i absolutely ADORE how the last high notes become so plaintive. This is remarkable overall, and if indeed inspired by a recent loss, then my sincerest condolences, Jacob

Ethereal sound and such poetic feeling melody here. I resonate with the beautiful sorrow of it. And Love the plan to post more demos this year!

well this is real nice. /glad to have stumbled across this in Francois' playlist :) Beautiful

Been standing in the shower
and it's running hot
The waters curling down my neck and runs its lines

And I remember
what it was like
to have those warm lines in the cold nights

But I think I'll be fine
I'll be fine





Yes, I'll be fine but I think I've been better

This cotton-polyester blend, pullover sweater has seen its days
It kept you warm, 
but I don't think it'll keep heat for me anymore

And I remember
what it was like
to have those warm lines in the cold nights

But I think that I'll be fine

I'll be fine
Just fine
I'll be fine

Meeting Bedford For The First Time (demo/band/joelguitar)

A song for the new year.

I want to get back to posting more demos in 2023, so I'll kick it off by just sending up a very simple and unpolished instrumental recording, mistakes and all. Hope you enjoy.

a dirge (instrumental)

finally wrote another song after ages of not being able to write anything.

lyrics:


I had this dream 
You were laying the table 
And then we stayed up all night 
In your arms i was cradled 

And though we never tell lies 
I bought into this tale 
and a lie’s bound to sting
But delusions are fatal

We dont have to talk about it now
We know what that entails 
Lets have a good day instead 
And forget if we’re able

There’s a day we expire 
But i wont look at the label 
I’ll pretend its not there 
And forget, if i’m able 

And in my dream 
I held something so frail 
A heart beating: it gleamed
Blood on my hands cold and pale 

 But now i’m awake 
I cant tell truth from fable 
But i dont want you to speak
I know the truth will be fatal

we don't have to talk about it now
We know what that entails
lets have a good day instead
and forget, if we're able

there's a day we expire
but I won't look at the label
I'll pretend its not there
try to forget, if im able

fatal

my music 🤝shite violin playing 

wrote this song over summer, haven't rly been writing many originals so here's this mediocre one lol

The air is so still
In the stifiling heat 
But the birds still are singing 
For whatever they please

Im holding on
To a fragile peace
But when the wind blows
Im swept of my feet

My mind is yours 
You must know
That my time is yours
And i dont want to let go

Always in one place 
Missing the other 
Living for the day
longing for another

Don’t want to say
Im distracted by you
But miles away 
you still ruin my view

Its not your fault 
I care more than you do
I still regret the words 
I couldn't admit to you

My mind is yours 
You must know
That my time is yours
And i dont want to let go

Always in one place 
Missing the other 
Living for the day
longing for another

My mind is yours
And I never told you so
That my heart is yours
Well i guess now you know

Im always in one place
While you’re in another
Living for a day 
Where we dont miss each other

my mind is yours

A New Zealand Reggae styled song of Love, close bonds, connection, kinship, and marriage, inspired by and dedicated to my beloved family Jana and Colin to commemorate their wedding! You are magnificent individuals whom I admire, and an exceptional couple whom I cherish, I Love You both! This song is for You, a celebratory token of our connection despite our distance from each other.

As backing vocalists we have Brenda and Glenn (Thank You both!)
With a heart-gushingly awesome cover art design by Em! (Thank You! www.emmascottdesign.co )
Thank You Cole for Your enthusiasm about the project,
And to everyone that has been keeping my spirit alive this year!

Half of the song is written in the beautiful Maori language (or my best attempt at writing and singing in Maori at least!), which turned out to be a really fun and edifying process - I thank the Maori culture for its depth and beauty that we have tried to honour in this piece.

There's also a cool colourful visualizer to go with the song that You can find over on Youtube ( https://youtu.be/74WxAAAMBxM )

Without further ado, and before my adieu, the Lyrics:

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Marena (Marriage - Wedding)

You move dark clouds
With a motion so breezy
Make the rain-
Wanna end with a -bow
You're my Love
And the feeling is so easy
Where after-
Always ends with a -glow

What a beautiful day to say I do
What a wonderful way to say I Love You
There's no better pair to make it all come true
Nothing, Nowhere, No one compares...
Ka Mutu Koe! (You're Awesome!)

Haere mai, hokoi whanau (welcome beloved family/friends)
Ki tenei marena kanapa (to this gleaming wedding)
Me te rearea, ka mutu pea (how beautiful, how wonderful)
Tenei marena kanapa (this brilliant marriage)

What a beautiful day to say I do
What a wonderful way to say I Love You
There's no better pair to make it all come true
Nothing, Nowhere, No one compares...
Ka Mutu Koe! (You're Awesome!)

I roto i to Manawa
I te hau kainga ahau
(In Your heart I feel at home)

What a beautiful day to say I do
What a wonderful way to say I Love You
There's no better pair to make it all come true
Nothing, Nowhere, No one compares to You!
Ka Mutu Koe! (You're Awesome!)

Wake up and yawn a, Jana, yawn a little
Love is callin', Colin, callin', for us to fall in
Wait up cuz we're gonna wanna get our fill
Love is all in, all in, all in, raise a glass to the 'fall-in'

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Feel free to take the Song-Joy with You wherever You go with a free download!

Re: Creative Commons, if You use the song for something You've made, don't hesitate to reach out and share it with me, I'd Love to see what You created!

Thanks for reading, listening, hearing, feeling, being,

Adieu for now!

Visualizer

Marena

Just cause -- we don't have enough to worry about...

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LYRICS
(What's in your brain?)
(Its seams are starting to strain...)
(What's on your mind?)
(It seems it's not all that kind...)

((I'm sure I see you))
((I think I know you))
((I'd swear I love you))
((Why can't you feel the same?))

***

See to Sea -- so many exposures
Eye to I -- don't wanna cry, ain't gonna fly
I wanna feel just fine -- I want what's mine
Why do we have to draw these lines?

(((Told to distrust you)))
(((Not to discuss you)))
(((I'm taught to hate you)))
(((Why won't you take the blame?)))

You to me -- so many explosions
Eye for an aye -- the bodies' lie, don't wanna die
A cross, a field of mines -- a bloody grind
How did we all become so blind?


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[Written/recorded while down in Siesta Key in May 2024, using only my laptop's crappy onboard mic for vocals. The message behind the mess still comes through loud and clear, though (i hope)...]

Warry Wort

What's the point of Peace-preaching if all we're leaving are pieces?

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LYRICS

If you had to put a price on Paradise
Well, just a slice
How do you tally the bill?
Is an acre too much?
How much crypto for a human's touch?
What would it take just to...
What would it take just to chill?

In-turned nights, tossed brain-throw fights
The cool side can't win
Hot heads they churn heavy through thought-cycle's wince and spin
Even dreams' textured psy-naps are brute relief with no peace
But pieces, de-fragments, mess-eye-ache release

***

If you had to put a price on Paradise
What would suffice
Who would I have to kill?
Is a country too much?
What appropriation for a Culture's clutch?
How much wine should I...
How much blood should I spill?

Even dreams' textured psy-naps are brute relief with no peace
But pieces, de-fragments, mess-eye-ache release

***

If you had to put a price on Paradise
Just roll them dice
Would it be your god's will?
Is a being of light getting off sleight-
Outta-hand with his peoples' plight?
How many holes must we...
How many graves must we fill?


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[again, created/recorded while down in Siesta Key in May 2024, using only my crappy lappy mic, so pretty raw... but maybe that's part of the point?]

The Paradise Price (acoustic / lo-fi)

That feeling when You like someone so much that You start internally dancing until You burst into multi-coloured electro-plasmic-flames

A very short and very sweet indie delight with the voice, verse, and auto-harpian vibes, of the endlessly likeable Taryn Everdeen ( @taryn-e-1 )

This song has had a long process between inception and completion, spending a long time on the shelf. However long it took, I'm so happy with how it turned out, and can't imagine it any other way now. It serves as a reminder to me that things happen in their own time, and to have patience and trust in the process. 

A huge thank You to Taryn for exhuming this song with precious lyrics, passionate vocals, and downright palacious performances on the auto-harp! Your presence on this track compelled me to dance, and led to the making of this video. Thank You for everything!

Thank You to Tove as the artistic consultant during the video editing process :D

Thanks to Anaïs for the support, friendship, and sing-ular guidance

And a shout out to everyone who heard this song over the last many months and almost collaborated on it - for whatever reasons that it didn't work out, You'll always be embedded in my memory of this one. Thank You.

To all who watch or read - dance all You like and don't let the cold dark of night or the bugs or the electro-plasmic-flames or the big gloopman stop You!

I Like You to Infinity.

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Lyrics:

It's You that I like
Doo-doo-doo-doo
It's You that I like
If You never knew
It's You that I like
Doo-doo-doo-doo
It's You that I like
Do You feel it too

Kindness and comfort
Everything I need
Even though we're far now
You're still dear to me
See you in the flowers
Feel you in the wind
This loving is all ours
Now I let you in

It's You that I like
Doo-doo-doo-doo
It's You that I like
If You never knew
It's You that I like
Doo-doo-doo-doo
It's You that I like
Do You feel it too

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Free Downloads here and Creative Commons

Check out Taryn's other wonderful work:

https://www.youtube.com/@TarynEverdeen

Or search her name at Your favourite streaming service (she's the one and only!)

Music Video

You That I Like (feat. Taryn Everdeen)

Hey, wait... was I gone and/or am I here again? Does a France-wah fart in the forest?

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LYRICS

Been away, but I'm fixin' to amble over
Promise I won't stay too long
C'mon -- what do you say? 
S'been a while since i trampled your clover
I swear -- this time there'll be
No gamble by shamble-ramblin' 

Why today? well, that's a very good question 
Perhaps to gloss over
Truly didn't mean to stray, 
Wasn't up to anything wrong
But you know how it is -- 
Things crop up that are hard 
When it gets pitch dark and colder
I surely hope that i am not being too forward 
Or laying it a little too
Laying it a little too
Laying it a little too 
Strong?

***

not like the nights when it               felt
                                       easy; 
nowadays, i feel much 
                                                                    older
so please -- 
won't you                                just 
play along

Away But Fixin to Amble Over

The Gang's All Here Version is all the contributions playing together in their near entirety. A big and joyous collective of creative colours from across the globe, the more the merrier!

<3

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A Quintuplet of Versions of the same song for this years Holiday Multi-Collab, each accentuating different aspects of the beautifully wonderful creative elements that were sent in!

Thank You so very much to everyone who contributed (and to everyone who was invited but not able to participate this time - probably because of my extremely late notice hahah), Your creativity astounds me and fills me with such a sense of excitement, hope, and purpose! Working on this song has become quite an emotional journey for me, I am grateful to You all for sharing this special feeling with me, and so honoured to have You on this song together, may we reminisce about it forever ^-^

Thank You Thank You!

Please do feel free to share which version(s) You like the most! 

Credits:

Emma: Cover Art, Class ( emmascottdesign.co )
Kaelem: Vocals, Lyrics, Beats, Raps, Style ( https://open.spotify.com/artist/20TQtVMXjC5YgHvhgYtMQM?si=gd0rUn3rTJyiHm-zaw92xw )
Anthème: Vocals, Guitars, Ambiences, Percussions, Magic ( @antheme_chat )
Frank: Keys, Vocals, Lyrics, Character ( @francois-john-cormier )
Amber: Vocals, Soulfulness ( @amber-nielsen )
Cole: Bass, Richness ( @cole-mclean-72791805 )
Taryn: Vocals, Flute, Whimsy ( @taryn-e-1 )
Mimi: Vocals, Swag ( https://www.instagram.com/harbhajunkie/ )
Tove: Vocals, Warmth
B: Memories, Wisdom

Love to You all <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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Lyrics:

The calendar is running out of pages
The twilight of an age is all but faded
While December burns on its final ember
I still remember

For all the ways the Holidays amaze me
Honestly, they still kinda drive me crazy
But oh what bliss it is
to spend it all right here
Reminiscing at the end of year with You

Should we keep with old traditions
Should we make our own additions
We could go
We could stay
Home is never far away
It's okay either way

For all the ways the Holidays amaze me
(bumblin' through fresh snow-cial daze)
Honestly, they still kinda drive me crazy
(bindin' tear-fall star-streaked haze)
But oh what bliss it is
to spend it all right here
Reminiscing at the end of year with You

Holla - days
All the - ways
To a - maze
Drive ya - crazy

Dove Year (The Gang's All Here Version)

If one rings in the New Ear, does that mean they have tin-new-tus?

(Just an odd little piece to stumble into 2025 on a light-ear foot, after my seriousoussous-er songstuff of late...)

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LYRICS
Can you feel the new year snaking in as the old leaks out it's fading
can you breathe this new beginning pushing out the old air's failings

zubba zey zey
zubba zubba zey
zubba zey
zubba zubba zey 
zubba zey 
zubba zubba zubba zey
zubba zey zey
zubba zubba zey zey
zey
 
zubba zubba zey 
zubba zey zey
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zubba zey
zubba zey zey
zubba zubba zubba zubba zey
zubba zey
zubba zubba zey
zubba zey zey

zubba zey zey zey
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zubba zubba zey 
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zubba zey zey
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zey

zubba zubba zubba


it's the new ear / weird
same as the old ear / weird

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a dirge (instrumental)

Jacob DeBoer

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