Carl Cape: words & music

Carl Cape.
Poet. Writer. Radio Presenter.

Coming soon...

First collection of poetry coming soon: 'The Orchid Show'
and 'Spiritmaker' - from Northumbrian band The Age: The Ancient Garden of Earth.

go to www.chevstar.co.uk
for sounds, gig lists and information. >

Spiritmaker
creator of light
you made the Sun
you made the Moon
You made the night
You made the day
The start and the fire
The wake and the dreamtime.
Spiritmaker
Taking the shape
You made the birds
You made the bees
The seeds that grow into the flowers and trees
The start and the fire
The wake and the dreamtime.

new album tracks:
Hocus Pocus
Detective
Sweet medicine
Television
Wonky world
Mushroom (studio)
Godweb
Jet
Spiritmaker.
T h e
A g e

C a r l
C a p e

Garage Punk! The Age... live at Redruth/Cambourne, Cornwall.
Left to right: Simon Tooth, Harry, Swaz, Cape.

I started Spiritmaker in 1999. The words were written down roughly on the usual scraps of paper. When we went into the studio, The Age began playing and the words became clear.

I arranged the lyrics in a simple way. That is not always so easy. The music's perfect for them. The words fly to me in moments, over time, as though from above. I do spend a lot of time on the words - what is the point otherwise? They take time, the majority come in a chunk but I wait for the rest to fall in to place.

Often the main theme comes very quickly and I scribble at speed. Wonky World was like that. Instant! And it is a bit like a cartoon script. It's true that I wrote the chorus about our chemistry teacher at KIng Edward High School, Morpeth. He put my head in a fume cupboard with sodium as a punishment for laughing or breaking a test tube; Mr. Milner! Tut-tut-tut.

Wonky World
Trees forgive us for our energy we just seemed to lose it, the whole idea, I don't know how we did it, it must have been there once, or maybe this is just a big experiment...
'Chemistry teacher - you never said it was gonna be like this... It's a wonky world.'

Words come through...? Well I don't want to go all Uri Geller/Doris Stokes on you (respect to both) but poets, writers and artists are channels. This tune is wonderful as just voice and piano too. An album from'Carl Cape' is now approaching completion.
featuring Simon Tooth and Harry from the Age
Ally Lee from the Mill.
Artwork by Luca Tramontona
http://www.luca.be.tf Laces: new album tracks include:
Feel my love
The Painter
Superhighway
The Greatest Dawn ever in the Universe
Elvis is not dead.
raise your glasses and smile at the sunshine.

go to www.chevstar.co.uk
for sounds, gig lists and information. >

www.peoplesound.com/
artist/theage

Spiritmaker creator of light you made the Sun you made the Moon You made the night You made the day The start and the fire The wake and the dreamtime. Spiritmaker Taking the shape You made the birds You made the bees The seeds that grow into the flowers and trees The start and the fire The wake and the dreamtime.
new album tracks: Hocus Pocus Detective Sweet medicine Television Wonky world Mushroom (studio) Godweb Jet Spiritmaker. T h e A g e C a r l C a p e	Garage Punk! The Age... live at Redruth/Cambourne, Cornwall. Left to right: Simon Tooth, Harry, Swaz, Cape. I started Spiritmaker in 1999. The words were written down roughly on the usual scraps of paper. When we went into the studio, The Age began playing and the words became clear. I arranged the lyrics in a simple way. That is not always so easy. The music's perfect for them. The words fly to me in moments, over time, as though from above. I do spend a lot of time on the words - what is the point otherwise? They take time, the majority come in a chunk but I wait for the rest to fall in to place. Often the main theme comes very quickly and I scribble at speed. Wonky World was like that. Instant! And it is a bit like a cartoon script. It's true that I wrote the chorus about our chemistry teacher at KIng Edward High School, Morpeth. He put my head in a fume cupboard with sodium as a punishment for laughing or breaking a test tube; Mr. Milner! Tut-tut-tut. Wonky World Trees forgive us for our energy we just seemed to lose it, the whole idea, I don't know how we did it, it must have been there once, or maybe this is just a big experiment... 'Chemistry teacher - you never said it was gonna be like this... It's a wonky world.' Words come through...? Well I don't want to go all Uri Geller/Doris Stokes on you (respect to both) but poets, writers and artists are channels. This tune is wonderful as just voice and piano too.	An album from'Carl Cape' is now approaching completion. featuring Simon Tooth and Harry from the Age Ally Lee from the Mill. Artwork by Luca Tramontona http://www.luca.be.tf Laces: new album tracks include: Feel my love The Painter Superhighway The Greatest Dawn ever in the Universe Elvis is not dead. raise your glasses and smile at the sunshine. go to www.chevstar.co.uk for sounds, gig lists and information. > www.peoplesound.com/ artist/theage