claudine west – Page 8 – Earth Tree Healing

April 12, 2015 Claudine West composer, creativity, instrumental, multi-instrumentalist, music, nottingham

Beowulf (Nowell Codex)

2 tracks into The Citadel sessions 2015. Here is todays work.

Beowulf Piano

Beowulf Strings with a nice cup of tea.

April 12, 2015 Claudine West music

CITADEL

New age, new dawn. The haunting mists of morning. Recovering from the dark. A new release.

Instruments- Guitar, Tibetan Bowl, Synth.

March 14, 2015March 14, 2015 Claudine West composer, creativity

And then there was Piano. Rhinos

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

March 14, 2015March 14, 2015 Claudine West alternative, composer, folk, multi-instrumentalist, music, musician

Exit Of The Crush – Live

As I’ve begun rehearsals on my live solo set. Sharing the process. This is Exit Of The Crush. From My Album The Narcissist and the Inbetween.

March 7, 2015March 7, 2015 Claudine West composer, creativity, light worker, multi-instrumentalist, music, singer songwriter

Citadel – 2015

If you look towards that horizon. Beyond it lies the Citadel: The centre that is fortified, the core. Protection.

I’ve yet to decide whether this as yet unwritten but bubbling away at the gates, will be Bog Woppit alternative or New Age meditation music project. Maybe a hybrid? The title was born yesterday and belongs within my walls. The inspiration for this new work?

Maybe its the smell of the new incense I’m burning today. Maybe its the arrival of this?

Yes its a ART Multiverb Effects unit. I’m a big fan of Flange and Chorus! Even though my Boss Multi Effects is a bad boy in itself. I love an old piece of vintage kit. Plugging straight into a laptop and adding technology somehow doesn’t feel as realistic as plugging in a chunky piece that crackles. I am old school that is slowly embracing home studio advances. I used one of these in the 90’s with my music mentor Grimm. Its arrival has brought back many memories and his Ghost. Memories of the dark, good times, indulgent times. My musical output was massive as my day to day commitments were small then. The portal is once again sending stuff through. Be it sober this time.

So I’ve freed up more time and am focussing more. Without pissing my pants, 2015 is going to be a very exciting and active year. Subway Circus will be out there live on the shits and gigging circuit very shortly. It took a while! But getting the right band members who play their parts and give inspired input to a very high standard is imperative in my book.

I’m going to do more solo live mic nights this year. As I just fancy a bit of it.

Its nice to have my drive and focus acknowledged by the least likely people. Thank YOU. So while a splash new paint and create more colourful canvases. Listen to all.