They say “life’s a gift.” Here’s our short response … voiced by Ched Miller, words and music by Joe Illing. It’s a “gift” to you! Hope you enjoy! … ©2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKAzyhJbEE p.s. please feel free to share
Prairie Skies
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We all reach times in our lives when we’d like to go back to a simpler time without the insanity that’s all around us. Here’s a link to a simple tune I wrote about that. I hope you enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYv9eBKtNw
DOTS
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At long last it’s almost time to bid winter adieu and welcome spring with its lengthening days, the singing of visiting birds and the blossoming of new life in all its miraculous forms! Click on the link below for my … Continue reading
The Puget Belle
On this first day of 2021, here’s an art song to help you cast off the trials and tribulations of the old year. It’s voiced and produced by the inimitable Ched Miller. We hope you enjoy the very best in … Continue reading
At the Ocean’s Edge
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Ah, remember those carefree seaside days? Hopefully this will jog a memory or two for you. It’s a poem I wrote set to a music by Mozart, voiced and produced by that incomparable voice artist Ched Miller. We hope you … Continue reading
SHE’S GONE
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Recently a very close friend of mine lost a child. Such grievous loss is difficult to understand and lasts for a long, long time. I do know, however, that shared sorrow can lessen the pain, if only in small measure. It … Continue reading
Time Shall Set You Free
Renowned voice-artist Ched Miller (Ordinary Moments, Coco) both produced and read the song in a bravo performance. We sincerely hope you find it worth your while. Feel free to share if you care to! So click on the link and have a listen:
I LOVE YOU, an art song
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I Love You © is about my grandparents whom I loved dearly. After grandpa died, grandma told me she’d decided to follow him. As she saw it, now that he was gone she might as well go too. She’d made up … Continue reading
Hole Up in the Sky
The day after the tragedy of 9/11 I heard a New Yorker say, “It’s like there’s a hole up in the sky.” I wrote this song not long after. All across America those of us who watched the horrific videos of those sad days have images of the event we’ll carry with us for as long as memory lasts. My ‘art song’ features a few of my memories and, in my small way, commemorates the victims of 9/11 on its 19th anniversary.
visit this link for video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKXP9Zx37g&t=35s
May we be ever vigilant … and seek peace everlasting on this day of remembrance
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COCO
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This post is about a dog named Coco. Years ago his owner, John, would exercise him on the fairways of the Olympia Country and Golf Club. My golfing buddies and I had a special affection for them … there’s just … Continue reading
FINDING MY WAY 