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A collection of original Christmas instrumentals!

31 Days of Christmas

Jazz X

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

The Demons Dance On Christmas Eve (Remaster)

The Falling Snow Is Ash

The Chimes Cry Out On Christmas Eve

Jasper Was A Dog

The Bells Of Yule 30th Anniversary

My Arabian Knight

Slowly Dying Inside

Theme for 'Compliance'

The Race Is On

True North Strong and Free

Another Day in Pain

Life's Full of Changes

Stray Cat

Strolling

No Worries!

"I might be gone, but I'm not forgotten..."

Gone But Not Forgotten

Go Set Sail When The North Wind Blows

G'day Australia!

Bombastic -- Jazz Dance Instrumental (Trumpet / Strings / Piano / Bass / Dubstep Drums)

Tritone demonstration

Bombastic

Heart Torn in Two, guitar / flute instrumental

Heart Torn in Two

YOLO (You Only Live Once)

Larry Leapfrog

The Spirit in the Castle Dungeon

Ready For Takeoff

A mix of tracks I wrote in the 1990s under the monicker Melodia

Melodia.XM, a 90s Dance Odyssey

Cauldron -- chiptune electronic dance instrumental

Cauldron

Poltergeist and a Piano

Ghost Trap

The Wheels Keep Turning

The WWI Flying Ace in his Sopwith Camel 80's 8-bit videogame soundtrack

The WWI Flying Ace in his Sopwith Camel

The Gingerbread Waltz

This Is Christmas

A revisitation , rearrangement and reimagining of  my 1994 composition, The Bells of Yule

The Bells of Yuletides Past

The Angel Flew Through The Night

Swingin' Sleigh Ride

A piano-only version of The Bells of Yule Part 2, which I originally composed in 1994...

The Bells of Yule (Part 2) (Piano Concerto)

A cassette tape I recorded of Christmas carols I arranged on an Atari ST in 1993.

An Old Tape of Christmas Carols I Arranged On and Recorded From my Atari ST in 1993 #chiptune

The Lullaby of the Three Magi

Next Year's Gonna Be Off The Hook! (Happy New Year!)

(Next Year's Gonna Be) Off the Hook

Shifting Sands

This was deleted for some reason at some point and so I re-uploaded it

Samurai Showdown

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

Curtains

Canadian composer and electronic music artist.

Many of these works 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.

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