Listening December 2022

Fantasies Reimagined with Gabriel Gifford & Maya Law out now!

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Reworked by Gabriel Gifford
Mastered by Neil Comber

Fantasies Reimagined With Gabriel Gifford & Maya Law

video here:   https://youtu.be/Kzodqzwbjr4

A popular Irish song about unrequited love. Brendan and I get the chance to play this live together sometimes.

Brendan Wakely on guitar:  https://soundcloud.com/brendan-wakely
Chris O on vocals and 8 string uke
Home recording

The Salley Garden

The Salley Garden (W.B. Yeats) ~ Chris O & Brendan Wakely *video link in description

Nadia Selvaggi, voice & piano
*Recorded on one mono track.
The Composizioni da Camera is a set of fifteen collected compositions for voice and piano by the Italian opera composer, Vincenzo Bellini. The collection consists of three main sections. The first is a group of six compositions of varying genres, while the second and third sections contain three and six compositions, respectively, called ariette.
https://books.apple.com/it/book/vincenzo-bellini-15-composizioni-da-camera/id1492834522

Per pietà bell'idol mio
by Pietro Metastasio

Per pietà, bell'idol mio,
non mi dir ch'io sono ingrato;
infelice e sventurato
abbastanza il Ciel mi fa.
Se fedele a te son io,
se mi struggo ai tuoi bei lumi,
sallo amor, lo sanno i Numi
il mio core, il tuo lo sa.

by Vincenzo Bellini

Per pietà, bell'idol mio by Vincenzo Bellini

EP A10
https://akitomisaki.bandcamp.com/album/a10

ead #10

Spacebike

A song about growing up in rural North Wales with limited opportunities and public transport, and wanting to escape. Recorded and produced in our home studios.

Geiriau:
Pwdu yn y pentre’ bach
Lle mae'r plant wedi diflasi'n llwyr
Mae 'na ddigonedd o awyr iach
Ond mae’r bysus yn brin

Delwedd brydferth, Ti yw'r penbleth
A mae meddwl i'n mynd i rywle pell o fan hyn
Lle mae'r golau fel cusan yn teimlo fel trydan

Ffigyrau yn dawnsio yng nghanol y chwildro
Rwy mond yn breuddwydio, ond dwi methu gwylio mwy
Yr un hen bethau sydd fan hyn

Dwi'm isio dysgu gyrru car
Llosgi olew pan mae'r byd ar dan
Isio safio pob un geiniog sbâr
A beicio dros y bryn

Pennau petrol, syth o’r ysgol
Yng nghanol y nos
Cadw fi o fy nghwsg
Maen nhw'n galw fo'n rhyddid
Ond i fi mae'n jyst swnllyd

A mae rhai o' ni'n dianc a rhai o ni'n styc
My careers advisor smiled and shrugged is it time you gave up?
Yr un hen bethau sydd fan hyn

Gad i mi drosgynnu
Cynnau fy mywyd i
Tydi realiti
Dim yn cyflawni
Mae bywyd mor fyr
A'i gychwyn yn cymryd rhy hir

Pwdu yn y pentre’ bach
A dwi’n cuddio yn fy ngwely, tu ôl i’r llenni llwyd
Gola' ola’r haf
Yn suddo dros y bryn

Adar mudol, eto’n gadael
Mi fynnai fynd hefyd, rywle bell o fan hyn
Ceisio codi ond rwy'n dal i ddisgyn

Awyrennau yn yr awyr las
Rhyddid a llygredd y benbleth atgas

Yr Yn hen bethau sydd fan hyn


Cyfansoddwyd gan / composed by Liam a Siôn Rickard, 2021
Cynhyrchwyd gan / produced by Siôn Rickard

Siôn Rickard - llais, synths
Liam Rickard - llais, gitar, synths

Llanast yn y Llofft

Pwdu yn y pentre

Pwdu Yn Y Pentre

Nerthol a chwim clywch ddyfroedd yr afon
O'r bannau gwyn i'r dyfnderau duon 
Heddwch llwyr fe gewch pan mae'n dirion
Ond wedi gwylltio mae'n torri'ch calon

Disgyn mae'r glaw, yn drwm ar y dyffryn
Dim arwydd o seibiant ers iddo gychwyn
Lawr yn y dre mae'r strydoedd dan genllif
Dwr yn codi a llifo trwy'r cartref

Yng ngwaed y byd mae rhywbeth yn newid
Pethau ar goll na fydd yn dychwelyd
Yn y cymylau mae patrymau rhyfedd
Ni welais 'rioed y fath yma o dywydd

Translation:
Mighty and swift hear the waters of the river
From the white peaks to the darkest depths
Complete peace you'll have when it is calm
But when angry it breaks your heart

The rain is falling, heavy on the valley
No sign of respite since it started
Down in town the streets are flooded
Water rising and flowing through the home

In the blood of the world something is changing
Things lost that will not return
In the clouds there are strange patterns
I've never seen this kind of weather

Geiriau, melodi a cynhyrchu gan / lyrics, melody and production by Siôn Rickard
Trefniant a cordiau gan / arrangement and chords by Liam Rickard

Performwyr/performers:
Siôn Rickard - llais, harmonica, drum programming
Liam Rickard - gitar, llais, gumbri, drum programming
Ailsa Mair Fox - sielo
Nikolaz Davalan - bas dwbl

Llanast Yn Y Llofft

Afon

Prettiest Peach

do you know what you want?

the same time everyday at the end of school
I’ll meet you in the grove where your books are strewn
you read your lines out loud to me
portray your role so flawlessly
the dramaturgy shown is your gift for sure
I clap and you bow in your play couture
a curtain falls and ends the scene
I feel your body wilt

when you stand and you're still
and you hold it until
you can’t breath anymore
maybe open the door
there’s a stair you can climb
make one step at a time
till you know what you want 
till you know what you want 
if you’re sad and you cry
wipe the tear from your eye
you’ve got so many tones 
painted dark in your sky
but you hang onto me 
like a lock hold a key
do you know what you want?
do you know what you want?

dreams thrive and they crest while delusions wane
the dawning of tomorrow ends all yesterdays
a sleeve to warm a shoulder
when autumn winds get colder
I’ll keep you in my heart when you’re far away
in a distant city on a brilliant stage
the day you read your lines to me
and kissed my cheek for luck

when you sit in your seat 
and you can’t calm your feet
and the walls start to close
and your heart starts to beat
and you run down the hall
and the clocks starts to crawl
till you know what you want
till you know what you want
when you walk in the crowd
with your head in the cloud
and your trying to think 
but the hum is to loud
will you hang on to me 
like a lock hold a key
do you know what you want?
do you know what you want?

Do You Know What You Want?

GOLD

Well I don’t know but
I’ve been told that
all that glitters
is not gold

The things worth remembering
have no glitter at all
but you feel them so deeply
you need to heed their call

Giving, not taking -
it’s a bit of a blast
the feeling you get
will most definitely last

It’s simple really, this life of ours here
you do what you can and
make it better for some shining your light 
for a better future to come

I don’t know 
but I’ve been told
that all that glitters
is not gold

Gold

Captured the feeling off extreme anxiety an the thoughts it can produce

Anxiety

Hmmm this was inspired by, you guessed it, the trials and tribulations of LIFE!! My sink has been clogged for a while so I was inspired to write a song about it. WARNING: if no one has told you -- don't out coffee grounds down the kitchen sink :) but yeah i am really just out here trying to make it through 

Lyrics: 

my sink won't drain, it's clogged all the time
wonder if my landlord can fix it on the fly
working doubles just to make it by
nobody warns you how hard you have to try

at this life
at this life

23, don't know what's in front of me
worked so hard on a bachelors degree
just to spend my nights bartending till three
nobody warns you how hard you have to try

at this life x4
nobody warns you how hard you have to try

this life

Instrumental and mix by Garddwr Porffor https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor
Vocals by Nadia Selvaggi

If Wishes Were Fishes by Garddwr Porffor & Nadia Selvaggi

"The Fog" came so my head could remain in the clouds while my feet are still planted firmly on the ground! 

Production, Arrangement, and Instrumentation by 12 Below
Lyrics, Piano/Synths, Vocals, and Harmonies by Kate Stanton

Thank you for listening to me sing; it means the world to me.
Kate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7vwjxTqjK8
Lyrics:
The Fog 

Is this me?
What’s it mean?
That I’m floating?

When I’m floating…

Living light and warmth
In your arms I can feel
My cares disappear
I can see in your eyes
A sincerity that I’ve only
imagined in this life

I feel helpless
Inside the waves
Of pain, they
Come billowing down
Billowing down, billowing down
I am minuscule in a daze
Unfazed
And it’s weighing me down
Weighing me down
Weighing me down

And I know it’s just the mention
Of perceived fog
But I need redemption
Cuz I know if my intentions checked
out they’d be wrong

I feel helpless
Inside the waves
Of pain
Come billowing down
Billowing down, billowing down
I am minuscule in a daze
Unfazed
And it’s weighing me down
Weighing me down
Weighing me down

Is this me?
What’s it mean?

I can see in your eyes
A sincerity that I’ve only
Imagined in this life

Though I know it’s just the mention 
Of perceived fog.

The Fog (Feat. production by 12 Below)

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocals
Gary Reeves: Drums, Cajon
Hans Albers: All other instruments, Arrangement & Production

This was one of those songs that was inspired by something Hans wrote,  prompting an idea of the movement of water representing the melding of musical ideas.

Whilst we were working on “Release The Ashes”, he sent me a working arrangement in an email, signing off with the words "Love from The Elbe to The Thames”.  Friends and family often say things that spark song ideas and this poetic  greeting stuck in my mind.

I looked at a map that showed The Elbe flowing into The North Sea and The Thames into the Estuary a little to the south and imagined the two bodies of water flowing toward each other, intertwining back and forth, much as the song ideas between Hans, Gary and myself are inclined to do when we’re working on something.

So I have to thank Hans on two counts, both for bringing the idea to mind and also for the arrangement he created, which to me is very special.  Hope you do too.  Many thanks for listening.
(Terry Reeves)     

The river runs from Elbe toThames
Connection between distant friends 
North Sea growing back and forth
Mixture giving and taking at source 

A watery song with dance 
Dispersing over distance
Ebb and flow with a chance 
Avoiding tide resistance

Mersey mixture in history and song
Salt water blends and tries to belong
Move East to West, North To South
Trickle of ideas by word of mouth

A watery song and dance 
Dispersing over distance
Ebb and flow with a chance 
Avoiding tide resistance

River to river to river to river to river...

Tidal transfer of words and music
Echoing sounds, a demo acoustic 
Treaty of Versailles to Parliament plaque 
Rules of agreement, musical track

A watery song and dance 
Dispersing over distance
Ebb and flow with a chance
Avoiding tide resistance

The river runs from Thames to Elbe
Passing secrets, some to be held
Musical water with mixture to last
Ferry sails sea with historical past 

A watery song and dance 
Dispersing over distance
Ebb and flow with a chance
Avoiding tide resistance

River to river
River to river
River to river to river to river….

RIVER TO RIVER - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

Asperitas 2

Um trabalho que fiz há muito tempo atrás e que me surpreendeu grandemente em termos musicais.

Rever o passado e conseguir entender como evoluímos é muito importante.

MÚSICA Alan Menken
SAX SOPRANO Daniel Vissotto
SAX TENOR Daniel Vissotto
ARRANJO Inspirado na versão de Celine Dion e Pablo Bryson.
MIXAGEM Daniel Vissotto

Beauty And The Beast (Alan Menken) [releitura]

stars Prod by Vicky G

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A Flower in the Snow ～雪原の花

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/julsy ; 
https://soundcloud.com/houckjt ; 
https://soundcloud.com/tante-meli .

Listening December 2022

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