Stay at Home Original Songs Concert Two
May 13, 2020

On day 12 of the stay at home stay in place directive in California I had finished the cleaning and recreating my living space to match my new vibration and frequency. As I was turning to my list of what’s next, I was interrupted by what I will call, a Celestial Directive, to write 33 songs about the experience I am in and make them relevant to the collective. Excuse me, I blurted out! C’mon, you can do this, I heard. Yeah…you’re right, I said.

So, I grabbed paper and pencil, my preferred tools of writing songs, and proceeded to simply brainstorm 33 titles. That was easy…Sent them to 4 people to tell me the top 10. Multiple opinions but enough common ones to make those the ones I would write for the concert performed on May 6.

The writing came in stages. I took the title and turned on the recorder and then let myself improvise with the guitar and voice to create a foundation and direction. Usually I take the first thing that comes as I feel it is the one. No resistance, just flow. It took three hours but I actually set the key, melody, basic chord structure, mood, and rhythm and even got some appropriate phrases to include in the next phase, the writing of lyric and making the song. 33 solid ideas to flesh out in that three hours. In the flow.

Then I turned to the 10 I wanted to feature at the first concert. And here we are…sharing the songs.

Below is the list of songs I set up and played during the two concerts. Included also is the one song from 1993 I played as the first because it fit so well.

     a.  Rise Up  Dm7

     b.  Mirror Mirror on the Wall  G

     c.  How to Care for a Child  D

     d. The Joy of Streaming (with a hundred million others)  G

     e.  Nothin’ to Do  Am

     f.   In a Healing World  Fmaj7

     g.  Why Did I Marry You? Bm

     h.  Tired of This  Em

     i.   When the World Becomes One  C

     j.   A Little Ol Bug  E

  


Click the song title to access lyrics

Some notes about the Stay in Place Original Songs

  1. There will be one more unveiling of the songs next Wednesdays at 4 PM PST on Facebook Live and at 7 PM on You Tube. Consult the schedule for details
  2. I am planning on performing the songs live one at a time on FB Live once a day starting Monday May 11, 2020…tomorrow. Just one song shared each time so stay tuned for the announcement about the time. That time is dependent on the place where I can fit it each day. I will give at least two hour’s notice.
  3. You will notice that the lyric sheets also have the chords. Normally one does not give that away but I would love it if musicians you know would play these songs in their own way and style. Get them out there to serve the vibration. Of course, they are copyrighted…so, let’s play. Pass them on and see if they are interested
  4. Once I perform the song live that video will be on my FB Live page for access. Here’s the link:
                           https://www.facebook.com/Mark-Stanton-Welch-123803877668023/
  5. Please join me again for the concerts and the one times. Tell your friends. See the Schedule.
  6. Use this consistent link   https://www.facebook.com/Mark-Stanton-Welch-123803877668023/

This group of songs was a little more challenging for me as a songwriter. Having just penned 12 I used a variety of styles and moods and feels and lyrics. Since the songs are all about the experience in a common time I had to monitor the words for variety, but still include the common elements. As time goes on in stay in place the songs get deeper to reflect what we are going through. The mood is very different than the first concert. I invite you to go watch the video by returning to the Streaming Concerts Schedule page and clicking the link to either Facebook live or You Tube.

–Mark