Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

I started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star some time ago and it evolved into a Christmas song. This is a live recording of a technical rehearsal for the Christmas Concert in Stephanopark on Saturday 3rd December. Thought you might like to hear it. Sorry about the background noise, people were setting up things in the hall at the same time.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Tim Hines

Summer Days - The Song

Upon returning to South Africa, I realised it was no longer appropriate to be singing and playing my previous song mourning the end of summer. Despite leaving summer (if rather a changeable one) behind in Europe, summer has begun in earnest here in South Africa....it was therefore time for a song in celebration of summer, so I started to put to music the words of a poem I wrote a couple of years back.  Hope you like it (headphones or good speakers recommended) ;)

Summer Days by tim57vs

The Passing of Summer

Its that time of year again. I wrote this song at the end of the first summer conference at Brunstad. Nearly everyone had gone home and I was down at the beach area tidying up. It was so strange without the sound of children's laughter and all the summer activity that was so customary. All that remained were the echoes and still-warm memories of these things. A solitary Swallow swooped down over the grass as if he too felt the loss and the inevitable end of summer....

What are we going to do
Now that Summer's nearly through?
The beach lies empty once more
The disowned bucket on the shore

Only the Swallow knows
As he swoops in low
What's gone on here below

The long forgotten shoe
That floats with the rise and fall
Of water on the sand
Doesn't understand
Where everybody's gone to

Only the Swallow knows
As he swoops in low
What's gone on here below

All the children back at school again
Staring out the window
Summer memories framed in autumn skies
Fading light of summer reflected in their eyes

Only the Swallow knows
As he swoops in low
What's gone on here below

Summer

Summer days lengthen slowly
Inviting sun and warmth to stay awhile
And linger lovingly upon our waiting earth.
Now we will bask and stretch ourselves
Reflecting all the glory that surrounds us,
And drink it in before it fades away.



Ah, winter you sit waiting in the wings
Looking on, a cold and heartless carer.
You cannot spoil what summer has bestowed.
Your gloomy, suffocating hold is broken,
Now Summer watches over us and loves us more than you did!

All living things emerge and sigh in mutual satisfaction,
Life itself rejoicing over life!
And life gives birth to life
For it has tasted what it means to live!
Now Summer looks upon her newborn children
And smiles a smile of quiet, deep contentment.

Through the Seasons

This is the work of a man named Eirik Solheim:

http://eirikso.com/2010/01/04/one-year-in-90-seconds/

I have posted it here because I think its inspirational and fits in with what I am trying to capture and express. So all credit to the filmmaker; a magical piece. As well as the visual element with the changing light and shadows, I love the way you can hear the soundscape changing as a result of the air pressure differences through the seasons, the amount of leaf cover, snow and wind and how these factors affect the way we hear the other sounds;- voices, birdsong, churchbells and dogs barking. The camera like a quiet observer has captured it all and reveals to us a world we might not otherwise fully appreciate. Enjoy.

I'll Hold Summer in My Heart

East Quantoxhead, Somerset. Some film practice from last summer and a reminder that summer does exist! Thanks to Robin Pope for his contribution both as a legendary actor and co-cameraman!

Winter's Beauty

A film I put together from footage I took last winter while living at Lower Lakes, Chilton Trinity, Somerset. A "practice" marketing video, but mainly for my own benefit! Probably the wrong time of year to be promoting the place, but some beautiful scenes to capture even so!