Hi everyone...Imagine my surprise when a song I sang last winter and was never finished suddenly resurfaced again on SC. The nice thing for me is that I could listen to the lyrics as if for the first time, and beautiful lyrics they are indeed. Doug you have a poetic ability to capture deep and meaningful feelings and thoughts and express them in words and music. I'm happy this song has gotten a second wind....albeit still in an unfinished state. 
Doug writes:
"this was an aborted attempt several months ago, to prepare for a duet that was going to be the first of many collaborations with Nina...Due to time costraints it was never perfected...Well I'm sitting here trying to share songs witha mini=voice recorder. So Nina...surprise its time to share this puppy...and when someone want to put the prodution forth on a duet as we planned will do it up right then"

Words and music : Doug Roossien
Vocals: Padruna Nina

Wind and the /waves...blow your /dreams far a/way…(Doug)
as the /last leaf of /Autumn’s…/hits the /ground 
It’s a /wild wicked /wind... your / course it will /sway 
your /tears freeze to …/snow falling down

You must /stand/to your ground…/hold to your shore (Doug)
As those /jagged rocks… /pound on your /soul (*Nina add anything) 
Your /music’s gets lost…in its /own melody…(*anywhere you think)
as it /cries ...(forevermore)…(Nina) *on this verse)
What destiny? (Nina & Doug)

(chorus) slower spread out)
What destiny…is in these clouds… tonight. (Nina & Doug)
As I /search… that //horizon…for…/light /
Will I find love?...true true love? 
Is this just a dream…not my destiny

The stars… in this /sky…are follow/ing…you and /I (Nina)
And the /moon’s playing /strings…on our /hearts 
The /tides rising /up from this /storm full of /love 
Been so long…I not sure …where to start

Should I s/tand to my /ground…hold /on to my /shore (Nina)
Let those jagged rocks…/pound on our /soul…
As the /music gets lost…in its /own melody…
as love /cries ...forever/more {stretch your beautiful voice out here}
What /destiny?…(Nina & Doug)

What destiny…is in these clouds… to/night. (Nina & Doug)
As I/search on that //horizon…for…/light //
/Will this be /love?...t/rue true /love? 
Is this /just a /dream…not my /destiny

The /wind and the /waves...blow your /dreams far a/way…(Doug)/
And the /last leaf of /Autumn’s…/on the /ground 
It’s a /wild wicked /wind... and your / course it will /sway (Nina)
And your /tears freeze …/to snow… falling /down

You must /stand/to your ground…/hold to your shore (Doug)
as those /jagged rocks… /pound on your /soul 
let Your /music’s gets /lost…in its /own melo/dy…\(Nina)
as it /cries .../forever/more {stretch your beautiful voice out here}
What /destiny?…(Doug)

What /destiny…/ is in your /arms… to/night…(Nina & Doug)
as I .wish upon the .starlight in your .eyes…
will /you /still.be /here…in the /morning when I /rise…
or are you /just a /dream/ 
not my /destiny/
my destiny 
be my destiny




What Destiny feat. Padruna by Doug Roossien

Vocals:  Padruna
Lyrics, Melody, production arrangement 
and everything else:   Sage

My Wish

Dedicated to Ben...a wonderful Dog, who is still with us in Spirit.

Piano and arrangement: David Ari Leon 
 https://soundcloud.com/davidleon-3
Vocals: Padruna Nina

See the Dog and Butterfly
Up in the air he liked to fly
Dog and Butterfly
Below he had to try
He rolled back down to the warm soft ground
With a little tear in his eye,
He had to try, he had to try

Dog & Butterfly - Heart classical adaptation

This is an up-lifting re-interpretation of a Shawn Colvin song. One week of live sessions at the recording studio in LA. What fun!!!

Vocals: Padruna
Production, arrangement and mastering: Sage
Guitar :https://soundcloud.com/simonex4ever
Percussion: Matt
Special thank you to David Leon for his ideas. motivation and direction!

Steady On- cover Shawn Colvin

Written & Produced by Shoemansky
Music by Shoemansky
Vocals by Shoemansky & Padruna
(Visit Shoemansky' s page: soundcloud.com/shoemansky)

Brother Sun and Sister Moon
Hear my words and answer soon
Spirits of the Earth and Sky
Will you ever tell me why?
Everybody's long gone
Tell me where it all went wrong
Love it seems had to die
All I need is to know why.

Father Sea and Mother Land
Will you take me by the hand
Show me things I can't see
Hear my words and talk to me
Spirits of the Field and Fen
Will you ever tell me when
Love will come?
Close your eyes and see...

What a privilege it was for me to witness Andreas's genius, from the instrumental track, moving and inspirational lyrics, soul reaching vocals and of course directional talent as a producer. I, as so many are, have been a fan from way back to his Ghost days, because everything he produces is a wonder to the ears, heart and imagination. Thank you Andreas!

The Spirit - Shoemansky feat. Padruna Nina

I had the pleasure of recording this with my beautiful 16yr old daughter Alyson who joined me in LA. I will always hold this dear in my heart and someday I look forward to posting her songs :)!

Vocals: Nina and Alyson 
Lyrics, Melody and Production: Sage
Guitar: Simone soundcloud.com/simonex4ever
Drums:Matt Laug

SoThe Story Goes

I know it's been a while, not for lack of desire or love to sing. To get me out of hibernation, these two men, never fail to produce Music that inspires me and I am their biggest fan in a sea of admirers. Thank you Ed and Alex for being such a Dream Team and allowing me to join you on this, how could I refuse such a beauty?!

Padruna Nina-  Lyrics and Vocal Melody. 
Alexander Hallberg:- Instrumental including Marimba and staccato strings. 
Ed Haydon-  Production, Piano and Original Instrumental including legato strings, synth and completed mixing and mastering.

You can hear more great tracks by Alexander here.. soundcloud.com/booback and Ed Haydon here.. soundcloud.com/EdHaydon

 Facebook profile.. www.facebook.com/Padruna




The Breeze

This is a new exclusive version of the Song Voliamo, from the Voice of Life Album, created for Smule's  Music App named "Sing!" (www.Smule.com)  which you can use to sing along to.

New Vocals:   Padruna Nina
Original Vocals:  Mattia De Luca
Track Producte: :  Emanuele Arnone
New Additional Lyrics:  David Ari Leon

The healing power of music through participation. 
By adding your voico float  and to sail
To soare to the songs you will benefit from the curative properties of the tone, rhythm and melody.

Take a moment to set your Spirit free
Let your spirit fly
We fly
Each of us
We all fly
We fly solo

To soar and to sail
To float and to glide
Drifting and lifting
We all fly

Lifting up
We can fly
Letting go




Voliamo- exclusive for Smule feat Padruna and Mattia DeLuca

Vocals: Padruna Nina
Produced and written by Sage
Guitar: Simone https://soundcloud.com/simonex4ever
Drums: Matt Lauge
Hi everyone, hope you are all finding joy through music. Miss my "old Soundcloud friends" it's too quiet lately :(.
Here's a new one recorded recently in L.A..  Useful when someone gives you the "Silent treatment"


Talk To Me - Padruna

Light the fire, in the dark
Shine your diamond, let it spark

Shine
light up your voice
You can make the choice to let yourself shine
Shine
Send out your Word
let your Voice be heard
always a way
Light 
let it shine bright
give it to the world
it's up to you

(Ref)Tune into your voice
it can be your choice
let it out and light it up
(repeat)
So much loneliness
So much pain
Too much sorrow
Too many tears
Best way to melt woes away is to 

Shine
light up your voice
You can make the choice to let yourself shine
Shine
Send out your Word
let your voice be heard
always a way
Light 
let it shine bright
give it to the world
it's up to you
Shine
Shine like a star 
no matter who you are
Alive in Song
(Refrain)
Stay in tune in the Tune
In the Spirit of the Voice

VOL Shine - Smule exclusive track

Created for the Smule Sing! app
Come sing with us!

Om Mane-Live in Flow Motion-new lyrics

Accoustic arrangement of this beautiful ballad by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Vocals: Padruna Nina
Piano: David Ari Leon   https://soundcloud.com/davidleon-3
Guitar Simone Sello  https://soundcloud.com/simonex4ever
Production, Percussion and Bass: Sage
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen

It Don't Bring You-Remastered

New version from the original on the Voice of Life, 
written and produced by Ben Leinbach
David Ari Leon- lyrics and lead melody
Padruna Nina-   vocals
Gina Sala-   gorgeous eastern style vocals


One
in
the
one.
I
need
love
to
fill
the
void.
In
the
abyss
I
feel
destroyed.
Take
a
good
look
at
the
world
around.
Fears
and
then
tears
are
what
abounds.
I
run
and
I
run
to
make
ends
meet.
I
flee
from
the
place
of
near
defeat.
Every
day
no
time
to
loose
Making
sure
each
second
gets
good
use.
The
door
is
open
(all
one
in
the
one)
I’m
never
broken
(all
one
in
the
one)
I
am
evolving
(all
one
in
the
one)
Until
the
end
(everyone
the
one,
the
one)
Thoughts
in
my
head
keep
spinning
round.
They
fill
up
my
world
with
noisy
sounds.
I
live
out
my
life
in
sepia
tone.
Make
like
my
heart
is
made
of
stone.
Working
to
stand
on
solid
ground.
Looking
to
find
my
way
around.
I
live
with
an
ache
deep
in
my
soul.
Please
send
a
soul
doctor
to
console.
To
stay
connected
(all
one
in
the
one)
Is
the
objective.
(all
one
in
the
one)
Until
the
future
(all
one
in
the
one)
Becomes
the
past
(one
in
the
one,
all
one
in
the
one)
Packing
regrets
up
in
a
case
Letting
the
his-­‐try
be
erased
Drawing
a
map
for
where
to
go.
Wanting
to
live
life
in
the
flow
One
in
the
one

One In The One

Lyrical adaptation for the Smule sing app from the original track of the Voice of Life Album.

Lyrics: David Ari Leon
Vocals: Padruna
Original/Gorgeous vocals and sounds by Lisbeth Scott

SEA OF CHANGE - new lyrical version

You Came (Kim Wilde Cover)

For my parents who lived their life for their family and for music.

Vivo per Lei /Ich Lebe für Sie

I d Like to Teach the World to Sing -Kurt

Every Breath You Take - The Police Cover

My Heart Will Go On -Cover Team Steve

Well I recall his parting words
 Must I accept his fate
 Or take myself far from this place
 I thought I heard a black bell toll
 A little bird did sing
 Man has no choice
 When he wants every thing
 
We'll rise above the scarlet tide
 That trickles down through the mountain
 And separates the widow from the bride
 
Man goes beyond his own decision
 Gets caught up in the mechanism
 Of swindlers who act like kings
 And brokers who break everything
 The dark of night was swiftly fading
 Close to the dawn of day
 Why would I want him just to lose him again
 

old ver.- The Scarlet Tide Cover-Joan Baez/Alison Krauss

Well I recall his parting words
 Must I accept his fate
 Or take myself far from this place
 I thought I heard a black bell toll
 A little bird did sing
 Man has no choice
 When he wants every thing
 
We'll rise above the scarlet tide
 That trickles down through the mountain
 And separates the widow from the bride
 
Man goes beyond his own decision
 Gets caught up in the mechanism
 Of swindlers who act like kings
 And brokers who break everything
 The dark of night was swiftly fading
 Close to the dawn of day
 Why would I want him just to lose him again
 
We'll rise above the scarlet tide
 That trickles down through the mountain
 And separates the widow from the bride
 

The Scarlet Tide Cover

This is a raw version (not mixed/cleaned) version so please excuse the quality of the rec. The first half of this classic rock ballad is chillout and the second half (my favorite) is pure dance out house music to wake you up. Enjoy!!!

Dream on Dance/Trance remix

Available for purchase now on all electronic retailers.
This started out as a joke dare, but then I really needed to sing it..my apologies to Pink Floyd fans myself include.

Piano and Arrangement: David Ari Leon
Vocals:: Padruna Nina

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Comfortably Numb-Acoustic Cover Pink Floyd

Hi Everyone! This was an original and breathtaking instrumental piece by Alex Hallberg entitled "True Dreams" which he so kindly donated for a good cause. John Styles hen added some instruments and the all important finishing touches of a great Producer to showcase the song's beauty. Last, he asked me to come up with lyrics and a melody and since it was for Unicef then this was the message I wanted to present. Alex and John have worked tirelessly to create this with me and I thank them for giving me this opportunity to do so.

Songwriting and Vocals by Padruna (Nina)
Arrangement and all instruments by Alex Hallberg and John Styles
Produced  by John Styles


There's a place that we don't know,
A place where nothing but love can grow.
No green 
No shade
No Rain
Where life begins and ends in pain

Brother can you spare some time
Brother can you spare a dime
To feed something more than greed
Love is not enough to seed

Children neither heard nor seen
As you ride in your limousine
Make sure that your hands are clean
As you toast to life and count your green.

Sometimes Love is not Enough
 to stop their crying
Sometimes Love is Not Enough,
to stop the children dying

Not enough to survive
Not enough to keep her baby alive.

Love is Not Enough- John Styles, Alex Hallberg & Padruna

https://soundcloud.com/robynyoulten
https://soundcloud.com/chrisscheri
Robyn was my mentor in all of this and Chris our wonder. When I thought this song would be too painful to post, too personal, Robyn gave me a positive way to view it. I thank her not only for turning this into a beautiful duet but for all her kind words over the past year. Chris no words of gratitude suffice for so generously donating your time and skill to make this a beauty. Sound engineering cannot replace heart, which you have in abundance.

My Immortal- cover by the trinity Robyn Youlten, Chris Scheri and Padruna

Original Instrumental track by Alexander Hallberg
(https://soundcloud.com/booback)
Vocals and Songwriting by Padruna
https://soundcloud.com/padruna
additional Vocals and Instrumentals by Ed Haydon
https://soundcloud.com/edhaydon
Production Ed Haydon and Alexander Hallberg

Alex brightened my morning not too long ago when he let me listen to an instrumental track he played the night before. I loved it, it was addictive. He just called it Diggin-it, because he was into the beat. Immediately ideas came rushing into my head to play on its double meaning, and since it was hard to explain in a message how I was seriously going to sing a song about Diggin-It, I sat down at my table and in two hours wrote and recorded the vocal track . He loved it. It was addictive. So he sent it on to Ed Haydon who not only added the piano and keys but masterfully pulled it all together with his Sound Engineering skills.  This song has been nothing less than inspired by these two talented and beautiful men and if it gets you going too, and if the tune also gets stuck in your head, then our job is done.  Enjoy!

Such a shame it had to end this way,
it was a game I didn't want to play.
You played a hand with cards that didn't show.
I didn't see it coming, how was I to know?
ref.
Diggin-it, yeah, Diggin-it, ha!
You've dug your own grave,
Baby, now live in it.

If you kick someone when they are down, what goes around comes back around,.
when your other leg lets you go,
you'll have nothing to stand on
no way to go.
ref.
Deceive me, use me,
that's how you will lose me.
Talk to my hand, last time I'll understand.
You thought you'd break me, tear me, shake me,
but my soul you can't take from me.
ref.
My soul is mine.

Diggin' it - by Hallberg, Haydon & Padruna (original song)

Vocals and Song writing: Padruna Nina

Arrangement and Instrumental track: The Subversive

https://soundcloud.com/the-subversive

The Subversive's Cloud is like a candy shop for me. It is bursting with gorgeous soundtracks just waiting for a song to be written and sung. I snatched this one up and I thank Peter for allowing me to paint on his canvas. the lyrics were inspired and dedicated to someone special who I also thank from the bottom of my heart.

I Believe in You   by The Subversive and Padruna

Padruna is the daughter of an opera singer & classical choir director (this is mom) and a language professor, poet and author (this is dad.) You can guess that she grew up loving the performing arts!

Born and educated in Boston, Massachusetts, Padruna spent her intermediate years growing up in Lucca, Italy. She holds degrees in Fine Arts, Biology, Psychology and International Law. Like spokes on a wheel, both her education and world experience inform her singing at every level. Traversing the adult contemporary music to re-imagined classical rock, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

"While I am still not certain where I am from or what I do, I am certain that...

Life without Art and Music is unimaginable."


Padruna

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