One of my favorite tracks in recent times. You can listen to the original composition here: https://soundcloud.com/oraafat/remember (as well as the rest of Omar's great music). I fell in love with the mood of the original, the emotions it evokes and, of course, the beautiful melody. And so I decided to try to make my own version. Thank you Omar for such a wonderful work and for allowing me to interpret it in my own way. I hope I did well :)

Omar Raafat - Remember (Junai Niyane's Orchestral Version)

Black Dark Humor is a sad poem about the routine of life in a big city like São Paulo. A difficult day in the life of an ordinary Paulistano, facing work and dealing with the chaos of the city. A day when the earth stood still.

Black Dark Humor
Close the door, turn off the light;
The dream has just begun...
Another blinding day of heat,
And burning flames...
Last month hasn’t ended yet;
Time is just a shadow...
Through these hazy days, I agonize,
Then beg for mercy...

Have some pity on me;
I’m both devout and crude.
Sentenced to twenty years
In the penitentiary of boredom...
Now and then I try, at last,
To sigh without a thought...
To drown my feelings deep inside,
Then take off and fly.

It’s six o’clock, the morning’s here,
Yet the rooster never crows...
But my stern, responsible self
Shakes me up to rise again.
The bell tolls, I hide the sky,
A sky that bears no light...
The world still turns, yet somehow,
It stopped spinning for me...

Black Dark Humor (Negro Humor Negro)

being with you

2025-06-11

calypso

guitar solo, Washburn R305 parlor guitar. 
Study in use of dynamics.

Introspective dawn

Shot You Down

pharetra_02

pharetra_04

Nowhere
Recorded March - September 2025

This is an instrumental project that I recorded entirely with a Yamaha FG850. Kind of ended up being an exercise in seeing what sorts of sonic landscapes I could fill out with a single acoustic guitar and a little post production.

Introspective dawn

Don Jennings