These days, there’s been so much going around that this is lingering on my mind:

There are,
So many people around the world who are lacking love
Even more are so many people who don’t know how to love one another,
So many people walk around with low self-esteem
And so many people for no reason so dogged on all

Hope someone can fill these Love
I pass it on to you
You pass it on to another one
And together
The whole World will be filled with
Love
And
Love Signals

A song composed by yours truly for Haiti (and still in the works):

Mon Ami, my dear hopes
My dear longing for you
Mon Ami my dear land
Land I wake, Spirit that Calls
Mon Ami, my dear home

Never dying, Strong Spirit
dear love, Never can we be hurt
Haiti, what do we see happen to you
Heart Cries,Left to Die, Mind strong
We carry our love on
Come, Come, lift heads up
ils trebuchent, nous serons forts
tete fret nou djanm
nap toujou vanyan nan nanm

Haiti we say ce pase
Spirit high-high
We hear Oui: Na bule!

Buildings dropping
sak Pase?
Oui, Oui, Nap boule!

Fathers, Mother, children, old and young
Ce Pase?
Oui, Oui, Nap Boule!

Recently, I’ve been working on my songwriting ‘chops’ and I’ve been taking apart songs that mean a lot to me and stopping by this resourceful website; and playfully, I came up with  lines like this:

For those Love we can’t express
And we see it as so far away
So far away, so far away
Few miles or maybe some more
‘Cuz I feel you as so far away
So far away, so far away
[Baby] In Turn…
I’d be your cloud in the sky
For those times you’re closely far away
I can hear your voice when you call
For those time when the heart is dimmed
I’d be your shoulder when you cry
Here’s is a shoulder you can lean on
An Angel to be at your side
And if your curious about how the songwriting process goes, here is a snapshot from the program I use to organize my songwriting/poetry process; this is just a peak of many more (explicit) music creation process I will be posting about.

I’ve mentioned some of Seal’s inspiration on me previously here and here and this is another of those tunes that keep me going. This is titled Future Love.

But if only I could see them
You would know from their faces
Some are kings and queens
Followed by princess and princesses
Some are future power people
From the loved to the loveless
Shining a light ’cause they wanted it seen
Well,
Since there were cries of why
Followed by cries of why not
Can I
Reach out for you if because it feels good to me

Here …
Will you inject me
With your love
Inject me with your love alright

One more thing you’d say ..
Save it baby you know that it’s all right
You remind me of something I knew paradise
You are so beautiful [what's inside you]
A Paradise
Now I know I need just your love
Want to fill me with your love
Fix me with your love all right
Because the only love they’ll find is paradise
is paradise
Future love paradise
With the paradise I’d create.

Seal, 1991

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

For those times when it seems all is going its own several ways, I’m remembering this old Christain song by Philip P. Bliss (1876 ), It is well with my soul.

And here is an interesting background to the inspiration behind this song:

 
Here is my favorite lines:

And for music geeks:

A while ago I mentioned the [sudden] obsession I was having with music and noted to keep you updated on how far along I’m getting. That post was made 14 July, today is 28 October, and I think it’s time you knew how music has been treating me so far.

The choice was between guitar, saxophone, drums/percussions, and bass — upon pragmatic consideration, I have settled in to push my drums/percussion skills; get serious with it and hopefully have some fun. Before you wonder that those other instruments might be much more fun (are they?), I just followed the demand and supply here in Boston coupled with my chances of getting serious gigs sooner.

How do I mean? A quick look into boston.craigslist.com for drummers usually yields more result than for any of the other musicians. In fact, it seems like everyone here and there plays guitar or picked up sax while in grade school but drums…the high cost of entry seems to step people back (unless you have an electronic kit which are expensive in their own, it’s hard to haul this instrument around). Before you think further, that’s not the only reason I’m taking drumming seriously.

I’ve found, it’s easier to find your own unique voice on the drums, and it is fun to play (even the work-out benefit). Even the idea of holding the timing for the rest of the band and having them all rely on you for the direction of the piece is an awesome feeling. To this end, I’ve been getting my gears together, hoping to getting my ‘chops’ better, find a band that suitable and play.

Maybe soon, I’d put up a video of me on the drums doing it up.