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My one best friend who listens to all my new songs, knows I send two kinds to him. Music that has to be written for my sanity and music meant for the album. Not all do make the cut. Some songs end up being used years later when it feels right. ‘You are doing a […]
It’s almost 6am and I have been writing music for almost 10 hours. The first song was rather cool. Any by cool I meant invoking the energy of Lilith, filled with sufficient rage. Later I started writing a song I called If I Could I Would. This started out as a story, part of the […]
A song I wrote when I was incredibly sad. I am posting it because that is how I feel this exact moment. A bit overcome by the death of someone who made more of an impact that I anticipated. This song is from my Behind Closed Doors album. It was written with Andre Scheepers. […]
Kevin died today. I met him at my first Afrika Burn. Afrika Burn is overwhelming for a newbie. The isolation, the art, people, music, food and all the magical craziness one witnesses. Our camp consisted of a mix of people from all over the world. By the time we left we all knew with great […]
This song was sparked by a conversation with my daughter who was watching a hectic program about astronomy on national geographic. She was 5 years old or so. When I asked her if she understood she shot me a ‘get outta my face’ and ‘do you think I am stupid?’ kinda look. So I […]
This track sums up my Dreaming Music album. Yeah, get ready for some metaphysical mumbo jumbo. It is my belief that incarnate into this world with more than just the skins strapped to our bones or the conditioning we receive in this one life. We are so much more and not all of it is […]
Everyone has their own bit of magic. Some create a culinary masterpiece out of simple ingredients (I wish I could but you do risk possible death). Others can plan into the future like a pro while but me…well, it is a bit complex to be honest. All those I consider friends visit knowing that at […]
Imagination is the key to everything. If I don’t hold on to my imagination or slip into the minds of others I will lose my way. I recall going through a mafia phase while songwriting. Some would say I dip my little pinky back in every so often when I kill off a man or […]
Strange things happen when one is a musician. Or stranger things are revealed. The truth of what one feels can be clearly heard. I handed a friend a song with some badly played piano, voice and some dodge whistling. Do with it what you want I said. I enjoy giving others the opportunity to fill […]
Whenever something goes wrong in my life my friends all say the same thing, ‘Write it out, sing it away Auriol…’ There is something deeply cathartic about being able to sing away one’s pain, just losing yourself in the music. Or crying as you sit at the piano. Yet…I told my friend this morning, […]