We don't belong here - Acapella Experiment

A song inspired by negro spirituals, but with a "something else" feel... still trying to figure out what that "something else" is, hahaha.

I wrote this song for a friend of mine who was getting baptized.

Recorded this using my phone mic

Down To The Water

Here's a song that came out of nowhere nor do I know where it's going. Sometimes you sit at a piano - sometimes it has to be a certain kind of piano - and the notes just flow, and the feeling just comes.

So I named it the "Journey of the Soul" because this melody just takes my soul on a journey through all the beautiful memories of my life.

Hope it does that for you as well. Hopefully one day I'll get a fuller and longer version to you.

Journey Of The Soul

Jikeleza

Tried learning a little about jazz - and this is the end result... wish I had time to put in 10,000 hours - would be an awesome genre to master.

Jazz It Up

So, congregational hymns don't seem to be as popular these days, but i have a great love for this form of music. They have the power to uplift and motivate in a very unique way.

Here is a congregational hymnal that I composed sometime in 2016. I then asked (I really just hi-jacked them during a practice for something else haha) my friends to sing it with me so that I could hear it for the first time. With no practice and just a quick run through, here is "Hold on". 

Soprano - Ines Tonkin
Alto - Jan Thorne
Tenor - Michael Tonkin, and Joseph Macmillan
Bass - Myself

Lyrics

V1
Hold on to the iron rod, we're marching forward through the darkness
Hold on to the iron rod, the tree of life we'll reach at last
Hold on, Hold on, Hold on, Hold on
Hold on to the iron rod, the storm is strong but we must hold on/or go on

V2
Hold on with the faith of Job, through trials and your tribulations
Hold on with the faith of Job, the pains of life will fade at last
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on with the faith of Job, the night is long but we must hold on

V3
Hold on to the love of God, when hope is lost and life is bitter
Hold on to the love of God, the winter chill will soon be past
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on to the love of God, the fight is long but we must hold on

Hold On

Just messing around on Good Friday during lock down. Playing with the synth VST in the morning and ended up with a sound that developed into a melody, quick lyrics and bam - an idea that I thought was worth sharing.

Sam Nkowane

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