Your Mix 6

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered using Logic. 
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE in DADGAD Tuning
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

Acoustic guitar instrumental.

Reunion

Somewhat of an undemocratic approach to saving democracy, don't you think?
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For this one, I rounded up my fantasy band, the Famous Texas Men Of Note, to perform at the imaginary Seven Sisters Dance Hall, some 40 miles west of Austin, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.  The crowd wasn’t huge that night, but it was plenty raucous.  Needless to say, we brought the house down.  We always do.

LYRICS
Finally bagged the prize,
Event commemorated with a photograph,
A delightful list of crimes,
Got ‘em prancin’ with the lawyers down the primrose path,
The scribes down in the court,
Breathlessly report,
With a glee they can’t contain,

Oh they’re giddy….

Giddy like the rats that swarm the sewage slag,
Giddy like the vultures, feasting on the rotted culture,
That has spawned them from its womb,
And they tell us all how grateful we should be,
Cause they’re doing it to save democracy.
 
Yeah all fortitude & grit,
Our protectors wouldn’t quit,
On this noble quest,
There would be no rest,
Staged sudden raids, drew dossiers,
Tried Russian links, threw kitchen sinks,
To cage the dreaded pest,
Damn the proper form,
They’ve snared Le Bete Orange,
Slam the gavel, bring the charge,

And now they’re giddy…..

Giddy like the buzzards circling o’er their prey,
Giddy like the varmints, chewing on the hated target,
While the judges hold him still,
Giddy like the frantic hawks, flailing with their shrilly squawks,
The fear they just can’t kill,
Damn the coming storm,
Now they’ve booked Le Bete Orange,
Slam the gavel, bring the charge,
Hey, the law may be applied unequally,
But it’s the only way to save democracy.

I beg you Lovely Lady, turn your head away,
Away from the shame, away from the pain,
America, America, how did we let it get this far?
We are your sons, what have we done?
What have we done……….

Ah but giddy doesn’t last, when the vengeance & the wrath,
Shred the piers that bear the load,
No it won’t be so hysterical, when even Heaven’s miracle,
Can’t keep our father’s code, 

Oh but decision day is nigh, & the beast is still alive,
And far too many still believe…..

So arrest the Monster!...show it on TV,
Silence him & anyone who won’t concede,
There’s no time for constitutionality,
When the mission is to save democracy.

Giddy (now with lyrics)

This Rain piece is dreamy and relaxing with some frivolous parts, like rain can be..... The sheet music (piano) is available for € 2,99. Send me a message for the purchase. Or see serge4music.nl

Rain

Piano Improvisation based on original music by Jean-Pierre Dubois.  Thank you Jean-Pierre for allowing me to play your music in my own fashion.
Performed by Debra Buesking
Sincere thanks to @david-dunhamuser589535203  for his help in mastering my track.

Song For the Soul

Song for the Soul (Piano Improvisation based on original music by Jean-Pierre Dubois)

Bonjour à tous,
je vous propose cette ancienne composition qui était trop longue et que j'ai raccourcie . 
J'ai composé mon morceau avec ce rythme énergique et fou, dans un style de Rock'n'roll traditionnel des époques fin 50's début 60's avec une petite touche de sonorité "Surf". 
J'ai fait trois jeux de guitares, (accords rythmiques, un solo,  un jeu medium façon "basse"  sur les deux cordes graves de ma guitare, et une basse classique jouée plutôt sur les cordes aigues. 
Merci pour votre écoute
P'pa Carpentier.

Crazy Rhythm (remix)

Saw you walking last week
Down a stale local street
And the colours, they all fade away,
As we step through this dance of dissolving

My friend is beginning to melt
All her edges beginning to fade
All the lines on her face become cages
Tied up with all the nooses she has laid

I called out, but she can’t hear through the changes
All the ways that she has chosen now to be
Pulled aside the warp and weft, a little bit bereft
Like a fleeting streetlight trembling out to sea

Saw you walking last week
Down a stale local street
And the colours, they all fade away,
As we step through this dance of dissolving 

A tangle of matchsticks combs her hair
Just a woman who is never really there,
In a melting dream of someone, watch the edges drift apart
All out to sea…


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Written sung made and played by Emma

All out to sea...

We hope you will enjoy our composition  "Lark Above the Meadow".                                      It's always a pleasure to work with Phil @philleann and hear his beautiful low whistle.  Thank you, Phil, for yet another chance to make music together.

Low Whistle: Philleann
Piano: Debra Buesking
Produced and Mixed by Philip Dale

The Lark Above the Meadow

Lark Above The Meadow (Philleann and  Debra Buesking)

It's always a pleasure and an honor to add to David's beautiful guitar compositions. This is (for me) a somewhat melancholy glance back at summer and a looking forward to what is to come: the crackle of a woodfire and the different ways the sunlight plays on the floors during the autumn season. I love the changing of the seasons and I thank my Creator for this pleasure.
Hear more of David's beautiful music @david-dunhamuser589535203

Bittersweet Goodbye: David Dunham & Debra Buesking

My best attempt at imitating Mr. Satie (with a twist).
This is a tweak of an older work.  My sincere thanks to David Dunham for his generosity in mastering my track.   @david-dunhamuser589535203

Satie in Blue

An early Christmas present in my stocking!
Recently I awoke to a SC link in my mailbox.  What is this??!! To my utter delight, Oddrun, Arne & Peter surprised me with this wonderful musical gift.  The original piano track was to be a "someday" project between Oddrun and me, but this is triple the fun!  Thank you Oddrun, Arne and Peter not only for remodeling my orphan track, but more importantly for this wonderful gift of friendship.
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Poem and vocals: Peter aka @user-264930040
Vocals: @Oddrun-Eikli
Trumpet and Studio Mix:  @Arne-Hiorth
Piano and composition: Debra Buesking 

Evenings With You

As usual…. you’re running late
How long can it take?
To run a brush through your hair, pull on some clothes?
You can talk ….. just look at your state
You made a big mistake
If you think you’re going out with me, dressed in those!
Why…. these are nearly brand new
Give a decade or two
Might concede their first wash is a tad overdue
My dear sweetheart
They’re simply falling apart
Rather, I have to say, just like you
Hmmm…let’s give the restaurant a miss,
Call this evening a day, waddaya say
We pull the blinds, chill the wine, book our sofa for two
Now there’s a plan…..kick off these shoes
Pan the dining out blues
Stayin’ in for …..evenings with you

…..evenings with you…..

Evenings With You. Oddrun, Arne, Peter & Debra

Lullaby orchestral (berceuse)(original soundtrack of "ALLO")

Our version of the timeless "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.  We hope that you will have your own Merry Little Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thank you, Oddrun and Arne, once more for this wonderful pleasure of making music together.
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Vocals: @Oddrun-Eikli
Flugelhorn and Studio Mix: @Arne-Hiorth
Piano and arrangement: Debra Buesking

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Oddrun Eikli, Arne Hiorth & Debra Buesking

A song that was particularly close to my heart to remix and especially to sing...So I tried to put my voice on this title that I love so much....And it is with immense joy that musical accomplice for almost 10 years....accompanied me on the piano.

Karine L.
KAELLE

DANCING ON MY OWN REMIX

Nous pouvons donner plusieurs significations au mot «Immersion» .... 
Voici ce que je choisirais: Le fait de se retrouver dans un milieu étranger sans contact direct avec son environnement original ou la réalité. 
Ce concept et sa présentation graphique sont comme un poème plein de métaphores qui pourraient permettre de nous immerger totalement dans un espace qui ne tient pas compte du présent ….

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We can give several meanings to the word “Immersion” .... 
Here's what I'd choose to it: The fact of finding oneself in a foreign milieu without direct contact with one's original environment, or reality.
This concept and its graphic presentation are like a poem full of metaphors that could allow to totally immerse ourselves in a space that disregards the present ....

Full Immersion ....

Nothing special ... but ... very spacial ... back from the swiss mountains.
View over the river of clouds from the "Josefsgütsch". Central mountain in the backgrund is "Pilatus", near Lucerne.

Nothing Special - River of Clouds

I'm honored once again, Stefan, by your wonderful orchestration! Thank you!

Arrangement and Orchestration: @stefankraft_music.
Composed by Debra Buesking
Piano: Debra Buesking

For You

Apparence séduisante et trompeuse qui peut être une exposition d'une chose naturelle en termes qui la déguisent, et qui la rendent difficile à deviner …. Mais pas d'hallucination ici …. Qu'une simple peinture musicale qui pourrait raconter une histoire …. J'espère qu'elle sollicitera vos sensations et votre imagination.

Avec la voix de Clara Sorace: https://clarasorace.com/

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A seductive and deceptive appearance that can be an exposition of a natural thing in terms that disguise it, and make it difficult to guess .... But no hallucination here .... Only a simple musical painting that could tell a story .... I hope it will appeal to your sensations and imagination.

With the voice of Clara Sorace: https://clarasorace.com/

Enigm Of A Mirage ....

Based on a recording I made of a music box in Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen

Musique Trouvée

Sing in Blue  for the Voice of the Sea….    

Like a bird on the road, that has flown too far
feathers stiff, stuck in the gun-metal tar
like a ship out to sea where the people have fled
leaving food warm and waiting, words left to be said

I went walking one day on the turn of the tide    
felt a seeping of blood warming up from inside
Sing in Blue Sing in Blazing, in Sky Colours too
for the voice of the sea holds a memory true

There are faces there dreaming, just beyond reach
voices crooning in golden on a dream-shadow beach
It’s a calling, a drawing, it’s a pink spiral shell
whisper ocean, I hear you in a far away bell

I went walking one day on the turn of the tide    
felt a seeping of blood warming up from inside
Sing in Blue Sing in Blazing, in Sky Colours too
for the voice of the sea holds a memory true

Draw in deeper my darling, draw in wild, draw in wet
for there’s things here a-thriving, that you’ve tried to forget
And they watch as you pass, your body moves by
The yellow-head gannet slides clean through the sky
to the belly of sea and the beat of the sun
running faster we dance as the water colours run..

I went walking one day on the turn of the tide    
felt a seeping of blood warming up from inside
Sing in Blue Sing in Blazing, in Sky Colours too
for the voice of the sea holds a memory true

This is essentially an acoustic track – I was in a bit of a ‘dark celtic’ mode and I’ve been exploring how to play a wooden bass recorder (plus descant and alto) and have also included the ocean as an instrument… I recorded the waves/gulls on the beach where I originally wrote the song – how’s that for synergy??   it was a tricky mix I can tell you!!  The cello added some more grunt… well,  no synths in this piece!!  
That big recorder sure takes a lot of air to play it… but I love that hooty haunting sound… what do you think?  


Sing In Blue... for The Voice Of The Sea

Out on the porch, pickin' & grinnin' & drinking beer, waiting for the fiddle player and the mandolin guy. Neither one showed, so we did the best we could with the guitars. My daughter Julia helped out on the vocal harmonies.

This little ditty is my attempt to musically chronicle the 47 years my wife & I have been together.

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