Sounds of the Pandemic, composed during lockdown

Pandemic: Melodies from Lockdown

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Diabolical

31 Nights of Hallowe'en #Halloween

An album of melodies written at my piano...

A Night at the Piano

(c)2021 Melody Ayres-Griffiths

An Apology

INTRO

VERSE 1

Let's go back
back to the 70s
back to a little place
called Silicon Valley
where a bunch
of smart guys
who hated suits and ties
began to see just what this world could be
and so they
 
Started dreaming
up their fantasy
to connect the world
build a meritocracy 
but then
the vultures came
they dreamt of money made
from exploiting your dreams and fantasies 
so   

CHORUS 1

I owe you
an apology
for both binding your mouths
while making their speech free
also

Tampering with your
democracy although
that was you
who told me
they were fascists... 

Bits and MIPS
and microchips
it's all designed
to make our time fly
but now

We're all bound
to this technology 
which helps you do you
and lets me be me be me... 

INTERLUDE

VERSE 2

Let's go back
to the 1980s
back to a guy name Bill
and to a guy name Steve
one headed Microsoft
one made the Macintosh
and they believed their PCs could change the world and their

Companies began to pick up steam
defeating Commodore, Tandy and Atari
together they began to shape the future
of humanity through their respective platforms

CHORUS 2

I owe you
an apology
for not binding their mouths
while making your speech free
also

Tampering with your
democracy although
that was they
who told me
you were fascists... 

Bits and MIPS
and microchips
it's all designed
to make our time fly
but now

We're all bound
to this technology 
which helps you do you
and lets me be me be me... 

INTERLUDE

BRIDGE

You can see how this all came out to be when you all
realize that you all live a fantasy where you are
safe at home, and yet you're free to roam around
a galaxy of information, a digital imagination

But you see it's not all it's cracked up to be 
because the vultures know how to nurture and make
you grow not into better selves but little worker elves
building their fantasy creation a world where they
rule your inspiration

And you do this all quite willingly because you
can't miss out on all the action
happening there on your little screen it gives a
real sense of satisfaction
can't stop looking, looking at that screen you can't help
wondering just what you're missing
you only live once you know what I mean better
keep on watching won't regret it

VERSE 3

Let's go back
to the 1990s
back to an English man
Timothy Berners-Lee
who made a protocol
he called HTTP
that he set free and made the World Wide Web
and then

A guy named Jim
hired a guy named Marc
and they both made the spark
that set the whole thing off
and it all started well
but then the vultures smelled
the scent of sweet money power and domination

CHORUS 3

I owe you
an apology
for not binding their hands
while keeping your world free
also

Tampering with your
democracy although
you all think
the other folks
are fascists... 

Bits and MIPS
and microchips
it's all designed
to make our time fly
but now

We're all bound
to this technology 
which helps you do you
and lets me be me be me... 

OUTRO

An Apology

Politik

For Tony Diaz and all those who suffer from depression

Will To Live

Vlad

The Demons Dance On Christmas Eve (Remaster)

4 - Celebration Of Life

An oiriginal piano trio -- piano, flute and violin.

Wednesday (Piano Trio - Flute and Violin)

Go For It!

A Robin's Tail

Time Of Your Life

Fall In Love WIth You

A Pirate Piano Lullaby

The Circus Marched Down Bourbon Street

Beatnik

Something Good

Struggle And Be Free

Blackbeard plays piano aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge!

Queen Anne's Revenge

My Mother's Music Box original instrumental

My Mother's Music Box

Wagon Train on the Oregon Trail

The Outlaw James Gang -- Instrumental Country Soundtrack

The Outlaw James Gang

A short theme inspired by Star Trek and other scifi and superhero soundtracks

Tribute (Mock Star Trek Theme)

The Pirate Captain's Wake

Ascension (Instrumental Demo)

Jazz-style saxophone improvisation over a dance beat

Sun On My Face (Improvisational Dance)

A Waltz of Remorse

Heart-Shaped Roller Coaster

Life Begins

The Great Train Robbery

El Toro Francisco

Zero To Hero

From Here 2 Infinity!

Over The Mountain

Video Game Party At Our House!

Hear more Hallowe'en themed tracks! https://soundcloud.com/xennial/sets/31-nights-of-halloween

31 Nights of Halloween

Lone Wolf (31 Nights of Hallowe'en: Night 1)

This is the second track in my 31 Nights of Hallowe'en project

Zombie Attack (31 Nights of Hallowe'en: Night 2)

This is the third track in my 31 Nights of Hallowe'en series... follow me for more spooky tracks!

PS: Apparently the organ survived the fire

Notre Damned (31 Nights of Hallowe'en: Night 3)

This is the fourth track in my 31 Nights of Hallowe'en series...

Doctor Frankenstein (31 Nights of Hallowe'en: Night 4)

This is the track for night 5 of my 31 Nights of Hallowe'en series... follow me for more!

Monsters And Aliens (31 Nights of Hallowe'en: Night 5)

We Survived Until The Dawn

Back When We Were Young

Sailing into the Sunset

Stand Up and Fight

Trapped in the Box (Pandemic: Melodies from Lockdown)

Music inspired by the current COVID-19 pandemic...

Something's Catching (Pandemic: Melodies from Lockdown)

Viral Panic! (Pandemic: Melodies from Lockdown)

Quarantina (Pandemic: Melodies from Lockdown)

Alternating States Of Hope And Despair (Pandemic: Melodies from Lockdown)

This Is A Love Song You Don't Know

Forty Thieves

The Phoenix

Those Days Are Gone

Hear Me Roar

Curtains

Canadian composer and electronic music artist.

Many of these tracks broadcast across Australia on ABC Radio National (when I lived there before coming home to Canada during COVID)
Did music for WebTV / MSNTV in the 90s. Annoyed millions!
Prolific tracker composer. Played a few chiptune concerts. In some art packs.

Xennial

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