Aeliron

A simple rendition of this wonderful carol.

With Tim Manley on Telecaster. Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520

He stood in the gap and paid the price … to process the trauma he started writing this raw but beautiful poetry out of a place of profound pain, loss, and suffering, a cry of anguish, yes, but infused with a hope that can only come from a stubborn, scrappy faith. I knew I had to try to translate this into music; hope I did it some justice. This song is the first of a series, God willing. On streaming platforms midnight 7/20/23 Now available at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/edit_album?id=3170975498 Oceans by Cliff Soon & Gaius Fan © 2023 Bearesheis Music (ASCAP) Don’t cheat yourself Take time to grieve Take time to be broken Wrap your arms Around the sinking stone Mourn all that was Embrace the deep Your shield now lies broken Through shattered armor Feel heart break out from stone Fountains may cease to flow But with tears you pan for gold Don’t cheat the world ‘Cause you know There’s stories to be told Build love Build life Find grace in all her guises Give love Give life One day she may surprise you Surrender justice To the heavens Her scales now hang broken Lay down your arms And dream on Jacob’s stone Don’t wipe away The tears of God How vast is his ocean Spread your arms Around the anchor stone Fountains may cease to flow But with tears you pan for gold Don’t cheat the world ‘Cause there's stories Stories to be told Build love Build life Find grace in all her guises Give love Give life One day she may surprise you Chase down elusive embers Buried deep within the pain Strike the spark, shock your heart, Dispel the dark again Chase down elusive embers Buried deep within the pain Strike the spark, shock your heart, Dispel the dark again Build love Build life Find grace in all her forms Give love Give life Let her find you through the storm Let her find you…

A remixed version of this song for Lent. After remixing this I found that the previous remix needs work ... will be doing that when time allows ... Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 The lyrics for this version start at this verse: Second birth of innocence on earth, Yet His heart was destined to be broken. Come to take the judgment I deserved, In a day the heavens would be shaken. He came to us, in our helplessness and hope, Showing us the depths of his love. Why did he come to rescue me, Why did he pay that dreadful cost, Caring to seek and save the lost; Such love that even I fin'lly realized: He bore my sin and shame and loss, Walking that lonely road from Cradle to the Cross! All my life, I could wonder why He loved me at so great a cost, Choosing that lonely road from cradle to the Cross. Copyright © 2002 Cliff Soon/Aeliron, Bearesheis Music (ASCAP)

A meditation on Good Friday. I wanted to combine a meditative lyric, unpolished vocal with some rawness to convey the pain of the Passion and the despair of his followers, and instrumentation that conveys the solemnity of the event and yet tells us of the incredible salvation that Christ accomplished. I hope at least some of this was somewhat successful. Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 Words and music by Cliff Soon Copyright Cliff Soon/Bearesheis Music 2000 (ASCAP)

My entry for Ryan Leach's 12SM January 2023 Composing Competition, based on the provided artwork. It was fun! I tried to evoke the icy yet (usually?) serene surroundings, the ebb and flow and excitement of the race, and yet the (perhaps imaginary!) tranquil "zoning out" that the racers may experience when totally focused.

What if you were in heaven, looking back on your life, like flipping through old photos? Romans 8:28: "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." “Now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520

This is a sped-up presentation of N.T. Wright’s case for the Resurrection from the viewpoint of a trained historian (him, not me), as laid out as a guest contributor in ex-atheist Antony Flew’s book, There Is a God. Whereas other arguments rely on four to six historical facts to make the case, here just two undisputed facts are needed. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind - https://amzn.to/3srgl3G

Can we really live by reason alone? Not without going bonkers! Here's why. Based on Tim Keller's book.

Start celebrating Christmas in November with this instrumental (featuring EastWest Orchestra) Hymn, public domain. Instrumental hymn music, with original arrangements by Cliff Soon (ASCAP). Check out my music at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 Video content licensed from Mixkit and Pexels.

Be Thou My Vision (hymn, public domain). Instrumental hymn music, with original arrangements. Check out my music at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 Video content licensed from Mixkit and Pexels.

A Christmas/Good Friday/Easter song. Hope it brings home to you and your loved ones the message of Christmas! (Sorry it’s not quite Pixar, but I’m a low-budget - no, make that “indie” - operation :) (Don't forget to Like and Subscribe ... it lets me know which content blessed you! 😅 and if it did ... Share it with a friend!) Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/ae... or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cli... Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005... Google https://play.google.com/store/music/a... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv... Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-... Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 Music and lyrics by Cliff Soon © 2018 ASCAP. Download free at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com Music produced on Logic Pro using Kontakt, Albion, Native Instruments, Izotope, etc. Animation and video created using Autodesk Sketchbook and Sketchbook Motion, Spice, and iMovie.

A tribute to our men and women in the military. I have had the honor of having this video shown at numerous military and patriotic events to honor those who serve. (Thanks, Terry!) Sorry it's so lo-fi, but that was then ... (Don't forget to Like and Subscribe ... it lets me know which content blessed you! 😅 😅 and if it blessed you .... Share it with a friend!) Available for free at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/track/if-i-fall-military-cut, or on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/if-i-fall-military-cut/1391348708?i=1391349372. Permission is granted by the author to use this video and/or music in Memorial Day and Veterans Day events, and any event honoring our servicemen. Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520

Fairest Lord Jesus (hymn, public domain). Instrumental hymn music, with original arrangements. Please Like and Subscribe! to let me know which kind of content to create more of. Check out my music at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 Video content licensed from Mixkit and Pexels.

Atheist Penn Jillette says this about Hell … and he's right! A discussion based on Keller's "The Reason for God." Yes, you can play video at faster speed. But I've done it for you ... 1.75 warp :) Sources: The Reason for God (Timothy Keller): https://amzn.to/3jnDj8B The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis): https://amzn.to/3C4t9AQ Believing is Seeing: A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of Faith (Dr. Michael Guillen): https://amzn.to/2Z6mOa9 Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem): https://amzn.to/3jkLS43 Some medical investigations on the suffering and death of Christ: Jesus was scourged - how bad was it really? Watch this segment: https://youtu.be/NFBmSSgUWVI?t=595 Anatomy and Physiology of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ3xRdHJzyg CSI Jerusalem: A Physician Looks at the Crucifixion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H25zDG4wvz4

Instrumental hymn music, with some additional arrangements. Please Like and Subscribe! to let me know which kind of content to create more of. Check out my music at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 Video content licensed from Mixkit and Pexels.

Another original song on Christmas and the Cross. Had the honor of having this recorded by Justin Hill Ministries years ago. This is my own production ... hope you enjoy it! Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/aeliron-so-far or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cliff-soon/262799445 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005769BNY?ref=dm_sh_bab8-5eff-dmcp-349c-c28da&musicTerritory=US&marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER Google https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ajw4lr4c3u4oiwb4jeoaka6q254&hl=en_US Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv46NpMXE3xO77JvN4g?si=eAn-UtBVQkWrTy85VYQwuw Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-soon/ARJhbpPjbgdVxfc Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 What could make the maker of all things, Lay aside his glory and his splendor; To amaze both shepherd boys and kings, In a shameless show of love's surrender. Born in the form of our helplessness and hope, Showing us the depths of his heart. Why did he come to rescue me, Why did he pay that dreadful cost, Caring to seek and save the lost; Such love that even I fin'lly realized: He bore my sin and shame and loss, Walking that lonely road from Cradle to the Cross! Second birth of innocence on earth, Yet His heart was destined to be broken. Come to take the judgment I deserved, In a day the heavens would be shaken. He came to us, in our helplessness and hope, Showing us the depths of his love. Why did he come to rescue me, Why did he pay that dreadful cost, Caring to seek and save the lost; Such love that even I fin'lly realized: He bore my sin and shame and loss, Walking that lonely road from Cradle to the Cross! All my life, I could wonder why He loved me at so great a cost, Choosing that lonely road from cradle to the Cross. Copyright © 2002 Cliff Soon/Aeliron, Bearesheis Music (ASCAP)

A Christmas/Easter/and beyond song based on the themes of light and dark in John's Gospel. Starts quiet but builds up to a full orchestra sound! Download for free (or buy the whole album) at https://aeliron.bandcamp.com/album/ae... or look for it at Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cli... Amazon https://music.amazon.com/artists/B005... Google https://play.google.com/store/music/a... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iUgv... Pandora https://www.pandora.com/artist/cliff-... Tidal https://tidal.com/artist/9892520 See the Light © C. Soon 1997, 2021 There was a light, shining in the darkness Guiding thru the darkness, wise men from the east Bringing gold, frankincense and myrrh to lay down at the feet of a little boy There was a man, living in the wilderness Come to be a witness, that all may believe That the light of everlasting life may be found In Shekinah slain that death might be destroyed The true Light, born to end the darkness Offering forgiveness to all who would believe One small night, broke into our sorrows Off'ring a tomorrow our minds cannot conceive What a wondrous day awaits if only we See the Light, See the Light Now the light, shines on through his children, Sent to ev’ry nation, to love as he had taught Not in words, but in ev'ry thing we do that we may display the light of truth He's the light of the new Jerusalem We will be his people, and he will be our God No more tears will ever dim the eye, nor goodbyes And the light of love we share will never die The true Light, born to end the darkness Offering forgiveness to all who would believe One small night, broke into our sorrows Off'ring a tomorrow our minds cannot conceive What a wondrous day awaits if only we See the Light See the Light, he is already dawning Though the darkness rage against the morning Though it fight against the sun, soon the night will be undone The true Light, born to end the darkness Offering forgiveness to all who would believe One small night, broke into our sorrows Off'ring a tomorrow our minds cannot conceive What a wondrous day awaits if only we See the Light, see the Light See the Light, see the Light

Doubts are actually ... a set of alternate beliefs which haven't been questioned! Find out what they are ... and question them as well. Based on Tim Keller's book. And sped up a bit.