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Dreamer

by C.A. Nicholas

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about

My ninth album is dedicated to the undocumented Latinx members of our family in humanity.

All of my earnings will be donated to "The Texas Civil Rights Project."

credits

released August 9, 2018

The piano pieces were composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

Full Credits:

1) "The Night Before the Journey" =

I) "Byssan lull", adapted by Evert Taube and performed by drotzruhn. Edited by C.A. Nicholas.

freesound.org/people/drotzruhn/sounds/405202/

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2) "Fantasizing About the Land for the Tempest-Tossed who Yearn to Freely Breathe", conducted and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

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3) "Stealthily Fleeing to Refuge", composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

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4) "Lilian & Her Mother Imagine Laying on a Field Beneath the Stars" =

I) "Chanting", composed and performed by Penumbradubstep. Edited by C.A. Nicholas.

freesound.org/people/Penumbradubstep/sounds/139666/

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5) "Mother's Nostalgic Dream (Interrupted by a Haunting Memory)" =

I) "La Guacamaya / Son Jarocho" performed by Soneros del Tesechoacán and recorded by Lenguaverde.

freesound.org/people/Lenguaverde/sounds/177562/

II) "Children playing in a park", ambience recorded by SonidoDiegetico_UPV.

freesound.org/people/SonidoDiegetico_UPV/sounds/333324/

III) - "LightMachineGun2", by SuperPhat

freesound.org/people/SuperPhat/sounds/417687/

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6) "Dear Daughter, Don't Despair, We'll Be Safe There", composed and perfromed by C.A. Nicholas.

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7) "They See the Promised Land/Crossing the Border/Seperation" =

I) The piano solo was composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

II) The song in the intro is titled "Monastery Sounds". This song was performed by PlatypusVA. An edited version of the song (edited by C.A. Nicholas) appears at the end.
III) The ambience in the end was recorded by dobroide and modified by C.A. Nicholas.

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8) "Uncle Sam Drugs Lilian (to Shut Her Up)", composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

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9) "Mother is Deported as She Holds on to Memories of Lilian", composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

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10) "Home Again: The Aftermath of Mother's Peaceful March" =

I) - "LightMachineGun2", by SuperPhat

freesound.org/people/SuperPhat/sounds/417687/

II) "A Crowd Screaming", recorded and edited by InspectorJ.

freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/421852/

III) "woman crying sobbing cry sob sad", recorded by bulbastre.

freesound.org/people/bulbastre/sounds/127005/

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11) "Mother's Last Breaths: 'Please Take Care of Lilian Dear Lord' =

I) "Byssan lull", adapted by Evert Taube and performed by drotzruhn. Modified by C.A. Nicholas.

freesound.org/people/drotzruhn/sounds/405202/

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12) "Lilian Peeks in on her Adopted Mother & Another Refugee Child" =

I) "babyshouting", recorded by monotraum.

freesound.org/people/monotraum/sounds/332162/

II) "Nameless child", composed and performed by PlatypusVA. Edited by C.A. Nicholas.

freesound.org/people/PlatypusVA/sounds/341485/

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13) "A Dying Democracy (Bonus Track)", composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

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14) A Dying Democracy (Bonus Track: Unabridged) =

I) The first audio clip is from Ronald Reagan's speech, "Tear Down this Wall!"

II) The first song is an excerpt from the "Star Spangled Banner", which was composed by John Stafford Smith, lyricized by ‎Francis Scott Key‎, and performed by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians.

III) The second audio clip is of a reporter from the Associated Press and Donald J. Trump at the Trump and Putin 2018 Helsinki Summit.

IV) The instrumental track which constitutes the majority of this track was composed and performed by C.A. Nicholas.

V) The third audio clip is of Trump at a press conference, 24 hours after the 2018 Helsinki Summit.

VI) The fourth audio clip is of an anonymous woman laughing which was recorded by sandyrb.

VII) The final song is an excerpt from the Soviet Union Anthem which was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, lyricized by Sergey Mikhalkov, and performed by the choir and orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre (the performance was conducted by Yuri Simonov).

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Album photograph by cocoparisienne.

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C.A. Nicholas Lake Park, Florida

Charlie Avinash Nicholas (C.A. Nicholas) is a multifaceted storyteller whose nature is introverted yet companionable, whose artistry is melancholic yet inspirational, and whose emotional intelligence is mature beyond his years yet his implementation of it is creative like a child. He is also exceptionally imperfect as an individual yet perfectly worthy in inherent value like all of humanity. ... more

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