So tonight, I’ve been making more video/songs — in tonight’s batch, i’ve focused on hip-hop funk, and i heartily hope it meets your approval. If not, i’m braced for it.
imagine an old fuddy-duddy like me, at 83, putting out hip-hop tracks. Well, I figure that if Ari Melber over on MSNBC can handle it, so can i. Continue reading
Hopefully, nothing will drop suddenly out of the sky and land on Earth, but you never know… if things look okay, go ahead and take a chance on reading this.
So, tonight, instead of making new songs — I already have plenty, and some would say too many — I spent a few hours reviewing the songs that are already up on youtube. Continue reading
In our recent work — if you think about it, we actually work as a band, considering various lyrical twists, band sounds and featured vocalists — and we’ve been capturing more than melodies; we’re reaching into the pulse of the world, capturing beats of history, snapshots of change, and reflections of human emotion. I’m including YOU in this endeavor, and your feedback is invaluable. The songs we’re crafting are more than tunes to tap a foot to—they’re portals or doorways. Every lyric, every chord holds the potential to take us beyond the everyday, to stir memories and evoke possibilities that many of us have forgotten how to feel. Continue reading
Here’s my latest batch of videos, including some variations, the idea behind which is to get reactions and feedback from you, regarding stuff you liked and stuff you hated.
Don’t be timid, let it all hang out. I’m prepared for criticism, lay it on me. Keep in mind that these are not necessarily finished products. I have a songbook from which people can take all the songs they want, and make variations on them.
Some of last night’s songs, posted below, are songs that touched on the themes of current events and the broader turbulence of the times. Capturing the essence of what’s happening around us through music is powerful, because it turns those moments into something people can connect with emotionally. It’s not just about chronicling events but offering perspective and feeling through melody and lyrics.
That’s pretty much the function of folk songs, troubadours and town criers. Continue reading
I’ve been at work creating songs with my poetry and the occasional free-verse. Well, that’s the news. Just kidding, there’s more… much more. Continue reading
For as long as humans have gathered around fires or under starlit skies, we’ve shared our stories through words, rhythm, and song. Long before ink met parchment, the art of storytelling wasn’t just something to read—it was something to hear, to feel, and to move to. In those days, poetry was inseparable from music. Words were spoken in rhythmic chants, set to a beat with rhyming words at the ends of sentences, that made them easier to memorize and share.
they call it stormy monday, but tuesday’s just as bad. well, i did a little research and found out that i can’t use those tribute videos on youtube — they’ve got rules against it, and use of those could be hazardous to my channel, so i put them away for our own enjoyment.
meanwhile, work is progressing on the new books — there will be the book about the God State, and another with case histories, which will take up three volumes at 300 or so pages each.
so tonight, i made about ten songs related to the CQR ammies, then a dozen more, with a difference — i made a spanish version of each of those. Continue reading
Here are some more songs from our songbook, freely translated into new versions — I hope you like them.
I’m happy to report that the song production is going very well.