Great prog music!  Very nice dynamics between riffs and melodic parts!

great guitar, tempo changes very cool, Metal parts, melodic parts, great mix

Very well written with stirring performances!

Normally I dislike long intros but it works here.👍Love the chord prog and later dynamism, also your clever rhyme of surface and circus. I once rhymed sulphur and vulture and was told Sondheim would be proud! The more creative you get, the better, in my book.😀

Bitter Aftermath On An Upswing (G. Di Nunno)

It's up to me to make it out
With any help I get
If I'm ever to reach the surface

With rooms in need of quick repair
A step will start it all
Transformation to halt this circus

Hear the raging voice
That scrubbed the remnants raw
Healing comes by choice
Forgiveness, endless fall

I ride the upswing to and fro
The hill I leave behind
Fingerprints with a different label

A different version will be told
And which will be believed
Then discussed all around the table

Bitter aftermath
With all you did create
How does justice taste?
No going back--too late

I must be free to rise again
Back to the books to write the end.

Written by Gino Di Nunno
Copyright 2022.

#8. Bitter Aftermath On An Upswing

Gino Di Nunno is a 66 year old guy from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He can't sing, but since starting writing and recording his songs in 2016, he is improving. He is obsessed with Rock Progressivo Italiano, Orchestral music (Beethoven, Mahler, Shostakovich), Jethro Tull, Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, and Philosopy. Gino started playing guitar in 1976, but two years later he suffered a left-hand accident and lost 3 and 2/3 fingers (He also started dabbling with piano in 2016, though he doesn't consider himself adept he knows enough to make it sound good). He did not start playing again (as a left-hander) until 1980, and with very long practice sessions, he was able to start a band, taking the hard road by writing original material with his brothers and a few vocalists, where they played everything from Punk, Blues, and a mix of Progressive Rock and Metal.

The band of brothers decided to end their music pursuit in the early 90's to catch up with life. Gino decided to give music another try in the early 2000's and didn't start recording and releasing music until 2016, releasing versions of albums on Soundcloud where he had no idea what he was doing; however, each album saw improvement (yes...even his vocals) by learning through trial and error experimentation. 

Gino said the best advice he ever received was when a guy told him, "if you can't sing, make sure your lyrics are good so people will focus on them instead of your singing." Gino writes deep lyrics dealing with life struggles and predicaments, yet always with a bit of hope. He prefers to write small symphonies within a song, with lots of changes, added dynamics, and a breaking away from familiar forms and structures. He realizes he is not unique in breaking new ground, and that aging and long practice sessions has given him (at times) an aching right wrist which has taken away the speed he once had, and even with his spotty vocals his only request is that you dive deep into the songs because he insists something beautiful can be discovered.  (Antonella Gaspari)

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