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Be My Love
by TobinMueller

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Submitted on: Sep 01, 2007 - 12:15:00 PM
Last Updated: Nov 29 2007 - 08:58:22 AM
Keywords violin (67)tango (9)A Bit Of Light (14)Entcho Todorov (3)Bulgarian (1)TobinMueller (35)
Description This is the first track from my new album released on The Lost Records label, A BIT OF LIGHT. It is a tango I originally wrote in 2001 for a Spanish film shot in Bucharest. I re-arranged it for myself, giving the tango more of a rock feel. The excellent violin is played by Entcho Todorov.

Entcho was born in Bulgaria. He began playing violin at the age of four. He came to the United States in 1997. I invited him to my West Village (NYC) apartment in 2001 and there in my living room we recorded his violin. The intro and outro were actually for a different tune, but I added them to this one becuz I wanted to start the album with an organ/violin duet.

Entcho has won first prizes in the Bulgarian National Competition "Svetoslav Obretenov" and the Czech International "Kotzian" Competition. He's had solo performances with all major Bulgarian symphonies such as the Pazardjik Philharmonic, Schumen Philharmonic, and Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestras. He's been a member of the New Sofia Symphony Orchestra, New Bulgarian Opera Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as well as others. He performed on Broadway in "Fiddler on the Roof" (the title role), "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life" and the premiere recording of "THE IMMIGRANT."

Other tracks posted on MJ featuring Entcho:
I Have Dreamed In Another
Tango (The Dance)

A BIT OF LIGHT is progressive folk fusion, a mixture of rock, jazz, folk and prog. The packaging features some of my best Cape Cod photography and includes all the lyrics. Additional tracks include contributions from MJers McBoy, TEXASFEEL (John Luper), Komrade K (Martyn Kember-Smith), Thoddi (Thor Oliverson), bbarner (Bill Barner) and other NYC friends, including the excellent jazz sax player Donny McCaslin. Many thanks to Alimar for his encouragements and design expertise.
Lyrics BE MY LOVE

To hold you.
Feel the flame in my hands.
Come fill up the darkest place.
Bring softness to these walls of stone.

Come be my love.
Tear the skin of your life off for me.
I want to hold your shining spirit to my breast.

Come love.
Be my love.
Let us burn out our lives in the fire of the night.

Make me a god.
Catch my blood in your hands.
Betray me once more in the shadows
then ask me to forgive.

Tie me to the bed
with your serpent and sweat.
Come entangle my fingers and tongue in your breathing.
Pour wine into my pores.
Come tell me I am yours.
Tell me. Tell me. Tell me.

Love.
There’s too much now between you and I.
Far too many lies.
Come tear away the skin off from our lives.

Come be my love.
Come burn off the masks we’ve owned.
To find what lies beneath.
...’neath a life lived without you.

Come love, be my love.
Let us turn all the lies into something like a prayer.
Come love, be my love.
Let us burn up our lives for a moment we could bear/bare.

©2001, 2007 Tobin James Mueller
Hardware Violin: Entcho Todorov
Vocals and all other instruments: Tobin Mueller

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Mcboy said 495 days ago
powerful
music here.....can almost smell the rose in my partners mouth....as i spin her and draw her close to me......powerful images.......hot stuff!

TobinMueller said 493 days ago
Tug and toss of the tango
I enjoyed using the violence inherent in tango to inform the lyrics. Full of melodramatic imagery, passion and betrayal, the intertwining of edgy forgiveness and lust, desperation and momentum. Thanks for throwing in the roses too.

steck said 495 days ago
Entch Todorov
What a player.

My Bulgarian buddies will simply adore this one.

Thnx Tobin for the *sneaky peek* into your new album.

Cheers

Graham


TobinMueller said 493 days ago
Bulgaria
Please share this link with them. I recall when I first saw the Bulgarian Womens Chorus, live, and they astounded me, knocked me over with their power. Such a great musical heritage, the crossroads of so many styles.

said 495 days ago
GREAT !
Master Tobin, this is really deep intro composing, the vocal is nice ! Enjoyed this sir and congrats for your new CD ! Keep up the good work

Take Care
==============
Yeman Auf Al-Rawi

said 495 days ago
recombinant love
That's a new ligature -- progressive folk fusion. Very cool. The violin is absolutely stunning. The whole song is alive. You know I have a weakness for harmonium. This has world stage electricity and cohesiveness.

paul f. page said 495 days ago
A really...
...new sound to my ears. I'm going to have to listen to this many times to "get" the layers of your composition. The production of this number is awesome, Tobin. There's no question about that. ... You keep opening my eyes to new possibilities. Great to hear a real violin... And congratulations on "yet another unique album. You keep exploring new territory and we are all better for it.
Peace.
Paul

Moviz said 495 days ago
I love Tango....
So dramatic and intense. Love love love the violin (what a great violinist) and then the suprise (to me) combination of the other instruments when they came in. The vocals sound to have just right amount of drama, wonderful stuff, M

twonicus said 495 days ago
love it
i'd totally forgotten about this one. it's so much fun to listen to, makes me wanna dance all sexy-like!

twonicus said 495 days ago
btw
wouldn't normally double post, but i just gotta say, your hair looks awesome in the picture.

dolby said 495 days ago
Interesting
Very professional - as you'd expect. This is a high level of composition and recording quality. Good luck with the album - it deserves to be a hit:-))

Great vox mix btw - and the violin, well, goes without saying really - quality.

Cheers,
Phil,

thetiler said 495 days ago
Terrific !
Incredible ton with that violin. Love the cultural feel of this. Very interesting vocal harmonization. The sorrowful ending is really appropriate as well. Yes, that ending really fits in like a glove.

Way to go!
Tobin has the midas touch, everything you do seems top notch!

This piece really shows off your musical diversification.

Z293 said 494 days ago
Good Luck
With the new album. If this track is any indication it sounds like a powerful disc.

Ejh said 493 days ago
Okay, FIRST of all...
...who even knew that MacJams had a 'tango' genre? Or that anyone would use it?

It's probably just something I have to get past, but everytime I hear this sort of music I see Gomez and Morticia dancing in that restaurant...where her heels set fire to the floor...

AFTER that, I get to imagine what would have happened if Tobin Mueller was buddies with Stefan Grappelli... Tobin-And-The-Hot-Club-Of-France...

Neat...

Ed



Norman Goodman said 493 days ago
Exceptional
When I first saw this was a tango I was curious as to how you were going to approach this.... obviously with true artistry and imagination!
Melody and instrumentation are perfect.
Violin and organ are true standouts..... interesting contrast in sounds
Very powerful song.... well done!

Einarus said 493 days ago
Outstanding
I love the violin. It sounds truly amazing.
I'm also extremely fond of the way you use rhythmic heavy chords with the more sparse parts between. It really creates a cool sense of dynamics.
Also very nice vocals and excellent production.

It sounds like you really know what you're doing :)

Excellent!

-Einar S.

ziti said 493 days ago
jeez tobin, get a ROOM somewhere!
this is the horniest song I have ever heard! you dog.


very very awesome

deepest bows, you animal

z

TobinMueller said 493 days ago
Sex and pain
Thanks for noticing the sexiness of the lyrics. Lots of pain in there, too, and not just sexy pain but the pain of a relationship that rips and tears in all the destructive ways of a love-hate entanglement. This song is about a couple that is locked to each other in obsession, not innocently nourishing love. That's why I wanted to use the tango style. I loved your "get a room" line. Thanks.

lengold said 491 days ago
Lovely
raw emotion and beautiful playing.
Cheers
Len



said 490 days ago
Good grief!
Man Tobin...you pull out all the stops here! Entcho's violin playing herein reminds me of Boiled In Lead's violinist. The tango rhythm---rocked as it is---is poweful and hot. Your vocal delivery is inspiring. The arrangement is beautiful and complex. I stand in awe with jaw to the floor. Bravo! Encore!

Be well bro!

"Not My Place":http://www.macjams.com/song/35115

guitapick said 490 days ago
The violin...
...such a beautiful instrument played so masterfully couldn't help but draw me in immediately.

Sensual tune...she's got a rose clutched in her teeth as I pull her breast close to me...oh no...don't get me started.

Masterful, Tobin. Cool dissonances. 10s on this one. Glad it's on your CD.

Scott Carmichael said 490 days ago
HHHHmmmmm.....
I will comment later.... I think I'll go see if my wife is busy right now....
real sexuality should never be looked at as"obscene"... it is sacred...

that comes across in spades here

jiguma said 490 days ago
My favourite ..
.. track off the CD Tobin. Wonderful instrumentation and really exceptional production and performance. Really enjoy all the variations throughout the tune, and Entcho's violin is sublime. Must listen to more tango ;)
Cheers,
Neil

Del said 489 days ago
Too much now
Powerful lyrics drawing heavily from biblical influences make for an epic largeness. I get the feeling this is a song of desperation. When you sing/wail "Love... There%u2019s too much now between you and I. Far too many lies..." I feel as if you are clutching at straws, that love has already slipped, that you're trying to regain what too many lies and betrayals and space has clouded. The sad violin, acting like a parentheses around the song, speaks to me of loneliness and loss. Yet power. Again, your music is like another story line. What great playing. Nice organ too.

Feter said 489 days ago
Be My Love
ye jus Huge powerfull work !! ..Incridable
how you drive this dance into a story and
emotions .. perfect !!

moorlandt said 489 days ago
fusion delight
When the song started off, I was immediately thinking of the great soundtrack by John Williams of the Spielberg classic 'Schindler's List' (of course it's the violin!). But then suddenly pops up that surprising tango groove. Brilliant... And it turns the song into something completely different. I had a very 'Goran Bregovic' feeling with it, and I can lively imagine the images that go with the music. A touch of Balkan folk, mixed with a latin tango rhythm and an almost gothic drum beat, while the arrangement and vocalising (I smell Bowie...) is pure prog rock.
- walt

TobinMueller said 488 days ago
Balkan folk
Yes, Entcho is a masterful folk violinist, with styles from that entire area. Check out his violin on I Have Dreamed In Another. On that one, he has a Hebrew-Hungarian flare too. Thanks for the great comments.

DWL said 469 days ago
Awesome violin work
and beautifully arranged and performed.

The number of changes and the delivery does betray the cinematic origins of the song for me but it's none the worse for that.

Excellent work.

Cheers

Dick

Aaron David said 366 days ago
Props to the violinist
Very good stuff... Entcho seems to know what he's doing... (and you do too, of course :). Thanks for pointing me to it :).

said 219 days ago
Great!
After listening again, please let me say this is one of the best songs ever posted here. GORGEOUS vocals, an amazing huge music work and a great violin line. This is a true masterpiece... KUDOS... Great work!

Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi

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