Words & Music © Jim Sanger and Nic Evennett 2021
Thank you, Jim, for your beautiful work. X

Find Jim here: https://soundcloud.com/jimsanger
If you fancy this track without my scribble on it, find it here: 
https://soundcloud.com/jimsanger/casio-lullaby

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There's little to be said for staying out of sight,
And little gained in wondering if we'll be alright.
The sky will always compromise to charm the night
With hope of light, hope of light, hope of light.

The meaning of it all is blue and bittersweet,
With all these poems destined to stay in...
But words will always kiss when it's their time to meet.
And then oh, the light, all the light, what a light.

Light ~ Jim Sanger & Nic Evennett

From the album - The Opaque Vessel
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/the-opaque-vessel
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/yum
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Mood Exhibit - Burden

Inspired by Paolini's novel of the same name. 

No guitars on this one!

All Rights Reserved

To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars

Distractions

This is the first track of a new instrumental project I've entitled "It's All Greek to Me", as I explore the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. 

I'm using Ancient Greek instruments featured in the 'Ancient Worlds VST Library from Big Fish Audio', underpinned with classical orchestral instruments.  There are some very interesting sounds in it that do seem to evoke a time long ago. 

Since the project is based around some of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece, I wanted a generic opening track that would introduce the listener to some of the sounds and set an overall tone for the project. I really wanted a different feel from a typical 'all guns blazing' modern film score since it isn't accompanying live action but is hopefully a piece in its own right. 

So a piece with the title "A Time of Heroes" seemed like a good idea to kick off the project. :-)

Instrumentation Used

Lyre - it was one of the most important and well-known stringed instruments of Greek Antiquity.

Kithara - this was considered the “professional” instrument of antiquity, and the public highly regarded kithara players.

Kavali - this is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Armenia, the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey. 

Flogera - is a type of flute used in Greek folk music. It is a simple end-blown bamboo flute without a fipple, which is played by directing a narrow air stream against its sharp, open upper end. It typically has seven finger holes.

Water Pumpkins - also called “Water Drums” these instruments can be found in Africa (Mali) and other continents. Water Pumpkins are played with the hands or with soft mallets. They usually come in pairs and have a diameter of 32 - 36 cm. The deeper bowl is filled with water, the smaller one is set on the water. The pitch of the water drums can be tuned by changing the water level inside the floating shell.

Antique Cymbals - are the ancestors of the modern metal cymbals. During the Minoan period, they arrived on the island of Crete from Asia.

Pan Flute - this is an ancient instrument, associated with the demigod Pan, who was the protector of the woods and the shepherds. Variations of the instrument used a number between three and eighteen pipes. The classic Greek Pan Flute used pipes of the same length. 

In addition to the ancient instruments above the track also features :-

Orchestral CS Strings (Albion One - Spitfire)
Viola Ensemble (Piz and Long)(Chris Hein Strings)
Cello Ensemble (Piz and Long)(Chris Hein Strings)
Bass Ensemble Piz and Long)(Chris Hein Strings)
French Horn Ensemble (Chris Hein Brass)
Trombone Ensemble (Chris Hein Brass)
Tuba (Chris Hein Brass)
Bb Clarinet (Chris Hein Winds)
Snare Drum (VSL Big Bang Orchestra | Quasar)
XXL Percussion(Albion One - Spitfire)
St Peter's Choir (Halion 6)

A Time Of Heroes (It's All Greek to Me)

“Song of Serengeti” is the second track released from my new world percussion album, Vibrations Empowered Within

https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/vibrations-empowered-within

It is a festive trip to Africa with polyrhythms and jubilant vocal stylings.
The album will have many percussive explorations, including Balinese Gamelan, Middle East, Balkan with vocals, Indian, African, and electronic infused hybrids from regions yet to be discovered.
I look forward to bring you on an aural journey when it is released late Sept-early October.
Thanks for listening!

Mood Exhibit - Song of Serengeti

So honored to be in collaboration with 1234567890 (Peter) and Debra Buesking on this track that first started out as an instrumental lament in a Celtic style.   It is no overstatement to say that Peter is one of the finest lyricists/poets on the Cloud.  More of his music and poetry can be heard at soundcloud.com/user-264930040.  More of Debra's brilliant creativity and playing can be heard @debra_buesking.

"And so to this…a song of sorrows.
Impassive moods shimmer grey from misted hollow yesterdays,
Stolen for the bleak tomorrows strewn upon our stony ways.
In enfolded dusks we watch in thrall as snows upon the migrant fall.
A massing stream of human husks, a currency, tragic traffic monetized,
Laundered of their simplest dreams. Kindled fading hopes bestride
Whose futures market crashed it seems, for his sickly child beside.

But thence the Noel star aglow; sapphire blue flashing light of hope,
Above the seething forlorn lines is surely set to rise.
As if upon the migrant three we know, kings mimicking the trope.
Man meets man’s humanity in heartfelt care, lives to de-commoditise.

And when trafficker before the final audit bashful, fain appears,
Rancid cash in offshore banks o’erflowing billowed surplus well.
From credit to the debit side we glance, and see a soul in deep arrears;
The ledger to be set aside, replaced with first class trafficked seat to hell.

When the Virgin Mother’s tears ease at last of speared pain,
When satan’s armies’ magazines vast of vice are finally spent,
When welcome arms cross razor wires, compassions fall as softest rain.
Christian helping hands of hope aspired shall end this fair lament.
…and so to this…a song of hope.

And So to This  (1234567890; Poem and Narrator, Debra Buesking, Piano & Synth; David Dunham, Guitar)

Relax, Believe

© ℗  Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded at Deadline Studios, Leicester
Photography: Thanks to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography
Guitar Played: Taylor 714 CE

This song is very special to me! I hope you like it!
LYRICS:

In all my travels
Through this world
Things I've seen 
With my own eyes
What is ever
As it seems
How much of it all ...... is lies

My eyes are open
But do I see
My ears are listening
But do I hear
My body senses 
But do I feel
How will time change
What now seems real

We never got to say goodbye
But one thing that I know
You are in my head and heart
No matter where I go

Look to the heavens 
A burning star
Seems so near
And yet so far
At the dawn 
Of another day
A new horizon
Shows the way

We never got to say goodbye
But one thing that I know
You are in my head and heart
No matter where I go

Some Day Soon

With My Own Eyes

Suburban Bliss

Manhunt

Independent singer-songwriter from Kent, UK. 
Little video introduction here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKMPLBJBK6M

'No Sheet Music' Artist. https://www.nosheetmusic.tv/artists/nic-evennett

"Evennett’s voice is a delicate mystery, warm and lustrous, yet fragile and crystalline – a bewitching blend of Kate Bush and Linda Perhacs, surrounded by dolorous, reverb-drenched piano and woven into broken-hearted balladry." Andee Connors, Pandora 

"Moving, delicate and introspective. As always, Nic Evennett's voice washes over the listener creating an incubated space I didn't want to leave."
Rapt.

Interview: 
https://cocamidemea.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/indieterria-meets-nic-evennett/

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Part of duo Cellar Door. We're over here:
https://soundcloud.com/cdoor