This is a song we felt compelled to learn a few years ago, and we feel the need to post it now.  There is no time like the present.  Like our other tracks, it was performed at a local low-income senior housing complex for a very forgiving audience.

Lyrics:
Now, all I have is now,  to be faithful, to be holy, and to shine, 
Lighting up the darkness, 
Right now, I really have no choice, but to voice the truth to the nations, 
A generation looking for God.

For such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth;
To hear the voice of God, and do His will, whatever it is.					
For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.

You, do you ever wonder why?  Seems like the grass is always greener, 
Under everybody else's sky
But right here--right here for this time and place,
You can live a mirror of His mercy, 
A forgiven image of grace.

For such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth;
To hear the voice of God, and do His will, whatever it is.					
For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.

Can't change what's happened till now, but we can change what will be,
By living in holiness, that the world, will see Jesus.
    	                    
For such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth;   
To hear the voice of God, and do His will, whatever it is.					             
For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.
 For such a time as this, for now and all the days He gives,
 I am here, I am here, and I am His, for such a time as this.

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

I am a singer-songwriter-guitarist. I have a home studio and have produced most of my songs and instrumentals there. Please check out my website at https://robrienmusic.com and get a free download for email list signup.



 I have had several collaborations with other artists that I've met on Souncloud and hope to continue doing so. 

I'm extremely grateful to have had over 25,000 plays and over 1,600 followers and friends among the Soundcloud community. I believe that it is important to support Soundcloud artists and I appreciate their support.


I hope that you will give a listen to these tracks and share your thoughts about music and recording. If You like what you hear, please follow my channel and like and repost my tracks.

thenightliners = Antwerp based singer-songwriter Yves Lamot with an acoustic guitar and a bunch of organic songs

https://soundcloud.com/thenightliners

SCHEDULED Appearances:
7-24-‘25, 6-8pm: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
8-13-'25, 6-8pm: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
8-26-'25: Country Coach Rally at Elkhorn Ridge Resort
8-28-'25, 6-8pm: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
With more to come--we're still booking for 2025!
(Please note:  Dates, times, and locations are subject to change)

PAST PERFORMANCES:
7-20-'25: Spearfish Festival in the Park
7-17-'25: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
7-13-'25: Private Barn-warming Party
7-5-'25: Private Birthday Party, Bozeman, MT
7-1-'25: Arnie's Birthday Party at Crow Peak Brewery
6-25-'25: Elkhorn Ridge Resort
6-26-'25: Elkhorn Ridge Resort
6-28-'25: Hot Springs Main St Arts & Crafts Festival
6-29-'25: Immanuel Lutheran Church service
6-13-'25: Bullwackers
6-17-’25: NHC Luncheon
6-7-'25: Private party
5-25-'25: Private Party
5-26-'25: Little Dane Church Memorial Day Service
5-9-'25: Black Hills State University Alumni Dinner
4-28-'25, 1030am: Funeral
4-26-'25: ILC Ladies Tea
4-25-'25:  Peaceful Pines SL
4-15-’25: Sturgis Easter Cantata
4-13-’25: Sturgis Easter Cantata
4-11-'25:  Peaceful Pines SL
4-5-'25: Farewell to Gordy Pratt at the High Plains Western Heritage Center
4-5-'25:  Crow Peak Brewery--Jam for Gordy!
3-28-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
3-07-'25:   Peaceful Pines SL
3-07-'25:  Aspen Grove AL
3-01-’25: Tea & Rose Coffee Shop
2-28-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
2-8-’25: Chute Rooster
2-7-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
2-7-'25: Private Party
1-24-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
1-10-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
12-14-’24: High Plains Western Heritage Center
11-17-'24: Crow Peak Brewery (w/ Grammy winner Dan Mahar!)
11-10-'24: High Plains Western Heritage Center
10-11-’24: Lookout Lounge
9-8-’24: The Clubhouse
9-7-'24: The Red Onion, Belle Fourche
8-8-’24: Elkhorn Ridge Resort
7-20-'24: Spearfish Festival in the Park
6-28-24: Hot Springs Main Street Festival
5-27-'24: Little Dane Church Memorial Day service
5-3-'24: Black Hills State University 50th Reunion, Class of '74
4-26-'24: Bullwacker's
11-12-'23: Black Hills Cowboy Church
5-15-'22: High Plains Western Heritage Center (with the great Kenny Putnam, Gordy Pratt, Paul Larson, Jason Guthmiller, and Rod Garnett!) 

Greetings! We are Jonny Hummingbird and Shelley Meadowlark, an acoustic duo available for hire that just loves to share great songs for people. Our style is an odd mix of genres, and our song list ranges from timeless pop, to folk, country, bluegrass, gospel, and even a couple of 15th century numbers! We play live at a variety of venues, including restaurants, lounges, festivals, fundraisers, church functions, funerals, private parties, and the occasional private acousticism for those suffering persistent electric earworms. :-)
Seriously though, we are hobby musicians who just hope we can bring some joy to those who hear our music. Will be slowly adding songs to this page. Thank you for listening.
P.S.  Check out our website at the link below.  You can also hear some of  Jonny's original tracks at the link to his Soundcloud. Cheers!

( REPOSTS  are  routed to Synthgrinder [REPOSTS] )
( https://soundcloud.com/user-813544615 )


++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.

making music feeds my soul. Will continue as long as I am able and appreciate your support .Hope you enjoy these pieces that I loved doing and sharing. God bless you all>

I am a guitarist by training, self-taught, multi-instrumentalist for my compositions & arrangements, bass, keyboards and others, therefore, composer and arranger Music has been my main passion for many years, I have made it my job. This has allowed me to play in pretty much any style, following the currents of the moment, rock, jazz, blues, variety and many other implications, groups, collective, accompaniment of singing stars, studio recording.
Here are some compositions, for the moment instrumentals, like brock 'style guitar. 
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je suis guitariste de formation, autodidacte, multi instrumentiste pour mes compos & arrangements, basse, claviers et autres, compositeur arrangeur.La musique est ma passion principale depuis bien des années, j’ en ai d’ailleurs fait mon métier. Cela m’ a permis de jouer a peu près dans tous les styles, suivant les courants du moment, rock, jazz, blues, variété  et biens d’ autres implications, groupes, collectif, accompagnement de stars de la chanson, enregistrement studio.
Voici donc quelques compos, pour le moment instrumentaux, genre guitare brock' style.

To celebrate 2000, I took a year off to write songs, novels, plays, and stories - and I've been doing that since. At the end of my first year, I won first prize in the USA Songwriting Contest in the Lyric Category for 'Drum Machines and Beauty Queens.' This led to co-writing songs with many excellent musicians, including those represented in songs posted here. 

More recently, I was one of seven finalists in the Crisis Lyric Category of the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest for 'Lockdown Blues,' and one of nine nominees in the 2021 International Song Awards with 'Didn't the River Know' and 'Blue and Gold.'

For the past two years, I've been collaborating with many talented musicians on Kompoz. I release many of these songs here and compile the best into albums released under Captain Stormfield's Trip on Spotify and other platforms (see links below).

Creating guitar-based rock and pop songs, while always experimenting with progressive, electronic and singer-songwriter elements.

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

Jonny and Shel