This is pretty cool and a very cool concept to do songs in 7/4. Animal Collective vibes came to mind in this. Love your cover designs for these songs. Impressed! Lovely listen. :)

This is a very interesting track Dan. I like the theme of the song and your idea of experimenting with 7/4 time; it really works on this track.

Amazing creativity with the irregular time!

Oh bugger,  lost my comment  ha! I was just saying how I imagine you sing everything, never talk, it's great. You communicate so much emotional connectedness and humour in your organic blending of lyrics and musical punctuation.  Helen x

Man! Wow! This is just beautiful beyond words! Great song, sir! I'm floored :)

You pulled of the experiment very well. I enjoy listening to something unique

like the unusual melodylines and how you present the garden vocally and lyrically... :)

Similar to my last song, this song is also in 7/4 time.  It uses a pattern 3-1-3 for the versus.  I currently plan to have a series of songs using the 7/4 meter.  I have written 6 songs at this time and I am slowly releasing them.  They will all be on this playlist as they are released:
https://soundcloud.com/user-276716031/sets/7-4-time-1

You can also find my previous sets of songs in 5/4 here:
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan1/sets/5-4-time
 
Mysteries in the Garden


Verse 1:
There are many mysteries in my garden
I look at the plants that are growing
I don’t know what this is and that is
Do I pull them or is there a pardon
Might it be something I love so glowing
Something with lots of pop and fizz

I want my vegetables to be free to grow
They give me such a wondrous glow
I want them to spread their yield
I feel like a farmer in a great field
Eating their bounty is my great pleasure
It is something that I so treasure

Chorus:
I don’t know all of these little plants
Growing there in the dirt with ants
There are only a few I recognize
When they are tall they don’t tell lies
The tomato and carrot look so familiar 
I don’t need a book or special filter

Verse 2:
The books show examples of different plants
Like other books tell about how to dance
I wish I could separate all of the things growing
It would give me a sense that I am glowing

Is the plant something I want to later eat
Perhaps cook in a stew with some fine meat
I don’t want them killing the plants I love
Smothering them with their in grip of glove

Chorus (at half speed):

Mysteries In The Garden

I am Dan Lockhart/ProgRockDan.  I am half of the duo Dan X2.  I enjoy making music with my partner Dan Blackard.  I was born in East St. Louis, Illinois.  I was raised in a rural area near Edwardsville, Illinois.  I have lived in San Antonio, Texas; Bad, Kreuznach, Germany;  Kansas City, Missouri; Columbus, Georgia; Haverhill Massachusetts;  St, Louis, Missouri, and Indianapolis, Indiana.  I have resided in Carmel Indiana for the past 20 + years.  I consider this home.  I have a small studio in my home.  I go to it everyday and work on creating (writing) songs.  I play bass, guitar, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, piano, violin, and viola.  I use Cubase for my DAW.  I master using Izotope, Ozone.

You can find my other music on these sites:
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan1
https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan-instrumentals

https://www.reverbnation.com/prdvocals
https://www.reverbnation.com/progrockdan1
https://www.reverbnation.com/daniellockhart4

My songs with Dan Blackard can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-106484228
https://soundcloud.com/user-590884876

https://www.reverbnation.com/dananddan5
https://www.reverbnation.com/danx2


I have a collection Christmas songs here:
https://www.youtube.com/@prd.christmas4703

Children's music are here:
https://www.youtube.com/@musicfirkids

Here is a link to my Patreon Page.  You can find music that is only available to my patreon supporters on this page.
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=59878068

I have 72 Songs about Space here:
https://hearthis.at/progrockdan1/set/space-songs/

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