I am hopeless at listening to lyrics so I can not comment on that.  As for the music, it is excellent.  I find it emotionally centered that draws me to listen more.  Beautiful harmonies too.  Thanks for sharing Robert.

More on Naviar Haiku: https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/12/15/naviarhaiku415-a-cool-breeze-blowing/

I would humbly suggest to download the HD file and listen through headphones. The SC transcription is unfriendly to the sounds :).

Bare Trees, Autumn Sky

Bare Trees, Autumn Sky - Naviarhaiku415

well, goodbye galatea

Other versions:
https://soundcloud.com/albobbidwell/the-richest-man-in-town-0
https://soundcloud.com/albobbidwell/take-yr-mask-off
https://soundcloud.com/albobbidwell/the-richest-man-in-town-7
https://thescousers.bandcamp.com/track/the-richest-man-in-town
https://thescousers.bandcamp.com/track/richest-man-in-town

The Richest Man in Town / Take Your Mask Off

CANINE ELEMENTS

Written and recorded on 8 track tape and mixed straight onto a Philips cd recorder 14 years ago, after the birth of our niece.

Peekaboo

September 18, 2022
Recording as makebelieve 
Bainbridge Tourist Center and Bingo Hall

Jared : lead
Brad : bass
Gary : percussion 
Coldheart: vocals

Photo: close up of Pete Seeger display
             Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Skin in the game 

Sometimes 
You gotta put a little 
Skin in the game, baby
Sometimes it hurts to win
And If you can’t sing with the angels 
Then howl with the wolves 
For man is a wolf to man 

And when the sun don’t shine as bright 
And the stars start falling down at night
I’ll be looking for you in the moonlight 
Looking for you in the moonlight 

You gotta put a little 
Skin in the game, baby
Sometimes it hurts to win 
From rounding first to stealing home
Can’t conquer thirst by breaking bones 
And if you can’t sing with the angels 
Then howl with the wolves 
For man is a wolf to man

And when the sun don’t shine as bright
And the stars start falling down at night
I’ll be looking for you in the moonlight 
Looking for you in the moonlight

skin in the game

NECTO

You can not use any of this music without permission

Don't Laugh at Me

2023-12-24

Sóldís Still Perceives A Strange Tension

Instrumental#works

Syrup and Silicone is centred on the narrative of internal standards within the queer community – reflecting on past experiences of being told “you’re not gay enough”, “you’re not really gay” and so on. 

The queer community is a such a beautiful, vibrant one with so many diverse people – like a rich, sweet syrup. Yet, what has also been fostered within is internal marginalisation and a certain adhesive, plastic fakeness – like silicone. 

The work is highly personal and aims to call into question the irony of such an accepting community that concurrently can create such a sense and need to still conform to a set of criteria, instead of thriving in our individuality. 

For me, my sexuality as a gay man is a part of my identity, but by no means my whole identity and I believe it is paramount to let anyone within the queer community freely determine that themselves.

The work was commissioned by Divisi Chamber Singers and Sally Whitwell as part of the inaugural 2020 “Compose Queer” Initiative in FEB 2020, and received its world premiere on 26th FEB 2021 at 75 Reid Street Fitzroy North, Australia.

The work sets commissioned poetry for this project by Naarm (Melbourne, AUS) based artist, writer and theatre practitioner Savanna Wegman, a close colleague and friend. 
				   		     		      Time: ~ 4mins 40 seconds

SET TEXT
Excerpt from the poem “Palm Reading”

My Hands are wide open
They read soft perfumed palms, primed for an encounter.
Searchlights that look too closely, (for) too long
Smooth me into marble, a figure I can’t recognise
I wait for calm and comfort in the dawn,
Suspended in syrup and silicone
© Savanna Wegman, March 2020

***since its premiere, Syrup and Silicone has received repeat performances and also been featured on Divisi Chamber Singers’ debut album “Spectrum”:  Australia’s first ever fully queer/LGBTQIA+ classical music album sourcing queer/LGBTQIA+ local composers and text.

Performers: Divisi Chamber Singers
Premiered on 26/02/21 at 75 Reid St Fitzroy North

Illustration © Lucinda McIntyre
All rights reserved © Robert McIntyre 2020

Syrup and Silicone (LIVE)(SSAATTBB & piano)(2020)(Divisi Chamber Singers)

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Syrup and Silicone (LIVE)(SSAATTBB & piano)(2020)(Divisi Chamber Singers)

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