RADIO VOLUME 4th:
http://brianfusonie.com/Radio Volume 4th TRAY CARD.pdf
http://brianfusonie.com/Radio Volume 4th CD Booklet.pdf
SONGS WILL BE POSTED HERE IN FREE m4a VERSION.
SEE THE WAVE DOWNLOAD PAGE FOR FREE BETTER CD QUALITY VERSION.
http://brianfusonie.com/Whisper In The Dark (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/No Living On The Edge (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/This Is Our Life (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Sing The Blues (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Kateri (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Narrow Door (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Take What You Offer (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/New Beginnings (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/On Vinyl (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Cosmic Consequence (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Last Man Standing (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/PredestiNation (Master).m4a
SONG LYRICS, See also the CD INSERT BOOKLET for the lyrics.
Take What You Offer:
"All" means "all," not some, nor part. The "offer" you made is wisdom's start.
"Be careful" you said "to observe." No other law could we serve.
My "acceptance" means to honor those facts. Not turn away to different tracts.
Your "acceptance" forms the binding Contract: to be your treasure, we made this pact.
And if I can have my way, you know I will take what you offer.
And you will never bring me down again. If I can be the one, you know I will take what you offer.
And we will never be apart again. To carefully follow means to "obey,"
The "precepts and statutes" that you made. Not some, not part, not only those I like.
That was understood before I accepted the mic, to sing your wisdom, grounded in law,
Not whim nor emotion, but honest "awe," the Logic, our discourse, taught, then to teach:
"Every child is within our reach."
Whisper In The Dark:
It is just a dream I have, just a brief emotion. Just a whisper in the dark.
Another day has passed us, another tear has fallen. Just a whisper in the dark.
And if I can have your love, will you tell me? If I can have your trust.
If I can share your time, will you show me? How I can earn your trust.
"A whisper in the dark." It is just a dream I have, you draw me to you.
Just a whisper in the dark. Now the night has passed us, no more tears are falling.
From your whisper in the dark.
This Is Our Life:
Save the words you read to me from your paper back,
Don't drag me into the trap of Sheol.
I won't live my life like an actor in one of your TV shows.
I don't want to be the one who plays the fool.
I won't betray another to get ahead on wavy path,
But will honor you, not treat others as tools.
A thousand dreams I've had before.
A thousand dream I've lost.
A thousand dreams that have washed away before.
Is this one more? Because this is our life,
This is what we make of it. This is our life,
Make what you can make of it.
Sing The Blues:
Sitting in this lonely room, got the radio turned on.
I am dialed in, listening to the same old song,
Of fortune and fame, of days long gone by,
Of love, not seduction, the rhythm is right.
Pick up my guitar to try and play that old tune.
Sitting here in my lonely room. Not Johnson, not Eric, not B.B.
Hoping you will hear my guitar sing.
I'm gonna sing the blues. I am not going to lose.
I'm gonna sing the blues, old notes, trusted and true.
Narrow Door:
"Be careful to observe them all," "In their entirety, as I warned."
"Neither add to them, nor subtract," "Neither veer to the right, nor to the left."
"For your days will be long, and your bounty for all to see."
"If you listen to me." Winding straight to your door.
Up a narrow path, up a narrow corridor. Winding there to your door,
Following all that is true and sure. Up a narrow path,
A narrow corridor, holding fast to your promises before.
Winding to your door, with each step on this floor.
"Exactly as I ordered them be obeyed."
"Do not the least letter of them betray."
"For then your inheritance will be great."
"As all the ones before who did not wait."
PredestiNation:
"I know that no one chooses their way, Nor determines their course,
Nor directs their own step." (Jeremiah 10:23) You promised that you would Author all,
"That the script might be fulfilled."
The founders fought to end tyranny, to build a nation of the free.
For me, it is plain to see and believe, you Authored our nation as predestination.
What else could it be? "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men
are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable right to life ..."
You ordered our foundation principle as the agreement we must make.
You destined that to be our victory, the battle song we must sing.
The cornerstone of Freedom Ring.
Author your Book, write all the years, Bring to fulfillment what will end our tears.
Finish your Script, draw us anew. Be as you promised: "Faithful and True."
Cosmic Consequence:
The earth shifts beneath our feet, the cold of winter, or the summer of heat?
With each decision we make we will seal earth's fate, with cosmic consequence,
Will it be love, or hate? You said 'your sins are only personal,'
Yet there is nothing 'personal' when it will harm us all.
For those who turn a blind eye and fail to reprove,
Sin twice in the consequence of all we will lose.
Turn a blind eye, pretend you cannot see,
Or stand on solid ground, with all your heart believe.
Turn a deaf ear, and the Lord's deaf ear to us,
Will take what we have and worse, not to bless.
The world turns beneath our step.
The harvest is full, or will there be nothing left?
With each word that we speak, each act we fail to take,
With cosmic consequence, will it be love, or hate?
You said 'your sins are consensual,' but I do not consent
To what you are doing to us all.
For the world will end because of your arrogance
While you pretend 'there is no consequence.'
Last Man Standing:
Sometimes I feel like the last man standing, In a world that has forgotten the meaning of "man."
To enforce the LAWS the way God planned. Tell me where in this world are the "men."
"I entrust to you dominion to preserve, Each letter of the LAW will you serve"
"All that is righteous you will CONSERVE." "Never one letter shall you bend or hurt."
Who accepts your commission? Who puts their hand to that task?
Carry the dignity of our race, never to run back to the slavery of senses, to the folly of whims,
But safeguard the straight road all must travel to get in. Sometimes I feel like the last man standing,
when no others lend a hand, To carry the weight of this God forsaken land.
To yell to the highest mountain what first from Horeb we learned.
What was written on our hearts, again then we heard. Sometimes I feel I am the last man standing
In a world that has forgotten your way. Hear me in this lonely hour, I pray.
Send the Flames you promised long ago, Show the earth that our prayers are heard.
No Living On The Edge:
No more living on the edge, no more walking over a fine line.
Are you all insane? Have you gone out of your minds!
No more, I will not turn my back this time.
No more, I will walk that straight and narrow side.
No more, time to remember the past.
This world was made to last.
No more living on the edge, no more gazing off into space,
Are you all insane? Trying to find a substitute worth to replace?
No more, I will not let you betray,
No more, I will not let you erase.
No more, can't you all remember the past?
This world was made to last.
History is doomed to repeat itself, when their sins we forget.
It is in the Book all the same tactics and traps,
They never listened when the time came of test.
History will never repeat itself, if we learn from the past,
And recite for each the ways that stole from us before,
That the generations shall live secure.
No more living on the edge, no more wasting all of my time.
Are you all insane? Trying to make me go out of my mind?
No more, I have had it with your lies.
No more, I will defend human life.
No more, time to repay for the past.
This dream was made to last.
On Vinyl:
People you never heard me, the radio still did not play.
I had my record ambitions to praise the Lord His way.
Going to give it right, stand up an fight, let's get it right.
I'm on vinyl. Spinning records over the ocean,
The Lord is at it again, spinning records over the ocean
The coastlands are listening. Do that twist,
Show the earth you are pissed. Do that twist,
The coastlands will listen. Take your right foot rub it in.
Do that twist, show how much you are missed.
Spin on vinyl. Spin records like vinyl.
Kateri-Na:
Daughter of an ocean wide, daughter of an earth run dry, daughter if you could hear me cry,
The farthest teardrop falls. Will I be with you, my love? Daughter of a mountain high,
Daughter of a Castle light, I pray the tears will be no more. The farthest teardrop falls on this floor.
Kateri, you are like the wind and rain, I prayed that day would come, that we would see your love.
Kateri, you are like a waterfall from the mountain side to the earth below. Daughter of a mountain high,
Daughter of a stream run dry, daughter if you could hear me cry, the farthest teardrop falls.
Daughter of the stars above, I pray for you my love. Daughter of the Father's love,
You are the farthest teardrop falling. Kateri, you were the wind and rain,
I prayed that day would come, for all to see His love. Kateri, you were a waterfall,
From the mountain side to the earth below.
New Beginnings:
Come so far, turned my head around. Come so far, to be where I stand now.
Moving forward, with each step I take, learn from the past, from each mistake.
With you at my side, I will never forsake. Come too far, to let it now break.
Climbing that ladder in Jacob's dream. New beginnings come around,
When you least are found, and the world is passing away.
New beginnings come around when you heed the sound in the silence that He made.
Come so far, to turn back now? Will and the weak, stand my ground.
For you comfort and guide each step now; A past full of memories echo the sound
Of future worth having, days filled with joy; From tears to remind me, the climb worth the toil.
Climbing that ladder in Jacob's dream. Big bang, oscillating universe, the swirl of the stars,
But a cloud of dust in your eye, why dare to try? What worth have we that you call by name?
That you care for each of us the same? A comet tail, planets collide, giving birth,
the purpose of earth. Rings on a tree, "as numerous as the stars your progeny."
Climbing that ladder in Jacob's dream.
*All songs written and recorded by B. Fusonie, 2019.
Better resolution pages are in the CD Booklet PDF, top of this page.
A Scrap Book Sample from Dartmouth & Deerfield Academy.
http://brianfusonie.com/Scrap Book.htm
http://brianfusonie2011.com/WAVE DOWNLOAD.htm The Standard Audio CD Files.
STUDIO NOTES:
3/26/19: Looking forward to scheduling this CD. I wanted here to thank John for all his patience and input, mixes, and friendship. We have found each other "easy to work with," and those who have heard the CDs have commented that our working friendship is a "win, win" musical relationship. I think so. Without his help these projects would not have been completed in a timely manner, with such good quality for the price; and he gets to work with an old veteran of the pro-life musical movement. And he is not intimidated by me having Scriptural quotes and themes in my music; he seems to like it. At least some of the quotes. And he seemed to like the Patriotic themes in some of the songs, including the Pledge Of Allegiance read in part into Thin Line. So far, I am very pleased with our working relationship, and look forward to making Radio Volume 4th the best yet. He should find it interesting, because some of the songs were written when I was in college, and one of them, No Living On The Edge, was written first when I was in High-School. I have re-written some of their lyrics, to correct them, and to make them more Scripture based "meaningful" in my old age. To God be the glory.
3/26/19: As to instrumentation, I put the piano below, and the monologue synthesizer on the cover, because to capture the 80s feel in which I wrote some of the songs, and then the flute sound in On Vinyl, I will be using those instruments. I mostly will replace Derek's synthesizer sound from my Dartmouth College band with instead piano or monologue synth leads. In the late 80s we could be at times a little synth heavy, more pop that way. But now I am more rock, and jazzier, blues, reggae influenced. More natural tones, not synth. This project will challenge me to better integrate the keys into my songs. Kateri-Na I originally wrote and played on grand piano. Then when recording it with electric guitar overlays of rhythm and lead, it took on more rock feel. But I will never forget the synthesizer heavy studio sound we got for Common Man (This Is Our Life) and how it sounded not rock to me on Dartmouth radio back then. I still have plenty of pop influence, especially in the chorus style of some songs. But overall I have become more rock, than I was in the 80s. We also had horns in our band back then, and could jazz rock it up quite a bit. Saxophone was on Take What You Offer that I also heard on Dartmouth radio back then, and hated my vocals at the end of it. Obviously, I cannot play saxophone, so synth or piano or guitar. Whisper In The Dark was also on Dartmouth radio when I was there, and probably will still be somewhat pop when I re-record it. Each of the songs, like Narrow Door, will retain the original music piece -- with newer lyrics added to some, if not most of them. Narrow Door will retain its blend of guitar and piano with which I originally wrote and recorded it in the late 90s. I still see myself, however as a guitarist first, then a pianist second. Then a bass player. And lastly, a vocalist. Harmonica will also be on a song or two.
5/4/19: Started the CD. Recorded the first song Whisper In The Dark. John as usual had a great feel for the drums, and he mixed my guitar, piano, and bass well. It was fun recording a revised old college song I wrote that we had on college radio back then. I kept most of the main lyrics, and in studio changed the chorus back to closer to the original version. I have added a bridge to the song that makes it clearer the song is about prayer. See my brief note about that at the News And Notes page. I almost did not record the piano, feeling the guitar tracks came out blended right. But I wanted to add piano because, as stated above, my keyboard player in college had added synthesizer to my song back then, and piano makes it somewhat of an evolution, but still has keyboard in it. John said he particularly liked the lead I wrote for the song. That is new to this version. Overall I think we captured the song well.
5/18/19: Recorded No Living On The Edge today. The song I wrote in high-school, and I have kept most of the original and added a chorus to it, again to make it more meaningful. John, the producer said he likes the song. He did a good job mixing and playing drums. We did have additional minor alterations to the mix that were fixable, but neither of us know how those tracks were manipulated. Thankfully, he was able to put the tracks back in proper order. See my earlier News And Notes page entries about prior alterations to my songs that happened on the earlier Radio Volume CDs of this series, 1, 2nd, and 3rd. I had fun re-recording an old song I wrote and that was on a high-school band demo tape we recorded at a studio back then. We almost did not add piano, but it fit when I tried it, playing chords to emphasize the minor feel of the song. The style of lead is how I played back in high-school and college. I saved a certain technique for this old song, rather than use it on earlier songs of this CD series, because of that.
5/25/19: Recorded This Is Our Life today. This song was also written by me in college and we made a demo tape of it that was aired on the college radio station back then. Again, I kept most of the older song and added some lyrics, but kept most of the verses and all of the chorus lyrics. Instead of piano or synthesizer sound, I decided to add under the music a layer of strings-synth. John mixed it good and performed the drums well, as usual. I almost kept it all guitars, bass, and drums, and no strings, but the original had keyboard and I wanted some of that feel. The song sounds much like the original, and yet very different now. John said he likes the song and the mix of the instruments. I always enjoyed playing this song with my college band. And now it is re-made, with a newer meaning. Digging into the archives of my old songs for this project has been fun, especially re-making them for God.
6/1/19: Recorded Sing The Blues today. The song was written in 2005, as I wrote in a recent note at the News And Notes page. It is about the challenge of writing meaningful songs for God. John did an excellent job mixing and on the drums. I had fun re-recording this older song, playing various blues based rock styles in it on guitar and bass, and simple piano. I think the song would also sound good with harmonica, but again I decided against having harmonica in the song, mainly because the lyrics include: "pick up my guitar and try to play that old tune," and "hoping my guitar sings, and you will hear me." I play a couple of different blues rock bass lines, and same on guitar, as I said, to differentiate and build sections of the song. I tried a different lead style near the end of the song over the main lead, but they competed with each other too much, so I left it out. "Let's sing the blues (Blv-Es), we cannot lose, if we sing the blues."
6/15/19: Recorded Kateri today. I wrote an earlier note about the song at the News And Notes page. It is a Pro-Life song. As I told the producer, John, today, two of my past longstanding girlfriends, before my conversion, were on 'birth control' that I later found out are abortive (abortifacients), and I had good reason to believe that we aborted a child -- I named her Kateri around 1994. I wrote the song in 2000, and made a demo in a studio on piano in 2002, and two more demos, one with its lyrics in 2004. When I wrote the song I thought of the consequences to earth and our country from the millions of children being aborted disguised as 'contraception.' John wanted to make this song recording good because of its meaning. He did a great job mixing and on the drums. I originally wrote it as a piano piece, and then turned it into mostly a guitar song, with bass, and lead, and simplified the piano for this version, and added strings near the end. The chorus is the chorus from the 2000, and 2002 version, but I never sang it in the 2002 demo, recording just the piano at that time. The first chorus looks forward from 2000, "Kateri, you are like the wind and rain ... a waterfall ..." While I changed the second chorus to now look back at 2005, "Kateri, you were the wind and rain ... a waterfall ..." It is my belief that God's Hand made Katrina in 2005, and it was largely because of the sin of abortion (murder). I have the title also Kateri-Na because Na (Nh) means "life," and signifies the right to life of the unborn. The consonant title then is close to the name Katrina. It is a song of sadness because of what has happened to our unborn children, and because of what God has and will continue to do to punish the lands because of abortion.
6/22/19: Recorded Narrow Door today. I posted already a short note about the song at the News And Notes page. The song is both upbeat and hypnotic, my attempt to merge rock with prayer. John, the producer, said he really likes the chorus of the song. He did a good job mixing and playing the drums again. I think he liked my bass playing because he commented that when I recorded that track. I like the way the instruments blend on the chorus with the vocals also. The song is a Dialogue between God and man. God's words, then our response. I added both piano and strings to the song, and think we found an ambient mix of them into the song. However, it is predominantly a guitar, drums, and bass song. I like playing the blend of the guitar leads and the bass, how the parts merge. I told John it is sort of an experimental song having quotations from God followed by our response to God's words. He said he thinks it works, and in his words, "it gives it meaning." That is my hope, that the audience will be drawn into the dialogue, and think of responding to God.
7/4/19: Recorded Take What You Offer today. I wrote the song's chorus while a college student, and that version was aired on the Dartmouth student radio station. But it was more about a relationship with a female, than about relationship with God. So I rewrote the song verses to make it about the Offer from God we have to Accept by the terms and conditions it is Offered by God in order to make and then stay in the Contract (Covenant) of God's Laws. We tried to add piano and/or strings but they did not add to the song, which sounded full and better as a guitar, bass, and drums song. I kept the leads simple, not to compete with the vocals. Perhaps it is a fitting song to record on the 4th Of July because it speaks about the Agreement with God, as stated in our Declaration Of Independence signed this day in 1776: "All are created equal and endowed by the Creator with inalienable (and thus also equal) right to life." I will write a longer note about that at the News And Notes page. I told John, the producer, the song is to me a companion to Narrow Door, about making and staying in the Contract with God. He said he "likes the song," and he did a good job on the drums and mixing.
7/13/19: Recorded New Beginnings today. John captured the drum part I wanted. And he said he "really likes the song, especially the bridge." The song was written in 1998. I recorded the guitar, bass, and drums in studio that year, and it was scheduled to be released on Spiral Staircase. But that production was held off for reasons I wrote about on the News And Notes page. I posted demos of the song in 2004-2005, and then again in 2009. I have kept the same music, changed the bass line -- and added bass chords on the chorus -- but pretty much have kept the feel of the lead and rhythm tracks. I rewrote much of the lyrics, to correct them, and to better give them to God. John also said he feels the song "is one of the best songs we have recorded." I also like it, always have, that is why I chose it for this CD. When I got home and listened to it, I noticed a slight feedback on one track, only a few seconds of it. How we missed it in studio I do not know. But we will clean it up for next week, and I will repost it without that slightly audible few seconds of feedback.
7/27/19: Recorded On Vinyl today. As I said in my note at the News And Notes page, I wrote the song as a play on words during the "record hurricane season of 2005." "Spinning records over the ocean ... spin those records like vinyl." See Scripture proofs as Jeremiah 30:23-24: "Look! The storm of the Lord! His wrath breaks out in a whirling storm ..." I showed that Scripture to the producer before we recorded today. He had a cool funky organ sound on his synth I used, and I brought the mini synth brass sound to play lead along with the guitar lead. They blend good. The producer said he thinks he likes this song among the better musically on the CD. He made a good mix and played the drums just right for the song. Instead of the brass sound, the 2005 demo I made back then had wood flute. Today's version is more rock, but funky enough to capture the flare of the 2005 demo, and better produced. I had fun making the song and telling off those paganites who always say 'God does not make those storms.' They are very mistaken. This song praises God for making storms intended to warn the earth to "repent," "return to the Ten Commandments."
8/3/19: Recorded Cosmic Consequence today. And finally added harmonica a little to a song. John played drums nice for this song and mixed it well. He said he really likes the "layers of this song, how they blend." If I ever re-record this song, I hear the parts for a string quartet playing at the end the melody the lead guitar plays in this version, along with the guitar. I think this song lends itself to a full production like that. I first recorded the acoustic guitar track, but added so many layers, it almost gets lost in the mix, blends nice. You need the lead guitar melody to really create the feel of this song, but it still can be played on acoustic alone. Wrote a note about the song at the News And Notes page. It is my attempt to wake up some of those who dare say 'God does not punish entire lands for personal sins.' They are wrong and have not read scripture. See the Scripture meditation on the Storm Surge page.
8/10/19: Recorded Last Man Standing today. As I explained at the News And Notes page earlier and to John the producer today, it is a hyperbole song challenging men to be men in the Eyes of God, not fems. I am tired of the era of broken homes, no fathers, and a politics that is run by women who rage against the Nature God made for them as separate and distinct from the Nature of MAN. And it is a song about the loneliness of obeying God's Laws in today's climate, and the hope at the end of the song of finding others who believe and obey God's Laws. John liked the "layers" again of this song also. I tried to blend guitar lead with synth lead and harmonica, and at times I think the song captured what I wanted and has a hypnotic point. I used the classic rock organ sound again. 70s hypno-rock. Maybe a little Irish influence also. The vocals blend, and I may have John raise them a little next week. I think when I had John remix some of the layers -- because the main body of the instrumentation he mixed great -- the additional lead and harmonica level may make the vocals blend in softer. I will repost it next week if we decide to increase the vocals level. But you will get the final WAV files posted.
8/24/19: Recorded PredestiNation today. John had another obligation last week, so it gave me time to write a fuller intro of the Star Spangled Banner, rock n' roll style. It has lead guitar with guitar chords laying under that track, and bass. Then the transition from the National Anthem in key of F into my song in key of E. When we had finished and after reviewing the mix, somehow the Bass was for a few seconds removed from the tracks. I caught it on a listen while we were packing up, and John investigated and found out what was done. It would have taken someone only seconds to alter the track as that. As for the original song, John liked it he said. It came out good, and John found a nice groove for drums to go with my guitar and bass, and 60s organ. I listened to it 4 times when I got home and it plays nice, good mix from John. He has all the parts heard and the right tones dominant. I did not sing the National Anthem alterations that I posted at the News And Notes page earlier this week. You can read my prayer lyrics there. The keys F and E spell: FE, for Faith and also for FEE, as in what God will do if we do not become one Nation UNDER GOD again. There was one other potential hacking, at the end of our session today I asked John the producer to delete some minor feedback from the first verse of New Beginnings -- only he could not find the main song in the primary recording program we used. He was at a loss for how that could happen. I may have to release the song with that hypnotic type few seconds of feedback in it -- as proof. It would have been easy to delete just the feedback.
COMING SOON, AMERICAN FABRIC at this link:
http://brianfusonie.com/American Fabric.htm
RADIO VOLUME 3rd is started, songs will be posted at this link:
http://brianfusonie.com/Radio Volume 3rd.htm
A FINAL STUDIO POTTER'S WHEEL WILL BE RECORDED.
http://brianfusonie.com/Potter's Wheel.htm
RADIO VOLUME 2nd.
Songs and lyrics and CD Booklet are posted at this page link:
http://brianfusonie.com/Radio Volume 2nd.htm
RADIO VOLUME 1
http://brianfusonie.com/Radio Volume 1.htm
PDF CD Booklet: http://brianfusonie.com/Radio Volume 1 CD Booklet.pdf
http://brianfusonie.com/Had Enough (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/No More Lies (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Treasure Troved (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Peripheral Vision (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/05 Old Photographs (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/06 Salt Shakers (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Maybe Tomorrow (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Think About You (Master) 1.m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Universe (Master) 1.m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Potter Wheel (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Spiraling (Master).m4a
http://brianfusonie.com/Rachel Weeps (Master).m4a
These two links go together. One is on prayer, and the other is brief notes (often daily) on current affairs,
law, scripture, and music written in prayer. I pray daily, but I do not always write notes that day.
http://brianfusonie.com/Prayer Links.htm
http://brianfusonie.com/News And Notes.htm
