Havana - story of the song
Waking up in Havana on my 40th birthday is a cherished memory that still remains. The story of how i got there began 6 months earlier on...
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David Naylor
- Aug 23
- 4 min
The message Stephen Hawking gave me to pass on.
An inspiring story about the time I met Stephen Hawking and the message he gave me to pass on.
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David Naylor
- May 22
- 1 min
Believe
I'll be the pebble in your pocket remind you to believe Hold your truth up to see when fear and doubt they would deceive We'll sit and...
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David Naylor
- May 21
- 3 min
Janggu drum - The Drum of Rain
As part of a proposal a friend and I are working on, I’ve been researching how to find a Korean drum called the Jang-gu. It’s part of a...
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David Naylor
- May 17
- 1 min
Both
Both saint and sinner, expert and beginner Accepted and refused, clarity confused. A thief that's given much, isolated craving touch....
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David Naylor
- May 17
- 1 min
Desert
You came as if in a dream Surprised I recognised your eyes I'm still, mesmerised. How can our god have prepared us for this? How can you...
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David Naylor
- May 14
- 2 min
Not mine to keep
Around 2 or 3 am as I lay in bed, worrying, unable to sleep and actually feeling a bit panicked, I got up and decided to do something to...
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David Naylor
- May 14
- 3 min
Santa Monica
One day, at the end of June 2017, I sat on the edge of my bed and picked up a small purple notebook that was on the bedside table. On...
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David Naylor
- Jan 24
- 2 min
The Healing Drum
When I go to the library I usually go straight to the study area, sit down as quietly as possible and start to read or write. One day...
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David Naylor
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
A Lost Soul who found himself
Around what I believe was 2008, the lost soul sitting under the night lights of London’s Southbank was getting ready for something. He...
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David Naylor
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
The birth of The Gathering of Drums
Some time ago whilst living in North London, I noticed a narrative coming from some politicians and sections of the media which troubled...
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David Naylor
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
The first song I heard...
Picture the scene You wake up in your hospital bed and you've lost your memory. You're trying to work who you are and what your life had...
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David Naylor
- Feb 14, 2021
- 2 min
Comeback - story of the song
Whilst she was in the city, they met and one day went for tea. Soon after she flew home to the other side of the world. Then one day she...
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David Naylor
- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
Instruments that have played their part
Since the end of 2017 we have now managed to record 8 songs. 'We have' instead of 'I have' is quite intentional as I wouldn't have been...
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David Naylor
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Flashback
Deja Vu is something that quite possibly we all expereince at some point in our life. The translation of the term from French to English...
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David Naylor
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
One Last Poem
One Last Poem is the name of the album (and podcast) that I started to record 6 months after leaving hospital in 2017. The name comes...
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David Naylor
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
The words of Rumi
The first word they call out will be the last word of Our Last Poem
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David Naylor
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
A day I don't remember, a date I won't forget.
May 5th 2017 is a day I don't remember but it's a date I won't forget. It will be the anniversary of the day 3 years ago, when my life...
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David Naylor
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
As one life ends a new one begins.
However soon after she was called back as I'd gone into a coma. I wasn't expected to come out of it.
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David Naylor
- Feb 16, 2019
- 2 min
Both
Music is around us and within us at all times and sometimes that is where it is at its loudest. After being cut off from much of the...
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