“Did you say there’s a way
a way to make some sense of this?
could it be we will see
something at the end of this?

I’m up here, I’m down there
I’m out here, I’m in there
everywhere, I’m everywhere
I’m everywhere and yet nowhere

look beyond, look within
trust imagination now
now is the time, now is the time
to trust imagination now”

Always Without Knowing

Another exploration into the coexistence of genres.

Amaro Cacao

The Dream of the Purple Maiden

How many times will Lynda's TITLE have to change ?
 Now it's The Ukraine we're praying for! God Please " Give Them All One More Day!"

Afghanistan and the World are our concerns these days.
I usually toss and turn each morning with a "song echoing' in my brain;
Last week it was the one I was working on with Adriano;
Today it was this one, hard to find, by FredGold & LyndaFaye ten years
ago...How Sad for the whole world this Afghanistan situation has become!
Surely the good aspects and fighters for the preservation of humanity are becoming exhausted!

So many of you on Soundcloud have come to listen to our song that I feel is my  sort of subconscious, underlying "interpretation" of the concept  of  " Seasons."

Yesterday, is turning grey,
The sky is blue, today.
Tomorrow, may never come.
Black is the night...to hide the sun.

CH:
The tide rolls in, and the tide rolls out,
On the shore, they want to stay,
The tide rolled in, and the tide rolled out;
God gave them...one more day.

Two:
Yesterday, is turning yellow.
Golden leave, fall on the ground.
Gently floating through the meadow,
Changing color, now to brown.

Chorus: 
The tide rolls in, and the tide rolls out,
On the shore, they want to stay,
The tide rolled in, and the tide rolled out;
God gave them...one more day.

Changing color like the day;
Changing life in many way..
On the colors we all gaze;
But see the light, through the haze ?

(Yep Chorus Again!)

The tide rolls in, and the tide rolls out,
On the shore, they want to stay,
The tide rolled in, and the tide rolled out;
God gave them...one more day.

Three: 
They are tired of the fighting,
They are tired of the war;
Please bring them home, again to us.
And let the fighting- be no more.

(Repeat of the "Color-Picture" from Verse One)

Yesterday, is turning grey,
The sky is blue, today.
Tomorrow, may never come.
Black is the night...to hide the sun.



Fred 's ending was a surprise to even ME.
The EFFECT on his guitar.... 
A bit reminiscent of  TRUMPETS to me, that they
play at funeral sights of our military?
As I was hearing about Afghanistan, I kept thinking, the video
on You Tube was placed as a dedication to "our " vets; yet
the feel of the song  was more universal than just
American---Guess I was right-Allot of viewers have "liked" it and
"get it" and the more worldly significance ? 

WE ARE ALL TIRED OF IT-EVERYWHERE, NOW!

Copyrighted Again as " Tides Can Chsange"2024 by Illinois Harmony Connection (FredGold&LyndaFaye)! 
Nice effects; Thanks Fred! I don't get to HEAR those waves often enough!

Please excuse me for having to sing the 2nd violin and cello parts!

Tides Can Change w Fred Gold's Arrangement

In this song, I wanted to ask the question, "We've reached Mars and established a base there, what now?". Perhaps more than a little bit inspired by how we, back here on Earth, tend to let the short term commercial benefits win over long term benefits of preservation and conservation.

This is the final song in my Mars saga, so with this, the journey is complete. I'll be doing some touching up on the first songs, and eventually put them out properly as an album, so stay tuned!

Lyrics:

Staring out at this untouched land
Imagine what may come here
So take my hand
As we venture forth
The first of many more
That will be coming here
To share this world
But to what end
Will they come for knowledge or for gain...
So take my hand
And join my prayer
That we will make the right choices now...

Standing at the crossroads
With our eyes towards the future
And I wonder how it will be
In the end

Will they come and mine him dry?
Strip him bare just like they always do
Yeay, will they come to soil his lands?
Take away from him, all that he is
Or will they come to hear his words?
To listen to the stories he can tell
So take my hand
And join my prayer
That we will make the right choices now...

Standing at the crossroads ...

Onwards

Solo with a Dash of Duel

To Breathe Once More
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

I ride the train with packed men
Who haven’t bathed in some sense 
I hold my hand to my nose
After covering it with after-shave,
The dirty men make it necessary 
Their stench makes it necessary 
Their mannishness makes it necessary 
To hold my nose. 

I am above these sad souls,
I am rich, they are dirt poor,
I hold my cash in my pants,
After seeing these men as beneath me
These poor men make it necessary 
Their clothes make it necessary,
Their beneath me makes it necessary,
To hold my cash

And thirteen stations later,
That pass by in a dim blur,
These zombies move without purpose
Into the dirty air,
As rats play in the door
And women move their bellies,
But not their brains,
And children poop in the streets,
And no one cares. 
Not there in Filthy Land,
Not there in Filthy Land.

And I find resolution,
But not absolution,
A dissolution if you will,
To breathe once more,
But the air is dirty.

To Breathe Once More

Guitar jam and cutting mix by : FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin

Live Rec And Synth 15 10 2021 Balade Guitar

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Social Climb (Instrumental Version)

Social Climb (Instrumental)

UPDATE: My 'Inventions' album is officially releasing on Spotify & Apple Music on Jan 9! You can pre-save it here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/michaeljcriss/inventions-2

This is No. 3 of my 6 Inventions. For me, composing is a form of recovery and discovery. I follow the musical idea and let it reveal its own emotional truth.

🎹 Are you a pianist? This recording is a digital realization (using NI's The Grandeur), and my goal is to have this music brought to life by talented performers like you. You can see a score video [coming soon!] and get in touch about the full PDF scores on my website: https://michaeljcriss.com

This music is part of my larger story of using art to heal. You can read more about my journey at michaeljcriss.com.

Invention3

Sunset

TASCAM DR-05

ancient lights

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.