Afraid Of What?
Another new tune made with MuseScore, named “Afraid Of What?” because a man told me that he’s afraid that the refugees from Syria are coming to kill his children.
Daithi’s Granny
While I was in the process of writing down the notes of this little tune, I had a very pleasant break with the famous Irishman Daithi Rua who sang his granny’s traditional song for me on request of my good friend and great guitar player Bart van Beveren….
No Need To Move Any Mountain
Composed and documented another little tune today and called it “No Need To Move Any Mountain”, as a reference to Matthew’s biblical text. I believe strong faith can make people too convinced of their views and lead to massive conflicts between different religions as we’ve seen too often in history…
Yola Love
A new tune for piano arose in my head this week and I dedicated it to the people of Yola, a big city in North East Nigeria, because Yola was in the news with two suicide bomb attacks. Those people deserve our support and protection against terror as well as…
Holland Is My Little Green Land
Critical republican patriot song I made in September 2014 for the celebration of 200 years Kingdom Of The Netherlands. Lyrics 1 O Holland is my little green land A lovely place to be With a big black Pete and a little dumb King And people that…
Paddy Wise
In 2012 when the financial crisis in Greece was fairly new, I wrote this song. The chorus is based on a Dutch saying “when the drink is in the man, the wisdom is in the can” (Als de drank is in de man, is de…
The Blood Vote
Thanks to The Great War Explained for posting this old Australian anti-war poem, written by W.R. Winspear and drawn by Claude Marquel from Sydney, issued during the anti-conscription campaign in 1917. When I read the poem, I couldn’t help getting a melody in my head and here it is. I hope you…
The Irish Brigade In Battle
This song I found after I read about a young Catholic boy, Theodorus Schrama, from Hillegom, Holland, who went to Rome in 1867 to defend the Church against Garibaldi. He became a Papal Zouave and died a few months later at the age of eighteen. When Pope Pius IX called…
Dreaming Of Special Treatment
Did a little MuseScoring again tonight and called it “Dreaming Of Special Treatment” because of the story I just read about the hassle many people have to get their fragile goods safely at the other end when they fly over.
The Crazy Thing Of Thailand
Here’s a new little tune, documented and exported to mp3 using MuseScore. Great free software and the far more intuitive successor of my good old Melody Assistant. At first my idea for the title was “The Crazy King Of Thailand”, but I decided not to risk an imprisonment of…