my folky blues original music

Mostly I find being creative very cathartic. It allows me to express and articulate more than just words. Sometimes I even find myself being surprised at what comes out. Music for me, is another level of expression, the combination and layers of tones gets closer to expressing real emotion. (it's so multifaceted just like music) We can never know what goes on inside another persons head or heart, but with music, IMO, when can get closer. I also find I can express my shadow side, in a more, well, safe way? I can vent and expel, without directing it at anyone in particular. There's also the vulnerability that comes with laying your emotions out for everyone to see and hopefully feel.

As for the audience, well, art being as subjective as it is, that's a tough one, people are going to read what ever they want from it. I can't control that, nor do I want. If they resonate with it and it helps someone feel something then great! I guess the other side of that, is you can put all sorts of subject matter into songs, that will hopefully make them think, or maybe look up a line or a word or a song title. It was this very thing that lead me to the forum! So I am hopeful that it may do the same for someone else.

So, to answer your question, my motivation in writing and releasing music is, firstly to help myself with being more expressive, with letting go of bottled up emotions, (not that all my songs or along these lines) as well as putting something positive, and, from my perspective true, into the world. By helping myself, hopefully it helps the audience too, to look at themselves and question these things I am saying.

I hope that all makes sense? it's a complex question hahaha
 
OK, so my new single "The Space between" has just launched on the the streaming platforms!
I will be releasing the music video this week too!

It's another rock track, with plenty of twists and turns, another almost 10 minute epic :lol::cool2:

For those on the streaming services here are the links, I'll post the music video soon, many thanks for listening!

Spotify -
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Deezer - Machines of Me: The Space Between - Music Streaming - Listen on Deezer
GooglePlay - Machines of Me: The Space Between - Music on Google Play
Itunes - The Space Between - Single by Machines of Me
 
The lyrics in case anyone is interested

The Space Between


[spoken word]
There will be never be another you or another me or another us
Here now in this precious moment we are
Alive with childlike wonder with this gift with this rarest of bonds
Never before never again embrace this
Knowledge is the key faith is the path unity through service sharing this dream
Your love like a heroine drip coursing through my veins
Opening me to experience to new yet unfathomed bounty
Unafraid finally undaunted by being myself in my entirety
Free from shackles
Of burdens no longer serving
Robust and delicate a complexity of awe
Beautiful
Ever more the masks fade the walls come down and are smashed to dust
Inside and out the purest of truth
Nurturing like all great loves do
Generous
Yesterday is gone all that matters is what we do now
Ornate is the subtlety that binds the new thought
Unimpeded
If I am to be Odysseus
Let me never look back
Only forwards
Vehemently passionate about the now
Earnestly striving to see what is
You warrior woman cause contentment and wonder
Only this moment only this way
Undeniably full of choice and potential
Karmic predestined it’s what we do with our choices that matters
An infinite school with infinite possibilities and yet here we are living this experience
So grateful am I

I believe the heart inside your soul
I believe in hope and eyes that know
Finding, holding, climbing, I see you
Rising up inside me I feel love

[main vx]
Rolling fire and its holy light
Flowing higher let your soul ignite
We belong

[2nd vx harm]
I will fight for you

[spoken word]
Carving at the truth
Sacrifice the weak
I choose to see you
in the space between

A temple with the lights on
Showing me a new way
A symbol to ignite love
Smoldering in front of me
Assembled from the heart blood
Showing me a new way home
Resembling the night sun
Shoulder reaching out again

I know
I’m home

Ardent the bond stars in her song
Heart in heartily
Carving a sonde into the sun
Heart in heartily

A pair beholden
Repairing olden
Part of the way home
Rare and golden
Remember knowing
Lighting the way back home

[main vx]

Rolling fire and its holy light
Flowing higher let your soul ignite
We belong

[2nd vx harm]
I will fight for you


[spoken word]
Carving at the truth
Sacrifice the weak
I choose to see you
in the space between


A synesthetic bright spark
Flying free underway
A ripple in the right pond
Rolling seas are subjugate
Intrinsic learning by heart
Sowing seeds flowing vale
Asymptomatic dart faith
Opening to ride the wave

I know
I’m home

Ardent the bond stars in her song
Heart in heartily
Carving a sonde into the sun
Heart in heartily

A pair beholden
Repairing olden
Part of the way home
Rare and golden
Remember knowing
Lighting the way back home

[main vx]
Rolling fire and its holy light
Flowing higher let your soul ignite
Extoling spire leading two insight
A glowing choir as we harmonize
We belong

[2nd vx harm]
I will fight for you

[spoken word]
Carving at the truth
Sacrifice the weak
I choose to see you
in the space between

Still is the moment
Vibrant horizon
Christen the eyelet
Holy and silent

No idle mind we’re worth it all
We’ll work it out we’ll work it out
The love inside is worth it all
We’ll work it out we’ll work it out
The rarest kind we’re worth it all
We’ll work it out we’ll work it out we’ll work it out

I will fight for you ma chère
Show me you want me to
The animal, the scales indeed, it’s so perfect so imperfectly
I will fight for you ma chère
 
The original idea came from this quote, and the song is about my own response to a relationship that has taught me many things ;)

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor Frankl
 
Nice one, 987baz, you did get really creative with the video. I thought the symmetry was a great touch, like that very narrow space between of choice we have in life. The difference between being a machine and a man. Thanks for sharing :thup:
 
Aww thanks mate! yeup you're onto it for sure!! yes the symmetry represents the relationship, the balance as it were. Appreciate your input my friend. Hope things are going well for you! saw your post in your thread! seems like a good start :clap:
 
My latest single is now live on all good streaming services.

This song was partly inspired by the romantic fiction thread and is my interpretation of how a relationship can make us stronger and more resilient, about this dance we call partnership and love. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

it's a ten minute rock song, took me 4 months to create, produce and mix, a labor of love indeed .


The music video is a version of the ballet Spring water. Filmed in slow motion in order to focus on balletic movements and to heighten aesthetic response.

Complementarity​


Holy queen on her throne
Regal eyes interlope
Streaming light
Full of hope
Realize cornerstone
Take all of me

Growing truth
Feed your soul
And be heard

Holy king on his throne
Scars wither
Credence showing
Not alone

Random boy
One delivered something whole and strong
Limber honor libido

So this is love
Oh addle love
Stay
Saviors
Thread entwined
All
Realize you’re all

Holding hiding let it go free and strong
Hold the light and fine will comes in sharing love

Healing heart in the fire
Meaning starts to inspire
Holding onto the lie
Owning up to the scar
Breathe it in

Fire inside fueling the courage
So that these souls will live again
Shining prize pending the courage
So the divided will amend

Kissing the sky daring the night breaking the hold of unworthy
Run to the fire push through the pyre something beyond so holy
Kraken and coal one must let go two is the greatest army

When we share
vulnerable
When we share our fears
We’re nearer

Committal to every moment
In giving true are the lovers
Anima mia yearning for you
Anima mia believes in us

Bleeding yore inner lie
Annealing starts to expire
Knowing eyes recognize
Holding onto the fire
Breathe it in

Lying mind this all takes courage
So that the heart will beat again
Scry inside finding the courage
So that the spiral we ascend

Drifting in flight solidify sharing a bond so worthy
Gaining insight hearts are alight spreading the light so holy
Clotting the sol never let go two is the greatest army

When we share
vulnerable
When we share our fears
We’re nearer

Committal to every moment
Receiving true are the lovers
Anima mia yearning for you
Anima mia believes in us

Carving your own path in tandem
Following your heart abandon (fear)
Fear is just a programmed fashion
Give to those that ask the question
Yin and yang and queen and king and
Break on through with potent passion

Rise
Rise up

Hunger desire
You don’t master anything (by running from it)
Don’t run
Don’t run away

All that I’ll ever need
Real as I’ll ever be
Home is the heart you give
Co-linear indeed

Dasvidaniya so long to infancy
Dasvidaniya fear and anxiety
Dasvidaniya to all the doubt inside
Dasvidaniya no longer need to hide
Dasvidaniya so long to being alone
Dasvidaniya no more of being unknown
Dasvidaniya to all this inner war
Dasvidaniya and welcome to something more


Achene honeybee
Gneiss aver

Concentric spirals rising up through time
With patience and understanding and most of all commitment and love
To heed the call of interdependence
Helping each other grow
In baring our souls in perfect honesty we learn to develop our potential and creativity
Through each other with each other and because of each other
A new path emerges
With hope courage and love

Committal to every moment
In giving true are the lovers
Anima mia yearning for you
Anima mia believes in us

Near something so strong
We share and belong
Heavens’ arms
Beckons us
We remember the call

Anima mia yearning for you
Anima mia believes in us

Love
 
great song 987baz!! Digging the folky vibe!
haha cheers placematt!! yeah it's a bit of a departure from the folky blues that this thread started as, I have returned to my more rock'n'roll roots
I appreciate you taking the time to listen mate :headbanger:

This song reminds me that I love to dance and drive listening songs like this. Oh, well.
Thanks Loreta!! I'm glad it reminds you of your love of dancing a driving (hopefully not at the same time haha) with the music turned up loud :)
 
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