"Spark of Courage" is an English-language ballad in the ambient cinematic folk style. A tender, poetic piece featuring soft female vocals, lyrical flute, and gentle string textures. The song speaks of quiet bravery, inner awakening, and the silent strength that grows from within. A song for those whose courage glimmers like lightning in the clouds.

Composed in October 2025.


Private listening only. Licensing inquiries (e.g. for film, podcast, game) welcome via: echoesofebonwood@proton.me

Spark of Courage

"Mutfunken" ist eine deutschsprachige Ballade im ambient-cinematischen Folk-Stil. Ein zartes, poetisches Stück mit sanftem weiblichem Gesang, lyrischer Flöte und behutsamen Streichtexturen. Das Lied erzählt von leiser Tapferkeit, innerem Aufbruch und der stillen Kraft, die aus dem Inneren wächst. Ein Lied für jene, deren Mut wie ein Blitz in den Wolken glimmt. 

Entstanden im Oktober 2025.

Private listening only. Licensing inquiries (e.g. for film, podcast, game) welcome via: echoesofebonwood@proton.me

Mutfunken

Join host Erica (“the Queen of Teen”) as she guides an inspiring conversation focused on youth empowerment, healthy living, resilience, and giving back to the Santa Barbara community. This episode features:

Erica: The heart of the show, emphasizing the power of character, confidence, and the spirit of community giving.
Dominique Hackett (Santa Barbara Wellness Center): Shares personal stories of making homemade bread and sauerkraut, healthy habits, and fostering family connections.
Don Sanders (Don’s Massage, Ojai): Discusses the benefits of making nutritious, homemade foods and elevating energy through daily practices.
Alex Ramirez (805 Fit for Life): Talks about cost-effective, fiber-rich meals for better nutrition and long-lasting health.
Kristine Haugh: Provides astrological perspectives, gives a meaningful card reading, and explores themes of balance, healing, and intention setting.
Anthony (Food Bank of Santa Barbara County): Highlights opportunities to help local families through volunteering, food donations, and community initiatives.
Angela Miller Bevan (CEO, Unity Shop): Describes ongoing efforts to serve thousands in the community, how listeners can help, and support offered to families and veterans.
Dr. “D” Rev. Richard Dugan: Offers advice on positive mindset and expanding during challenging times.
Sky (Richard) Ellsworth (Life Chiropractic College West): Explains the importance of energy flow, self-care, and purposeful living for healthy relationships.

Tune in for heartwarming stories, actionable advice, and ways you can make a difference in your community—just by showing up and lending a hand.

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25.11.11~TSR~Hearts & Hands~ Building Resilient Communities Together

A journey from force to flow: I fought the thicket, stopped, heard water, and followed. The relief lands in the chorus—“I didn’t make the path; I found the shape of the current.”

Water Finds

A slow-burn piano ballad that grows into a soaring choir moment. Midnight pacing turns into a strength routine for the heart—setting down what harms and choosing what heals. Forgiveness is framed as form, breath, and reps. The bridge drops to solo keys as a carved stone slips into the river, then everything rises: drums, strings, voices, and a final vow. Empty hands weigh less; the future gets lighter with every release. Hook: “It’s heavy, this mercy I choose.”

Mercy I Choose

“The Ones Who Still Stand” is a solemn ballad by David Burnell, created for Veterans Day as a tribute to all who have served in war, in peace, and in the quiet battles that follow. It honors not just the heroes of the battlefield but those who came home carrying invisible scars. This piece speaks to the courage, sacrifice, and enduring strength of the men and women who still stand watch over freedom long after the world has moved on.

The Ones Who Still Stand Spoken Ballad

On November 11, 2025, David and Jeff talk candidly about loss, survivor’s guilt, moral injury, and why reaching out to one buddy today could save a life. Stories span WWI letters to modern SOF, Korea, Iraq, Haiti, and the homefront—plus practical ways to start healing now.

Healing isn’t neat. It’s messy, honest, and most of all—shared. In Healing Is Hard — Helping Is Healing, veterans David Burnell and Jeffrey Denning open the door to real talk about military and first-responder life, moral injury, grief, faith, and the practical ways we move forward. From World War I “melancholy” to modern PTSD, from battlefield losses to quiet survivor’s guilt, from dark humor to daily habits—this show honors all who have “stood the post,” and offers a path: connection, purpose, and service. Whether you wore a uniform or simply love someone who did, pull up a chair. Healing hurts—but helping heals.

Advisory: contains candid discussion of trauma and combat; listener discretion advised

Healing Is Hard — Helping Is Healing by David Burnell & Jeffrey Denning


This song was born from the heartfelt conversations between David Burnell and Jeffrey Denning on their joint podcast Healing Is Hard and Helping Is Healing — a space where two veterans and lifelong brothers in service open up about the unseen battles of life after duty.

Healing Is Hard and Helping Is Healing captures the essence of those talks: the quiet courage it takes to face trauma, the humility of seeking help, and the redemption found in serving others. 

It’s a cinematic acoustic ballad that weaves together scars, faith, and compassion — reminding us that healing is not a straight line, and that sometimes the only way to mend is to reach back for someone else’s hand.

Every note echoes the belief that while healing hurts, helping heals — and that true strength is found in connection, not isolation.

Healing Is Hard and Helping Is Healing


The mirror cracks but it won’t break
Your shadow’s heavy but you don’t shake
The road is long
The wind cuts deep
But fire inside won’t let you sleep


Bruised knuckles
Tired feet
You still stand
You don’t retreat


Stay strong
You are a man
Hold your ground
Take a stand
The storm will rage
The night will scream
But you’re the iron
You’re the beam


The mountain’s steep
The air is thin
Each scar’s a map of where you’ve been
The world can doubt
The world can lie
But truth’s a flag you raise up high


Blood and sweat
You pay the toll
But no one breaks an uncracked soul


Stay strong
You are a man
Hold your ground
Take a stand
The storm will rage
The night will scream
But you’re the iron
You’re the beam

Stay Strong, You Are a Man

“Built by Fire – Military Cadence Theme Song” is a hard-driving marching cadence inspired by the true missions and life of veteran and rescuer David Burnell. Blending boots-on-the-ground rhythm, call-and-response energy, and themes of faith, courage, and brotherhood, this track is perfect for workouts, ruck marches, training motivation, military and first responder events, or anyone who connects with the warrior ethos. Turn it up, fall in step, and let the cadence carry you forward—built by fire, forged in the fight.


Built by Fire – Military Cadence Theme Song

CYBER CHORD writes songs the way a porch light holds a night: small, steady, and impossible to ignore. I work with AI as a true co-writer, then carve the lyric by hand and shape the track in Suno. The sound leans bare and human—country roots in the soil, a little rock grain in the teeth, and a faith-lit lift that chooses hope without preaching.

These are ordinary-room hymns: rings hidden in cotton, receipt-tape strings, a dress behind rain glass, a sink that cools while you find the words. Silence is an instrument here; sometimes there’s a full bar where the house gets to breathe. If a line can’t survive a campfire and a cracked mug, it doesn’t make the song.

If you’re new, start with the heartbreakers. They don’t shout. They stay. I believe in the holiness of the everyday, and in the quiet bravery of saying the thing before “later” takes it away.

No paid promo, no playlist buys, no cover-art pitches, no dance offers, no cold DMs. If it’s a pitch, the porch light’s off. If you’re a real listener, come in soft: pick one song, leave a genuine note (lyric or timestamp welcome), and hand it to one friend. That’s how this fire stays lit.

May your road stay open, your coffee stay warm, and your day be peaceful.

Echoes of Ebonwood – founded by Claudia Lüno, composer and songwriter. Cinematic ambient & fantasy soundscapes. Born in Germany, rooted in Umbria, reaching Vancouver. Business operations and licensing: echoesofebonwood@proton.me

Cinematic spoken-word reflections on war, service, and the human cost of duty—told with raw honesty and reverence.

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