You look a bit like a young Phil Keaggy a kid I grew up with in Pittsburgh and Ohio

This is extremely well written, arranged, and performed! Just love it!

Has a modern classic feel, in fine voice and performance Robert!

A fine lyric and performance Robert! Nicely done!

this song made a huge impression on me... congrats

Mixed for Lillithe

Here's a new song in demo form. You can watch the video here if you need some visual input to complete your listening experience: https://youtu.be/VLK4Mcqvg3Y

Listen to the finished studio version: https://soundcloud.com/robert-gray-music/stones-in-my-pockets

LYRICS:
Stones in my pockets, dragging me down.
Got to reach the riverbank before I drown
I'm wading through water, it's deep and it's brown.
I've got stones in my pockets
Dragging me down, down, down.

I'm spinning my wheels
Driving on sand
Don't seem to move forwards,
And I can't understand.
I had gold, I had silver but they slipped right through my hands.
I'm spinning my wheels
I'm driving on quicksand.

   Politics and preachers, dividends and deeds.
   I'm sickening slowly with the modern disease.
   I don't belong here, I'm down on my knees.
   Somebody help me, help me please.

I'm walking in circles, drifting around
Tell me where I come from, tell me where I'm bound
And the dreams I've been chasing have been run into the ground.
I'm walking in circles
Spinning around.
Stones in my pocket
Dragging me down.
Stones in my pocket
Dragging me down, down, down, down, down.

CREDITS:
Words & Music: Robert Gray
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Stones In My Pockets (acoustic demo)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Latin, literally ‘not having control of one's mind’.

If there was ever a time in my life when I questioned the sanity of the world, this would be it. So many things are not working; and so many people in power seem to want to keep it that way. How does one maintain hope (and provide others hopeful ideas), when the daily news tells such a different story? At what point do the hopeful messages just feel out of touch, rather than helpful?

Bo Burnham’s comedy special ‘Inside’ (on Netflix, but you can find several skits on YouTube as well) should be recommended viewing for all human beings right now. It’s a brilliantly insightful and snarky view of the world we live in, and a candid peek into his struggles facing that world. Half charming, half alarming… he is unapologetic and razor sharp in how he interprets the modern age. Here’s a line from one of the opening songs that really hit home for me:

"The more I look, the more I see nothing to joke about. Is comedy over? Should I leave you alone? Cause really who's gonna go for joking at a time like this? Should I be joking at a time like this? I wanna help to leave this world better than I found it. And I fear that comedy won't help, and the fear is not unfounded."

This so accurately summarizes how I feel right now. Is what I’m doing helping? Or does (you pick the hot topic driving you nuts at the moment) seem so out of control, that I seem out of touch with reality… trumpeting loving and hopeful messages in the face of the chaos? 

In the end, I feel there are only two paths available to us at any given time; activity and inactivity. I don’t know that the specific activity matters as much as the drive and purpose behind that activity. I suspect the point is simply to do anything positive that tells the universe where your heart and intent are focused. The alternative… inactivity probably looks a lot like freezing in your tracks, getting lost in fear (or anger, which I consider a sub-category of fear)… and refusing to (or feeling like you can’t) move forward. It’s pretty easy to imagine how that energy won’t be helping anyone… especially you.

So maybe it’s as simple as just doing something that seems meaningful to you. Maybe that means protesting. Or donating to causes that align with your values. It might be conserving water, limiting waste, and recycling. Perhaps it’s providing your services and skills to someone in need; or simply smiling at someone as you pass them on the street. And it can also take the form of artistic and creative expression; a valuable offering for people in need of evocative images, sounds and ideas. All of these things hold power. And all are important in my mind. So rather than questioning whether we’re doing the right things, or enough of the right things… maybe we just need to follow our hearts (not our minds), and see where that leads us. Our hearts already seem to know us better than we know ourselves anyway. Let’s try trusting that little fellow, and see where it takes us.

I hope you enjoy my latest sonic adventure, ‘Non Compos Mentis’. :)

WTF! The Musical

Non Compos Mentis

Under The Hood.

John dee
John Dee said he cannot see
 through the fog of history
 one Kingdom rises and one will fall 
one will conquer and rule
oh  too cloudy the crystal ball
 my vision to restricted and small                       
 one will command the wind and sea 
and one will wear the laurels of victory

you're not happy
you never were  free
where ever you are going 
that's where you ought to be 
where ever you stop 
you don't belong 
your weak and can never  be strong 
and never cross the Rubicon

There is an angel at mon's
The sea is as flat as a millpond
let the boy earn his spurs
just empty hollow words
and the lion and the unicorn
have just crossed the Rubicon 

 Caesar has gone with me
and crossed the Rubicon

John Dee

B-Ume Blossom Groove

Sensual Theorems

Pop Violin Lamento

This song was custom written for song finch.com

For All My Tomorrows

Composer: JRL Guimarães
Contact information: jrlguimar@gmail.com

Green Balloon

I am flying away
In a green baloon
Looking the moon
Looking the sea

I feel so peace
I feel so love
I feel the way
We can see

The real things
To realize
That's more to see
Up and down

To live the life
To think high
Is what we do
Is what we know

Green Baloon

Chill walk

Black Hole

Arianna vocals
LYRICS
Looked at the stars in the sky.
Thought about how it would look through different eyes.

Through the eyes of another.
Through the eyes of another.

Began to see the world as a very large place.
We are all lonely creatures in a very big space.

Through the eyes of another.
Through the eyes of another.

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Eyes Of Another (ft. Arianna - vocals)

A pulsing layered rock dirge about being stuck in the eating utensils of giants or unnoticed between the typeset of discarded newspapers. Bat! Bi! Hiru! Lau! We've all been there!

From the album LATITUDE BERA available at https://brittapejic.bandcamp.com/music

Latitude Bera

Between the Tines

11.B469 • Je désire entendre Ta voix

Papo de cria numa jam session na casa do Paulinho.
Naquela velha parceria louca.
Vocal/Letra/Violão - Paulo Simões
Guitarra/Beats/Synths - Enrico De Luca
Produção Lubraxx - Cafofus Records.

Bafafá Monstro - Caqui Com Mamão.

Ursa Minor Dance Patterns (Demo)

A cover version of the song "The Sweet Escape" from the Finish Rock band "Poets of the Fall", with Japanese lyrics.

"The Sweet Escape" was written by Poets of the Fall and was released in 2018 on the album "Ultraviolet". Our version was created as fans to honor a beautiful ballad.

Japanese adaptation: Miss Sato and Kirine
Vocals: Kirine (https://soundcloud.com/kirine11)
Musical arrangement and recording: Spektralfarben

The Sweet Escape - female cover in Japanese (feat. Kirine)

I'm a songwriter, guitarist and singer in that order. I play some bass, keys and drums too. I have been writing and recording songs for most of my life and what you hear on my profile is a selection of my work over the years. 

My songs are a mix of autobiographical and storytelling. I write about family, life and happenings in the wider world.  


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I genuinely appreciate anybody taking the time to listen and comment. I really make an effort to listen, comment and repost back. 

Thanks for listening! Robert.



CREDITS:
Main profile photos: Frank Peterson and Frank Kind
All other photos: see individual credits

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