I just added some new tunes to the Zuvia album. If you've read the book, the tunes should help you to visualize it even more! If you haven't read the book yet, you can get a copy on Amazon, or by following the link on my home page.
Hope you enjoy it!!
Having completed my "bucket list" of recording some of my best songs into individual "albums" of songs, I still have a long way to go with my music. My original goal was to get all of my "secular" songs wrapped into individual albums and published by the end of 2020. I am finally done with that goal ...and now I'd like to do the same by placing my Christian-based songs ... the songs I have written about MY faith ... into similar "album" packages.
There are 3 new "groups" or "albums" of songs that I have started under the "My Music" tab of this site. You will see an "Under Construction" label above all three. As I record new songs, I will add them. The goal is as follows:
l. Under The Rainbow (Folksy Christian) - to contain some of my most popular Christian songs ... the ones that never made it into past recordings.
2. Tacere Pace (Christian Instrumental, New Age-ish) - to include several instrumental Christian songs. These are just some old songs that continually rattle around in my head ... but in my head, they sound a bit different.
3. Zuvia - (Instrumental) Theme songs that wobbled around in my head as I was writing the novel.
Those that know me understand that I am continually compelled to write. Songs, poems, short stories, and books. After I retired, I realized that all of my words were scattered all over the place in a conglomeration of notebooks. For the stories and poems, I figured after I am gone from this world, somebody in my family may find them and cherish them. The words are there for them. But it is a totally different story for my songs.
I never learned to read music. That said, all of my songs (over 200 of them) are scribbled down on notebook paper someplace ... or typed up on sheets of paper. Earlier in my life, I had the privilege of being in a Christian Rock band ... Messenger. We recorded a few albums together and any of the songs that I wrote on those albums are already in the possession of my children and grandchildren. So, bottom line, they know those songs already ... know how they are supposed to sound. But for all the other songs (some of which I am quite embarrassed to have written) my descendants could never possibly understand how they were supposed to "sound" because I could not write them down in musical notation. So, similar to the scattered piles of paper ... I have scattered cassette recordings and CDs of just a very select few of my songs. So I wanted to make sure the best ones (not the embarrassing ones!) were at least available for my family to "hear".
With the "groups" or "albums" of songs I have added to this website, my goal was to share what was in my head with my family ... and anyone else who may enjoy.
Thus, this website where I can package all of my best work into one place ... music, art, and writings.
I find that the website is an excellent place to "store" things because everyone has the same access. My family has the web address. They can download anything they like from here (as can you) and make copies for personal collections. My hope is that at least one think I leave here makes someone smile.
What's next? Well, after I'm done with all of this, the Good Lord willing, I'll fumble around with some of my other corny songs.
RS
Earlier this year, I finally completed my new Novel, Zuvia. If you like to read any Fantasy or Adventure books, you might enjoy this one. The book is about a strange group of creatures who get discovered by some humans. They find that the Zuvians have been put on this earth to help humanity to manage the earth's ecosystem. Odd tree-like creatures, the Zuvians are quite friendly to the ones that have discovered their existence.
Zuvia takes place in 3 different time periods ... starting in the 1800s, moving through the 1900s, and then finally ending in the 2000s. The first two sections are basically primers to help readers better know and understand the Zuvians. Part three is the brunt of the story and is where I will continue as I write other novels in the future.
Octaria, the sequel to Zuvia, is already underway. I hope to have it all done by end of 2022.
Hope you enjoy ... and, as always, THANK YOU for looking, listening, and reading!
R, Starmer
