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Bill Binkelman
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"This album is not ashamed to wear its
sorrowful yet ultimately hopeful heart
on its sleeve.  I recommend the CD." 

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  A Summer Dream - will take you on an emotional healing journey. This CD will give you a soulful experience that is helpful for healing one's inner soul and heart...

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   This CD is very personal to me. Because of that, I recommend you listen to the CD 1st without reading the lyrics then listen to it and follow along with the lyrics. This way you can have two version in your mind. One that is light, and one that will be personal to you as well.  I want to thank my family and friends for their help and support in recording this CD.

Cover Photography:
The fishing chair in front of the big Sun flower was Carol's.

Dedication:
This CD is dedicated in memories of my sister

I hope this album bring your comfort with Inner Peace ~
Shirley


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is a wonderfully conceived CD.
I really love it. -mb "

  Music & Lyrics from the "A Summer Dream" CD  
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1.  SPRINGTIME    
Springtime was my sister
Carol's favorite song.

The meadows are turning
green and yellow
the yellow sun is burning
upon my back...
whoa...

So please stay with me
in the Springtime
and say that you'll always...
always be mine...
whoa...

I'd be lost without you
and wouldn't know
which way to turn
Please say that you'll love me
that's all I'm concern...

We'll go strolling in the meadows
in the night
keep on holding me tight..
and I'll be alright...
whoa... in the Spingtime...

The meadows are turning
red and golden
the cold wind is blowing...
across my back
whoa...

Autumn has passed...at last!
here comes good old Winters'
snows again...
whoa...

And it snows again...
(It snows again...)
When will it all end?
(When will it all end?)
I'll just have to wait
for Springtime again!

The meadow are turning
green and yellow
the yellow sun is burning...
upon my back...
whoa...

So please stay with me
in the Springtime
say that you'll always...
always be mine...
whoa...

In the Springtime...
In the Springtime...
In the Springtime...
Mmmm...

2. COME OUT AND PLAY
I just wanted to go fishing
again with my sister...

Carol...come out and play!
Carol...it's sunny all day!
Open your eyes,
and say hello...
Hold on my hand
and say, "let's go!"

Carol...don't go away!
Carol...stay here and play!
I'm way too young...
to lose you right now,
My heart will break...
without you around!

When are you going to wake up
and look into my eyes?
When are you going to get up
and tell me you're just fine?

Carol...come on let's play!
Carol...it's sunny all day!
Put on your makeup...
and put on your coat...
We gotta go fishing...
at the lake we love!

Carol...Oh Carol...
Carol...
Sweet Carol...

3. THE CALLING    
Carol kept seeing Mommy at
the end of her bed...

I hear voices in the night
deep in my dreams,
I see a bright light
I then open my eyes and there she is
My mother is calling, calling for me

I don't understand what is going on
She looks real to me,
but she's been long gone
She's telling me it's time for me to move on
My mother is calling from the beyond

It's time to cross the river...
It's time to be free...
from feeling so sick from this disease
It's time to cross over...
don't worry about goodbyes...
you'll be in your family's hearts
until the end of time

I called my sister the next day
I asked what it meant...
she didn't know what to say...
We pondered for hours...
on the telephone line
Why is mommy calling,
calling me at this time?

I hear my last prayers...
I'm so tired and can't move...
My whole family is here...
I can feel them in the room...
The sky is opening wide and now
I can see through the clouds!...
My mother is calling, calling out loud!

She's calling with open arms...
you're an angel now...
You're free from the pain
that once held you down...
I know now why God sent Mommy down...

Who else would I have believed...
it's was time for me now...

4.  SUMMER OF 98  
No one knew how this
summer would end...


5. LOST  
I felt so lost...I couldn't
help Carol get well...


6.  LAST WALK  
Carol couldn't walk away,
from the inevitable...

7.  I LOVE YOU, I DO...
Life is about love...It never ends...

Can you hear the words I say to you?
In my own way I'm saying I love you...
Can you see my heart is dying for you?
I love you...I do

In the night when I cry for you
I wish God would come and heal you...
Can't believe that I am losing you

I love you...I do
I love you...I do
I do....


8. LAST BREATH
We were all with Carol at this time
...Thank you God...

9. MA MA 
I wish my mom were here now...



Mama...where are you now?
Mama...can't see your face...
Mama...wish I could now...
hold you in my arms again.

Mama...deep in my dreams...
Mama...I hear your voice...
Mama...wish I could now...
see your green eyes once more.

When I wish upon a star
in the midnight sky...
I feel you looking sad at me...
you're wondering...why I cry

Mama...I know you're here...
Mama...your presence's near...
Mama...stay close to me...
until we all meet again

Until we all meet again...

Mama...
Mama...
Mama..............



10. A SUMMER DREAM 
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Dreams are all I have of you
In the night when I feel all alone
It's then that I can talk to you
It is then that I feel at home

Once upon a summer day
I thought that you went away
You came into my dreams to say
you are gone but not far away

(CHORUS)
I'll see you in my dreams.
For in dreams we never die
I'll see you in my dreams
and together we will fly
To the stars and to the moon
To the mountain then to the seas
We'll be together you and I
together in my dreams.

Then there will come a day
when I'll need to dream no more
We'll walk hand and hand again
and be together once more.

Soon we'll hear our loved ones cry
Please come see me again
We'll fly into their dreams at night
and walk with them once again

(CHORUS)
We'll see them in their dreams
for in dreams we never die
We'll see them in their dreams
and together we will fly
To the stars and to the moon
To the mountains then to the seas
We'll be together you and I
together in their dreams...

For in dreams is where we'll live
In their dreams we never die
But until we meet again...
I'll dream of you tonight...

I'll see you in my dreams...
I'll see you in my dreams...
tonight...tonight...
in God's light..........



  Behind the music of "A Summer Dream"  
~ A story about a journey...we all take now & then in our life ~

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A Summer Dream . . . . takes you on a soulful journey with 10 new age songs given ambient overtones. This CD will leave you feeling quite different than you thought it would. Cason's piano is complemented with her orchestral and soft synthesized arrangements.

You can tell that Cason placed all of the songs in a particular order on A Summer Dream that re-lived her summer of 98. Her cinematic of "Last Breath", will do just that to you. This song is one for the movies !

The last song, which is the title track, finishes your musical journey with hope that all dreams are more than just another dimension of reality. Cason has taken us into a world that we all fall into when we dream and gives us hope that the dreams we dream are real. With all of her lovely melodies with synth flute, guitar and orchestral sounds,




  Album Reviews for "A Summer Dream"  

Review By Kathy Parsons - MainlyPiano.com

A Summer Dream” is quite different from Shirley Cason previous album of original material, “Forever in Bloom”. Cason’s sister, Carol, suffered from liver diseases, and this CD tells the story of the summer of 1998 when Carol’s illness became severe and took her life. Although there is no singing on the CD, Cason wrote lyrics for many of the songs and included them in the liner notes for listeners to look at as they listen, giving more insight into the meaning of the songs. Without the lyrics, though, the songs are very evocative and powerful, allowing the listener to attach his or her own experiences to them as shared emotions. Cason uses various synthesizer sounds and samples to convey her feelings very effectively. My only criticism of this very fine album is that I would love to hear a good acoustic piano instead of an electronic keyboard where the piano parts are. I know that this is often a matter of economics for indie artists, but, esthetically, a piano is still so much warmer and richer than the electronics.

A Summer Dream” opens with Carol’s favorite song, &Springtime”,  bright and sunny tune, full of fun and joy. "Come Out and Play”  shifts moods a bit, as a sister calls to her sleeping sibling to “hold my hand and say "Oh let’s go’”. “The Calling”    recalls Carol seeing her mother at the end of the bed, and calling her. The lyrics are from Carol’s perspective, not being able to understand what was happening, but looking forward to being free from the pain of her illness. The song is sad, but full of hope. “Summer of 98”   would make a wonderful movie theme. Bittersweet and melancholy, the song is full of questions and a tangle of emotions that everyone has when life becomes especially difficult. “Lost”  is much more abstract and heavy - again the weight of the swirling emotions and sense of impending loss is very powerful. Last Walk is perhaps the strongest piece (musically) in the collection - the mix of emotions being conveyed so successfully is amazing. “I Love You, I Do”   is a simple love song - a reaching out before the inevitable comes. “Last Breath” is again abstract, conveying the sense of unreality that occurs when something devastating happens. Some of the sounds are distorted and “bent”, creating a surreal feeling. The tones are very dark and bleak, and a tremendous sense of loss comes through. “Mama”  is again reaching out, this time for comfort and peace.
A Summer Dream”   closes this most effective CD on a much lighter note - full of hope and looking forward, and even moreso of the healing that only time and closure can provide.

On a personal note, I lost my dad to cancer at about the same time Shirley lost her sister, and I found this album to be an amazing journey down a familiar path. I hope composing this music brought Cason some peace, as it will certainly be a comfort to others.

Kathy Parsons


Review by Bill Binkelman - WINDandWIRE.Com & NewAgeReporter.com

A Summer Dream, (2002) Reviewing a CD that is obviously quite personal and openly emotional for the artist, as is the case with Shirley Cason's A Summer Dream, is difficult because, frankly, it's impossible to be as objective as a critic should be (provided one has any feelings, that is). A Summer Dream is dedicated to (and more or less themed around) Shirley's sister, Carol, who passed away in the summer of 1998. Having lost both my parents, the loss of family members certainly hits a chord with me.

However, as a music critic, it's necessary to do one's best to strip all the "interference" away to some degree, lest one is accused of partiality. Even when I discard any personal memories, though, I can still recommend A Summer Dream as a well-performed and gently evocative collection of piano and synth pieces that are sometimes warm and soft and other times sad and nearly always genuinely touching. The thing that I'm most impressed with on this album is Cason's willingness to use a lot of different synth sounds. So many pianists (when they use synths at all) just use string fills (and that can certainly be enough). How refreshing, then, to hear all manner of electronic keyboards, yet always in the service of melodic, accessible adult contemporary/new age music. There are extensive liner notes (sometimes in the form of poems/lyrics, even though the album is wholly instrumental) that paint a picture of love and loss and growth through pain. The CD begins with the playful and sprightly "Springtime" (lilting flutes, bells, bass, and guitar-like keyboards, along with piano)  and begins its voyage through different moods, tempos, and melodic approaches. "Come Out and Play",  is a Kevin Kendle-like track with flute and lovely synth bells. "Summer of '98"   opens with bluesy piano (by the way, if it matters to you, the piano on the album sounds like a digital, although a pretty good one to my ears), and the cut soon becomes a reflective piano and strings tune - wistful yet not somber. "Lost,"   one of the more overtly new agey cuts on the CD, is sadder, as Fender Rhodes-like keys ride on top of swirling synths ( I could've done without the wind effects on this track, though). One of the best selections is the next one. "Last Walk"  has a unqiuely juxtaposed lively rhythm with quasi-mournful synths (consisting of nicely flowing keyboards and some plucked note sounds). It's my favorite track on the CD, I think. "Last Breath" is almost unrelentingly morose at the start (as the title would suggest, although once again I think the wind sounds are misplaced) but evolves into something quite different via a Constance Demby-ish crescendo (signifying "passing over" I would imagine although I don't want to appear presumptuous). My interpretation is based on the spacemusic and celestial textures during the latter stages of the track. The album closes with the title song,    and it's another highlight. Gentle bells, lush strings, and hushed cymbals open the song which eventually becomes a piano-led number that speaks of acceptance and the strength that flows from the knowledge that our loved ones never truly leave us.

As you can tell from some of my comments above, I resonated with what (in my opinion) Shirley Cason was intending on A Summer Dream. So, take some of my praise with a grain of salt if you're cynical or tend to like music that is more subtle about its emotional intent. This album is not ashamed to wear its sorrowful yet ultimately hopeful heart on its sleeve. From a purely analytical standpoint, it's nice background music for light activity (I think the emotional highs and lows, however, may make it difficult to concentrate or read during playback). I recommend the CD, though, especially to die-hard romantics and those who enjoy electronic keyboards mixed with piano.

Bill Binkelman


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