Genesis
Chieli Minucci & Special EFX
TITLES 1. Crazy Eights 2. Till the End of Time 3. Mirage 4. Blue Lagoon 5. Far Away 6. So It Begins 7. Calico 8. Genesis 9. The Haunting 10. Your Smile, My Heaven 11. Club JZ 12. Wishing (Wishing, Piroutte, Pas des Deux) _____________________________________ produced & arranged by Chieli Minucci 9/2012 – 3/2013 _____________________________________ recorded by Paul Wickliffe at Charlestown Road Studios – Hampton, NJ all pre-production and additional recording by Chieli Minucci at Baci Studios – NYC additional recording by Thomas Zink at Zink Studios – Los Angeles, CA mixed & mastered by Paul Wickliffe at Skyline Productions – Warren, NJ So It Begins and Club JZ, mixed by Dave Darlington at Double D Studios – NYC MUSICIAN CREDITS Chieli Minucci – All guitars, some keyboards, any programming, all arrangements Jerry Brooks – bass Lionel Cordew – drums Jay Rowe – keyboards special guest, Mino Cinelu – percussion guests Omar Hakim – drums, on Crazy Eights & Till the End of Time Lao Tizer – acoustic grand piano, on The Haunting Karen Briggs – violin, on The Haunting David Mann – saxophone & flute, on Calico, Mirage, Far Away, Club JZ, and Till the End of Time Xu Feiyu – lead vocals Vic Starsky – lead vocals ___________________________________________________ Crazy Eights composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards Jerry Brooks – bass Omar Hakim – drums David Mann – sax ______________ Till the End of Time composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards Jerry Brooks – bass Omar Hakim – drums David Mann – sax ______________ Mirage – featuring Xu Feiyu music by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) lyric by Xu Feiyu published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – acoustic guitars Xu Feiyu – vocals Jay Rowe – piano David Mann – soprano sax ______________ Blue Lagoon composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) ______________ Far Away – featuring Vic Starsky Music & lyric by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, background vocals Vic Starsky – lead vocal & backgrounds ______________ So It Begins composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds ______________ Calico Dedicated to my brother in music, and life.. George. I miss you man! composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards Jerry Brooks – bass Lionel Cordew – drums David Mann – sax, flute Mino Cinelu – perucssion Jay Rowe – piano ______________ Genesis composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) ______________ The Haunting composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards Jerry Brooks – bass Lionel Cordew – drums Lao Tizer – acoustic grand piano Karen Briggs – violin Mino Cinelu – percussion Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds ______________ Your Smile, My Heaven composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds ______________ Club JZ composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars David Mann- sax Jerry Brooks – bass Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds ______________ Wishing – featuring Xu Feiyu a) Wishing b) Pirouette c) Pas de Deux music by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP) lyric by Xu Feiyu published by Chieli Music (ASCAP) Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards Xu Feiyu – vocals & backgrounds Vic Starsky – background vocals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Management Axis Management – Nelly Neben [email protected] www.axismanagement.com (818) 998-2595 ________________________ USA & WORLDWIDE BOOKINGS
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[email protected](303)532-1280 _____________________________ please visit ChieliMusic.com – the official Chieli Minucci & Special EFX multimedia website Dave Hooper – webmaster Inge Wenzel – webkeeper Chieli can be contacted via [email protected] _____________________________ Photography: Bettie Miner/Miner Works of Art – front cover Yan Min – back cover Lou Amling – inside photo – “Frets” Special thanks to: All my brother musicians for their heartfelt performances and support, my family, my late-great brother in music…George Jinda, Nelly Neben, Jeff Neben, Inge Wenzel, Marijn Eland, Bruce & Judi Nichols, the staff at Shanachie Records, Bill Cason, Danny Weiss, Randall Grass, Monifa Brown, Rick Rosenberg, Kent Tannenbaum, Richard Nevins, Manny Kallins, Stacey Hirabayashi, the DeTao Masters Academy – Lantao Yu, Jared Man, Chris Xu. My musical brothers & sisters – Lao Tizer, Feiyu Xu, plus Jason Lee, Wayne Soodek, Burt Rosen, Dr. Bob Schwartz, New Bear, Jon Steiner, Katherine Gilraine, and Paul Wickliffe – my longtime engineer mentor!
Chieli Minucci uses D’Addario strings, Moollon pedals
Mirage
Lyric by Xu Feiyu Composed by Chieli Minucci So far, you and me So close, our hearts the same I cry, I wonder Like a fool, but I’m not lost I made mirage a love That only I can see The love was so blind That only you can see Love hurt, sweet hurt, it is life So far, your cheek So close cause I ever kissed You say, I’m a fire The love was so dangerous Our trouble is beautiful You love that, I love that That I feel your cheek, some love still there I am not lost, I’m awake I take a bittersweet love That is our addiction Love, also heaven, still far away Oh I see you I wait till the love finds a way And when the morning comes You are lying next to me so beautiful Our trouble is beautiful You love that, I love that That I feel your cheek, some love still there I am not lost, I’m awake I take a bittersweet love That is our addiction Love, also heaven Still far away Oh I see you I wait until the love finds a way And when the morning comes You are lying next to me so beautiful Lying next to me so beautiful So far, you and me So close, our hearts the same Lying next to me so beautiful ________________________________Wishing
Lyric by Xu Feiyu Composed by Chieli Minucci Stay with me No rush, no pain Sing with me Know one day you’re mine Tears fall down Cause we love but far Is all there is for us? You make me strong I can’t run away You change my life Make me beg, pure heart Walking this path I’m so calm, no fear I know that you can make my dream come true Come true, like milk on a wish so rich ______________________________Far Away
Lyrics & music by Chieli Minucci Chieli Music/ASCAP VERSE: Here I am, it’s me again, words inside my head Far away I close my eyes and see your face, right in front of me, You are here I’ve been thinking again of how long that it’s been brings me down, down, down CHORUS: Far away, far away In the place where our dreams live on Close my eyes (close my eyes and see) Like a dream, far away, I know we’ll be together soon I see your face VERSE: It’s me again, laying here, talking in my sleep, you are here Our souls collide, you startled me, restless in the bed, now I’m awake I’ve been living a lie even though I have tried Takes me down, down, down CHORUS: Far away, far away In the place where our dreams liv eon Close my eyes (close my eyes and see) Like a dream, far away, I know we’ll be together soon I see your face CHORUS: Far away, far away In the place where our dreams liv eon Close my eyes (close my eyes and see) Like a dream, far away, I know we’ll be together soon I see your face
backstage in NYC, The Cutting Room 2014
Jay Rowe, Jerry (Brooksman) Brooks,
Chieli Minucci, Lionel Cordew
