Some of you will be familiar with this tune, and indeed it has been modified to include a bit of audio which was the basis of the theme. This bit of audio is the original recording of Stephen around 1982. I had looked for that recording for decades to be included just before the start off this song. Also, most recently I had redoubled my effort to find it to play for my beautiful wife as  she lay on her death bed. But, alas, I was only to find it the very day after her passing.

As you might imagine, the old cassette tape was full of hiss. So, my good friend and mentor, Sander (https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer), volunteered to help subtract that flaw and render Stephen's little voice to crystal clarity. Well, that is very much part of Sander's trademark. Thank you, Sander.

And below follows the original description of the song:


This is a song from a child which has no voice of his own. Having succumbed to the side effects of a childhood vaccination, he was never able to learn the spoken word...though through some miracle he seems to have developed perfect pitch. 

How would I know? Well, if I pick up various objects which can make a tone if they are blown into, though he may have heard it only once before, he will sometimes sing the note as it is being picked up. Blow into that object and, sure enough, he is in tune with it.

He was only about 3 years old when we were trying in vain to get him to speak into a tape recorder. Instead, he came up with this tune, which I decided to just add accompaniment. The original recording actually had his voice on it, but it has been lost over the years.

Stephen's Song (REMIX)

STORM EXODUS

Un Temps (Kevin Chaulier / La Gazelle)

A tune from several acoustic guitars, a bass and vibes

blue

It's Christmas week. I pray that you can be happy.
Melodies and Lyrics by mica
Composition and Sampling collage by Synline
Photo by lofi zoo
I extracted only her vocals from the original recording, arranged, recorded, and reconstructed the track. 
The arrangement is quite different from the original, so please enjoy her original song from the link below.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kJZ_3p8041Q&si=CZJC0IOATVtXg6ye

’Camera’

If I could always remember
The world reflected in these eyes,
I feel like we’d meet again someday.

A mysterious feeling, a sudden intuition,
I can't quite explain it,
But maybe it's a signal
From my future self.

Finding dreams, giving birth to hope,
And then this sky
Grows vivid with color.

Hold a camera in your heart
And let’s capture this feeling forever.
The colors and shapes
That awaken my soul
Will someday turn into my reality.
If I meet that world again,
This time, I’ll be the subject, too.
Say cheese!

Why do good and bad things
Always coexist?
I’ll embrace them
As life’s essence for me.

A smiling face, a troubled face—
If I line them up side by side,
I realize I love them both.

Hold a camera in your heart
And let’s capture this feeling forever.
The colors and shapes
That awaken my soul
Will guide me when I lose my way.
I’ll look back at the photos I’ve saved.
The ones that make my heart race,
They’ll be my signal to move forward.

Though there are times of hardship,
We can focus on what we want to see.
The lens of our focus
Is ours to control.

Hold a camera in your heart
And let’s capture this feeling forever.
The colors and shapes—
They’re all allies of mine.
They’ll someday turn into my reality.
If I meet that world again,
This time, I’ll be the subject, too.
Say cheese!

Let’s keep filming with the camera of our hearts.

『カメラ』

この瞳に映る世界を
ずっと覚えていたなら
きっとまた会える
そんな気がする

摩訶不思議だピンときたこと
上手く言えないんだけど
未来の僕からの
合図かもしれない

夢を見つけて　希望が生まれて
そしてこの空は　鮮やかに
色付いてゆく

こころの中にcameraを持って
この気持ちを覚えていよう
色も形も
こころを刺激する
いつか僕のリアルに変わって
あの世界とまた　出会えたら
次は被写体に　僕もなって
ハイっ！ポーズ✌︎✌︎

なぜいい事とわるい事は
いつも存在するのかな？
僕へのエッセンスと
受け止めてみよう

笑ってる顔　悩んでる顔
ふたつ並べたら　どちらとも
大好きだな

こころの中にcameraを持って
この気持ちを覚えていよう
色も形も
こころを刺激する
もしも迷ってしまった時は
撮りためた写真　見返そう
こころがときめく　それが合図
行ってみよう

嫌なことも時にあるけど
見たいものだけ見れば良い
フォーカスは　自分で定められる

こころの中にcameraを持って
この気持ちを覚えていよう
色も形も
みんな味方にして
いつか僕のリアルに変わって
あの世界とまた　出会えたら
次は被写体に　僕もなって
ハイっ！ポーズ✌︎✌︎

こころのcameraを回していこう

’Camera’ mica=Synline

Liking this song a lot and decided to share.
Jean Jacques Goldman is one of my influences 
apologies on my vocal and my guitar mistakes..hope you enjoy! 


Cover Doux JJG | Rina

Image created by me.
https://www.deviantart.com/leehon/art/Sibylline-Chatterings-927429902

Lustful Eunuch

Galaxy (2005)

Full Time Punk

NIN Setlist 


Right where it belongs
Ruiner
Piggy
Wish
March of the pigs
The Frail
The Wretched
Reptile
Copy of A
Gave Up 🥳
Vessel
Parasite
Came Back Haunted
Mr Self Desteuct
Heresy
Closer
Afraid of Americans 😃 (the smile is because it's a David Bowie song 🙏🏽 It actually felt a little bit weird not hearing his voice but was still epic)

the hand that feeds
Head like a hole
Hurt


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-inch-nails-perform-live-rarities-tour-kickoff-dublin-1235365343/

Love

https://www.paullandrymusic.com/ Various tracks bu UK based prog rock, ambient and new age musician Paul Landry

Website

Manvantara

( REPOSTS  are  routed to Synthgrinder [REPOSTS] )
( https://soundcloud.com/user-813544615 )


++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.