Episodes
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Win Again
Win Again : Song Link double down like a clown you want to win again as things go we all know where it all will end there's a way behind closed minds illusion is a thin disguise copyright 2016, PJ Slack, SOCAN
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Daddy's out working in the Gold Mine
Daddy's out Working in The Gold Mine Song Link : Daddy's out working' in the gold mine Mama's out working in the grape vines Making red wine So we'll all feel fine yeah yeah yeah yeah .. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah .. Daddy's out working in the gold mine making a dime so we'll all be fine yeah yeah...
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Northbound (Remake)
Northbound Song Link : Northbound Northbound train , mountain high, hear the whistle blow echo through the trees now is a lonely sound that fades away But what I need to tell you I'm thinking far away I hold it close to the line but when I reach the stop and they pour me out of the train That's…
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Freedom Calls Your Name
Freedom Calls Your Name Song link: Freedom Calls Your Name Well the it's certain that nothing is certain when Gypsy's your friend By wine and by fire, a travelling choir, a caravan song Freedom Calls your name Freedom Calls your name Freedom Calls your name Freedom Calls your name Well the last...
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When I'm with You
When I'm With You Song Link : When I'm With You Season changed again Can't remember when the last time Smiling faces beaming proud like a mountain top Souls just shining happiness 'till the end of days Chorus: When I'm with you all these dreams come true When I'm with you all the stars collide…
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Bed of Northern Lights
It's been a great deal of time since I last posted any music here. This isn't for lack of making music however. My server was attacked because it was using SSL and I had to take it off line and rebuild my personal system. My music is back online and I will be posting some relatively new…
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LIFE DOES SING
I've been working a bit in the studio lately and some songs are coming to fruition. :-) A new song can be found here: http://www.pjslack.net/lifedoessing.mp3 Life does sing The breeze that brings the tree that sways sum of the motion that nature brings ..nature brings The music heals intention...
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Deep Inside
(Image: "PROPHESY" created by Zappha) It's been a while since I've published any new music tracks. Please find here a new song track entitled "Deep Inside": http://www.pjslack.net/deepinside.mp3 I've begun a new music collection project entitled "The Love Network Voyager". The theme is intended…
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Songwriter Spotlight Radio Broadcast-Podcast: Peter J Slack
Sal Noguera's show Songwriter's Spotlight airs on http://www.erinradio.ca/ every Sunday from 8 to 9 p.m. and features local talent from the town of Erin. Sal also dives into what the songs mean to the artists and the complicated depth of songwriting. Sal Noguera is the owner of Erinwood Studios…
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Em Uma Outra Vida
Hello to all fine folks, http://www.pjslack.net/emumaoutravida.mp3 This is an instrumental tune dedicated to AmandaMartinez and Laura Fernandez, both hosts of the Cafe Latino radio program that airs Saturdayafternoons on 91.1FM or online at http://www.jazz.fm for those not in the GTA. "Em uma…
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SILENCE AND SYMMETRY
Season's Greetings from the winter wonderland, http://www.pjslack.net/silenceandsymmetry.mp3 There's hopefully always room for a song at the right time. This instrumental production dates back a few years to 2003, I was enjoying some personal freedom having just left a 5 year long industrial post...
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Destination Unknown
Hello to all fine people, Destination Unknown Song Track: http://www.pjslack.net/destinationunknown.mp3 As a child I had dreams of exploring other planets and owning a horse, my favorite books were the Time-Life series published in the early 70's and in particular, the reference book "Space" that...
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Man on a String
Hello again, Man on a String: Song Track http://www.pjslack.net/manonastring.mp3 I'll tell you what's really going on is I'm preparing offerings for the kind music spirits in preparation for the launch of "Brewster'sCoffeehouse Tour" starting August 4th in Sauble beach at the community center and...
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I'll see you in the morning
Hello again good people, Song Track http://www.pjslack.net/seeyouinthemorning.mp3 What do you do when you have the blues and don't drink? I was asking myself this very question the other day. I decided the question was also a good title for a blues album. Most obvious the first track in an album…
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Guardian Angel : song track
Song Track: http://www.pjslack.net/guardianangel02.mp3 This is for my wife Terri who asked that I writeand perform a song to celebrate her goal of becoming a Mary Kay Sales Director. For any ofyou who are active with Mary Kay you understand that this is a very difficult goal to achieve.…
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Never Lost
NEVER LOST:Song Track Today I am grateful to be able to offer to you all, a humble trinket from a seemingly perpetual philosophy machine. Logic doesn’t always prevail simply because the primordial paradox that continues to explode allows neither pure logic nor pure chaos to prevail. “Never Lost”…
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Mother is Going to Melt Your Ice
Good Day to all fine people, Song Track: Mother is Going to Melt Your Ice I suppose I'll begin the introduction to this sad song by using an old cliche here: I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. My new year's resolution every year from now on: I'm going to make the best of my life and do things…
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THE ISLAND RIVER HEART
This past fall I participated in a benefit for the Jai Dee Children's Fund and we raised money to help build a school in Laos. I wrote a song for the event and was asked by one of the elders of the community if I would record it. I am pleased today to be able to offer you the recording of this...
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OASIS TANGO
OASIS TANGO I simply have to continue to ask this question: what are your symbols of peace and freedom? My philosophy is that the ultimate symbol of peace and freedom is an honestly earned, deep respect for one another. How do we gain respect from one another? Do we build nuclear bombs? Send…
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Above the Clouds
Greetings to all fine people, ABOVE THE CLOUDS:SONG TRACK I'm just ecstatic today to receive another great submission for distribution on the pod-waves from the archives of Mr. Thomas Hastings. I suspect Thom has an entire album stored away. Let's just call it the Eight Years After project and be...
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DECLASSIFIED
The meaning of declassified is to reveal secrets, for example, through the declassification of secret documents. The social conscience, however, reveals itself without the declassification of secret documents or news broadcasts. Perhaps one of the most well guarded secrets is that the reason…
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PETER J SLACK @ GRAFFITI'S MARCH 3, 2006
(PHOTOS BY: Cassandra Slack) Hello Fine Listeners!!! PETER J SLACK LIVE @ GRAFFITI'S I am so very fortunate today to be able to release to you a recording captured live at Graffiti's on March 3/2006. The most fortunate occurance was to have some very dear and talented friends jamming with me and...
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8 YEARS AFTER
Good day to all fine people! SONG TRACK: 8 YEARS AFTER I am very excited today to introduce some awesome talent on the PJ Slack Musical Blog. This song was recorded by a good friend and musical colleague, Thom Hastings, in the studio we had operated many years back. I am convinced that a 5 year...
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CUPID'S ARROW 2
Good day to all fine people! CUPID'S ARROW 2 I humbly offer this new recording as homage for Valentine's day. It is my own emerging tradition of producing a guitar duet as a celebration. The first rendition of this style of song ,"Cupid's Arrow", was recorded in my closet with a classical guitar...
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ICEBERG
ICEBERG My favorite digital bird landed on my shoulder the other day and told a story in well-formed mystic URL, of the news of the singing icebergs. Enchanted by such news and the recordings of their songs I went to sleep that night and dreamed I was an iceberg singing a song of my beloved…
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THE VALUE OF A MAN
THE VALUE OF A MAN With certainty, many women ask this question every day and with equal certainty, most men either do not have the right answer or just simply do not answer such an obvious rhetorical question. Of course, every argument or position can be broken down or dissected until eventually…
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THE EYES OF JUPITER
THE EYES OF JUPTIER:Song Track One of the most startling and immense systems of weather and inexplicable demonstrations of stable atmospheric dynamics is the great red spot of Jupiter that was first observed more than 300 years ago. It is assumed that it was Cassini who first observed the Great…
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The Seven Rings of Saturnalia
Good day once again to all fine people, The Seven Rings of Saturnalia : Song Track I awoke the other morning to a news cast on TV with these spectacular and mysterious sounds of the aurora of Saturn that were recorded by the Cassini probe. This particular recording was in the radio spectrum and…
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North American Dream
Good day once again fine people, NORTH AMERICAN DREAM I was considering this song for some time now and it sort of follows on the theme of relationships. The scale of this song however is much grander; it is a plea to mother earth that she is always there to tame our guiding social conscience…
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DRIFT AWAY
Warm greetings to all fine people, In my humble opinion, if we are ever to ascertain the ultimate grand unification metaphor of science we would probably be best served to first figure out the true nature of personal relationships and how this ties into physical reality. This song is inspired by...
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Raccoon Requiem
A friend was having troubles with pesky raccoons and decided to purchase one of the sonic pest control devices widely available at Canadian Tire etc. and it actually worked. I was inspired to write a happy requiem..if there is such a thing.. Raccoon Requiem Music Copyright, 2005, PJ SLACK, SOCAN
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SANDCASTLES
Happy Spring to all fine people! SANDCASTLES A friend of mine was agonizing over the schmaltzy love songs that I had been sending out and requested that I write a "work song". I didn't really know what he meant by "work song" and neither did he when questioned further. ;-) Well, given that my...
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IN MY FAVOURITE BOOK
Happy Easter to all! This is a song that I had the great opportunity to perform at the Winterfolk Festival in Toronto this past February. Finally I took some time to produce a track for this song along with a new beginning. This song is dedicated to all of my sisters who I love dearly. Song…
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LOVE WALKS IN
Hello fine people, Best wishes to all. I would like to share this submission to a songwriting contest. This is a story of a lady who rekindles fond memories of dear friends from school days long past and it is set to a slow country groove. The rules of the contest were that it had to include the...
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CATS ON VENUS
Hey!!.. I unpacked the "Metaphysical" function generator and the first setting was labeled "Cat on Venus"....I couldn't help myself but had to wrap a little song around this particular soundscape over the holidays: Song Track : Cats on Venus Cats on Venus : Lyrics The high priestess of the temple...
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HEAL THE CHILDREN
Hello fine folks, Song Track : Heal the Children Well!!, in anticipation of the ensuing new year I've put a re-enforced concrete lid on the "CATACLYSM" musical project....I've literally stuffed 1 hour and 20 minutes (23 songs) on 1 CD and thus required a well engineered cap.. If you email me your...
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ON THE FARM
Hello to all fine folks... Song Track : On The Farm I'm pleased to release a "happy fall on the farm" song for you all. This was meant to be a submission for the New Folk North show at the OCFF this year but I didn't get it done in time. I managed to see the New Folk North Show and was absolutely...
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FOR MY OWN
Good day to all fine folks, Song Track :FOR MY OWN I am pleased to release my "Sex song" for The New Foundation group of songwriters. When I write a song I try to arrive at simply expressing the fundamentals of a given topic. This generally leads to a song that can be freely interpreted in many...
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JUST TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY
Greetings to all... Song: Just to Brighten up Your Day While camping on Georgian bay this summer I actually wrote 4 chants including Georgian Waves. This particular song I have been taking my time and maturing it, like wine, through jam sessions, performances and studio effort. I performed an...
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CORPORATE BLUES 1-1/4
Hello Friends, This is a sneak release of some older tunes after producing "The Corporate Blues Tracks". There were many more songs than this but these were the songs that I selected from the batch. It was unlikely that I would revisit these songs and so I give them to you here instead: Track 1.…
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GEORGIAN WAVES
Hello to all wonderful people, Georgian Waves: Song Track I've been on a break from producing music yet I have been very busy performing, recording, and concocting strange "brue glass" with several different groups of musicians. I was recently introduced to the concept of a chant from my friend...
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CUP HALF EMPTY
Eureka!!! Cup Half Empty: Song Track All this time the cure for mid-life dementia was right under my nose! ..I'm sure everyone has cured hiccups by drinking upside down from a cup right? .. Well that's it!!..the mid-life thing; just a hiccup... simply drink upside down from a cup half empty and,...
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FOREVER A STEP
WELL!!!!!!! Do you ever have the feeling you are on the verge of something but it always seems just a step away from being your ideal reality? This sense of constant urgency seems to be a forward motivating force field; there's always a dream to live. This is a pop rock tune with a northern first...
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POLITICAL RAT RACE SHUFFLE
Greetings to everyone, Political Rat Race Shuffle POLITICAL RAT RACE SHUFFLE:Lyrics I'll take a bow, then, pour me up some more Champaign. Tonight we celebrate the victory of the vain. As the bubbles rise all inhibition fades, I warm to trophy spoils of the rat race game; A fancy car, a new fur...
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WRITER'S BLOCK BLUES
Greetings on a sunny Sunday to all kind people, Writer's Block Blues: Song Track I woke up Saturday with strange harmonies rolling through my brain and had to act on them before they vanished into the mist as these musical ideas will if they are not performed shortly after invading my space. I…
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LIFE'S WALTZ
Excellent Friends and Family!!! Life's Waltz: Song Track Today I decided to finish this ditty for you because I could. This song started as an unplugged campfire concept and I then I heard a larger version in my mind. I gathered every tone and style that I like except the kitchen sink sound and...
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SLOW DANCING IN THE TWILIGHT
Hello to all fine folks and also welcome to new recipients on the Digital Birdman distribution list! Slow Dancing Dancing in the Twilight: Song Track Well!!...I decided to get serious about writing a more popular style of country/folk song. The engineer 'analyst' buried deep inside me decreed…
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LULLABY OF THE MULTIVERSE
Greetings fine people, I read an abstract by a scientist who is intent on proving that parallel universes (ie the multiverse) exist. His method is to construct a quantum computer and essentially perform a calculation such that parts of the calculation are done in the parallel universes and…
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LIGHT FANTASTICA
Hello friends, I sincerely wish that everyone is enjoying life to the fullest extent possible. Light Fantastica: Song Track We were having a party in Whitehorse over at big sister Wendy's house to kick off a new business venture. We had all the players there and there was a geologist friend who...
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A LOSS FOR WORDS
Hello once again to all fine people, A Loss For Words: Song Track A dear friend gave me this book by a fellow named Douglas Hofstadter who had written a column in the Scientific American magazine called "Metamagical Themas" (also the title of the book). In the preface he begins to describe what…
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