Close Your Eyes Again.

While in Italy, I wrote 4 new songs.  Here's one I actually woke up during the night (mid-dream), to write what was spinning through my head.  Enjoy!

Close Your Eyes Again

(c) 2013 Ross Christopher

I woke up under a bed of the ocean

With waves crashing over me

Lights glowing, lifting me up

And sirens humming

Close your eyes

You're dreaming again

Close your eyes

And sleep

Back to oceans and mountains

And places of wonder

Close your eyes again

I woke up on the mountain

With snow falling in my eyes

Everything's white and still

And sirens humming

Close your eyes

You're dreaming again

Close your eyes

And sleep

Back to oceans and mountains

And places of wonder

Close your eyes again

Peace,
Ross

PAST

While wrapping up an instrumental piece yesterday, I wrote these lines...possibly a chorus or verse?  I like the overall concept; that linear-time constantly places things in the past.  By the time thoughts and words and experiences and sounds enter the brain, and register as beauty or darkness or joy or loss, they have already passed.  The present is miniscule and the future is fast-approaching!

Peace,
Ross 

PAST

(c) 2013 Ross Christopher

And by the time 

You hear this line

What was said

Will be the past

Momentary words

Are now and gone

Tomorrow's past

At last.

Veil

Here's a new song lyric I'm working on...enjoy!

Veil
(c) 2012 Ross Christopher

Your smile's like a wrecking ball of grace / Like forty thousand pardons on my armchair to death /

You kiss my neck and split the veil / I breathe you in and I have life / And it is good / Again.

Peace,

Ross

Tracking

Kate and the girls are out of town, so last night I got a great deal of studio-work done on a song/riff/idea I've been toying with for almost a year now. I was able to lay down all of the drum tracks, bass, acoustic guitars, and 3 electric guitar tracks. The sounds are SO organic and raw - I'm lovin' it! I also laid down a couple string ideas on the synth, which I'll later replace with a symphony of beauty...that's what I do :-)

The plan (for now) is to play this beast over and over until I'm able to find just the right lyrics for it. I work that way.

Instrumentals and structure first.
Lyrics second. (most of the time anyway)

So now comes the process of reviewing and looking back at years of lyrics. I try and write about 5 songs/poems each week, so I have a dense catalog when it comes time to plug in the text. I already have a couple melodies in mind, so that should help narrow the search.

That's plenty for now, but I'll be showcasing a lot of the studio "happenings" in the weeks and months to come.
Peace!
-Ross

p.s. here's the real rock star of the family...