Original song. Division doesn't have to be permanent

Lyrics
An old friend is climbing his wall again
with the people screaming for his blood
And if he should come tumbling down                 
All the king’s men could do nothing with the pieces on the ground 

We’re at the tower of Babel again 
have we forgotten how to hear
But  listening doesn’t make us weak
let’s give our better angels their chance to speak

Oh let’s  give our better angels one more chance
Oh let’s  give our better angels one more chance
A chance to prove that we were worth the sacrifice
A change to pass these blessings to those closest to our life
A change to pass these blessings on 

Why do I believe that you are villain beyond repair 
And somehow a stranger to love
and that those that grovel for power are somehow pure 
As they lift up hatred and themselves as the cure

Oh let’s  give our better angels one more chance
Oh let’s  give our better angels one more chance
A chance to prove that we were worth the sacrifice
A change to pass these blessings to those closest to our life
A change to pass these blessings on 

Are we so divided that we’ll throw our pearls in the dirt 
and fight each other tooth and nail

Oh let’s  give our better angels one more chance
Oh let’s  give our better angels one more chance
A chance to prove that we were worth the sacrifice
A change to pass these blessings to those closest to our life
A change to pass these blessings on 

Are we so divided that we’ll throw our pearls in the dirt

Abraham's Lament(Better Angels)

This recording is a completed work of Wild Christopher's work "Jolene (Ever Find Your Forever Man)" with my guitar playing. "Jolene" is based on "Let Me Know", one of the "Paploviante Open Collab" pieces.
I received warm compliments and words of welcome from both of them. I am very grateful.I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart for including me in their wonderful work.

This work is over 6 minutes long. My guitar playing starts with a low volume and rhythm. About a third of the way through, my guitar starts playing to complement Christopher's great singing.

Below are links to each work.

Wild Christopher-Jolene (Ever Find Your Forever Man) - Paploviante Open Collab
https://soundcloud.com/neon-blur/jolene-ever-find-your-forever-man-paploviante-open-collab

Let Me Know - Offer Open Collaboration 80 Bpm(Paploviante and friends)
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/let-me-know-offer-open-collaboration-80-bpm

"Let Me Know" by Paul (one of the "Paploviante Open Collab" pieces)
A few days after the release, he received a number of really excellent works. I was really surprised by the ability of the artists to finish such amazing works in such a short period of time.

Results Offer Open Collaboration Let Me Know(Paploviante)
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle/sets/results-offer-open

Chord= A ,E
Key = E

After listening to the above works, I realized immediately. Simplifying the scales that form the melody, assuming the case of playing the guitar, it was divided into the case of  Cm/E pentatonic, and the case of  Cm/E and Em/G pentatonic. I thought, ``This is a great exercise for me. For example, putting four songs together on one track, listening to them all in order, and playing the guitar along with each scale is a very useful daily practice. I could imagine that this would be useful not only for myself, but also for most people who are learning to play the guitar.

For example, alternately play the following:
1)Cm/E　Pentatonic scale(Key = E)
2) Cm/E, Em/G Pentatonic scale(Chord = A7,E7)
2) '  Am/C,Cm/E,(Em/G) Pentatonic scale

It's easy to envision it that way, but first, what do I do with the first one? So I started playing guitar while listening to Wild Christopher's "Jolene".
I found it possible to use two chords, A and E7, and finish off with some rock'n'roll backing, but it's too simplistic a way to spice up Christopher's cool and passionate vocals. 

So I took the plunge and tried using the A7 and E7 chords to make a blues rock song. And I was convinced that depending on the way I played, I could proceed without discomfort. An image of the rough blues rock of the early 1970s came to mind. However, I was conscious of keeping the taste of the country blues that was popular before that.

I thought that Wild Christopher's wonderful singing voice would suit slightly rough guitar playing based on precise rhythm composition. A playing style that many great guitarists and predecessors have developed over the decades. I hope that people who come across this piece will want to listen to it again and again :))

Wild Christopher - Jolene - Paploviante Open Collab ft.JUNZO on electric guitars

Wild Christopher - Jolene - Paploviante(Let Me Know) ft.JUNZO on electric guitars

Slowed down version of old song from the archive

The Way I Feel - Deep Down

Now into my seventh decade of living, and celebrating my fiftieth anniversary this month as a guitar player (I should play better than do;), I wanted to drop this "little ditty" as my attempt to keep up with the likes of Bill Liggett (@soundcloud.com/greenfleamusic/tracks) and other notable players on this fine platform.  Actually it's an attempt to keep up with myself, seeing if I can still play what I learned 40-plus years ago, in the case of this song, the introductory licks I learned from a very fine Kansas City lounge musician, Mark Bell in 1979.  For those keeping score, you may remember it from the song "This Motel Room" by Jimmy Buffet--a fun and clever song that details the many nights touring musicians have to endure staying in motel rooms.  I took the initial licks heard throughout the song and built an independent melody line around it, half blues ditty, half musical joke, with a serious moment (you know I have to have one of those:), all with the hope of bringing a smile.  I'm proud to say I can still play it, and maybe, just maybe a little better now than then:)  Bill, just don't ask me to play it live;)

A Little Ditty (David, solo guitar)

Reversed an old song of mine with vocals and made an AI cover.  If you reverse the AI, you get gibberish.

Backward Praise

FATAL ATTRACTION

I think perspective is important but ends up seemingly difficult to attain. Being so self absorbed that you cannot understand or at times even see other people/nature ends up with a fertile ground for sensless persecution/discrimination . Perspective I think will make you humble and humility will allow empathy to grow


lyrics

Ok now, let's keep it simple
you're born,you live ,you die
I hate to inform you but
there isn't any  particular reason why

yes..you are important for sure
but guess what?? so is everything else on this small world

you are not above..you are not below
you are just part of a bigger show

if you don't see eye to eye
with someone else's view
remember you are part of them  as much as they are part of you

so live your life as you see fit
and leave everyone else to find their own niche
and if you still don't see eye to eye
please try to see heart to heart

I think that might work

keep it simple

Slight Hope

Right Behind

Pour le défi compo LZMP de septembre 2025: "Composer un titre qui soit inspiré d'un titre connu, voire très connu, mais sans que cela soit un cover".    Alors, voulant faire preuve d'originalité, je suis parti de "Au clair de la lune" !🤪

Interlude

Breaking Out is the final chapter of Breaking Down or Breaking Out, the long-running DREWBY saga that began in 2020. Across 16 tracks, the album traces a full emotional arc: personal growth, the rise and collapse of relationships—friends, family, lovers—and a clear-eyed reflection on life unfolding against the backdrop of turbulent times.

These songs hold a magnifying glass to love and lust, introspection and acceptance, while occasionally widening the lens outward. Tracks like “Human Soul Pollution” serve as a rallying cry—less preachy manifesto, more uneasy mirror held up to humanity.

The album opens at the end with “Just Let Go,” then slowly works its way toward release, resolution, and renewal, closing on the gentle reset of “Start Again.” Wrapped in glossy synthwave-pop textures, Breaking Out balances candy-coated production with emotionally honest songwriting—melancholy and momentum existing side by side, right where growth usually lives.

Love It When We

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.

Backward Praise

Mike Krath