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DREAM9 (I'LL BE WHO I WANT TO BE)

Description:POP ©2008 So, the irrepressible HIROTO-SAN/HUMANOISE/BRO' H sends me a track called HAL-SPRING, and wants to collaborate. Well, the original 53 minutes of song is a little long for poor ol' Artie Q; I mean, I'm a pop merchant, am I not? OK, so no problem, I like HAL SPRING. It feels like nature growing, plants and animals stirring from hibernation: A feeling of Awakening. I can work with a small sample of it. The postive nature of Humanoise reminded me of a set of lyrics I have had floating around for a while. It was the perfect opportunity to paint a picture of being strong in the face of a tide of negativity. Something I know, all too well. All I needed were a few chord changes and melodies. Oh yeah, and, of course, the wonderful guitar of Laurence Whiteley. Catch the inimitable HUMANOISE, here @ Mi7 http://community2.mi7.com/profile/10643 Yeehah, Bro H!

(I CAN'T BE SURE BUT I THINK) I LOVE YOU-Originally BLONDIE'S RETURN

POP ©2008 Collaboration with MINDMOVIE (http://community.mi7.com/profile/5503) Was known as BLONDIE'S RETURN by Mr. M, but that was before I got hold of it. When I did get hold of it, wasn't sure I could sing this kind of music. Loved the track, but I felt it needed one of those blues/soul/jazzy types—you know who I mean. Right, Mi7ers? ... you pick your man or woman. Well, my only way in, was to add a couple of chorus chords (to distinguish it from the rest of the track), and make it 'pop'-y. So I finished the song, sent it to Mr M, and we both forgot about it for five months. Supposedly. Well, the fantabulously newly wedded Mrs. Q was hanging with her man ("Erhm," that would be me, Mr. Q) the other night, and just went bonkers over this track. (You can read about her fantastic-ly sordid behaviour on my blog.) Besides, the "5 LOST MONTHS" and those chorus chords of mine, the other truly amazing thing to me is that EVERYTHING on this track is played by one man. It sounds just like how a band would interact musically, were there six guys jamming. Amazing! And without further Ta Da's, "Here Comes That Man (the Flaming Bess Hombre who's married to Mrs. Mindmovie) ... Mr. M."

THE BIRTHING

POP ©2008. A Collaboration with MINDMOVIE ..."YES, Boys & Girls, The Man, The Flaming Bess Legend known as 'Mindmovie'—The Winner of competitions far and wide; The Holder of The Duende Whatnot Thingamajig machine that takes his music compositions to even greater heights; The Musician who's been playing guitar 35 years but it's not that important to him anymore, he's more into production and songs; The Dude who makes employees @ the Hallowed Mi7 Halls tremble in their boots when he asks a technical question (like, 'where's my f**ckin' prize, dude?' for example), has deigned to bestow a musical ‘crumb’ on a previous fellow collaborator, My Mi7 Collabs ('erhm,' that would be me, folks) ... and this is what they have produced: THE BIRTHING.” There is a life and death struggle at the start of existence; it is called Birth. This is one male's or it could very easily be one female's story. (Only after a certain point in the tale, that is, of course.) Lyrics on my blog. Nice one, Achim!

FALLING

POP ©2008 An old man surveys a "sea" of graves; they belong to his fallen comrades from a war long ago. He ponders why he survived and they didn’t. In the song, he returns to his youth and the horrors of the battlefield. It was not “faith” that kept his hopes alive in the heat of battle, but the thought of seeing his beloved, again. Though he survives, one image is forever etched in his memory: Falling Down ... Getting Up and Falling Down. A collaboration with Jef De Corte. (The very wonderful Aeronaut, of course.) Illustration by Jef De Corte. More on my blog. Check out Jef's page, here on Mi7, http://community.mi7.com/profile/4750

IN THE RAIN

POP ©2008 Mix #14,023. Collaboration with the very wonderful AUDIOTECHNICA (AT — http://community.mi7.com/profile/7728) and the equally wonderful LAURENCE WHITELEY (UK Blues Guitarist). Guitar solo @ end, Lister Coleman. This was quite a back and forth operation. My admiration of AT’s talents are well documented. If you’re interested you can read further, on AUDIOTECHNICA's page. (Blogs) My last word on the matter is in the form of a quote.“ ‘Ee’s a lovely man, that audiotechnica; though, he’ll try ‘n tell you he ain’t!”