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Aerosmith   "Dream On"   (arranged & performed by Kelly Valleau)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVs7lij1zl8

Nice arrangement of "Scream On" as we used to call it. There's a tabbed version on this site, and the opening is a challenging reach in places without a capo on the second fret. Mr. Valleau's fingering arrangement is different, but the results are terrific.

Been thinking specifically of Topdown ...

I believe he's on the west coast of Florida (Madeira Beach area?) but they've probably had major effect ... hope everyone's okay. The dear folk in Haiti have the seen the worst of it ... so sad.

You guys'll soon be ready for an international tour, won't you? Great work you've been putting together, and your interpretations have been dynamite.

Can't wait to read it, Beamer ... your preview has me tingling with anticipation. What's cooler than being a Dad, eh?

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

This poem was born out of my own need to truly understand my buddy, in order to become the kind of friend I would like to have, if I were in his shoes.

Apparently the "Dysphoric" aspect involves some Schizophrenic symptoms. He'll sometimes tell me about things he imagines having such a powerful effect on him, that they're almost more intense than if they'd really happened. He's a great friend, and we enjoy music and fly fishing together. I suppose we're all broken in one way or another, and friendships enable us to carry one another's burdens when needed.

As far as "politically correct" terminology is concerned, Bill, it is indeed a challenge to keep up with. The latest descriptor I hear is "intellectual disability". We'll see how long this one endures, before someone takes offense and it goes through another metamorphosis.

Nice work on that 12-string. I hear ya about roofing. Did mine with my son about 10 years ago, and was crippled up for several days afterwards.

Stay safe, Badeye!

Nice licks between these two ... loving Mr. King's custom Flying V, with his abalone name inlaid on the fretboard.

My buddy's observations aren't really hallucinations, are they?

His condition makes him painfully sensitive to the things we all see around us, and he'll often share his frustration at being helpless to really do much about it. Some of us can "live in the moment" and shut these things out; he can't. We just spent a couple days in the back-country with a tent and our fly rods, and he was grateful to be able to get away from everything for a few days. He's a dear friend, with a big and kind heart ... perhaps why things seem to bother him so much.

Guten Tag, mein Freund! Est ist sehr gut fur mir sehen und horen sie!

And with that, I'll abandon my attempt to recall the German I learned in High School 40 years ago.

It's great to hear from you, Bill, and sorry to hear the bugs have had a grip on you recently. I hope you're still finding time for some music each day, which is the best therapy for the soul I know of. I'm certain I speak for all, that we miss your thought-provoking observations ... none of us can do it like the Musicator Extraordinaire.

Be well, Bill & Dondra!

Steven Wilson    "Index"    Mexico City, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuSd1liCuE

Here's another clip from Wilson's "Get All You Deserve" DVD. He'll sometimes start a concert by stating that "... we play pretty miserable music ...", as many of his themes contain an Edgar Allen Poe / Alfred Hitchcock style of morbidity. This is typical of that, and the use of music to convey emotions - of all sorts - is again brought to the fore; and Marco Minnemann's drumming is extraordinary in this.

Whatever one may think of these themes, it is observed that Wilson can express them in ways few others have been successful with. The song reminds me of one of those creepy doll collections, where you stare at them, and one seems to move now and then.