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Gentle giant.

Struck Soundtrack - Main Theme

Listen to my political opinion....

Don't slide your ass to the right
Not unless you are the misogynist type
Don't slide your ass to the right
We will riot if you try
Don't slide your ass to the right
They're all racists who like to pick fights
Don't slide your ass to the right
We will riot if you try

Now let's all bow down to our God

Don't shake your ass to the left
Not unless you like government checks
Don't shake your ass to the left
We will shoot you in the head
Don't shake your ass to the left
They kill babies and worship Baphomet
Don't shake your ass to the left
We will shoot you in the head

Now let's all bow down to our God

Money.......

People, people....
listen to me
they are your enemy
they need to be destroyed
they cannot be reasoned with
if you attempt to speak with them
then you're fraternizing with the enemy
do you hear me?
listen to me people
the time for peace is over
and every single fucking last one of them
needs to have their skulls kicked in 
and their livelihood burned to the ground
tear the whole goddamn thing down
and salt the barren ground
and when you're good and satisfied
don't forget to visit the gift shop on your way out

Now that the dust has settled
and my favorite team has won,
my ceremonial robes
and insignia I don
Cuz' there's something terrible
the payment has come due
You see they came for my soul
Now they're coming for you.....

The Shake And Slide Political Fight

Goodbye Sun

Absurd Fate of the Last Architect

Did You Hear? for mixed SATB choir (a cappella with divisis, SSAATTB), Duration: ca. 6'. Commissioned by the Vermont Youth Orchestra Chorus, Jeffrey Buettner, director. World Premiere: Vermont Youth Orchestra Chorus, Jeffrey Buettner, director, April 7-8, Elley-Long Music Center, South Burlington, VT, USA, 2011. Publisher: Bill Holab Music.

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PROGRAM NOTE
The idea for Did You Hear? was conceived by the Vermont Youth Orchestra Chorus and its director, Jeffrey Buettner. They asked me to write a piece that would reflect their lives, something they deal with on a daily basis, so we settled on the theme of rumors. Since I could not find an appropriate text, I enlisted the help of writer and librettist David Cote, one of my friends and frequent collaborators.

Did You Hear? was commissioned by the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association while composer in residence through a Meet The Composer/League of American Orchestras Music Alive Residency.

TEXT
Did you hear?			No. Hear what?

You won’t believe—		I will. Tell me.

You won’t believe if I say.	Tell me I promise—

It just happened today.	I promise, I won’t tell a single soul.

Do you want to hear?		Whisper in my ear.

No way. Way!
Sick! Weird! Gross! Insane!
A friend of a friend of a friend said they heard it first.
I’m gonna tweet it. I have like fifty-two followers!
Tweet. Tweet. Tweet. Tweet! Twitter. Twitter.
Retweet. Retweet. Retweet. 

Shhhhhh!
Here he comes. 

They say your ears burn when someone talks about you. My ears are burning. Why? Nobody notices me. 

What is wrong with him?	What is wrong with them? 
What is wrong with her? 	What is wrong with me? 
What is wrong with us?

I’m a freak. I’m like that song.
I’m a freak; I don’t belong.
Something’s wrong with me.
After I’m gone, will anyone talk about me? 
Will I disappear?

Hey, everyone. Did you hear?

Did you hear about SARAH? 

No. What? Tell me!

Eternal Reflections

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Did You Hear?

Scorpion Tales for Two Harps
Duration: 15'
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1126
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/scorpion-tales

PROGRAM NOTES
Gruesome creatures have always fascinated me, so when Duo Scorpio asked me if I would be interested in writing them a new piece, and their only request was that I incorporate the scorpion as a theme, I was happy to oblige.

The first movement, Trinidad Scorpion, is inspired by a fiery red pepper called the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T", currently the hottest pepper in the world. It measures a blistering 1,463,700 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). (A typical jalapeno pepper measures around 5,000 SHU, while a habanero pepper measures up to 350,000 SHU.) The tempo is appropriately marked con fuoco, and the contrapuntal middle section is subtly infused with Calypso rhythms.

Promenade à deux is the title of the second movement, borrowed from a colorful description of the scorpion's complex courting and mating ritual. This begins when the male and female locate and identify each other using a mixture of pheromones and vibrational communication. The courtship starts with the male grasping the female's pedipalps with his own; the pair then perform a "dance" called the promenade à deux. The courtship ritual can involve several other behaviours such as juddering and a cheliceral kiss, in which the male's claw-like mouthparts grasp the female's. In some cases, the male will inject her with a small amount of venom, perhaps as a means of pacifying her. Once mating is complete, they separate. The male generally retreats quickly, most likely to avoid being cannibalised by the female, although sexual cannibalism is infrequent with scorpions. Scorpions glow fluorescent under black lights, so I imagine the scorpions basking in a fluorescent afterglow after completing their courtship.

The third movement, The Tale of Orion, is inspired by an ancient Greek myth. According to legend, Orion boasted to goddess Artemis and her mother, Leto, that he would kill every animal on earth. Although Artemis was known to be a hunter herself, she offered protection to all creatures. Artemis and her mother sent a scorpion to deal with Orion. The pair battled and the scorpion killed Orion. The contest was apparently lively enough to catch Zeus's attention, so he raised the scorpion to heaven and afterwards, at the request of Artemis, did the same for Orion. This served as a reminder for mortals to curb their excessive pride. A second version describes Orion and Artemis growing fond of each other. Learning of this development, Apollo, Artemis's twin brother, grew angry and sent a scorpion to attack Orion. After Orion was killed, Artemis asked Zeus to put Orion up in the sky. So every winter Orion hunts in the sky, but every summer he flees as the constellation of the scorpion approaches.

Scorpion Tales was commissioned by harpists Kathryn Andrews and Kristi Shade of Duo Scorpio through a grant from the American Harp Society.

Scorpion Tales

Scorpion Tales - I. Trinidad Scorpion

R.E.M. influenced jangly guitar track. Had the chorus lyric and melody for years but never really finished the song off. In my head it's the story of a guy somewhere in the US pining for a girl he left behind in England in search of new life, some north of a statue standing somewhere east of London.

Michael Murray's Album

East of London

The second track of our acoustic project. Becomes less acoustic towards the end!

LYRICS:

Walking on coals to keep your feet warm
Burning the soles and changing your form
The end never comes ‘til your fingers and thumbs are bleeding and raw and your spirit is torn

Fighting the cold and working the land
It’s taking its toll when you’re sowing in sand
Kneel down in the field and accept that you yield to the futile battles you wage with the shield in your hand

We’ll find you where you fell and we can bring you around
We’ll hide you so that no one can tell and you can never be found
You can sleep for a thousand years because we won’t make a sound

Won't Make A Sound

Ando Moon - "Somehow"

O Renascer de um Sonho

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