Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Playlist 076 Part 1

SEPTEMBER   2020

Setting Sun playlist

Wonderful Composers

The Latest songs from some fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own,

Playlist 061

Betelgeuse

Alex M 4

Alex M 5

Alex M 6

Velvet Voyage

Ninety East

Silence...can speak louder than a thousand voices...

Video :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSx-Is_hPxU

Video

Prelune

The Sketch. 
The Draft. 
The Step. 
The Flow.

"Now I live in a ghost world, enclosed in my dreams and imaginings"
Death: "Despite that, you don't want to die"

Photography: il_terzo_uomo
 (instagram)

Sketches for Sunken Hammers

Photo art by: Belial Pelegrim 

Always honored to collaborate on a track with my friend Belial Pelegrim  & this time was no different!!!! Its always an adventure working with him & I always end up picking up new tricks & ideas & find myself more open to pushing boundaries & learning from his inspiring work!!!!
We really hope you enjoy the new piece!!!!!!!

No Cure For Regret

Belial Pelegrim & Jeremy J. Saks - No Cure For Regret

When The Wind Dies Down

Shin and I are Happy to announce our new track !! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did coming up with this piece..  Arigato my Brother Shin!!
for more Amazing Music see shin^semia  @romane5

La Pars Glow ........Gina & Shin

Your Sun Has Set Before You

Track 4 in "The Curse of Hope" (2020) by Alex M: composed, played, arranged, edited and recorded by Alex M in GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro X, 18 June 2020, and mixed in Logic Pro X, 18 June 2020; posted on SoundCloud on 9 July 2020 (before the release of the album as a whole).

Duration: 4:21 minutes
Tempo: 90 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: Db

Digital instruments used, in the order of playing and recording: 
1. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Synth - Aluminium Bandpass (Soft Warm)
2. Drums - Electronic - Prismatica
3. Studio Horns - Single Instruments - Studio Trumpet 3
4. Bass - Subby Bass

Con lo sguardo perso tra le nuvole

Track 5 in "The Curse of Hope" (2020) by Alex M: composed, played, arranged, edited and recorded by Alex M in GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro X, 15 July 2020, and mixed in Logic Pro X, 15 July 2020; posted on SoundCloud on 15 July 2020 (before the release of the album as a whole).

Duration: 3:24 minutes
Tempo: 80 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: Bb

Digital instruments used, in the order of playing and recording:

1. Piano - Steinway Grand Piano

The Highest Point (Was It?)

The cameraman
“The Camera Man” by Three Photons is an indie-blues rock track with strong 60s/70s experimental vibes and gritty, analog production. It blends crunchy rhythm guitars, ambient leads, and emotionally raw lyrics that explore themes of isolation, media distortion, and urban disillusionment.

I imagine a cameraman sees a lot of things he doesn't want to see or believe ;-)
Written by Tim Griffis July 2020
mix 1: July 21, 2020, lead vocal panned left (experimental 60s/70s) 

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 


Lyrics

Verse 1
It's a camera eye
I look away
or I go blind
it ain't pretty
livin alone in this dirty city

Chorus 1
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin in the camera eye
when you're staring at me

Verse 2
Hey girl
it ain't pretty
going on down on this empty life
you sure are witty
I can't stand one more lie....

Chorus 2
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me

Outro
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me

The cameraman

Elizabeth

Mi Sed Mi Hambre

Mi Sed Mi Hambre (Original Mix)

The darkest clouds

All of my songs start out on my Guild acoustic guitar – and then I get carried away. Thanks for listening. Hope you find yourself humming along with the chorus someday. 

Written by Tim Griffis August 1-4, 2020
Mix 1: August 5, 2020
Mix 2: August 8, 2020, changed eq on the bass guitar

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm1: Guild DV52 Acoustic (bought in Vancouver back in 2000)
Rhythm2: Fender Stratocaster
Lead1: Fender Stratocaster
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 


Lyrics (keeping it sparse as usual and to the point)

Verse 1
Your Life – it’s a beautiful thing
One Life – it’s yours to win

Chorus 1
Dark clouds bring a brand new day
Dark clouds wash it all away

Verse 2
Sometimes life, it takes you away
To another time, another place

Chorus 2
Dark clouds bring a brand new day
Dark clouds wash it all away

Bridge
When your heart longs for another day
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright

Outro
Dark clouds bring a brand new day
Dark clouds wash it all away
Wash it all away…

The darkest clouds

Once Upon A Time

T O X I C

ORIGINAL LYRICS, MUSIC & VOCALS BY ARAPA MUSIC

I AM PLAYING ALL INSTRUMENTS EVEN MY PIANO ACCORDION.

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY MY NEW STYLE OF MIXED GENRE


YOU can also find me on:


https://www.reverbnation.com/heidimariearapa

TOXIC (Produced By ARAPA Music)

I like a lot Tom's beautiful Meditation/Nature cycle, 10 tracks (so far) in a recent thematical sequence on SoundCloud, and - while listening to all, one after the other as they were appearing over the course of a few days - I suddenly had the idea of (collab-)remixing one or two of them. So, in return to Tom's collab remix of my Travelling, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/travelling-alex-m-tom-2020-collab-remix, on SC since 30 July 2020, I asked, and he agreed, that I attempt a collab remix of his wonderful Meditation III, https://soundcloud.com/user-675973110/meditation-iii-2020, on SoundCloud since 2 August 2020. I am now glad to present this new track, my 1st-ever remix, in fact collab remix with Tom. Tom's SoundCloud page, https://soundcloud.com/user-675973110, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image provided by Tom, cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 24 August 2020.

Collab remix created on 23 August 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X, in coordination with Tom), and posted on SoundCloud on 24 August 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 9:04 minutes

Meditation III - Tom & Alex M Collab Remix

INFINITY（w/PRISONER25）

Hey guys! 
I’ve always wanted a collab, little did I know that collabs can be very demanding just as can be fun. Well, this one was rather fun since everything fell into place without me putting much effort. Si! She is an incredible composer! And I feel so fortunate to have worked with her. Feel free to check her out, she has a lot of compositions that could turn a gloomy day bloomy!
She’s indeed an inspiration! 
Okay, peeps! It’s time to play the Doubting Thomas and clear your doubts, don’t forget to thank me later LOL
I hope you enjoy my very first collab


Released by:                           Emeralds Records
Released date:                       3rd September 2020
Lyrics and vocals:                  Jeremy
Piano/ background music:    Zozie Brown --- @zozie-brown
Mixing and mastering:           Aurora Studio


On that faithful day
Heaven was so touched
Was  gonna miss an angel
Uh oh oh oh uhhh
It was fiesta on earth
The trees were dancing ballet
The birds were singing reggae 
Aw aw aw awwww
I was waiting, praying, asking and seeking for my true love to come
I wanted an angel, I wanted a princess and I wanted a queen
My prayer was answered; my wishes all came true when you arrived
You came like the season of spring that comes so full of life

Bae, it’s your day
Let’s celebrate yayyy
I can’t wait to say
Happy birthday

On this lovely day
My heart is over pouring with sweetness
My love is a year older
o. o. o.
I wish you joy
I wish you happiness
For you to enjoy
The good things of life
My joy is boundless; my blessings are countless cos you’re mine
You’re leaving me breathless because of the excitement that you make me feel
You’re the sweetest enchantress, you’re making me helpless, I feel like a carousel
Oh my sweetness, oh my weakness! You’re killing me softly!

Your day (feat. Zozie Brown)

I had the great John Marlowe lay down a Bill Evans style progression and I wrote lyrics and melody for it.
Hope you can enjoy this style of writing and singing,it's old style but still has merit in today's RAP infested world.

03/September/2020

Faded Love w/John Marlowe

Photo by ＊基
https://pskc7878fcyms.wixsite.com/mysite-4

遊蘭  Barel Snow

Lyrics, mixing: Myckaël Marcovic https://soundcloud.com/myckael-marcovic/tracks
Music, vocal, mixing and mastering: Lukowig www.facebook.com/Lukowig/ twitter.com/Lukowig
Illustration: Lukowig and Myckaël Marcovic

Je suis le vieux forçat de cette forteresse
Aux invisibles murs, mais remplis de murmures
Tournant en procession au fond de cette pièce
Où mon âme n’a plus que des lambeaux d’armures.

Et tel un condamné, j’entends leur psalmodie
Gémir à demi-mots leur sourde messe-basse
Tombant à gros flocons dans l’hiver infini,
Ressusciter sans cesse un passé qui se glace.

Aux âmes condamnées, l’enfer est ici-bas.
Les regrets éternels sont, plus que tout, vivants
Quand ils rongent l’espoir dont l’unique combat
Est de cautériser les jambes du présent.

Mais quand revient le soir, loin des bruits de la ville,
Que la folle vitrine amusant le passant
Remet le fond de tain d’un miroir indocile,
J’y revois, impuissant, le passé lancinant.

Puis dans ce grand mouchoir qui se prend pour mon lit,
J’allonge ma défaite, inutile d’aisance,
Comme si en dormant, les conseils de la nuit
Allaient soudain venir dans ce port de plaisance.

Aux âmes condamnées, l’enfer est ici-bas.
Les regrets éternels sont, plus que tout, vivants
Quand ils rongent l’espoir dont l’unique combat
Est de cautériser les jambes du présent.

L’amour a tout l’esprit et tout le corps divin.
Et si j’en perds le nord, c’est que par tous mes sens
Il m’y anéantit, pour un oui, pour un lien
Qui n’aura d’heureux que le poids de l’inconscience.

Aux âmes condamnées, l’enfer est ici-bas.
Les regrets éternels sont, plus que tout, vivants
Quand ils rongent l’espoir dont l’unique combat
Est de cautériser les jambes du présent.
24 mai 2017

Aproximate translation :

I am the old convict of this fortress
With invisible walls, but full of murmurs
Turning in procession at the bottom of this room
Where all my soul has left are tatters of armor.

And like a condemned man, I hear their psalmody
Moaning half-words their deaf low mass
Falling to large flakes in the infinite winter,
Constantly resurrecting a frozen past.

To the doomed souls, hell is down here.
Eternal regrets are, more than anything, alive
When they eat away hope whose only fight
Is to cauterize the legs of the present.

But when we come back in the evening, far from the sounds of the city,
Let the crazy window amuse the passerby
Put back the bottom of one of those indocile mirrors,
I can’t help but remember the haunting past.

Then in this big handkerchief that thinks it’s my bed,
I lengthen my defeat, useless of ease,
As if in sleep, the tips of the night
Suddenly would come to this marina.

To the doomed souls, hell is down here.
Eternal regrets are, more than anything, alive
When they eat away hope whose only fight
Is to cauterize the legs of the present.

Love has all the spirit and all the divine body.
And if I lose the north, it’s because of all my senses
He destroys me, for a yes, for a link
Who will be happy only by the weight of unconsciousness.

To the doomed souls, hell is down here.
Eternal regrets are, more than anything, alive
When they eat away hope whose only fight
Is to cauterize the legs of the present.

May 24, 2017

Le forçat du passé

Le forçat du passé [Myckaël Marcovic and Lukowig]

Tom proposed a remix version - in fact, a collab remix created in agreement - of my recent composition Nostalgia, on SoundCloud since 18 August 2020, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/nostalgia (track in Tender Snow, a work-in-progress album), which I am now glad to present. We gratefully acknowledge the use of vocal samples from "MAGIX 2020, nouveaux sons et voix" from Tom's archive. The SoundCloud page of Tom, https://soundcloud.com/user-675973110, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image provided by Tom annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 6 September 2020.

Collab Remix completed on 5 September 2020 (with final mix and recording in MAGIX by Tom, in coordination with Alex M), and posted on SoundCloud on 6 September 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom !

Duration: 7:58 minutes

Ностальгия - Alex M & Tom Collab Remix

Do you see them those flashes of light that just wisp your eyes
Can you feel the warmth that they bring
Memories are held dear in those flashes of Light
Do they trigger happy Memories?
For me they Do Always 
# See you in the stars

Flashes 0f Light

MIDNIGHT HOUR
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 1988/2015/2020 AB Music

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU SAY THERE'S NO LAW
IN THIS HOUR, YOU GO ALONE

CHANGING YOUR NAME, IT'S NOT REALY YOU
AND IN THIS HOUR, YOU'LL MAKE, YOU'LL PAY
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN

THE KIDS ARE ALL SHOUTING, PLAYGROUNDS A SONG
CATCHING THE COLDNESS, I'M ALL ALONE

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU'RE UNDER THE LAW
IT'S IN THIS HOUR, YOU ARE ALONE
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN
(break)
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE

Another  World

MIDNIGHT HOUR

After "A Midsummer Night's Dream", https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/a-midsummer-nights-dream-tom-alex-m, on SoundCloud since 1 August 2020, Tom and I are glad to present here our 2nd music-creating collaboration! The SoundCloud page of Tom, https://soundcloud.com/user-675973110, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image provided by Tom, cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 9 September 2020.

Created in collaboration on 4-9 September 2020 (with final mix and recording by Tom in MAGIX) and posted on SoundCloud on 9 September 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 8:44 minutes

Visions of the Future - Tom & Alex M

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.”
— Gene Hackman

Always fun to collaborate with Belial who seems to have discovered the fountain of youth with regard to ambient sounds. 

Rhodes, Bass, Percussion, Synth: Jan Schonander
Ambient sounds, Percussion, Synths: Belial Pelegrim 
https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim

Faux Chill

Faux Chill | Belial Pelegrim & TheGat(s)

So.... finally.... this is it. Andrew Huang's #3. I never thought that i will be able to finish it...... The process for this one is really best to be described as "from HATE to epic FATE".

Number three even destroyed once more the way of how i "usually" and "naturally" proceed with things and do them, when it comes to creating and assembling musical structures. Especially, when there is a "vision" in adding vocals, or even go for a vocal track. I realized, that i did it not exactly, as shown and to be the applied method for this one, as presented in the course. Classic songwriting process from A - Z. Damn you!!!

As the timeline came closer and closer..... i found myself struggling so hard, but still was able , they kinda encouraged us to deliver whatever is ready at that point, to drop a final structure with all the basic core elements as raw as any "diamond" could be, mined deep under the surface in dark caverns....

Then the real struggle began. Course was over, but not this unfinished piece and my natural extremism, which did not allow me to leave it just as it is. At a certain progress you decide - trash it or do it for the sake of learning and finish that damn project! Then i recalled (hehe), and remembered a quote Andrew dropped at a certain stage in the course, which says like "to do something you like, you have to do alot of stuff you dont like".

Keeping this in mind, i took a short break to relax myself and get rid of the pressure -> course over, deadline ended anyway , so why go mad bro? Then the thing developed. I found myself being able to go more and more in the direction i imagined and went down to the rabbit-hole-like tunnel, dug up some more diamonds, back onto the surface, and then processing and grinding and shaping, until they meet the quality you want to have in your jewelry. 

No detailed numbers this time but again, big cred to my fiance for being so supportive and sustaining my sanity, while i still went full psycho mode on this one - but i had to, like for me, personally, this finished song number three is the overall end of this course and the way i shape msyself into music making and trying to make it as entertaining as possible. 

Money is not what I'm after, as this is my hobby, my other love in life, and even if you just don't like stuff sometimes , yet you love it deeply and it deserves that you seriously take care of it....... so here it is... i hope it is a good listen to you - enjoy this little space drama! ;o

Thank you all for tuning in and valuing what i do - again, this community is just so awesome. You all are! <3

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Intro:
I, didn't see it coming....
I, didn't see you running....

Verse:
You sneaked out of mission control
smoke and fire everywhere
no hesitation, to abandon us all
smell of searing flesh and hair

verse:
believed we will survive this together
dreamed our kingdom will last forever
now hunting you across the galaxy
with the last broken pieces left of me

chorus:
unpredicted, came this downfall
i recall
heavy wounded, but still i crawl
i recall, i recall
your betrayal, i don't want to recall
recall, recall
was to blind to see it all
i recall

verse:
memories now, coming and fading
my screams, they're all in vain
bombs are flying, troops invading
what's left is only pain

verse:
far across, your ships air-frame
gonna end now your last run
fooled me with your vicious game
aiming, and pull the trigger of my gun

Solo

Chorus:
unforeseen, it is now our end
i recall, i recall
closer and closer, ready to ascend
i recall, i recall
visions of our younger selves appear
i recall i recall
a final thought, a bittersweet tear
my last recall
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Recall

Backing track: Paploviante and Friends
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/boundless-paploviante
Vocal: Special Cecilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/waiting-for-your-sunshine-standing-in-the-moonlight
https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia
Lillithe adding: Piano, Horns, Strings, Beat, Synth

Waiting for your Sunshine / Standing in the Moonlight / Cecilia, Paploviante & Lillithe

LES GENS S’ENGUEULENT ON SAIT PAS POURQUOI MAIS
LES GENS S’ENGUEULENT
LES GENS S’ENGUEULENT ILS SAVENT PAS POURQUOI MAIS
LES GENS S’ENGUEULENT

DES NOMS D’OISEAUX DES MOTS DE TROP ET DES GROS MOTS
POUR TROIS FOIS RIEN DU MOMENT QUE ÇA FAIT DU BIEN 
DE FAIRE DU MAL UN ANIMAL 
DEUX ANIMAUX

AVEC MA POULE C’EST UNE AFFAIRE QUI ROULE MAIS
DÈS QU’ON S’ENGUEULE
Y’ A TOUT QUI S’ÉCROULE EN SUCETTE EN SEMOULE OUAIS
TEL UN CRUMBLE

QU’EST-CE QUE T’AS DIT RÉPÈTE UN PEU J’VAIS TOUT CASSER
TU M’FAIS PAS PEUR D’ABORD C’EST TOI QU’A COMMENCÉ
ON A L’AIR FIN AH OUAIS ON A L’AIR BEAU À VOIR
DÉFIGURÉS LA BOUCHE ROUGE ET LES YEUX NOIRS OH

LES GENS S’ENGUEULENT ET QUAND ILS EN ONT ASSEZ
DE S’ENGUEULER
CHACUN SINGLE VA SE FAIRE VOIR DE SON CÔTÉ
POUR FAIRE LA GUEULE

DES LIONS DES MOUSTIQUES DES LYCAONS DES TIQUES
DES CHIENS QUI ABOIENT ET DES CHATTES HYSTÉRIQUES
VIOLENCES DOMESTIQUES QUI S’Y FROTTE S’Y PIQUE
DANSER LE TWIST ET LA SAMBA SUR UN FIL ÉLECTRIQUE

LES GENS S’ENGUEULENT

LES GENS S'ENGUEULENT - cats & dogs (Lyrics)

This is the story of my first “eclipse”, experienced alone in the wilderness of Oregon in August, 2017. It’s a long story, but the story behind this song.

I drove to Oregon alone to see the great American total solar eclipse of 2017. In Oregon, there is a famous national park called Crater Lake.  This is the deepest lake in America.   In the middle of Crater Lake is Wizard Island. This lake was formed when a huge volcano blew its top a long time ago.  My plan was to see Wizard Island, get a hotel room, and see the eclipse the next day.

There have been numerous stories of strange occurrences around this area from multiple people over the course of centuries.

The time was around 7 pm when driving up Crater Lake Mountain to see Wizard Island… I wasn’t sure where I was going, or how to get down from the mountain. Finally, I saw Wizard Island just as the sun started to set. I remember there was this misty haze in front of the Island. I could barely see it. I got the chills and a weird feeling... It was very eerie.

I tried to find my way down from the mountain in my car, but it was too late, I was lost, and it was too dangerous. There are areas where you can drive off a ledge and fall a long way. No fun. I had to pull over in the wilderness and spend the night in my car…

Hours passed, and I fell asleep.

What happened next is the strangest thing I’ve experienced in my life. I woke up, it was still night. My phone wasn’t working, my car wouldn’t start or turn on any lights. I didn’t know what time it was. It was disturbing to me they were both "dead", and I was panicked. Then I noticed the area around my car was alternating in brightness, like truck lights... But that wasn't it. I got out of my car to check it out.

But the sky was weird. The moon was weird. It was all weird. The moon was alternating between being clearly visible… And being pitch black. Like it was “blinking”. It would take 5 seconds to get black, then about 5 seconds to get bright again. The stars were barely visible. I stared in disbelief for maybe 30 seconds, it kept happening.  The air around me had a feeling of electric charge to it.   I started hearing a lot more animals, and they seemed to surround me. They were in the bushes and trees, everywhere. It got more troubling quickly when I could discern soft human voices. I couldn't see animals or people. 
I wasn't on any drugs, I was saving my drugs for the following day and the journey home.

Time seemed too slow. I backed up to my car, got in, and locked the doors. I remember a feeling of utter disbelief in my senses. Without any idea what to do, I climbed in the backseat and lied down. I thought any second I could die.

The next thing I remembered, I woke up. It was about 6:30 am. My car worked. My phone worked. And this was the morning of August 21st, 2017… The first day of the total solar eclipse which many of us would see later that day.  

But what I saw was something else.

Something very weird happened to me up there on that mountain that night, and it’s haunted me. I know several people will think "Manufactured lies!" Several others will think "Cool story bro...", well think what you want...

Later that morning when getting breakfast, still shook-up, I asked 2 waitresses if they heard of anything strange last night around Crater Lake. One said "no", the other said, "There's always something strange happening".

I remember one time a girl asked me why my music is so dark...
I’ve seen some sights.

Try to check out Crater Lake, Oregon, if you've never seen it.
Don't get lost.

- John

Crater Lake Eclipse

Tom had a new and challenging collab idea this week, to now try something more different for us, in the soundtrack/cinematic/dramatic/orchestral genre, under the beautiful title/theme of "Composed Chaos". So we are glad to present this composition of ours here! The SoundCloud page of Tom, https://soundcloud.com/user-675973110, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image and idea by Tom, annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 16 September 2020.

Created in collaboration on 14-17 September 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X) and posted on SoundCloud on 17 September 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 6:00 minutes

Composed Chaos - Tom & Alex M

Tom and I are glad to present this inspired and spontaneous composition of ours we completed in only an afternoon plus late evening yesterday (our fastest collaboration ever)! Right after our collaborative version, overnight (like he usually composes), Tom has also created an alternative version of his own, under the title "Silent Night", https://soundcloud.com/user-30709365/silent-night. The SoundCloud page of Tom, https://soundcloud.com/user-675973110, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image and idea by Tom, annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 23 September 2020.

Created in collaboration on 22 September 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X) and posted on SoundCloud on 23 September 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 6:27 minutes

Phoenix - Tom & Alex M

Raise Up / Paploviante 2020 open collab
Music: Paploviante
Picture Paploviante with Swift Publisher
BPM 93
Free Download

Raise Up - Paploviante open collab

Tom and I are glad to present the latest collaborative composition of ours. As evident from the title/theme and artwork cover, it is inspired by the lost paradise of childhood. We hope you'll get lost into its dreamy beauty! The SoundCloud page of Tom, https://soundcloud.com/user-383750027, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image from http://citizenkid.com and idea by Tom, designed and implemented by Tom and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 14 October 2020.

Created in collaboration on 12-15 October 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X) and posted on SoundCloud on 15 October 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 4:53 minutes

The Lost Innocence of Childhood - Tom & Alex M

Tom and I are glad to present the latest collaborative composition of ours. As clear from the title/theme and artwork cover, it is dedicated to all medics and caretakers during this COVID-19 pandemic who sacrificed their time to save lives and bring relief. The SoundCloud page of Tom, @user-383750027, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover designed and implemented by Tom and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 25 October 2020.

Created in collaboration on 25 October 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X) and posted on SoundCloud on 25 October 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 6:56 minutes

Tribute to the Caregivers - Tom & Alex M

I have always admired music, of diverse styles. Like most of us, I have tried learning to play a few instruments at a basic level in my teenage. But it is only now, in the 21st century, that modern software allows anyone to fool around being the composer, the designer of a whole composition, simpler or more complex, organising together the parts of the various instruments - and to hear the results of this experimentation or inspiration instantly! That is how I have recently begun enjoying the distraction of attempts at composing during my leisure, discovering an amazing dimension of life, and art, perhaps the most intangible, heightening and hypnotising one, and the closest to the soul... (21 August 2017) ... Forgot to mention: music is for sharing - that's why we are all here! (4 September 2017)