I love the cold. I love what snow does to my creative process.  Composed over two snowy winters in England.   

more music by moi : https://www.reverbnation.com/TomJack_composer/songs
art by moi : https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/eric-sawyer/collections


अज्ञात परिदृश्य

Creatrix @ DMT, AfrikaBurn 2025 Wednesday midnight

This song is about my foster parents Aunty Katriena and Oom Frans. They took in this little baby and cared for him. Saw that, at age 3 he liked to sing and got him into music classes and singing in church from age 4 and a harmonica at age 5. From age 6 classical piano and the rest is history. When my daughter Jodi and I lived for two magical years in Tulbagh, we had a little Jack Russel called Groovy, or "Ouboet", as I called him eventually. He always used to come into the room when I record and on this day decided to sing for his supper. He sadly died soon after this in a dog fight. Those were the best days of our lives.  

Antie Katriena En Oom Frans - Leslie Javan

Woorde: Tradisioneel en C.J. LANGENHOVEN: Vers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Musiek: S.A. Volkswysie; verwerk: H. PIETER VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Die liedjie se woorde word deur sommige as omstrede beskou, omdat dit oppervlakkig ontleed klink of 'n kind vermoor word. Dit het gissings laat ontstaan dat dit moontlik een van Louis Leipoldt se gedigte is wat oor die dood van kinders in die konsentrasiekampe handel.[2]

Verskeie verduidelikings is egter hierteen aangebied, onder andere dat die woorde "siem bamba" Xhosa vir "ons vang hom" is. In die konteks verwys dit na 'n slang (of iets wat gevang word, en dus gevaar of onheil versinnebeeld) en dan vermorsel word.[3]

Volgens die Etimologiewoordeboek van Afrikaans is die woord waarskynlik ’n samestelling van Portugees: sim, ‘ja’ en bamba, ‘dans, spring, ophang’, of minder waarskynlik Xhosa, ukubamba ‘gryp, vang, vashou’ of Zoeloe, bamba ‘vat, gryp’ of Zoeloe, isibamba, ‘veselgordel’, of dalk bloot ’n klankmatige woord wat ’n wiegbeweging suggereer.

Die liedjie is tot in die 19de eeu gesing as "Sie(n) mamba, mama se kindjie", wat weereens na 'n slang (die bose, onheil, gevaar) verwys. Die woorde “sien die mamba" het later siembamba in die volksmond geword, soos dit vandag algemeen bekend staan.[4]

Die eerste verwysing na die liedjie is in Joan van Niekerk se Die groot Afrikaanse-Hollandse liederbundel wat in 1927 verskyn het. Die oorsprong daarvan is egter nie gedokumenteer nie. Tien jaar later het dit in die eerste FAK-sangbundel verskyn.[5]

Siembamba Volkswysie - (arranged By Leslie Javan)

Hey guys! I know I haven’t shared with you videos for a while. I just went through a season of feeling paralyzed. A time of feeling like I’m not allowed and able to dream anymore because of what life has been throwing at me lately. But God is so good. He used this time so I could have more conversations with Him, and also so I could reach deeper into the meaning of this dream he’s planted in my heart. 

This simple Mamma Mia and The Greatest Showman inspired Dream Medley is for you. No matter how many crazy things get, I hope you find the courage to rise up and dream again and again and again. 💫

“Our dreams shouldn’t be rooted in the big or impressive, but rather in the hope for the people and places around us. Look around you and dream wildly — that’s God’s will for you!” - Tim Mannin

Keyboardist: Denise Azucena ♥️
Edited by Drea Estrellado

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dfPwfbzIFPE

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I Have A Dream - Mamma Mia/Greatest Showman Medley (Vanya Castor Cover)

Here's to constantly finding a different face of our Maker in every season we find ourselves in — in the year that was and the year that will be. 😊

Thank you to my brothers Zak Yokingco (keyboard) and Ryan Nacario (video) for selflessly helping me out with this one.

Happy Christmas everyone!!! 🎄

Edited by Drea Estrellado

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/S1z_h-Ka7xs

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Seasons - Hillsong Worship (Vanya Castor Cover)

The one where a Disney-inspired song teaches me about trust. 🦁

Also the one where, in my busyness/restlessness, God assures me that He loves me either way. 😌🍃

Piano instrumental from Sing2Piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9fh8nMzDa8&feature=youtu.be

Edited by: Eureka Design Studio

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3h4OMobeLc

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Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John (Vanya Castor Cover)

A little something for the rain ☔️

Arranged, mixed, and recorded by: Xeric Tan

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QiZSYKq4uNU

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Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald (Vanya Castor Cover)

gathered my YEBBA lovin' friends to do this cover ✨
these amazing voices I'm singing with are Rafael Gutierrez and Pauline Mae Lauron

🎹 On keys: Cj Sarte

Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/W19BGDb6_WA

Evergreen - YEBBA (Cover)

Doennit in Afrikaans Demo

Tell Me

Artist: Amirah
Composer: Amirah
Lyrics: Amirah, Amy Powers

Verse 1
I dive in the darkest oceans
I walk on the shifting sands
The more that I see of this world 
The less that I understand it

Prechorus 1
Am I my name, am I my face
My religion or my race
My tradition or my tribe
Or just this heart that beats inside
And can I ever justify the choice I make?

Chorus 
Tell me 
Tell me
Ahhhh...
What should I believe?

Verse 2
I hide while the storm surrounds me
I watch while the fires burn
Beneath every answer I know
The questions are still returning

Prechorus 2
Am I my fear, am I my faith 
Am I my love, am I my hate 
Am I the steel beneath my skin 
Or just the doubt that hides within
And can I still forgive my sins and find my grace?

Chorus 2
Tell me
Tell me
Ahhhh....
How do I believe?

Tell me
Tell me
Ahhh...
What should I believe?

Verse 3
We walk in the same sweet sunlight
Sleep under the same bright stars
Our wounds leave the same blood spilling
Our wars leave the same cruel scars

Pre Chorus 3
Are we free or are we slaves
And are we damned or are we saved
Are we the prayers that we recite
Or just our honour and our pride
And is it too late to decide to change our ways?

Chorus 3
Tell me
Tell me
Ahhh...
How do I believe?

Tell me
Tell me
Ahhh...
What should I believe?