DON’T RING THE BELLS
Janine Levinson    2021

I am leaving. It is over 
Call the lawyer. get a mover
I am walking out forever 
Tell the preacher cause It’s over

It’s the pealing of alarms 
Over the beating of our hearts
It’s the echoes of the sirens as they speed past in the dark

Don’t ring the bells before the house is burning down
We will be hearing them forever
Don’t freeze your heart just ‘cause there’s ice out on the ground 
Just wait for changes in the weather.

I am leaving, it is over 
Call an Uber, call my father
Please just lock the door behind me. 
Here’s the key because it’s over

Don’t ring the bells before the house is burning down 
You know we’ll hear them ring forever 
Don’t reach for pennies when we’ve earned so many pounds 
Don’t spend our future on a feather

One thousand Sundays 
One thousand Sundays

I am leaving - try and stop me 
don’t put on that Wilco record
I am running, it is ending, 
One more kiss and then forever

Don’t ring the bell before the house is burning down

Don't Ring The Bells

not my circus not my monkeys

Not My Circus Not My Monkeys

So honored to have singer/song writers Gary and Darcy Bixler add a vocal and lyrical interpretation to an earlier song I wrote "When You Awake" in which Pat Howell added a lovely mandolin part.  I am twice blessed by these fine talents adding to a song with such a humble beginning; the result of a dream during an afternoon nap:) Thanks to all of you for making this song something very special.  More fine songs can be heard from Gary @soundcloud.com/user-432405235-236877019, and @patrick-howell-786748109.

From This Moment On--SC Original Collaboration of Gary&Darcy Bixler/Pat Howell/David Dunham

By Light We See, By Water We Live

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco

Piano For Cartoons

Soul Mate

Image c/o NASA (Asteroid 'Psyche' NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA PIA24471)

Blue Asteroid

Floating into Wonder

Now that the border’s open - she’s on the overnighter
Up near the universe so vivid as it’s shining brighter
So long in isolation – We living on our phones
But what a torture that is - needing flesh n bone

And I’m waiting near the runway’s end
Watching descending lights 
And that final roar overhead – hey I’m lifted so high

And we’ll be floating into wonder (mm mm mm)
Gifted this new path
Cause she is out the other side of it (now we can be)
Floating into wonder

This kiss is never ending - senses remember her
Flooding skin in waves - how to find the words?
We walking tied together – in love with baggage claim
In love with everybody – and I just say her name

And how we’ll sing - and the car will sing
As I bring this girl back home
And all who love her wait in clover at the end of the golden road 

And we’ll be floating into wonder . . .

Yeah I’m chosen one tonight ‘cause I got my lady home

FLOATING INTO WONDER

White Wedding Ballad

Coming together of a flute blues and alto sax improvisation with bamboo flute drones and techno beats (adapted from 'Call to Prayer' from the album 'Nepalese Dream' https://thewindscalebluesexperiment.bandcamp.com/album/nepalese-dream).

Nebulae photo by S Aldebaran (Unsplash)

Call from Beyond

Mercy mercy Money King
Can't you hear the people sing
Money King theyre at your door
Asking for a little more
They want more

Cadillacs and racing tracks
You put the weight on the peoples backs
Canonize the velvet green
When it comes to money youre people mean

But sometimes your soul it catches fire
You curse your god a blessed liar
Aint no comfort in a fancy wench
When it comes to love youre on the bench

So sorry sorry Money King
You aint got nothing but everything
Money King youve closed the door
Now dont you want a little more
You want more

Mercy mercy Money King
I said sorry sorry
Money King
Sorry sorry
Money King
Money King


Words and Music (c) 1978, 2003 by Jack E. Morris

Money King

The following is once again the source for this concerto:
[...... The Six Brandenburg Concertos
[...... and the Four Orchestral Suites
[...... in Full Score
[...... Published by Dover, 1976
[...... ISBN 0-486-23376-6
[...... Library of Congress Catalog Number 76-12016

To finish up on Concerto 3 
(except for the 2nd Movement...
..It is only 2 half notes sitting in a single measure...
...what’s that all about???)

I recorded this Concerto once upon a time on a minidisk back in 2000.
However, it was lost. So I tried to reproduce it once more.
I think I got pretty close.

Brandenburg 3 Movement 3

Playing live and writing & recording in Nelson New Zealand - began recording in 2004 once technology was available to make CDs using industry standard equipment at home. Radio airplay on Fresh FM and the TLC network from 2005. The track IS THIS WHO I THINK IT IS was a finalist in the 2009 NZ MLT songwriting contest.  In Dec 2012  DUNEDIN SOUND reached  no. 26 on NZ on Air "The Audience" chart. In December 2015, RIP OFF THE SCAB and DREAM DESTINATION were selected by a US A&R agent for promotion to artists, In July 2017 - HIGHEST ROOM also picked up by a US agent for promotion. July 2018 DON'T YOU TURN AWAY selected by NY agent to promote to a London soul singer. August 2018 LOVE MY LIFE assigned to BuyNZ audiovisual advertising. December 2018 WHERE CIGARETTES FALL forwarded by Taxi.com to US TV music director. Latest 3 albums seek to marry singer songwriter Imagery with multi-harmony musical movement. 2024 FLOATING INTO WONDER and ECCENTRICITY SO BEAUTIFUL got airplay on a New Foundland radio station. Dec 24 FAKING IRONY and CAUGHT UP IN A WAR have have gotten a foothold in Spotify.

FLOATING INTO WONDER

Steve Low