23) A Sunny Day

A Sunny Day (mp3) (pdf) (tab) (backing track)

It was in May a year ago when I came up with the tune “A Rainy Day”, it was a mournful tune in G minor. I posted the tune in the “Song of the Week socialclub” on mandolincafe. I was surprised and a little proud that the became song of the week in february this year. I don’t consider myself a superstitious person, but from the day my tune was chosen it started raining in the Netherlands. It was a combination of heavy rainfall and strong winds from the west which didn’t seem to stop. When my country was completely soaked I knew I had to write a tune called “A Sunny Day”, so here it is. The sunny day on the picture shows me with my band on the 7th of april this year.

22) Drifting Clouds

Drifting Clouds (mp3) (pdf) (tab)

With the beautiful weather this April I rediscovered something I did a lot when I was a child. I watched the sky and studied the drifting clouds for hours. This can be so relaxing! I think they call it Mindfullness nowadays. Anyway, it's must be very good for our health and so much more inspiring than watching TV.

21) Anti Flu

Anti Flu (mp3) (pdf) (tab)

Whether I caught a cold or got some flu I don't know exactly. As an employee of a school you know you can't always avoid getting infected with some kind of virus. I tried several things to ease the headache and being snotty... sleeping, steaming, green thee, you name it... none of it did work very well. Then I tried to play the mandoline with my eyes closed while my fingers invented a new tune. It's strange, I made a rough recording of it and suddenly I felt better while playing the melody a couple of times. I called the tune "Anti-Flu".