one of those dreams that remains with you for days...
don't know why i said buwowing instead of burrowing :)

smile

Performance Notes and Information

“Double Sonata No. 2” was completed in September, 2021 in Fairview, TX. 

The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 15 minutes. 

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Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	Required pedaling is marked in the score but additional pedaling may be applied as needed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: <>, >< ) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level
•	Passages marked fff and ppp indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.

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Double Sonata No. 2 for Bb Clarinet and Piano

Wordless Notes To My Son Entering A Brave New World

"Righteous Man"

(V1)
Well, how you gonna save me
You gonna cleanse, anoint & bait me
How ya gonna make it alright
Pay up & step into the light
   Resurrect Me
   Sanctify Me
   You can never buy me
He's a righteous man with a bible in his hand
Playin' make pretend - the righteous man

(v2)
He's a natural born killer
With a fire in his eye
When he gets you in his sight
Better Kiss your ass goodbye  
     Will he protect you
     Like he supposed to
     the bodies piling on the ground
He's a righteous man with a rifle in his hand
Playin' war games - the righteous man

(Bridge)
I'm a quiet man with a guitar in his hand
I love playin' Rock & Roll

(outro)
See him walking down the road
(know the righteous Man)
A Wolf dressed in sheeps clothes
(Fear the righteous man)
Carryin' such a heavy load
(Fear the righteous man)
Wait for him to explode

Righteous Man

Hums Like A Cat
by Anton Etch 2021 
- a rough demo from the 'Simple & Strange' series -

Time moves - away from you
Falling - endlessly
Hard times
change the way you see the world
      
I know the beginning
and I know the end
I've guessed the meaning
and seen sufferin'
We could worry
about this or that
If something's workin', 
it hums like a cat

Time is - and always was
Passing - patiently
Hard times
change the way we see the world

When someone comes to you
bearing gifts old and new
Don't ask
"Who the hell are you?"

I know the beginning
and I know the end
I've guessed the meaning
and seen sufferin'
We could worry
about this or that
If something's workin', 
it hums like a cat

If you take everything away, 
the sea, the sky - even the day
All you have
in the end
is Time

Feel the silence... and the space
Feel the shadow move across your face
Hear the time tickin'
tickin' in its
place

I know the beginning
and I know the end
I've guessed the meaning
and seen sufferin'
We could worry
about this or that
If something's workin', 
it hums like a cat

---
Anton Etch 2021 All Rights Reserved

Hums Like A Cat

Black Diamond Strings, Gene Jumper, vocal, Tonys lyrics, PJ. Projects, music.

Black Diamond Strings, Gene Jumper, Vocal, Tonys Lyrics, PJ ,Projects, music.

This is the story of Seagrave Tiller Hook and ladder 5211 who served with the Glencove Volunteers fire fighters  in Glencove, Long Island, new York from 1987 until 2011. when she finished service she was  bought by an Irish man called Liam Moore who has a passion for Fire Brigade and has quite a collection. He transported her from America to Ireland and this song tells the true story, or maybe a part of the tale of her travels from Glencove and her arrival here in Dublin. she is 56 foot long, 30tonne and has a 100f foot ladder, driven by a V8 engine and it was my pleasure to ride in her for a few hours with Liam.  Liam brings her to charity events and exhibitions to show her off and spend most of his time underneath or on top working on her. here is a youtube link to her arriving in Ireland, we will be putting a  youtube video for the song together in due course . 

Written, sung and produced by: Johnny Mc Farlane 

https://youtu.be/nnL5kTOqckI
Verse 1 
The story starts in  Glen Cove, long Island USA 
Ladder  5211 starts up  for her last day 
All the boys from the volunteers 
Could have filled up the water tanks with tears,  
They didn’t want to see her go away 
But they knew she had done her stint and that she couldn’t stay 
So they gave her a big send off and sent her on here way 
flashing lights and sirens blazing 
they all said their good bye that night
from the Station to the docks there wasn’t one dry eye in sight 

Chorus 
Oh Liam Moore’s fire Brigade is the best you’ve ever seen 
She’s 50 foot from front to back and he keeps her very clean 
She came all the way from Glen Cove City in the USA 
Now she’s parked in Liam Mores driveway and she’s here to stay 
 
                                Verse 2                                     
She was loaded up on a ship bound for Dublin IreLand 
Where Liam moore agus Laim Beag had everything in hand 
They couldn’t  hold in the  excitement 
when the ship docked at Dublin Keys 
And when the dockers took her off the ship they  both got weak at the knees

They drove her home via  pears street past Tara street fire station 
Where all the boys from the fire brigade  gave her a standing ovation 
They drive up O Connell street 
and past the GPO  
With the sirens on and flashing Lights it’s the only way to go . 

Chorus 
                             Verse 3 
All the neighbour on the road  were excited to see her arrive 
Liam knocked down half the house trying to get her in the drive 
And Annies from number 10  
Said Liam lock hard try that again 
He’s never going to get her in the drive 

Liam Moore ahus Liam beag  Took turns on the steering wheel 
And between the shouts and curing the grinding of the steel 
They eventually inched that big yoke in 
To a very small  tight space 
And when they turned the engine off see  the grin on Liam moors face

Chorus and change 
Well Liam loves this engine with all his heart 
and love nor money wouldn’t pull the 2 of them to part 
His heart his soul his everything has gone into this truck
Its cost him quite a lot of Do but he doesn’t give a Fiddlers

Liam Moore's fire brigade ( Full version )

This is an acoustic cover of the Moody Blues' 1967 song which was featured on their 1968 album Days of Future Passed. Like most of their music, it was kind of unique I always thought, and I got the urge to try my hand at my usual stripped down version. Written by band member Justin Hayward.

Nights in White Satin (cover)

Beannaich, a Thrianailt fhioir nach gann,
(Segne, o Dreifaltiger, Wahrer und Gütiger,)
Mi fein, mo cheile agus mo chlann, 
(Ich selbst, mein Ehepartner und meine Kinder,)
Mo chlann mhaoth's am mathair chaomh 'n an ceann,
(Meine zarten Kinder und ihre geliebte Mutter an ihrer Spitze,)
Air chlar chubhr nan raon, air airidh chaon nam beann,
(Auf der duftenden Ebene, an der fröhlichen Bergscheide,)
Air chlar chubhr nan raon, air airidh chaon nam beam.
(Auf der duftenden Ebene, in der fröhlichen Berglandschaft.)

Gach ni na m' fhardaich, no ta 'na m' shealbh,
(Alles innerhalb meiner Wohnung oder in meinem Besitz,)
Gach buar is barr, gach tan is tealbh,
(Alle Kühe und Feldfrüchte, alle Herden und Getreide,)
Bho Oidhche Shamhna chon Oidhche Bheallt,
(Von Heiligabend bis Beltane,)
Piseach maith, agus beannachd mallt,
(Mit gutem Fortschritt und sanftem Segen,)
Bho mhuir, gu muir, agus bun gach allt,
(Von Meer zu Meer, und jeder Flussmündung,)
Bho thonn gu tonn, agus bonn gach steallt.
(Von Welle zu Welle, und am Fuße des Wasserfalls.)

Beltane

Searching for a clean sound. One of the first models of solid bodies that Gibson  ever made. The tone speaks for itself. An R8 for those that are curious

A New Way

https://youtu.be/UHCLGRrcZo0

This song was inspired (or should that be triggered?) by half a dozen hunters in pink baseball caps I saw the other day.  Though I don’t think it is really about ‘meat eating’ or ‘gun control’, I suspect it is about something else. 


There’s a gun totin’ meathead at my door
Gun totin’ meathead at my door
Gun totin’ misanthrope
Not holding out a lot of hope
Wonder what he is looking for?

Should I open up, talk politely, build rapport?
With this gun totin’ meathead at my door
Trouble is with misanthropes
It takes a lot to float their boats
I think I might just head for the back door

Just about to hit the sack
When this knuckle head turns up
Pop the trunk on that dam Pontiac
Slips his A.K. out the bag
Puts a clip in, yeah, like that
What fuckin’ baseball cap?

There’s a gun totin’ meathead at my door
Gun totin’ meathead at my door
Gun totin’ misanthrope
Not holding out a lot of hope
I think I may have told you that before

There’s a gun totin’ meathead at my door
Gun totin’ meathead at my door
Gun totin’ misanthrope
Not holding out a lot of hope
Wonder what he is looking for?

Gun totin’, gun totin’
Gun totin’ misanthrope knocking at my door

Shsh..

I said, gun totin’, gun totin’
There’s a gun totin’ misanthrope knocking at my door

Gun Totin' Misanthrope

Classical guitarist/pianist who writes & produces music.  I love crossing boundaries and genres in my original music.  New album on Spotify etc https://open.spotify.com/album/2cnmt2NytLzD9L3AVWwUdW?si=jcpQ5z5IRSmpSySFHQLvug

A New Way

Paul Chantrill