Frederick Serafim
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Friends Across Enemy Lines
Friends Across Enemy Lines
R&B tune with a breezy, lilting tempo and a exhilarating instrumental bridge, regarding the dire need for international dialogue and goodwill.
Refugee Tale
Refugee Tale
Although I support the right of nations to control immigration, the harrowing allure is all on the side of the refugees. Hence this song featuring vocals, a driving bass line, some blazing guitar licks, piano and strings.
White Life
White Life
Haunting and hard hitting, mostly spoken word hip hop/symphonic rock tune decrying racism and discrimination from the standpoint of a very concerned white man.
Since the Beginning
Since the Beginning
Classical Crossover tune featuring exotic synths, harmonies and subtle key changes, evolving from mystic mellow to a buoyant R&B instrumental ending.
Jungletown
Jungletown
Upbeat alt rock n roll / Blues / R&B, regarding the urban jungle, featuring a catchy dual lead guitar hook, sax solos and non-traditional chordal progressions.
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
A dark, heavy, yet partly melodic symphonic rock castigation of blatantly evil thugs, dictators, hypocrites and warmongers.
Call of the Dream
Call of the Dream
Up-beat prog-rocker recalling the angst of earlier anti-war social dissent and the constant lure of selling out to the call of the American Dream.
Ethereal Quest
Ethereal Quest
A riveting, mostly instrumental, electronic rock-symphonic overture with some heavy guitar accents and vocals.
Christmas Today
Christmas Today
A satirical rock and roll perspective on the meaning of Christmas today through the factual lens of historical realities.
This is Atlantis
This is Atlantis
James Bondish-type music, with lyrics pondering our modern world as the actual meaning of Atlantis. Homeric / Platonic prophecy rather than history or myth?
Curbside Shuffle
Curbside Shuffle
This shuffle is my earliest song both written and recorded. Lyrics and album story below.
Leslie's Lullaby
Leslie's Lullaby
Sweet lullaby waltz recorded for my wife during a time when I couldn't sing and thought I might die. As a little girl she had to go for elocution lessons to learn how to pronounce the 3 "L's" in her name. Weswie's Wuwwaby" :)
Take Us Higher
Take Us Higher
Foreboding verses transition into a melodic uplifting chorus.
Jesus Bought a Gun
Jesus Bought a Gun
Power ballad deriding the false values fuelling the scourge of weapons violence in "christian" America and the world over, featuring lush harmonies and orchestration, plus some searing lead guitars.
Mujeres del Mundo
Mujeres del Mundo
Features synth guitar solos and vocal harmonies. Muy bonita e intrigante cancion de baile latina con solos de guitarra sintetizada y armonias vocales. Very pretty and intriguing Latin dance tune.
William Lyon MacKenzie
William Lyon MacKenzie
Rousing tribute to the early 19th century Canadian firebrand reformer, who for a time was forced into US exile before Britain finally granted responsible democratic government.
Night Ships of Mumbai
Night Ships of Mumbai
Haunting chorus and bittersweet verses convey the tragedy of young love destroyed by terrorism in Mumbai India.
Dance of the Decades
Dance of the Decades
A rock symphonic chorus/theme, pretty verse harmonies and a lush jazz guitar instrumental bridge convey our ride through the decades.
Oh, John Paul
Oh, John Paul
A dark hymn written and performed a few weeks before the controversial 1978 death of Catholic Pontiff John Paul I, inspired by a "voice" driven premonition. Full song story below.
Come the Future
Come the Future
Hard rock chorus and break, with melodic verses featuring some animated synth/piano, with lyrics posing questions regarding the challenges facing mankind.
