Rex Potam

Sol

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

A study on the harmonic pedal

Music: Rex Potam

Snowflakes

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0100

Snowflakes, a winter fantaisie

Music: Rex Potam

Le Poinçonneur des Lilas

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics and music: Serge Gainsbourg | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Chant d’Automne

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics: Charles Baudelaire
Music: Rex Potam

Bientôt nous plongerons dans les froides ténèbres ;
Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts !
J’entends déjà tomber avec des chocs funèbres
Le bois retentissant sur le pavé des cours.

Tout l’hiver va rentrer dans mon être : colère,
Haine, frissons, horreur, labeur dur et forcé,
Et, comme le soleil dans son enfer polaire,
Mon cœur ne sera plus qu’un bloc rouge et glacé.

J’écoute en frémissant chaque bûche qui tombe ;
L’échafaud qu’on bâtit n’a pas d’écho plus sourd.
Mon esprit est pareil à la tour qui succombe
Sous les coups du bélier infatigable et lourd.

Il me semble, bercé par ce choc monotone,
Qu’on cloue en grande hâte un cercueil quelque part.
Pour qui ? – C’était hier l’été ; voici l’automne !
Ce bruit mystérieux sonne comme un départ.

J’aime de vos longs yeux la lumière verdâtre,
Douce beauté, mais tout aujourd’hui m’est amer,
Et rien, ni votre amour, ni le boudoir, ni l’âtre,
Ne me vaut le soleil rayonnant sur la mer.

Et pourtant aimez-moi, tendre cœur ! soyez mère,
Même pour un ingrat, même pour un méchant ;
Amante ou sœur, soyez la douceur éphémère
D’un glorieux automne ou d’un soleil couchant.

Courte tâche ! La tombe attend ; elle est avide !
Ah ! laissez-moi, mon front posé sur vos genoux,
Goûter, en regrettant l’été blanc et torride,
De l’arrière-saison le rayon jaune et doux !

Sonata n°3 for piano — Anthropo-scene

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0100

Sonata n°3 for piano in F major, Anthropo-scene
Musique : Rex Potam

I seldom need to introduce my music. THis one is an exception: because it is a program music, I have to introduce its main points so that the listener, but also the performer, can understand what I wanted to imply, and how to interpret this sonata.

This introduction is also (in French) in the sheet music.

This sonata for piano is titled Anthropo-scene. Its ambition is to describe the evolution of humanity since the dawn of times until nowadays.

The ambition is so huge I had to limit its scope. As I need a point of view, I kept centered on my 21st century Frenchman one. This choice is pure convinience; I am aware that I had to limit my conmposition and keep many things out of it.

The first movement, the longest, concentrates the majority of the human evolution. The end of the movement happens around the end of the 17th century, just before the fall of the French Old Regime. Obviously it is in sonata form, with a pastoral theme putting the light on a (certainly idealized) vision of people without the latest technological progress.

The second movement is a waltz. Its backdrop is the French Revolution and the industrial revolution of the 19th century. It is a transitional movement that accelerates towards the third one.

The third movement is most certainly the craziest. Its focus is our contemporary periods, beginning with the two World Wars. It is a rond form, with a theme that keeps coming back and describes not only both Wars, but also, unfortunately, the one that is a bit too much in the air…

The rondo’s intermezzos describe the inter-war periods, including the Cold War with its two blocks, concluded by a very well-known prelude that may be the emblem of that period: the fall of the Berlin wall. After that, there is an episode on our current life, with its contradictions, rises and falls.

The movement (and hence the sonata) concludes on future episodes as we seem to be currently preparing for, maybe painful, before closing on a vision, certainly optimistic, of what happens next. What would we be without any hope?

Nocturne n°7 — Boredom

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0100

Nocturne n°7 in C major
Music: Rex Potam

Winter

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0200

A few minutes of winterly ambient music.

Music: Rex Potam

Christmas Eve

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0100

A small Christmas music.
Music: Rex Potam

When I am Dead

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)
Music: Rex Potam

When I am Dead is purposefully composed in a quaint style, akin to last century classical songs or lieds, that matches the lyrics poetry.

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

Beat the Beast

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics et music: Rex Potam

Beat the Beast is a rock song (somewhere between pop-rock and progressive). It is the story of a couple “somewhat” dysfunctional, of a love affair becoming something more brutal.

Guitars: Éric Grenu
Bass guitar: Jérémie Vinet
Mastering: Cyril Dabas

Just one night of love
Is all I ever wanted
I took her for a dove
Love and peace, a promise

Grasping softness stroking my skin
My heart in a frantic sprint
When did it stop being feral
When did I start hearing carols?
Beat the beast

Just one night of love
Is not what she wanted
Inside that velvet glove
Whip and fear, no release

Yearning for bliss under the pin
My heart in a frantic sprint
When did she stop running in circles
When did I start tasting offal
Beat the beast

Somebody please, you help me
The cold stone of the altar
Chars the rind of my soul
Anyone please, you save me
The dove became a vulture
Pecking at my liver raw

I have no energy to
Beat the beast
Beat the beast
Beat the beast

Earning scars all over my skin
My heart in a frantic sprint
When did I stop hearing carols?
When did she start acting feral?
Beat the beast

I’ll hate you forever
If you tear me from her
I’ll owe you forever
Please be my saviour

Variations on the theme "small fish in water"

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0200

Variations on the theme “small fish in water”
Musique : Rex Potam

These variations are on a quite ancient theme, composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully.

I propose nine variations, from the simplest to the most complex.

For the fun, each variation is named after a Finding Nemo figure.

1. Nemo

THis first variation is not one, as it is the exposition of the theme, which is a simple modification and lengthening of the original theme.

The structure of this piece is a simple ABA’ form. The A theme, in Dm (the tonality of the whole work), is repeated, followed by a B theme in F and a reprise of the A theme, the whole repeated.

2. Gill

This piece is a melodic variation, where the theme is inverted: going up instead of down, and vice-versa.

The form of this variation is the same as the first, but in Gm.

3. Dory

Back to Dm. Here the theme is retrograde, i.e., it starts from the end and is played backwards.

The structure is slightly different, and introduces new colours: AA’BA’B’. In particular, the B theme (in F) is played by the tenor with the right hand, while the left hand keeps leaping from the bass to the soprano.

The end of that piece is “attacca”, meaning that the next variation must be played without any pause.

4. Peach

This variation is also in Dm. It is a formal minuet with trio (in G).

5. Marlin

The adagion, a classic variation. As the original theme is already in minor, how to make the piece sadder… Here I use Fm, which is the parallel minor to the Dm mediant. I think the effect works.

In 9/8, the fort is a simple ternary structure, that lengthens and embellishes some elements of the theme. The central part also uses a melody played by the tenor.

6. Bloat

Contrarily, and in complete contrast to the previous variation, this timle the form is lively and playful. It is a scherzo, even a double scherzo, with the A and B themes quite frantic, in contrast with the singing C and D themes. The end is quiter.

The tonality is D♭, which is a step out of the harmonic frame of the work.

7. Squirt

The waltz, yet another almost mandatory variation. The theme is in augmentation. The tonality is back to Dm.

All in all, this variation merely allows to reinstate the original theme before the two remaining variations.

8. Mr. Ray

Time for a polonaise, with it signature rythm: quaver-two semiquavers, then four quavers, in 3/4.

The tonality is A, the dominant of the work tinality. It is its culmunating point.

9. Pearl

At last, the sonata form allows to conclude gently, with a last recall of the theme. The tonality of this variation is of course in Dm, with the second theme in A. That second theme is a variation of the second theme of the minuet, for coherence.

The development is quite short. It starts in Cm, which is a tonality somewhat unexpected.

Sonata n°2 for piano

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 28 May 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Sonata n°2 for piano in C minor
Music: Rex Potam

La Chanson de Prévert

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics and music: Serge Gainsbourg | Adaptation: Rex Potam

“The sea erases on the sand, the steps of the parted lovers…” — Jacques Prévert (my translation)

Une rose dans un cahier

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Paroles et musique : Rex Potam

This song is in French. It is about our first loves, childhood loves, precious hoards we keep buried in our heart.

Du haut de mes huit ans
J’ai le cœur qui s’enkylose
J’ai demandé à maman
Comment dessiner une rose
Pourtant j’ose pas
T’embrasser sur la joue
Te prendre dans mes bras
Sans paraître fou

Alors je t’ai dessiné
Une rose dans un cahier
Mais si l’année s’est terminée
Et que j’ai dû m’en aller
La rose s’est envolée

À peine adolescent
Je ne te vois plus souvent
Pas l’même train, pas l’même lycée
Souvent je rêve de t’avouer…
Pourtant j’ose pas
Parler à d’autres filles
Comment faire un pas
Alors que tu m’oublies

Alors je t’ai dessiné
Une rose dans un cahier
Mais si la fac s’est terminée
J’ai bien dû m’en aller
Et la rose s’est envolée

Les années ont passé
J’ai une vie bien remplie
Je fais un noble métier
J’ai une bien jolie famille
Mais j’pense à toi
T’étais tellement jolie
Années si loin déjà
C’est une autre vie

Alors je te redessine
Une rose dans un cahier
Mais si ma vie s’est déchirée
J’ai quand même ôté l’épine
Et la rose s’est envolée

Mais si ma vie s’est déchirée
J’ai quand même ôté l’épine
Et la rose s’est envolée

Et la rose s’est envolée

Trois gouttes de pluie

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Paroles et musique : Rex Potam

This song, in French, starts seemingly innocent lyrics.

But the second part is about people who have inappropriate ways to approach kids. Happily, mummy is around and saves the hour.

J’ai mes bottes rouges et mon imper
T’as vu, t’as vu de quoi j’ai l’air !
Allez maman je peux jouer dehors ?
Hé, regarde, avec mes potes
On a fait un fort

J’ai un bâton et deux cailloux
T’as vu, t’as vu, je suis le roi !
Allez, prête-moi tes billes et ton doudou
Mais prends garde, avec mes potes
On est des soldats

Trois gouttes de pluie
Pour cacher nos bêtises
Trois notes de pluie
Pour nos journées grises

Salut monsieur, quelle belle auto !
T’as vu, je saute, je fais l’avion
Merci monsieur, je veux bien ton bonbon
Mais regarde, avec mes bottes
Je suis un bateau

Trois gouttes de pluie
Pour cacher nos bêtises
Trois notes de pluie
Pour nos journées grises

Pourquoi monsieur tu te sauves déjà ?!
Hé dis, et mon bonbon alors ?
Pourquoi maman que tu m’appelles encore ?
Quel dommage… OK, je rentre
T’as du chocolat ?

On passe parfois innocemment
À côté du pire des moments
Nos parents veillent sur nous
Trois petites gouttes et puis c’est tout

Trois gouttes de pluie
Pour cacher nos bêtises
Trois notes de pluie
Pour nos journées grises
Trois notes de pluie
Pour nos journées grises

Peur

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics and music : Rex Potam

This song is in French. It means Fear. It is about evening fears young children may experience once the bedroom door is closed.

Je me cache sous la couette
Je garderai mes lunettes
Pour te voir
Pourtant j’ai allumé la lumière
J’fermerai pas les paupières
Dans le noir

J’ai peur de Montres et Compagnie
J’ai peur des clowns et des miroirs
J’ai peur
J’ai peur qu’ils se cachent sous mon lit
J’ai peur que tu n’viennes pas ce soir
J’ai peur

J’ai bien fait tous mes devoirs
Rangé mes cahiers, pris mon sirop
Pour la toux
Tu m’as déjà lu deux histoires
Fait un gros câlin, deux bisous
Mais ce soir

J’ai peur des montres petits et gris
J’ai peur des p’tites bêtes qui mangent les grosses
J’ai peur
J’ai peur qu’elles tissent leur piège de glu
J’ai peur qu’elles se glissent dans ma poche
J’ai peur

J’ai peur des revenants blafards
J’ai peur des loups garous geignards
J’ai peur
J’ai peur des souris, même vertes
J’ai peur des sorciers sans chaussettes
J’ai peur

J’ai peur de te dire que j’ai peur
J’ai peur d’être encore qu’un enfant
J’ai peur
J’ai peur des cauchemars, d’être en sueur
J’ai peur que tu fermes en partant
J’ai peur

Dis, reste avec moi maman ?

Serenade n.1 for melodica

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:47:44 +0200

Serenade n.1 for melodica in C minor

The melodica is accompanied by the piano.

Music: Rex Potam
Full score | Soloist score

This Serenade was composed in the fall of 2023, while I was getting acquainted to the melodica and was learning to play it. My aim was to have a piece large enough with a piano accompaniment.

Its structure is based on a dance suite, modernized.

The first movement, written in a sonata form, is built on two contrasting themes: one is calm while the other is more lively. It replaces what would have been an Allemande in olden times.

The second movement, sprightly and loud, is my own interpretation of the Courante.

The third movement, slow and quiet, follows the Sarabande structure.

The fourth movement, very danceable, is a Gavotte, with e Musette as a trio.

The fifth movement is a rondo. The three “stanzas” are successively a Pavane, a Bourrée, and a Passepied. The “chorus” uses a harmony grid similar the the second theme of the first movement, albeit with a few variations.

Movement	Recording
I – adagio, allegro	ISRC FR-9W1-23-70916 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
II – vivace	ISRC FR-9W1-23-70917 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
III – lento	ISRC FR-9W1-23-70918 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
IV – allegretto	ISRC FR-9W1-23-70919 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
V – allegro, andante, etc.	ISRC FR-9W1-23-70920 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!

La Marmotte

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Sophie Makhno
Music: Rex Potam

This lullaby was composed during a composition challenge for which the lyrics were imposed.

Mon Vieux

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Michèle Senlis, Daniel Guichard | Music: Jean Ferrat | Adaptation: Rex Potam

My Mount and I

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:30:48 +0200

July 2023 competition

Music: Rex Potam

TerraCanyon, David Frasheski

For this music, I used an old slightly worn piano (Pianoteq,
D. Schoffstoss) and a Melodica bought for the occasion.

Two instruments: my sturdy mount and me… Which do you think is which?

The melody seed is a variation of a well-known western movie tune.

The first part is in Am, the last part is in Em — dominant for the
openness, but kept minor for the ambiance: end of day, end of an
adventure, what comes next?

The piece finishes on a last twist: I could have used a Picardy third,
but also added the 7th for an extra openness effect. My mount and I
are about to run into the next adventure…

Sonata n°1 for piano

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0100

Sonata n°1 for piano in G minor
Music: Rex Potam

Septimæ

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:48:18 +0200

A small study on sevenths.

Music: Rex Potam

Petite Messe pour le Repos

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:00:00 +0100

Fourth version of my Requiem: Little Mass for Rest.

One choir demonstration during the elaboration, and the full score.

Full score: Rex Potam

Benedictus

Destiny

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +0100

A video The Cue Tube proposes to rescore: Destiny

Animation: Fabien Weibel, sound design: Peter Hawkey

Music: Rex Potam (rescore), Antoine Duchêne (original soundtrack)

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The original video was striked, whatever that may mean for a rescore video. Anyway, the link below is a re-upload with a degraded video.

Nocturne n°6 — Moonlight

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Nocturne n°6 in G minor
Music: Rex Potam

The Lost Piano

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +0100

A video The Cue Tube proposes to rescore: The Lost Piano

Music: Rex Potam (with recognizable borrowings)

Variations on the Compotam ! jingle — New thumbnail

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:44:19 +0100

I wanted to share my Variations on the Compotam! jingle

This is the opportunity to update its aging thumbnail. Tell me what you think of the new image!

Details on this page

La Tendresse

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0200

Music: Hubert Giraud | Lyrics: Noël Roux | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Alone At The Hotel

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:42:28 +0200

What is thinking that traveler, alone in his hotel room?

Music: Rex Potam

Bitter Homecoming

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:49:12 +0200

Imagine why this homecoming is so sad!

Music: Rex Potam

Frolic In The Park

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:47:14 +0200

A nice day at the park, some swings, a ball…

Music: Rex Potam

Three Red Leaves

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:46:21 +0200

End of summer…

Music: Rex Potam

Three Dancing Bears

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:45:50 +0200

A small joyful track with some surprises.

Music: Rex Potam

Lizzie

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:54:10 +0200

My re-interpretation of the English Anthem in these sad times.

Lizzie — may God welcome you at His side.

Music: Rex Potam

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin, music: Elton John | Adaptation : Rex Potam

The End

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics and music: Rex Potam

This is the end
You know how it is;
Or rather you don’t

But have it this way:
This is my last living experience
I intend to live it fully

Good bye, dear ones,
Maybe you’ll miss me
Will I miss you?

Dull Passion

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics and music: Rex Potam

I think it was only yesterday
I could climb mountains and hail marmots
Run back to the cottage for cheese and nuts
And sleep the night away

I think of only one way
I could see mountains and watch marmots
Stay warm in the cottage with ham, not nuts
And watch TV all day

Life passes as a slow blink
Passion dulls faster than you think
But still — if you had to start over
Would you think you’d do better?

It was just yesterday I met you
Wait — no, that was two decades ago
We ran hand in hand through streams and meadows
And danced the night away

It was just yesterday I met you
Yeah, kids are grown, two decades gone
We go hand in hand through life and lawn
And watch the shows all day

Life passes as a slow blink
Passion dulls faster than you think
But still — if you had to start over
Would you think you’d do better?

Tomorrow we will still be together
Alone hand in hand towards the end
Cheese, nuts, ham, marmots, streams and meadows
We’ll leave the scene away

Life passes as a slow blink
Passion dulls faster than you think
But still — if you had to start over
Would you think you’d do better?

I knew it

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0100

My latest song, dedicated to people who think they know everything.
Some surprises, notably a rarely used metric (5/4), and many modal borrowings.

Lyrics and music : Rex Potam

Santa Claus will come
If I am a good child
Daddy and Mummy told me
They know everything

I know it
I believe it
Cannot be otherwise

Mary’s so pretty
I think of her and stutter
Mum and Dad do not know that
I’ll soon marry her

I know it
I believe it
Cannot be otherwise

Solid skills from school
My work ticks round and sound
I have new friends who teach me
White is black and the world’s not round

I know it
I believe it
Cannot be otherwise

Ideas leak from ship as mice
I must un-learn many facts
Trust freely given is nice
But check your guts for mistakes

I know it
I believe it
Cannot be otherwise

I know it
I believe it
But — can be otherwise

Exercises in Free Love

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200

Music: Freddie Mercury | Adaptation: Rex Potam

This song by Freddie Mercury needs to be more known…

Solo violin: Prosper Proper.

Blue moon

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics and music: Rex Potam

Alone in a starry night
Looking deep in my soul
Feelings escape out of sight
Afraid of running afoul

What should I see in the dark
That is not in the sky
What should I find in a sigh
That is not in a spark

Blue moon
Blue moon

Alone dripping on a bench
Looking at the glowing pond
How can I let you drench
Should I dive and swim along?

How e’er could I reach the moon
Velvet skin in the sky
What should I find in a sigh
That is not in a moan

Blue moon
Blue moon

Two hearts beating on a berth
Eyes lost in the firmament
Hands locked in a sweet moment
For a moon a world is worth

What could I catch in the sky
Beyond the Moon and Jove
What better for Venus, love
Than stars that dance us by

Blue moon
Blue moon

Blue moon

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 31 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Listen to my latest song: Blue moon

More details here

Petite Messe pour le Repos

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 08 May 2022 16:11:53 +0200

Third version of my Requiem: Little Mass for Rest.

A few choir demonstrations during the elaboration, and the full score.

Full score: Rex Potam

Lacrimosa

Offertorium

Lux Æterna

Sanctus, Benedictus

La Bohème

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 03 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Lyrics: Jacques Plante, music: Charles Aznavour | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Karaoke:

La Bohème

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 03 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100

Listen to my latest cover: La Bohème

More details here

The Rose

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:30:00 +0100

Lyrics and music: Amanda McBroom | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Karaoke version:

The Rose

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:30:00 +0100

Listen to my latest cover: The Rose

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Maggie's Still At The Top Of The Hill

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0100

Listen to my latest collab: Maggie’s Still At The Top Of The Hill

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Maggie’s Still At The Top Of The Hill

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0100

Lightning Scream Lyrics talks about that music:

1970 February saw the release of The Doors’ album, Morrison Hotel. The last title of that album is devoted to Maggie M’Gill, a young women led to prostitution at her father’s demise. She reaches Tangy Town, a fictitious town with a “people who really like to get it on” reputation.
Fifty years later, as a tribute to The Doors and this song, we chose to imagine what Maggie had become. Thus Maggie’s Still At The Top Of The Hill was born, as rough as her roots.

The music is as curt as Maggie, intentionally short and intense.

A big shout out to Lightning Scream Lyrics who offered this collaboration, and to SFYS for the splendid guitar intro!

Music: Rex Potam
Lyrics: Lightning Scream Lyrics

With the kind participation of SFYS

Variations on the Compotam! jingle

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Variations on the Compotam! jingle
Music: Rex Potam

The original jingle, just lengthened a bit
The harmony and bass
The melody
The waltz
Embroidery
The melody, from left to right
The minor
The melody, left hand
Reversed intervals
Finale

First Christmas Without You

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:21:37 +0100

Lyrics and music: Rex Potam

I’ll think of you on Christmas Eve
All the presents I won’t give you
All the smiles we won’t be sharing
And your absence under the mistletoe

It’s our first Christmas
With your smile only from above
Under the tree, all the treasures
And your last present, by the stove
Our first Christmas… without you

The children are all grown by now
Santa comes, his sleigh straight from you
All the smiles you will be giving
And your presence around us — a blessing

It’s our first Christmas
With your smile only from above
Under the tree, all the treasures
And your last present, by the stove
Our first Christmas… without you

(bridge)

It’s our first Christmas
With your smile always in my heart
Under the roof, all forgiveness
And you’ll always be there in sight
Ne’er a Christmas… without you

Escape

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:21:37 +0100

Lyrics and music: Rex Potam

Karaoke version:

I open my eyes unto a new day
What is that song that floats in my ear?
Too late, the images wither away
I am awake, what did you say my dear?

I have to get up and dress (ESCAPE)
To get to work — no stress (ESCAPE)
A shower, a coffee, let’s (ESCAPE)
Drive downtown to success (ESCAPE)

I open my eyes again in the lift
A suitcase, a laptop, work adrift
Too late, this report was due yesterday
I am drowning, what will you say my dear?

I have to work up to stress (ESCAPE)
To get a life — no less (ESCAPE)
A coffee, a whiskey, let’s (ESCAPE)
Take some more just in case (ESCAPE)

I open my eyes, blinded by the light
A blue mask, worried eyes, can’t hear you
Too late, sirens scream, I’m losing that fight
I am going, I’ll wait for you my dear

I have no worries nor stress (ESCAPE)
I float away to rest (ESCAPE)
I leave you, I love you, let’s (ESCAPE)
Meet some day in Heaven (ESCAPE)

Trick or treats!

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:16:58 +0200

This music was composed for Halloween 2021.

Music : Rex Potam

Millionaire Waltz

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0200

Lyrics and music: Freddie Mercury | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Original title: The Millionaire Waltz

Karaoke:

Les Corons

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Jean-Pierre Lang | Music: Pierre Bachelet | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Les Vieux mariés

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Michel Sardou, Pierre Delanoë | Music: Jacques Revaux | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Karaoke:

La Tribu s’emmêle

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:10:58 +0200

La Tribu s’emmêle is a French web series created by Sonia Derory in 2020, during the first COVID-19 lock-out. This series lasted until the end of June 2021 and goes on in a few spin-offs.

The original web series

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc8jBpw3pmHqFcgA_016ASA

The spin-offs

La P’tite Sœur de la Voix Lactée

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdb-00ZKgnO6USlALIbQfEA

Sound dress-up:

Music: Rex Potam

La revue de presse de Catgirl (déconfinée)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9NvGuCpuYU03cfNrUNK5Sw

Jingle and sound dress-up:

Music: Rex Potam

La Non-demande en mariage

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0200

Lyrics and music: Georges Brassens | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Karaoke:

The Sound of Silence

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 14 May 2021 05:00:00 +0200

Lyrics and music: Paul Simon | Adaptation: Disturbed and Rex Potam

A standard song. This cover is based on Disturbed’s arrangement… Remade my way.

Karaoke:

Chanter

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:19:48 +0200

Lyrics: Claude Lemesle, music: Jean-Pierre Nourtayre, Jacques Rivaux | Arrangement: Jean-Jacques Griesser | Adaptation: Rex Potam

This song is a memory from my youthful days in choirs from my hometown.

Jean-Jacques Griesser’s piano arrangement was written in 1993 for the
Nancy choir festival. As far as I know this song is still their
closing piece. I added strings for volume to avoid having to record
some 5000 chorists!

Nancy Voix du monde : https://www.chantchoral.org/

À la Saint-Médard

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Michel Vaucaire, music: Rudi Révil | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Le Parapluie

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:06:02 +0200

Lyrics and music: Georges Brassens | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Barbara

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:14:00 +0200

Lyrics: Jacques Prévert, music: Joseph Kosma | Adaptation: Dabstudio prod

In this cover I only sing; arrangement and mix performed by Cyril Dabas (Dabstudio prod)

La Langue de chez nous

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics and music: Yves Duteil | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Le S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0200

Discover my latest cover: Le S.O.S. d’un terrien en détresse

More details here

S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0200

Lyrics: Luc Plamondon, music: Michel Berger | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Karaoke version:

Misty

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:21:37 +0100

Lyrics and music: Rex Potam

You used to be the king of the house
How could you spend hours in the sun to drowse?
Even when at night you went singing meows
Fearless knight, now you lie under the rose

How strong were you, fighting with claws and the rest!
How could you leave us to fend in the tempest?
My heart went with you the day you left
Leaving my soul of all emotions bereft

Misty times behind
Rainy times ahead
Sunny times evade
Foggy times remain

Is there a heaven for you where you went?
Will we meet again when I, too, am spent?
Hope squeezes my throat as I pay the rent
But on the pillow I dream I still catch your scent

Misty times behind
Rainy times ahead
Sunny times evade
Foggy times remain

Petite Messe pour le Repos

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0100

Second version of my Requiem, with its definitive title: Petite Messe pour le Repos (Little Mass for Rest).

This is a demonstration fully sung by myself, with synthetic instruments.

Music : Rex Potam

I give some written explanations in this document.

Video:

	Piece	Record
Introitus
1	Introitus	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45503 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
Sequentia
2	Dies Iræ	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45504 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
3	Tuba Mirum	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45505 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
4	Rex Tremendæ	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45506 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
5	Recordare	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45507 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
6	Confutatis	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45508 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
7	Lacrimosa	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45509 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
Offertorium
8	Domine Jesu	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45510 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
9	Hostias	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45511 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
Sanctus
10	Sanctus	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45512 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
11	Benedictus	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45513 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
Agnus Dei
12	Agnus Dei	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45514 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
Communio
13	Lux Æterna	ISRC FR-9W1-20-45515 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!

Compotam !

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:57:04 +0200

Go watch my new vlog dedicated to composition: Compotam !

(The vlog is in French, sorry!)

Les Trois Cloches

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:13:41 +0200

Lyrics and music: Jean Villard | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Papa Poule

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:52:04 +0200

A text written by Cécile Goguely, author and reader..

Music: Rex Potam

Le Galérien

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics: Maurice Druon, music: Léo Poll | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Requiem : the projet

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Tue, 26 May 2020 12:30:00 +0200

I am composing a Requiem, I would like you to participate!

ALl the information in the video below (in French).

All details here.

Fantasy n°2 — Getting out

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 10 May 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Fantasy n°2 en C minor
Music : Rex Potam

Syracuse

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics: Bernard Dimey, music: Henri Salvador | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Phileas Fogg

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics and music: Guido & Maurizio de Angelis | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Nocturne n°5 — A night locked up

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Nocturne n°5 in E minor
Music : Rex Potam

Nocturne n°4 — Sunday morning

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Nocturne n°4 in B minor
Music : Rex Potam

Félicie aussi

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics: Albert Willemetz et Charles-Louis Pothier, music: Casimir Oberfeld | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Nocturne n°3 — Winter night

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Nocturne n°3 in F♯ minor
Music : Rex Potam

Fantasy n°1 — Silence

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:16:58 +0200

Fantasy n°1 in G minor
Music : Rex Potam

Nocturne n°2

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Nocturne n°2 in G mineur
Music : Rex Potam

Old Deuteronomy

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, music: Andrew Lloyd Webber | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Concerto n°1 for organ and orchestra

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Concerto n°1 for organ and orchestra in C major
Music : Rex Potam

	Mouvement	Enregistrement
1	presto	ISRC FR-9W1-19-37473 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
2	largo	ISRC FR-9W1-19-37474 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!
3	allegro	ISRC FR-9W1-19-37475 Listen 5s to like… Thanks for your interest!

Champagne

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics and music: Jacques Higelin | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Eugène

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Eugène, a movie written and conducted by Laurent Garnier, author, actor, and director..

Music : Rex Potam

Soundtrack

The titles are in French, I keep them not translated since the movie is in French. English translations are given in parentheses.

1. Entrée (Intro)

2. Un grand projet (A big project)

3. Éclats de vie (Life shards)

4. Éléonore (Eleonora)

5. Louis a un plan (Louis has a plan)

6. Jours fanés (Withered days)

7. Questions (Questions)

8. Humanité (Humanity)

9. Vie en éclats (Shattered life)

10. Sang froid, sang chaud (Cold blood, hot blood)

11. Échec (Failure)

12. Marcus, un chemin tracé (Marcus, a drawn path)

13. Sortie (Outro)

14. Épilogue (Aftermath)

Le Sélénite

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:16:58 +0200

A text written by Cécile Goguely, author and reader..

Illustrations: Audrey Croharé
Music: Rex Potam

La Chanson des vieux amants

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics and music: Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Nocturne n°1 — Troubled rest

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Nocturne n°1 in C♯ minor
Music : Rex Potam

Nicolas

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:16:58 +0200

Lyrics and music: William Sheller | Adaptation: Rex Potam

Classical music

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

My works in a classical stype, grouped by type.

Vocal works

Requiem

Little Mass for Rest

Instrumental works

Nocturnes

Sonatas

Sonata n°1 for piano

Concertos

Concerto n°1 for organ and orchestra

Fantasies

Other works

Variations on the Compotam! jingle

Songwriter

rex.potam@gmail.com (Rex Potam) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The three first cycles are in French. The fourth cycle is in English — but its title is in French, obviously…

Cycle I — Tourner la page
Cycle II — Retour d’un ange
Cycle III — Les années passent: not available, this cycle was never finished…
Cycle IV — C’est la vie