the guitar n flute sounding tones are doing wonderful subtle harmonic acrobatics... and of course... i love the 'long phrases'........

Ohhhh  so very fine!   and tio think...all this came out of that 32 bar seed. Wow!  Amazing Creativity, Alan et al.  hats off to all of you!

Hey Alan man, this is a thrilling piece. Stunning sax work over such a compelling rhythm section. Brilliant composition, too. Way to go here!

In the family of water lilies, Nelumbo nucifera or the lotus flower is also known as the sacred lotus because it symbolizes qualities such as purity, rebirth, enlightenment, longevity, and resiliency. In muddy swamplands the lotus has thrived for more than a thousand years, producing beauty in the midst of muck. 

I hope you enjoy my lotus-inspired tribute of a powerful symbol of overcoming adversity and relentless creativity.

Set at a hypnotic 83 bpm, I’ve included a mix of sounds — a little synthpop, jazz, R&B, Latin, neoclassical, and definitely chill. 

P.S. One of the ancient Sanskrit names for Lotus 🪷 is Kamala. ❤️😀✌️

DAW Apple Logic Pro X
MIDI Akai MPK Professional 
83 bpm
E-Instruments used:
Concert Grand
Chinese Guzheng Zither
Clarinet Solo 
Deep Techno Chords 
Film Memories 
Violas
Ethereal Mallets
Upright Ballad Bass
E-Percussion:
Latin Kit
Studio R&B+
Crate Digger 
2-Step Remix Kit

Audio of breathing recorded live, August 3, 2024.

Photo of Lotus flower via Wikimedia Commons, public domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_flower_(978659).jpg

Sacred Lotus

Definitions from Oxford Languages 
par·ve·nu
/ˈpärvəˌno͞o/
noun
derogatory
noun: parvenu; plural noun: parvenus; noun: parvenue; plural noun: parvenues

    a person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity.
    "the political inexperience of a parvenu"

Lyrics: Parvenu

Make way… for the parvenu…
With the mouth, the mouth of a muckspout
Driven to crapulous excess
You make it all, make it all so Nanty-narky
Then batty-fan it into a mess 
Parvenu…
You avaricious ninny-hammer  
A colourful metaphor of profanity
Is that your best shot at me? Yeah?
Once upon a crepuscular crawler
Made too many, too many a fopdoodle
No need to be such a scobberlotcher
Obsequious as a funky poodle
 
Make way…for the parvenu…Break away…from the parvenu 
Make way…for the parvenu…Break away…from the parvenu …yeah…
You avaricious ninny-hammer
You avaricious ninny-hammer
Make way for the parvenu…Make way for the parvenu
(INST)
Make way…for the parvenu…Break away…from the parvenu 
Make way…for the parvenu…Break away…from the parvenu 
Make way… (Make way)…for the parvenu

Wigmore: music, mix, production
Allen: bass, guitars, vocals, lyrics (and dictionary research into antiquated English expressions and terms)

Parvenu

Die For You feat. Stevie Rain
Vocals Stevie Rain
https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/22003/die-for-you-funk-pop-juice-wrld-71bpm-funk-acapella
https://soundcloud.com/stevierainmusic
Paploviante:
Music Paploviante: E Bass, Mix and Mastering
Picture created with Swift Publisher

Die For You feat Stevie Rain

What is now?
What is now?
What you see from me is already in the past.
For sure it's a short time lapse, a small fraction of a second.
Light is fast, and there's just a few steps separating our pains.
Will you please now forgive me?
Will you please now forgive me?
Behind what you now see, there is already a different man.

Time Lapse (Based on Anastasyia and David de Michele instrumental)

Betwixt and Between

“Dessau Dreaming “ by Luke  (in memory of my brother) 

Long time ago during the Cold War in a small apartment in Dessau 🇩🇪
a 2 year old brother was introduced to his new baby brother, both boys were adorable with blonde hair & blue eyes.. 
one year later the older brother went by train to visit his Oma in Berlin.. 
that was the last time the brothers ever saw each other again..
the barbwire went up & the wall was enforced, forcing the 3year old brother to stay in the East while his younger brother (and Mother) made it to Aachen to live with the other Oma.. 
20years later the wall came down only boy left was the younger brother who grew up with the PolarBears in🇨🇦Canada..
he was a Diesel mechanic by trade
but he’s been writing & creating music since he was 6 years old..
I Created this song In memory of my older brother..
Dieter Schüßmann ❤️

“Dessau Dreaming” by Luke

There are people who change their mood a lot of times in the course of a day. I know several of them (and I'm not talking about me!) ...  

I could have arranged the parts better and tried different solutions, but I am beginning to feel a certain musical tiredness. So I leave the track as it is, maybe in a few years I will try again.  

-----  

Composed by Michele Ansani (2022-2025)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, January 29

Wandering around in uncertainty

'E.T. In The Shadows' is a Jazz Fusion track  and collaboration with
Georg Boehme (Winds) and Andy Grossart (Bass). 
Andy sent me through a 32 bar Bass solo and asked me if I could use it. This is the outcome from that 32 bars. Georg's Wind arrangement and solos are as always, exhilarating and bring with them a special dynamic to the piece. Andy's bass, solid and sometimes unpredictable and bringing his unique style throughout. So thank you to both for bringing my piece alive and it's my pleasure and honour as always to share with you.

Alan: Composition and Main arrangement -Production - All keys -  Guitar -Drum and Percussion programming.
Andy: Bass
Georg: Wind arrangemts and solos -https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

The Three Ps

E.T. In The Shadows

E.T. In The Shadows (Hamilton-Grossart-Boehme)

Rough and ready lo-fi troubadour blues. More off-key and forlorn than usual.

Lyrics:
Oh, that bartender
He moved to his own
Sweet slow ass time
In getting back those drinks 
To feed my mainline
You asked me about my guitar
I've been far
But tonight
I am playing this bar

I could be gone soon
Maybe I could explain it to you
a little later
In my motel room?
There's a Gideon Bible
Right there in the drawer 
It's revelation about our sin
They're always gonna try to change ya
I think you're forgiven
You're  just
Welcoming a stranger

I've been far
But tonight, I am
I am playing this bar

All this joyful noise
I sing it for you
All the loneliness
And the  cacophony, too
It's my troubadour blues

My melancholy
The useless beauty
I feel like I'm  living life in another man's shoes
You asked me about my guitar
I've been far
But tonight, I am
I am playing this bar...

All This Useless Beauty (Troubadour Blues)

A song about the ultimate bond, one of unconditional love and complete surrender. 

Video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKe2HPgoxd5/

Vocals (Composition, Arrangement & Performance): Elpiverse
Keyboards (Composition, Arrangement & Performance): @counterworlds-voltage
Mix, Mastering: Elpiverse (with valuable guidance from @counterworlds-voltage)
Production: @counterworlds-voltage, Elpiverse
Lyrics: Elpiverse
Cover Art: Elpiverse

Floating
Drifting
Soft 
And warm

Floating
Drifting
Soft 
And warm

Breathe

Dreaming of the light 
Sleeping by your side

Breathe

Breathe

Umbilical Love

Cast of characters:
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick four-string fretless bass, PRS semi hollow body electric guitar, seed idea
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums 
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Yamaha Genos 2 organ (?)
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Tom Anderson Custom T electric guitar
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – Squier Custom Telecaster electric guitar, mix, and production
Eclectic Collective -- composition
This song started around the New Year holiday, when Josh was playing around with a looper beat on his bass. He came up with the bass line and structure for it before turning it over the the rest of the Eclectic Collective to work with. 
  Ken was first up, giving the beat its due as a real drummer, and making it his own, expertly, as always. JJ was up next with his dynamic, lush organ, propping up the groove and adding sonic flavor throughout. Stephen came through after JJ with his foundatoinal, gritty, groovy guitar. It was sitting there ripe for a melody at this point, so Josh heard and added a melody vaguely inspired by the Simpson's theme and added it with his electric guitar. Tez wrapped the whole thing up with the exciting "synth" part you hear in the middle.
  Once it was in the bag, Tez did the honors of producing and mixing it for us, and he did so exactly as we wanted it.
  This is an example of a song Josh started with a groove and set loose on the rest of the band. It is also a good example of what happens when we're all moving towards the same vision. We hope you enjoy hearing this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Sugar Britches (Eclectic Collective)

AI is not an option I use or intend to in the future. All of my music is composed, played and produced using the following equipment:
Cubase 14 Pro
Arturia instruments (full suite) some FX
Native Instruments - Instruments and FX
Toontracks -Superior Drummer 3 and Percussion
Korg Triton Synyh
Roland RD800 Piano
Native Instruments - Komplete Control S49 and S61 keyborads
Icon Mixing desk
Yamaha & KRK active monitors
Congas and various  LA percussion instruments.
Various String libraries including: Spitfire/ IK Multimedia/labs/Orchestral Tools-Berlin Free Orchestra
Orange Tree Samples - Guitars and Flute
Musiclabs Guitars
Spectrasonics Trilian Basses
Soundpaint: Strings/Brass/Wind/Guitars/Percussion/ and a multitude of other things.
Various FX from a multitude of companies.
Various Programs from the Spitfire Original range
My trusted "Drum Stool"
Fridge (for Guinness)!!!!



Now retired from a life 'on the road' as a freelance keyboard player, I compose and record in my home studio, situated in the Carrick Hills in Southern Scotland. My music is mainly instrumental in nature and is a reflection of my life experience, sometimes real and sometimes imagined.
My influences are many and I have quite probably been shaped by listening to the very many "giants" of music, both players and composers. From classical to contemporary jazz and everything in between. My main instrument is the keyboard, whether that be piano, organ or synth. But I also play banjo, flute and percussion. I have a special relationship'with bass, whether upright or electric and use virtual and synth basses from numerous sources, but mainly Trilian by Spectrasonics.


https://music.apple.com/us/artist/alan-hamilton/119498445/see-all?section=full-albums
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2j38dJ8YVPX2nVQcUjaAYx
https://music.apple.com/us/album/time-travel-and-other-journeys/1651782098

E.T. In The Shadows (Hamilton-Grossart-Boehme)

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