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I have this mad theory – how we love and who we love reflects needs and desires we might not be aware of. Like a program embedded by a surveillance agency in our bodies to dictate behavior in keeping with their agenda – it’s best for our sanity we know the names of the puppet […]
Not every song written is destined to find its way to an album. I spend a great amount of time on the hunt for stories. Stories that will become music, but first they must resonate deeply with me. This was written for a friend and fellow artist. Falling Stars I whisper to the open […]
I am going to share music that I will not release or will not release anytime soon. This song was composed by Andre Scheepers. The song speaks of how hard letting go really is. But let me share something (come a little closer) …everything passes. I told a friend ‘ One day you will miss […]
A cheeky little song! The title really says it all. The beat belongs to Seth Grey. It is a poor recording…written for laughs a few years ago! Not Further Than Tonight We met you took my number We got along so well You asked me if you could take me out and then oh […]
Every song has a bit of a story attached to it. The dancehall track Ryder is no different. It started with a crazy conversation Tumi and I had in his kitchen. We were discussing relationships and how twisted both sexes get! I was eating an apple when Tumi says, “Auriol, if you were in that […]
The path of the musician is never an easy one. Add in a heartbreak or three and it’s near impossible to function normally. But first a confession. I live with ghosts. Ghosts – when combined with the right chord progression, harmony and lyrics tricks one into believing everything is okay,that I am okay. When the […]
The new year has begun and double damn! On the one hand there is an urgency to implement all those grand ideas coupled with an overwhelming feeling of ‘where the hell do I start?’Somehow the universal law ‘everything is always working out for me, even if it does not appear so….’ rings loudly in my […]
Last year I was fortunate enough to be a judge in a talent competition in a prison. I am sharing my experience and some insights… * The idea of freedom is one I question daily. Being a judge for a talent competition at a prison is no joke. Of course the usual objections and snarky […]
Sharing some scribbles in my notebooks. Many of the views are..well, my own! Haha. ** ‘Many a man who loves spiritually is a weakling – a professor. Many a man who loves physically is a brute. But when the two are mixed, he loves with all the fire and passion of a poet and a […]
Just sharing a bit of the book I wrote. And yeah – I am a sniffer. I enjoy smelling people and drawing all kinds of conclusions! Hehe ** […]