EVERY WAY AND ALAWAYS

MARILYN MARTIN
SONGWRITER: MARILYN MARTIN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TRUST, LOVE, PRAY
LABEL: MASTERMIX NASHVILLE
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2012
 
      Marilyn Martin was born on May 4, 1954, in Tennessee but raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She was exposed to different genres of music as a child. Her father was a country and bluegrass fan, her mother liked R&B and her grandmother sang gospel. At age 18 she started singing with different bands, eventually joining one from Akron, Ohio. After five years of club gigs, the band had an opportunity to tour with Joe Walsh, who was headlining with Stevie Nicks. Also on the tour were Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, and Kenny Loggins. After the tour, Martin moved to Los Angeles, California, and began a prolific career as a backing vocalist for artists including Stevie Nicks, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Tom Petty and Kenny Loggins.
         Trust, Love, Pray is the fourth studio album from American singer Marilyn Martin, released independently in 2012. The album is a collection of original songs of trials, temptations, love, and faith.
           All of the album's songs were written solely by Martin, except "In the Arms of God" which was written by Eric Kaz and Martin. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Martin's husband Greg Droman. Hank Williams mastered the album at Mastermix, Nashville. The song "Every Way And Always" received airplay on Christian and Praise and Worship stations.
       Trust, Love, Pray was Martin's first released studio album since 1988's This Is Serious. Describing the songs as "written purely from my heart", Martin originally put her solo career on halt in the 1990s. She recalled to Breathe Cast: "For several years I just didn't have the heart to try to write or sing". However, when her husband introduced her to the music software GarageBand, she began writing new material. Happy to be writing and singing again, Martin did not initially consider releasing a new album.
          The album, released independently by Martin, was issued digitally and on digipack CD. The CD edition was released in America only, via outlets online such as CDBaby and Amazon. In late 2012, Martin used Kickstarter in an attempt to gain funding of $10,000 to market and promote the album. This included distribution, internet promotion and a possible tour. However by mid-January 2013, the 45-day funding period only gained $1,230 through 12 backers.

[Intro]
Every way and always
Every way and always
 
[Verse 1]
I'm gonna serve my Father, trust Him with all my heart
I’m gonna let Him shake me, every way and always
I'm gonna love and honor, praise His blessed name
Guide me, sweet Holy Spirit, every way and always
 
[Chorus 1]
Jesus is our defender - shout out, kneel down and pray
He's so good to his, every way and always
Sometimes I feel driven by the things I crave
Praise God, we’re forgiven, every way and always
Hey, oh... every way and always
[Bridge]
 
Blessed children, are you willing
To surrender to His awesome might
Let us praise Him, every nation
Raise Him up to be your guiding light
Hey, yeah, hey, yeah...
Praise Him
 
[Chorus 2]
He uses word and reason, true son of grace
Rejoice is when we seek Him, every way and always
So when the great pretender attempts to rock your faith
Oh God, front and center, every way and always
 
[Outro]
(Every way and always) every way and always
I'm gonna serve Him, every way and always
Every way and always (every way and always)
Every way and always
I will praise Him, every way and always
(Every way and always)
Come on, come on, come on
(Every way and always)
Come on, come on, come on, come on
(Every way and always).

SEPARATE LIVES

PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN
SONGWRITER: BISHOP STEPHEN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ÁLBUM: WHITE NIGHTS
LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1985
 
         Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer/singer of the rock band Genesis and for his solo career. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, he had more US Top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Take Me Home", "Two Hearts", "A Groovy Kind of Love" (featured in the film Buster), "I Wish It Would Rain Down", and "Another Day in Paradise".
            Born and raised in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. In 1996, Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work; this included writing songs for Disney’s Tarzan (1999) for which he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for “You'll Be in My Heart”. He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released an autobiography in 2016 and completed his Not Dead Yet Tour in 2019.
       Collins's discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He has won eight Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards (winning Best British Male Artist three times), two Golden Globe Awards, one Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award. He was awarded six Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the International Achievement Award. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. He has also been recognised by music publications with induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.
             Marilyn Martin (born May 4, 1954) is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1985 hit duet with Phil Collins, "Separate Lives", her only Number 1.
             "Separate Lives" is a 1985 song recorded by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin and featured on the soundtrack to the motion picture White Nights. It reached Nº. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts as well as in Canada and Ireland. It reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
         Songwriter Stephen Bishop recorded his own version for his album Sleeping with Girls for Polydor Records, released in 1985. Bishop received na Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in 1986. It lost to Lionel Richie's song "Say You, Say Me" from the same film.
          Collins recorded other versions of "Separate Lives" while on tour. He sang with touring singer Amy Keys in 1994, the song appearing on the album Live from the Board. Beginning in 1997 he has performed the song many times with Italian singer Laura Pausini. In 2004, Collins recorded a version with Bridgette Bryant who had toured with him in 1990 in support of ...But Seriously
You called me from the room in your hotel
All full of romance for someone that you met
And telling me how sorry you were, leaving so soon
And that you miss me sometimes when you're alone in your room
Do I feel lonely too?
 
You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
I can't go on just holding on to times
Now that we're living separate lives
 
Well I held on to let you go
And if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show
There was no way to compromise
So now we're living (living)
Separate lives
 
Ooh, it's so typical, love leads to isolation
So you build that wall (build that wall)
Yes, you build that wall (build that wall)
And you make it stronger
 
Well you have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
Some day I might (I might) find myself looking in your eyes
But for now, we'll go on living separate lives
Yes for now, we'll go on living separate lives
Separate lives.

SAIL ON SAILOR

THE BEACH BOYS
SONGWRITERS: BRIAN WILSON; JACK RIELEY; RAY KENNEDY; TANDYN ALMER & VAN DYKE PARKS
COUNTRY: U. S.A.
ALBUM: HOLLAND
LABEL: BROTHER RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1975
 
        The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies, adolescent themes, and musical ingenuity, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era. They drew on the music of older pop vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and black R&B to create their unique sound, and under Brian's direction, often incorporated classical or jazz elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways.
          One of the first self-contained rock groups, the Beach Boys began as a garage band, managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, and with Brian as composer, arranger, producer, and de facto leader. In 1963, they had their first US and Canadian hit with "Surfin' U.S.A.", beginning a string of top-ten singles that reflected a southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance, dubbed the "California sound". They were one of the few American rock bands to sustain their commercial standing during the British Invasion. "I Get Around" and "Help Me Rhonda" were US and Canada No. 1 hits, while their versions of "Barbara Ann" and "Sloop John B" became their first songs to also go to the top two in the UK, Australia and many parts of Europe. Starting with 1965's The Beach Boys Today!, they abandoned beachgoing themes for more personal lyrics and ambitious orchestrations. In 1966, the Pet Sounds album and "Good Vibrations" single, a US No. 1 and worldwide Top 5 hit, raised the group's prestige as rock innovators. That year they also formed Brother Records, Inc., a corporation that continues to oversee affairs related to the band's legacy. After scrapping the Smile album in 1967, Brian's contributions diminished due to his mental health issues.
     In the late 1960s, the group's commercial momentum faltered in the US, and despite efforts to maintain na experimental sound, they were widely dismissed by the early rock music press. Carl took over as the band's musical leader, with records from this period later enjoying a cult following among fans. Following the mid-1970s, as their concerts drew larger audiences, the band transitioned into na oldies act. Dennis drowned in 1983 and Brian soon became estranged from the group. Following Carl's death from lung cancer in 1998, the band granted Love legal rights to tour under the group's name. As of 2021, Brian and Jardine do not perform with Love's edition of the Beach Boys, but remain official members of the band.
         The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time, with over 100 million records sold worldwide. They helped legitimize popular music as a recognized art form and influenced the development of music genres and movements such as psychedelia, power pop, progressive rock, punk, alternative, and lo-fi. Between the 1960s and 2010s, the group had 36 songs reach the US Top 40 (the most by an American band), with four topping the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Beach Boys number 12 on its list of the greatest artists of all time. The founding members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
           "Sail On, Sailor" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland. It was written by Brian Wilson, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, and Van Dyke Parks. It was released as a single in 1973, backed with "Only with You", and peaked at number 79 on the American singles charts. A 1975 reissue (also backed with "Only with You") charted higher, at number 49. According to Jon Stebbins, "It is perhaps the only perennial Beach Boys favorite to still thrive in the classic rock and album rock FM radio formats of the present."
I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean
Through restful waters and deep commotion
Often frightened, unenlightened
Sail on, sail on sailor
 
I wrest the waters, fight neptune's waters
Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders
Unrepenting, often empty
Sail on, sail on sailor
 
Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail
Bought like a crust of bread, but, oh, do I wail
 
Seldom stumble, never crumble
Try to tumble, life's a rumble
Feel the stinging I've been given
Never ending, unrelenting
Heartbreak searing, always fearing
Never caring, persevering
Sail on, sail on, sailor
 
I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways
Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters
Uninspired, drenched and tired
Wail on, wail on, sailor
 
Always needing, even bleeding
Never feeding all my feelings
Damn the thunder, must I blunder
There's no wonder all I'm under
Stop the crying and the lying
And the sighing and my dying
 
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor.

PRA VOCÊ GUARDEI O AMOR

NANDO REIS & ANA CAÑAS
COMPOSITOR: NANDO REIS
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: DRÊS
GRAVADORA: MERCURY RECORDS
GÊNERO: POP ROCK
ANO: 2009
 
            José Fernando Gomes dos Reis ( São Paulo, 12 de janeiro de 1963), conhecido artisticamente como Nando Reis, é um cantor, compositor, multi-instrumentista e produtor musical brasileiro. Foi membro da banda Titãs entre 1982 e 2002.
         Nando Reis era percussionista e crooner da banda de salsa Sossega Leão quando os Titãs foram formados. Na primeira apresentação pública dos Titãs, ele figurou como baterista. Após o lançamento do primeiro disco deles, ele chegou a sair do grupo por duas semanas, preferindo o Sossega Leão por razões financeiras, mas acabou mudando de ideia e foi aceito de volta.
            Saiu dos Titãs após a gravação do álbum A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana, em 2001. Na época, alegou "incompatibilidade de pensamento", e informou que ainda estava abalado pela morte dos amigos Cássia Eller e Marcelo Fromer. Em entrevista posterior, afirmou que sua saída se deveu também à sua vontade de se dedicar mais à sua carreira solo - chegou a propor à banda que pausassem suas atividades por um ano após o lançamento do álbum. Afirmou ainda que seu isolamento como compositor na banda vinha crescendo, o que era evidenciado pela quantidade de músicas escritas apenas por ele nos últimos álbuns. Hoje, o músico e a banda já voltaram a se falar normalmente, e Nando participou do show de 30 anos de carreira dos Titãs que ocorreu no Espaço das Américas, em São Paulo, na noite de 6 de outubro de 2012.
               Em 2001, foi indicado ao Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira na categoria "Revelação solo", mas Wanessa Camargo se sagrou vencedora
        Drês é o oitavo álbum solo do cantor e compositor brasileiro Nando Reis. Gravado em 2009 e lançado em 22 de maio de 2009, produzido por Carlos Pontual e Nando Reis, o álbum foi lançado pela gravadora Universal Music. A cantora Ana Cañas fez uma participação especial na faixa \”Pra Você Guardei o Amor\”.
Pra você guardei o amor
Que nunca soube dar
O amor que tive e vi sem me deixar
Sentir sem conseguir provar
Sem entregar
E repartir
 
Pra você guardei o amor
Que sempre quis mostrar
O amor que vive em mim vem visitar
Sorrir, vem colorir solar
Vem esquentar
E permitir
 
Quem acolher o que ele tem e traz
Quem entender o que ele diz
No giz do gesto o jeito pronto
Do piscar dos cílios
Que o convite do silêncio
Exibe em cada olhar
 
Guardei
Sem ter porquê
Nem por razão
Ou coisa outra qualquer
Além de não saber como fazer
Pra ter um jeito meu de me mostrar
 
Achei
Vendo em você
E explicação
Nenhuma isso requer
Se o coração bater forte e arder
No fogo o gelo vai queimar
 
Pra você guardei o amor
Que aprendi vendo os meus pais
O amor que tive e recebi
E hoje posso dar livre e feliz
Céu cheiro e ar na cor que o arco-íris
Risca ao levitar
 
Vou nascer de novo
Lápis, edifício, tevere, ponte
Desenhar no seu quadril
Meus lábios beijam signos feito sinos
Trilho a infância, terço o berço
Do seu lar
 
Guardei
Sem ter porquê
Nem por razão
Ou coisa outra qualquer
Além de não saber como fazer
Pra ter um jeito meu de me mostrar
 
Achei
Vendo em você
Explicação
Nenhuma isso requer
Se o coração bater forte e arder
No fogo o gelo vai queimar
 
Pra você guardei o amor
Que nunca soube dar
O amor que tive e vi sem me deixar
Sentir sem conseguir provar
Sem entregar
E repartir
 
Quem acolher o que ele tem e traz
Quem entender o que ele diz
No giz do gesto o jeito pronto
Do piscar dos cílios
Que o convite do silêncio
Exibe em cada olhar
 
Guardei
Sem ter porquê
Nem por razão
Ou coisa outra qualquer
Além de não saber como fazer
Pra ter um jeito meu de me mostrar
 
Achei
Vendo em você
Explicação
Nenhuma isso requer
Se o coração bater forte e arder
No fogo o gelo vai queimar.