Siempre Me Quedara

Brass quintet - First movement: Fanfare & Introduction

I. Fanfare And Introduction

II. Adagio

III. Finale

Your Eyes Mastered

A piece for solo flute in Messiaen's 5th mode of limited transposition

Pajarillos

The Girls Who Runs Away

This is a love song written some time ago. It came from a book I read which described the start of a beautiful romance between the main protagonist and a beautiful woman.

Remixed November 2019 to look at bass and vocals. It features acoustic guitar, cajón, drums, cello, electric piano, organ and electric bass. The guitar and cajón are recorded acoustically while the others are all synthesized.

I think it could do with re-mastering, and  an improved and slightly less bass-heavy mix would improve it I think. Oh, and just so you know, the introductory count-in was not recorded in a toilet! However, I am very happy with this song. There are things I would change; I think the third verse needs greater variation of harmony / orchestration and possibly melody, but overall I like the structure, the feel, the sentiment. I like the interweaving of melodies, and the use of cello and clarinet solos. I also think the cajón and drums work well, particularly when the drums come in, quite subtly, at the end of the first verse, alongside a penetrating bass.

It’s good to listen through headphones, I think.

Again, I haven’t got the best voice these days, so it would benefit from a younger voice singing it. If anyone wants to record it, please get in touch.

Here are the lyrics:

Beautiful, Magical, Intense

A beautiful night, born of attraction
A magical night, fuelled by passion
One crap band, one great bar
Two people searching, two minds wander far
Three reasons why, and three why not
Four hands touching, four lips on fire

Swaying now, bodies tight
Dancing slow, tongues entwined
I look at you, soft hair curtaining
Your pretty face, my hands caressing
Drinking more, poured over me
I can’t believe you feel the same

(Chorus)
A false start, such a false start!
But paradise lay in your bed
To be so close to your beauty
To feel your body next to mine
Just to see your eyes shine,
Oh to see your eyes shine….

So intense with such passion
And so loving with such attraction
I see you now my memory’s clear
You with me, beautiful to see
So long desired and so long repressed
Do you recall? Did you see?
It was beautiful

(Rpt chorus)

Just to see your eyes shine
Do you recall? Did you see?
It was beautiful
It was magical
So intense
So real

© Philip Hunt 2014

Beautiful, Magical, Intense (Remix 2019)

Beautiful, Magical Intense - Remix 2019

I was travelling around southern Spain, visiting flamenco guitar makers, so that I could set up my flamenco guitar business. On one day, I drove from Granada to a place called Gata de Gorgos and then headed back to Málaga before a flight the next morning back home. However, it got late, and I had been travelling since about 8am, without my phone, which had been stolen in a cafe in Granada a couple of days before. (I had been sitting in a cafe and a man had come up to me trying to sell something. He wanted me to take one of his leaflets. I had refused a couple of times. He then put a pile down on the table and urged me again to take one. I refused again, so he picked them up and walked off. When I got up to pay ,my bill 10 minutes later, I realised that he had picked up my mobile at the same time as his leaflets).

Anywayhoo, as I said, it was getting very late so I stopped in a little town on the coast called Almuñécar , drove around until I found a hotel that was open (it was off-season) and had a wonderful evening exploring the town.

Later in the year, I wrote this song, using my flamenco guitar and cajón, as well as some other instruments. I fell in love with the place. The light, the sea, the beaches. I hope that is reflected in this song.

It could do with a better singer, so if you would like to record it, let me know. Similarly if you would like a copy of the song email me and I’ll send you an MP3 – no charge!

Here are the lyrics:

Almuñécar

Seeing the light on your face
Makes me feel like I’m almost there
And the light in your eyes
Is like heaven and sunshine and no compromise

Sun-kissed blue water with golden light dawning
I long to dive into your heart
Bathed in your style and your beauty and passion
I long to dive into your heart

And when the moon rises low
The beams and your smile are like twins in their glow
And the stars and your face
Smile like a morning of lovers’ embrace

Sun-kissed blue water with golden light dawning
I long to dive into your heart
Bathed in your style and your beauty and passion
I long to dive into your heart

(Gtr solo)

(Repeat verse 1)
(Repeat Chorus)

© Philip Hunt 2012