May your life be touched by serenity and joy.

May your mind & body be as sound as they can be.

May you know no fear where you dwell.

May you live in equanimity, compassion, and inner peace.

A Bit At A Time

My sincere thanks to the multi-talented Kaby for her brilliant vocal on this Elise LeGrow cover. Kaby is such a gifted individual, and her originals are inspired.

You can hear more of Kaby's work here:
https://soundcloud.com/kabyburtonmusic

Drinking In The Day (Elise LeGrow Cover) featuring Kaby Burton

Tom Adams posted this wonderful track for jamming. I couldn't resist.

https://soundcloud.com/tytlblues/flash-collab-blues-saturday

Slow Blues in G  (Tom Adams & Jim)

This is another original by Libby Laksmi postted as an open collaboration. I added guitar, and synth.

You can hear more of her work here:
https://soundcloud.com/libbylaksmi

My Funny Halloween (Libby Laksmi & telefan)

This is another piece with a loop from Jens. 

https://soundcloud.com/senfsuck

New Colors

This is an instrumental Sade cover. I found it listed as 6/8, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures. After recording many versions I went with 4/4. I really like the complexity of the chords; it's very nuanced.

Is It A Crime (Sade Cover)

This is dedicated to Pam. 


I play my Gibson SG and Bass


Slow Blues For Pam

How to describe this track? Organized play?

Ding

A brilliant blues song by Tracy Chapman. This is my instrumental version.

Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman Cover)

Things To Learn

This is a reimagining of a work by https://soundcloud.com/wildsilencez.

Psalm (Wildsilences feat telefan)

This is at 160BPM I think the original is even faster.

Whole Lotta Rosie (AC:DC cover)

Exhale Inhale (Aurora cover)

I played my Gibson SG with a RAT pedal, and a G&L bass.

Hard Working Man (Marcus King cover)

Finding Out

Re-Name

The Courettes are a great duo. This was the perfect song for my Jazzmaster. :)

Hop The Twig (The Courettes cover)

Devil Electric is an interesting Australian band with a retro metal vibe.

All My Friends Move Like the Night

There’s a silence screaming in me
Juxtaposition of the person I see
I know the future 'cause I know the past
There's no moving through what I can't get past

I am within
I am without

It seems to me, that all my friends move like the night
And their starting to look different in the daylight
Am I losing control?

Did I ever have control?
Am I losing it all?
Did I ever have it at all, I don't know

I keep looking in on myself
Picturing I am someone else
I am the man looking, in the window
At the man looking, out the window

I am within
I am without

It seems to me, that all my friends move likе the night
And their starting to look differеnt in the daylight
Am I losing control?

It seems to me, that I only move like the night
And I'm starting to look different in the daylight
Am I losing control?

All My Friends Move Like The Night (Devil Electric cover)

Often I hear music, and have an intuitive positive response; I then try to figure out why. I enjoy seeing how things are constructed, and the choices that were made.

Send Some Love (Doyle Bramhall II cover)

These days I seek out hope, rather than waiting for it to come to me.

Glimmer of hope

A beautiful piece by Wingshredder with my guitar (in FACGAE tuning).
https://soundcloud.com/wingshredderofficial/a-distant-murmur

You dance
And I can feel the sky move
A synth of wings
A sway of silhouettes
Splitting and joining
Shaping emotions lost
As dusk falls
On the memory of us

A Distant Murmur (Wingshredder feat. telefan)

Only doing what feels right

Critical thing is more important than ever...encourage it where, and when you are able.

Zombies Amirite (the revenge)

Mato Nanji is a brilliant guitarist. I saw him live, and was blown away. His album Chasing the Sun was one that I sat down, and learned every track.

Runaway (Indigenous cover)

My friends always have interesting suggestions for covers. This was a challenge arranging a song written for piano, but rewarding for me to do.

Wilderness by Sarah McLachlan

I'll always remember the day we first met
Fires of September still burning their best
The sky full of smoke, full of promise
Of anything possible

It felt like a dream to feel safe in your arms
Despite all the warnings, I fell for your charms
The earth opened up like desire
It was unstoppable

You lay down your history, your battle scars
But all I could see were the stars

So, I don't want to blame you, but my heart is shattered
How could you leave us like none of it mattered?
This kind of love comes but once, maybe twice if you're lucky
Time's running out
So, why won't you talk to me? Tell me your troubles
I'm right here beside you, the calm in your storm
But you kissed me and walked away into your wilderness

You came back, you begged me, I bought what you sold
I gave my forgiveness, I set the bar low
'Cause all along, you had another life somewhere
With somebody other than me

I let myself down in the name of love
Chasing illusions of you

So, I don't want to blame you, but my heart is shattered
I should have known better, I should have run faster
But this kind of love comes but once, maybe twice if you're lucky
Time's running out
So, why won't you talk to me? Tell me your troubles
I'm right here beside you, the calm in your storm
But you kissed me and walked away into your wilderness

We do best we can with the tools that we've got
But a home can't survive a foundation of rot
There's no pretty words to dress up the betrayal
As anything but what it is

So, I guess I can blame you 'cause my heart is shattered
You took what you wanted like none of it mattered
'Cause this kind of love comes but once, maybe twice if you're lucky
Your luck is all run out
So, don't try to tell me you're sorry
I'm so tired of all of your bullshit, your weakness and fear
You can take yourself into your wilderness
And disappear

Wilderness (Sarah McLachlan cover)

I updated this track, because I wasn't happy with my first try.

SOULSEX (siKK liKKz cover)

Sometimes life is a comedy of errors, and laughing is the only sensible thing to do.

Just Laugh

Vocal- Enlia

"Just For Now" by Danna Faulds

Just for now,
Without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness.

Just for now, lay down the weight
You so patiently bear upon your shoulders.

Feel the earth receive you,
And the infinite expanse of the sky grow even wider,
as your awareness reaches up to meet it.

Just for now,
Allow a wave of breath to enliven your experience.
Breathe out whatever blocks you from the truth.

Just for now,
Be boundless, free, with awakened energy tingling in your hands and feet.

Drink in the possibility
Of being who and what you really are –
So fully alive that the world looks different,
Newly born and vibrant, just for now.

What Blocks You

“There is a wilderness we walk alone
However well-companioned” 
 Stephen Vincent Benét

https://soundcloud.com/chardhawk

Richard- Original music, and Guitar
Me- Gibson SG

Basic Blue- Jam (Richard & Jim)

Welcome! I play many guitars, but my favorite is a blond 1973 Telecaster.

I have had the privilege to collaborate with some fine musicians here on soundcloud; I sincerely thank them all. 


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