Are we just old? Perhaps. But if that is where music (and human expression in general) is goin g, I will be glad to get off the stage. But that ain't where it's going in the end. Even if it's to be cave paintings again, the healing sound and vision shall persist.

beautiful cover and amazing ballad✊☕✊☕✊☕🌈⭐🔥🍷🔥🍷🔥🍷🔥

"A goodwill melody that cleans the air"...thats a great line, I wish I'd thought of that!

2024

Music made in Garageband.   Sounds best with earphones  😊

The Norwegian Forest   (Original)

They did it again, THS have vastly improved my song.
What I found is that it sounds exactly as I want, even though I didn't know exactly what I wanted. 

Original phone recording: #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/tivaG

Art by Joy
Spontaneity by all of us

So thanks The Happy Somethings. Look out for new music from them:  https://thehappysomethings.bandcamp.com/

Previous collaboration with The Happy Somethings, 'Bitter' (Jan 2023)
#SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/wvSkj

Cobbled Moth & The Happy Somethings - What I've Found

Old New Babylon

Another warm uplifting piece to brighten up a  grey January day, especially in the UK!!

Thank you for being so kind and supportive with all of your plays reposts and playlists.

Sunshine (c) Vocalatti 2024

Sunshine

phone with echo

Valley of Tears as in

https://biblehub.com/sermons/auth/robinson/the_vale_of_tears.htm


Across the big wide world I roam
I know I'll never find my home
Here, in the valley of tears
Went back to school they gave me a scroll 
I turned it into a singing bowl
Full of beer 
In the valley of tears
Everything not what it seems
I was controlled by a false dream
And fear
In the valley of tears 
In weakness God is strong 
In meekness I belong 
Across the big wide world I roam
I know I'll never find my home
Here
In the valley of tears
Hope lies beyond this land
All the faithful understand 
And we're cheered 
In the valley of tears 



In the Valley of Tears

You don't have to believe me
I'm not pleased I was right
I'm not proud of my life
I just see certain things 
There're lessons I've learned 
Wickedness in high places
I've discerned 
Are you hip to the subliminal
Why believe the words of criminals 
Put faith in this world 
You'll be let down 
It's far worse than you feared 
Yet it's far better too
There's nothing they can do
To stop love
We're in for dark days 
There's nothing they can do
To stop love
We're in for dark days 
There's nothing they can do
With their digital cage
I just see certain things 
Many times I've been burned
The powers of darkness 
Everywhere discerned
Are you hip to the subliminal?
Why believe the words of criminals 
Put faith in this world 
You'll be let down 




Faith in this World

Written 2/3/24 
Bathroom, phone, Spanish guitar with very old strings 

As I try to feel good 
Relive my childhood 
And worry about future loss and gain
Real bombs are flying
Real children dying
To condone it is to be insane 
If I do who will complain?
Denial, got to give the world a smile
Denial, it never goes out of style 
Real children dying
All the adults lying
Blind eye, deaf ear, hard heart, big row
I remember childhood
I used to be good
Got to be something to do somehow
And it needs to be done now
Denial, got to give the world a smile
Denial, it never goes out of style 


Denial

Made of glass (demo)

when i was a boy many years ago, one hot summers day.
my friends and i were walking down, a narrow country road.
feeling dizzy and about to faint, i found myself looking down on us.
my spirit was free and hovering above and that's when i saw the truth.

even though they are joined as one, they can separate.
the secrets of the body and soul, are the key to your ultimate fate...... the key to your ultimate fate.

many people have had one of these, it's called an O.B.E.
when we die and in our body, we will struggle to set ourselves free.
i don't know if we will all succeed, but i know it's possible.
so could it be, how we behave, could decide our life beyond the grave.

even though they are joined as one, they can separate.
the secrets of the body and soul, are the key to your ultimate fate...... the key to your ultimate fate.

The secrets of the body and soul.  (O.B.E)

Joutes Verbales Compositeur: Christian DEVIENNE  Chant: Baie des anges

Lyrics/vocal by me
Music made in Garageband

Lyrics:
I lost important pieces of myself
They wouldn't stay with me
They flew in all directions
But I think I know where they can be

Hey you! Can I get back my pieces
Why are they still with you?
Be sure, I will get them back
And hold them in place with glue

So, will you give them back?
Or else I don't know what to do
don't want my precious pieces
To be stuck with you

Hey you! Can I get back my pieces
Why are they still with you?
Be sure, I will get them back
And hold them in place with glue

Mmm, you've had them long enough
Its time to give them back
I need to finish my puzzle
With my pieces, where it is black

Hey you! Can I get back my pieces
Why are they still with you?
Be sure, I will get them back
And hold them in place with glue

My Pieces ( Original )

Adrian Tchaikovsky imagines a sentient viral culture keen to explore any lifeform it encounters (via infection) to satify its insatiable curiosity about the universe - initially with disastrous results.  I found the unattributed image on Pinterest.

Viral Estate

Lyrics written by Andrea Brennan.
Music written, arranged and performed by Del Griffiths.

Lyrics

Baby, I know your favorite things
Like strawberries and burgundy wine
Yellow daisies in summertime
The view of Atlanta’s skyline

Oo, oo, oo
I want to give them all to you
Every day of my life
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
All my love for you
Every day of my life
Will you be my wife

Honey, I share your future dreams
A little place outside the city
With a front porch and tire swing
Where we can start a family

Oo, oo, oo
I want to give them all to you
Every day of my life
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
All my love for you
Every day of my life
Will you be my wife

Darling, I know what’s in your heart
And I believe that it beats for me
Hopes that we will be together
Forever and eternity

Oo, oo, oo
I want to give them all to you
Every day of my life
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
All my love for you
Every day of my life
If you’ll only say ‘I do’

Derek Griffiths's Album

Every Day of My Life  - Collaboration with Del Griffiths

On phone voice recorder

Where the mysterious meets the familiar 
Where the hilarious meets the profound
A silly serenade 
Seriously well-formed 
A needed healing sound 

A goodwill melody that cleans the air
Ironic words betraying pain, love and care
I am rebuked with insight
Stilled by shame
Until I join the flow

Reviving art is only made by human struggle 
In living laughter and melancholy crowned 
A simple happy song something of a riddle
And the needed healing sound

Needed Healing Sound

She’s not the first one and won’t be the last one,
The last one was first, but then she went away.
So I’m starting over, I’ve got ground to cover,
Please send another first my way. I’m growing weary of playing the same old game.
Someone once told me that love is a fire,
It needs careful tending or it will soon fade.
So, if I am not the flame it requires,
Love turns to ashes & cannot be saved.
My only question is where does the fire come from?

Is it in me? In you? In both? In neither? Can you buy it or sell it or make your own?
Is there a web page you can easily find it? Or order it on the telephone?
I have grown weary of playing the same old game.
Where do I turn when the flame won’t burn, does it do any good to complain?
I have tried hard, can you please do the same? Keeper of the flame.

Can you please help me keep the fire going,
Knowing it might run out of fuel
I’m doing my best to keep the fire going,
Down in my heart I know that you’ll do what you can to keep this love alive.

Is it in me? In you? In both? In neither? Can you buy it or sell it or make your own?
Is there a web page you can easily find it? Or order it on the telephone?
I have grown weary of playing the same old game.
Where do I turn when the flame won’t burn, does it do any good to complain?
I have tried hard, can you please do the same? Keeper of the flame.

Sometimes I forget it is love, and that love has a name.
Sometimes my poor heart will start beating like a runaway train.
I have tried hard, can you please do the same? Keeper of the flame.



Keeper of the Flame

Remastered version of this original song: https://on.soundcloud.com/iohmR0TW66S9Uz80R2

The Halcyon Days

Smokescreen (remastered)

The AI-generated answer is evolving:

"Cobbled Moth Regenerated is a musical project associated with the artist known as The Cobbled Moth, who creates lo-fi demos using a Tascam pocket studio, acoustic guitar, and other instruments.
 The project features songs such as "In the Valley of Tears" and "Not the Way," which are available for free streaming and download on SoundCloud.
 "In the Valley of Tears" includes lyrics reflecting themes of searching for home and finding strength in weakness, drawing a metaphorical connection to the biblical concept of the Vale of Tears.
 "Not the Way" was written and recorded during a heatwave while the artist was watching Wimbledon, and features a personal moment captured in the background with the artist's son saying, "but it's too sunny mamma".
 The artist describes themselves as an outsider songwriter, and their work has been praised for its emotive chord changes and lyrical depth".



Rayna On The Radio:  Unsigned Radio Hour https://soundcloud.com/raynaontheradio/sets/october-21

"Single" REVIEW: https://joyzine.org/2024/01/10/single-review-cobbled-moth-the-happy-somethings-what-ive-found/

*First page: The Cobbled Moth (Started  2014) - www.soundcloud.com/thecobbledmoth 

COLLABORATIONS so far:

With The Happy Somethings (both had radio play):

'What I've Found' 
#SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/fcje6

'Bitter' 
#SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/fSVcs

With Aine Parkes: 

'Even Knights Need Their Rest' (Lullaby written for my son) https://on.soundcloud.com/aQrSk

With Lin: 'Fantasy' #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/eRK2m

With Sal (Sarah) Lettes:

'By the Way' #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/U8eFC

All songs for free download 
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The Cobbled Moth

Needed Healing Sound

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