“More with the Music” was a labor of love. If you or someone you know has ever experienced life with a family member that has or had (sorry for your loss) Alzheimer’s disease, you’ll understand the spirit in which this song was written. I lost my father to this heart-wrenching disease (as well as a final, fatal stroke) during the late summer of 2013. Not knowing how to interpret this experience, it took me over a year to process what had happened. I used that energy and channeled it into a creative force. This is that force. Co-incidentally, Glen Campbell, a masterful musician, inspiration and recording artist, now sits in a memory care unit on the west coast and is unable to speak from the effects of Alzheimer’s. While, in October of 2014, Mr. Campbell occasionally picked up a guitar and plays music. It is said that the motor skills are the last to go. By 2016, he had no recollection about what a guitar is, no less the impact that he had on the instrument and popular music.
The arrangement for this song also pays tribute to Mr. Campbell in that it is guitar-driven and has a few of the hallmarks of a Glen Campbell song in tonality and (dare I say) vocal approach. This is a Upbeat Demo by design. As such, I hope this recording strives to do two things: 
1. Respects the legions of people who live with (and care for) Alzheimer’s victims; and
2. Holds up a reason for Hope in a situation that is so heartfelt to all afflicted. More research needs to be funded to understand and treat this debilitating disease.
Likes, shares and comments are most welcome. Thanks, in advance,
©2014 delAardvark Communications, Inc. (Remixed and eMastered in May 2016)
More with the Music

After ALL, | he bought | my first GUITAR
Drove me to practice | in his wide-finned car
With this, | a life-long passion | was born
But we drifted | apart; | a new day would | dawn
And so, | I moved | from near-to-OH SO-FAR…OH SO FAR
Time marches on, | the lines in his face deepened
His memory | came to fail, | and his resolve | weakened
He couldn't recall, | I was VESTED IN THE SONG
So I hauled out | that old guitar – Took some tunes | from the cookie jar
And I sang | to him as he drifted further away, | further away, | in his final days
Well in the end, | he said, “I have to | scratch my head: 
Why didn't you do MORE…More with | the music?”
But the SONG | was such a big part of my life 
Still his words | cut like a knife
The Music | would heal my hurt… | For all | IT was worth
N’ “WHY | didn't you Do | …More | with the Music?”
And NOW, | I do More with the Music.
Drawn to it like a moth | to the light
Like a Hummingbird | to her flight…
N’ He’s long gone… | But I do it | More anyhow;
More | with the Music, | though he won’t hear it | now,
Still I sing my song… | just the same | I vow
I do it | ALL ALONG; go right back to the song
I do, I do, I do | ‘cause I’m…MORE | MORE with the Music



More With The Music - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

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Please follow MichaeldelAard here and on twitter @MichaeldelAard. We've long been moved by the rough cuts, bootlegs and demos by storied artists both past and present because they show pure emotion, high creativity unfettered by auto-tune and over-production. The elimination of anything that could remotely resemble anything but a perfect track is not part of this stream. This project is more about spontaneity. You'll find perfectly human imperfections and, spare (lean and mean)demo productions throughout. On occasion, though all tracks were recorded ultra-simply on an iPhone's voice memo app, we would pull a track into GarageBand to add a track or sound effects (as in several of the originals, herein)...but all in all these are low-fat productions that reflect our most basic love for music and storytelling. Nothing more than that. Should a track tickle your ear, we'd be most grateful to here about it. Thanks for the opportunity to share with you. Follows, comments and shares are welcome.