Heartbreaking, beautiful song, my friend!

Ballad For Alma (Guitar solo)

Music written by Val Akey and Kontra Sz.
Kontra Sz plays all guitars.
Val Akey: drums, bass, keys programming in DAW (mix and master).

Many thanks Kontra for your wonderful guitar play and your contribution!
Please visit: https://soundcloud.com/kontra-sz
There is a great video created by Kontra Sz for this song. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqZ2lc2GHQ4

Release date: 18 November 2022

Slow River (Val Akey & Kontra Sz collab)

The flowers that I send you, are not uprooted. They are the notes that inspire me.

FLOWERS I SENT TO YOU

oh, my mother says she prays for me, every single night,
she says she prays, that i will be just all right.
living in the future.

vocal by tony mills of spark
written by eddie angel
arranged, played & produced by kid otari
drums by greek god yanni alfiers

cover AI midjourney Art by Marc Reusser

mastering by guillaume
soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks

Living In The Future 20230114
Recorded on tape at the Laundry Room, Oakland California
8-channel 1/2" Otari MX5050

Living In The Future

This is a song that Chris wrote and shared with Ken and me. We all used BandLab to work on the song together. it started with Chris' badass bass line and arrangement. Ken added some killer drums, in a very odd time. then I add some guitar over the top. I really like how this sounds like we're in room jamming together. Also, Chris produced and mixed this one, and another excellent job he did! We all hope you enjoy it!

Over Easy (with cgmaness and K2 and the Three)

wasurenai

Debra 's been generous enough to let me try to sing something over her beautiful "Song for the morning ". Thx a million my dear friend :))

Morning Song 

you feel my gaze and you wake up
and then slowly you seek my voice
when you have so much trouble waking up from sleep
I want to be near you
because you're looking at me with that unmistakable look because you squeeze my hand
to say "it's forever "
so I wrote this morning song for you

Chanson Du Matin (translated) w/ Debra Buesking

La Lumière

first contact

for no reason

lost in time

This song first entered my mind while I was comparing translations of the poetry of the remarkable Song dynasty poet Li Qingzhao.

	The attraction I have to Li Qingzhao's work is twofold - firstly: the sheer power of her expression, which speaks to me through each and every translation (some translations being so different that I often fail to recognize them as being the same poem) - secondly: her “Ci” poetry, is, for all practical purposes, songwriting.   “Ci” poetry began as lyrics to be sung to tunes both popular and original, not unlike the “12 bar blues” or “rock and roll” songs of the modern world.

	The imagery used in this song largely comes from her Ci poem “Banana Trees”, but should in no way be thought of as a translation - I do not pretend to have that kind of scholarship or talent.   It is, at best, a re-working of theme and image for a contemporary context.

	I do not know the original source of the cover art I have used here, but I found it at http://www.chinesetimeschool.com/en-us/articles/li-qingzhao/.   There are no extent images of Li Qinqzhao from her own time.

Lyrics:
        looking from our door, I see the poplars that we planted
	their green shadows fill the lawn
	their green shadows fill the lawn, leaves a-flutter in the breeze,
	in the quiet of the moment, they seem to share my thoughts

	they seem to share my thoughts, I recall a last farewell
	at the gateway of our home
	at the gateway of our home I listen to the sound, 
	in the quiet of the moment, to the rustling of leaves

	the rustling of leaves, a sound you’ll never hear again
	it breaks my heart
	it breaks my heart we can no longer share our thoughts,
	in the quiet of the moment, looking from our door

Looking From Our Door

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Looking from Our Door

singer/songwriter from Yarra Valley, Australia.   Struggling as much with modern times as with times past.   I guess that makes me a chronic struggler.

Looking from Our Door

Ken Minty

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