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To Write

by SharDave

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This is an original song, music put to a poem that Shar wrote when she was young. Here's the story in her words: I had written the poem when I was young, making a bookmark item of gold ink on parchment paper. It got lost in the midst of time, as bookmarks tend to do. As I was packing to move interstate from Darwin to Victoria, I found the bookmark, unexpectedly, in one my many books. Ten days after arriving in Victoria, I was called to Queensland to attend my mother, who was dying. Gathered together with my brothers and sisters on my mother's property, I put this song to music to play with my siblings. My mother, herself a musician, loved listening to the music that we were playing in our vigil.

This song describes the power and influence that the written word has on our mind and mood, and on the formation of the ideas that shape us. A fusion of genres, the power of 'To Write' is captured in the multi-layered percussion that defines it.

lyrics

Shake the sieve, and leave the debris in the net
Shake the sieve
Intensify, to form the ink
That writes the words.

They travel through the body and mind
To impress and to incite
And to seduce the eyes that read the words
Written by the ink.

And paper, to receive the mark.
And paper.
Where vision and emotion, are lords of spirit
For a while.

They travel through the body and mind
To impress and to incite
And to seduce the eyes that read the words
Written by the ink.

credits

released July 11, 2023
Music by Sharon Rose Ford & David John Matthews, 2019 - 2023

Recording & Production by Sharon Rose Ford & David John Matthews (SharDave Music), 2023

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SharDave VIC, Australia

SharDave is a musical duo and musical production team. Their music is a fusion across genres, including Blues Rock, Jazz Fusion, Folk Rock, Acoustic Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock and Soul. It contains elements of both World and Western music, with African and Latino influenced rhythms and percussion permeating the music. The style is unique, percussive, melodic, chilled and relaxing. ... more

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