Now for something a little sweeter.
A reader made a request of me. Here is my response.
This post is entirely spontaneous as it has just been inspired by a comment posted on my most recent offering by Malcolm J McKinney .
I think it’s so lovely that he listened to my art and then took the time to give me some feedback and suggestions. It’s really cool of him. And I like what he has to say:
I listened to the last 3 of your posts.
The two latest show you have the expertise to record.
I would like to hear your vocal a bit more in front of the tracks.
You obviously have a lot of listeners feed them a wider variety.
Happily, I’m feeling inspired to oblige him.
Admittedly, many of my sonic paintings, aka recordings, are born of my taste for shoegaze/trip-hop/industrial vibes, where noisy layered guitars and effects strive to out-shine the vocals, and there is nary an acoustic guitar in sight.
I know this flavour of music I make is not for everyone.
However, I do compose a variety of music. And in the spirit of the kind gentleman’s request, I am choosing to share these two sweet, organic love songs with you.
These songs are ones I wrote as gifts for people I love. Dedications and devotionals born of my heart. I never thought I would ever share them with anyone but the people I wrote them for.
I hope you enjoy.
Song for BenBen
My friend Ben is a musical genius of a keyboard player. And a wonderful human.
I call him BenBen. He calls me JacJac.
We met on campus at Western University in London, Ontario and we became fast friends. I had my first mushroom trip with Ben, before I turned 20 and we still refer back to the adventure we had wandering the streets all day in the sun, blissed out and happy.
We both left London for Toronto at different times in our 20’s. Ben eventually got married and landed a job at Yamaha- a dream job for a keyboard player and a gigging musician. For a time, Ben was a member of my band adding beautiful, souful piano and percussion. When Ben was offered an opportunity for a raise and a transfer to California, he wisely said yes. BenBen flew down south to upgrade his life.
One day, I found myself missing my friend so I wrote him this song to tell him so.
Song for Lucy
When my niece Lucy turned one year old, Auntie Jac naturally chose to write a song and make a video to gift her as a celebration of her first birthday.
I think the lyrics and melody are super sweet. It was all recorded on Garageband on my iPad.
My sister and her family live in New Zealand. Verrrry far away. We see each other when we can.
In the meantime, there’s music….
more love songs
I have also written songs for other people. I wrote about those here:
Thank you for inspiring me to share these songs, Malcolm J McKinney
Have a beautful night, friends!
How lovely 💞
We’re happy you’re here too Jacqueline. 😊