SONGS LISTENING CATALOGUE
SoulArts Studio — Music
A curated body of original songs created as part of my evolving SoulArts lifework. These works are offered for listening, reflection, and editorial consideration.
These songs may be listened to freely in entirety below.
Those pieces you wish to bring into your life and library may be acquired, with lyrics, at The Collection
PERSONAL SOUL-ESSENCE SONGS
Songs written to reflect a person’s essential nature, created as inner passages of recognition at moments of transition.
After the Thunder
Essence · Embodied Love
A love duet reflecting early fiery loves and losses, and the kindling of elder love held in a softened flame of art and heart.
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Strong Medicine
Essence · Embodied Authority
A steady inward rock song about lived strength — learned through listening, release, and the courage to let fire change shape.
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What Held
Essence · Steadfastness
A grounded country song shaped by early life conditions, reconciled into the strength and wisdom of a man coming home within himself.
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SOCIAL COMMENTARY / CULTURAL WITNESS
Songs written in response to socio-cultural events and collective psychological perception.
Earth for Good
Witness · Elemental
A song spoken as Earth — carrying grief, refusal, and continuity beyond human power, control, or consequence.
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Earth Sings the Blues
Witness · Wry Blues
A talking-blues song sung by Earth — weary, clear-eyed, and still standing — telling the truth without flinching.
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Spinning on a Prayer
Meditative · Emergence
A poetic meditation on emergence, polarity, and the ceaseless patience of becoming.
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ALLEGORICAL & SOCIAL OPERETTA
Songs using character, humor, and exaggeration to reveal human behavior under social pressure.
Zen Take
Allegorical · Playful
A buoyant, theatrically playful song riffing on call-and-response choral music with Queen-scale humor, Zen patience, and unapologetic lift.
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I Just Got Rid of My Parents
Allegorical · Comic Operetta
A comic-allegorical song revealing how family imprinting outlives reason, time, and intention through humor and repetition.
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THRESHOLD SONGS
Songs that mirror moments of crossing — endings, beginnings, and arrivals — without explanation or resolution.
A Quiet Vow
Threshold Love · Female Wisdom
A classic soprano solo reflecting self-recognition after raising children alone and discovering what was being sought within.
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Legends of the YMCA
Threshold · Swing Celebration
An upbeat western swing line-dance song honoring a YMCA class celebrating fifty years together with its leader.
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Still Got the Fire
Threshold · Sassy Celebration
A fast rock-swing anthem telling the truth about vitality that deepens with time — commissioned for an elder birthday with a big, sassy groove.
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AMBIENT JOURNEYS
Instrumental soundscapes created for extended listening, inner reflection, and contemplative movement.
Scottish Homecoming
Instrumental · Ambient
An immersive instrumental journey designed for sustained listening rather than narrative form.
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FOR CURATORS & EDITORS
Many of these songs are offered publicly as complete works and are available for editorial consideration, broadcast, and curated listening contexts.
For editorial, licensing, or broadcast inquiries:
ronda@rondalarue.com
FOR PRIVATE SONG CREATION:
I find lyric with music to be one of the most potent sources of inner shift, healing, and self-acceptance. For more about this life work and ways of engaging with the SoulArt Studio or with my lifework, please feel free to CONTACT me
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