One of my very favorites..beautiful and amazing!

I love it❣️ Very very beautiful‼️

This is cool Mark. I don’t believe I’ve heard the original but this is a fine relaxing meditative track.  Well done!

Oh and the cover is amazing lol. Provides an excellent contrast to the song haha. :)

Came for the art, stayed for the song 😄.  Beautiful rendition.

Very nice track, beautiful piano 👏👍

Aquatic Locomotion

thoughts

Thoughts

Chao Heng [Abeno Nakamaro](698〜770)

Chao Heng is the Chinese name of Abeno Nakamaro.

In 717, at the age of 19, Abeno Nakamaro traveled to Tang China with Makibi Kibi and others as a member of the envoy to the Tang Dynasty in order to introduce advanced Tang culture to Japan.

Abeno Nakamaro passed the imperial examination in Chang'an. He served Emperor Xuanzong as an official in the Tang Dynasty. He also interacted with poets such as Li Bai and Wang Wei.

Thirty-six years later, in 753, Abeno Nakamaro was allowed to return to Japan.

However, the ship was wrecked by a typhoon.
, washed ashore in modern-day Vietnam.
He returned to Chang'an via Vietnam, where he ended his life of 73 years.

He never set foot on Japanese soil again.

Check out the music video for the song here!
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https://youtu.be/y4oMgolDokg?si=flwCXgDgY0Qvwa0N

晁衡　[阿倍仲麻呂](698〜770)

晁衡是安倍仲麻吕的中文名。

717年，19岁的阿倍仲麻吕作为遣唐使者与牧备吉备等人一起前往唐中国，向日本介绍先进的唐文化。

阿倍仲麻吕在长安考中科举。曾在唐玄宗任职为官。他还与李白、王维等诗人交往。

三十六年后的753年，阿部仲麻吕被允许返回日本。

然而，这艘船被台风毁坏了。
，被冲上现代越南的岸边。
他经越南回到长安，结束了73岁的生命。

他再也没有踏上日本的土地。

晁衡 東瀛慕情＜Chao Heng  Longing For JAPAN＞mp3

Chants Métallurgiques (metallurgical songs)

This piece is about lifetime...Yes, today I'm 50 !
In this track, I used piano, electric guitar, brushed drums, upright bass, some organ and percussion.
Thanks for listening !

Composition: Julien Apelian
Recording studio: Audio Colors
January, 31st, 2024

The Journey of Life

'be Strong,

Remixé pour donner encore plus d'intensité sur la fin (traduit plus bas)
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The compass in our hearts, now
Is spinning out of control, how ?
All calls have been dropped
All the signals stopped

In this moment of silence
(that slowly falls)
we crawl looking for a guidance
(to lead our souls)
All calls have been dropped
All the signals stopped

When we were in the sun
Risking our wings getting burned
We did not realise then 
We'd dug our future grave

When we bought everything 
And wasted all that it could bring
We started wondering in the heat
Who we were going to eat

In pixels and likes, we've grown, but
True connection remains unknown 
All calls have been dropped
All the signals stopped

With individualism's embrace
(that slowly falls)
We are strangers in the same space
(with lonely souls)
All calls have been dropped
All the signals stopped

When we were in the sun
Risking our wings getting burned
We did not realise then 
We'd dug our future grave

When we bought everything 
And wasted all that it could bring
We started wondering in the heat
Who we were going to eat

When we were in the sun
Risking our wings getting burned
We did not realise then 
We'd dug our future grave

When we bought everything 
And wasted all that it could bring
We started wondering in the heat
Who we were going to eat

When we bought everything 
And wasted all that it could bring
We started wondering in the heat
Who we were going to eat

All calls have been dropped
All the signals stopped


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La boussole dans nos cœurs, maintenant
Tourne de façon incontrôlée. Comment ?
Tous les appels ont été interrompus
Tous les signaux se sont arrêtés

Dans ce moment de silence 
(qui tombe lentement)
Nous rampons à la recherche d'un guide
(pour guider nos âmes)
Tous les appels ont été interrompus
Tous les signaux se sont arrêtés

Quand nous étions dans le soleil
Risquant de brûler nos ailes
Nous n'avons pas réalisé alors 
Que nous avions creusé notre future tombe

Quand nous avons tout acheté 
Et gaspillé tout ce que cela pouvait apporter
Nous avons commencé à nous demander dans la chaleur
Qui nous allions manger

En pixels et en likes, nous avons grandi, mais
La vraie connexion reste inconnue 
Tous les appels ont été interrompus
Tous les signaux se sont arrêtés

Avec l'étreinte de l'individualisme
(qui tombe lentement)
Nous sommes des étrangers dans le même espace
(avec des âmes solitaires)
Tous les appels ont été interrompus
Tous les signaux se sont arrêtés

Quand nous étions dans le soleil
Risquant de brûler nos ailes
Nous n'avons pas réalisé alors 
Que nous avions creusé notre future tombe

Quand nous avons tout acheté 
Et gaspillé tout ce que cela pouvait apporter
Nous avons commencé à nous demander dans la chaleur
Qui nous allions manger

Quand nous étions dans le soleil
Risquant de nous brûler les ailes
Nous n'avons pas réalisé alors 
Que nous avions creusé notre future tombe

Quand nous avons tout acheté 
Et gaspillé tout ce que cela pouvait apporter
Nous avons commencé à nous demander dans la chaleur
Qui nous allions manger

Tous les appels ont été interrompus
Tous les signaux se sont arrêtés

All The Signals Stopped

Lyrics:
Of all the things I've been hearing,
Hazy dreams somehow clearing.
I'll just keep doing what I'm doing,
Regardless of your past indiscretions.
Amazing things, not all are seen.
Some are meant to be confusing.
My Darling Little Monster.
Got your claws deep inside the cookie jar.
I can hear you raising the bar.
I can see you, you're not far away.
Might even be, closer than I think.
Might even hide, somewhere inside.
Above it all the piper keeps on playing.
The perfect notes, a songful soothsaying.
Lining up the mice and men are trailing,
Plans of pleasing, meaningful attaining.
Cunning visions blindly led sleepwalking.
Revealing goals, bemused they keep talking.
Much like you My darling little Starling.
Oh the songs you sing. 
Leaving your disease the fruit has fallen down.

My Darling Little Starling

Second attempt covering the beautiful song, Watermark, by Enya. The strings are still not as good as they could be, but this version includes those Enya harmony hums in the middle bridge section, so it's a nice improvement over the previous version I had uploaded.

(song written by Enya)

***funny note re: image art - i did a little edit job in Photoshop, morphing my face onto Enya's. Not the most appealing result, but who am I to say?! lol...

here's the real album cover for reference:
https://imagez.tmz.com/image/46/1by1/2018/10/09/46585da9b70459589a6d1dc81550fe07_xl.jpg

and the real me, early 2023:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/53550250098/in/dateposted/

As always, thanks for listening, and don’t hesitate to give any critical feedback to help me improve. 😉

Watermark (cover - see description re: image art)

One verse One Chorus One Outro sometimes less is more ! 
A song about a friend who was so in love with a girl but she never felt the the same way and he was kept at arms length. They had the occasional drunken fumbles but never the whole way. It hurt like hell but he never wanted to not keep seeing her as friends. She always kissed him on meeting and always kissed him goodbye. 
We give you Friends who kiss 💋 


V1
I’ve had a little taste 
of my dream
better than to of  never tasted it together 
I drive myself to the edge of my
sanity 
I think I love you more than I love
football 
I wanna slide more than into 
my sleeping bag
Lying on your floor and  you in  your king size bed

Chorus 
I wanna be  the hero in your corner
You my  Barbie transformer
Together we can take on everything 
Be lovers be fighters be storm riders 
Not just friends who kiss 
Whooooooo Kiss 

Outro 2.35 
Like a moth to the Flame,  there’s nothing left to gain
I  look like a man who is running out of Road with you

Friends Who Kiss ~ Conscience Of Kings

I wondered what this accordionist portrayed by a friend of mine was playing and where he was. I then decided that he was at ‘Acqua dei Corsari’, a beach in Palermo that had already been a landing place for bands of corsairs who had discovered a spring of fresh water here. And so the beach, which had become a suburb of Palermo, had a nice name.

Watermark (cover - see description re: image art)

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