{"id":1724,"date":"2025-03-19T17:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:16:11","slug":"my-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/my-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"My Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column 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style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Photo of Cedric Vandenschrik with guitar in front and writing on bottom right: My Advice Cedric Vandenschrik\" title=\"My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/My_advice_Cedric_Vandenschrik-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-left:10px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Lyrics<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p><strong>My Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cover your eyes<\/p>\n<p>Somethings you shouldn\u2019t see<\/p>\n<p>When the ugliness of people breaks out and they become really mean<\/p>\n<p>Your childlike innocence shouldn\u2019t be the suffering victim,<\/p>\n<p>But it will<\/p>\n<p>Cover your ears<\/p>\n<p>Somethings you shouldn\u2019t hear<\/p>\n<p>When the adult start screaming and the music is streaming like beer<\/p>\n<p>The noise is overwhelming you shouldn\u2019t be listening,<\/p>\n<p>But you will<\/p>\n<p>Cover your lips,<\/p>\n<p>Things better left unsaid<\/p>\n<p>When your mouth starts talking and your brain\u2019s responding in fear<\/p>\n<p>These words have consequences and thoughts can become actions,<\/p>\n<p>And they will<\/p>\n<p>Cover your heart,<\/p>\n<p>Somethings you shouldn\u2019t feel<\/p>\n<p>If your soul is dancing round the needles of your heart\u2019s broken dreams<\/p>\n<p>These strange emotions shouldn\u2019t be the base for your decisions,<\/p>\n<p>But they will<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#3e3e3e;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" href=\"#\"><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1WLLtKrLrrrwTlsvwuBNE8?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" href=\"#\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGmy3soYjSk?si=YdQQyWxfXl-KsOhL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" href=\"#\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/my-advice\/1803148174?i=1803148175\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">My Advice &#8211; A conversation<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>My Advice started as a conversation in my head with my Nieces and Nephew, it then spread to a conversation with my Godson, my friend&#8217;s kids, and most enlightened teenagers I run into.<br \/>\nI watch them become young adults and deal with the curve balls that life throws at them. I&#8217;d like to shield them from the painful stuff, but you can&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And anyway young people don&#8217;t listen, like I didn&#8217;t and don&#8217;t&#8230;<br \/>\nAnd in the song perhaps, as it often happens in my songs, it is a conversation with myself, perhaps a younger self. Someone could have warned me, but I would have travelled down the same paths anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The words drove this song&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The Music<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Musically the idea was inspired by playing on a 12 string guitar which is featured on this recording. A guitar that found its way into my hands thanks to a local resident in my Village, Charles Pote.<\/p>\n<p>The song came quickly and evolved as I was adjusting the words.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the idea of a conversation between a piano and a guitar to echo the conversational nature of the lyrics. My friend <a href=\"https:\/\/womeninmusic.co.za\/musicians-list\/ulagh-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ulagh Williams<\/a> had mentioned she would be keen to record something. Since I love her playing, I bugged her and got the beautiful piano parts you hear on the recording. That triggered some daring guitar playing on my part. The track was sent back and forth a few times until we had the structure right<\/p>\n<p>As I was nearing a final mix, I knew my bass playing, even though functional was nowhere near what <a href=\"https:\/\/shaunjohannes.co.za\/my-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaun Johannes<\/a> could do. In true Shaun fashion, he completed the puzzle within hours of sending him the track. Without me asking, he contributed a new drum track and laid down a kick arse bass!<\/p>\n<p>I am forever thankful to collaborate with musicians of such calibre and sometime feel I&#8217;m not worthy of such excellence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,84],"tags":[21,45,37,25,87,89,88],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-blog","category-thiskord","tag-ced","tag-ced1-com","tag-cedric-vandenschrik","tag-music","tag-my-advice","tag-singersongwriter","tag-song"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1736,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions\/1736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}