My small contribution to do something against this terrible war. The only thing I can do at the moment.
This is my very first DemoRecording Attempt.
VideoLink: https://youtu.be/WN3zEOmBduM

Song description and explanations:
Katyusha:
Katyusha is a russian patriotic folk song. It's about a Russian woman called Katyusha.
"Standing on a steep riverbank, she sends her song to her beloved, a soldier serving far away."
In Nat King Cole's english version, one line of the song reads: "Purple skies Remind me of Katyusha"
Another line in other translation reads: "Apple trees and pear trees went into blooming,"

The russians named also the "Katyusha Rocket Launcher" after it.
This was the idea for the line in my own lyrics. "these are the strange love greetings sent to us by Katyusha from afar."

The Herald was an officer whose duty it was to proclaim war or peace, carry challenges to battle, and messages between sovereigns etc.

"Roundup your sheeps and wolves back home to the flock"
Get your soldiers back. Those who did not want to go there and also those who fought there.

Full Lyrics:
I stand alone here on the steep curled riverbank border
watch how the sky reflects deep purple in the mirrorblank water.
How could it happen that my thoughts revolve only around this war?
these are the strange love greetings sent to us by Katyusha from afar.

I ask myself if it’s okay to wish for spring come to arrive
while all the people close to us are trying to survive
Will all the pear and apple trees - start bloom again this year
or do they let it be ’cause they can also feel the fear?

How can we carry on - when everything goes wrong?
how can we worry in the morning - when our shower goes not warm?
when all the brave ones stay behind - defend our liberty and life
We just watch swooning and afraid - without rushing to their aid. 

N O W - i swallow my fears - inside myself
W I P E - away all my tears from my face
B U R Y my anger - and this indescribable swoon
I summon all my courage - so that peace can return

Let light - get back into your eyes
Let love - return to your heart
Let trust - retrieve to your soul
But do not let his lies near you - better "Put-In"-To a deep burning hole 

Keep them away from us
Make him clear that we don’t trust
These words that seemed spoken by insane
We stand together, cause we all want the same

Lets send a Herald to proclaim the peace in the world - we all are united
Lets spread the news and the truth. And let our thoughts unfurled - we all have the power
Roundup your sheeps and wolves back home to the flock
Your hate will never win a war against us
united and in love It’s time for you to see - Who has the power

Oli Boli - Dear W.P.

Dear W.P. - We have the Power

Put In'Sane' In A Deep Burning Hole. - (We have the Power)

A dark ambient rock track.
(Photo by Anna Shevchuk from Pexels)

I Get It

Ladder Of Dreams

Time is invented by man, if you want to do something just do it
alternative rock
Instruments: Ibanez guitar, line 6 drums, fostex mix table

Novo Turno

RightTimeIsNow

A song with piano and orchestra. With a guitar.

The Faith Must Last

Written: 2020
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation: brass quintet (2 B-flat trumpets [Harmon and straight mutes required], horn [mute required], trombone, tuba or bass trombone)
Commissioned by the Atlantic Brass Quintet
World Premiere (Live): Atlantic Brass Quintet, Mostly Modern Festival, Filene Ladd Concert Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
For More Info: https://robertpaterson.com/dash
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BXoJYkY_A4
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: https://www.billholabmusic.com/composers/robert-paterson/robert-paterson-works/
Online Perusal Score: https://issuu.com/robertpaterson/docs/paterson_dash__score-perusal_

PROGRAM NOTE
"Dash" is inspired by common meanings of the word ‘dash’: to travel or run somewhere in a great hurry, or to hurl an object with great force, often with destructive effect. I was also inspired by other meanings, such as adding a dash of something to something else, for example, adding a dash of salt or pepper. A dash is also a type of punctuation mark. There are em dashes—like these—as well as en dashes, used to indicate spans of time or ranges of numbers, like 20–21, or hyphens, which denote compound adjectives, like well-known brass quintet. An underscore, which emphasize words, phrases, or sentences, can also look like a dash. In music notation, a dash is called a tenuto, and is used to indicate emphasis when placed under or over notes. Of course, in this piece, I had to include plenty of tenutos. "Dash" was was commissioned by the Atlantic Brass Quintet.

Dash (for Brass Quintet)

All On My Own

One Day After

Corrina, Corrina?

What Is This

Verse 1: 
He-Man, ET, my folks are still married  
Big wheel, Atari, pixie sticks, and sorry  
Transformers, GI Joe, Cheez whiz, and Oreos  
Divorce, MTV, and then there was Nintendo

Chorus Verse 1 
I don’t know where I’m gonna, what I’m gonna do, or how I’m gonna get there  
I don’t feel the same as I used to 
I don’t know much of anything but someday I’m gonna die.

Verse 2 
First car, first beers, first bliss, and first tears  
Tara, Heather, Melanie  
Kristen, Jen, and Stephanie  
Girls, girls, girls, man, you know I never had a clue  
Loved some, dumped some, they broke my heart a ton son

Chorus Remainder 
I don’t know why they all go  
The one thing that I know is, someday I’m gonna die.

Verse 3 
Joe Joe from Kokomo, Amal, Shirley, Grandma Vi  
Grandpap was an OG, stormed the beach in Normandy  
They all meant the world to me, more than just a memory  
It never gets easy man to say Goodbye to family.

Chorus Remainder 
I don’t know where they all go  
The one thing that I know is, someday I’m gonna die.

Bridge Part 1 
Is this all a dream 
Is it more than it seems  
I don’t feel the same as I used to and Ohhhhhh  

Bridge Part 2 
I don’t know where I’m gonna, what I’m gonna do, or how I’m gonna get there  
The line just shifts, birth to dust, we all say goodbye until nothing matters anymore  
I find life so strange, it’s just a taste, but the juice is worth squeezing, and everything’s change 
No, I don’t much of anything, but I know that I’m gonna die.

Verse 4 
Gray hair, wife and kids, I can say that I’ve lived 
Old man, last in line, running hard and feeling fine 
Work and sleep, still a dream, coming round and back to me 
Paid my taxes for the dirt to leave a legacy

Chorus Remainder 
I don’t know where it all goes  
The one thing that I know is, someday I’m gonna die. X3

Death And Taxes

American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

Dash (for Brass Quintet)

Robert Paterson Composer