Once Upon a Time

pop punk/rock

co produced, mixed, mastered and cover art by @a7-recording-studio

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Hot Wired Heart's

Dragged Down

Hot Summer Day

Out Of The Bag - Grigg.Butts.Combs

Symphonic Dances - 1. Call of the Reeds | for Wind Symphony Orchestra (Work in Progress)

Restoration -Combstead & Robert Grigg

word by word you see right through me,     and brick by brick you disassemble it for me.   The truth behind lies, lies the truth before me. Sometimes walking away is the best thing to do, but for who.  Who will win, who will lose? This is the great illusion. Truth's not just for us, it's for all. Don't let the lies fool you, allow the Unveiling, come to me. Give freedom make way, come to me be true. Let's make love out of me and you.   Allow the unveiling, Allow your Heart to show you, the Truth. It's felt in the touch, it's seen in the eyes, it's heard in the voice of unwanted goodbyes. The truth behind lies, lies the truth before me. Sometimes walking away is the best thing to do, but for who~ have faith beyond disillusion, have faith that truth is freedom.  Have faith its not just about you-  what lies behind truth, is the right thing to do...

Truth

𝐴 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒—𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.
𝑌𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏y 𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐺𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑, 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑜, 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝐽𝑜𝑠𝑒́ 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑧𝑎́𝑙𝑒𝑧, 𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑦, 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑇𝑎𝑡𝑖 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠, 𝐸𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑇ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐶𝑎𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜. 𝐴 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 36:15. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑇𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑢 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒, 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑒́𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛 (𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡)—𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑎 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑’𝐸𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒.
𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜-𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑛, 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑈𝑠 𝐴𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡.

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝐵𝑃𝑀 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ—𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛—𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑡, 𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑛… 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝. 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑’𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠.

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INSTRUMENTAL - OG BARRICAGE JAM IN AN ONLINE TAVERN FEAT. BARRICAGE_LEX AND QUAALUDOZ

My song “Presence” played and sung live, with a few small effects added. A lot of static too, alas

Presence (“live” imperfect living room version)

In You (I Believe)

Verse 1:
(G) There’s something special in your (em7a9) eyes
(G) A fire that I’ve always (em7a9) seen (in you)

Pre-Chorus
(Asus4) I know I must protect it, (C) I’ll teach you not to waste it
(Asus4) I hope that you can feel it, (C) I pray that you can see that 

Chorus: (G) I (D) believe (am) in (C) you x2

Verse 2: 
(G) It tears me up when you say, (em7a9) I can’t
(G) To see that fear darken your (em7a9) eyes

Pre-Chorus
(Asus4) Take a deep breath for me, (C) It’s okay to make the leap
(Asus4) How can I help you feel it, (C) How can I help you see that

Chorus: (G) I (D) believe (am) in (C) you x2

Bridge A
(Asus4) Never gonna give it up, you gotta give it all
(C) You know you gotta get back up, you gotta stand tall
(Asus4) I’m never gonna let you go, not gonna let you down
(C) I’ll always be your biggest fan, no matter how you fall

Bridge B
(G) Remember when you first fell off your (em) bike, (G) that bloody knee, the alligator (em) tears were streaming from your eyes 
(am) So, I knelt, down and held you till you (C) smiled, then you (am) dusted off, and got back on, and (C) rode until the sun went down

(G) And while we may have lost count of the (em) miles, (G) don’t ever forget, I know it’s hard to believe, that you can (em) do it all, do anything. 
(am) And while the pain may seem too great, (C) in time, (am) the scars will fade, but not the memories, of (C) all the beautiful things that you’ve (G) achieved  

Verse 3:
(G) I always knew that you could (em7a9) fly
(G) Your precious light, oh let it (em7a9) shine

Pre-Chorus
(Asus4) The courage grows in you, (C) nurture it in all you do
(Asus4) Let yourself enjoy the climb, (C) along the way remember that

Chorus: (G) I (D) believe (am) in (C) you x2

In You

Simon Alami is a Canadian composer with a passion for blending different musical styles and traditions. He draws inspiration from master composers. Simon's compositional style is characterized by a fusion of diverse elements and a willingness to experiment with new forms of expression. He currently lives in Montreal, Canada and is a proud member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC), Canadian Music Center CMC and SOCAN.

Symphonic Dances - 1. Call of the Reeds | for Wind Symphony Orchestra (Work in Progress)

Simon Alami Composer