"The Happiest Day"

Another sunshiney jingle for this unbelievably gorgeous day:

"சுன்றிசே"

Wow! No idea what is happening in the title of this but it is pretty cool and entirely unintentional. Cyrillic? Five bucks and a box of Jelly Belly's to the first person to figure it out.

Anyway, I just wanted to post another jingle called "Sunrise" from the Vitamin D collection. I think it would be good for a Folger's ad. Or maybe Trojan? Lemme know what you think.

"We Are The Sunshine"

Another sunshine jingle for a commercial, please to like:

"Let Your Sun Shine Out"

I'm currently over at the Bug Music studios on Music Row in the 'Ville, putting vocals on some of the sun songs. Earlier I was writing lyrics for a new one and found myself short of sun verbs. I Googled "sun poetry"to see if anyone had a few I could borrow and came across this jewel by allan james saywell:

"Here Come The Sun"

Sun, Sun, Sun, here it come
The dark becomes light, why?
Because Sun, Sun, Sun, here it come
Sun, Sun, Sun, here it come
At the end of the night
The light is bright, Sun, Sun, Sun
Here it come,
Here come the Sun


I was tempted to just throw in the towel. My flowery language will never hold a candle to shit of this magnitude. If you, like me, need more saywell in your life you can find it here.

And if you require a humble soundtrack for the experience, here's another freshie from Vitamin D called "Let Your Sun Shine Out:"

Well, damn it. My MP3 player is not happening but I don't have time to mess with it at the moment. Will post this afternoon, all apologies.

"On A Sunny Day"

As promised, "On A Sunny Day," the first selection from the forthcoming album for advertisements, Vitamin D:


(By the way, I found this little player here http://www.blogcastone.net/player.php just in case anyone else is looking for one.)

VITAMIN D

I awoke at 7:10 in this morning, this weekend’s 21-mile near-marathon still pulsing in my thighs. I am scheduled to work on a brick walkway with Bob, but kind of hoping the rain will finally burst through the cloud cover and keep me indoors. My hamstrings need not suffer any more indignity and I can use a free day to work on my latest catalogue stiffener, a new album of sun-themed music called Vitamin D.

Advertisers, when looking for aural backdrops from which to ply their wares, most often search for music that leans strongly on the noun ‘sun’ and the verb ‘shine.’ This is an undisputed fact; look it up if you don’t believe me. Undisputed fact 2: advertisers pay out the wazoo for these innocuous bits of hokum. Undisputed fact 3: I am currently laying brick sidewalks to pay the bills. Do the math.

Over the years, I have been urged by various publishers and songpluggers, towards the cause of providing a more respectable income, to write more music that dallies in these themes. Up to this point, reality has kept me firmly grounded in more earthly pursuits. But the eternal drudgery of the Nashville’s coldest Winter in 31 years has finally brought out the glow in me. The sky’s stayed gray for most of December, January and February. I literally had to write myself out of a serious case of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I feel that I can now pursue the project with my balls tight and precious integrity intact.

But I like these little ditties, all short and limited to one subject: Vitamin D euphoria. Vitamin D is produced by our bodies when we are exposed to sunlight. It makes us happy. Until we are burnt to a crisp. Here are the songs I have finished thusfar:

1. On A Sunny Day

2. We Are The Sun

3. The Sun On Our Shoulders

4. Sunrise

5. Let Your Sun Shine Out

6. The Happiest Day

7. Let It Shine

I think I should do three more to make it a proper piece.

I will soon be posting some of these songs here when I can figure out how to get an MP3 player posted. If anyone has suggestions regarding this maneuver (posting an MP3 player to which I can upload music) I would certainly welcome them.Thanks.