Picture https://flic.kr/p/dZ3DDu 
julieta pracana 2013 CC BY NC SA
New mix 4-9-2023
clip https://youtu.be/86Eq_kF6VPQ

I dreamed I saw an ocean
So deep and wide and clear and blue
Life was still in balance
Like a water garden created anew

I dreamed I saw you swimming
Under a crystal clear open sky
It was early days for the planet
Circling round a younger star

The night falls on Panthalassa
And the sun rises there again
All sea, no humans yet

The wide open space is filling
With life of any kind
no niche, no tipping point

In the big sea
The ocean world
Panthalassa

Panthalassa

For the promptwriting it's not a challenge thread https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/post/topic=7279.0

Breakfast at noon

Sprinkling the breakfast
with bubbles, sparklingly fresh.
Bread & butter & what not,
am I coldreading you,
Or loosing the plot?
Baking bread, grinding beans,
slowly rising
From confusing dreams
Don't squeeze that orange
  all over the place!

Breakfast at noon
(Cereals, Continental, Vegan toast)

Pretty soon
we will be back in the room
but now's the moment
to chase away the gloom

Tea, my dear?
There is still time
For now and all tomorrows
This should be the line
That we don't want to cross
before breakfast is done.

Making bread, taking time

Gotta get back
to the breakfast
as soon as I can!

Zoom ba be day bye doom dai
dum a dum da boobe di bay

Picture https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-T-1950-165 Rijksmuseum publiek domein     Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande
1915.

Breakfast at noon

When - Music - Cries - 1roomstudio - Oorlab17 - 4-2022 - Mr
1Roomstudio - Lyrics & Flute
Oorlab - vocals, guitar, drums

When Music Cries
From Prompt Writing 12/30/21

Comes from somewhere
Hidden deep... slow arise
Strings pull  beating heart
Spirit helpless pulled apart
Somewhere deep surprise

Meaning pulses strains aloud
Singing soulful lines  - comprise
Bowing phrases arc their point
Expressive faces tears anoint
Aloud .... when Music cries

Desperate tears... tears of joy
Come naturally to this boy
Practiced pluck of violins
Melody embrace - begins

Black and White Harmonize
Keys and Signature of Time
Music reaches most sublime
Aloud again when Music cries 

1Roomstudio
https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/songwriting-ingredients/26/prompt-writing-2021-and-2022-its-not-a-challenge/7279/msg76277#msg76277

When music cries

https://youtu.be/VqxWSkGGUiw

One leg dancing


Hey, the moon is out tonight.
Catch us dancing, to a timing that is just 'bout right

Show, show what you can do
One leg dancing is no easy thing to do.

Get balanced, don't slip overboard.
It takes some practice, a rhythm and a chord.

Move, or at least don't stand still.
One leg dancing, if you can't, you bet I will.

So, where have you been?
Come & try the moves, - that rule the scene.

Unwind and at ease, when you're dancing...

Who, who you want to be?
One leg dancer, careless & free.

Get balanced, stick to the floor,
Essential swaying, if you like it you can get some more.

Roll over, then jump back again,
One leg dancing, every woman, every man

Slave, slave to the beat
If you can, join the boogie, or tap your feet

Say, say what you wanna say
Speak to me with body language, 'till the break of day.

Dance, dance to the groove
If you can, do the boogie, yeah

One leg dancing

https://youtu.be/AiUmF8w8kow 
14 - 6-2022 vocals  Cees
A Winter's Waltz

Too many dancers
have left the hall
Out in the cold
where snow falls down
The night flies by so quickly
you could blink and never see it,
again...

Up in the sky
a pale moonlight
All of this war
just feels insane.
City burns, life cut short
without sense or purpose
I want to hear 
a winter's Waltz

All of them dreams
and hope for future plans
May still come to pass
As long as this train can reach Berlin,
As the eastern front is almost reaching Paris
again

I see you think
the tide has passed
the ship has sailed,
 on a transient wave
 lighthouse signals fast
  you could blink and never see it
but it comes around again

Too many roads have turned to ice
and promisses unmasked as lies
 a hellish cold is coming
you could freeze and never know it

So play me a waltz
"Muse of many twinkling feet"
measure and step
In a winter's waltz again ...

A Winter's Waltz

bandcamp

https://open.spotify.com/album/2OMg0zyJSeFFV1bQ6gh8Nm 

Picture : suitcases flickr public domain-elizabeth-masek-2020
https://flic.kr/p/2jK5AAL

Delsey

My trusted Desley,
where would I be without you
You carry mine,
I carry you
Together we go places, and pull it through

Here comes another transit
ready or not,
Another check-in
in another spot,
ID, OD
What is next?
It takes a clairvoyant,
to know what to expect...

Take me to customs
to file a report

On the road to nowhere
(that's wehre we want to be)

The label is lost,
the key is broken.
But we'll carry on,
by the same token.

My trusted Desley,
where would I be without you
You carry mine,
I carry you
Together we go places, and pull it through

My trusted Desley
(shoop - shoop- shoop dohwaaah)

My trusted Desley
(shoop - shoop- shoop dohwaaah)

Delsey

Slide Step



Hey now, watch your slide step
You could easily go astray.
You think, you think you take a straight course
But in fact, you're just going around and round

Hey now, take a look at my sidestep
Two four, you can make it up
as you go along
One two, I can see that you practised
No worries, you know I will tag along

Hi there, can you hear me?
Trying to get in touch with you
The slide step that you've been taking
Sure led you away from the beaten track.

Oh lord, finders keepers,
If only things could be simple as that
Use the side door, that's wwhat they said
But still, we're left out in the rain

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the Forest of the Night

(last two lines from   William Blake's poem "The Tyger" 1794)

Slide Step

Blue Murder  
Written by Levi Mok, with kind permission
mixed by https://soundcloud.com/beatseditcom (Poland)
28-12-2022

Blue Murder


C#min		   B		A     G#min	C#min
How could I forget you so fast and easily
C#min		       B			       A		  G#min	     C#min
You know that you have always been the love of my life
C#min					B		A	     G#min   C#min
And though we’ve seen our competition come to its fruition
C#min				    B
There’s room enough for you to spare
	      A	        G#min   C#min
So don’t act as if you just don’t care

      C#min B		   E 
It’s time to scream blue
	Cmaj7		    D
Blue murder in the streets
D						E
Don’t you know that it’s downright blue
	Cmaj7		    D
Blue murder in the streets
C - D (even laten uitklinken)
…..so tell me now…..

If I took the time to wallow in this mellow blues
The old town lives in the core of the soul
You know it never leaves
Well the city looks clean
It’s a male machine from behind these shallow eyes
Take the straight road out - don’t hesitate
I know there’s nothing left to do

It’s time - time to scream blue
Blue murder in the streets
Don’t you know that it’s downright blue
Blue murder in the streets
…..so tell me now…..

Blue Murder

https://youtu.be/krJWO1sczvM
Use was made of the freeware BBC Symphonic Orchestra package - see
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover

Kasteel Ammersoyen -12- 2-2023 - Mr

Castle

Castle III

Cuence acoustic guitar, harmonica, downloadable CC BYNC

clip at https://youtu.be/28gesNbgNBs timelapses from Flickr CC

Soundtracks 2023

Desert times

Desert Times

Collage at https://youtu.be/RpcwT5hJuHQ
Comments welcome
https://oorlab.wordpress.com/2023/05/01/tell-me-tell-me-tell-me/

Tell me Tell me Tell me

Picture Dixtuin CC BY SA Flickr - Brussels, Museum Musical Instruments
https://flic.kr/p/2oxg69A

Clip at https://youtu.be/uqiR07gABWw 
Used samples from https://www.discogs.com/master/236283-Various-Golden-Rain-Balinese-Gamelan-Music-Ketjak-The-Ramayana-Monkey-Chant 1969
Golden Rain - Balinese Gamelan Music - Ketjak: The Ramayana Monkey Chant

Audio File:
Samples Golden Rain B - Mix 28 - 4-2023 - Mr.wav
Loose stems and unmastered version available upon request

Collage Dance

Collage dance

Sarajevo, recorded on the street at the gate, circa 21.00.
To learn more about the musical history of these kind of Adhans -see
https://folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/magazine/2014_fall_winter/Muslim-Call-to-Prayer.pdf

Adhan 20 - 4-2023 - Gazi Husrev Begova Džamija

Instrumental for this short video about Nature reserve Groene Jonker - Green Squire https://youtu.be/AE2wl_2gA5w



Green - Squire - Groene - Jonker - 12 String E And Electric Pianos 10 - 6-2023

Groene Jonker - Green Squire

Green Squire - Groene Jonker

7 instances of Bucketone (version 1.0.0.0), 5 of Bucketpops (version 1.0.1.0)
KVR OSC 173 Entry

Thanks to Björn from Full Bucket http://www.fullbucket.de/music/

Effect Plugins - native Cubase reverb, delay and EQ

https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2023/osc-173-two-buckets

oorlab - Bucketones KVR OSC173

Music for this clip
https://youtu.be/07oXun5IcCE
Downloadable CC BYNC
ISRC NL1BH2300026
27-7-2023
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dirrksv/albums/72157614980749778
for MB

Forest stream Leuvenumse beek

Forest Stream Leuvenumse beek

for an earlier version visit
https://soundcloud.com/richsoundz-534267642/an-auspicious-day-oorlab-music of Richsoundz who wrote the lyrics

The instrumental version https://on.soundcloud.com/rHnwK

Picture
c.1546 PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FLEMISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Elizabeth I when a Princess c.1546
Queen's Drawing Room, Windsor Castle
www.rct.uk/collection/404444/e…h-i-when-a-princess


An Auspicious Day

V1:

Our good Queen Elizabeth

Bereft of mother while so young

Has weathered slingshots of outrageous fortune:

Wise has she become

She kept her wits, maintained her cool

Let no one play her for a fool

Over us has she proved fit to rule

V2:

Her coronation day they say

Was calculated by John Dee

Astronomer, astrologer

With the insight to foresee

With the planets right-aligned

Fortuitous would be the signs

To crown our sparkling jewel in her prime

*****Break*****

V3:

'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown':

So goes the famous quote

Fraught is rule, so full of danger:

Readily is that head smote

Discretion our Queen Bess learned fast:

Made sacrifices to the last:

All dreams of marriage consigned to the past

V4:

And auspicious was that

January 1559:

Gloriana cheered by London crowds

So dignified her might

And her regal status, power:

Woman of the hour

Her 'Golden Age' long reign saw England flower

An Auspicious day

An Auspicious Day

featuring Mark Hoogslag @mark-hoogslag on Xiao and Tim Brombley on backing vocals.
picture Rosemarie Voegtli Pattern 29-6-2023-Flickr CCBY https://flic.kr/p/2oLnA15

As silent waters move
There's no layer left unstirred
These rivers tell a tale
of fleeting strife and jest
There's lightning on the sea
and it guides me back
  to the beach
  where I know 
  you could be reached

The lady of the lake
doesn't speak to me no more
I know my love was true
but she keeps closing doors
her name became a sign
when I turned the music on

The station has gone by
no turning back again
this train won't stop for none
of the reasons
  I think of
  When I think of you
  on the road
  where I could
  meet you again

Pleasure asks for dues
is it you or just your eyes
this war demands a truce
as I fear its tricks and lies

The land is dark and damp
but the road feels like a friend
soldiers passing through
on their way to a certain end
  that will come
  for all
  of us

I guess that I've been wrong,
misreading signs that weren't there
a disappering thought
that kept me occupied

written in Bydgoszcz, Karola Libelta, Poland - august 15th,  2023

Silent Waters

Piano music for a slideshow clip of the enchanting Hospitalfield in Arbroath, 16 October 2023. 
This was made with Cubase 11, and the One Piano VST. 
Downloadable with creative commons licence.

https://youtu.be/5bzHwfeVsng

Journey time

Hospitalfield

Bandcamp

Hospitalfields

Tectonics

Is this desire
truly reason free?
or only entertainment
what is left of you and me?

is this longing
really part of love?
what if this mutual gaze
has been a never-ending chase?

I know I dream you

Gotta keep moving
Shift the tectonics
Cause I don't want to
Become a target
Rain starts falling
From the cliff to the beaches,
Reaches the shoreline
in endless erosion.

The lighthouse is guiding
A ship to the harbour
It's getting harder
to come across

Gotta keep breathing
Get off this Titanic
Captain, oh captain!
Your radar is dying
just when we need some
signal to guide us

Away from the currents
On these foam crested seaways
The flood comes from two sides,

Making it harder
to come across.

Dedicated to the Captain of the lost waves. Thanks to EricP for borrowiong his fretless 5string bass, StevenH for his warm welcome

Thanks to MaartenL for advice, 
23 - 11 - 2023 - Phone - Vox - Mix - Mr

https://youtu.be/kBo2G1V0kPc Youtube video  

https://on.soundcloud.com/e1kni earlier instrumental version

Stripped to the mast

Tectonics

Video clip at
https://youtu.be/NoqHw8uYV9E

Scottish trails

Cammo Estate

Music for clip : https://youtu.be/X90hNTblBHU

Scottish Trails

St. Vigeans

Music for this video -https://youtu.be/ApjBAbc2nPU  an impression of the beautiful harbour of Arbroath at the Angus Coast in Scotland

Arbroath Harbour

Video clip at https://youtu.be/QDIE_9uOm0M

Can you hear it?
voices bringing fear of missing out
'Lure the sailors!'
Who can tell what the song is about?

Icy seas and restless winds,
Clouds closing in
I can hear Sirens sing.

From my window,
of oppurtunity I try to get a glimpse
Of a way
To get me  - out of here

Signal tower
doesn't shine no more.
Light is dimmed
and the harbour dark.

Strap me to the mast

Four winds blowing
honeyed voices tempting us
A lover's promise
That none can keep but all of us want

Icy seas and restless winds
Clouds closing in
I can hear Sirens sing

Come and get it, she said
You can - enjoy yourself.
Don't you worry
about these barren rocks in the surf,

This shipwreck's end is oh so cruel
A life closing down
How could I be such a fool

Strap me to the mast

Strapped to the mast

Strapped To The Mast

short piece, downloadable CC BY SA
for a reel:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C23C5IsgkJi/ 

and
https://youtu.be/i8IJqszgm3E

Detective music

The weather detetcive

The weather detective

clip (short / reel) at
TikTok 
Youtube
Facebook

Violin + VST tunefish
Music also at Bandcamp:

Timelapse Weather Detective

saddened by the murder on Alexei Navalny made this short piece. Hopefully his wife can carry on and end the dictatorship - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/19/yulia-navalnaya-vows-to-continue-late-husband-alexei-navalny-work

Navalny

https://youtu.be/pN_GyRUp66M

thanks to https://soundcloud.com/shamukhamedov-803522980 for comments on an earlier version and https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem for borrowing his fretlles 5string bass guitar

Forward and upwards
No need to look back
When I hear your voice
I almost see your face
Give me that reality check

Detours and sideways
as push came to shove

Windows and doorways
(crawling out, pushing through)
loopholes and timeframes
Forward and upwards
(don't come back, don't look down)
fragile but agile
I know we can make it okay

I see you are wearing a mask 
 (lay it down)
to hide from the gazes

We're okay with everything
We're okay with everything

U-turns and ley lines,
cruising and loosing myself
every inch of the way
Can you shed a light
(show it to me)
on this conundrum now?
I'll wear my heart on my sleeve

Occupy where are you now?
Did you find a way for salvation?
(show me the way now)

Forward and upwards
)how to get myself out of here)
I'll only transmit on your wavelength

Forward

For a clip with timelapses 13 - 23 February 2024 :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3s6lZDARB1
https://youtu.be/g-CX1l2_9k4
https://www.tiktok.com/@oorlabdv/video/7338898218907929888

Weather Detective PL97

Old folk song, probably American Halloween connected. Any information on the origins is welcome. Features my recently acquired 12 string guitar (thanks to Kees Dee guitarshop).

Ghost of Tom

Have you seen the ghost of Tom?
Long white robe and no skin on.
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh oh, 
Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?

Have you heard the bluebird sing?
Far and wide it was lingering.
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh oh, 
Wouldn't it be fine to hear the bluebird sing?

Have you felt the summer rain?
Falling on your skin again.
Wo oh oh oh oh wo oh oh oh oh, 
Wouldn't it be cool to feel the summer rain.

I added 2 extra verses.
in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore (1920 - 2021)  
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52726188

Ghost of Tom

Buy on bandcamp

lyrics and download on http://oorlab.bandcamp.com - album "From Scratch"
started out testing a snare drum I bought second hand. Recorded on Korg D888. Mixed and slightly mastered with Cubase SL2

Sunflowers - Snare - Darbukajuly5rd2013 - Mix2 - Mr

Picture kindly provided by https://soundcloud.com/mlucas from indiana

Sunflowers

Welcome to oorlab's soundcloud corner: 

Comments & ideas for collaborations appreciated. 
Instruments: violin, mandoline, acoustic, bass and electric guitars, harmonica, tin whistle, darbuka, sansula, roland synthesizers. 
Recording with Cubase Elements 11 

Recommending these inspiring musicians: 
https://soundcloud.com/the-plugs , https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem , https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett ; https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart ; https://soundcloud.com/silent-steps ; https://soundcloud.com/julsy : https://soundcloud.com/houckjt : https://soundcloud.com/tante-meli

latest album https://open.spotify.com/album/2OMg0zyJSeFFV1bQ6gh8Nm (sep 2022)

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