Slivers of Light

These fascinating songs are among the earliest of Secretary Michael’s compositions. As with all of his works, these are contemplative songs suitable for thinkers of all ages. These songs are mostly written for solo voice. The music to many of these 24 early songs is experimental in the sense that it was purposefully engineered to engage the listener’s emotions. He did this by changing the meter, the key, the accompaniment pattern and other variables midway through a song for the purpose of creating physiologic changes in the listener – opening them to feelings of peace.

The Slivers of Light songbook contains the piano/vocal scores (with guitar chords) to all 24 songs in the collection and is available on Amazon, however all the scores can be downloaded for free below. The accompanying CD is no longer available, however you can hear (and even download) the songs for free here on Bandcamp.

Song List
(Hear songs HERE)

1. Father Forever
2. Little Decisions
3. If We Could Lean Back and Fall
4. Walter Wenceslas
5. On One Note
6. Mirrors
7. Janitor’s Lullaby
8. Sometimes People Change
9. The River Hormone
10. Gentle History
11. Ke
12. Beautiful Life
13. I am a Scientist
14. Spring Will Melt the Snow
15. Out of this Mud
16. Everyone is Me
17. Taking Care of Mom and Dad
18. Dancing Like a Zero
19. The Wedding of One
20. I am a River
21. This Song I Have Already Sung
22. Mile after Mile
23. Please Pass the Sugar
24. Stranger in the Ocean

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