Name: Forgotten Places by Ed Cunningham
Duration: 4 min 9 s
Description: If you have driven the country roads you have seen them..faded and old, behind the tall grass and fallen fences...and they all have a story to tell.

Ahh well my house used to look that that - true! Great vibe and musical imagery..

nice intro. I love instrumentals that set a relaxed mood. Really nice guitar

Love this key change right here, adds so much in terms of emotion. Another beautiful synthscape with your fabulous guitar on top

Very easy to listen to....airy and wide too

Wonderful guitar melody, evoking light nostalgic melancholy

Really wonderful track.  Nice melody & excellent guitar playing.   Cheers.

Music by Kate Stanton & 12 Below
Lyrics by Edwin C. Balder
Art by 12 Below

My friend, indie songwriter/lyricist Edwin H. Balder, sent me these lyrics as a Christmas gift late last year. He encouraged me as I was recovering from a major health blow & surgery. Now it is Ed's turn. He's having some health struggles yet continues to write. We want to encourage him. 12 Below and I hoped to surprise him with music set to his lyrics. 

Ed, we are all rooting for you--prayers, positive vibes, and healing music your way!! Thank you for inspiring so many of us. @edwin-balder

Passages

Passages (Featuring lyrics by Edwin H. Balder)

Not far from Jena, in Thuringia, there is small village hidden in the forest, a valley away from through roads. It’s called Tautenburg, this year it celebrates its 800 th anniversary.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spent his summer retreat there in 1882, walking, writing on „Die fröhliche Wissenschaft“ (translated as "The Gay Science",  „The Joyful Wisdom“ or „The Joyous Science“).
And awaiting the arrival of Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861-1937), a widely travelled Russian writer, narrator, essayist and psychoanalyst.
 
The refrain quotes a short poem he wrote to her. (translation mainly by machine)

The picture shows: View of church tower and castle spire of Tautenburg.

A Big Thank You to Zeralda for playing these wonderful keys and rhythm section.

Waiting For Lou

1
The old trees
Not so many as there used to be
The castle spire
The church tower
The old vicarage
A hand on the wrist
Distant chainsaws shriek
Did not always exist
Is that something that I missed ?

ref
„No longer back ? 
And not up there ?
No path 
For the chamois either ?
So I wait here 
And hold fast, 
What eyes and hands 
Let me grasp
Five feet of earth, 
Dawn
And below me - 
World, man and death“

Now I sit here 
Now I sit here…

Is there another path ?
Is there another path ?

2
The view axis
The early morning dew
The birds singing
The strained breath
And the rest on the bench
The bustling activities
The longings
The desires
Unspoken (2)

ref + out
„No longer back ? 
And not up there ?
No path 
For the chamois either ?
So I wait here 
And hold fast, 
What eyes and hands 
Let me grasp
Five feet of earth, 
Dawn
And below me - 
World, man and death“

Now I sit here 
Waiting for Lou to appear (2)

Is there another track ?
Will Lou be coming back ?

Waiting For Lou (collab wt Zeralda)

C'mon Bruce
You're stuck in a rut
Do Paris, do Rome
Gotta get off your butt
You only got one life
Gotta see Rio
Climb Kilimanjaro
Ski Lake Tahoe

But I don't wanna go
So leave me alone
I'll keep my lazy ass closer to home
No thank you man
I got a better plan
And I'm gonna be just fine
    *****************
On South Padre, or St. Simon's,
Any beach will do,
In the islands, Caribbean,
'long as I'm with you.

Breakfast At The Beach

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken." - Ada R. Habershon,

NobodyKnows

Well I grew up with the good book
Was taught the golden rules
And each and every Sunday
I’d go to Sunday school

So when old grandpa breathed his last
And they laid him oh so low
They said he went to a better place
But where oh where did he go?

Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Where you go…

So I thought I’d ask the preacher
Hey preacher, what you know
He told me about salvation
And the fires down below
Well I thanked him for his wisdom
That he did bestow 
But though he talked and talked and talked
Well, I still don’t know

Cause nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Where you go
After your last breath
After your last breath…

Solo

Since then there’s been a lot of spec-u-lation
About karma and evils of temp-ta-tion
And though I like the sound of in-car-na-tion
Well ya know
I still don’t know

Yea I’d like to see my Ma and Pa
And all the family
It sounds so nice and cozy
But we’ll just have to wait and see 
Cause though I’ve looked and looked and looked
For the answer high and low
In conclusion now I must surmise, nobody knows

Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Where you go
After your last breath
After your last breath

All together now

Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Where you go
After your last breath
After your last breath

NobodyKnows

Happy Happy Birthday Debbie!!!!!https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking
I wish you the best day dear Debbie. :) 

Music: Jean-Pierre Dubois.
In a version from Debra Buesking and Oddrun Eikli.
Piano and Cover design: Debra Buesking
Vocal: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you for sharing music and friendship dear Debbie :)
Thank you to your friend Jean-Pierre for this music, and for your beautiful piano-version. So sensitive and pure.
It was just for me to sing in it, with the lovely poem from  Christina Rossetti 
(5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894).
Poem:
A Birthday
By Christina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894)

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.

Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter".

A Birthday. Debra Buesking and Oddrun Eikli.

Lingering Echoes – The Cathedral 
July 2023
Duration: 3:50
Fascinating sonic places that provoke lingering memories. 
Photo of the interior of Notre-Dame de Paris 
Special thanks to John-Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for for his highly valued musical input and for creating the “The Cathedral ” sound library used to compose this piece.
This is a Guillaume de Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame remix with original composition.  Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377), a French composer and poet, composed this piece before 1365. Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of medieval music, Machaut composed this Mass for the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Reims.

This is a dedication to all the incredible cathedrals around the world that stand as some of the world's greatest achievements of art and architecture; whether you are believer in religion or a non-believer.  The ancient cathedrals of England, of Northern France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Sicily, the Baroque cathedrals of South America, and many individual cathedrals from Italy and other parts of Europe, are among the largest and finest buildings.  Many are renowned for their architecture or their decorative features such as sculpture, stained glass and frescos.

Many cathedrals, because of their large size and the fact that they often have towers, spires or domes, have until the 20th century, been the major landmarks in cities or in views across the countryside. 
Because many cathedrals took centuries to build and decorate, they constitute a major artistic investment for the city in which they stand. Not only may the building itself be architecturally significant, but often houses treasures such as stained glass, stone and wood statues, historic tombs, richly carved furniture and objects of both artistic and religious significance. Moreover, the cathedral often plays a major role in telling the story of the town, through its plaques, inscriptions, tombs, stained glass and paintings.

For organ, alphorn, alpine trombone, english horn, bassoon, flute, tubular bells, timpani, cathedral sound samples, virtual instruments and percussion.

Lingering Echoes - The Cathedral

Stink Eye

If you have driven the country roads you have seen them..faded and old, behind the tall grass and fallen fences...and they all have a story to tell.

Forgotten Places

Dreamless Elyana

The Door Of Perception II (Acoustic version)

The inspiration of this piece of music came from the Japanese word "Shinrin-yoku", which means forest bathing. It is a practice rooted in immersing oneself in the natural surroundings of a forest to rejuvenate the mind and body. The soundscape evokes the feeling of being in a relaxing bubble bath while walking in the forest. 

Forgotten Places

Ed Cunningham

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