So I felt I needed to capture the moment. It was the end of March 2020, and the country had just gone into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic …
The tune is one I have used before (well why not?), but the lyrics are pretty much spur of the moment – the stuff that was going through my head at that time. Lockdown here has not been hard – we have a field and a bit of woodland to walk in. I’ve never taken them for granted, but right now they seem like sheer magic.
I had thought my singing(?) days were over – it’s just so hard trying to mix music when you’re half deaf, and vocal tracks really stretch me at the best of times, but hey ho, this song needed it, so I bite the bullet …
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Music for the Hard of Hearing
If, like me, you wear a hearing aid because of mid range and high frequency hearing loss, you MIGHT do better listening WITHOUT hearing aids to the mix below.
Cherry Blossom (Hard of Hearing Mix)
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Sally says
Those first few lines have so much depth and meaning, beautiful. From then on I couldn’t stop smiling as you took us on an affectionate tour of Talog and the inhabitants so familiar to us. I loved the mandolin too. Well done Rick – what talent we have in our little village!
Rick Westhorpe says
And one of the rooftops I look across is yours. I never tire of the view here.
Thanks Sal! x
A Local (!) says
Makes me wish I had musical ability. Long may the cherry blossom in the wood make you smile.
Marcey says
Wow this is a bit good . I loved listening to this. The guitar playing at the beginning put me in mind of China, Italy and Spain who were first affected by covid 19.
Your voice carried me along with you, giving me a feeling of space and into your world and our world of family and friends missed, the appreciation and what we have, the busyness of people helping others. The woods, the cherry blossom. The simple but perfect things in life….. and breathe. Big love ….
Rick Westhorpe says
Thanks Marcey,
I really appreciate your comments. It’s been very hard doing music the last few years because of hearing loss, but I had to write this. I’m so aware that the virus situation might get so much worse, and just something to catch the personal at the beginning felt important. I hadn’t really considered that MY personal might connect with others …