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tedgiffin

Artist and Musician

Cicadas at Dusk

Youth. The sound of cicadas at dusk making a gentle hum. I can remember the thickness of the summer air. Looking across the Ohio river into the gray hills of West Virginia. Reminded of what was the old coal town, Where you were coated in black dust after stepping outside. The old glass factory on the edge of town which had blown up leaving a spray-painted exterior. Just one of many industries that had thrived before I was born, that I had []

After the Cocteau Twins, original music, (audio)

Thank You for Stopping by my little spot on the world wide web!!! I just want to say some words about this one. The idea being that a lot of music these days are just a combination of repeated sounds. Chorus/verse, whatever. It becomes apparent to me lyrics are bothersome, asking myself what does it mean, aren’t vocals just notes? I just like to hear something pleasant. I look at some of my favorite tunes, and read what the lyricist meant, and []