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Doctor Rhythm (Homage to Gil Scott​-​Heron)

from Taisbean EP by Drew McNaughton

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Originally titled "A Poem for an EDM track" the poem on this was inspired by listening to Juan Atkins' Deep Space Radio Show. The drum machine used was a Boss Dr. Rhythm hence the title and the subtitle comes from the arrangement which like some of the early Gil Scott-Heron recordings consists of simply spoken word, drums and flute. This was the first of the tracks on the EP to be recorded and marked a return to the use of electronic based instruments in my compositions. The programming was all done on the drum machine.

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Why can't we learn to open our eyes
And see what's around us?

That person dancing next to you,
That perfect human being is
A wonder

Heart pumping, lungs breathing
What extraordinary workings
In the things we cannot perceive.

And we are alive to the pulse
The echoing rhythmic flow
Of beats deep within us,

A fire inextinguishable, leaping
Dancing flame incandescent,
Sparking blazing vision.

I reach out my fingertips to the
Sun in dazzling skies, I
Want to feel that power and
I radiate that power.

Those around me feel my power
And I feel theirs because my
Power is the same as theirs.

The inner source which connecting us
Is shared by all in common,
From huge whales to the smallest bacteria.

From an interior perspective
We are all the same, it is only
Exterior appearances that delude us.

It is the illusion that deludes us.
The real reality cannot delude us
And it is that which we feel in our hearts.

We feel it in our bodies, hands, arms
Legs and belly, strong shoulders and
Sturdy calves which electrical
Impulses continually keep toned.

Look around and see the body,
How it moves, and when you see
It move you will see the inner
Spark that guides its motion.

You will see the inner spark
That guides its motion

Guides its motion

Motion

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from Taisbean EP, released April 17, 2017

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Drew McNaughton Scotland, UK

Drew McNaughton is a musician and poet who was born in Concord, Massachusetts and has greatly admired the writing of Emerson and Thoreau for many years. At an early age he also found that he was particularly drawn to the poetry of W. B. Yeats which has continued to be a major influence. Now living in Scotland he has recently been listening to Gaelic musicians and singers such as Julie Fowlis. ... more

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