I love the mystery of life. I love how it takes you places
daily you never could have imagined going otherwise. This phenomenon is as
obvious as ever these days. #TrumpWorld
A project like the 365 forces the hand of fate. It creates
circumstances in which you must expand your horizons: discovering music,
connecting with others, playing more music. So, today, Sunday, the hardest of
all 365 days, beckoned. It did just beckon. It Odell Beckoned… Junior. OK, I’m
watching football. It’s a guilty pleasure, like eating delicious meats in a
way. I love them and I grew up with them. That’s what makes it so much harder
to not eat cows and not support concussion devastation ballgames. Like I said,
life is complicated and full of mysteries. Be happy. Love life.
Lots of folks are fighting with each other and having fits
about the election. I’m not sure how that’s constructive. There would be such
things as tangents if we weren’t all ONE.
So… where I’m really going with this is, I’m a nostalgia
guy. I guess we all are. #TrumpWorld. I wonder how reality televisions and real
estate prepare one for running the largest military in the world. Consider this
wondering aloud. 58,600,000 people or so thought that was fine. I imagine/hope
it will be. So history guy me went looking this Sunday morning for a song from
the Flower Drum Song soundtrack, which if I correctly recall, was titles,
“Sweet Sunday.” Surprising it isn’t that the chords for this pertinent piece of
popular music (maybe 50 years ago) were not easily available.
I was in this play in high school, sophomore year. A curious
choice it was, a play full of Asian characters in a pretty white town. The only
actual Asian in it, the director made the bad guy. I covered “Oh, Happy Day”
from this musical in the first 365. That was the number I was in. Small part.
So what I found instead was this. “Fresh as a Sweet Sunday
Morning” by Bert Jansch. What is this song? Who is Bert Jansch? How does it
really sound? I have no clue. But I played it anyway. Twice. By the second
time, I even had a feel for how it goes, well for how my version goes anyway.
My wife even liked the tune. Nice tune, Bert Jansch, whoever you are. No
offense if you’re really famous and I just never heard of you. I don’t know any
Kanye West or Jay-Z songs either, so you’re in good company. I just pay
attention to my life more these days, and other people’s lives, less.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Originals – 325 “The
Parents’ Theme”
So, in case you didn’t know, I work with special needs
adults a few days a week. It is a fabulous, deeply gratifying and rewarding
job. One of my jobs is a write and direct the Christmas musical. It is a huge
bunch of fun. I initially intended to fill the last months of this project with
songs from the various volumes of “The Hunt for The Great Christmas Tree.”
Ultimately, I changed my mind. I decided to not give everything I’ve ever done
away for free, which is what I’m doing here daily, in a way.
So I saved those numbers instead, with only an exception or
two. “The Hunt for The Great Christmas Tree” is a feel-good, positive,
snow-forest set musical. It features a family, The Pearls, and a set of
colorful snow characters, who sing songs, learn lessons, and love life. “The
Parents’ Theme” plays at the beginning of each episode and before the final
scene. It sets us near the fireplace in the living room of the family home on
Christmas Eve. All episodes take place on Christmas Eve. That’s it for today.
This is a taste spoon, essentially, a teaser. I’d love to make these Christmas
musicals the first TV show ever, featuring exclusively special needs actors. If
you’re interested in knowing more, or helping out, hit me up. The time is now
to make our drams come true.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Words – 325 “Sum Cords”
Here’s sone Sunday chords, I was feeling today. More than
any words, riddle, riffs or other rhythms, I felt this, and I would be remise
to not share this here with you. Keeping it real. Loving it true. Sunday and
smooth. Hail Conor McGregor and Dave Chappelle, the stars of yesterday,
literally.
Hail Dak Prescott, hopefully the star of today. The lone
star.
Oh, note, I was feeling like changing it up for today and
keeping my head and opinions to myself, so I went headless for today’s videos.
See me tomorrow.
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