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What Words May Come

by Amado

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1.
Hush descends, darkness envelops all: dreamers soar.
2.
Say Summer 04:26
thunderstorm safe beneath the picnic table the lightning in me
3.
How can I be substantial if I fail to cast a Shadow? I must have a dark side also, if I’m to be whole.
4.
Spring planting: her refusal to compromise.
5.
Mid-point of the bridge— I hover above the river’s current.
6.
Top of the falls— your voice somewhere in its sound.
7.
Luck is eluding. Always slipping through my grasp. Perhaps never there.
8.
In his eyes sunlight glistens— the Universe reflected.
9.
In the end, just as I am will have to do.
10.
Approaching dark— a single raven claims the sky.
11.
North of the mountains, alien and dangerous —darkening clouds.
12.
Summer night— even the stars are whispering to each other.
13.
Tide washes away all vain attempts to impress shifting sands of time.
14.
Gone from the wood, the bird I knew by song alone.
15.
Spring rain— the unconsumed ducks are quacking. Lame duck, tame duck, aint that a shame duck. Tiny bit of fame duck, framed up with no luck. Snuck up into a red truck, killed, plucked, cooked up into a tasty sup. Unless the lucky duck snuck clean up out of the mean cook's look. That's all it took to book this lucky duck on a flight right the fffk out of this same lame fate.
16.
Countless stars above, reflected in the meadow— fireflies flicker.
17.
Full moon. My ramshackle shotgun shack. It is what it is.

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Imagine sitting in an empty church sanctuary over your lunch break with nothing but a loop recorder and your voice. You've got one hour to create a piece of music that captures the essence of how you're feeling in that moment and that allows you to cultivate your skill as a musician. You will perform the piece, record it, and mix it within the space of a single hour.

This is the task I have set myself for the past year and a half—my Daily Song Project. For an added twist, in May of 2016 I gave myself the challenge of using a haiku or quotation in each musical piece. As a haiku expresses images and ideas in an economy of words, these pieces use an economy of effort as part of the artistic process: no auto-tune was used in these recordings, nor any timing corrections. Following a Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic, any so-called "imperfections" are embraced as an integral part of a piece's beauty.

Here are seventeen real moments from the month of May, each the essence of how I felt in relation to a short passage of words. Enjoy.

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released May 31, 2016

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Amado Roanoke, Virginia

I'm a vocalist, composer, and improviser on a mission to use music to bring you joy, hope, and mirth, as well as some relief from sorrow and despair. Pay it forward.

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