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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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Care . . .

 

". . . All successful democracies rely on informal rules that, though not found in the constitution or any laws, are widely known and respected. In the case of American democracy, this has been vital. . . the unwritten rules of a half-court game of pickup basketball are familiar to anyone who has played it. . . Democracy, of course, is not street basketball. Democracies do have written rules (constitutions) and referees (the courts). But these work best, and survive longest, in countries where written constitutions are reinforced by their own unwritten rules of the game. These rules or norms serve as the soft guardrails of democracy, preventing day-to-day political competition from devolving into a no-holds-barred conflict. . . "


Take Good Care of My Baby
- Bobby Vee
 


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Monday, January 9, 2023

More . . .

 . . .  Star



Changing, modifying, tweaking. . .  the usual stuff. 

This version of the song is played on a physical, Kawai, baby grand piano, my favorite instrument, although editing is more complex, so it is limited here. I prefer the organic experience of the real instrument which provides the ability to be more expressive.

 
     

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

From Afar . . .

 

. . . you appear not too different from me.

But the scars
You've acquired 
Did not come free.
(Stars ©2020 Raymond M. Jozwiak)



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