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Christmas With You – Dante | GMM version

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Download song for free: http://bit.ly/ChristmasWyouSong
Written by: DanteCim & Nice Peter
Check out the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzPBD19zzw

Look for more original Nice Peter & DanteCim compostions in the new year. :)

Thank you for another great year. Your kind words and support continue to inspire so much creativity, not only for me, but for everyone watching. Your positivity and thoughtfulness is a gift that is forever giving. My gratitude knows no bounds.

- Dante | GMM

Archipelago Me – original recording

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itunes link: http://bit.ly/EmptyRoomsEP

I released this EP a while back in 2009 when I was living on my sister's couch after I first moved to LA. No accompanying video yet, but I wanted to put the song out there to see what you think. Looking forward to releasing something new, but getting the old out of the way feels good. Keep truckin'.

Co-produced and mixed by Rafael Serrano:
http://www.youtube.com/heyrafael

Album artwork by Jason Farnan:
http://www.facebook.com/LtFacemelter

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If there is something to go back to
don't sign that lease
I've been feeling things that I thought
were rightly deceased
See, life's just a sleepy dream
and I think you should say what you mean
If there is something to go back to then
go....go.... go ahead and go.

If there is hatred to hold on to
lay your head down and weep
A little bird in my tree
gives me peace I can keep
If life's such a sleep dream
why don't I just say what I mean?
If there is something to hold on to then
hold... hold.... until you're sad and old.

I've been hiding all of my sickly songs
because I am an island in the sea
of what I think I should be -
Archipelago Me.

Go... go.... go ahead and go.

Autumn in America – demo

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Here is a little peak inside the writing/recording process. I really really really wanted to share this song with you, but I also want to make it a lot more dynamic. Consider this a demo and know that a full version will be coming soon. I'm gonna need a little help from my friends.

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My fondest dream has been a simple life cherishing the small things.
What else could I need?
Then I start to think... in a world that now believes it's all or nothing
How can I compete?

Changing - all the leaves are changing - colors quite amazing
It's autumn in America.
Piles - I can see for miles - don't be in denial
It's autumn in America.

If one busy bee hides most the honey from the rest of his own colony
there will be a swarm of bees.
Look to the trees. See how the earth likes to grow everything most naturally
Then you will surely see

Changing - all the leaves are changing - colors quite amazing
It's autumn in America.
Piles - I can see for miles - don't be in denial
It's autumn in America.

Learn the language of the winter's wind
Don't let it cut and shut you in
There are stories to be told
Find your warmth in community
Share in the prosperity
Springtime will unfold


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Sunflower

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Here's a simple one-take performance of a song I wrote many years ago when I lived in upstate New York. I figured now would be a good time to share it with the release of Nice Peter's Sunflower Song and Mary Doodles' inspired painting ( link coming soon ). You can see another painting Mary Doodles did using this Sunflower as her backing track here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-nFKA3Aq8

Thank you for your patient eyes and ears.

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I've Got a Girl and she loves that tune
we've got a past of sneaking into
each other's rooms.

We hardly kiss. We hide it good.
but my sheets and my pillows
they know the truth.
They see how I'm kissing you.
Do you want some truth?
I've already started missing you.

There are so many more things to find
but I found so much in such little time
in a place like this
way up here in the altitude
in a town next to nothin' I found you.
I found you.

She's got a touch so sweet and smooth
an innocent look that does not allow
me to move

She's so colorful
She lights up a room
She's been giving me gifts without even knowing it.
Can I please give you this?

Cause now I am knowing it.
I've got a good thing to miss.

There are so many more things to find
but I found so much in such little time
in a place like this
way up here in the altitude
a sunflower grows and has been in full bloom
I'll be missing you.

Oh please, let me keep my sunflower
Oh please leave me asleep with my sunflower
There is no need to weep, my sunflower.

I've Got a Girl and she loves that tune
we've got a past and maybe a future too
I'll be missing you.

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Art of Balancing

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Ukulele original with a little tour of our place.

Download this song: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/art-of-balancing-single/id438310052

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Every night I go to bed and wonder
what's the sweetest thing
roll around my sheets and turn the covers
right where you should be

I may call it freedom now
but my heart starts stuttering
lift you up and lay you down
thoughts pulse through me
words elude me
the art of balancing

Every now and then I start to wonder
if some day you'll be
a friend that can defend me
through the thunderstorms that follow me

I may call it freedom now
but my heart starts stuttering
lift you up and lay you down
thoughts pulse through me
words elude me
the art of balancing

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“Kate” – Ben Folds Five (guitar cover)

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This video is "en hommage" to Ben Folds' live streaming acoustic performance for the sxsw4japan.org fundraiser. link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfxey_nidmc

And here, I've made the tweeting easy for ya: http://clicktotweet.com/x3MP0

As for the lyrical element, this is me learning automation and motion tracking with Final Cut. Fun, but tedious stuff.
No mp3 for you this time. The audio was recorded by the camera. I'm hoping to make a more filled out audio recording soon.

For all my fellow Ben Folds Five brethren, I hope I did the song some justice. For all the Kate's in the world... you're all wonderful.

And if you have the chance, bug Ben Folds about this video via twitter.
http://www.twitter.com/BenFolds - @BenFolds
or click this handy link: http://clicktotweet.com/x3MP0

Thanks,

Dante | Give me Motion

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Compensate Me

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An ukulele love song for those who like to get paid.
download this song: http://bit.ly/CompMeSong
Tab & Chords: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTGECQyqoXE

Camera Operator: Diana Cimadamore
Creative Consultant: Nice Peter
End Slate photo/design: http://www.pagodawebdesign.com

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I have ways of making you talk
Some are you humane
others will shock.
Places and names are of no concern.
List all the ways that you yearn.

love, if I may,
let me erase
any sad look on your face
and you can kiss me 'til I'm blue.
Of the many jobs
that I take
none will ever compensate me like the way I feel for you.

I understand now what you mean
the places we'll be
must all stay unseen.
Hand me a map
I'll get lost in a dream
Floating down slumbering streams.

love, if I may,
let me erase
any sad look on your face
and you can kiss me 'til I'm blue.
Of the many jobs
that I take
none will ever compensate me like the way I feel for you.

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Too True to Believe It

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Here's a little ditty I wrote this morning. If I was smarter I would have written it last night. Then you'll find me blabbin' on and on about this:

NICE PETER Live in Chicago
(This already happened. It sold out and it was awesome.)

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I follow most my friends
to where the sidewalk never ends.
It's too soon to believe it now
Are you in tune to believe it?
Oh, it's too true to believe it.

And if they all were ghosts
it'd be what I've known the most
It's too true to believe it now.
Are you in tune to believe it?
Oh, it's too soon to believe it.

(Horn Section) bah bah bah bah

Have you fallen far behind with all the sad things on your mind?
It's too soon to believe them now.
They're the truth if you believe 'em.
It's too soon to believe them now
if you're in tune to believe 'em.

I follow most my friends
to where the sidewalk never ends...

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Give me Moments – VI

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A moment for those with a question that needs asking.
for free download: http://www.facebook.com/givememotion

Special thanks to Nice Peter for helping me out with this one.

I love me some lovely comments. Keep 'em coming.
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The engine idles as my heart beats fast
You turn your head, softly say "I should be going."
And I know it's my chance to say

"Wait, please give me one more moment with you today.
Please give me one more more moment so that I can say
There's a line and I think we should cross it.
There's a time and I believe it's right now with you.
There's a line and I think we should cross it.
There's a time and I believe it's right now here with you."

We begin again as this moment ends.

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Give me Moments – Moment IV

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A moment for a mother. (First commenter collaboration!)
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In this moment a mother will light two candles on cake
Wishing that her baby boy never makes a mistake
He'll see the blue of the sky and the questions will come
He'll be wandering off as he's falling in love
Momma will be wondering what more she could have done

Then one day he'll realize with baby of his own
We begin again as this moment ends.
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More coming every Monday.

Dante /// Give me Motion

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