Considering it was a late and indulgent one last night. Drumming then the adrenaline rush, sweating gush has cleansed and energised my torso and beyond. After a soak in the tub the morning after and softer fingers. I cracked on with an acoustic workout. See videos below. Good things. Good work.
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Unusual Haunts
~ Claudine
As the dark afternoons and days fill me with a certain sadness. Hibernation, although it would be easy to slip away. Is a procrastination. But It is nesting and writing time. I’m in rehearsals for live solo work, as well as with Subway Circus http://subwaycircus.com/ being the resident drummer. So Jim Jams on as soon as the dark hits. Being true to oneself and playing the music I love is the sparkles in the flames of my life.
Here is Exceptional Believers:
I’ll be putting my drum sticks down and picking up some acoustic instruments in Nottingham’s Alley Cafe Bar on Demember 3rd.
Events here Claudine West Live solo acoustic set 3rd December here: https://www.facebook.com/events/963302327042041/
With lots of cackles from the audience. “Shushes” during Bingo! Laughter. Entertainment variety. Which if you didn’t go! You missed out on a good night! A great crowd raised over £400 for Nottingham Outburst
(Outburst is a Youth Group for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or think that they might be. If this is you and you are aged 12 to 25 you would be more than welcome to join)
Here is a clip of my performance.
Its an honour to be given opportunities to help other who like myself struggled with my sexuality.
Thanks to Pete Madon, Jamie Kettle-Madon.
Unison for organising such a good even. Scarlett Tiarra was amazing. WATCH PERFORMANCE HERE !
Vocalist Suzanne Lyn got the crowd going
I always wake up on a high after gigs. Adrenalin, swear. The buzz! As the trickles of sweat ran down my face during a performance. My voice almost lost during the last song ‘The poppudom song’ and old classic. I forgave the nerves that cripple me before a performance. With good company and a bingo win. Which will treat us to my domestic bliss world with plants from the garden centre! Rock and Roll I know! I think I’ve also learnt that eating chili scotch eggs beforehand from Gonalston Farm shop is not wise! Thank goodness for Zantac!
Molasses In The Spring with Olaf
Channelling, words, sentences, thoughts, reads of the week, experiences from the realms of parallels. Olaf is the friend. The friends that gives sweet memories of times in the sunshine. As the pink blossom falls. We travel; I found this music on an old Fostex digital recorder, while sorting deletions and fresh starts in composition. Remembering the lyrics and melodies weren’t there at the time. Today the wanted to come through.
Tokyo at Mohive
Chrono las over
Highway a night drive
Imploding supernova
Molasses in the spring with Olaf
Birds of paradise in the garden
Nephilim in darkness
Corroded movers
They shake new world orders
Roll it under
Make it thunder
Break the man in two
Machina took it out on toucan
The words and menopause
The losers in the blue room
Empty wards have active soul wanderers
Studio rehearsal. Plugged in today after a Subway Circus band session.
Exceptional Believers and Unusual Haunts: a few (quite dark) video clips.
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© Claudine West 2015
2 tracks into The Citadel sessions 2015. Here is todays work.
Beowulf Piano
Beowulf Strings with a nice cup of tea.
New age, new dawn. The haunting mists of morning. Recovering from the dark. A new release.
Instruments- Guitar, Tibetan Bowl, Synth.
Here is a free meditation track ‘Solstice’ from our album. The Meditation Chronicles. (Earth Tree Healing) Music by Claudine West.
I wrote this late last year while going through a pretty bad time mentally and emotionally. What do us songwriters do? We write, we exorcise the demons. Therapy.
I was inspired naming it with this article Rhino
words:
Shine a light upon my mountain
But I’m still filling up on dread
World hovers on my shoulders
The past, the present the future then I’m dead
Release, release Rhinos
Unreachable devastation
The Meditation said
To look outside my inner anger
See what Buddha said
I’m making up preservation
I’m talking to the wise
The mechanics of coping
Are practiced many times
When I’m a lone with the demons
I set in motion lots of dealing
On my darkest days
My instruments of adjustment
Stop mental state delays
© Claudine West 2014
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