Music
After deciding to launch a podcast program to raise awareness I began writing lyrics in search for a song to use. As I let my thoughts take flight, I found that I had a number of songs connected to the original theme and some stray ideas along the way.
In some cases, the same song is posted with different arrangements/different genre because some songs just deserve to be heard that way.
Each picture contains the link to the song.
The Molten Truth https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/448217.mp3
Shatter the Silence (Rock Anthem) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/427633.mp3
Back to Me (Reflective) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428505.mp3
Love is Here at Home https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428529.mp3
Not Who We Are (Snapshot in Time) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428575.mp3
Shadow Thieves (Coward’s Crime) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428487.mp3
Another Scammer Done Gone https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/439221.mp3
Voices of the Scammed https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428619.mp3
Voice of the Phoenix https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/440963.mp3
https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/441119.mp3
Watching with You https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428049.mp3
https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428047.mp3
Not Your Mask https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428431.mp3
Cutting the Strings https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428473.mp3
Shattering the Silence https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/429153.mp3
https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/429165.mp3
Out of the Fire https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/434101.mp3
Watch Me Soar https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/430245.mp3
https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/430257.mp3
Molten Truth (from another angle) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/448197.mp3
Unsinkable - Genre 1 https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/448779.mp3
Unsinkable - Genre 2 https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/448781.mp3
About the song
Inspired by Debbie Reynolds portrayal of the scene from The Unsinkable Molly Brown where she has been rough housing with her step brothers and they’re telling her to give in and cry uncle. She refuses to cry uncle and with a determined spirit she continues fighting through her fatigue stating that ‘I might be down, but I’m not out. It means nothing for you to say I’m down unless I say it too!”
https://youtu.be/eKFRekX-LrU?si=-DzS_KktjZO1i8wF
Music on the lighter side
Don’t Be Mad at a Penguin https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/437713.mp3
Inspired by the book written by Gabe Karp: Don’t Get Mad at Penguins. I have found his advice to be very helpful in my interactions with the many people I encounter everyday.
The Melody Less Played
The Melody Less Played (favorite version) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/437209.mp3
Male vocals of The Melody Less Played https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/437193.mp3
The Melody Less Played (Rock Version) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/437175.mp3
About the song
This was inspired by the poem by Robert Frost about the road not taken expressed from a musical point of view.
Out of the Frying Pan (Into the Fire) https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/434959.mp3
About the song
Although the title speaks for itself, I was inspired to write it one day when it seemed like my choices were going from bad to worse.
Bound Like Brothers https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/434935.mp3
https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/434925.mp3
Bound Like Brothers was inspired by and created as a gift for a friend who had lost 48 hours of sleep staying at the bedside of a close friend and mentor. I ran into him on the evening when he still had not slept and our conversation started me thinking about how I would feel if this was my closest friend and what I would want to say in a similar situation. Unfortunately, the medical condition of the friend was even more serious than I had imagined.
Once Upon the Same Day https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/430511.mp3
Once Upon the Same Day is inspired by a book I am currently working on which was inspired by a variety of factors that include a conversation with a client who actually was born on the same day as her husband but in a different location.
Mind Over Mattress https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/449531.mp3
Except for vacations when I mysteriously convert to an early bird (I really don’t understand why), it really is a matter of Mind Over Mattress for me. Maybe some of you can relate?
For the Children or the Young at Heart
Stink-a-Bug https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428269.mp3
https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/428259.mp3
About the song
This song was written for my great-niece who calls stink bugs “stink-a-bugs”
Chocolate Drop Mountain https://storage.googleapis.com/genmu/audio/202504/429179.mp3
Chocolate Drop Mountain is a real mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains which are the southernmost point along the Appalachian Mountains. The ideas, aside from the obvious, were inspired by a property that includes Butterscotch Pond and an editorial written many years ago by a beloved family member with similar imagery. While reflecting on that family member and his article several ideas for children’s books were hatched along with this song.