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Friday, May 5, 2023

Music . . .

 


. . . by OHO begins at 6PM, Friday & Saturday. 






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Monday, January 16, 2023

With Mirrors . . .


 Can you hear all that I say
Beneath all clever wordplay?
Don’t think that I’m insulting you
That I don’t want your point of view
Working from limited base
So easily losing your place
Why feign a blatant expertise
With no obvious philosophies?

Do you know
What you want
To accomplish here?
Will you go 
To the length you say you will
Or is this just all
Smoke and mirrors?

You may just set precedent
with every signal you’ve sent
Why don’t you learn the protocol
To no longer suffer this at all

Say what you mean if you mean it
Do what you feel in your heart
Make it real when you’re speaking your mind 

Impressions churning and spray
Like repairs flowing away
Pushing downstream ferociously
Uprooting each obstacle you see


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Saturday, January 14, 2023

WTF . . .


A "WTF" moment - was how Baltimore Magazine music critic John Lewis described the track (below) Joyride II from my album For the Ride back in 2008. 




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Friday, January 13, 2023

Doesn't . . .

. . . get much MORE positive that this! 

Ring in the Rightness, from OHO's 2018 release 'Gazebo'




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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

It Won't Be Easy . . .

. . . to just let it go

Sometimes I can get my point across,
And I do it rather well.
You can see
What I think
About me.

It's just my ego.
It gets the best of me.
It's just my ego
It just won't let me be,
It just won't let me be alone.
It's not one of my most redeeming qualities.
Still though it serves me rather well sometimes.
It won't be easy to just let it go,
It's just my ego.

I take such great pride in what I do.
Everyone should take some too.
Don't you think;
Pride in me,
Not in you?

There's a fine distinction between confidence and pride.
There's a fine distinction that I'll never know.
Cloaked with some discretion you emerge from the inside.
I emerge in all my glory. 
What is there to hide?

Mother said that I would never make
Any friends if I don't see
What I'm like,
If I don't lose some pride. 




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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Speaking of . . .

. . . human

Thinking about songs that I've loved and admired over the years, this one always comes to mind. The lyrics present a very human reflection on one aspect of life in a very innocent, but still unapologetic way. This combined with sophisticated, jazz-inflected chord changes and a sparse instrumentation always drive the point straight home for me. 


Whatshername

- Peter, Paul & Mary



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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Block . . .


(from Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann) 
". . . The stagnation of his impulse to create was accompanied though not caused by a new low-water man in his physical state: severe attacks of migraine confined him to darkness; catarrh of the stomach, bronchial tubes, and throat attacked him by turns, particularly during the winter of 1926, and would of itself have been enough to prevent the trip to Frankfurt. It did in fact prevent another journey which humanly speaking was still more immediate and urgent, but categorically forbidden by his doctor. . . "



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Monday, January 2, 2023

Moose, Space Etc. . .


Elno Skum is on the loose.
They say he rides a giant moose
Through field and forest, glen and dale.
And each thing he touches renders all else pale.

Time and history will help us all know
The real truth behind Elno.
Money's great, that one thing's certain,
When used to benefit those who are hurting.


Space Is The Place

- Sun Ra ArkestraGRAINS


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Saturday, December 31, 2022

Still Held . . .

 . . . together 

There was a time
When I was so unsure 
Of how I would find
My way through tears and trouble.
This big world can
Look so scary 
To a little boy
On his own.

It's held together by your love.
So secure sometimes it's frightening.
The thread connecting
All the right things
That help me to survive.
It's held together by your love.
It's so sure it strikes like lightning
A breeze refreshing
Me when I 
Find that life is cruel.
It's held together by your love

Each day I'd see 
Life full of uncertainty.
So few were free
From burdens of humanity.
It seemed to 
Me like everything 
Was fraying 
Before my eyes

I'm not one to run away
From each little storm.
Only fools refuse assistance
As they're carried downstream in the 
Rushing foam

I look around,
Concerned for much 
I see now.
I may have found
The rare elusive why and how
That everyone keeps searching
For, to bind or mend
All life's loose ends. 




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Friday, December 30, 2022

Strange . . .

. . . how and from where a song may come . . . 


". . . Circumstances played into American hands when France failed to suppress a slave rebellion in Haiti. One hundred thousand slaves, inspired by the French Revolution, had revolted, destroying 1,200 coffee and 200 sugar plantations. In 1800, France sent troops to crush the insurrection and re-conquer Haiti, but they met a determined resistance led by a former slave named Toussaint Louverture. Then, French forces were wiped out by mosquitoes carrying yellow fever. "Damn sugar, damn coffee, damn colonies," Napoleon, the French leader, exclaimed. Without Haiti, Napoleon had little interest in keeping Louisiana. . ."



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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

All There Is . . .


One of David's imaginative compositions, posted here to take you to another place . . . another 
ZONE!  

From OHO's 2018 release Gazebo.






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Thursday, December 22, 2022

All Night . . .


"There's a special satisfaction 
When a job comes off so right
Better break out the good stuff
The boss wants to party all night"
-from Good Stuff by Donald Fagan 

I know the feeling, but fortunately have never experienced it in thsese specific circumstances, nor do I want to.  But the musical vibe is capital. 


Good Stuff

- Donald Fagen



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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Law . . .

(from https://boingboing.net/2022/12/12/trumps-bid-to-end-the-mar-a-lago-fbi-investigation-ends-in-humiliation-for-his-pet-judge.html
". . . Trump's very loyal appointee, Judge Aileen Cannon, has been repeatedly humiliated over her willingness to ignore the law in favor of her pal. Following orders from a federal appellate court, Cannon has been forced to dismiss Trump's lawsuit attempting to halt the FBI investigation into his hoard of stolen classified materials. Cannon's performance, in this case, has served as a stellar example of how packing the courts with inexperienced sycophants from the Supreme Court on down is slowly helping destroy the rule of law. . ."


I Fought The Law

- The Bobby Fuller Four



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Monday, December 19, 2022

Striving . . .


It never fails, just when it seems a song (or a project) is finished, you notice that it needs JUST ONE MORE THING. . . or sometimes a few more things. In any case, it just may happen again.  But here's the newest rendering of 'Fool' with some sonic additions. 





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Sunday, December 11, 2022

Denial . . .


Denial, performed live in Ocean City (MD) in 2019 by Jay & Ray of OHO. 
Denial appears on OHO's Gazebo and also on Ahora, our latest release.

 
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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Friday, December 9, 2022

Chromatose . . .

 

Cover Art by Russell E. Jozwiak

Back in the early aughts I remember feeling a bit 'behind the times' regarding digital music, that is digital recording and reproduction of my music. So I read some 'dummies' material and played around until it gradually became more comfortable. After a spell of attempts at marketing original pop songs to other artists, and knowing (and being comfortable with the fact) that I was not nor ever will be a 'vocalist' of any particular distinction, at the suggestions of my three sons, I began recording my compositions as solo piano arrangements - stripped-down, bare-bones, jazz-inflected melodies with generous amounts of improvisation within each. Using a digital four-track machine (TEAC maybe?), I made the recordings then had an album mastered at a local studio, filled-in all the CD Baby forms and released Chromatose.




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