"Marie's Theme' - music by Frederick Delius, words and vocal by Me.
I just recorded one of my songs (and me singing/playing it) -- at the library.
YES, THE LIBRARY.
Ok, it’s not just a library. It’s a médiathèque. Médiathèque Albert Camus.
France has an incredible system of these médiathèques. They offer concerts, painting lessons – and at the one in Antibes, even a music studio. You can practice piano, hold a band rehearsal.
In my case, record a demo.
In Antibes, it's a full music studio. A stellar microphone for vocals, Logic Pro, whatever you need.
Even better - they have people to teach you.
FOR FREE.
(Many thanks to Rudy for giving me my first lesson.)
I was in a hurry to get this done in time to promote “Unsung,” my show for the Château de la Napoule. We have three more dates – July 31 and August 21 in French, August 7 in English.
For the songs, I wrote new lyrics to existing tunes. This melody is from a piece by classical composer Frederick Delius, a pal of Henry Clews. The two other songs are from World War I, since that's the period: "Pack Up Your Troubles" and “Over There.”

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