backpack and her shoes
Daddy sighs, what do you want me to do?

It doesn't pay for her to cry
So she takes it all in stride
That's how a kid gets by...

Stand back world
It's only a matter of time
You can't keep this girl
From taking to the skies

Suburban Life Demo13

Lyrics by David L. Graham
Music by Kate Stanton

Back Off, Cupid  

I should have never stopped in here tonight
I should have known you’d be here and why
You’d think I’d know better than what I do
But the blue neon and tequila’s cut you loose

Before you start it...you better stop
Cause my heart’s as hard as a rock

So, Back off Cupid
Let me go home
I’ve had too many shots
Just need to be alone
So, Back off Cupid
Love ain’t what I need tonight

That last time isn’t something I wanna repeat 
(You’ve slung your arrows)
For a minute I thought your concern was sweet
(Round left and right)
I thought for a while your romantic gestures were cool
(Half the bar here)
But I know now all your clients must be fools
(Wants to change my life)

CHORUS

So, Back off Cupid
Love ain’t what I need tonight

Back Off, Cupid (Feat. lyrics by McTown Music)

For Tony
Jeff Walker - Lyrics & Music

You chased a rainbow
Caught a falling star
Dreams just poured out 
Of that hole in your guitar

The language that you learned to speak
Taught what words could never teach
How to feel alive

When you started out
It was bluegrass to the bone
But wood and wire takes flight
In hands such as your own

Manzanita broke the mold
Then gravity gave up its hold
And opened all our eyes

Br
Mere emotions can miss the mark
We need a glimpse of holiness and grace
With music, we can find that place

In some dream an angel came
But why she couldn’t say
Took your enchanted spirit
Into the milky way

The world turned on as you flew higher
Your songs bloomed out from a thousand choirs
And rose into the sky

For Tony

Have been playing around with this song arrangement too much. Really love the chorus and hope to put vocals to this.

Push Back

Lyrics by Doug Haberman
Music by Justin Osowiecki

You breezed into my life
I never knew what I had missed
Then you flew off
Like a bird into the mist

I remember every time
You drew close and then we kissed
But then you flew off
Like a bird into the mist

You came to me one day with tears
That looked like morning dew
The words you said left me half-dead:
I will remember you

You held my arm so tight
It left a ring around my wrist
Then you flew off
Like a bird into the mist

You breezed into my life
Now I know all I missed
'Cause you flew off
Like a bird into the mist

Into The Mist - demo with Doug Haberman

Lyrics written by Wobbie Wobbit

I aimlessly wander
Hither and yonder
There's nowhere that I gotta be
I got time to squander
Mindlessly ponder
What it means to be me

I am happy
Floating along on the breeze
Such abandon
Just being random
I go wherever I please

I'm gonna sing
Gonna sing without a care
I got the feeling
I'm walking on air
Hahahahaha

No destination
Just exploration
A landscape inside and out
Pure fascination
With recreation
It's what it's all about

I am happy
Floating along on the breeze
Such abandon
Just being random
I go wherever I please

I'm gonna sing
Gonna sing without a care
I got the feeling
I'm walking on air
Hahahahaha
Hahahahahaha
Hahaha

I'm gonna sing
Gonna sing without a care
I got the feeling
I'm walking on air
Hahahahahaha

Ha Ha Ha Ha (Feat. Serene Sunderland - user-846248422)

Lyric: Donna Devine
Music & vocals: Billy Playle

Creme Brulee

Words, vocal and melody by Jeff Walker
Guitar arrangement by Justin Osowiecki

This is a  demo of a new idea.  The acoustic is a rough track recorded on mu phone, which Jeff used to compose a lyric and melody over.  A proper recording will be done in short order.
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One of these days it’ll be ok
Little dreams have to glow in the night
Hope is the kindling, love is the air  
A spark, then a fire, then a light
 
Everyone falters, everyone breaks
Even skies fall apart in a storm 
Coal becomes diamond, diamond cuts glass
Everything hurts being born
 
These are just words
I know you want more
You want to feel not so alone
It’s hard to believe
But I’ve been there before
And you’ll tell your kids
The same when you’re grown
 
Life’s a lot more than a game to be won
Keeping score doesn’t measure your soul
Light up your journey from your own flame
Let your own heart make you whole
 
These are just words
I know you want more
You want to feel not so alone
It’s hard to believe
But I’ve been there before
And you’ll tell your kids
The same when you’re grown

A spark, then a fire, then a light

Just Words - rough demo collab with Jeff Walker

Lyrics by Sharon Stepler
Music by Justin Osowiecki

If we lived on the Moon
We could watch Earthrise
In dark unclouded skies
So lovely to see

If we lived on the Moon
We’d walk in Earthlight
‘Til it vanished from our sight
Into infinity

If we lived on the Moon
We’d express our confusion
At the foolish delusions
Of the poor human race

If we lived on the Moon
Earth would seem so small
A tiny and fragile ball
Suspended in space

If We Lived on the Moon - collab with Sharon Stepler (live camera demo)

The internet is an incredible and diverse platform, especially for creatives. The ability to interact online, to watch, listen and engage with people and their content is amazing. However, the wonderful web also has a dark side, and one aspect I've always struggled to understand is Trolling. I truly believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I don’t in any way expect people to like everything they see or hear. However, what I think is unfortunate is the desire for some people to tear others down, seemingly, just because they can.‘Trolls’ is essentially a reflection on this unwanted negative attention that I, and I’m sure many others, sometimes experience online.

If We Lived on the Moon - collab with Sharon Stepler (live camera demo)

Justin Osowiecki Music

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