Earth Patriot - Pledge of a Weed-Dancer / aK@42o 7 ( Trash Talk )

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)

We had to dissect a funny-looking frog and I felt really bad about it, so I set the mood into a song

samples are from a funny tiktok handle: @/clitcobain

frog funeral

Performed by Benjamin Nix

Written By Benjamin Nix and Dani Ford

Produced by Dani Ford

Gypsy

Joy and Fear

Second track of the album : https://soundcloud.com/thefallofsaigon/sets/off-with-your-head.  https://soundcloud.com/spukschreibmaschine on a journey toward Mars. Leaving Earth should be seriously considered these days.

Let's go to Mars for awhile (SpukSchreibMaschine x The Fall of Saigon)

A little new song, floating to the territory of post-rock.
Hope you like it!

Recorderd with a new bass guitar;
Squier classic vibe 70s jazz bass

More music coming soon.

Tunnels

Ocean Rain In Yzterfontein is the 4th piece in a series of piano works which takes the listener to Yzterfontein which is on the west coast of South Africa. I remember the rain on the west coast being peaceful offering a sense of contentment for the soul. I remember the sound of ocean waves crashing on the shore, becoming one with the rain. I remember the happiness and the simplicity of life. Enjoy the music and keep an ear out for more music coming...

Reflections From Home

Ocean Rain In Yzterfontein

Just four of us learning and playing some kind of random original song 'The Sunshine By The Bay' in 1978. Three of us were 17 years old. Don was a little older (and a bad influence). 
A BOOMBOX RECORDING 
Rob Cassano - Drums 
Ron Snyder - Lead Guitar 
Joe Storino - Bass 
Don Williamson - Acoustic Guitar & Vocal

High School Days (LIVE 1978 JAM) Cassano-Snyder-Storino-Williamson

Wrote this song in the middle of the pandemic. Lockdown had its foot on my neck but still managed to cook up a gem. It's true what they say. Diamonds are formed under pressure. I dedicate this song to everyone who's learned to find comfort in discomfort and uncertainty.

I Heart You!