My Original Compositions
Copyrights, Diane L. Marshall


I create tunes or sometimes whole songs because they mean something to someone I love or it may be related to some occurrence in life or in history that grabs my imagination.  Occasionally the tunes are simply an out-growth of tinkering with my keyboards rhythm section that inspires me to add some notes to it and in time, a song gets born.  The next problem, of course is, what does the tune say to me?  What is it's name?  What mental picture does it paint for me?  I can never answer that until I'm pleased with the resulting song.  Then I'll send it to you, right here!



Choose your title with lyrics, then on that page,  click on the Grasshopper for the music

 The Sugarplum Tree

The Ghost of the Brora Brigade: dedicated to Scotlands independence some day.
 

These original songs are instrumentals only.

Bueno: just a simple thank you to all of you.

Verano: picture a quiet Summers day in Mexico.

Bill's First Tango: In 1975, before we married, on our first dance together, I dragged Bill onto the dance floor and taught him the Tango.  He had never done that before and HE WAS TERRIFIC.

In Another Time and Place: just a nostalgic piece for the more tranquil days of childhood

Save the Rain Forest, Now! : and I'm very serious about this.  My song has the sound of an anvil being pounded on to signify man's intrusion into a place HE SHOULD NOT BE.

Jamie's Waltz:  Dedicated to my only Grandaughter, Jamie Kushner, born Nove. 25, 1996.

Lullaby to Germany: being of German descent, I wanted to put WW 2 to sleep after the 50th anniversary of the end of that war in 1995.