Riff Beach

This song is dedicated to a most memorable human being that I had the pleasure and privilege to work with and call a Friend in a 'previous life'. "Coach", aka the late, great Al McGuire, would often greet me by asking if everything was "All Seashells and Balloons"? Al spoke his own unique language. It endeared him to his many Players, and millions of Listeners and Viewers who enjoyed his colorful broadcasts of College Basketball Games and what has become The Final Four NCAA Basketball Championships each March (March Madness). Al was an incredible motivational speaker and blessed with a most entertaining and engaging personality. He had a way of making anyone around him feel special. He always gave back so much more than he ever received. Bless you, Coach. Living here at The Beach on so many bright sunny, warm days, I've learned what you meant all these years later when you asked that question, and "Yes, most days here certainly are All Seashells and Balloons"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McGuire https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/17/messages/1266.html

Just Riff'n around with My Strat while putting this ElectrOriginal song to music and then recording, mixing.

Almost Perfect ©

Riff Beach - Original

RiffWerx - 2018

Last night, well, it felt so right

Maybe, even…..Almost Perfect

You know Sunset to Sunrise

Oooh, Yeah….Almost Perfect

Nothin’, Honey, money can ever buy

Will bring more than we truly are

Let’s not ever fail to try

For times….of Almost Perfect?

(Chorus)

Staring into each other’s Eyes

They realize it was well worth it

As they dream and fantasize

In their World of….Almost Perfect

(Bridge)

Broken and restored once more

Or, was that a few lives before?

When we stumbled in again?

To a place of Almost Perfect?

(Chorus Two)

Sometimes, we wonder why….

We’re searching for Perfection?

Maybe, we’re just waiting for…..

……Some kind of a Resurrection?

(Back to Main Chorus - Variation)

Just messin' with my new Trio 'Song Creation' pedal in sketching out a concept from scratch. Decided to mix it up a little using the loop created with 'follow-along backing' to my Original Rhythm Guitar via the Trio, and then played along to the mixed loop for fun.

My own AcoustaTronic Version and interpretation of this Traditonal Christmas Classic by Rossetti, intended with respect and reverence. All music and production by Riff Beach, RiffWerx - 2017.

In The Bleak Midwinter - Trad (Christina Rossetti 1800’s)

(Pre-Chorus)

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone

Snow on snow had fallen, Snow on snow on snow

In the bleak midwinter, long and long ago

(Chorus)

Angels and Archangels may have gathered there

Cherubim and Seraphim rising in the air

Oh, but only Mary, in her maiden Bliss

Worshipped the Beloved with a Mother’s Kiss

Bridge

Heaven cannot hold him

Nor can Earth Sustain

Heaven and Earth shall fall away

When he comes to Reign

(Post Chorus- Outro)

What then can I give him, poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;

If I were a wise man, I would do my part;

What then can I give him? I must give my heart

Updated ReMiX of One of Tony's wonderful Christmas songs from awhile back that we collaborated on. Merry Christmas, Happiest Holiday and New Year Wishes to all!

Please check out Tony's Lyrics and Tony's Music at: soundcloud.com/tonyslyrics

A quick, most contemporaneous little bitta' composition and fun using my Nylon strung Fender and a tad of Stereo Binaural Panning.

OK, so ya' bust out a Strat to play along, add a bitta' Fuzz and Slap.....and then, crash it into some Alive & Kickin' Bitcrushed Drumming. Add some Conga's, Synth Pad creation, and then shake and stir up some Funky, Fun, Genre-Bending insanity. Whew! ;-)

No instruments were harmed in this Production.

Original Lyrics Follow. Songwriting, Guitars, Low D Whistle, Vocals, Production all by Riff Beach - RiffWerx - 2017. Make each moment count.

Before It’s All Too Late ©

Riff Beach - Original

(RiffWerx - 2017)

Around a sweet old woman

We gathered by her dying bed

She sighed as we all cried

I recall some of what she said

Time is not to waste

Each moment you’re awake

May you always give

More than you ever choose to take

(Chorus)

All that sometimes ends….

Only begins again

Always Love, My Friend

Don’t You hesitate….

Before it’s all too late

(Bridge)

May you taste some good

Or, even a little great

Find and love and hold

A life that fills your soul

Keep a smile upon your face

For there is another place

What was lost will be found

Upon the higher ground

(Chorus 2)

Forgive and then forget

Embrace with no regret

Reach out and do not wait

Before it’s all too late

Respectfully different spin on some Classic Early Neil Diamond Gold. Always loved early Diamond gems. Good 'Ol Neil sure wrote some great tunes.

Listens, likes, comments, respins are always most genuinely appreciated.

Not really a Christmas Carol, but more a Seasonal and Holiday Wish of Peace, Calm, Love, and Happiness to All. May your Holidays be Warm and your New Year ahead Bright! :D My first Christmas without My Dad here with us. Love and Miss him a ton. So blessed to have a number of beautiful Hohner Harmonicas he left me. My favorite one used for blending in the background of this song....A most special, magical reminder.

I Wish You All The Very Best ©

Riff Beach Original

RiffWerx - 2017

I wish you all the best that life can ever be

Though the thought so often escapes me

Happiness… at times…..an elusive quest

Yet, I still wish you all the very best

I wish you everything good that we can be

For it seems a little overwhelming to me

And, if ever Hope begins to slip away

Sometimes, there aren’t right words to say

Chorus

I wish you all the very best that life can bring

Right now, I only have this song to sing

But, when you’re down and feeling kinda’ low

May the bright sun melt away the snow

Life is filled with moments unplanned

We find those times so hard to understand

The sting of loss can cause so much pain

Forces us in out of the pouring rain

Bridge

My Love

Is Caring

...and Sharing

Just the Little

...that I am

(Repeat Chorus and Out)