134 Creating My Insane Visual Art Development & Music From My African Experience For Fun, Joy & Love

Just having fun going into some of my old music which was from a song I wrote called Zvaka Zviri Zvacho Kuteterera Kumenyengetera Manje Mukoma, Hanzvadzi Yangu.

[Translated:] What is the meaning of invocation, supplication and prayer now, my brother & sister?

I have also incorporated some of my visual art as well which tells a personal story of imagination and love.

There was a lot of experimenting, so I forget exactly how this was done. First I made a recording in Audacity in a clothes cupboard and then layered it with sounds until it just become phonemes and a vocal mosaic of sounds mixed from all over the place. The original was in a Shona dialect. I had a lot of joy writing this and making it and may even do some more with it, who knows? For now I thought to share to lighten the mood. Enjoy!

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— Lyrics & Story by Matthew Millais Gray
— Visual mythos of the Codex Aurora: Luna Kismet & Captain DeadPan Sol aboard the Starfire
— Music Production:

My Original Shona version lyrics FYI:

zvaka zviri zvacho kuteterera
zvaka zviri zvacho kuteterera
zvaka zviri zvacho kuteterera
kumenyengetera mukoma yangu

zvaka zviri zvacho kuteterera
zvaka zviri zvacho kuteterera
zvaka zviri zvacho kuteterera
kumenyengetera hazvadzi yangu x2

Mhedzi-siro yacho iri
kuna-matira hama yangu

Mhedzisiro yacho iri
kunamatira hanzvadzi yangu x2

Rudo, Mufaro,
Kutenda uye... Kupe-rerwa
Rudo, mufaro,
kutenda uye... kutsun-gi-rira
Rudo, Mufaro,
Kutenda uye... Kupe-rerwa

Wakawa here? Simuka, tsungirira.
Hondo nde-yem-weya.
Ba-katwa raka-pin-za se-chok wadi chako.

Bhiza ra-ko ri-ne mwe-ya we-shum-ba!
Ine ma-pa-pi-ro emu-tum-wa.
Iyo ine ma-zi-so egon-do uye sim-ba ren-zomb-e!
Itend-ise. Mwoyo wako i-um-wari!

[English]
what is it to pray?
what is it to pray?
what is it to pray?
to pray for my brother?

what is it to pray?
what is it to pray?
to pray for my sister? x2

The end is to pray for my brother

The end is to pray for my sister x2

Love, Joy,
Faith and... Perseverance
Love, joy,
Faith and... Perseverance
Love, Joy,
Faith and... Perseverance

Have you fallen? Rise up, persevere.
The war is spiritual.
The sword is sharp as a dagger in your hand.

Your horse has the soul of a lion!
It has the wings of an angel.
It has the eyes of an eagle and the strength of an ox!
Believe it. Your heart is divine!

🛠️ CREDITS
Audacity, Clideo, Cloudconvert, Convertfiles, Dell, DuckDuckGo, Ezgif, Gimp, Google Chrome, Hedra, Klingai, Linux, Lumalabs, Meta, Microsoft, MyPal, Onlineconverter, OpenAIChatGPT3.5, Perchance, Pi, Picsart, Royalty free sounds, Samsung, Suno, Udio, Veheer, Vocalremover, You.com, YouTube

(Credits list includes tools, applications, programs, services, and emerging AI resources used in production. While this strives for balance, it may not be exhaustive.)

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