The Muse: lyrics by David Crosby, music by Becca

New song! New guitar! New series? :) The newness of those first two things inspired me to make a video. A solo video. Maybe the first of many in this "series"? This is one of the songs I wrote for the "Regina" set, (commissioned by the Jazz Gallery in NYC). It was premiered with a full ensemble back in June, but I've never performed it solo like this. David Crosby sent me this poem and it spoke to me so I set it to music. DISCLAIMER: Sorry about the slight out of tune-ness of the guitar. She's new and hasn't been set up and I'm still trying to figure out what she likes. If you didn't notice it, then... you're lucky. Here's the poem: BY THE LIGHT/THE MUSE By the light of common day Things look different Than they did in the starlit dark the dark was warm and clouded it was easy to deceive yourself and those around you in the work to say the craziness and pain the spreading of the stain is exactly where you gain the spark to make it as if being happy isn’t quite enough somehow I needed to make it rough rough enough to break it to make those long connections and run in  wrong directions till I break it loose I was wrong of course I see now The spark is there all the time now If you know How to listen to your calling The muse is quietly knocking on your door right now - you have to go faithfully each day and open up your head some way somehow and what will come in answer some strong and gentle dancer will carry a song through your door Some great lifting force of light Will come to balance fearful night Raise its voice and then raise yours you have to go faithfully each day and open up your head some way somehow