Holworks

Hi All,
I am no longer a premium member. As such, this is the last thing you will hear from me unless you follow me on Facebook. If you don't that's ok. I hope that you will as I have many new things in store for my audience later this Fall.
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Thanks for listening. As always, all the best!!!!

Mark - Holworks Music

Since I have been gifted, here is a gift in return to let you know, I just need a day to make music happen. . . thank you out there for helping me continue this journey. Maybe we will meet one day. Mark

Hi All,

It is a sad time for me. Recently, my hard drive crashed. I lost all of the songs, images, and words you see, listen to, or read here. I am dictating this message from my phone. It is not easy to see years worth of work vanish. There may be some ways to get it back that I am trying, but for now, no more songs from me. I have no way to record them now. I have no way to make music except in my living room on my keyboard. The recording process of these songs is ambient which means I cannot capture pristine recordings. . . . ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

Thousands of dollars in software I used is now gone. ProTools and Cubase are history, memories of hours spent negotiating screens, clips, loops, etc. . . , gone. Ouch, I lost my best friend, the cost of it all is lambent. Such is the way of computers I suppose, like people, they die. At sixty, I guess I really should just forget about it, a fad that passed through my life for a few years, thirty at least to end up in a fried pile of wires. Dang, that makes me sad, mad, frustrated, and forlorn.

Anyway, the last two years of my life in song is right here, right now. I appreciate all of you who have shown support, sharing with me this path I have undertaken on faith. It means the world to me that someone in this great big world actually listens to a song I wrote. I am deeply appreciative of this knowing that I shared some of my soul with you direct as it was given to me from wherever music manifests.

I think N1M is a special place for unsigned artists like me. Creation is a funny journey as there are so many variables to it. I will always consider I was at my closest to God because of music creation. It is not like I can bend air to make a dog, but if I color the air just a little with a crayon keyboard and a colored pencil microphone, maybe the story of that dog would reveal itself to me. Such are the stories I hear in music. I often wonder what if? What if I sang flawlessly. Would I still be able to create a song? What if I played like Mozart? Would I still be able to put syllable to note? What if I could not write? Would I still feel the note seeking syllable to create something wondrous?

Guess it doesn't really matter for now. I have to devote my energy in a different direction until I can come back to my old friend. Hopefully, age and change remain at bay until I do meet music again.

I want to thank you folks who have joined this mailing list, several thousand of you from all over the globe. Every one of you here means I did it. I managed to bring wholesome original music to be enjoyed by anyone for a lifetime direct to you and you responded with your likes, comments, reviews, emails and song purchases. I am forever grateful to you for doing so!

Say a prayer for me!

Mark Holman
Holworks Music
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Yes, yes, I am on a recording adventure, five songs in three days. So, who likes someone who dabbles in genres? I mean diversity simply abounds in the notes I have sung to recently. Hope I can stir you a little.

Hi All,

A few thousand of you are receiving this message. Thank you for listening to my weird stories set to music. Iknw, I know, I am not like anyone on this site, for sure. There are tons of outstanding songs to listen to on N1M. That you chose me, well, that is awesome.

Just a bit of background about these new song is in order, I think. Sweet Tea was done for my boss, who was headed to the Key West Songwriter's Festival. I work at WFAY 100.1 FM in Fayetteville, NC. She has a show on it and asked me if I could write a song for her. It is a top of the head recording, . . hope you like it.

Brown Goddess and Oh, Isis are remakes of my old songs from my first album Carolina Commons. None of the music from that album except for Just When I Thought, and Swift Water is viable for this site. So, I used beats instead and took my poems, sliced and diced them to make them fit. I did the same for Felinicity from my fourth album Natural Law. Felinicity made me step across the street to find the beat my neighbor's possess.

I think I am out of my political phase for now. I sure hope the puzzle comes together for us as a planet. I do try to court Lady Luck in a song by that title. It is a funk blowout that will make you dance for sure. I loved the music the instant I heard it. That story was easy to sing and you will hear it note by note, syllable by syllable.

Seems like I was supposed to write songs, or maybe it is delusion. Therapy feels good.

I am always looking for flavor starved ears, . .

Mark

I am sitting here typing again to all you folks on N1M who have liked my songs enough to listen to this wordy prattle I dribble about from time to time. I recently had to do another re-do for the song What Is Love?

How does it sound?

I am surprised the recent computer crash has allowed me to continue to be able to record. I had to re-format my drives and secure data in the cloud and on separate hard drives which I am trying to fix, . . .goodness. No more songs?

Such are the tribulations of a business without capital. . .another picture on my skin.

Thanks for listening. Download What Is Love.
Play it loud!
Tell everyone Higher Order Language Works!

It does I am told by many who would craft titles or labels to me and my brand of writing. . .list or metaphor, it matters not to me.

Anyway, I am old. I doubt I have too much time left to do anything anyway, certainly less so with the snail's pace of earnings.

Starving artist number 7 billion, right?

What Is Love?

All the best,

Mark - Holworks Music
Creating wholesome original music to be enjoyed by anyone for a lifetime!


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Hi All,

Fayetteville, North Carolina calling. Mark here to let you know that One More Song is nearly complete! I have added Proud of You, The Internet Cafe, Cost Of It All, Let Him Do His Job, and No Time to it.

Seems like music simply flows from the folks here in this town. I am one of a few who have impacted this site greatly. Others are quite close by to me who also make stellar music and are on N1M. Thanks for being here and listening. Obviously, there are quite a number of great songs to listen to on N1M.

Many of you have Holworks as a favorite. Thank you for listening. I certainly need ears to discover who likes what, if anything. All of these songs mean nothing if no one hears them. Wish I could sing better. Wish I could play better, but I have a lot to say as words seem to be everywhere as do the melodies that accompany the chords, . . .

The biggest way you can help me continue this expensive quest is to Own the Holworks song you love.
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Is there anything I should do differently?

Would love to hear from you as well. Say hello - what's your favorite Holworks song?

All the best,
Holworks Music

Prosperity, prosperity, searching my whole life for prosperity. My cat found his on a wooden deck, a plank walk to the water's edge somewhere in South Carolina with the name of this song.

For a nobody, that is something. . . to write, rehearse, and record a song someone actually listens to. . . oh my, how cool is that?

I told my family to bury me with a flash drive of my songs so that I can search out the voices I hear yet cannot duplicate with my baritone. Maybe, there's a welcoming spirit or two, maybe seven angels to sing a chord, or as it is now, just me. Regardless, music is in me, as are words, as are notes, and maybe a tone or two which has no classification, certainly not music, maybe just noise.

From the bottom of my heart - Thank You!

Thank-you

Yes, despite my best efforts not to do so, I am writing another album entitled One More Song. I'll add the songs as I write them like I am doing tonight as I type this note to you. Thanks for being here with me on this mailing list from N1M. The first song is here - What Am I Fighting For? This is appropriate for One More Song simply because it forces me to ask that question.

One More Song
1. What Am I Fighting For?
2. Slack Jaw
3. Let's Go!
4. Ear Deep, Tassel High
5. Is Email Dead?
6. Candy Jar
7. Travel Log
8. Knock on Wood
9. One More Song
10. Christmas Card Like That
11. Walking on Mars

What AM I Fighting For? is song number one on the new album One More Song. I thought this song could be my anthem of sorts as it reminds me of things that I held fast and true, yet have turned to be less important as I age. To find a cause, to rally, to believe in that which still can make my soul stir is what I am fighting for. It will take a lifetime.

Slack Jaw is the explanation of what happens when one is overcome by the beauty of another. Really, I cannot help from staring when it happens to me that brilliant dance move. Well, I guess this song is for that rare occasion. I hope it happens to you too.

Let's Go! Why in the world does it take her so long. Fashionably late may as well be one lunar cycle! Still, I try to capture that excitement of doing something extraordinary yet may have a reverse of trepidation to my girl should she find me now. Let's go, . . .

Ear Deep, Tassel High is my tribute to the great American harvest of corn, a staple in our diet since before the pilgrims. As with every beginning, sowing must occur so that the harvest will be bountiful, a process that has meant life or death before a time when harvesters mechanically strip the earth of crop. Ear deep, tassel high, growing this corn up to the sky.

Is Email Dead? is my tribute to an almost dying art form like cursive handwriting. So, do we communicate solely through SnapChat, or text? Which is better, to do it in pictures like Instagram, or is there another way to reach folks. . .

Just an example of words to music is all I can offer. Hope you enjoy my songs. . .

Mark - Holworks Music

Oh my! I made it through Hurricane Florence! That was some storm. NC has a long road to recovery. I am glad my house didn't blow away. I am safe and making more music!

To all the folks here on N1M who have listened to a song I wrote, thank you. For all of you who listened and then bought one of my songs, thank you double as you keep my dream alive. For those of you who could care less, I thank you as well as you give me perspective. I can write and sing in any genre though some are easier for me than others. You may have noticed, I have one song here now.

I am blocked from uploading any others, so, you will not be able to hear any new songs I create unless you listen from a different site. After compiling much needed stats and how music money flows, this site only scratches the surface.

None of the plays here are reportable, which means I handed this site my store. I'll leave it at that. . .

I have been on this site for three years plus, . . .Hope I made you curious, smile, or laugh as a result of my creativity. If I made you feel nothing, then obviously, I am not the musician you need to listen to. . .

But, if you want to continue to listen to and help Holworks Music grow, then subscribe to my site on Band Camp. All of my new album is there to download when you do. . .(expired link)

Glad I met you - Can you hear me now?

Mark Holman
Holworks Music

Hi All,

I am typing this note while watching the news about the impending threat of Hurricane Florence. She will make landfall by tomorrow morning. 140 mph winds straight from the beach to my house, 90 miles away. Hurricane Matthew in October 2016 was not kind to my house. I fear the worst from Florence. All this means is that I hope to return, Lord willing.

I want to thank each and every person who listens to a Holworks song. There are so many of you. For that, I am grateful. To think a fella from a small town in North Carolina could grab your attention for a listen is amazing. That you would even take the time to listen is just as amazing. To know, I actually created something worthy of your attention leaves me with no words. Stories touch my life. Holworks music is a reflection of those moments.

What is next for me in music remains a mystery. I had hoped the new album would draw attention like Florence does a cat 4 hurricane ready to sweep across terrestrial airwaves to become a favorite song, to be remembered, to be sung to, much better voices than mine out there for sure. Regardless, I did my part. I added to the universal noise as best I could and as often as my creativity would allow. My page is full of that effort.

I'll leave you with my song Azure Sky - as I pray for her return. Thanks for the notes, help, patronage, and advice. God bless you all!

Mark Holman
Holworks Music

Hi All,

This is Mark Holman from Fayetteville, North Carolina saying hello. Thanks for allowing me to send updates about my musical musings. Summer is rapidly winding down with Labor Day only a week away, Hurricane Harvey is bearing down on Texas, and I am writing music to keep pace with the delivery. Rehearsing for my almost nightly broadcasts on Periscope, I am feeling more in tune and alive with the concepts I initiated years ago. I must thank all of you for this regeneration as I thought you might like to hear a lot more of the songs I have written, so here you go. My page is plastered with them.

I have not put all of these up on iTunes yet. I was hoping to transform them. I realize now, like the movie, this is as good as it gets for me. However the instrumentation is recorded, or vocals, I can only do the best I can with the ideas I hear. I long for proficiency. Rehearsal brings me closer, yet no resources drain my ambition one penny at a time. I always told myself, if it is good enough, they will come. . .ok. I still would like a boost.

I am curious to know what you think. After all, I contribute noise to an already noisy universe. Does any of it make you take pause to listen? Do I fit into your playlist? Feedback is so important especially because I am too close to the material and cannot be objective beyond self satisfaction of having created something from nothing. Is that something more than nothing? I sing about that in Next to Nothing.

Most of all, I am grateful, humbled, and at a loss for words to show my appreciation for the few thousand receiving this message. The world is a small place as evidenced by how diverse you are. Guess that is why I have no genre, no preconceived notions of how a song is supposed to turn out, rock, country, folk, R&B, dance,blues, etc. It just happens to be the flavor for the story behind the music, my forte, if I have a forte. Hope I make you smile!!!!

All the best from NC!!!!
Mark

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Hi All,

What a life! Stories flooding in upon one another like a single drop of water becoming a steady stream. I am trying to capture them in a form people can listen to without the worry of production, equipment, or instrument limitations. I have failed and have succeeded. The failures remain successes as I have done something very few have done yet are failures simply because anonymity claims every word, note, and melody. Must be madness to do the same thing over and over expecting different results. Ahhh well, I am simply passing on what is given to me.

Thanks for all of your support. I am slowly reducing the number of songs I have here until I reach the November number of three. Let me know which three you would like for me to keep here.

Regardless, it sure has been surprising and comforting to know of my successes, thanks to you.

May all your dreams come true.

Mark