Frederick Holmes Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Swan song-14 years/10 CDs/140+ songs In late 2017 I finished my last music making journey and began moving on to other activities. Now past 80 I decided to convert all the songs to videos and put them on You Tube as my musical legacy All 10 CDs were produced strictly for friends and family and none have had any public airing. There are still a few songs yet to be uploaded- probably in the next few weeks. They are all in the Folk song/ballad tradition, produced with Cakewalk/Sonar in its various versions and various sample software. I've always loved the sad/melancholic folk songs so be prepared... They can be found on You Tube Search You tube for "Fred's Ballads and Folk Songs" or direct link at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzkc0I-LmtQb5QB4stOY24Q ------------------- There are 2 CDs that have a discernible"theme" I Have A Rendevzous (CD# 5) songs about war and Filk Songs (CD# # 9) Songs in the Science Fiction tradition ---------------------- There are two long compilations Shropshire Lad 13:28 (From CD# 4) A compilation of poems by A.E. Housman and UK Folk Songs at https://youtu.be/bJ6NI7ZSjhM and Miner's Tribute 18:09 (From CD# 3) A compilation of hymns and songs to honor the work of the miners at https://youtu.be/dNQB6A6wCbo ------------------------------ The Complete CD playlist: 1 Better late than neverhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPDmAgPoifLaoL7vufn9hz5R 2 Old & New-Borrowed & Bluehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPDBcBAiQd-FwJOsU6n7nts9 3 Now Look What You've Donehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPC897247vRrqGG-5dwIOQaE 4 A Very Long Farewellhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPCcJIGaxWmc_r0JsKz_TVO6 5 I Have A Rendevzoushttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPDITRqtVe2hNjlhT1qn48b6 6 And Another Thinghttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPDaSIm7IQCpE0GvGgilNdkx 7 And Yet Againhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPAxGpNbt2jSz2XiY5Wnf1Ov 8 Not Another Onehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPBGfAEBjlftSk7q22DeM7LB 9 Filk Songshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPAflNL-laTXalO2P93oeWbN 10 Enough Alreadyhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIlD2jS6mPCa3BWc6pzVJEEvsJYr2L_z Quotes about music: "He had never heard such music as this, never dreamt such music was possible. He was conscious, while it lasted, that he saw deeper into the beauty, the sadness of things, the very heart of them, and their evanescence, as with a new inner eye—even into eternity itself, beyond the veil." George Du Mauier Trilby, 1894 The more we know of music and the more we live with it, the more elusive and mysterious it becomes, always changing, capable of a thousand indescribable moods, a strange and somewhat mystical power in our lives, a fascination, a challenge, a craft, a language, a house of cards,...the echo from an invisible world. Leslie Basset Edition Peters Contemporary Music 1975 My best wishes to all of you, Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 hello Mr. Holmes, this is so cool. I can't wait to listen to these releases. What a cool legacy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPAK Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 There is too much content here for appraisal so I wish you well with your new activities to pass the time. Making music and writing songs brings out things you can't otherwise say out load, so maybe you'll just be taking a break ... Many thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 hey, I really liked the first album, very honest my favorite song was the one about scott are you celtic? i will listen to all of this i think there is much to learn i can't wait to hear the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Thank you. I will listen in earnest, but without a doubt, you are my YouTube hero. I like the presentation and may streaming immortality be good to you, and your music! cheers, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I only have one word "WOW" what a legacy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Holmes Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 HI All, Thanks for giving a listen to some of the songs. As SPAK says, Music is one of the ways of saying things you can't say otherwise. For me it has also been a way to look internally at my own model of the world I've created. Some of the songs I had to stop and try over again and again as the emotional impact was too strong. To Jesse Screed: Robert Falcon Scott was an early hero of mine. In a recording of Vaughan Williams' Sym #7 Symphonia Antarctica (written for the film "Scott of the Antarctic") the was a spoken quote from Percy Bysshe Shelley's Prometheus Unbound “To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; ... Neither to change, not falter, nor repent; This, ..., is to be Good, great and joyous,beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory” Create-create and say what's in your heart Fred I just uploaded the last two songs Flight of the Eagle and Heaven in a wildflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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