wow, what a great listen this was. terrific all around, real music from real masters. (<;

Excellent, parts remind me of some of Zappa’s compositions 👏👏👏

I seem to have liked this but not reposted or left a comment. I must have been interrupted. This is genius all of you!

A masterpiece gentlemen! Interest, beautiful tones, gorgeous harmonies and wonderful playing all the way through! Amazing!

Coming back to listen again to this fine piece by you gentlemen, outstanding performances, some fantastic keys and sax play

I'm late to this amazing track. Bravo to everyone's spectacular contribution and performance (Louis, Georg, and Alan)!

VENUS

I feel like
the evening star
a faint light in the immense darkness
isolated desolated
in a world where more is less and
less is more
No home no comfort
unrelated and unbound
my Joy my Joy
undimmed but buried
like forgotten treasure 
of a bygone age….
I feel like
the Evening Star

VENUS

For my dear friend Francesco
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/4iFqu

Cenerentola / Золушка

"Winter in the City of Vancouver": On All Streaming Platforms. Here's a landing page: https://linktr.ee/michaelfirthsellers

This is a song about mature resignation in the face of human indifference and natural elements you can do nothing about.

My thanks to Chris Curtis for his harmonies, and to Sergio Aguilar of 423 Studios, for the supremely judged production and instrumental ability he brings to every song we have recorded!

"I would say just the weather in Vancouver in the winter can be kind of unforgiving."
- Brandon Jay McLaren

"I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most (city dwellers), and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life."
- Ben Elliot

Lyrics
Winter in the city of Vancouver
It’s brutal if you don’t have some steady pay
And any working hours you’ve gained
Don’t help to ease the pain
Of living on the edge day after day

Winter in the city of Vancouver
Hail and sleet are flaying me alive
Cos the ragged clothes I wear
Let in more than I can bear
It’s an endless daily struggle to survive

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
I’m seeking work to get me through to summer
If the job’s well done, press some dollars in my hand

Coyotes snapping at my heels as I walk through Stanley Park
I sure don’t care to find out if their bite is worse than their bark!
My coffee’s cold in my two-year-old disposable Starbucks cup
I fear my hopes are so far down there’s no way to pull them up!

Winter in the city of Vancouver
Christmas snow, the first in many years
As I tramp through dirty slush
My face a cold, red flush
I brush away my bitter icy tears

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
If I knock upon your door, give me whatever chore
And if the job’s well done, press some dollars in my hand

Going south from Lions Gate to Granville Island
Going east from English Bay to Coquitlam
Boss man says "Just a day, then on your way, son"
But at least I get some dollars in my hand

Winter in the city of Vancouver
A city that I love and love to hate
I’m looking for some heat,
And something good to eat
Nothing more, for now at any rate

Credits from Urban Tales, track released February 28, 2022
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers; Chris Curtis
Guitars, keyboard, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Album Cover photo: Image by Aditya Chinchure on Unsplash
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny

Urban Tales

Winter in the City of Vancouver

Buy now at Bandcamp

Winter In The City Of Vancouver (Ft. Chris Curtis) 5 Stars Commended rating, UKSC, 2022

Thanks to Stonerjazz for the open collab! See the original here: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-911083679/song-0011wav

Stonerjazz -- percussion, vocals, bass
River Dolphins -- remix, blues guitar

Hawk Caught A Rabbit Caught The Blues - Stoner Jazz - River Dolphins

Opened the Eyes of My Room

Production Note
https://furicomusicteam.blogspot.com/p/north-at-defining-moment.html

North At Defining Moments

Nannette's Minuet in Cm

Electra's Minuet In Cm

'Rising From The Ashes Part III'
I am absolutely delighted to post this third part in the series of tracks and trilogy 'Rising From the Ashes'
This has been an incredible journey for me and being joined by:
John Hamilton  - Composition/Drum programming/Keyboards
Georg Boehme -  All Saxes/Sax Arrangements
Louis Taverna   -  Guitar Solo

Alan Hamilton  -  Composition/Arrangement/Acoustic & Electric Pianos/Organ/                                                   Synths/Percussion/Drum programming/Bass/Production 

Thanks to all of you for helping to bring this trilogy to such a fantastic conclusion.
Alan

Rising From The Ashes Part III

Rising From The Ashes Part III (Feat. John Hamilton/Georg Boehme/Louis Taverna)

Have you ever phoned up the TV company to report a fault or an Airline customer services line looking for your money back for a flight that didn't go due to Covid and  been left hanging on the telephone listening to those very annoying messages, being asked to press 1 for this and 2 for this etc. since the advent of Covid this has just gotten so much worse and we are just suppose to except this as the norm its so frustrating and Big business don't give a rats ass so long as we keep buying ...so im really pissed about this very annoying and very disturbing development in our world so i wrote this protest song...just to let a little bit of steam off...ha ha enjoy 
Johnny

written and performed and produced and mastered whilst pissing myself laughing . Johnny Mc Farlane

Whatever Happened to Customer Service

Single from album CHROMAZONES out now https://chromadome.bandcamp.com/album/chromazones

Longyearbyen

In essence, music is the act of applying form to the formless. Guided by spirit and emotion, music seeks to articulate the intangible things that we can’t touch, but can most certainly feel. These are the essentials and with these compositions, producer/multi-instrumentalist, Reinier Thijs a.k.a. Thysenterprise applies jazz virtuosity to a hip-hop sensibility to thrilling effect, but more importantly, the music here acts as a conduit for something deeper. 

A singular work born out of collective effort, ‘ESSENTIAL’ combines all of the deep interplay and communication required of improvising music with the formal and textural experimentation of hip-hop and electronic production. The spirit of important jazz giants such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Coltrane permeate the music here. At times throughout the album, Reinier, his guests and ensemble meld the influence of the great jazz cannon with the rhythms of hip-hop. 

While the improvisational heights that Reinier and crew reach throughout the album owe a debt to hardbop and the avant-garde, there are beats and textures here akin to the work of Karriem Riggins or A Tribe Called Quest. The result is a truly contemporary sound that plays freely within the depths of human feeling. 

What are the essential things that music requires? Not the mechanical specifics by which music is defined: melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, etc. What is music really and what does a musician have to do to get to that core? Above all else, music is an expression of the inexpressible that requires that we pour our everything into it. We play for pleasure, we play to understand ourselves and the world around us, we play to celebrate and remember our loved ones. Of course, the performance and execution require years of study, practice, contemplation and analysis, but memory, feeling, spirit must also be present. Full of joy, sorrow, and perseverance, ‘ESSENTIAL’ shows us the value of music as a ritual for the veneration of life.

— Liner notes by John Morrison
 
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ESSENTIAL. Out November 17th on Rucksack Records:
https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

Thysenterprise:
https://thijsenterprise.bandcamp.com/

Rucksack Records:
https://rucksackrecords.bandcamp.com/

BANDCAMP: Gatefold 2LP

Thysenterprise - Heit

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 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

Rising From The Ashes Part III (Feat. John Hamilton/Georg Boehme/Louis Taverna)

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