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Heather Joan

Written by Gerardo Velez

https://www.gerardovelez.com/

Music Track (click to listen): gerardo_velez-heather_joan.mp3 (3.54 MB)

Gerardo Valez, song titled, Heather Joan

Heather Joan

You walked into my life

So alive and unconcerned

Those vivid, piercing eyes of green

You turned and said

I’m Heather Joan

{Chorus}

Heather Joan

Your silhouette

Is all I own

My outstretched glare

For you takes hold

My heart I left with you at home

My heart was feeling cold (frozen) (comatose)

Your smile illuminating

A bright, warm presence

In the room

You turned and said

I’m Heather Joan

{Guitar solo, minor keys, 16 bars}

Heather Joan, oooh

My darling, patience please, keep hold

At night in bed you toss alone

Just memories to keep you warm

So beautiful,

So frail and young

Please keep the faith

Stay strong

{Modulation up 1 or ½ step}

Heather Joan, oooh oh

Yes, soon I’ll be returning home

I promise you

The world is yours

The Bond we have is ours alone

No jealousy…no dark, closed doors

These years are rich with cherished gold

My heart cries out…….it’s Heather Joan

Heather Joan

I know you feel it

Just as strong

Together as one

We’ll build a home

A fireplace to keep us warm {count 3, 4}

A dog, a porch, a lawn

We’ll call it home sweet home

A place for us to grow old

Home sweet home…. Sweet home

for me and and Heather Joan Oh, oh,

Heather Joan Oh, oh {out x 4}

One Heather Joan {no music}

Music Description: Verse One: soft male vocal like Michael McDonald

At End, pause before “I’m Heather Joan”

When the chorus hits, go to a power vocal like Steve Perry

Power drums by Dennis Chambers

Pause 2 + 3 + 4

2nd Verse: “My heart was frozen cold

Enter string section

Lead Vocal like 1st verse

Again at end “You Turned and said”

Pause 2 + 3 + 4

“I’m Heather Joan”

Into a guitar solo by Julio Fernandez from Spyro Gyra

3rd Verse: “Heather Joan”

Background vocals: male and female voices blend on the oohs

“So frail and young, ah, ah, ah

“Stay strong” longing for her

Pause 2 + 3 + 4

Modulation up ½ step

“My heart cries out,

It’s Heather Joan”

Push energy up, emotional crying by a man in true love

“To keep us warm”

Count 2 + 3 + 4

Into ½ time …”a dog, a porch…”

To “for me 2 +3 + 4 and Heather Joan” Oh Oh

“Heather Joan” full music emotions

4 times Oh, Oh

Stop 2 + 3 + 4

Then only voices - no music

He says simply “Heather Joan”

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Ah, Woodstock

Written by Gerardo Velez

https://www.gerardovelez.com/

Music Track (click to listen): gerardo_velez-ah_woodstock.mp3 (4.3 MB)

Gerardo Valez, song titled, Ah, Woodstock

Ah, Woodstock…you should have been there,

So, Where were you mid-August of ‘69

Hm - Don’t know if the planets were truly aligned

But it was Jimi and Jerry with a bevy of babes,

We were circling round in a rainbow haze…

We were flying loud and never heard a sound

We had the biggest house on the concert grounds

Well! It was raining naked, in the mud and tents

The first mosh-pit, that would soon start that trend

People singing arm in arm,

PAUSE

Well, there were thousands of people, twice as many hands

Double that by all the claps, and the raised fists from fans
United by the music guys ,who made us feel complete!

The songs of Jimi, Janis, Crosby, Nash, Youngs and Stills ( Janis Joplin Vocal)

Whose voices we did repeat and we memorize their every line

Like there were jewels before our feet!

PAUSE 2+3+4

Well, Santana took us tribal

Joan Baez kept it real… her protest songs

Singing - Remember why we came here!

Our revolution, It had begun

PAUSE

So, I was standing on the stage of tomorrow

A vast sea of young hope

Looking for the light and the promise that,

A difference we could provoke

Standing strong for our cause

Now! One of the greatest anthems of Rock and Roll

“By the Time We Got to Woodstock”

I’m told it never gets old!

It shaped a generation that song for one and all..

But The spirit of Woodstock is embedded in our brains,

And all the freaky flashbacks that we were promised, …they never came

But, ah, It was a flashing color wheel, spinning rainbows out of control

All our senses tingling and alive

Hearts beating faster in a touchy, feely crowd

Running naked, free love through the woods

That feeling of freedom caught us, like a surging …water wall

I can’t explain the exact feeling,

One thing I do know above all,2+3+4+

You should have been there!

Music Description: Acoustic guitar, Hendrix style up-Blues for the first part until

At the line “For a moment in a song” - then the Jimi Guitar feel should stop

The line - “songs of Jimi, Janis etc.” a vocalist like Janis sings into “Santana took us tribal”,

Soul Sacrifice-like sound, Latin style Santana

At “Joan Baez kept it real” use a folk style female vocalist like Joan Baez

At “our revolution had begun” stop Joan style and move

Right into Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sound for the Woodstock song “By the Time We Got

to Woodstock”

Use male harmonies, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar solos and percussion (congos,

tambourines and harmonica] all the way to the end of the song.

“Wow, you should have been there” sung 4 times into a fade,
Music Description: Southern Rock, fusion of blues, jazz, country, and rock, extended instrumental jams, improvisational freedom, and distinctive twin-lead guitar harmonies, utilizing major pentatonic scales and a driving rhythm section with two drummers for a rich, layered sound.

Pedal Steel Guitars, harmonica, violins, hammond organ

The chorus should be upbeat, happy, harmonies, both male and female

Oh yeah, you should have been there, 4 times into the out,
Music Description: Classical, Rock

Vocals with vibrato, typically oscillating between 5.4 and 6.9 Hz, reached 7.04

Electric Violins, Harp, String section, muted horns, acoustic and electric keyboards

Choir vocals on the chorus, “Wow you should have been there”

At the end, vocal layers only, 4 bars,
Music Description: Afro-Latin Rock fusion, characterized by melodic, blues-infused guitar solos and soulful, sustained notes layered over complex Latin percussion (congas, timbales) and rock rhythms, blending rock, jazz, blues, and salsa for a distinctive, percussive, and soulful sound that's both danceable and deeply emotive, featuring signature trills, Dorian modes, and a unique sense of timing

Percussion (congas, bongos, bells, tambourine and timbales) only, into acoustic guitar

Then enter bass and drums after 8 bars

electric guitar, different male vocals

Choir vocals in the background into gypsy feel guitar and percussion only into the fade

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To Be Or Not To Be

Written by Douglas Newsom

https://bbsradio.com

Music Track (click to listen): douglas_newsom-to_be_or_not_to_be.mp3 (9.57 MB)

To Be Or Not To Be by Douglas Newsom

If I could reach out and hold your heart
I’d stave off the dark and return the stars
Carry your name through the wind
Across the seas and back again

If I could just once bottle your tears
I’d carry them with me through the years
Showering the earth a million times over
Covering the land with four leaves of clover

If I could just couple your hands in mine
I’d banish the seasons for all of time
Call forth the angels to bring back our Eden
And open all eyes so the whole world could see them

But if you didn’t find that this made you happy
I’d wilt every flower cut down all the trees
Banish the birds banish the bees
Vanish the water from ocean to ocean
Level the mountains halt the winds motion
Rip out the sky and tear it asunder
Snuff out the stars the spring and the summer
Then start Armageddon so everything dies

So it would be best to give me your heart
Bottle your tears every one that you drop
And couple your hands forever in mine
Or Life will end because everything’s dying

Chorus: To Be Or Not To Be

Music Description: Create a music track from a poem titled To Be Or Not To Be, which are on thoughts of love and the desire to be loved in return. Utilize the Title of the Poem as the Chorus, repeated. Create a soulful and heart wrenching, atmospheric, deeply moving, music track with an unforgettable ending. Use a female voice and elements of pop, contemporary, alternative music genres with instruments that include a piano and voilin.

Story/Meaning: That the love I've found in you can bring a perfect Eden or death

Theme/Message: Love, and the desire to be loved in return

Inspiration/Background: My thoughts about love at a young age

Mood/Tone: soulful and heart wrenching, atmospheric, deeply moving, unforgettable ending

Audience/Vibe: People longing for love from the perfect companion

Vocals: Female

Music Genre: pop, contemporary, alternative

Tempo: mid tempo or contemplative

Instruments: violins, piano

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On A Snowy Winter's Day

Written by Douglas Newsom

https://bbsradio.com

Music Track (click to listen): douglas_newsom-winters_day-extended.mp3 (3.65 MB)

On A Snowy Winter's Day by Douglas Newsom

I know the man whose woods are here
He's made his home in the village near
He'll not see me gazing round
Upon snowy woods so crisp and clear

My weathered mare now looks my way
As if to question why we stay
In a place so calm so cold so queer
Where the nights so cold this winter's day

The only sounds the night bestows
Are whimpering winds the tingling snow
Then harness bells ring out a cry
As the mare awaits impatient though

There's beauty here in woods so deep
But should I stay I'd surely sleep
So must I go before too long
It's calling me, an endless peace

Chorus: While snow falls down, the world stands still
Silver quiet on the hill
Woods call soft, but I can’t stay
In the twinkling white that bars my way

Music Description: style like phantom of the opera

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Bones

Written by Douglas Newsom and AI

https://bbsradio.com

Music Track (click to listen): douglas_newsom-bones.mp3 (5.68 MB)

Bones by Douglas Newsom and AI

[Verse 1]
Place the rose on the hill by my feet,
near the end of the lane where I lie,
And break not the earth when you leave.
Have respect for the dead when they die. Disturb not the bones that are buried herein,
nor the leaves or the twigs on the mound.
Just leave as you came, in just the same way.
Give respect for the dead in the ground.

[Chorus]
Where I lie, where I lie,
In the silence beneath the wide sky,
Respect for the dead, let them rest,
In the earth where their souls are at best.
Disturb not the peace they have found,
Honor the quiet in the ground.

[Verse 2]
Whisper a prayer if your heart feels the call,
but step softly on soil that I claim,
For echoes of laughter and tears one and all,
now fade into nothing but name. Let the wind carry stories untold,
through the branches that sway overhead,
No markers of gold, just the cold,
for the humble repose of the dead.

[Chorus]
Where I lie, where I lie,
In the silence beneath the wide sky,
Respect for the dead, let them rest,
In the earth where their souls are at best.
Disturb not the peace they have found,
Honor the quiet in the ground.

[Verse 3]
Shadows may creep as the daylight retreats,
over stones worn by time's steady hand,
Memories sleep in the roots at my feet,
in the hush of this forgotten land. Do not linger in sorrow or grief,
for the cycle turns ever anew,
Just bow to the brief, find relief,
in the truth that awaits me and you.

[Chorus]
Where I lie, where I lie,
In the silence beneath the wide sky,
Respect for the dead, let them rest,
In the earth where their souls are at best.
Disturb not the peace they have found,
Honor the quiet in the ground.

[Verse 4]
When seasons have spun their eternal thread,
and the world moves on without a trace,
Remember the words that the silent have said,
in this sacred, unchanging place. Place your token and turn from the gate,
carry light from the dark that I know,
For death is but fate, not debate,
and in stillness, true freedom will grow.

[Chorus]
Where I lie, where I lie,
In the silence beneath the wide sky,
Respect for the dead, let them rest,
In the earth where their souls are at best.
Disturb not the peace they have found,
Honor the quiet in the ground.

Music Description: Somber acoustic folk ballad, haunting and reflective mood with guitar, bass, whistling, a male voice and a slow steady beat

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The Walls I've Made

Written by Douglas Newsom

https://bbsradio.com

Music Track (click to listen): douglas_newsom-my_walls.mp3 (3.7 MB)

The Walls I've Made by Douglas Newsom

I stand here shivering a little in the cold
Gazing out where the earth's secrets unfold
Park like lines stretch under the sky so white
Simple beauty in the shadows they hide

(CHORUS)
Casting shades of varying light
Not insignificant what the finch might find
Hidden treasures in the earth's embrace
Yet they fall away from the walls I've made

Nuts lay burrowed in small knolls below
Whispers of life in the quiet snow
The world reveals what my heart denies
Treasures waiting under open skies

Those rock wall I've built standing tall and gray
Keep the light off push the warmth away
But in the cold I see it clear
The simple beauty drawing near

(CHORUS)
Casting shades of varying light
Not insignificant what the finch might find,
Hidden treasures in the earth's embrace
Yet they fall away from those walls I've made.

And fade away...

Music Description: modern indie folk artist, gentle acoustic guitar melody with a slow, introspective tempo (around 80 BPM), contemplative tone, nature imagery, subtle introspection

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