Cloud Occlusion-7

A bitter-sweet, jazz-tinged song about Christmas time and its highs and lows. 

Lyrics:
It’s Christmas morning, what should I do?
Drag myself to church, hung over and blue?
Christmas Eve was grim
I picked a fight I couldn’t win … with you … with you

It’s Christmas
It’s Christmas morning, I stumble out
Seasonal bonhomie, follows me about
I’m beginning to cheer up
Their jokes are making me crack up … and shout … and shout
   
It’s Christmas time … It’s Christmas time 
My love life’s on the line
But it’s Christmas time, yeah, it’s Christmas time

It’s Christmas time … It’s Christmas time 
My life’s a pantomime 
But it’s Christmas time, yeah, it’s Christmas time

The folks who used to walk right past me
Now stop and call me friend
The knives they stuck into my back 
Stowed away till Yuletide’s end

It’s Christmas Day … It’s Christmas Day (in the morning)
Presents by the tree, one for you, none for me 
Still, it’s Christmas Day

It’s Christmas time … A Merry Christmas time (Hark! The herald angels sing)
Gin & tonic, and water turned into wine 
Yes, it’s Christmas time

It’s the day after Christmas, still hung over and blue
The front door is opening . . . . . . and now I see you!
Yes, I see you . . . . it’s really you . . . . It’s truly Christmas time!!
Yes, yours and mine
My life’s turned on a dime
And bells begin to chime 
And it’s Christmas time!

Music & Lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers 
Bass guitar, musical arrangement, editing & production: Sergio Aguilar 
Keyboards: Carlos Milán
Trumpet: Franklyn Brooks
Sax: Miguel Covarrubias
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Cover Design: Michael Sellers
Photo: Nathan Poncet on Pexels

It's Christmas Time!

Conscious/Inspirational Hip-Hop with guitar and orchestral elements. An experimental approach to music production.

Lyric Video YouTube:
https://youtu.be/PwV9Xz1LiS4

Time Tickin'

Long Live Foolio

As we approach the holiday season, carols will soon fill the air alongside larger works like Handel’s oratorio, "Messiah," which is a favorite of mine. When I was a child, my parents played Handel’s music in our home during the holidays, and in college, I sang his well-known works with the rest of our chorale.  

One movement, “All We Like Sheep,” makes me think of the biblical parable about the Good Shepherd, who leaves his flock to rescue one sheep that wanders off. I love this story for a number of reasons, but especially because it conveys the message that everyone matters to God, even when we wander and become lost. This parable, found in Luke 15 and Matthew 18, provided the inspiration for my composition, "The Rescue."

The first 25 seconds tell the story of the sheep wandering off, while the rest of the music follows the shepherd’s lengthy search. Throughout the piece, you will hear a recurring major chord that signifies a glimmer of hope as the shepherd continues his search. The shepherd nears the end of his journey when the music begins to slow down, and the very last chord represents the moment of discovery and rescue. The lost sheep is finally found and gently cradled in the shepherd's arms to return home.

The Rescue

This a remix of the first tune I uploaded on Soundcloud, and greatly enhanced with lyrics and vocal from SolarRae.

Darklight (Remix, SolarRae vocals and Lyrics 2025)

In this track I used harmonica, electric guitars, Rhodes, synths, B3, congas, shaker, drums & electric bass.
Thank you for listening !

Composition: Julien Apelian
Recording studio: Audio Colors
November, 26th, 2025

On the Road

Original track
Music made in GarageBand
Not a fancy cool track, just simple stuff, from my heart ❤️

Thank you so much for listening 🫶

Lyrics:

Dear little child
Inside me
Please come out
I need to heal
Dont be afraid
You are safe

I want you to see
I belive in you
I need you to be...  Free...

Dear little child
Take my hand
I will protect you
And understand
don't be afraid
You are safe

I want you to see
I belive in you
I need you to be....  Free.....

I need to heal
I need you to be...  Free....

Dear Little Child   (Original)

Funny how hard it is to recall details of what seemed at the time the most important permanent parts of your life..like a first love or relationship. Seems flashes of images remain but not the whole package

lyrics:
I can remember the day it all came together
and the minute it all fell apart
I don't recall the reasons for either
but they both left a big black mark on my heart

try to recall the places and faces
try to remember the pleasure and pain
little things we did scattered through time
a few words we said sometimes come to mind

but my memory has failed me 
it's a big black hole
with a few points of light that flicker and vanish
but don't form a pattern try as I might

yes I remember the start and the finish
but not much of the middle I 'm afraid my friend
looks like i'm missing some pieces of the puzzle
but I can't go back
I can't start over again

can't go back

“Birth of a Star”

Image created by me.
https://www.deviantart.com/leehon/art/Silently-Preparing-1273517505

Wealth Costs The Wellness Of Saints

track art by jonasGOONFACE @ http://jonasgoonface.deviantart.com/

was it worth it, pt. 1

Over The Mountain

The B-side to my 2017 Summer single "Another Order..."! :)

"Another Order..."

"A Stand..."

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Blue Hour

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Anticipation Of Creation

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.

A full time, freelance children's book illustrator, introduced to Magix music making software in January 2014.  Haven't been near music production since school about a hundred years ago.  Can't play a note, and sing like a drain unblocking - Hence any music I may eventually have the nerve to upload is all created using midi/vst instruments playing compositions created in the piano roll editor.   The Magix forum dedicated to music production is the only place to suffer my creations so far.  Didn't realise it could be so much fun though.  Woohoo.

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Over The Mountain

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