Cranial Soup

Free Music Download: New Century Classics – Natural Process

2010-03-25T19:32:00.001-04:00

I came across this great post-rock album on my travels yesterday.

It's from a Polish band called New Century Classics.

Every track is great, from the first to the last. This is how music was meant to be. It's not like the albums produced by most of the artists signed to the major labels where it is one or two good tracks and the rest are just filler.

This is all good.

And it gets better…

The artist allows you to name your price and pay what you think it is worth, including $0.00 if you don't want to pay or are not quite ready to support their work just yet. And it's high quality audio files. Not only can you name your price, you can choose your file format and bitrate, too! You get your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, OGG, AAC, and more.

So take a listen and then go get the album.

Become a Jazz Fan

2010-02-07T13:12:00.002-05:00

I wasn’t born a jazz fan, but I did form an instant “addiction” at age 13. How does that happen to some one?
So you heard some music you liked and were told it was jazz, and you wanted to hear more, and you did. Bang! You’re a jazz fan!
But that wasn’t the whole story. Many years later you wound up with a collection of thousands of albums by ten times that many musicians. And now you’re a serious jazz fan. “Back in the day”, that was a hit or miss proposition, but now there’s a mountain of resources to get you there. So here is the shortcut path.
First, there’s radio. Chances are your area doesn’t have much jazz radio on the FM band, although there are many full-time jazz stations around the world. Many colleges in the US support part-time jazz programming, and if you live near a college or university, that may be a resource. Fortunately, many of these stations are also on the Internet and you can find them from New York to Vladivostok and Tokyo and many cities in between, all in a day’s search (or less). My smart phone has an application called WunderRadio [sic] that can pick up in excess of 35,000 Internet stations (I have managed to bookmark 27 full-time jazz stations, without having to even look hard).
Unfortunately, fulltime jazz stations are usually listener supported and consequently have to appeal to the largest possible audience. As a result they tend to exclude almost all but the most widely popular music, which is not always the “best” in jazz.
If you truly want to broaden your interest, you must dig deeper. One example of true excellence is WKCR (www.wkcr.org Columbia University) that has had continuous jazz programming since the 1940’s (the oldest jazz station in America). Although they only broadcast jazz on a part-time basis, their programming covers the entire spectrum, and they run many specials where they sometimes focus on a single player for 24 hours straight or more. Their music is streamed over the Internet, and they also have archived music for your listening enjoyment.
Another good starting point, www.allaboutjazz.com describes itself as the web’s premier resource for jazz-they are, without question, the largest Internet site devoted entirely to the music. They publish news and reviews and conduct forums and include a streaming service. AllAboutJazz also publishes an excellent hard copy jazz newspaper that you can subscribe to for the cost of postage. Like WKCR, they believe in a full spectrum approach.
Internet jazz pages seem almost endless-and not just American music. Run searches for German Jazz, French jazz, Japanese jazz…-you’ll be amazed by how many countries you can come up with. Two of my favorites are Norway and Poland where jazz has really taken hold in a big way.
Many musicians and groups now have their own web page, and, if you develop any favorites, be sure to look them up. In some cases you will find samples of their music along with complete discographies of all the albums they have performed on.
You can also find tons of material on sub-genres of the music, all the way from Dixieland to free jazz and the avant garde…and, subjects you might think would be obscure, like who was the most famous bass clarinet player in jazz or what was The October Revolution of 1964. The answers to these and a myriad of other questions are usually covered in extreme and extraordinary detail.
There are also numerous discussion groups on the Internet devoted to jazz where you can meet other fans and musicians and chat about the music. Some of them can be quite informative, and you will also have a chance to ask knowledgeable people direct questions to broaden your understanding and interests. The largest and most active of these forums that I am aware of is on Amazon.com.
Want to read a book? You could start with Jazz For Dummies by Dirk Sutro . Beyond that, there are history books galore and encyclopedias, some of which categorize the music by sub-genres with discographies bursting from every page. If you need an exercise program and you don’t mind weight-lifting, you might want to build a reference library.
Here are some books I have found useful over the years:

Vladimir Bogdanov - All Music Guide to jazz
Alyn Shipton - A New History of jazz
Ian Carr - Jazz The Rough Guide
Nat Hentoff - Jazz Is
Bill Kirchner – The Oxford Companion To Jazz
Leonard Feather – The Biographical Encyclopedia of jazz
Even if you don’t read them, a collection like this will impress the hell out of any vagrant musicians who happen to be visiting you.
So, after all these years, what are the resources I use most? Well, for one thing, whenever I run across a new musician I particularly like, I check out the other members of his group to see what they’ve recorded. I also look into what other musicians they have previously played with.
My smart phone also has two Internet stations I find invaluable: LastFM and Pandora. With both of these you can create your own “stations” by feeding in the names of a few musicians you like. These websites then stream back to you music that is similar to that played by the musicians you selected, often introducing you to players you never heard of that match your taste perfectly! (Personally, I think that what appeals to me about jazz is that it expresses the entire range of human emotion-the good, the bad, and the ugly-on a truly grand scale.)
And last, but not least, there’s live jazz. I live near New York City so it’s easy for me to find entertainment that suits my tastes. I don’t travel much, but I still attend a festival occasionally where large groups of musicians get together to play-sometimes as long as a week or more at a time. Most large cities today have at least a club or two where live jazz can be heard. Some even have “house bands” that perform regularly.
Jazz musicians often find it difficult to make a living and many of them teach at local schools or take on individual students. In any case I feel these guys deserve whatever support I can give them. They have given me so much.
Oh, and in case you are wondering how a jazz musician can end up with a million dollars? The answer is, by starting out with ten million dollars.

This has been a guest post by Dan Bresnahan. Follow him on Twitter or Friendfeed and let him know if his article has helped you. You can also read and subscribe to his blog, Out to Lunch Jazz.

The Censorship Is Still Ringing In My Ears

2008-10-06T05:39:00.006-04:00

We are all familiar with the type of censorship that occurs on the radio with songs containing swear words being bleeped or blanked out. Plenty of artists have been subjected to this, and it seemed that no artist or swear word was immune to this type of censorship in America...except one.

Ever since the release of "The Dark Side of the Moon" back in 1973, Pink Floyd has been oddly immune to the same type of censorship that has victimized every other artist.

In their song "Money", there is a line that goes like this:

Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bullshit.

Never, since the 70's, when I first heard the song on the radio on 95.5 WPLJ New York (back when they had an album rock format), have I ever heard that song censored. I have heard it a million times over the years and heard "bullshit" in it, clear as day, each and every time.

The Almighty Pink Floyd, was allowed to openly say what other artists could not.

I do not know why...maybe it was out of respect. Maybe it was just overlooked (doubtful), but they were allowed to swear as much as they wanted.

Even the song "Pigs", which contained the following lyric, was never censored:

Bus stop rat bag, ha ha, charade you are.
You fucked up old hag, ha ha, charade you are.

Yesterday afternoon that all changed.

For the first time in my life, I heard "bullshit" blanked out in "Money" on 101.9 WRXP New York. That station did what no radio station ever dared to do before. They censored Pink Floyd!

Omgwtfbbq!!!11one-eleventy-eleven!
Shameful! Shameful! Shameful!

They not only totally ruined my listening pleasure, they ruined my day, as well. This has been bothering me for the last 10 hours. How dare they censor a song that has always been allowed to stand in it's entire artistic majesty, on the public airwaves, for well over 30 years!

I am still in shock...stunned.

They are an awesomely fantastic radio station (you can listen to their stream and check them out for yourself), BUT...this incident is going to linger with me, bugging the hell out of me, for a long time.

How dare they!

Free MP3 Download: Eldad Lidor

2008-09-06T13:38:00.000-04:00

One of the great things about the internet, as a music lover, is that I get to discover all kinds of good stuff that I would not likely hear on the radio in my small suburban town in Northern NJ, or likely find a CD for, at the local mall.

For artists, it allows them to reach out across the borders of their countries and find a new audience. It allows independent artists the opportunity to market themselves and their music, without having to resort to signing up with some RIAA record label that is more interested in money than artistic quality.

One of these independent artists is Eldad Lidor.

There isn't much information available in English about this artist, but it seems he is a relatively famous one within his own country of Israel, having composed the musical score for some movies and television programs, among them a 1989 Israeli film called Crossfire (Esh Tzolevet).

He has also been the executive producer of at least one movie, a 1999 Israeli film called Shiv'a Yamim Be'Elul.

He's a real go getter, and puts a lot of effort into reaching out to potential fans on Last.fm. It was there that I was contacted by him and asked to listen to his music and tell him what I thought. (I love when artists spam me with their tracks, especially when they are really good.)

But being on a slow computer and connection, I can't stream audio and can only listen if there is a track I can download. After explaining this to him, he pointed me towards the only tracks he has available for download on Last.fm.

Going On is a short (2:18) but very good instrumental, a lonely highway kind of tune that I could imagine as the background music of a modern western movie, as the hero rides off into the night in an old beat up convertable. Or maybe playing as one stands alone, on a subway platform in New York City, in the middle of the night, watching the empty trains go by.

My Father Memoris - I am not too sure how to describe this one except to say it reminds me a bit of a cross between Mike Oldfield, Yanni, and an 80's electronica style commercial for the Bates Motel. It's a little bit spooky in some parts, and the percussion gets rather interesting towards the middle of the track.

Eldad also has another track available for download called Relationships, along with a number of others you can stream on his MySpace page. You will need a MySpace account to download, though.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting artists by buying an album, seeing a concert, or telling a friend, especially when you find a really good independent artist like Eldad Lidor. Let's all help artists like him become successful, worldwide, without them having to resort to selling their souls to an RIAA affiliated record label.

Music Downloads Will Now Be Blogged

2008-05-28T00:36:00.005-04:00

In the past, I have added my Last.fm music finds to my playlist and embedded that in a player on the sidebar. Everything that I added could be downloaded, full songs, for free.

To cut the time it takes for my blog's pages to load, and because Last.fm's player has issues, I am going to start making posts for my music finds and get rid of the player.

If you have never bothered to listen to my playlist before, don't worry, you won't miss out on past music finds, as I'll be tossing in posts of past finds here & there till I am all caught up and everything has been blogged.

My taste in music is primarily instrumental. I can't stand songs with stupid lyrics. And for the most part, I like music that creates a mood, and doesn't interfere with my thought processes.

Most of the stuff I listen to is progressive rock, post-rock, ambient, or new age. Of course there are exceptions, and that applies to the 'no lyrics' rule, as well.

To kick things off, I refer you to my post on Last.fm about the gazillion Kitaro tunes I found, that are all downloadable.

For those not familiar with Kitaro, he is a famous Japanese artist that plays some very pretty, relaxing, new age, instrumental, synthesizer stuff. It's some great coding & studying music that won't break your concentration. What I like best about his music is the calming effect it has on me. It is so soothing, that I find that I do not become frustrated, as easily.

And with close to 50 downloadable tracks, that should keep your ears & your bandwidth busy for awhile. Just click the song links on my Last.fm post to go to each song's page and download them from there. The download links will be beneath the players.

And don't worry if you do not have a Last.fm account. One is not needed for the free music I will be referring you to.

Relax & enjoy!

Children of the CPU

2008-02-10T15:38:00.003-05:00

Hailing from Vancouver BC, Children of the CPU is the electro-pop duo of Cameron Shay and Veronica Rossos.

What is there not to love about this artist?

First of all, great name...but it gets better...

Their first album is called Back to BASIC, as in the programming language, of course.

And the album cover is awesome, featuring a drawing of 2 children playing Q*bert on an Atari 2600!

Their music is pretty cool too. It's kind of like funky game music combined with Poe.

And just when you think they couldn't get any better, I have saved the best part for last...

You can download the entire album for free, in (DRM free) VBR MP3 format!

All 12 tracks!

Why?

In Cameron Shay's own words:

"Some people have questioned the wisdom of giving away our entire album for free on our website, but don't worry Mom and Dad, we are still eating well and making rent every month! They got me wondering, though, where my desire to share our music comes from and I realised that it is a direct result of my parents having bought me my first computer, a VIC-20, and then later a Commodore 64 in the mid-80s. Having a C-64 in particular triggered a couple of things: it fostered a DIY attitude because I was able to teach myself how to program games (Lawnmower for the VIC-20 and Tricycle Derby for the C-64 ;) and make electronic music (albeit rudimentary), and it opened the door to a vast community of sharing and trading and making friends. In a way this website and album are simply the extension of those times and attitudes. I spent hundreds of hours on this album over the past couple of years learning how to program the synths and record the midi and live instruments and vocals and mix the tracks and improve the sound and master it all, and then I spent many more hours designing and building cover-art and the website, and it was just like all the hours I spent figuring out how to draw sprites and get them to move around in a game on the C-64 with music and sound effects, and now that it's done I just want to share it with people, just like we used to do back in the day through BBS networks and with our friends. So thanks Mom and Dad for starting me off with those computers, I know you were worried about all the time I spent in my room on those things and I guess that hasn't changed much, but it's all a learning process and that's fun and it makes me happy and now it is making a whole bunch of our new friends/fans happy too!"

Like I said before...what is there not to love?

http://www.childrenofthecpu.com

Halo theme: Corpomix

2007-04-02T04:00:00.001-04:00

If you didn't get enough of Corporeal in my last post, here is some more:

If you would like to download the MP3, of this, they have it here on their website: http://www.corporealmusic.net/forthehalofans

3 Guys, 1 Guitar

2007-04-02T02:38:00.001-04:00

This 3 members of the progressive rock band Corporeal, from Libertyville, Illinois...all playing the same guitar at the same time.

The song is called 'All We Got'.

Pretty cool stuff!

Tons of Free Legal Music MP3's

2007-01-15T23:18:00.002-05:00

In an effort to broaden my musical horizons, and discover stuff I may never have heard or heard of before, I have been wandering around on Last.fm.

I discovered a few .mp3 downloads on my suggestions page and decided to look up the artists on Last.fm. One of them had a link to their page on another site.

A marvelous discovery!

Some of these artists have their stuff covered under a Creative Commons license that allows you to share them freely. So download what you like and fire up your favorite P2P application and share them with your friends, if you want.

Try this:

Where it says "Bändin nimi:" type in something you already like.
You will get a short list of results of artists that list them as an influence.
Go click where they put your artist's name as a link.
You will get a whole page of results.
Click a link from the left column.
On the artist page, click where it says 'download' at the top.
You will get a .zip file full of mp3's.

Enjoy!

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/search.php

Stick Magnetic Ribbons On Your SUV

2007-01-03T20:49:00.000-05:00

This one is for you, Cailin!
I thought of you and your night time magnet stealing adventures when I saw this one.

And I am still trying to think of who the guy singing it reminds me of. It has to be someone that we all know because Steph says he reminds her of someone too...and she can't figure it out either!

How to Share Your Pandora Music Stations

2006-12-17T07:59:00.000-05:00

At mouser's request, I wrote and posted a detailed tutorial giving 2 different methods of sharing individual stations from Pandora.com with others.

The first method is for those that have and use rss readers.

The second method is a bit more of a pain in the butt, but anybody can do it without an rss reader.

Complete with screenshots, a link to my Pandora rss feed, and a station of Christmas music that I just made.

http://www.donationcoder.com/blog/?item=756

Enjoy and post your Pandora links for the rest of us to listen to.

Free Hugs

2006-11-18T09:06:00.000-05:00

The story behind the Free Hugs Campaign and how it all began is heart wrenching:

"I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a tourist in my hometown.

Standing there in the arrivals terminal, watching other passengers meeting their waiting friends and family, with open arms and smiling faces, hugging and laughing together, I wanted someone out there to be waiting for me. To be happy to see me. To smile at me. To hug me. "

Weekly musical listening habits analysis

2006-10-29T14:55:00.000-05:00

Taking my top 10 artists for last week (as reported by last.fm)
Adding up the total number of listeners (as reported by same site)
Taking the average and dividing by the number of listeners of the top artist of the week (as reported by same site)

1 Fleetwood Mac - 97,039
2 Evanescence - 210,037
3 Cat Power - 132,224
4 Sarah McLachlan - 115,790
5 bjorn lynne - 630
6 Tapping the Vein - 2,615
7 Aerosmith - 187,337
7 Michelle Branch - 74,756
9 Anna Nalick - 26,085
10 Avril Lavigne - 152,351

Average: 99,886.4
Top artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers - 399,815
Average / RHCP: .249831547090529

Which makes my listening habits for last week 25% mainstream (rounded).

Some really cool sounds

2006-10-28T15:05:00.000-04:00

This guy is damn good.

Simon Davies - Big Love (Lindsey Buckingham cover)

If you want to see & hear even more: Simon Davies Videos on YouTube

40 Songs, 38 Questions

2006-10-27T13:48:00.000-04:00

Put your music player on shuffle.
Post the first 40 songs that come up. You can repeat artists if you want. If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.

1. Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars
2. Aerosmith - Crazy
3. Snake River Conspiracy - Lovesong
4. Evanescence - Understanding
5. Sarah McLachlan - Answer
6. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
7. Dot Allison - We're Only Science
8. Tracy Scott Silverman - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
9. Audioslave - Getaway Car
10. Sarah McLachlan - Perfect Girl
11. A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
12. The Swank Band - Blurry (Puddle of Mudd cover)
13. Evanescence - Give Unto Me
14. Silverchair - Black Tangled Heart
15. Natalie Imbruglia - Smoke
16. Stabbing Westward - The Only Thing
17. Snake River Conspiracy - How Soon Is Now
18. Shadow Gallery - Hope for Us
19. Stevie Nicks - Landslide (Unplugged)
20. Audioslave - Shadow On The Sun
21. Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
22. Evanescence - Ascencion of the Spirit
23. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
24. Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle
25. Sneaker Pimps - Firestarter (Prodigy Cover)
26. Evanescence - Silver Rain Fell
27. Michelle Branch - I'll Always Be Right There
28. Aerosmith - Angel
29. Linkin Park - Krwlng
30. Vast - Pretty When You Cry
31. Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
32. Enigma - Push The Limits
33. Evanescence - Eternal
34. A Perfect Circle - Imagine
35. Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
36. Evanescence - Exodus
37. Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
38. Nine Inch Nails & Static X - Closer (Trance Remix)
39. Dave Navarro - Rexall
40. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

01. Which song do you prefer, No. 1 or No. 40?

No. 40, it's an old classic favorite I'll never grow tired of.

02. Have you ever listened to No. 12 continuously on repeat?

Yes...it's a great instrumental cover...really grows on ya.

03. What album is No. 26 from?

Origin

04. What do you think about the artist who did No. 15?

I like her stuff a lot when I am in the mood to hear female vocalists.

05. Is No. 19 one of your favorite songs?

I wouldn't call it one of my favorites, but I do like it a lot.

06. Who does No. 38 remind you of?

My daughter. She was the one that got me listening to NIN...and she LOVES Static X. Reminds me of the guy that Kiz & I were giving dance lessons to, in a chatroom, so he wouldn't look like a fool at his prom. Also reminds me of Martin...not going to explain why. :-P

07. Does No. 20 have better lyrics or music?

Lyrics. I like the song a lot because of the lyrics and especially the vocals. It has so much raw emotion.

08. Do any of your friends like No. 3?

Yes, but only because I made them listen to it.

09. Is No. 33 from a movie soundtrack?

I don't think so. I am pretty sure it isn't.

10. Is No. 18 overplayed on the radio?

I have never come across a radio station that plays anything by Shadow Gallery. (I am not counting internet radio like DeliciousAgony.com).

11. What does No. 21 remind you of?

It reminds me of my daughter and her idea to totally decorate her ex-boyfriend's livingroom in a Tokyo theme, complete with Godzilla movie posters and a foam model of Tokyo in the corner for her to pretend she is Godzilla and stomp on it when she is angry or frustrated with something....most likely him. Gee, I am glad she finally dumped him.

12. Which song do you prefer, No. 5 or No. 22?

No. 5 because of the lyrics. It's one of those sweet songs with heart.

13. What album is No. 17 from?

Sonic Jihad...and it's a Smiths cover.

14. When did you first hear No. 39?

About 2 years ago. My daughter was playing it.

15. When did you first hear No. 7?

About a year ago. Another one from my daughter.

16. What genre is No. 8?

It's kind of a new age smooth jazz instrumental thing. I was never really crazy about Jimi Hendrix, until I heard that tune. His stuff is much better when someone covers it....I am not sure why. maybe it was his voice, or just his style.

17. Do any of your friends like No. 14?

I have never heard anybody mention it before.

18. What color does No. 4 remind you of?

A dark maroon?

19. Have you ever blasted No. 11 on your stereo?

YES! YES! YES!...on repeat too. (Wake up, you sheep! The world is turning into a scary place because you sleep.)

20. What genre is No. 37?

Female vocalist alternative pop stuff.

21. Can you play No. 13 on any instrument?

Does a kazoo count as a musical instrument? If not, then no...because I can't play an instrument.

22. What is your favorite lyric from No. 30?

If you knew how much I love you, you would run away.

23. What is your favorite lyric from No. 23?

Way down inside, woman,
You need love.

24. Would you recommend No. 24 to your friends?

It's a classic I think everyone already knows. But if I hear them playing a cover I will mention the original, in a comparison.

25. Is No. 2 a good song to dance to?

Maybe a slow dance.

26. Do you ever hear No. 16 on the radio?

Never.

27. Is No. 32 more of a "nighttime" or "daytime" song?

I think that depends what you do during the day or night. If you need a song to get the energy flowing, this would be one of those. I guess if you were doing some sort of physical labor like cleaning your house during the day it would be daytime music...but I can think of some things you could do at night this song's beat would be great for. :-P

28. Does No. 36 have any special meaning to you?

Yes, it does. Reminds me of some of the rough times I went through as a teen. It almost seems like the songwriter was inside my mind at the time and wrote it about the crap I went through.

29. Do any of your friends like No. 31?

Yeah...it's a well loved classic.

30. Is No. 25 a fast or slow song?

Slow....and that's what makes this a cover good. It's slow, hot, & sexy.

31. Is No. 35 a happy or sad song?

Neither.

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from No. 9?

The first time I saw you, you were chasin down a cyclone, all alone in the field with railyards and clovers. I kept rollin on. Never thought you'd wind up chasin me.

33. Is No. 34 better to listen to alone or with friends?

It's one of those songs people like to sing along to and everyone knows the lyrics to. So it is good with either friends or alone.

34. When did you first hear No. 27?

About a year & a half ago. I love this song. It expresses my feelings for my close friends...the ones I would do anything for...the ones that are like family to me, in my heart.

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did No. 29:

1. My December
2. One Step Closer
3. In the End

36. Do you know all the words to No. 6?

No.

37. Does No. 28 have better lyrics or music?

Music...especially if you consider the human voice a musical instrument. Most of the time it doesn't matter what Steve Tyler is saying. What matters is the way he says it...full of emotion. You don't hear the music, you feel it...and his voice has everything to do with that.

38. What album is No. 10 from?

Afterglow

The Song of Life

2006-10-03T23:46:00.000-04:00

I thought the following story was very sweet, but almost too incredible to be true...like a fairytale. I'd love to verify it.

There is a tribe in East Africa in which the art of true intimacy (I would call it bonding) is fostered even before birth. In this tribe, the birth date of a child is not counted from the day of its physical birth nor even the day of conception, as in other village cultures. For this tribe the birth date comes the first time the child is a thought in its mother's mind. Aware of her intention to conceive a child with a particular father, the mother then goes off to sit alone under a tree. There she sits and listens until she can hear the song of the child that she hopes to conceive. Once she has heard it, she returns to her village and teaches it to the father so that they can sing it together as they make love, inviting the child to join them. After the child is conceived, she sings it to the baby in her womb. Then she teaches it to the old women and midwives of the village, so that throughout the labor and at the miraculous moment of birth itself, the child is greeted with its song. After the birth, all the villagers learn the song of their new member and sing it to the child when it falls or hurts itself. It is sung in times of triumph, or in rituals and initiations. The song becomes a part of the marriage ceremony when the child is grown, and at the end of life, his or her loved ones will gather around the deathbed and sing this song for the last time.

(From Birth and Violence)