wonderful singing and great cinematic backstory!

Piano solo, free improvisation.

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Proximity

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 4th May 2022

# Lyrics

It’s not like I know
How to be whole
Its more a feeling in my heart that comes but goes

Its not like I see
Things slip from me
Just let my eyes fall to dark spaces in between

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Its not like the world
Will let me take a breath
A thousand foolish fates await the ones that’s left

It’s not going to change
It’s not going to wait
It’s challenging everything you can before too late

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Try to Believe

Let Go

Wings for the future.WAV

Not really alt rock but the guitar solo at the end is fairly anarchic. 

To Fly or not to Fly 

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

To fly or not to fly that is the question.    
It’s a no brainer ‘cept for the greedy and absurd.   
There’s kilos of carbon coming from engines. 
While the earth below - floods and burns

M’lady says she’s gotta fly yeah it’s in the blood            
She’s gotta have exotica - it’s there for the taking
Even though people of the world - are under the pump
And down there in the wheat fields – the crops are baking

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

Hate being a gloomy carrier pigeon
But the writings there on the internet
The forecast for earth - it’s grim and turgid
Makes it dumb to fly airliner jets

M’lady says the scientists - will find a solution
There’s no need to live  - like a peasant farmer
She don’t need to feel shame - about her vapor trail
Hey she’s never been - to West Estonia

TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY

Official release date August 19, 2022
Written: Marina Florance and Richard Pierce
LVs/Guitar/Recording/Production: Marina Florance
BVs: Kitty Perrin
Piano: Paul Bullen
Strings and Bass: Mark Jolley

About 'Annie C' (long story alert)

When I was in my early teens I had a wonderful aunt who always indulged my music, whether it be us sitting or dancing together playing singles on her radiogram, or listening to my awful early teens singing with my guitar.
My aunt, Lucy, was a cleaner at Kilburn College, one day she came home with a bag full of singles she had salvaged from the bin, the story she told was of a teacher, at the college, who had been so heartbroken, after her love dumped her, she threw all of her 45s (reminders of her lost love) in the bin. My aunt gave them to me that day.
I still have those 45s , truth be told, I never really looked at them before. I've had them over 50 years, only looked recently due to re-organising my studio. Wanting to put stuff in alphabetical order, I found the box of 45s (without covers) in the loft, many of them signed 'Annie' across the label and, the memory cogs started turning...
I didn't recognise the title/singer of one the tracks so I played it on my phone, (Tears by Danny Williams) it's first few bars played and the whole story of the 45s came flooding back.
I've cleaned them up, bought some paper 45 covers, integrated them with my own collection and am finally giving them the love that they, and Annie deserve.
I shared this memory with Lyricist/Author/Poet: Richard Pierce and Annie C became a song of her own.

Annie C

The Little Ghost Song

A Tatooed Drummer

Out of the Box January 2023
[tip-toe alert at 3:15]

Mostly Ghostly Dub

Urtheigle [part 2]

Rob Brooks suggested adding a further part for strings. Here it be, with my thanks to Rob for his kind recommendation.

Piano/String Part 2

Singer/songwriter originally from NW London, Marina’s music crosses genres & has been described as Americana, Folk & Country, while she doubtless draws inspiration from many sources, her voice & style are uniquely her own.
Visit her website for lots more info
Marina came to performing late in life although very soon after making the decision to "come out of the kitchen" she was awarded Arts Council funding, via the Escalator Project, to record a debut album, Somewhere Down The Line. Using this as a platform she has since reached audiences not previously thought possible.
Now with four albums completed she's been played on BBC6Music, BBC introducing Norfolk and Suffolk, had four tracks make the Tom Robinson's BBC6 Mixtape. Her song Cry was performed by the actor Anthony Head on ITV's This Morning.
Jan 2019, Marina, & co-writer Jules Fox Allen, won the FATEA Innovation Award alongside The Warm & Toasty Club founder, Johnno Casson, for the lottery & Arts Council funded, Memory Afternoons Project. The songs written can be heard here on SoundCloud.
Marina has played many festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Strawberry Fair, Norwich and Norfolk Festival.
She has been a Moderator for Fresh On The Net.

Annie C

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