Gil Hockman

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Web Name: Gil Hockman

WebSite: http://gilhockman.bandcamp.com

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Sorry, Bandcamp no longer supports the version of Internet Explorer that you're using (7.0). Please upgrade your browser to the latest version and try again. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Your very own, super special, physical copy of my album Becoming.[Note: CD orders in South Africa will only be able to be fulfilled from the middle of January 2018] Includes unlimited streaming of Becoming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Get all 5 Gil Hockman releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads ofA flame has a strength no stronger than a treeThe sky is the limit, sometimes you’ve got to let it beSo it goesAlong the winds are sown The careful dreams As stones overturnedTurned awayPlace to hideKnees to prayTrading on an open codeBetting ‘til the cards are shownSailing on a wind that’s hard enough to see Straining to concile the strings of mortalitySo it goesAlong the winds are sown The careful dreams As stones overturnedTurned awayPlace to hideKneels to prayI met a man one day out on the streetwho said he he d dreamed he d been lost in a forest of treesand then woken up cold on a hard stone floorwith holes in his hands and scars on his knees and two thousand years of history in his head but with no explanation for what‘s been done or been saidJust a feeling as empty as an old abandoned building on a winter shore And as we stood there on that city street With the cars rushing by but no one else to meet and just the company of birds who kept their distanceup on the barbed wire fenceHe was pulling in air like a baby being born but the air here is heavy with the promises drawn from billboards above and poisoned rivers belowso the words came out like a bells last toll, and he said There are so many mines and factories But still so many people on their kneesAnd so many people without a job And so many who work too hardAnd then there are those who plunder the earthWith hearts as black as the shadow of a funeral hearseAnd so many saviors that come too lateAnd so many that come but just make things worseAnd I said, Man if you are going to talk to me you might as well come back and sit down at my placeHe said man if I could I would tell you about all the things that I ve wanted to do in my life butif only I still knew just what they all were in the first placeHe said man if I could I would take you to where I was born but I m just so afraid I ve been gone for so long that we d get there and in the end I d just feel out of placeAnd he said man do you know that there are children being born who will never understand their place in the world but who ll still always long for a place to call home and some sort of heaven to aspire to. And if there is something to believe in it s certainly not anything you can see andif man is the image god then he’s nothing but the product of his own imagination,And if you go on from that then it must be true that nothing that you can ever say or do will ever mean anything to anyone anymore when everyone you know here is gone. I said, what can I say other than that you might as well come back and sit down at my place. I said man if you are going to talk to me then you might as well come back and sit down at my placeFor all the barrels life can sendJumping makes more sense when it’s your life you’re in And not on some other monkeys trainWhere you take his hits just to play his gameSo even when I cry for helpLost and lonely and upon the shelfThe dream I’m living in is where I find myselfAnd I’d rather be here than be somewhere else about Written, recorded, performed and programmed by Gil Hockman (that’s me!) mostly in the spare bedroom of my apartment in Johannesburg. What didn’t get done there was finished off in a makeshift vocal booth in the corner of Esther’s bedroom in Berlin. Julian Repdath (julianredpath.com) sings on Monday 7 September (he also came up with the additional lyrics and melody). Nathan Redpath and Stephen Timm are in there too on the tambourine, shaker and little cymbal. Mixed by Nolan Chiat (nolan@c-r-e-a-t-e.com). Mastered by Troy Glessner (spectrestudio.com). Cover and CD photographs by Dorit Hockman Vanessa Chong (the bat, dorithockman@gmail.com) and Marc Shoul (the face, marcshoul.com). Additional design by Alex ‘bestie’ Adler (alexandrapearl.com). For their love and support, never-ending thanks to my wonderful wife Esther, my parents, my sisters, my family, my friends. Nothing is possible without you. To all the awesome people and places I have encoutered over the past few years: thank you for being out there and for opening your doors to me. I hope to see you all again soon! Extra thanks goes out to Nolan for helping bring this to life and to Julien Fernanadez at Five Roses Press for replying to my first email and all the ones after that. This album was proudly crowd-funded on Indiegogo and could not have been made without those who dug deep into their pockets. For this I am deeply, deeply grateful. In particular, the following excpetional human beings deserve a special mention (in order of appearance): Shira Hockman, Jon Savage, Sam Davis, Dorit Hockman, Phil Alves, Maurice Meria Hockman, Joel and Zee Bergman, Caroline Leisegang, Leanne Rencken, Dennis Grzenia, Jono Hall, Maya and Sam Shewitz, Cat Pritchard, Steven Pillemer, Darryl Bernstein, David Nejjar, Trevor Calverly, Ruth Scott, Fran Wensley, Len Natasha van Heerden. You are all among the finest of our species.Finally, thank you to you for opening this up and, hopefully, taking a listen. I hope you like what you hear. If you do (or even if you don’t) feel free to drop me a mail at gilhockman@gmail.com or come find me at www.gilhockman.com or on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter or Bandcamp or SoundCloud or whatever else I have signed up for.

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Gil Hockman Gil Hockman is a DIY folk/indie musician. Becoming, released 10 November 2017 1. The Days of Our Lives 2. Untitled 3. Monday 7 September 4. Talking to a Man 5. Somewhere Else 6. Top of the Hill 7. Rope_ankle 8. Coming In 9. Dreaming 10. Scheming Written, recorded, performed and programmed by Gil Hockman (that’s me!) mostly in the spare bedroom of my apartment in Johannesburg. What didn’t get done there was finished off in a makeshift vocal booth in the corner of Esther’s bedroom in Berlin. Julian Repdath (julianredpath.com) sings on Monday 7 September (he also came up with the additional lyrics and melody). Nathan Redpath and Stephen Timm are in there too on the tambourine, shaker and little cymbal. Mixed by Nolan Chiat (nolan@c-r-e-a-t-e.com). Mastered by Troy Glessner (spectrestudio.com). Cover and CD photographs by Dorit Hockman &amp; Vanessa Chong (the bat, dorithockman@gmail.com) and Marc Shoul (the face, marcshoul.com). Additional design by Alex ‘bestie’ Adler (alexandrapearl.com). For their love and support, never-ending thanks to my wonderful wife Esther, my parents, my sisters, my family, my friends. Nothing is possible without you. To all the awesome people and places I have encoutered over the past few years: thank you for being out there and for opening your doors to me. I hope to see you all again soon! Extra thanks goes out to Nolan for helping bring this to life and to Julien Fernanadez at Five Roses Press for replying to my first email and all the ones after that. This album was proudly crowd-funded on Indiegogo and could not have been made without those who dug deep into their pockets. For this I am deeply, deeply grateful. In particular, the following excpetional human beings deserve a special mention (in order of appearance): Shira Hockman, Jon Savage, Sam Davis, Dorit Hockman, Phil Alves, Maurice &amp; Meria Hockman, Joel and Zee Bergman, Caroline Leisegang, Leanne Rencken, Dennis Grzenia, Jono Hall, Maya and Sam Shewitz, Cat Pritchard, Steven Pillemer, Darryl Bernstein, David Nejjar, Trevor Calverly, Ruth Scott, Fran Wensley, Len &amp; Natasha van Heerden. You are all among the finest of our species. Finally, thank you to you for opening this up and, hopefully, taking a listen. I hope you like what you hear. If you do (or even if you don’t) feel free to drop me a mail at gilhockman@gmail.com or come find me at www.gilhockman.com or on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter or Bandcamp or SoundCloud or whatever else I have signed up for.

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