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Wonderful music and cover art by BoxTox https://soundcloud.com/user-247600493, story, narration and sound effects by myself.

This is a second instalment in the story of Veronique and Jeremiah from 'Jeremiah and the Moon'. This chapter precedes the last episode.
I intend to work on further episodes in the story, each preceding the last and going backwards in time. BoxTox has very kindly agreed to allow me to tell the story over his beautiful music. 
It may take some months to develop and I will post them here as I produce them. The continuing story https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor/sets/jeremiah-and-the-moon

Silver Lake

The silver lake sent light 
to splash upon their skin
who knows where we end up
when we first begin

Veronique and Dominique held warm hands in the dark
the liquid coolness moved around their bodies 
Two fragile creatures, building their own "ark"
Two creatures blessed by unawareness

The circling arms of lovers, enveloping charms
Draw expanding lines upon the silver
Silence, oh so deep and still with languid lapping sounds
Evanescent ripples in the mirror


Dominique rose up and slipped into the depths
All evidence of movement slowly faded
Veronique swam quietly awaiting her return......

Such simple ways in which our lives are shaded....

Silver Lake (music BoxTox, narrative Garddwr Porffor)

Chasing On The Wind

Indiana Bones (goldendoodle) 14yrs old, still has some tread left.

Get N Old

“And I Love Her” by The Beatles
cover by Marisa Bettina
❤️
🩸🧿

And I Love Her

The Moment Of Touch

(Written by Terry Reeves, 2018)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Gary Reeves:  Occasional Chorus Vocals
Hans Albers:  All instruments, Arrangement & Production

Cover art picture is of Mum & Brian, taken in 1949.

My Mum requested that, at her funeral(today, 16 January 2022, being the third anniversary), our sisterJayne and her children made arrangements to cover her coffin in pink roses as a sign to everybody that we should celebrate her life and not mourn her death.  They found a casket with a pink rose design too, which would have pleased her even more.  She wanted to be remembered for the good times she had with her family and many close friends.  Mum enjoyed parties and celebrations a great deal.

In writing the song, I wanted to represent all the important parts of Mum's life to help us to remember what an incredibly generous person she was,  always there to help those who needed some extra love and attention.  We grew up in a house that was somewhere our friends and neighbours could always turn to if they needed help. Throughout our lives it wasn't at all unusual to wake up in the morning to find someone who needed refuge asleep on the sofa.  Neighbours' children would join us for meals on a regular basis and Mum made sure there was always plenty to go round..

At the funeral itself, as the chorus explains, I felt so uncomfortably exposed, standing at the front with all eyes seemingly looking at me, gauging every reaction. I think Jayne and Gal felt much the same if truth be told.  Even with my wife and children there to support me, it was one of those moments in life I don't think any of us ever really wants to face. 

We will certainly never forget our wonderful Mum and all the things she did for us.  She always made special times just a bit more special, going that extra mile so that the memories would last a lifetime.

I felt it was particularly important to write this song for my sister, who was the main carer for my Mum in the latter years of her life and dealt with all the difficulties with so much love, care and strength.  This song is for you Jayne, with all our love. 

As always, we give our heartfelt thanks to Hans for producing an arrangement so in keeping with the spirit of the song and the occasion it marks.
Thank you everyone for all your support.  (Terry Reeves)

One thousand pink Roses to light the flame
One thousand reasons making you live again
One thousand regrets as we all stand still 
One thought of sadness makes this moment so real.

I don’t wanna be here for all to see   X2

Five hundred stories to make you live again
Five hundred dresses in a beautiful frame
Five hundred presents for your many friends
One single moment, our love will never end

I don’t wanna be here for all to see. X2

One hundred whispers hiding words of truth
One hundred wishes turning magic loose 
One hundred kisses for children who sing
Only one person could make hearts ring

I don't wanna be here for all to see.     X4

Only one mother helps grow with a laugh
Only one mother puts smiles in every photograph
Only one mother gives when others take
Our family love you never stopped trying to make 

I will always be here for you and me
I will always be here for you and me...
I will always be
Here for you

ONE THOUSAND PINK ROSES (FOR MUM) - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

Last Dance

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/33UC7aPI7WkzCWfMYCGUxC?si=b36fd49686bd4d24

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/14DSj8yZ05RGnXit2jWz6o?si=38ca85ea1ba34266


Video on Youtube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x00GMqc6bsM

Lyrics: 
As we fly into the night 
so high - our bodies intertwined
becoming one
yeah you and I fly 
forever 
stuck together
fly *  fly * fly

thinking of you
always
💚

Mastered by In$ide
Composed and Produced by Deep Sky Mucics 
Royalty free vocals from Splice

Into the Night *** (video on youtube)

Snowflakes dancing in the wind they're beautiful crystal structure

Snowflakes In The Wind

Cinderella’s song about dreams and beautiful wishes is perfect for the Christmas/Holiday season. I tried to keep the delicacy and innocence of the song with theme and progressing variations. Each variant paints a slightly different scene and ambiance. Classic, vintage Disney music brings back to us beautiful childhood memories..It was very difficult to record with acoustic piano and I hope I brought this familiar song some justice!  The theme of the original work was from Franz Liszt's Etude No. 9 Ricordanza of the Transcendental Etudes. 
Thanks to Kerry Barnes, presenter at One World Music Radio, for writing a review on ‘A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Long Version)’.  https://www.sharonelainechen.com/reviews

The original song I made is here:
https://soundcloud.com/contemplativeclassical/a-dream-is-a-wish-your-heart-makes-short-version
Which do you like better?

Thanks for presaving for Spotify/streaming: https://gyro.to/ADreamIsAWishYourHeartMakes

Mix and Mastering: Luis  Salvarez: https://www.instagram.com/luisalvarezmusic/

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Long Version)

“It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
― Aisha Mirza (Author)

“When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.”
― Rev. Donna Mulvey

A sister song to "I had a fight", told from the point of view of the partner of the alcoholic in that song.
Many thanks to Patricia Fortuny for that idea - I love you! I hope I've done justice to the subject matter and to all women who have found themselves in an abusive relationship.

lyrics
He hasn’t hit me yet
But I’m ready for the blow
Though if he does, I’ve nowhere to run, nowhere to go
He hasn’t hit me yet

I knew he was a wild one
Right from the very start
A boozer and a ladies' man
Yet, somehow I lost my heart
I thought he’d settle down
And learn to drink a little less
But I was just trying to fool myself
I see that now, I must confess

At least he hasn’t hit me yet …

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

The owner’s outside, he’s waiting for the rent
How can I tell him it’s already been spent?
And when himself comes home, staggering from the booze
I complain about the money; he tells me it’s his to lose
Oh oh oh oh
But he hasn’t hit me yet

He hasn’t hit me yet
And perhaps he never will
But in his drunken rage he seeks to blame
It’s the fear that haunts me still
So much unexpressed!
I’m sick from all the lying and the hiding
People wond’ring if I have been crying
And at night I … cannot rest

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
No, no, no, no! No hidden bruises on my skin
It’s true some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

… my bruises lie within
… the bruises lie within
… they lie within

Gotta get away, gotta get away x3
Gotta get away … there must be a way

credits
from Stranger in your own land, released December 30, 2020
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers
Guitars, piano, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny
Track cover photo: Image by Layers from Pixabay

Stranger in your own land

Bruises Lie Within

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Bruises Lie Within 5 Stars/Commended rating in the UK Songwriting Contest, 2021

Many people have a battle with mental health. This song is about that struggle. To keep ourselves together.

Lyrics:

For miles and miles and miles
We saw our lives in piles
History as our mirror
Face ourselves in fear

The sand for miles and miles
Surrounds our cries 
Ohhh!
Fallen ones
They tried hard
Now they lie down
Hardened souls
Who fought hard
Didn’t turn them against the cause

Waves of thoughts come
Into our head
Attacking our resolve
This fight to dissolve apathy
All our willpower
Needed for the march ahead 
To face the enemy within

One and two and three and four
March across the broken glass
Five and six and seven, eight
Heading for the lemming fate
(There’s got to be another voice, 
a voice that brings another choice. 
Hold on, watch your step, 
Marching to a different world of hope. Hope. Hope. Hope.)

Ohhhh!

Imagine we had all won,
Imagine we were all one.
One.

The Enemy Within

Music by robin 
vocals are a poem by Kyli Santiago

before

You can stream this song on the platform you choose here: https://smarturl.it/naomms

Mera Khai - not afraid of my mental state (chapter 4: breaking free)

Hi everybody, its been a while and the story goes i was roasting my sausage down near the stream of serenity deep within Sherwood Forest here in the UK, when suddenly Chakota from Star Trek materialized with some ancient Shamanic elders i knew it was Chakota as i could hear pan pipes and this convinced me that this was real and we beamed to his mother ship and we all went on a cosmically out of this world original electronic tribal foot stomping leg jigglin psychedelic binaural brainwave sci-fi space rave uplifting energizing motivational muons nuons higsboson particle colliding electrostatic knights of bold gravitational revolution uprising soundtrack journey adventure to the stars and beyond the imagination. All in one breath Haha What a crakin day out! Hope you enjoy yours! Cheers everyone and many thanks for all the super kewl support! Peace! Kurt :D

Revolution 2022 🎶

THE BOY - Sir

Everything by THE BOY

Let me groove your brain

Now on major platforms
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PEACE

Sir＊from 2nd EP "JUSTIFY" On All Platforms Now＊

TAXE NO MORE (Original)
It's a rant in my own way with this title Taken from "just Back To My Guitar" here is another way to play my guitars with this coda long enough ..4' 50 to be able to express myself. Please take the time to listen to it until the end if you stop on this title..   
on youtube too : https://youtu.be/7xErIvi40So?si=NH6I93jnBulH9qTb
I wish you a good time with my guitars.
Sacem Protect
All tracks are written, performed, mixed and mastered on Mac Power PC G4 by myself.Cubase 5,0
Dgé breton :Written and performed by Dgé breton/
Dge breton:/guitar, drum, bass keyboard, chant/
Strat guitar, Casio guitar MG .70>
 issu de ma back track « just Back To My Guitar » voilà une autre façon de jouer mes guitars avec cette coda assez longue ..4’ 50 pour pouvoir m’ exprimer. Merci de prendre le temps de l’ écouter  jusqu’ a la fin si vous vous arrêtez sur ce titre.. 
je vous souhaite un bon moment avec mes guitares.

Taxe No More

Pacifico

Mexico is considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone. 14 journalists killed this year, and counting!

Dedicado a esos periodistas de México, y de muchos otros países, que han sido asesinados haciendo su trabajo, ya los que continúan a pesar de las amenazas de violencia!
Dedicated to those journalists from Mexico, and from many other countries, who have died violently doing their job, and to those who continue despite the threats of violence!

A special thanks to Ale Destiny, whose vocals added so much to this song. Listen to her latest song "Vincent" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfa7jjZoK0U&list=OLAK5uy_kwTdpzKWQbJ5Xm05Ok3ulGPmfAm_xv7s8

"La violencia contra la prensa en México no da tregua y en solo seis meses, lo que va de 2022, 12 periodistas han sido asesinados en el país, según el recuento de organizaciones como Artículo 19, Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF), el Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) y el que registra CNN."
(The violence against the press in Mexico does not let up and in just six months, so far in 2022, 12 journalists have been murdered in the country, according to the count of organizations such as Article 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) and the one recorded by CNN.)
― Rocío Muñoz-Ledo: 4 Julio, 2022, CNN Español

“No society can be free and fair without journalists who are able to investigate wrongdoing, bring information to citizens, hold leaders accountable and speak truth to power.”
― UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Journalists ... have been killed ... in a lot of places where hard rain falls. As readers or journalists, we honor them when we remember that their dying was not part of a plan to make the world cheaper, baser, or dumber. They died to bring us the truth.”
― Pete Hamill (journalist, novelist, essayist and editor)

Lyrics
Aunque sea esto lo último que escriba…. ¡No voy a rendirme!
(Even if this is the last thing I write... I'm not going to give up!)

In the freezer of my fridge
Waits an impression of my teeth
To identify my mutilated remains
If they hear you’re asking questions
See their names in big bold captions
There’s a deadly bullet waiting with your name …….. your name

Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war
Trying to tell a story with one eye on the door
If they don’t like what you’re saying
You’d better get to praying
Cos only God could be your savior … now
Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war

I’m married to death,
Hand in hand we stalk the streets
The camera clicks to capture the grisly trail
I try to find humanity
In this crazy, cruel insanity
I can’t tell if I succeed or if I fail …….. if I fail

Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war
Trying to tell a story with one eye on the door
If they don’t like what you’re saying
You’d better get to praying
Cos only God could be your savior … now
Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war

I’ve lost so many friends and colleagues
Shot or stabbed or hacked to pieces
By cops or gunmen from the narco
Leaving stains like scarlet day-glo
Craven silence in high places
Bought by money with no traces
No justice for those brave cold corpses
Lost in hard rain down in Juárez
Lost in hard rain down in Juárez
Lost in hard rain down in Juárez

Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war
Trying to tell a story with one eye on the door
If they don’t like what you’re saying
You’d better get to praying
Cos only God could be your savior … now
Caught in the crosshairs of a nation at war

credits
from the album Urban Tales, released February 28, 2022
Track released July 16, 2022
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers; Ale Destiny
Guitars, keyboard, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Album Cover photo: Image by Mizter_X94 from Pixabay
Cover design: Loretta Sellers Fortuny

Urban Tales

Lost in hard rain down in Juarez

Buy now at Bandcamp

Lost In Hard Rain Down In Juarez (ft. Ale Destiny) 5 Stars/Highly commended rating in the UKSC, 2022

Today, I’m not worth it
because it seems if given purpose
I will take it too far
Radicals, they love to leave memoirs

Keys to ignition, turn it again
But the AC won’t turn on
Trapped in a furnace
Scratching my notes on the dashboard
That’s how they’ll find me
Dead in the lot at the top of Zabriskie, 
they’ll read

By now you have to admit 
though the world won’t change,
leaving it won’t set you free.
All the time spent alone
Turning selfish and old
Still the imprint never leaves
the heart and mind
I’m coming around now to the idea
I’m coming around now to the idea
that something better might just come my way

In the attrition of heat
Strapped in a leather seat
Are you finally satisfied?
Where the river meets its end
Evaporates and ascends
Like escapist dreams you kept
in heart and mind
anytime, anywhere, for anyone else

Zabriskie (soundcloud cut)

"Mike and Sergio have come up with a song that is long enough to relax into."
— Gerry Verdier (English language teacher, music critic, and occasional lyricist)

“As long as we are a single-planet species, we are vulnerable to extinction by a planetwide catastrophe, natural or self-induced. Once we become a multiplanet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.”
— David Grinspoon (American astrobiologist)

One of the greatest challenges of traveling to another star has to do with the sheer amount of energy necessary to get humans to another star within their own lifetimes. Hence why some proponents of interstellar travel recommend sending spacecraft that are essentially miniaturized worlds that can accommodate travelers for centuries or longer. These “Generation Ships” (aka. worldships or Interstellar Arks) are spacecraft that are built for the truly long haul.
— Matt Williams (From Universe Today: Space and astronomy news)

“(With generational ships) … stuff breaks down. The second law of thermodynamics is unbreakable. You can't just put a closed system in space for a century and hope for the best. And either the planet at the other end is dead, in which case we'll have to spend centuries terraforming it, or it's alive, and its unseen assassins could kill us in a hundred ways. (In other words) … there is no Planet B."
— Chris Taylor (writing about Kim Stanley Robinson’s book Aurora) 

lyrics
Woke up this morning, (least I think it was;
it’s hard to tell out here in Space)
And looked at photos of the Earth way back when
All blues and greens and a happy face
That home today is stormy grey
Hot as hell, cold as clay
Stuck inside a tin can just like “Major Tom”
We seek a new world where we can all belong

Sailing out upon “Hope of Humanity”
To places only fate would make us dare … to go
Sailing out into the great expanse
To find and build a home out in a galaxy … and know
We’re there to stay … there is no elsewhere x2

On a journey longer than our lives
Where decades form one endless year
I stare at the dark and quiet immensity
All I sense is death, somber and severe,
no safe haven near

Sailing out upon “Hope of Humanity”
To places only fear would make us dare … to go
Sailing out into the great expanse
To find and build a home out in a galaxy … and know
We’re there to stay … there is no elsewhere x2

Woke up this morning, (the stardial says it is)
And thought about my parents back on Earth
It’s sad to think that I’m as good as dead to them
I wonder about our sacrifice … and what it’s worth

Sailing out upon “Hope of Humanity”
To places only faith would make us dare … to go
Sailing out into the great expanse
To find and build a New Jerusalem … and know
We’re there to stay … there is no elsewhere

from Urban Tales, released February 28, 2022
Track released September 10, 2022
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers
Guitars, synths, piano, drums, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Album Cover photo: Image from photofunia.com
Cover design: Michael Sellers & Loretta Sellers Fortuny

There Is No Elsewhere

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There Is No Elsewhere - 5 Stars/UK Songwriting Contest, 2022 & 2023: Semi-finalist

Nu-Disco remix of the song, Angel. "Here we go upon the mountain again
Where the morning echoes through my head"


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Lyrics: 
Ba ba ba ba ba
Here we go upon the mountain again
Where the morning echoes through my head
Ba ba ba ba ba
Here we go upon the mountain again
Where the morning echoes through my head
Your my Angel
Shinning in the morrow light
Your my Angel
The last one I see at night
And I walk with Mary on the sand
She turns around, and she takes my hand,
Just the rhythm of your body next to mine
Ba ba ba ba ba
Here we go upon the mountain again
Just the rhythm of your body next to mine
Your my Angel
Shinning in the morrow light
Your my Angel
The last one I see at night
And I walk with Mary on the sand
She turns around, and she takes my hand
Ba ba ba ba ba
Your my Angel
Shinning in the morrow light
Your my Angel
Shinning in the morrow light

Angel - DanceKing Remix

Part I is here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/grannys-house-1

Granny's House - Part II

I could keep the crocodile my father said
And although I could reach the tap now
We never went to that house again...

La, la, laa

The shiny brass crocodile
Sitting on the tiled hearth
It’s Sunday we‘re at Granny’s
Full of warmth, cake and tea
Archie the lodger is sitting in the back room 
Asleep in the chair with the parrot looking on
Mother' s looking like a film star, father’s looking bored
Everybody wears a hat they're on the rack in the hall
I am in the best room
Untouched for a week
Everything is polished
Everything is neat

Why do they go? 

La, la, laa
La, la, la-ah

Oh and for this remix @Rick-4-1 sent me a very cool breakbeat drum track to add to the percussion bank. Thanks Rick! :-)) 
Me: The Other Stuff

© Jan 2017 Phil McWalter
85 BPM A Major

Granny's House Part II

Granny's House - Part II

Make Them Like It

Woman Thing (feat. Hanifah Walidah & Stephanie McKay)

I Love It In Atlanta

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Janelle M - Make Me Feel (Remniqe Edit) - Free Download

Had a lot of fun making this one. Special thanks to Matt and Eli for letting me remix their awesome track and for being so supportive and cool about everything. Enjoy :)

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Two Friends - Just A Kid ft. Kevin Writer (Behave Ferris Remix)

Running Man

Running Man - WillWrite

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Produced and Mixed by Mounika. 
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Musical Art Direction by Jules V. (Mounika.) and Antoine M. (DLoaw) 
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Mounika. - Long Silent

Happy Winter Solstice! xx
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Zx3clsPfc

Breathe.
Don’t you know when the river’s out
It’s not a place you want to be around, oh no
Close your eyes so you cannot see
It’s not a place where you want to be right now
Things have been rough on you
Things have been rough on you
I know
Things been bad for me too
Things been bad for me too
Oh I know

Liars and thieves and treacheries
Counter-intuitive conspiracies
Oh I know
Sinking ships with this broken glass
‘Cos baby don’t you know nothing evers gonna last
Oh I know
Things have been rough on you
Things have been rough on you
Oh I know
Things been bad for me too
Things been bad for me too
Oh I know

Breathe darling
Don’t let go
Breathe darling 
Don’t let go

Breathe ©steph sweet 2020 All Rights Reserved

Breathe

Apple

Michael Sellers is a guitar playing singer-songwriter from England, now living and recording songs in Merida, Mexico. 

Landing page: https://linktr.ee/michaelfirthsellers