NUMBER ONE.

3 things on my ‘life to live’ list of tings
 I'd like to do:

1. I want to learn how to paddleboard

2. I want to go skydiving

3. I want to adopt a child 

Taylor Ryan Elliott 
Miss Teen USA finalist - 2015

N U M B E R  O N E
volume amplification recommended

they're all looking at you
the chosen one

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TWO LIVES

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

trumpet:  James Lynch
voices:  Vanessa Lancaster & Jim Lamarche

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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

the story behind number one

1964

I first fell in love with Elizabeth Dent
in Woodstock Ontario, in Grade 3
beautiful, humble -  hot
total smoke-show

elegant, timeless, even at 8 years old
I kissed her 3 times under her winter hood
out in the woods behind Springbank School (her idea)
in March '65 - it was surreal

shortly after I turned 9
I found a stack of Dad's playboy mags
stashed under his tool bench
in the basement in a box

Mom was snoozing that afternoon
and he was away - traveling salesman/absent father
on the road a lot

I knew nothing and was curious
flipping through the pages - naked girls/wow 
pulling out the centre-fold
and almost fainting

feeling aroused at 9 even
not a clue and just as well
blondes always my preference
ever since

televised beauty pageants
make-up, high heels - lubricated tanned skin
that provocative smile
tailored to tease

boner ... I mean bonus

our preoccupation with beauty is distracting
my own attractions (still) ... conditionally condoned
how it's supposed to look

how it ends up looking

Elizabeth was my number one
still is

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MY WORLD

inside a circle forming low

in a world that only you could know

go slow

M Y  W O R L D 

sound up

for reishi

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio, photoshop and final cut
butterfly FX in adobe premiere

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CRATER

it's a warning sign

C R A T E R

sound up

your humility resonates
ja ma sans

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio, photoshop and final cut

spiral sky music

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IT'S RAINING

darkness cannot drive out darkness

only light can do that

hate cannot drive out hate 

only love can do that

Martin Luther King Jr

I T ' S  R A I N I N G
sound up

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio and final cut
rain FX in adobe premiere

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SMOTHER ME

she lowers her lashes until they almost cuddle her cheeks 
then slowly raises them again
like a theatre curtain

S M O T H E R  M E
sound up

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio and final cut

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TRAJECTORY UNKNOWN

over-confidence is the best way 
to give your soul to the devil
one inch at a time
that said

I have no idea, where I'm going

part two

T R A J E C T O R Y  U N K N O W N

sound up

a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio and final cut

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LISTEN TO ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE 

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MIGRANT

I think it's an enormous blessing 
to be the child of an immigrant 
who fled oppression 
because you realize how fragile liberty is 
and how easily it can be taken away

ted cruz

M I G R A N T
sound up

an estimated 1.2 million migrant children 
are bought and sold into sexual slavery each year
most are in South Asia and most were born 
in surrounding countries

they migrated young
many traveling by air or water for days/weeks
to get where they are now
somewhere better


a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE

assembled in logic audio and final cut

jimlamarche.ca

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THE ASCENT

if there are no dogs in heaven 

then when I die I want to go where they went

Will Rogers

THE ASCENT
from the album ONE LIFE
sound up

phase 1 - contemplation
phase 2 - preparation
phase 3 - execution

a jim lamarche remix

assembled in logic audio and final cut

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PLAY THE WHOLE ALBUM  >>>  HERE 

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AMANT PERDU

parfois j'ai voulu te jeter comme 
un lourd manteau

parfois j'ai dit que tu ne me laisserais 
pas respirer ou bouger

mais maintenant que je suis libre 
de choisir des vêtements légers ou pas du tout

je sens le froid, et tout le temps je pense

de combien il était chaud

A M A N T    P E R D U

sometimes I have wanted to throw you off like a heavy coat

sometimes I have said you would not let me breathe or move

but now that I am free to choose light clothes or none at all

I feel the cold, and all the time I think

of how warm it used to be

a jim lamarche remix

Gateway House Sessions/18

assembled in logic audio and final cut

jimlamarche.ca

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