{"id":114,"date":"2017-02-02T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:48:50","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/FiveLongDays_excerpt-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Clip from the song Five Long Days, on the\u00a0Crole River<\/em> album<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"I’ve been playing a guitar since I was 15 years old: more than half a century. <\/span>I have composed music for 3 albums:\u00a0Crole Rive<\/em>r<\/a>, Xela<\/a>\u00a0and Orchids in Sunlight<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Albums<\/span><\/h2>\n

Crole River<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Front<\/p>\n

The first sixteen of my songs comprise the Crole River album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xela<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"is a collection of 9 songs and one instrumental track that I wrote from 2015 through 2019.<\/span>
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Orchids in Sunlight<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"is a collection of my guitar pieces, with music production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Performance<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

I have had the opportunity to work and play with these talented singers and performers:<\/p>\n

Ying Smith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Del Ray, Virginia Alley Party, 12 May, 2018, Ying and Chuck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This photo is from a show at the Del Ray Alley Party.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Joy Lee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Below is a video of Joy Lee and me covering Ain’t No Sunshine<\/em>, by Bill Withers:<\/span><\/p>\n