[Intro | 2 bars | Bare Dobro | Sparse isolated fingerpicking | Raw room] [Verse 1 | Mature British female | Raw intimate blues singing | Close mic | Vulnerable and unpolished | Sparse Dobro only] What is music to you, personally? I’m thinking what it has been to me. I’d love to hear your views… If you don’t feel like saying, let it be; It stays out of words in some degree. [Single bottleneck slide | Brief space] [Verse 2 | Sung | Curious, wry | Sparse Dobro | Steady dry bass-drum tap begins | Unwavering pulse] But I would really like your comment, Or a song… Felt like rolling my third eye When music was called entertainment. How did the world lower it so… and why? Didn’t it feel odd, sometimes? [Bass-drum pulse continues | HEAVY DUSTY BRISTOL BREAK SLAMS IN | Deep dub sub enters | Record cut] [Verse 3 | Sung | Strong Bristol trip-hop groove | Heavy swung breakbeat | Massive dub sub | Dobro answers vocal rhythmically] Of course, it can be many things. Often it’s expression of love and longing. If it’s part of cosmic vibe… then anything. Music events can bring great belonging; Not denying the joy it brings. [Turntable scratch | Dirty drum fill | Bass-drum pulse continues] [Verse 4 | Sung | Deep Bristol pocket | Hard dusty break | Heavy dub bass | Bottleneck chopped against beat | Vinyl grit] Yet I keep thinking how music does it… I feel subtle tides in me each day… Aligning the soul, making opposites fit, It does much more than I can say; Music always finds its way. [HARD DROP | Breakbeat and sub cut instantly | Bass-drum pulse + raw Dobro only] [Single harmonica breath] [BASS-DROP RETURN | Heavy Bristol break slams back | Massive dub sub | Backspin | Dobro locks into groove] [Verse 5 | Sung | Strongest Bristol expression | Heavy swung drums | Deep sub pressure | Raw blues guitar cutting through beat] Is it just a part of great cosmic flow… Waves we are, and waves we will be? Music has been here to heal the soul, Carrying rituals through history. We are voices of an endless story… [4-bar BRISTOL BREAK | Heavy dusty drums | Dub sub | Dobro chopped rhythmically | Harmonica fragments | Turntable cuts | Bass-drum pulse underneath] [HARD DROP | Bristol beat disappears | Bass-drum pulse remains | Bare Dobro] [Final Verse | Sung | Intimate close mic | Raw blues returns | Pulse underneath] When ears are open, Hearts are open. Everyone still holds hope... [Bass-drum tap] Send me your musical [Single bottleneck slide] Envelope [Bass-drum tap | Final Dobro resonance] [Bass-drum tap] [Hard stop]
