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Awareness through Music is inked on my left arm. I used music to discover my own truth and that of others at first. However, a run in with a particular person changed my focus for a while. Somewhere along the way the following thought lodged itself into my head. In fact I felt that merely […]
The last three weeks have been the most productive in terms of songwriting. Granted I hardly stepped outside except for smokes and food occasionally. My mind has been fuelled by so many things. Ideas for new songs are not always inspired by my personal experiences or that of friends. At times it comes from the […]
It really is mind boggling what happens to any person when love turns sour. No one ever sets out at the start of a relationship dreaming that day will come. We are all bright eyed and rose glasses and shit. I am posting this song to give perspective. It interests me….what happens….afterwards. My father once […]
Who would I have been if I became a musician in my 20’s and was without a husband or a kid? Crazy. Reckless and I would have been saddled with a different set of fears altogether. The exhuberance of youth and young adulthood is intoxicating. All of which I missed out on. And it changed […]
Right now the sun is young woman in her prime, displaying her every delicious curve. I can hear cars racing by, a dog bark and birds trying to be heard. The sound of traffic reminds me of the sea. As does a mass of people. Forever travelling between where they think they should be. Only […]
What is there to say about this song? Ah, I dreamed I was on stage with this musician, Zubz. He is a fantastic human being and a very talented artist. After the dream and writing this song I decided to get hold of him and bobs-your-uncle the song was complete. It was written […]
Writing music for an album is tricky, especially if one writes all the time as I do. Invariably the people and events that had a great impact feature in the music. When I was writing my Call It Love album all I felt was anger and rage. With the Dreaming Music all I did was […]
I always end up writing weird songs that involve the Devil from 2am onwards. And we are always getting up to some shit, him and I! I really liked the line where I sing, ‘I stared the devil down, now we drink whiskey and we fuck around…’ Hehe. However, once the devil and I danced […]
South Africa is a complicated country. Part of the problem is that we no longer listen to each other. It’s all in the past the capitalists say. Let’s just move on and live says many others, mostly white people, who do not want to acknowledge our past and how injured and fragile we all are […]
I have not left this house for 11 days. People have visited and I walked to my corner shop for smokes but that’s it. I blog, write music and try to figure out how I am gonna leave South Africa for good. I can hear my one friend saying, ‘Auriol, you have to do what […]