Dedicated to a friend, who works at Shangri-la, one of my favourite stores in #Oslo.

This track may be #healing for people with a psychiatric diagnosis. These tend to have many indications and few proofs - of course, I am not talking about physical diagnosis's.

When we don't understand why people react the way they do, we often stigmatise them. "Oh, you are so neurotic", "Oh, don't be so bipolar", "You are so ADHD at times".

Followed up by "I was only joking".

The person stating such, may not consider that s/he was the jerk that was the final straw.

Or, as Freud probably didn't say, but surely thought: “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by a**holes.” @debiHope

And, to paraphrase Forrest Gump: «A**hole is as a**hole does”.

Now, lately, I have managed to surround myself with the opposite of jerks. Individuals - many who have a song dedicated to them on my new album - who have, through actions or words, led me onto a new path in life. Thank you all! 🙏🏻🙏🙏🏿

C @ Shangri-la

C @ Shangri-La

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Deutscher Singer-Songwriter über fünfzig Jahre alt. Seit fast vierzig Jahren schreibe und singe ich Lieder. Mein Hauptinstrument ist die akustische Gitarre, aber ich mag auch Perkussionsinstrumente (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). Ich liebe es, melancholische und poetische Balladen zu komponieren. Aber manchmal schreibe ich auch (schwarze) humorvolle Songs, Jazzstyle und -Rocksongs. Meine Hauptsprache ist Deutsch. Aber in Zukunft will ich mehr Songs auf Englisch und vereinzelt auch Französisch schreiben.
In meinen Kompositionen bin ich inspiriert von Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison und Bob Dylan. Auf meinen Platten spiele und singe ich alles alleine. Meine Vision für die Zukunft ist es, Musiker aus verschiedenen Kulturen zu finden, die gerne ihre Tracks mit mir teilen wollen.
Mein persönliches Mantra ist ein Satz, der von Paul Mccartney auf dem Beatles-Album "Abbey Road auf dem Track "In the end" vor fast Fünfzig Jahren geschrieben wurde:

Die Liebe, die Du bekommst ist gleich der Liebe, die Du gibst.

German singer-songwriter over fifty years old. For almost forty years I have been writing and singing songs. My main instrument is the acoustic guitar, but I also like percussion instruments (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). I love composing melancholic and poetic ballads. But sometimes I also write (black) humorous songs, jazz style and rock songs. My main language is German. But in the future I want to write more songs in English and occasionally also in French.
In my compositions I am inspired by Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. On my records I play and sing all by myself. My vision for the future is to find musicians from different cultures who would like to share their tracks with me.
My personal mantra is a sentence written by Paul Mccartney on the Beatles album "Abbey Road on the track "In the end" almost fifty years ago:

The love you take is equal to the love you make.

Thank you for >1 million streams 🙏 Royal supplier of music to HRM Queen Ameenata Koita. I create healing and hypnotic music in the Earth House genre - think ambient/electronica/new age with a lotta love, mantras and world instruments. 
I have studied psychoacoustics, so you may expects ASMR, and don't be surprised if my music takes you on a trip to outer - or inner - space.

C @ Shangri-La

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