• "Word-Wright"
  • "Song-Shaper"

Welcome To My Website

Nice of you to stop by! My name is Carl W. Major and I write under the pen-name "Wouldwind". Here is where you can get an overview about what I do as a semi-professional songwriter, composer and performer. Writing songs is, for me especially, a passion. A song can be an entire world, a particular feeling or just a single moment of perception. I find it's incredibly satisfying when feelings and emotions can be captured in that way. Building melodies and arranging them into harmonies has the same power. Simple, tiny changes to single notes or pitches can change the impact entirely, perhaps from delicate to powerful and back again. Sometimes the path is clear, sometimes the direction switches back and forth in an instant without warning — you never can tell.

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I like to use the sounds and rhythm of words to tell a story, often as a song. Words are fascinating. There are so many ways to combine them, use them as building blocks or as textures, or paint with them in your imagination. The same word can have so many meanings, depending on your experience, on the context, or on your mood. Combining these with music and rhythm can add yet another dimension to experiencing their content and the message they convey. Everyone hears them differently, everyone interprets them differently. Using experiences and shaping them into songs is a way to communicate them to the listener. Do other people hear the same things I believe I've said? Here are some examples — what do you hear?

"First Quarter, Fourth Life"

Dive into new infatuation
The bonds of malice, ripped apart
Convention drives a motivation
New knots ensnare a fresher heart.

"Sunset"

The lake shivers in autumn breezes.
Ripples run away. Your heart goes too.
I see it flying to dance with the shadows.
My spirit quietly cries out to you.

"Rosslare"

Waiting out for eloquence
Wringing out the temperance
Stealing through the reticence
Hailing out the difference...

"Mami Wata"

Catch the sun in sparkles now
A leap of fresh delight
Runs over echoes, fathomless
And seeks the unleashed might.

"Cyberhearts"

A living swarm of consciousness
The truth lies deep in debt
Half-knowledge finds its duplicate
Repeating false regret.

"The Other Side Of Hell"

Sleepless times, countless signs,
Soulless thoughts in my mind
Disappeared without a trace
And my dreams were all aligned...