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Learning To Live Without You

from Company by Ross John Martin

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My music is my way of expressing myself, It’s my form of communication. Baring your soul in your songs can be painful but if you believe in your art then it is worth sharing. I always wish to strike a chord in the listeners hearts and make them feel something and hopefully brighten their day! I believe that music is for sharing, both making the music and experiencing it recorded and live.

This song for me about losing someone, I think that much is obvious. I know for me who it is about but everyone has their own story and their own losses so I like to keep it open for everyone to interpret the song their own way. Once I’ve finished writing the song and released it then it no longer belongs to me, it’s for everyone. I love hearing what meaning other people have for the songs, often it is quite different to what it meant to me but that doesn’t make it wrong.

The tuning for this song is DADF#AD. The main motif is based around the riff which is wonderfully echoed by the other instruments. I’m not really sure how to describe my playing style but I do feel it’s something of my own making. I don’t really fingerpick in the traditional sense but I never use a pick. My thumb picks the bass notes which give them a kind of round sound while my first finger picks or strums the higher strings.

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Learning to live without you
I know I've got to try
Learning to live without you
My tears won't dry

Learning to live without your love
I'm trying to be strong
Learning to live without you
It feels so wrong

All the memories
I keep them quietly
Hold them close to me
One more time

Learning to live without you
I know I've got to try
Learning to live without you
My tears won't dry

Learning to live without your heart
Beating close to mine
Learning to live without you
It just takes time

All the memories
I keep them quietly
Hold them close to me
Locked inside my aching heart

Learning to live without you

Blue is me
Just know that I love you
I'll always hold you near

Learning to live without you
I know I've got to try
Learning to live without you
My tears won't dry

Learning to live without your heart
Beating close to mine
Learning to live without you
It just takes time

All the memories
I keep them quietly
Hold them close to me
Locked inside my aching heart

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from Company, released July 27, 2018

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Ross John Martin Cambridge, UK

RJM plays beautiful, intricate and textural acoustic music. Like Nick Drake jamming on Becks Sea Change album.

Songs that are sad, strange and soulful.

Overcoming odds
and an awakening of the soul are an ever present theme.
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