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Open Mic Adventures XLII: “1001 Arabian Nights”

The Portly Politico27 Comments

For the first time in four years, I’ve finally written and debuted a new song! “1001 Arabian Nights” comes from some recorded ideas I’ve been sitting on for years, but I finally worked everything out and added some new verses.

I’m not 100% pleased with this performance. I played way too fast, and the vocal mix drowns out the keys at points. I also flipped the fifth and sixth verses, though of course no one but me would know that. I’ll perform this one again soon and get a better–and slower!–performance, but I’m still excited to be writing tunes again.

That said, I really enjoyed writing this piece, and I particularly like the melody.  I had a great deal of fun playing around with the desert metaphors, and this might be the only song with the phrase “astrolabe of love.”

As always, here’s the same recording on YouTube; like, subscribe, etc., etc.:

Happy Listening!

—TPP

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27 thoughts on “Open Mic Adventures XLII: “1001 Arabian Nights””

  1. I don’t know if you would consider this a compliment but it is meant to be … you know how there are theme songs and movie scores that we just automatically sing along with? Like, for instance, All in the Family’s (… the way Glen Miller played, the songs that made the hit parade…), MASH (Suicide is blue …) – you get the idea; anyway, 1001 Arabian Nights feels like that.

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  2. I like the song, mate, but I can see what you mean about the speed. I wonder as well whether for some of these songs it might be better to ditch the keyboard and dust off the guitar. Either that or get a guitar accompaniment from your friend John. I can hear 70s/80s pop rock classics in some of your ventures and wonder whether guitar might be the best instrument for it.

    By the way, Audre, you missed out on the great tea debate on the reader’s forum on TCW earlier. Not my peppermint tea comment. Lower down. I do enjoy the mundane from time to time. 😂

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    • Mike Haseler starts the ball rolling and it just goes on from there. Like the toast debate. Crikey, I remember that took up half the feed. Back in the days when Raps (God rest his soul), Birtie and Virtual Girl Friday used the site.

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  5. Methinks Audre is right and you’re after some articles. Once I get back onto the computer, maybe in a few days, I’ll see what I can send over. 👍

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      • I just spotted your post on yesterday’s piece about Oppenheimer. I wouldn’t be able to acquiesce to that particular request because it’s not a subject I’m well versed in. That would require some major league research and a good deal of thought.

        I might have a few politically related, maybe some on social issues – a couple I’m writing for TCW but I don’t have to submit them until the end of the month which is handy – but you know I’ll never be short on movie and game reviews. In fact, if you’re okay with it, I can send you a pre completion review of Skyrim soon. You’ll know why it’s pre completion when I’ve sent it to you. 😂

        If you’re good with that, let me know. I do enjoy writing for this site and I’m grateful to you for giving me a platform. I might have something for NEO too but I haven’t written for or posted anything on Dave’s site for a while. I could understand if he turned me down.

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  6. You’re too kind. Though I don’t know about you but I could do with an Audre fix. Has she submitted anything more? I try to catch her pieces on Neo too, when I can.

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