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All submissions to Haiku 387:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/06/02/naviarhaiku387-watch-while-singing-hymns

To participate:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)

- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku110)”

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- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.

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haiku #387: Watch! While singing hymns /among the congregation/ the serpent’s concealed

Written by Amy O'Bryan and Sarah Gilbert
Artwork by Aaron Blanton

Lyrics:

He used to say I had lemon lips,
Hard to resist my bitter kiss,
Spent hours staring into my eyes,
Didn't bother to say goodbye.

He put our love on trial,
Black-out drinking was his style,
The Maker's Mark was the judge,
I chaperoned, but held no grudge.

Our love was like a broken vase,
The one he threw at my face,
Tore off my panties that very night,
And I never felt more alive.

Chorus:

We could really hurt each other, but...
We had enough passion to start the place on fire,
The love we made drowned me in desire.
If I had known the fortune I found in you,
I would have thought twice, before I was untrue.

Invited out for drinks with a friend,
So much more, I can't pretend,
Nothing waiting at home for me,
Only silence and misery.

Made a mistake, I can't take it back,
Thought he had everything that you lack,
Now I can see I was such a fool,
Threw it away and broke the rule.

You're gone forever I can't amend,
Left this world, we weren't even friends,
Wish we could talk one more time,
Only see you in my mind.

Repeat Chorus

I wish I could call you, but you can't pick up,
Your house key still hangs by the key to my truck,
I see all your paintings every time that I wake up,
Still wear all the t-shirts that you didn't pack up.

Repeat Chorus

He used to say I had lemon lips,
Hard to resist my bitter kiss,
Spent hours staring into my eyes, 
Never got (didn't bother) to say goodbye...

Dreaming Outloud

Bitter Kiss

Bitter Kiss (feat. Sarah Gilbert)

How to Ride a Camel

A collaboration with a music friend Encym (Roland). I have done a few collaborations with Roland now and it is always a pleasure to work with him.
This particular track features a guitar sample/track that Roland sent me.

The track was put together in AUM using the app the ID700 app (which is essentially  an app based on the Buchla 700.)

Voyage To Ultima Thule I(collab with Encym)

Towards That Mere Semblance

A section (piano melody, bass, piano, mallets piano and field recording backing tracks)
B section (piano melody is routed to a percussion sample bank, randomly triggering percussive sounds, backing tracks continue)
A section (piano melody returns over backing tracks)

For this challenge @disquiet:
Step 1: There’s a now famous quote from the opening of the 2006 film The Prestige. It goes as follows. Give it a read:

“Every magic trick consists of three parts – or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird, or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it – to see if it is, indeed, real. You know: unaltered, normal. But of course … it probably isn’t. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now, you’re looking for the secret, but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough. You have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call the Prestige.”

Step 2: This arc, moving from Pledge to Turn to Prestige, can be read as a take on the classic ABA structure, in which a theme is introduced, then something else occurs, and then the piece returns to where it began.

Step 3: Compose and record a piece of music that takes the process described in The Prestige as its blueprint.

Photo by Javardh-F
Composed and performed  by DD May 16th 2021

Miniature 10 "The Prestige" (disquiet0489)

Musik & Text: Gabriel
Musikvideo: https://youtu.be/dxZK2R5n0tU
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
OF THE LYRICS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://www.gabriel.land/gabriel-dumm-wie-du.htm

Dumm wie du

Presenting the "Fate of Georgie Porgie"
Everything is not always as it seems

Produced in the ARAPA Music Studio
Sydney Australia

Fate Of Georgie Porgie

Another track produced for Naviar records' Haiku Challenge. Coincidentally, earlier in the day I had been reading about 'stretto fuga' techniques of the 16th Century (often used in religious music) which I thought fitted well with the theme of the haiku, so decided to experiment with elements of that approach. For me the 'serpent concealed' is represented by the chaotic violin that emerges near the end.

The Serpent's Concealed (naviarhaiku387) - Adrian Lane

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
387 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/

2021-06-03

Watch! While Singing Hymns ( Naviarhaiku 387 )

3/4 time signature, multiple  percussion instruments.
By DD May 2021

for this haiku by Nailah Nombeko

Watch! While singing hymns
among the congregation
the serpent’s concealed

Photo by David Clode


@naviar-records
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/06/02/naviarhaiku387-watch-while-singing-hymns/

The Serpent (Pulse 3) naviarhaiku387

Watch! While singing hymns
among the congregation
the serpent’s concealed

haiku by Nailah Nombeko http://www.nailahnombeko.com

picture by Echo Grid https://unsplash.com/@echogrid

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

fresh planet

halF serpenT [naviarhaiku387]

Submission to naviarhaiku 387 https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/
Haiku by Nailah Nombeko http://www.nailahnombeko.com
Picture by Echo Grid https://unsplash.com/@echogrid

. . .
Watch! While singing hymns
among the congregation
the serpent’s concealed
. . .

naviarhaiku#387 /Watch while singing hymns

The Serpent's Concealed (naviarhaiku387)

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/abRkYfJUHhk

Glimpse 1506 (Nov 16 2025)

Gene Jumper, I'll Be Your Sugar Daddy # 5,( Original) Music By : Norm Evans

I'll Be Your Sugar Daddy

I'll Be Your Sugar Daddy # 5, Gene Jumper,( Original) Music By: Norm Evans

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

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