Episode 6-Murky Blue

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Here's episode 6, a little simple ukulele tune about being sad in the church, or atleast, being honest about the existance of sadness, giving it a chance to be what it is rather than going along to church like some kind of uber-happy soul warrior and going home for a cry afterwards. This is an anti religious song for sure, but never anti-faith, and the preacher in it, being asked to preach about something bitter I can carry with me, that kind of preacher does exist. A preacher who tells you they're broken too is what I'm talking about, and they are out there, definitely, some churches are not so much about the fake happy as are others.



Episode 5-Optimism In Real Life

 

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Here's episode 5, unsuprisingly featuring the savior himself once again. Optimism In Real Life being a bit of an end times kind of a tune, the end is nigh so pull your head out kinda thing. Not much else to say about it really... 

Episode 4-I Am Your Home Now

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Here's Episode 4. Another song about Jesus. I once talked to an older gentleman artist type who came into my uni every now and then to have a chat with the art students, you could book his time and get his advice and such and he said that Jesus was more offensive, more out there so to speak than all the other crazy things the art world delves into head first, he said that boundary pushing was Jesus thing basically, that we're no where near as good at it. This song kind of comes out of that idea in some ways. Faith is a bad smell to people who don't believe because it does push boundaries, it asks you to do and be something, without knowing exactly what that something is, just trusting and going for it. I do believe alot of people are trusting their own interpretations of what that something is and being nasty law makers who want to step on folks, but the majority of "Christians" shall we say, I think, have got good intentions, they know real life. I'm no preacher but I guess musically I'm getting a little preachy these days...

 

Episode 3-Witness

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 This weeks song is called Witness, it's based on a sermon/teaching I heard from a guy named Alex Galambosi. He spoke about John the Baptist & Jesus, from the same source reading that last weeks song came from but from a different perspective, he saw John as a tangible witness, a physical presence pointing the way to Jesus kinda' guy, and said that we should be that also, (those of us who desire that anyway). I also was challenged by another Ukulele player to make the Ukulele sound sad, I think this song sounds a little sad, probably more melancholy I spose but the Ukulele definitely sounds sad here to me. There's also a bit about pain and suffering being a reality, faith in Jesus not negating these but giving them meaning even, or especially if, that meaning is hard for us to understand. Again, I'm not Bible bashing, believe or don't believe whatever you like, but please don't negate this music because of it's content, it's what's coming out of me at the minute and is for everyone, not just folks with a faith in the same God that I believe in.

Episode 2-Grace & Truth

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Here's episode two of Cesky Lives, the tune I wrote this week being called "Grace & Truth", based on some Bible reading I did about John the Baptist knowing that Jesus was about before Jesus revealed himself, (John 1:26-27 if you're a Bible reader). No insult or Bible bashing intended, just this is the song that came out of me this week and so here it is. Hope you like it and I'll be back next week with another.

 

 

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