Still digging around the archives, haha. :)

I can perfectly picture this being played live in a dimly lit, smokey blues bar. :)

Evocative collaboration (4 years ago, haha). This is a nice moody and melancholy piece of bluesy jazz. :)

A spiritual feel to this nice song together!

Beautiful floating sound & amazing vocals !!!

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In Search Of Purpose blends delicate solo piano by Francesco Adornetto with the haunting, ethereal voice of Blackbird — a sonic reflection on longing, surrender, and inner stillness.
This piece invites the listener into a meditative space, where questions echo softly and answers float just beyond the horizon.
Perfect for moments of contemplation and quiet connection.

In Search Of Purpose

In Search of Purpose – Vocals by Blackbird

Back in 2024 Dan C E Kresi and myself started working on a few ideas. Being the master of slicing and splicing that he is, he took some guitar parts I recorded and twisted them into something new....
Something called... OKTOPIA

These are the first tracks to be finished with more to come later.

Our styles may be very different, but when galaxies collide, sometimes magic happens! :)

OKTOPIA Presents: Deep Dive

Beats, Synths & Samples: Dan C E Kresi
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar & Bass: The Shire Bairn Project
Produced by The Shire Bairn Project

More from Dan here:

https://on.soundcloud.com/7OQeMYQ0zsp4dsjsdv

Colliding Galaxies

Deep Dive

The Inners (1989) - Joe Hisaishi - Piano Cover

- It's been about 20 years since I got hold of the sheet music for this beautiful piece, composed by Joe Hisaishi in 1989, and I've finally been able to record it. It took a lot of trial and error to interpret and express the piece, but I performed it with all my heart. Thank you very much for listening!

The Inners - Joe Hisaishi - Piano Cover -

© Liberty 2025, all rights reserved

Amor fati - "love of fate".
Venal ressentiment - A resentment rooted in a corrupt or self-serving motive, where the resentful individual may be motivated by greed or personal gain rather than a genuine sense of injustice. 

Fabulous Failure	

wage slave wage slave
To a protestant work ethic
Birthright destiny 
amore fati

The smart exec knows where the wages are low
Nothing personal now just business you know
Egalitarian principles oh what a bore
How much is enough just a little bit more

Rose coloured glasses
Kissing assess  
Believe your own hype
That’s a leadership type


Fabulous failure
Fabulous failure

Cannibal capitalism 
Pandemonium
Craving idols 
Patchouli dreaming

The smart exec knows where the wages are low
Nothing personal now just business you know
Egalitarian principles oh what a bore
How much is enough just a little bit more

Peccadilloes
Na’er-do-wells
Venal ressentiment


Fabulous failure
Fabulous failure
Fabulous failure

FabulousFailure

Some years ago I had posted this piece, some of you might remember it.... and to my surprise just recently Benjamin Rößler (YurOb) has let me listen to what he had done with it....
I hope you will like listening to it as much as I do….

To listen to more of his music
https://soundcloud.com/yur0b

A video link to my original piece….
https://youtu.be/c1u-mhzvoZU?feature=shared

Les Hirondelles by Elisabeth Dicker and YuRob

I'VE BEEN UP I'VE BEEN DOWN
I'VE BEEN FOOLING ALL AROUND
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO THE GROUND

I'VE BEEN SEEN WITH NO SOUND
A HAS BEEN NOWHERE BOUND
I'VE BEEN LOST AND BABY I'VE BEEN FOUND

I'VE BEEN UP I'VE BEEN DOWN
I'VE BEEN FOOLING ALL AROUND
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO THE GROUND

I'VE BEEN UP I'VE BEEN DOWN
I'VE BEEN FOOLING ALL AROUND
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO THE GROUND

I'VE BEEN SEEN WITH NO SOUND
SHUFFLING WIND NOWHERE BOUND
I'VE BEEN LOST AND BABY I'VE BEEN FOUND

ONCE A KING TWICE A CLOWN
I'VE BEEN SNEAKING AROUND
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO THE GROUND

WHISPERING TO THE WIND 
LOVELY SWEET LITTLE NOTHINGS
SOMETIMES LOVE IS A SOLITARY THING

I'VE BEEN UP I'VE BEEN DOWN
I'VE BEEN FOOLING ALL AROUND
FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO THE GROUND





I'VE BEEN UP (Lyrics)

Recorded in San Jose Ca. Featuring the late Pepe Sabino on drums & percussion. Background tracks on a Roland 880 Synthesizer. Vocals Sung by me...

Kick-n-it

Feelin Alright

Frans Beelaard - Feelin Alright-Cover

Scarface (Rehearsal)

I had the very good fortune to connect with Andy H aka “Noobly” a few months ago over music that we mutually admired and we agreed to find a future opportunity to collaborate. This is the result. Noobly’s beautifully rich track, propelled by his soaring guitar work, felt like a kind of call to prayer to my ear. I tried to echo this somewhat in singing the bridge. Lyrically, just for kicks I used the Socratic Method to construct the verses (persuasion through Q&A) so that this song’s meaning becomes self-evident and hopefully more of a personal experience for each listener. Thanks for checking it out!

Prideful Pride

Do you remember the day when pride took you for its own
When a thief stole something precious in you

Do you remember the day when pride took you for its own
When a thief stole something precious in you
Did it happen when all of your friends cut you out
Was your heart set on winning something, but you lost instead
And when you were maimed did the anger in you surge
Can you mark the moment when you became someone else
Is your truth under layers of scar and combat
Are you the new thief, looting joy from everywhere

Prideful pride keeps piling on, on, on
Building your walls, can’t go wrong, wrong, wrong
Finding it hard to get along, along, along
Your pride is killing you, long before you’re gone, gone, gone

And in the end you’ll be left with nothing
A bright light that’s gone too dim
I have been in a prison of my own before, just like you
Until I let the facade fall
And was set free, free

Are things more difficult now that you are going it alone
And do you leave enough room for both your sadness and your anger
Does that wall keep scary things in, and the invaders out
Are you winning this imaginary war you think you’re fighting

Prideful pride keeps piling on, on, on
Building your walls, ’can’t go wrong, wrong, wrong
Finding it hard to get along, along, along
Your pride is killing you, long before you’re gone, gone, gone


Music/production - Noobly @ https://soundcloud.com/noobly-1
Lyrics/vocals - Todd J McLean
Artwork - Fukushima Greed, 2011 (mixed media) by Todd J McLean

Prideful Pride

Arm-in-ARM, America moves on!  
www.americanrosiemovement.org  
Additionnal Vocals Barbara Browning

ROSIE THE RIVETER ROSIE THE RIVETER
RIVETING INSPECTING WELDING CONNECTING GETTING ALONG AND PULLING TOGETHER
ROSIES THE RIVETERS ROSIES THE RIVETERS ASSEMBLING PERFECTING ERECTING PROTECTING NEVER ALONE COS PULLING TOGETHER
JUNE ROBBINS ROSE SHELENGIAN GLADYS REESE BUDDIE CURNUTTE DOT FOSTER PAULINE ADKINS I COULD NAME THEM ALL
BUT THEY ALL ARE ONE
BERTHA GLAVIN NEVA REES KRISTINE VROOMAN MARY ANN DIAMOND THE GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT SQUADRON
I COULDN’T NAME THEM ALL
COS THEY ALL ARE ONE
ROSIE THE RIVETER ROSIE THE RIVETER PROTECTING COMBINING UNITING PRODUCING GETTING ALONG AND PULLING TOGETHER BELIEVING
RIVETING RIVETING
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISPANIC WHITE AND ASIAN PULLING TOGETHER THREE SHIFT ROTATION
ALL AROUND THE CLOCK COOPERATION
OH ARM IN ARM FREEDOM IS THE KEY
GETTING ALONG NEVER ALONE
ALL AROUND THE CLOCK WHATEVER THE LOCK FREEDOM IS THE KEY
ROSIE THE RIVETER ROSIE THE RIVETER RIVETING INSPECTING WELDING CONNECTING GETTING ALONG AND PULLING TOGETHER ROSIES THE RIVETERS ROSIES THE RIVETERS PULLING TOGETHER
GETTING ALONG AND PULLING TOGETHER
RIVETING INSPECTING WELDING CONNECTING ASSEMBLING PERFECTING ERECTING PROTECTING COMBINING UNITING PRODUCING
BELIEVING
COS IF YOU CAN USE AN ELECTRIC MIXER
YOU SURE CAN OPERATE A DRILL
DOING THE BEST QUALITY WORK
ARM IN ARM THE AMERICAN ROSIE MOVEMENT
FREEDOM TAKES WORK TO GET AND KEEP
RIVETING RIVETING RIVETING RIVETING
SHARING THE CHORES OF COOKING CLEANING AND BABY-SITTING DOING THE BEST
SQUARE DANCE ON THE SATURDAY NIGHTS IT WAS DIFFERENT TIMES
BELIEVING
WHATEVER THE LOCK FREEDOM IS THE KEY BELIEVING
RIVETING RIVETING RIVETING RIVETING

ROSIE THE RIVETER (Lyrics) Song for the Rosie Team

From "Life and Death"
So, she/he left you wondering where did you go wrong...Then you said "I will wait for you."....Now, you're over it and you say "I'm sick and tired of you!" We'll this tune is really not about that. It's written to sound like it but it's really a jab to ourselves re: band practice... when people show up late or sometimes, don't show up at all, hahaha! 

life and death

Sick And Tired Of You

Spoken Words : by Augenmerk
@augenmerk
Free Vocals : Sanna Hartfield
http://freevocals.com
Bass : Paploviante
@paul-racle
Guitar : Darin Favorite
Music : Paploviante / Lillithe
Spoken Words
Drums announce the dance:
The time is the time, the time has come!
Desire to cost the ground, a heart for feeling
and my dream of life
Here, world, I am! 
Your smallest servant and biggest enemy wants to grow.
Step out from forests to bring you the treasure, the lost spirit!
Feel the breath of steppes and of cities.
The time is the time, the time has come!
The rhythm grabs streets and stops, 
jangles through houses and wakes up.  Everywhere's singing, shining, drumming.

(Today my word wants to travel, feel the breath of fairy tales,
not surprised about colours from the child's barrel
and rummage between stories,   
sing another song than usually.
The rhythm continues, from stone to stone, 
passes walls, nothing detains him.
Has found  the gravitation and lost again.

Romantically, you mean?  Could  be.)

I have recognised myself, have found my green foot in the wood.
in the ardour of midday I have put on the hat  which settled me down, 
much too settled, trapped in the town.
Now my eye breaks doors and walls 
and rushes towards adventures, the width of the sky.
No more debt skirt  which forces to the ground!
Dance with angels and on the night wind to my star, 
empty my conscience and see the world dream!
See how star people move and go new ways, 
leave the pugnacious ground and watch me in new mirrors.  
My bedstead is dance ship in the solar wind and storm the commandment.
I have freed myself from the burdon, the clutch of cold rules,
have jettisoned the crossed views
no gate that is not open, no sound that doesn't go by. In fading away there is already the next step, the new (state) born.
On many ways freedom approaches and spirit and spirit is my home
My heart is wide, has seen the silent sea, has dreamt love. 
Now, at the water footbridge, I am carefree.
That's fun.

Look at me        Feat. Augenmerk  (Paploviante-Lillithe)

Petra, I can´t thank you enough for your kind help with this song.  

Vocals, Keys/Piano: Petra Hall (Estelleremusic).
Guitar, Bass and drum programme : The Testing Season

To check out more music from the very talented Petra, click on this link @user-197723196 or @petrahall.

Lyrics:
Stand up and sing coz we all got a voice,
Stand up and shout we all got a choice,
Use it or you´ll lose it,
We all got a voice of our own 
Sick and tired of this Scheiß egal. =  (english: Apathy, whatever)
Sick and tired of no Leidenschaft.=    (english: no enthusiasm. )
Log-in to the real world,
Log-out of this fantasy
Stand up and sing! We all got a voice!
Stand up and shout! We all got a choice!
Stand up and sing.
We´ve all got our voice of our own!!!!

STAND UP! collab. with PETRA HALL

Travelling With The Stars

Project In A Minor

A huge thank you for taking the time out of your day to listen and share these musical offerings. Equally I would like to thank those talented artists who have contributed to these songs!

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 Bio:
Wasted Redemption is a north county based San Diego band with musical influences ranging from hard rock, grunge, and metal. The music can be described as a mixture of these sounds combined with harmonized vocals...heavy but ear friendly.

Hope you enjoy our music and thanks for the support :)

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STAND UP! collab. with PETRA HALL

The Testing Season

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