Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,
The tune this cycle is Taking My Time, a song from thirty years ago or so, in the late 90s, written when I was in the group, Joyful Noise. Pammy and I were in the blur of family life with four kids, from high school down to five. It was a full and wondrous time, memories still flash and sparkle - all the turmoil, excitement and marvel of the beauteous lives becoming themselves. Every so often, we would try to breathe out, slow down and savor the moment before the winds carried us on again.
So a tribute to Taking Our Time and finding our place. Bruce Cassaday on trumpet, Leonore Hildebrandt on percussion and vocals, Joel Mann on bass and me on guitar and vocals.
Love and Courage, Friends,
Brian
For the truly committed, take a listen to the whole playlist of 94 songs!
I recently started putting some songs up on music streaming platforms - all of them already published here. There's several now, organized as "albums" - Just a Little Rain, Late July and Crow. Take a listen there and add me to your playlist, if you so desire! I listen on Deezer.
I'm sending you a monthly offering from original music I've been writing over many years. I've been so bold as to add your email to my newsletter list. You can unsubscribe at any time (link at the bottom of the email).
Play your favorites!
I've also added a Favorites feature so that, as the playlists grow, you can mark those songs you particularly like and just listen to those, again from using the drop down filter at the top of the playlist. Right now it's a two-step process. You have to click on the song you want to mark on the playlist and then go to the side bar (bottom on phone) and click the gray heart so select; click again to deselect.
On the technical side, the favorites function relies on you not clearing your cookies, often the default setting. Favorites will be lost if cookies are cleared. I hope to add a login feature that would allow you to keep your selections without cookies.
Finally, realizing that many people no longer have a CD player, Leonore and I made our three albums available for free here on the site in playlists. There's a tab, Albums, on the top menu. Select the album you want to hear from the dropdown and enjoy. Songs are free to download as well. We will make some CDs for those who may want that medium - if that is your desire, feel free to contact me.
