What a blessed life, faith, and inner joy this woman must have had at that time, living to be about 93 years old. Such beautiful, tender, and perfect music. 🙏 Such a beautiful performance and recording. Thank you so much for sharing this musical gem from the past! 😊

House on Second Avenue             c. 2021 by M. A. Manetz

V1
Our couch was at the curbside, our broken TV too,
With a pile of stuff from momma's room folks were pickin' through.
Landlord notice on the door, said “PAYMENT OVERDUE”,
The day we left our house on Second Avenue.

V2
Mama said, “Just pack your suitcase, leave your toys out by the street,
I'll buy you some new ones, when I get back on my feet”.
I was tryin' not to cry, but the neighbor kids all knew,
The day we left our house on Second Avenue.

Bridge 1
Life was always stacked against us but mamma always found a way, 
She tried her best to ease the shame and pain I felt that day.
She said, “son, hold your head up high no matter what they think of you”,
And we walked out of the house on Second Avenue.

V3
Back in town for mamma's funeral, I drove my son around,
Pulled into a side-street, slowed the motor down,
He asked “daddy why you cryin'?”, and a tear fell right on cue,
As we slowly passed to the house on Second Avenue.

Bridge 2
I told him, “life was stacked against us but mamma always found a way, 
Her strength and patience raised me to the man I am today.
So son, hold your head up high no matter what they think of you”,
Then we drove on past the house on Second Avenue.
Yeah,we're finally past the house on Second Avenue.

House On Second Avenue

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​​-​​1676) - Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea​,​' No​.​17 from Sacri Concerti à1​-​5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)

https://phillipwserna.bandcamp.com/track/claudia-francesca-rusca-1583-1676-canzon-prima-4-la-borromea-from-sacri-concerti-a-1-5-con-salmi-e-canzoni-francesi-milan-1630 https://soundcloud.com/phillipwserna/claudia-francesca-rusca-1583-1676-canzon-prima-a4-la-borromea-1630 https://youtu.be/SulkRcI_ro4 https://www.instagram.com/p/CUMC5rcgYdP/
https://fb.watch/8cO7njjAKK/ https://twitter.com/PhillipWSerna/status/1441229886052397060

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered August-October 2021 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzoni Francesi à4 (Milan, 1630)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzoni Francesi à4 (Milan, 1630)

Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea​,​' No​.​17 from Sacri Concerti à1​-​5 con Salmi e Canzoni Francesi (Milan, 1630)

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583​-​1676) - Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea' (1630)

From my album "Fû": https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/f
This track is based on a bird song. I slow down a recording of a bird and did transcript its melody in a chromatic scale with my keyboard with a flute preset. Around this, more elements came, especially my recorder and clarinet + some electronic fun. The acoustic elements are recorded with my zoom h2.
To learn more about this project: https://ariad-music.com/textes/musique/fu-en/

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Bird Language

“Singing in hiding”

Art work: Bianca Van Dijk via Pixabay
Vocal: Vocaloid Yukari and a dove cooing in the treetops of a neighbor's garden.

鳩のごと梢の影にかくれたし

I want to sing like a dove, hiding high in the treetops.

Singing in hiding

Singing In Hiding

Reversed Affairs

Vibraphony (Psycho Locomotive remix)Noxpox/MrDjBigHouse

„Dünengeflüster“ (02.08.2023 )

Der Klang der Wüste. Die flüsternde Stille der Natur die Dir etwas zu erzählen hat.
Du bist ein Sandkorn in der unendlichen Weite der Wüste.

Der Wind verweht Dich kleines Sandkorn. Du bist nichts, die Wüste ist alles.
Sie verschlingt Dich. Du bist kleiner als ein Insekt. Wanderst von Düne zu Düne.

Höre das zarte flüstern der Düne. Lausche achtsam dem heißen Wüstenwind „Calima“ was er Dir zu erzählen hat.

Vielen Dank für Eure geschätzte Aufmerksamkeit.
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Musik :  Björn Cloppenburg  Alle Rechte vorbehalten
Foto	:      Björn Cloppenburg
Es wurden für dieses Projekt virtuelle Instrumente der folgenden Firmen verwendet: 
SPITFIRE AUDIO:  Andy Findon Flute / ALBION II LOEGRIA / LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESRA 
Soniccouture GEOSONICS
Audiobro : GENESIS Children´s Choir

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"Dune Whisper" (08/02/2023 )

The sound of the desert. The whispering silence of nature that has something to tell you.
You are a grain of sand in the vastness of the desert.

The wind blows you little grain of sand. You are nothing, the desert is everything.
She devours you. You are smaller than an insect. Walk from dune to dune.

Hear the soft whisper of the dunes. Listen carefully to what the hot desert wind “Calima” has to tell you.

Thank you for your valued attention.
SOUND CLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Music :  Björn Cloppenburg All rights reserved
Photo:   Björn Cloppenburg
Virtual instruments from the following companies were used for this project:
SPITFIRE AUDIO: Andy Findon Flute / ALBION II LOEGRIA / LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESRA
Soniccouture GEOSONICS
Audiobro : GENESIS Children's Choir


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Dune Whisper

spontanously, solo with EWI USB, and I added a hint of jazz brushes :-) ... all this on a backing ("free to download and covered by a Creative Commons license") by https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz
photo by Rodrigo Soares on unsplash / original track: https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/ugraphra

Ugraphra / by Stan Magendanz / joerxworx remix

from 2023 album *MUSIC FROM MY VULVA* (tbr)
this side: 
Wheels Ov Cornucopia
other side:
https://soundcloud.com/myrhyum/lyergenei-scream-ov-orgasm

Wheels Ov Cornucopia (Confusion Comes n Goes...)

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Faculty: North Central College, Valparaiso University, The Music Institute of Chicago, Adlai E. Stevenson High School Baroque Ensemble & Viol Consort Double Bass: Illinois Philharmonic, et al Viol: @BlackTulipEM, Burning River Baroque, @NewCommaBaroque, The Spirit of Gambo - a Chicago Consort of Viols, @ViolMedium, et al

Viols in Our Schools - Early Music America’s 2010 Laurette Goldberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music Outreach

Claudia Francesca Rusca (1583-1676) - Canzon Prima à4 'La Borromea' (1630)

Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass & Violas da Gamba

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