China Roses
Copyright © 1995 Warner Music UK, Ltd.
Composed by Enya
Lyrics by Roma Ryan
February 29, 2012
The Leap Demo - Track 4
Flora's Secret
Copyright © 2000 Warner Music UK, Ltd
Composed by Enya
Lyrics by Roma Ryan
The Leap Demo - Track 5
But Not Tonight
Copyright © 1986 Sire Records Company
Written by Martin L. Gore
Warning!
Greetings.
If you are reading this message, please be aware that I am keeping my promise to publish my vocal demo recordings. I would have published earlier, but I was hampered by the fact that I had to learn to used Windows Live Movie Maker in order to be able to take a music file and upload it to Blogger, which now uses YouTube as it's video engine.
I've made it work, creating six "videos" from my library of stills that I've personally shot. Every image that you are about to see was created by me, good or bad. The editing, effects choices and transition elements are also my choice, as I hacked my way through WLMM. To balance things out, I did the visual images in reverse, from track six to track one, the opposite of the way they were recorded. Uploading and scheduling was done in reverse as well, so that the final display will be in order on a blog that displayed most recent first.
Feel free to make comments on any post. Please do try to keep specific suggestions and criticism on each track, should you have any. They will publish in reverse order, and an intro post will appear at the top. I had better get to writing that.
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May 21, 2011
Helping Mama
We may not know how much Mama Dove had to do with this arrangement, but we can be certain that it is a strict observation. They do start young...May 20, 2011
Hatchling! Friday Evening
We've all become Aunts and Uncles around here. This photo was take in the early evening hours of Friday, 20-May-2011. There is still another egg!
April 24, 2011
Easter Egg
For several years, I have observed one and then a pair of buff birds hanging out in the enclosed atrium of my apartment complex. When they fly, the squeak, and I had nicknamed them "The Squeaky Birds." Recently, they began to nest, first in a bookshelf on the south side of the building, near a stairwell, and now, on the north side of the atrium where there is far less foot traffic.Today, Easter Sunday, an egg appeared. It was not there at noon when I looked over at the empty nest, but by 1:30, one of the two birds was calmly in the nest, and yes, there was an egg. Some of my neighbors are excited that we will become Uncles and Aunts. Myself, I appreciate the poetry of the fact that these bird were using some of the plastic ties that were left behind when the former Property Manger removed a number of rope lights in a huff, as he was on his way out of the job.
No comment on what would have happened had the former manager found the nest. We are appreciative that the Mourning Doves have found a home and are content to let them stay, as we witness the miracle of life happen right outside of our doors, in the protected space at the center of the building we call The Pink Castle.
More to come . . .
