Hi Everyone,
Looking at YouTube Link, singer songwriter Rhett Aycock's track Anyone But Me: I like how the vocals and guitar come over: it's always a plus when a song comes over stripped down and unplugged with minimal tech used, then it can only go higher improve when the producer/studio develops it (get the basic tune & lyrics right - quality content is essential)
This naturally sparked a piece based on the idea of songs posted on YouTube, why do this, the idea of relasing a song into the "wild" as it were. So here is my poem Lyric. Some general tune was in my head while making the verses and chorus; but in reality the finished version produced by me and the tunewriter would probably vary a little...
YouTube
YouTube clips released,
to tickle ears of listeners, satisfied unknowns.
Guess the internet can’t listen, care for critics groans.
Keep on playing my songs, got the feeling still in my bones.
YouTube, You’re sometimes, the only one there.
You Tube, dumb maybe, still you’ll hear this prayer.
YouTube; I’m posting, for someday out there you’ll care.
Pictures slightly fuzzed up,
but the feelings, from the heart are just right.
From a little darkened room, I sing to the light.
No matter the tech, got the guitar and vocals all right.
YouTube, You’re sometimes, the only one there.
You Tube, dumb maybe, still you’ll hear this prayer.
YouTube; I’m posting, for someday out there you’ll care.
Just exactly who’s listening,
the faces of each of you, I’ll never know.
Gives a morsel of pleasure, then the seed‘ll grow.
Placing nuggets, gifts for unknowns, these I bestow.
YouTube, You’re sometimes, the only one there.
You Tube, dumb maybe, still you’ll hear this prayer.
YouTube; I’m posting, for someday out there you’ll care.
NB This Blog: All contents © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Monday, 7 March 2011
Lyric poems - versions / My new Behance site / Reggae Riddeema, for the H project (taster now online)
Hi and welcome to this month's Blog!
Lyric poems - versions.
Who said you can't re-mix your own poems to make them different? (a bit like in music where there are variations on a theme). The following is an example where a more straight literary level piece is then adapted to a more lyric form with use as a finished song in mind.
Original poem (from: “Sharing a Soft Small Star”)
Ebony Sweet
Against the fluted pillar she leans,
Classical and beauty meet and meld.
Her skin so black.
I see her eyes; she smiles,
Twin rows of pearls me greet.
Ebony girl so sweet.
“Riddim” version:-
Ebony Sweet
Ebony sweet, each day mi greet
so fine.
Ebony sweet, mek mi so complete
so fine.
Ebony sweet, in mi dreams your lips
„gainst mine.
‟Gainst the pillar of the restaurant she lean,
Her beauty meet and meld,
wit the world, supreme.
Her skin so smooth an black.
gimme heart attack.
I lost, I see her eyes;
she smiles,
Twin rows of pearls mi greet,
I know my heart‟s complete,
Ebony girl so sweet,
so sweet.
Ebony sweet, each day mi greet
so fine.
Ebony sweet, mek mi so complete
so fine.
Ebony sweet, in mi dreams your lips
„gainst mine.
My new Behance site.
http://www.behance.net/LJCasson
Easy to set up. I've included tasters of my books published for sale on Amazon Kindle.
Also of interest to potential poets lyrics writers are the links to my podcasts with Morgen Bailey - you can go and dowload theses podcasts for FREE @ Apple iTunes (follow the lnk, or cut n paste into your browser).
Reggae Riddeema, for the H project (taster now online -
see my project on my Behance site)
After the "eye of the storm" passed as it were, the media 's eye has moved on largely to other matters. But the needs of the people of Haiti are still present - and will be for some time to come.
This is my gift of a collection specially selected from my poems lyrics; with new Reggae Riddim pieces added, for the Haiti H Project. For more details on LifeStraw NOW! and the LifestrawNOW Coalition, go to:
http://www.lifestrawnow.org/
Coalition@LifeStrawNow.org
Help Haiti. Please join them on Facebook and Twitter .
I'll close with another taster from "Reggae Riddeema", A Loving Sleep, till next time take care...
A Loving Sleep
Sometimes when you are away,
I‟ll snuggle for my naps
with your dressing gown.
I say it keeps me just right,
not too warm or hot.
Yet its softness, and the faint scent
of you and your perfume,
keeps you still here.
Other times we journey
through the night, and I hold you
my driftwood pearl.
Against the nocturne current,
safely close to me.
A loving sleep;
and over us
a billion soft small stars,
In love our bodies, our souls shall keep.
Two dreamers drifting to the dawn,
a loving sleep.
All contents © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved
Lyric poems - versions.
Who said you can't re-mix your own poems to make them different? (a bit like in music where there are variations on a theme). The following is an example where a more straight literary level piece is then adapted to a more lyric form with use as a finished song in mind.
Original poem (from: “Sharing a Soft Small Star”)
Ebony Sweet
Against the fluted pillar she leans,
Classical and beauty meet and meld.
Her skin so black.
I see her eyes; she smiles,
Twin rows of pearls me greet.
Ebony girl so sweet.
“Riddim” version:-
Ebony Sweet
Ebony sweet, each day mi greet
so fine.
Ebony sweet, mek mi so complete
so fine.
Ebony sweet, in mi dreams your lips
„gainst mine.
‟Gainst the pillar of the restaurant she lean,
Her beauty meet and meld,
wit the world, supreme.
Her skin so smooth an black.
gimme heart attack.
I lost, I see her eyes;
she smiles,
Twin rows of pearls mi greet,
I know my heart‟s complete,
Ebony girl so sweet,
so sweet.
Ebony sweet, each day mi greet
so fine.
Ebony sweet, mek mi so complete
so fine.
Ebony sweet, in mi dreams your lips
„gainst mine.
My new Behance site.
http://www.behance.net/LJCasson
Easy to set up. I've included tasters of my books published for sale on Amazon Kindle.
Also of interest to potential poets lyrics writers are the links to my podcasts with Morgen Bailey - you can go and dowload theses podcasts for FREE @ Apple iTunes (follow the lnk, or cut n paste into your browser).
Reggae Riddeema, for the H project (taster now online -
see my project on my Behance site)
After the "eye of the storm" passed as it were, the media 's eye has moved on largely to other matters. But the needs of the people of Haiti are still present - and will be for some time to come.
This is my gift of a collection specially selected from my poems lyrics; with new Reggae Riddim pieces added, for the Haiti H Project. For more details on LifeStraw NOW! and the LifestrawNOW Coalition, go to:
http://www.lifestrawnow.org/
Coalition@LifeStrawNow.org
Help Haiti. Please join them on Facebook and Twitter .
I'll close with another taster from "Reggae Riddeema", A Loving Sleep, till next time take care...
A Loving Sleep
Sometimes when you are away,
I‟ll snuggle for my naps
with your dressing gown.
I say it keeps me just right,
not too warm or hot.
Yet its softness, and the faint scent
of you and your perfume,
keeps you still here.
Other times we journey
through the night, and I hold you
my driftwood pearl.
Against the nocturne current,
safely close to me.
A loving sleep;
and over us
a billion soft small stars,
In love our bodies, our souls shall keep.
Two dreamers drifting to the dawn,
a loving sleep.
All contents © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
A Valentines Feast: poems lyrics to enjoy
In the run up to the 14th February - Valentines's Day - I thought I'd post a few of my love poems lyrics (new ones).
You Melted into My Heart (Te amo demais, querida)
In The Final Moment
Happy Happy Valentines'
Don't Love anyone but You
So here they are scroll down to read and enjoy:-
Have a great day on the 14th,
Best wishes, Louis :-)
You Melted into My Heart
(Te amo demais, querida)
You crept upon my chest and melted into my heart
Like a Kitten with your soft endearing cries.
Now I get home every day
to your notes left through my door
just passing, so you left them for my lover’s eyes.
It was in the snowy winter, as you came into my house.
I joked that you were some snow woodpecker,
as you knocked the slush off your boots.
Little then did I know that we were fixed
together to go far.
Its in the smallest moments shared
we’re laying down deep roots.
Now you’re snuggling like a cat
Breaths like gentle purrs
In the night I’ll sometimes wake and then recall
How sometimes the love we get isn’t planned
or shaped to be.
Some things unexpected turn out
to be best of all.
You crept upon my chest and melted into my heart
Like a Kitten with your soft endearing cries.
Now I get home every day
to you opening my door
just loving, for us both time flies.
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
In The Final Moment
In this final moment
Watching you walk away
I recall all the love and power
We shared in yesterday.
Regrets welling up to the pricking tears
Soon to reach my face.
What if others notice?
Witnessing to beauty lost
Means no disgrace.
In the final footsteps
Reaching down the street.
Comfort lies in thoughts
That while others loved
We were brief yet
Sweetly complete.
In those final words
Heard with pause for silent regrets
I’ll after soothe the loss in moments thinking
Those who’ve never loved live lives
As mere moving silhouettes.
Love has us all as puppets
With joys as random guests.
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
Happy Happy Valentines’
As I held you in my arms
sweetly surrounded by your charms.
I’m getting those feelings they wrote of
in verses and Solomon’s psalms.
In my eye’s are love’s signs.
But since you haven’t guessed yet
I’ll say it out loud you bet
darling happy, happy Valentines’.
Sent roses fourteen to your door
just a few for now, then I’ll send more.
With notes and candy in baskets,
so you know for certain the score.
But maybe in case, you think it’s all lines.
I’ll say it out loud you bet
darling happy, happy Valentines’.
Bought jewels from London, sparkles from Cartier,
But what use are jewels if love and the heart isn’t there?
You can’t buy some love with a chequebook
so don’t try it, for you’ll despair.
For jewels ain’t so dandy, without words love declines
So I’ll say it out loud you bet
darling happy, happy Valentines’.
Happy, happy Valentines’!
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
Don’t Love Anyone but You
Some say I love music
Can play a tune or two
Some say notes delight me
Whether Jazz or Blues
People have opinions
Freely given out
Only I know if it’s true
Certain without doubt
I don’t love any one,
Don’t love anyone but you.
Stick to this, you’ll never miss,
All the love I have for you.
Some say I love writing lines
Can pen poems anytime
Some say verse delights me
Whether free or rhymes
People getting notions
Sharing with their friends
Only I know exactly
Which way the river bends
I don’t love any one,
Don’t love anyone but you.
Stick to this, you’ll never miss,
All the love I have for you.
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
You Melted into My Heart (Te amo demais, querida)
In The Final Moment
Happy Happy Valentines'
Don't Love anyone but You
So here they are scroll down to read and enjoy:-
Have a great day on the 14th,
Best wishes, Louis :-)
You Melted into My Heart
(Te amo demais, querida)
You crept upon my chest and melted into my heart
Like a Kitten with your soft endearing cries.
Now I get home every day
to your notes left through my door
just passing, so you left them for my lover’s eyes.
It was in the snowy winter, as you came into my house.
I joked that you were some snow woodpecker,
as you knocked the slush off your boots.
Little then did I know that we were fixed
together to go far.
Its in the smallest moments shared
we’re laying down deep roots.
Now you’re snuggling like a cat
Breaths like gentle purrs
In the night I’ll sometimes wake and then recall
How sometimes the love we get isn’t planned
or shaped to be.
Some things unexpected turn out
to be best of all.
You crept upon my chest and melted into my heart
Like a Kitten with your soft endearing cries.
Now I get home every day
to you opening my door
just loving, for us both time flies.
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
In The Final Moment
In this final moment
Watching you walk away
I recall all the love and power
We shared in yesterday.
Regrets welling up to the pricking tears
Soon to reach my face.
What if others notice?
Witnessing to beauty lost
Means no disgrace.
In the final footsteps
Reaching down the street.
Comfort lies in thoughts
That while others loved
We were brief yet
Sweetly complete.
In those final words
Heard with pause for silent regrets
I’ll after soothe the loss in moments thinking
Those who’ve never loved live lives
As mere moving silhouettes.
Love has us all as puppets
With joys as random guests.
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
Happy Happy Valentines’
As I held you in my arms
sweetly surrounded by your charms.
I’m getting those feelings they wrote of
in verses and Solomon’s psalms.
In my eye’s are love’s signs.
But since you haven’t guessed yet
I’ll say it out loud you bet
darling happy, happy Valentines’.
Sent roses fourteen to your door
just a few for now, then I’ll send more.
With notes and candy in baskets,
so you know for certain the score.
But maybe in case, you think it’s all lines.
I’ll say it out loud you bet
darling happy, happy Valentines’.
Bought jewels from London, sparkles from Cartier,
But what use are jewels if love and the heart isn’t there?
You can’t buy some love with a chequebook
so don’t try it, for you’ll despair.
For jewels ain’t so dandy, without words love declines
So I’ll say it out loud you bet
darling happy, happy Valentines’.
Happy, happy Valentines’!
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
Don’t Love Anyone but You
Some say I love music
Can play a tune or two
Some say notes delight me
Whether Jazz or Blues
People have opinions
Freely given out
Only I know if it’s true
Certain without doubt
I don’t love any one,
Don’t love anyone but you.
Stick to this, you’ll never miss,
All the love I have for you.
Some say I love writing lines
Can pen poems anytime
Some say verse delights me
Whether free or rhymes
People getting notions
Sharing with their friends
Only I know exactly
Which way the river bends
I don’t love any one,
Don’t love anyone but you.
Stick to this, you’ll never miss,
All the love I have for you.
This lyric poem © Louis J. Casson 2011 All rights reserved.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Dialect, is it valid in poetry or lyrics? Cable Blues - The Versions. Gospel Piano DVD by Noval Smith
Looking at the Project H website, musicians working together,thank you Chris Hill,
the following lyrics "popped" out onto the paper. Is this authentic? Probably not, but I'm simply trying to get the feel of the rhythm, style here as far as I can. Dialect words were used by Rabby Burns and in popular folk songs etc, so if done respectfully then it's OK. Dialect is really a local language. Here's a taste.(xtract)...
Perfec’ Love
I’m talkin now 'bout perfec’ love,
the kind that tingles and lasts.
No overnight or a brief affair,
like a fisherman, back he casts.
I’s always seekin a perfec’ love
alway kind that smarts yet smooth
You gi me that in special way
ev’ry day ev’ry night you prove.
You gi me that in special way
ev’ry day ev’ry night you prove.
Mi friend you can lose, lose your perfec’ love
by no paying attention.
So gi her kisses an hugs an smiles and rings,
that’s the way to ensure retention.
So gi her kisses an hugs an smiles and rings,
that’s the way to ensure retention....
There is Something
There is something about the ways you have
keeps leading, leading me through.
There is something about the days we share
keeps leading, leading us two.
There is something about the love you give
keeps leaving, leaving me wanting more.
There is something about your face my love
keeps me looking, looking over and o’er.
Just that something,
yeah, just that something.
You’re giving, I keep living,
on for more and more.
Just that something,
yeah, just that something.
Come now sweetness,
taste completeness,
more and more...
Cable Blues - The Versions
Nick Westgarth, connected to the Carlisle Blues Festival, (also the Maryport Blues Festival?)
NB: 2010 Festival site, http://www.carlislebluesfestival.com/
2011 Festival site, http://www.maryportblues.co.uk/
had some probs with his mobile (cell) lately, so I wrote some lyrics with him in mind. Later his partner requested a "response" one - like they used to do way back (I'm recalling now a Country & Western Classic "Dear John", followed by the girls reponse track "Dear John I Don't Love you)
Here's a taste of them both (xtracts)...
Phone Cable Guy Blues
Seems my phone and cell are fine
No problems with the line
All the techno’s fine and crystal clear.
In spite of repeated calls
My cable guy never comes to fix, just stalls.
Well at least If you don’t arrive
You can’t then down tools, quit and disappear.
Phone cable guy Blues
No matter which service provider you choose
One thing sticks to them all that’s clear.
They say they’ll be with you Tuesday
I’m uncertain of the year...
Phone Cable Gal Blues
My cell and phone are fine
Keeps getting better like vintage wine
With Cable Gal, I’ve no reasons for worry or fear.
For she’ll come before I call
It’s like mystic powers
Some supernatural recall.
She knows just what and how before its clear.
Phone cable gal Blues
No matter what the problem is you can’t lose
So worry no more.
Before the cable crashes,
She’s driving through the rain and splashes
To my door...
Gospel Piano by Ear
Just starting to go thru the DVD by Noval Smith on Gospel Piano - playing by ear - Part 1. Will let you know how I get on...
http://www.novalsmith.com/
Till my next Blog...take care.
Louis
All contents this Blog © Louis J. Casson 2011
All rights reserved.
the following lyrics "popped" out onto the paper. Is this authentic? Probably not, but I'm simply trying to get the feel of the rhythm, style here as far as I can. Dialect words were used by Rabby Burns and in popular folk songs etc, so if done respectfully then it's OK. Dialect is really a local language. Here's a taste.(xtract)...
Perfec’ Love
I’m talkin now 'bout perfec’ love,
the kind that tingles and lasts.
No overnight or a brief affair,
like a fisherman, back he casts.
I’s always seekin a perfec’ love
alway kind that smarts yet smooth
You gi me that in special way
ev’ry day ev’ry night you prove.
You gi me that in special way
ev’ry day ev’ry night you prove.
Mi friend you can lose, lose your perfec’ love
by no paying attention.
So gi her kisses an hugs an smiles and rings,
that’s the way to ensure retention.
So gi her kisses an hugs an smiles and rings,
that’s the way to ensure retention....
There is Something
There is something about the ways you have
keeps leading, leading me through.
There is something about the days we share
keeps leading, leading us two.
There is something about the love you give
keeps leaving, leaving me wanting more.
There is something about your face my love
keeps me looking, looking over and o’er.
Just that something,
yeah, just that something.
You’re giving, I keep living,
on for more and more.
Just that something,
yeah, just that something.
Come now sweetness,
taste completeness,
more and more...
Cable Blues - The Versions
Nick Westgarth, connected to the Carlisle Blues Festival, (also the Maryport Blues Festival?)
NB: 2010 Festival site, http://www.carlislebluesfestival.com/
2011 Festival site, http://www.maryportblues.co.uk/
had some probs with his mobile (cell) lately, so I wrote some lyrics with him in mind. Later his partner requested a "response" one - like they used to do way back (I'm recalling now a Country & Western Classic "Dear John", followed by the girls reponse track "Dear John I Don't Love you)
Here's a taste of them both (xtracts)...
Phone Cable Guy Blues
Seems my phone and cell are fine
No problems with the line
All the techno’s fine and crystal clear.
In spite of repeated calls
My cable guy never comes to fix, just stalls.
Well at least If you don’t arrive
You can’t then down tools, quit and disappear.
Phone cable guy Blues
No matter which service provider you choose
One thing sticks to them all that’s clear.
They say they’ll be with you Tuesday
I’m uncertain of the year...
Phone Cable Gal Blues
My cell and phone are fine
Keeps getting better like vintage wine
With Cable Gal, I’ve no reasons for worry or fear.
For she’ll come before I call
It’s like mystic powers
Some supernatural recall.
She knows just what and how before its clear.
Phone cable gal Blues
No matter what the problem is you can’t lose
So worry no more.
Before the cable crashes,
She’s driving through the rain and splashes
To my door...
Gospel Piano by Ear
Just starting to go thru the DVD by Noval Smith on Gospel Piano - playing by ear - Part 1. Will let you know how I get on...
http://www.novalsmith.com/
Till my next Blog...take care.
Louis
All contents this Blog © Louis J. Casson 2011
All rights reserved.
Monday, 24 January 2011
Louis J. Casson: Listen now, Podcasts on iTunes, Poetry reading
Hi everyone, I hope your 2011 is off to a happy, healthy and productive start!
I mentioned my recent Podcasts, where I was interviewed by Morgen Bailey. For you convenience and interest, I’ve given here the direct link to these, saves you searching around, just click to go there and listen. Also included a précis – summary – of the podcast contents, to enable you to identify parts of particular interest to you. At the end of the second podcast I read out three of my poems- enjoy!
Best wishes, Louis
Podcasts link (click to go to page and select):
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/baileys-writing-tips/id389840707
Part 1. BTW Special Episode 007 released 13/1/11
Précis:
What makes a good poem, favourite poetry forms. Poems have ‘messages’? Free verse; avoiding writing ‘chopped up prose’. Why poetry seems to be the most difficult kind of writing to be successful in. Advice to aspiring poets, favourite poet(s). LJC & the Lake District connection. Interviews with BBC Northampton Radio.
Part 2. BWT Special episode 008 released 20/1/11
Précis:
Structuring time. Poetry outlets, poetry & songwriting competitions. The difference between writing poetry and lyrics. Memorising poetry. LJC’s favourite music to listen to. – Songwriting: where to start? Beat structure for writing lyrics. LJC reading materials. Poetry & Ernie Ball Musicman guitars. LJC Amazon Kindle collections; the electronic versus paper route. Social Media presence: Facebook, Twitter and Blogspot. Future writing developments, current work and projects. Poetry reading By LJC, three pieces: ‘The Secrets Summer Keeps’, ‘There is a Love’ and 'No Tour Required'.
LOUIS’ LINKS:
• www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1639390596
• www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_ex_n_0?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alouis+j+casson&keywords=louis+j+casson&ie=UTF8&qid=1294162766
On "riddim" Reggae
Just the other day Wesley P - an arts colleague - remarked that:
"a fence always brightens an otherwise uncluttered horizon or am I 2 prosaic?" referring to the fact he likes the urban more than the country.
Which lead to a Dub version, based on WesleyP's phrase:
Fence alway brightening, a lovely view
Flowers upsettin mi stomach
just the pavements will do.
Keep it urbin, cuz tha countryside disturbin'
Keep it urbin, wear my raybans day and night.
Horizon stretchin, sky far too big
Wit tha prozac and prosaic
More tha kind o' my gig
I was wandring through tha field after drinking late last night
When I was jumped by a jack rabbit
Its fur n big teeth , a horror and a sight
Save mi right for taking a short cut through tha country at night
Still some comfort mi tek, from this will ease'l
Were simply a jack rabbit
Not a ferret or a weasel.
Keep it urbin, cuz tha countryside disturbin'
Keep it urbin, countryside gi mi a such a fright!
Sly & Robbie can sleep soundly! No challenge. :-) lol L
I mentioned my recent Podcasts, where I was interviewed by Morgen Bailey. For you convenience and interest, I’ve given here the direct link to these, saves you searching around, just click to go there and listen. Also included a précis – summary – of the podcast contents, to enable you to identify parts of particular interest to you. At the end of the second podcast I read out three of my poems- enjoy!
Best wishes, Louis
Podcasts link (click to go to page and select):
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/baileys-writing-tips/id389840707
Part 1. BTW Special Episode 007 released 13/1/11
Précis:
What makes a good poem, favourite poetry forms. Poems have ‘messages’? Free verse; avoiding writing ‘chopped up prose’. Why poetry seems to be the most difficult kind of writing to be successful in. Advice to aspiring poets, favourite poet(s). LJC & the Lake District connection. Interviews with BBC Northampton Radio.
Part 2. BWT Special episode 008 released 20/1/11
Précis:
Structuring time. Poetry outlets, poetry & songwriting competitions. The difference between writing poetry and lyrics. Memorising poetry. LJC’s favourite music to listen to. – Songwriting: where to start? Beat structure for writing lyrics. LJC reading materials. Poetry & Ernie Ball Musicman guitars. LJC Amazon Kindle collections; the electronic versus paper route. Social Media presence: Facebook, Twitter and Blogspot. Future writing developments, current work and projects. Poetry reading By LJC, three pieces: ‘The Secrets Summer Keeps’, ‘There is a Love’ and 'No Tour Required'.
LOUIS’ LINKS:
• www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1639390596
• www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_ex_n_0?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alouis+j+casson&keywords=louis+j+casson&ie=UTF8&qid=1294162766
On "riddim" Reggae
Just the other day Wesley P - an arts colleague - remarked that:
"a fence always brightens an otherwise uncluttered horizon or am I 2 prosaic?" referring to the fact he likes the urban more than the country.
Which lead to a Dub version, based on WesleyP's phrase:
Fence alway brightening, a lovely view
Flowers upsettin mi stomach
just the pavements will do.
Keep it urbin, cuz tha countryside disturbin'
Keep it urbin, wear my raybans day and night.
Horizon stretchin, sky far too big
Wit tha prozac and prosaic
More tha kind o' my gig
I was wandring through tha field after drinking late last night
When I was jumped by a jack rabbit
Its fur n big teeth , a horror and a sight
Save mi right for taking a short cut through tha country at night
Still some comfort mi tek, from this will ease'l
Were simply a jack rabbit
Not a ferret or a weasel.
Keep it urbin, cuz tha countryside disturbin'
Keep it urbin, countryside gi mi a such a fright!
Sly & Robbie can sleep soundly! No challenge. :-) lol L
Monday, 17 January 2011
Keep on keeping above ground (New year resolution?)
Hi everyone, Back again after the Christmas pause. Not that it's been a dormant few weeks in any sense...read on..
Podcast with Morgen Bailey - Novelist and Writer - recorded Monday 10th January (released 13th January).
We talked about the art/process of writing song lyrics and poems, and I gave some tips on this. I also read three of my song lyrics poems. Featured at the end of Part 2: There Is a Love, The Secrets Summer Keeps and No Tour Required (one for Blues lovers). Part 1 is online now, to down load via iTunes etc. Part 2 available from 21st January. See Morgen Bailey's website, Weekly Tips Podcast or Special Episodes page.
Link (scroll down to lower third of page for podcast questions/contents):- http://www.morgenbailey.com/page_1285418781066.html
Words on the Water competition.
Mailed off my entry to this, fingers crossed! Is a poet wothout honour in his own country? Maybe it's time to break with tradition. Enjoy the snowy picture... "When you can see the mountains, it's snowing. If you can't see them , it's raining" (!?)
Link: http://www.golakes.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=13&venue=5014735&feature=1405
Clare Free, blues guitarist, band leader. Stuart Dixon.
The last issue of Blues Review magazine featured Women of the Blues, including Joanne Shaw Taylor.
Clare Free is another one to watch out for. Some good tracks to download for FREE, they are a good taster of Clare's Blues tracks. My Favoright? "My Perfect Man", a fine example of Blues got soul.
Links:
http://www.clarefree.co.uk/
http://bluesrevue.com/
Stuart Dixon. From the same area as Clare, Stuart also has tracks to listen to.Currently he hosts the weekly Sunday Night Jam at the Crown and Anchor, St. Edmunds Road, Northampton (8pm onwards, resident Band Cinqui), links:-
http://www.myspace.com/stuartdixonguitar
http://www.myspace.com/cinquimusic
Latest poems lyrics...
Results of Billboard World Song Contest to come in around February time - maybe my entries in the Jazz (a Ballad) or R & B categories will hit the spot?
Since my last Blog, about 6 or 7 new poems lyrics; some humorous in nature
Keep on keeping Above Ground ( to support all post Flu battlers) and I Loved You More Than That (about adopting a small black kitten that then grew into something a bit larger... extracts follow. Till next time keep safe.
Keep on keeping above ground!
When plan A is shot down in flames
It’s the end, or seeming so, of all your plans and games.
No more airy castles, schemes or grand designs
Just blueprints burned and exit signs.
Leaves you choked, you can barely say a word.
But we’re all still here above ground
While the good Lord tends us from above.
Should we dwell on things now snuffed?
Or on much cheerier stuff?
I know which I prefer,
It’s the thoughts that lead to love.
...To conclude I’ll set the mood
And prevent us all having a good brood.
Simply keep on keeping above ground
That’s the art
...
Keep on keeping above ground
Don’t lose heart
Keep on keeping above ground!
I Loved You More Than That (For Gojira)
I found you in the rain on my drive
All black and sodden mewling.
Eyes blinking in that helpless way
That dictates what I did next.
I dried you and fed you from the bottle
Milk like a mother.
Perhaps I could have left you in the windy storm,
But I loved you more than that.
So tiny wee when first we met,
But you grew, and how!
From Kitten to more dog in scale than cat.
Others said: “Too big, get rid”,
While I, I didn’t know what to think,
But I loved you more than that.
....I stroked you for a last time, then watched as you went free,
To roam wherever, as I returned to my static home.
I could have had you adopted by some Zoo
For a Panther is not really a cat.
But in love I set you free,
Although I’ll never know the end, the final chapter of the story,
For I loved you more than that.
Podcast with Morgen Bailey - Novelist and Writer - recorded Monday 10th January (released 13th January).
We talked about the art/process of writing song lyrics and poems, and I gave some tips on this. I also read three of my song lyrics poems. Featured at the end of Part 2: There Is a Love, The Secrets Summer Keeps and No Tour Required (one for Blues lovers). Part 1 is online now, to down load via iTunes etc. Part 2 available from 21st January. See Morgen Bailey's website, Weekly Tips Podcast or Special Episodes page.
Link (scroll down to lower third of page for podcast questions/contents):- http://www.morgenbailey.com/page_1285418781066.html
Words on the Water competition.
Mailed off my entry to this, fingers crossed! Is a poet wothout honour in his own country? Maybe it's time to break with tradition. Enjoy the snowy picture... "When you can see the mountains, it's snowing. If you can't see them , it's raining" (!?)
Link: http://www.golakes.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=13&venue=5014735&feature=1405
Clare Free, blues guitarist, band leader. Stuart Dixon.
The last issue of Blues Review magazine featured Women of the Blues, including Joanne Shaw Taylor.
Clare Free is another one to watch out for. Some good tracks to download for FREE, they are a good taster of Clare's Blues tracks. My Favoright? "My Perfect Man", a fine example of Blues got soul.
Links:
http://www.clarefree.co.uk/
http://bluesrevue.com/
Stuart Dixon. From the same area as Clare, Stuart also has tracks to listen to.Currently he hosts the weekly Sunday Night Jam at the Crown and Anchor, St. Edmunds Road, Northampton (8pm onwards, resident Band Cinqui), links:-
http://www.myspace.com/stuartdixonguitar
http://www.myspace.com/cinquimusic
Latest poems lyrics...
Results of Billboard World Song Contest to come in around February time - maybe my entries in the Jazz (a Ballad) or R & B categories will hit the spot?
Since my last Blog, about 6 or 7 new poems lyrics; some humorous in nature
Keep on keeping Above Ground ( to support all post Flu battlers) and I Loved You More Than That (about adopting a small black kitten that then grew into something a bit larger... extracts follow. Till next time keep safe.
Keep on keeping above ground!
When plan A is shot down in flames
It’s the end, or seeming so, of all your plans and games.
No more airy castles, schemes or grand designs
Just blueprints burned and exit signs.
Leaves you choked, you can barely say a word.
But we’re all still here above ground
While the good Lord tends us from above.
Should we dwell on things now snuffed?
Or on much cheerier stuff?
I know which I prefer,
It’s the thoughts that lead to love.
...To conclude I’ll set the mood
And prevent us all having a good brood.
Simply keep on keeping above ground
That’s the art
...
Keep on keeping above ground
Don’t lose heart
Keep on keeping above ground!
I Loved You More Than That (For Gojira)
I found you in the rain on my drive
All black and sodden mewling.
Eyes blinking in that helpless way
That dictates what I did next.
I dried you and fed you from the bottle
Milk like a mother.
Perhaps I could have left you in the windy storm,
But I loved you more than that.
So tiny wee when first we met,
But you grew, and how!
From Kitten to more dog in scale than cat.
Others said: “Too big, get rid”,
While I, I didn’t know what to think,
But I loved you more than that.
....I stroked you for a last time, then watched as you went free,
To roam wherever, as I returned to my static home.
I could have had you adopted by some Zoo
For a Panther is not really a cat.
But in love I set you free,
Although I’ll never know the end, the final chapter of the story,
For I loved you more than that.
All contents of this Blog Copyright 2010 Louis J. Casson, all rights reserved.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Now on Kindle: Blues Hung Up to Dry, Brand New Highway Stretching On. Your Festive Blessing.
After a great deal of work - editing etc- the Blues poems lyrics books are now on Kindle. Looking through them last night, I feel a great affinity for them, more so than the previous love collections - but then to quote a line from another of my poems "I defend all my children" (nothing wrong with romantic poems) so it's most likely a matter of different subjects/ styles to suit the poems lyrics that come out.
Still struggling with Kindle's ways. As an automated publishing system it can do strange things to your format, hence the cover pic on one of the books got slightly "clipped" but I can only do my best. (I'd need more knowledge of editing HTML to sort it out better)
At least I fixed the issue of a relatively short book of poems lyrics, only giving a taster of two or three poems. By moving the index of lines, about the Author, and foreword to the back of the books, I "forced" the Kindle software to include more poems lyrics in the FREE sample pages (about 10% of the total contents) I you are publishing novels via Kindle you will not have the issue I'm talking about- since your novel likely to be way more lengthy than my poems lyrics anthologies.
Will it lead to any sales? We'll see...
In the books I acknowledge the support given by Ernie Ball Music Man in letting my post my poems lyircis on their Forum. Strangely enough - just pure coincidence - one of the anthologies has it's ident number including Bongo - a bass made by music man and the one I play myself. (Brand New Highway Stretching On, ASIN: B004GB0NG0 !!)
Hoping to recover from a bad cold in time for the festive season, there's a lot of this going around in Winter.
If you 've read this far - thank you - then here's a poem for a festive blessing, text size increased to aid the reading . All the best, Louis:-
The Affirmations
No sun can set, yet leaves * better wise.
Or smile when seen,
Can fail to light *’s eyes.
The winds may chill, as from the trees fall leaves.
But still the green spring comes,
*’s hope believes.
Life’s stone’s disturb the pool, reflections concealed.
Soon smoothed,
The returned beauty is revealed.
When life’s way dims and pleasures seem in dearth;
Friends hands will bear * up,
To resolve’s birth.
Keep these lines * around you, may they mean;
These affirmations close by,
Read and often seen.
For what we think and dwell on, oft it’s said;
Sets scripts for life,
Our feet follow our head.
NB: Replace and insert your name where * appears to unlock the inner blessing of these lines.
All contents © Louis J. Casson 2010 All rights reserved.
Still struggling with Kindle's ways. As an automated publishing system it can do strange things to your format, hence the cover pic on one of the books got slightly "clipped" but I can only do my best. (I'd need more knowledge of editing HTML to sort it out better)
At least I fixed the issue of a relatively short book of poems lyrics, only giving a taster of two or three poems. By moving the index of lines, about the Author, and foreword to the back of the books, I "forced" the Kindle software to include more poems lyrics in the FREE sample pages (about 10% of the total contents) I you are publishing novels via Kindle you will not have the issue I'm talking about- since your novel likely to be way more lengthy than my poems lyrics anthologies.
Will it lead to any sales? We'll see...
In the books I acknowledge the support given by Ernie Ball Music Man in letting my post my poems lyircis on their Forum. Strangely enough - just pure coincidence - one of the anthologies has it's ident number including Bongo - a bass made by music man and the one I play myself. (Brand New Highway Stretching On, ASIN: B004GB0NG0 !!)
Hoping to recover from a bad cold in time for the festive season, there's a lot of this going around in Winter.
If you 've read this far - thank you - then here's a poem for a festive blessing, text size increased to aid the reading . All the best, Louis:-
The Affirmations
No sun can set, yet leaves * better wise.
Or smile when seen,
Can fail to light *’s eyes.
The winds may chill, as from the trees fall leaves.
But still the green spring comes,
*’s hope believes.
Life’s stone’s disturb the pool, reflections concealed.
Soon smoothed,
The returned beauty is revealed.
When life’s way dims and pleasures seem in dearth;
Friends hands will bear * up,
To resolve’s birth.
Keep these lines * around you, may they mean;
These affirmations close by,
Read and often seen.
For what we think and dwell on, oft it’s said;
Sets scripts for life,
Our feet follow our head.
NB: Replace and insert your name where * appears to unlock the inner blessing of these lines.
All contents © Louis J. Casson 2010 All rights reserved.
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