Nice job Linda. Your sound is getting better on your recordings. Way to progress.  Nice song too by the way

"Broken Dreams" An original song by

Still not sure if green is green or life is one giant green screen?
Please check out the completely not relevant irrelevant video :)

https://youtu.be/LLnsf4QqFZo

Is this green?

Well, my good friend Paco dropped me a note to say he had a piece of music to which I might like to try and add something, were I so inclined.  Always a good day when that happens.

Now, I can't honestly recall the precise sequence in which the neurons fired inside my skull to yield the result we have here, but we are where we are as they say.

Don't go looking at me for rationale.

Thank you, Paco, as always my friend, for inviting me to come out to play, and for mastering the end result in the midst of untold techno-horror grief.  I hope your DAW world resolves itself very soon.
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Socrates at Sundown

I lie bewildered, here, in my sphere of cubes,
On crushed silk cushions sprawled.
I sketch the cool Palladian dudes
In charcoal, on Aleutian walls.
They think I know what thoughts are theirs,
And beg to trade their graceless airs, 
But I left them there to climb their stairs
Ever downward through Athenian halls.

They say my knowledge is remiss,
The diabolical's back in town.
Seems ignorance is bliss
For this philosophical clown.
I'm seeking emptiness of mind,
That's where I hope to find
That old, old friend of mine,
Socrates, at sundown.

My associate, Plato knows the game
Survives through pretty dialogue
He suffocates but bestows his shame
On city states whose statutes fog
The heads of people in their ranks
Attentive on the Eridanos banks
Dispensing death by way of thanks
As justice shreds its cogs.

Deep mental grasp of social structure
No need to ever write it down
Accused outcast for youth's corrupture
Where the bleeding of democracy is bound
To seek the causal end of time
Of Aristotle and Nietzsche's kind
The men of Athens rendered blind
Killed that old, old friend of mine,
Socrates, at sundown.

Socrates At Sundown (with MidiSound)

The Grand Stage

Morten made a string version of Meet Me At The Heart Nebula with a very different approach to the original. To me it has kind of a threatening urgency about it which fits with the state of this planet.  Returning back to the safety of the planet Earth after flying around in space. Question is - how long will it be safe? We wish for the music to make people reflect on the big issues.

See original version: https://soundcloud.com/heidijks/meet-me-at-the-heart-nebula-fade-master-2-mix-2023?si=9ba3b8fd7f114c09a02891a0dedbbcee&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Lyrics and vocals Heidi K
Additional backing vocals by Jeamland

Production by the audio engineer Guru Morten Jeamland @mortenjeamland

Meet Me At The Heart Nebula - String version

Meet Me At The Heart Nebula - String Version - Jeamland & Heidi K

"I like this song." Even though I heard in the comments that the "phase" was happening, I didn't think it was a bad sound during the creation. I like the "phase shift" in Mr. Superstein's comment.
The song was inspired by a photograph of a man sleeping in the crowd in front of the station and his companion's dog. The melody of the trumpet is the slumber of two people. The surrounding miscellaneous sounds express the hustle and bustle of the city.
"What a fun composition experience." I was able to experience the fun of "Phase Shift" even though I had never heard a single piece about Reich. I couldn't be happier.

Amekaze likes phase shifts! (262)

This is a little bit like the Everly Brothers version of Lucille but a bit heavier. I have used mostly the original lyrics as well as some in Everly brothers version and half a line of my own.

PS I love Little Richard's original version...Albert Collins and Little Richard wrote the song in 1956. It was recorded on 30th July 1956. Happy 67th birthday Lucille!

Words

Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
No no no no no Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
There ain't nothing to you but I love you still

Lucille, please, come back where you belong
Lucille, please, come back where you belong
I've been good to you, baby, please don't leave me alone

When I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight
I asked my friends about her but all their lips were tight

Lucille, please, come back where you belong
I've been good to you, baby, please, don't leave me alone

Break

When I woke up this morning, you were not in sight
I asked my friends about you but you'd taken off that night

Lucille, you don't do your daddy's will
There ain't nothing to you but I love you still

Lucille, please, come back where you belong
Lucille, please, come back where you belong
I've been good to you, baby, please, don't leave me alone

Lucille

Lucille (cover)

Recorded / Mixed: Audacity: Tam Jennifer
Keyboard: Roland E-X20 
Mic: Rhode USB mini 
Music/Lyrics/Vocals: Erin Jennifer

My first SoundCloud song!

Lyrics

I saw a stranger in the mist
Across the river nearby 
and I wish that you were on my side
Though we cant be friends ever again

I think about you everyday
The pain not going away
And you'll just make it worse like a on-going curse 

I saw a stranger in the mist
Across the river nearby 
I saw someone that I used to know
And it hurt

But I know
That everything matters to me
And though I shouldn't 
Every part of me cares about you
Even if you won't feel the same

© Erin Jennifer, Tam Jennifer, 2023

Stranger In The Mist (with Tam Jennifer, 2023)

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La Grange - ZZ Top - (Cover)

I am drawn to folk, blues, soft rock, and country music new or old. I love songs that tell a story, especially the Irish, English, and Scottish ballads of long ago because their stories are often timeless, and most everyone at anytime can relate to. 

Memories of people, places. and events throughout my life influence the songs I write.



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