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Aurora, hallelujah
Rory in all her glory
One of the first songs we wrote together. Though Aurora didn’t find it as danceable as Aurora’s Song (Dance!), she was kept quite amused at my attempts to sing falsetto. She started vocalizing to this song, but quickly moved on to prefer singing rock vocals (at high volumes.)
Chords: Am C / C Em / Em Am / Am Em Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
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Should be interesting to see
The way things are going
Just between you and me
The way things are going
Just between you and me
Interesting to see
The way it’s going
The curve’s sloping up
The curve’s sloping down
All de;ends which way you’re facing
Spacing
Bottom of the cup
Or upside down frown
All depends which way you’re facing
Spacing
So it should be interesting to see
The way things are going
Just between you and me
The way things are going
Just between you and me
Interesting to see
The way it’s going
Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). That means global warming is accelerating at a rapid rate in a complex way. How extreme the slope appears depends on where you are facing.
Chords: FM7 A7/A / Am Em C Am; Part II @ 121 and increasing BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
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All’s fair in love and war?
I’d much prefer
There’s war no more
Where there’s peace and love
The least can rise above
And we’ll all sail on as one
When won is one
One sailing on
Raise the rise in “I’s”
As one
In a win-win
Game on
A little bit of Nash calabash
Bash
Shake it
John Nash style for a while
Game on
Sail on
What’s good for me
Is good for you, too
Starting to see
What’s good for me
Is good for you, too
A song about Nobel prize winning mathematician John Nash. His advances in game theory proved The Golden Rule.
“The best responses of all players are in accordance with each other.”
— John Nash, Jr.
Chords: D C G D / D A D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
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Picking up all the pieces
That ceases
Being whole
Putting them all in place
That’s the race
That’s the goal
The clock is ticking
It’s running down
Your eyes are tricking
Smile or frown?
Picking up all the pieces
That ceases
Being whole
Putting them all in place
That’s the race
That’s the goal
Time keeps on slipping
Into the future
Like a faucet dripping
Chaos for sure
Picking up all the pieces
That ceases
Being whole
Putting them all in place
That’s the race
That’s the goal
The sun is setting
Falling from the sky
There’s no forgetting
The meaning of why
Chords: Dm G / Dm C Dm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
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Who was the first to decry sky-high?
when was it found the ground was down?
How far
Relative to where you are
How near
Will infinity be clear
Oh dear
Opened a can of wormholes
Space-time sort-a moles
Axis and poles
Who was the first to see eternity?
When were we sure there’s more future?
How far
Relative to where you are
How near
Will infinity be clear
Oh dear
Opened a can of wormholes
Space-time sort-a moles
Axis and poles
What are the odds to defy “to die”?
Who’s to question “why not I?”
How far
Relative to where you are
How near
Will infinity be clear
Oh dear
Opened a can of wormholes
Space-time sort-a moles
Axis and poles
Chords: G Eb / Eb C Eb / Db G / G F6 / G; 122 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly as digital stereo 1-track mp3 files
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Wind wisp turned whipped
A temperature dip
For a bit
(Winds whirl… times twirl)
Soon to be found
Sudden rebound
Rain drip turned dropped
At first just a bit
Then a lot
(Perplex vortex)
Soon to be found
Sudden rebound
What it means to feel weather extremes
See rages… hear vents
Mean events
Extreme events
(Winds whirl… times twirl
Perplex vortex)
Soon to be found
Sudden rebound
Chords: AM7 E / D A E; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly as a digital 1 and 2-tracks
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Are you feeling normal
In an abnormal world
Thoughts are reeling/realing forward
In an informal way
Though not random
Definitely out-of-the-box
Through space’s star-dom
Sinking in space rocks
You a mental nomad
Thinking out-of-this-world
The trips that we have had
With hearts made out of gold
Though not random
Definitely out-of-the-box
Through space’s star-dom
Sinking in space rocks
No sense being frugal
Giving love away/a way
Angels hearing our call
“Our hear”/are here to save the day
Riff notes: e(b) d d(b) c b b(b) / e(b)
Chords: Eb / F Bb Eb F; 166 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly as a digital 1 and 2-tracks
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Am I floating in the Milky Way
Is that how you say
Atop a rock
In a space race
Hurling rapid’s pace
Hold the face
Gravity my friction
Naivety my diction
Riff: a a g f e e f g a
Chords: Am / Em F G Am / Bb F C / Am Bb G Am; 99 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track
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Slingshot around the closest star
See how far we really are
Gravity assist trajectory
Maneuver man-overboard
Year upon year upon year upon year upon year
Turn into light year smear
How does time appear?
… the years appear to smear…
Years appear smeared
Riff: d d d f d f d a / d a g f g f d
Chords: Dm / Dm C F / F G A B C D; 160 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track
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Can you give me the time of day
I seem to have lost my way
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
Found my space
But displaced
I am
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
May I continue on….
Can you give me the time of year
Even what season’s drawing near
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
Found my space
But displaced
I am
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
May I continue on….
Can you tell me day or night
I’m searching for the light
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
Found my space
But displaced
I am
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
May I continue on….
Chords: F Bb Eb F / Db C7 F; 82 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track
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Bring on wisdom
Less kingdom
Chaos it
Not random
An arm’s length from Armageddon
Fare the well gates of hell
Time did tell
Bring on wisdom
Less stardom
Chaos is
Not random
Procrastination?
It’s too late
It’s know/no surprise
Need to get wise
No more lies
Bring on wisdom
Chaos is
Not random
When does a sage come of age
Why does logic still outrage?
Turn the page
Riff: b e b e Em
Chords: D Dm Em / G Gm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova)
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track
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Particle derived raindrops arise
The mass amassed depends on size
Caught in the updraft
Cycle round
Before coming down
In a wrath
Evaporate
At an ever increasing rate
Participate
A pounding precipitate
Caught in the updraft
Cycle round
Before coming down
In a wrath
What goes up must come down
Bob and weave… avoid the crown
Caught in the updraft
Cycle round
Before coming down
In a wrath
The moral of the story
Don’t belittle
The vision and the glory
Of Chicken Little
Caught in the updraft
Cycle round
Before coming down
In a wrath
Chords: Em C D A / Em C
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Written and recorded live to a digital 6-track at Lake Wynonah, PA
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From the front end
To the backstop
Forget amend
Can’t stop the clock
Holding back won’t matter
It won’t stop the sting
Watch as the brains scatter
Missing everything
From the upside
To the get-down
We will reside
Make it our own
Holding back won’t matter
It won’t stop the sting
Watch as the brains scatter
Missing everything
From the side way
To the high way
There is no way
In the low way
Holding back won’t matter
It won’t stop the sting
Watch as the brains scatter
Missing everything
Chords: A C D / D A D / G D G A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track
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The stop at The End of the Drop
32 feet per second per second
Oh, to meet the levity of gravity
Standing on top looking down
What solace can be found
Come on… look around
(Round and round)
Over the edge on the ledge
What logic is found sound
Come on… look around
(Round and round)
The stop at The End of the Drop
32 feet per second per second
O2 to meet the levity of gravity
Standing on top looking down
What solace can be found
Come on… look around
(Round and round)
As time goes past, grasps can’t last
Will our panic confound
Come on… look around
(Round and round)
The stop at The End of the Drop
32 feet per second per second
Oh, to meet the levity of gravity
Standing on top looking down
What solace can be found
Come on… look around
(Round and round)
As time goes past, grasps can’t last
Will our panic compound
Come on… look around
(Round and round)
Chords: E CM7aug / D C E CM7aug / Am E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track
Global warming is happening at an exponential rate. When we hit the tipping point, it will feel like the stop at the end of a drop.
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Part particle
Yet, slave to wave
Put together just right
So I can see the light
Physics flexes her might
So we can see the light
Gaining quantum insight
As I see the light
There alibi’s airtight
Cruising at the speed of light
Chords: Em A7 / C D Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track
While looking at the sun reflect upon Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania