"Livin' It" is a song that was conceived during the pandemic and is meant to convey the fearful and unknown world we continue to live in with reluctance for what is to come. We tend to look to happier times of bygone eras, while longing for relief that we pray tomorrow might bring. The path is not clear in the present, but we must continue to have the patience needed to see through the uncertainty we continue to face. To live with the mindset of a youth, being children at heart, is what we all truly desire. A time when the streets were safe and people were not trying to escape reality with drug induced ecstacy.  Although the future is still uncertain, there is still hope in living if we're living it through a higher power.  

Living It (4416)

Trying to lift the burden from https://soundcloud.com/kocosaur/quiet-burden -- a bit contemplative, probably, but no more burden ... 

no burden

The full moon of November is mostly named "Beaver Moon", derived from the Indians who observed the beavers building their winter 'homes', but -- as well -- hunting them at that time to gather warm furs for themselves. The November is a month to begin reflecting the flow of the past year and already prepare some things and thoughts for the upcoming time. The track tries to musically illustrate that ... 

Beaver Moon

Kocosaur's track "Unspoken Love" (https://soundcloud.com/kocosaur/unspoken-love) provides so much love, that I think I don't have to mention again ... just the 'unspoken' gets more talkative -- not with words, but with richer instumentation and extended arrangement.

unspoken

The lyrics from "silken shadows" seem to be good for another track, now with male vocals and an arrangement slightly leaning towards country folk. 

therapy of love

A third (and supposedly last) version of putting the lyrics -- first used with "silken shadows" and then "therapy of love" -- to some now extra soft and folky arrangement. 

more than gold

"Teach the children. We don't matter so much, but the children do." These are the first sentences from a little advice from "Upstream: Selected Essays" by Mary Oliver. I used the full paragraph to initiate the lyrics and then set those to music. 

Blossoms

I dare to remix one of Igor's popular tracks (https://soundcloud.com/igorli/the-key-to-your-heart). It seems to be a different tune now, but the character stays well the same ... I think. 

key to heart


THE NEXT Whole Earth Catalog (from 45 years ago!) offers fascinating ideas and thoughts. 
Words and sounds for my track are inspired by this excerpt: 

The Dance of Shiva symbolizes not only the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, but also the daily rhythm of birth and death which is seen in Indian mysticism as the basis of all existence.  At the same time, Shiva reminds us  that the manifold forms in the world are maya — not fundamental, but illusory and ever-changing — as he keeps creating and dissolving them in the ceaseless flow of his dance.  As Heinrich Zirnmer has put it:
"His gestures wild and full of grace, precipitate the cosmic illusion; his flying arms and legs and the swaying of his torso produce — indeed, they are — the continuous creation-destruction of the universe, death exactly balancing birth,  annihilation the end of every coming-forth ..."

from THE NEXT Whole Earth Catalog, 1980, p583 -- part of the review of the book 
"The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra, 1975

dance of Shiva

Associated words borrowed from a Worpswede artist inspire the lyrics. The music and arrangement set them to sounds. 

Still

Being musician and artist "since ages", the last two decades and all the developments in digital music broadened my interests and activities in doing music actively and passively. Not being shy of any genre (OK, leave off some Punk and Extreme Metal derivates) I engage in composing, arranging, mixing and collaborating. 

Oh, and I do all my artwork and designs as well. And as you may notice I regard AI as a friendly helper.

Have a few looks & listens into my repertoire and eventually gain some insights. I'm always open for collabs if the the interests match ...

Matt DeAngelis, is a singer-songwriter from New Jersey. He is an accomplished pianist, performer, singer, and songwriter.

New tracks tagged #folk prog