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Rainmaker

by Lorenzo Miniero

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1.
Raintro 02:02
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2.
Heartbeat 04:37
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Am I in love or just obsessed? I cannot think of nothing else Every face I see around me is you You got this old heart of mine Beating endlessly, beating endlessly You got this old heart of mine Beating endlessly, beating endlessly Just as it happened years ago Blissfully unaware you glow I gaze from afar and you'll never know You got this old heart of mine Beating endlessly, beating endlessly You got this old heart of mine Beating endlessly, beating endlessly You got this old heart of mine Beating endlessly, beating endlessly You got this old heart of mine Beating endlessly, beating endlessly
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Chasing Clouds 03:41
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4.
Desert Rain 05:12
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The sky is clear, the sun hits hard And almost blinds me The sand I walk on goes As far as I can see I lost my way, I lost my mind No one around me I'm finally losing strenght And with it my will to live Now everything's on fire These flames are burning me Their tongues are red and brighter And now I cannot breathe Step after step, I carry on My pain is crippling No water anywhere As far as I can see I want to cry, my tears are dry Just like an old tree Not even a mirage To lure some force out of me Now everything's on fire These flames are burning me Their tongues are red and brighter And now I cannot breathe All this sand it burns like fire Fans the flames of my desire How I long for desert rain Endless dunes, a sea of death Out of hope and out of breath How I long for desert rain
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Neon 06:34
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The city is cold tonight The streets an ocean of flickering neon lights The rain pours down on me Each drop awaking a memory from within Reflections in the glass A crowd of people with no face are drown in lights A heartbeat and they're gone Rapidly replaced by even more So many and yet alone Their face a mask only displaying what they want A digital charade A glitch enough for all their smiles to fade Lights flickering to steal My mind from what it's tried so long to just conceal Time runs and leaves behind Remorse, regret, and all the things they hide A life not lived, a waste Realization not enough to bring some change An unfinished symphony A symbol of someone I'll never be
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Thunder 04:19
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The clock strikes a twelfth time It finally is midnight So many hours since mom sang me her lullaby The sky a leaden shroud When will it open wide? A blanket as my shield against the threat outside What is it that I fear? Should it be over now? I'm all alone in here It's not a when, it's how The storm has all but died Thick darkness as my hide I bite my lips, I know they'd hear me if I cried A sudden light appears I see it fill my room I tremble waiting for the now impending doom Where there was dark, now light Nowhere to hide, too bright My nightmare rules again Here comes that awful scream Lightning strikes Thunder right behind Lightning strikes Thunder right behind
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In a Reverie 08:17
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I look at the sky, gray as it is I think of the blue that's behind I look at the clouds, heavy as they are The rain that they pour down is life I look at the trees, tall as they are Their roots are what keeps them so strong I look at the stars, far as they are They point to the place I call home Are all these feelings real? Am I lost in myself? Is it always like this? Or just when I close my eyes? I look at the sea, wide as it is It hides even more than it shows I look at the plains, green as they are They're home to so many small worlds I look at the hills, big as they are There's not one that we cannot climb I look at the crows, black as they are We're never alone when they cry Where do these thoughts come from? Are they answers to what? Will I finally realize What happens when my mind flies? Wandering in my own mind I forget where I'm at or why Letting my thoughts flow by I find rest We're not what we lost Far from what I miss Lost in a reverie
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Colours 05:07
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An orange sunset goes Red as the brightest rose A yellow sky with violet clouds I wonder if it will rain tonight? The red now turned to blue Green leaves, indigo dew The drizzle turns to a deluge We seek some cover for one last time The rain stops falling Our tears keep flowing Now that you've left me behind Colours appearing A rainbow so painful to see
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Rainmaker 11:21
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No rain has fallen for so long The crops are dry, our spirits so forlorn Who knows how long we will endure Please God send us a cure I know of someone who could help From town to town they went, and rain with them They'd light a fire and start a dance And all the pain they'd end Time finally gave me another chance That one horse town still haunts my days and nights This time I will not stop too late No blood on me again They look at me like I'm a Saint Their prayers all for that clear sky to break I start to dance my heart away Thunder responds to me
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Forlorn 03:43
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My second "serious" album, and unlike the previous one, more vocal than instrumental. A bonus track (The Beach) is also available for those that purchase the album on Bandcamp.

While it's not a concept album, the common theme of all the songs is rain, in its different forms. The title of the album is a homage to "Rainmaker" by Kansas, one of my favourite songs ever: the title track itself pays tribute to that, as it acts as an unofficial "sequel" to what may have happened in the original song. The album is a mixed bag of different genres, as while it's mostly tending towards metal and progressive rock, it often veers into other directions as well, touching electronic, folk and more. This allowed me to experiment more with different sounds.

All recorded, mixed and mastered using open source and free tools: thanks to all the software authors for making this possible! In particular, I want to give a shout-out to Fedora Linux, JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK), Ardour, MuseScore, Lilypond, Guitarix, Rakarrack, DrumGizmo, Hydrogen, Yoshimi, Dragonfly Reverb and sfizz: all those projects rock, and are what made this possible.

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released May 5, 2022

Guest vocals on "Desert Rain" by Paolo Navarretta (The Black Crown)
Drums played by DrumGizmo (Muldjord Kit)
Audio samples obtained on freesound.org and movie-sounds.org
Cover picture by Victoria Borodinova (Pexels)

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Lorenzo Miniero Naples, Italy

I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. So, besides developing open source software for a living, I've decided to go back to an old passion of mine: writing and recording music.

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