In memory of Ray, who died two days ago in his eighties after a long illness - a man who made the world a better place for us all and will be sorely missed.  Ableton Live, Ibanez Jem, Tunefish synth, Firebird synth.

God Speed Ray20141008

A remix of a Jazz fusion song I once wrote on a Commodore Amiga controlling and Ensoniq VFX in the 90's.  Recently converted to MIDI in Ableton Live 9 and mixed with the original audio and a new coda using AfroDJMac's free Dirty Trumpet, CasiOP1, Bells and Kalimba and Electric Guitar sound packs. Thanks, apologies to and inspiration from AfroDJMac, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis and Frank Zappa.

Miles To Mahavishnu The Frank Version - AfroDJMacPacks And Ensoniq VFX

A piece dedicated to My Lovely Wife Ina for a quintet comprising piano, guitar, oboe, cello and trumpet.

Written, programmed, performed, engineered and mastered by myself.  Recorded and Mixed Ableton Live 9.  Guitar was an Ibanez Jem 555BK.   Started, Done and Dusted between 8.30 and 11.30 am on 4 January 2015.


My Lovely Wife 20150104

My thoughts on terrorism post Paris January 2015.

One Minute To The Abyss

A brief meditation the traumas associated with untreated mental illness in our world due to the difficulties in public psychiatric health funding and the difficult moral and ethical trade offs around the rights of an individual and the rights of others.

No Darkness Anymore

My first assignment in the Berklee College of Music course Online Introduction to Ableton Live.

Berklee Intro to Ableton Live Assignment 1 - What In The World

Berklee College of Music Online Jazz Improvisation course Assignment 1 - Solo over What is This Thing Called Love.

Solo Mike Thomas - Ibanez Jem 555 BK, Ableton Live

Berklee Jazz Improvisation L01 Assignment - Solo On What Is This Thing Called Love

The beauty of the New Zealand Southern Alps Black Beech Forests inspired this piece.

South Island Black Beech Forest

Contemplation on love in three parts for guitar, piano and bass.  Recorded in Ableton Live 9.5.

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