Based on John Donne's poem, the Dream, this song describes his love coming in a dream and when he questions if she is real, he awakens to see her with him. 
   I wrote the music and lyrics, all 26 tracks are played by myself on this song. instruments include Taylor guitar 6 and 12 string, Korg keyboard, shaker, rickenbacker bass, Epiphone casino electric and eight vocal tracks...sounds include piano, organ, 2 synthesizers, oboe, flute, harpsichord, wooden flute, strings and electric piano...
enjoy....

Portraits

The Girl with the Beautiful Eyes

The Girl With The Beautiful Eyes

I wrote this track during the Pandemic as a love song. It describes going on a trip to the carribean islands and falling in love with a girl...

It came out sounding like a Jimmy Buffett song with no intention to...Jimmy, if you hear this and like it....you are welcome to take it!!!

Kaleidoscope

San Marcos

From the Album Kaleidoscope, this song was written during the Pandemic when I was trying to regain optimism and hope. I felt the lines survive and thrive would serve to anchor other songs in the album together into a pandemic album

The Times we are In

The Times We Are In

I wrote this song as a children's song, and it emulates the style of folk song you might hear live in the late 50's or early 60's. I love their harmonies and being able to tell a tale with a song. it's got a bit of a Dr. Seus vibe and seems to keep getting more outlandish as it goes along....

Farmer and the Squirrels

Farmer And The Squirrels

There was a movie poster of an old Gene Autry movie called "Sunset in Wyoming" that I fell in love with. What a title! So I wrote a love song in the 30's style of "riding singing cowboy" and encluded it on an album I was doing at the time

Sunset in Wyoming

Sunset In Wyoming

I had the first lines pop into my head on a walk, got home and wrote the rest. Have no intended meaning of any of it; the lyrics just seemed to fit together. Originally, intended to write a first verse and chorus (you'll hear the second and third verse). The ending was meant to be a bridge. When I couldn't come up with a suitable chorus and first verse, decided to leave it as it was. When I recorded it, it came out sounding a bit like a Jethro Tull song...Apologies to Ian Anderson for that. It wasn't intentional, but has that feel to it. Only 7 tracks total. Enjoy!

The Cheque

I was listening to an interview about "Me and Mr. Jones where they said the song was about being in aclub and wanting to meet some beautiful girls. IThen I thought, what about a song where a guy is wanting to pick up two beautiful girls? came together pretty nice after that. Worked especially hard on the bass line so pay attention to that. enjoy...

Pair of Angels

I once dated a very needy, codependent lady and finally could bring myself to write about shutting her out. A very harsh "You're a Gonner" kind of song. Never said it to her but looking back might have been easier to sing this than say what I did say....

It's Just not Me

It's Just Not Me, prelim version

I was recalling a girl I broke up with years ago. 
the breakup was very sloppy and a mess. She was also very codependent and manipulative. I thought the song would be how I would break off the relationship now with 100% hindsight. It's a harsh "she's a gonner" song...

It's Just not me

It's Just Not Me

A very lighthearted song about spending the day with someone you love. Even mundane things can make you happy enough to sing when you spend the day with a person you are in love with. A very happy song....enjoy!

Thank you for a Nice Day

Thank You For A Nice Day

Song about a guy in the friendzone trying to get out. He wants to tell his friend that he likes her but doesn't know how....and she solves his problem for him...Enjoy

She's a friend of Mine

She's A Friend Of Mine

A Portrait ot two people who got together, a man in his midlife crisis and a girl turned prostitute who scams for money. His life takes a very negative turn for love and he falls apart. It starts off fairly positive in the first song, the second takes it down. The third song takes it further down and the last song rocks everything back into perspective. 
   Rather complicated project in terms of the storyline, the music and the recording process to do it all together. Almost 14 minutes in length, I've never tried this kind of thing before. Learned a lot putting it all together. Everything is totally fictional, the people, their stories and the details. Was just for fun, that's all

Portraits: 1. The Crisis; 2. Dominique; 3. Nobody cared; 4: He should have seen it coming

It's about the 21st century where people now find love on the internet. Now you see a picture and fall in love, In this song, however, true love meets and becomes a reality. Enjoy...

Need you Tonite

Need You Tonite

A companion piece to the unfinished song, The Cheque, this is to bookend the current album called Portraits. I suppose it "finishes the original song" but is in a different part of the album. It uses a metaphor of a lost compass to describe someone's uncertainty traveling life's path

The Compass

The compass

This track is about me chasing a girl who kept turning me down and despite trying to convince her I was wonderful, she kept saying no. But I persisted and in the end, frustrated as ever, still asked her to give me her heart...and she did.

Give you my Heart

Turn Me Down

this is from an earlier time and less capable recording studio. I wrote it as a fun children's song and just had fun with it. Who doesn't want to be re-incarnated as a big giraffe?

single: I wanta be a big Giraffe

I wanta be a big Giraffe

I Wanta Be A Big Giraffe

this is an old track I wanted to preserve. Imagine a Carribean Island, a cold drink, sandy beach and  especially someone you love...what could be better?

Centennial

Mar a lago Bay

Mar A Lago Bay

A Valentine's Day Lovesong. What else should be said?

Valentine

A person who has been hurt in the past finds himself ready to put his heart out for love; but warns his heart to be careful not to get hurt

Be Careful this time

Be Careful This Time

A Lighthearted look at the qualities someone might have to be a Perfect Girlfriend

Perfect Girlfriend

I'll keep the day job for now but have written a little more than 100 songs over a few decades. I play acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass. I play enough keyboards and percussion to get by. All the tracks on these songs are recorded by me in my private studio in my home.

Feel free to use and share any of the songs you like any way you want. I don't own my music; anyone who listens to my songs owns them for that moment. If you like them, leave a comment. If you don't like them then listen somewhere else to music you do like. It's just music and you should listen to something and enrich your life.

Music should be part of your being... I try to write at least a song a month on average. most are mediocre, but I'll post the better ones here. 

I appreciate any feedback people give me about my music...good and bad. the good inspires me to do more, the bad pushes me to do better. And if you want to use my music in a project, play it yourself, or even show it to someone else, please do so!!! If someone new hears a song and appreciates it, everyone wins...

I recently put up a website with more coherent information. it is
hollidayrecords.com.. if you would like to email me comments, my email address is Bassman12bar@gmail.com either way, feedback on the music you hear is helpful to know what people do like and what they feel is junk.

KKlep

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