SEPTEMBER   2020

Alex M 3

Alex M 4

Alex M 5

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

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?)

After recently remixing in a 2020 collab Travelling (https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/travelling), track 3 in my 1st album, Return to Equilibrium, 2016 (soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/sets/alex-m-return-to-equilibrium), Tom and I attempted our 1st music-creating collaboration on a brand new track! I am so glad to present it here. The SoundCloud page of Tom, @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 1 August 2020.

Completed in collaboration on 30-31 July and 1 August 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X) and posted on SoundCloud on 1 August 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 4:30 minutes

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Tom & Alex M

Mi Sed Mi Hambre

Mi Sed Mi Hambre (Original Mix)

Track 6 in "Tender Snow" (2020) by Alex M: composed, played, arranged, edited and recorded by Alex M in GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro X, 3 and 17 August 2020, and mixed in Logic Pro X, 17 August 2020; posted on SoundCloud on 18 August 2020 (before the release of the album as a whole).

Duration: 8:15 minutes
Tempo: 96 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: F sharp minor

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

1. Guitar - Acoustic
2. Piano - Steinway Grand Piano
3. Bass - P-Bass
4. Drums - Acoustic - SoCal
5. Strings - Cinematic - Viola
6. Studio Horns - Single Instruments - Studio Trumpet 2

Nostalgia

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）

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

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

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

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)