At 43 seconds the riff just kills. Very nice work. Another great arrangement.

great atmosphere, loved the fill of spectrum

Rockin tune yall was fosho jammin on this one

I love main riff! good energy! keep it up

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Perseverance

Duration: ca. 9'
Music by Robert Paterson • Lyrics by David Cote

Instrumentation:  soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble (wind doubler [flute, B-flat clarinet, oboe], violin, cello, percussion, piano)
Performed by American Modern Ensemble, Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano, and Jorell Williams, Baritone

Purchase Sheet Music (available with In Real Life II and In Real Life II): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2778
Extraordinary may be performed as a stand-along work, or with In Real Life I and/or In Real Life II.

For more information:
Version for Soprano,  Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-chamber-ensemble
Version for Soprano, Baritone, and Piano: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-piano

PROGRAM NOTE
As a follow-up to our song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano), Robert and I  agreed the concept of five characters looking for love online should have a male counterpart. Written for baritone and chamber ensemble, In Real Life II looks at five contemporary men clicking their way to second chances and romance. In “No Frog” we meet a prototypical player, a guy who fluffs his profile, but the truth keeps slipping out. The tone shifts with “Sola Fide,” in which a U.S. veteran of the war in Afghanistan explains the tattoo on his chest and the wounds inside. An older gentleman envisions one last fling in the irreverent “Die with Me.” In “Still Vamping,” a gay man muses on his start-and-stop romantic history. Finally, in “Nice-Plus,” an everyday guy reveals a hidden passion. In Real Life II was commissioned by American Modern Ensemble with funding from the Doctorow Family Foundation.

American Modern Ensemble: In Real Life

In Real Life

Extraordinary (Version for Soprano, Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble)

Went away for a few days and stayed at a house in middle of nowhere, there was nothing around but cows, on the side in the house was a little information sheet about the place, the lyrics are loosely based on that.

LYRICS

John Wild was staring at his pile of stones. He piled them together till he had a home.
In the fields full of gagel, where bog myrtle grows.
He'd raise up a family where no one could know. 

And, the cows do not care how you feel.
The cows stand and stare in the fields.
Oooooooo. 

There are herbs on the hillside and fish in the stream, 
There's game to be poaching to make good the lean. 
All the animals crowd as the north-easter blows.
The short days of winter approach from below. 

And the cows stand and stare through your face. 
The cows that belong to this place.
The cows do not care how you feel.
The cows will not move from these fields.
Ooooooo-ah. 

And the hills do not know,
of the valley(s) below. (x2) 

ahhhhhh (x4) 

The cows do not give much away.
The cows in the wind do not sway.
The cows are not ever forlorn.
The cows stay right where they are born.
Oooooooo. 

Oh, to be free,
in the wild valley.
Now, look at me.
With my land, far from sea. 

Oh, look at me.
No stopping me now.
Oh, look at me.
With my field; full of cows. 

And, the hills do not know,
of the valley below. 

John Wild was staring at his pile of stones. He piled them together till he had a home.
In the fields full of gagel, where bog myrtle grows.
He'd raise up his family where no one could know. 

And the cows do not care how you feel.
The cows stand and stare in the fields.
The cows do not show on their face.
What they think of this place.
Ooooooooo.

Cows (Wild Ones)

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Well I’m a Big Bad Man from Rockingham
Gonna set this town on Fire
I got a hell of a thirst, I just gotta be first
I am burning with Desire
But regular Joe who wants the world to know
That he’s the main attraction
So I track him down to a bar down town
Now I’m ready for some action
And we had one hell of a fight 
yeah I was shaking all through the night
But I soon put out his lights
Tonight, when I saw her
Watching me, in the corner
By the window, under a red light
But when I met her first, She said I’ll quench that thirst
you gotta learn some manners  
Oh well she teased and squeezed, till I’m begging please
I got a face like a bag of spanners
She said I’ll ease that pain if you play my game
I’ll show you some affection
After 3 or 4 days, I’m in a hell of a haze
I can’t believe my own reflection
But she gave me a hell of a fright
Yeah I was shaking all through the night
But she soon turned down my lights
That night, when I saw her
Watching me, in the corner
By the window, under a red light
I must confess that I’m in a mess
you got me waiting in distress
She got a key and she’s watching me
She got my measure by degrees
So sweet and clean, Know what I mean
I’m just another James Dean
I’m laying low, I curse and Moan
You gotta give the Dog a bone!
Now in the pale moon light, under a blue porch light
She’s got a head upon my shoulder
She said you ain’t no use unless you pay those dues
But I guess we’re getting older
But she gave me a hell of a fright
Yeah I was shaking all through the night
But she soon turned down my lights
That night, when I saw her
Watching me, in the corner
By the window, under a red light etc

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