Lovely production nice voice and collab. Nice work 👍 👏

Heavenly beautiful singing and orchestral arrangement! Your version is a true masterpiece, I'm really fascinated!

Wunderschöne Unaufdringlichkeit, dadurch äußerst eindringlich.

Wow, this is so beautiful. I love the orchestration and Layna's vocals are gorgeous. I love this collab!

🔥Stunning  Performance Layna & Axel🔥
👏amazing vocals & lyrics 
👏beautiful song..
love when the pipes & drums come in.. reminds me of my years in the Canadian Military 🇨🇦 Pipes & Drum core ..
(I was a drummer & played the Bugle ) 
Great job Axel 
👏👏👏👏Bravo you two👏👏👏👏

Dear Axel - I certainly agree - soo lovely voice! And soo wonderful orchestration!

May 19th marks the day of my childhood best friends passing. Losing him at such a young age was a tragedy. We shared so many wild adventures and new experiences, he was like a brother. After I moved to LA, flying home for Christmas was the only time I got to see him. You never know when it’s the last time your going to see someone so enjoy every moment with those you love. Rest well my friend you are still by my side! This track features the amazing violin work of the incredibly talented Joylin and my JCB brother Dean playing bass and making everything sound like magic in a speaker. Can’t thank them enough!

Jeff's Song

Here’s a world track with the awesome Balinese singer Agung Ocha. Thanks to Agung for her soothing melodies and vocals !
In this piece I used handpan, electric guitar, duduk, tablas, solo violin, electric piano, drums an bass.
This track is tuned at 444Hz.

Vocals: Agung Ocha: https://www.youtube.com/@AgungOchaBALI1711
Composition: Julien Apelian
Recording studio: Audio Colors
Picture: Unsplash
June 14th 2024

Gaïa - featuring Agung Ocha

Inspired by a poem by Robert Bly:

 “Ah, on this planet we are born again and again. A gold sun rises in the East, but for us, it is a black sun. Each time the black sun rises, dazzling and tremendous, its sadness flows into us. ‘If this sadness could not flow out of me, it would kill me.’
I listen and I see a horse-dragon swim up out of the Black Sea. It climbs into the air. Play on, play on - what can we do but long for this dragon-water from the Black Sea to fall on us?”

While making this, the medieval text 'Omnia sol temperat' dumped into my head. As it have the rebirth theme as well, the synchronicity of it all seemed unmistakeable :-)

Ah, On This Planet

Special thanks to Hemanifezt for his a cappella...

CHANGE MY LIFE .   feat. HEMANIFEZT

Hello everyone, 
a while ago I came across Layna's page here on Soundcloud. I was amazed by her beautiful voice. I am very happy that she agreed to my request for a collaboration. So we re-recorded the traditional "Ash Grove", which she had sung before. I gave the piece an orchestral arrangement that includes the typical Celtic instruments. In addition, there was a new intro and outro.

I am incredibly happy that I was able to work with such a wonderful singer. Thank you very much, Layna!

You can also find Layna's wonderful singing here:

On Soundcloud:

https://on.soundcloud.com/oPco4


On YouTube:

https://youtube.com/@laynamothersings?si=fEF8FD4e1ycDQMml

Ash Grove (feat. Layna)

the first time i saw you, i was hypnotized.
from that day i knew, had to be by your side.
the smile of salvation, looking back at me.
the face of an angel, come to set me free.

my angel

you are amazing, there's no one like you.
a heart full of love, a soul that's good and true.
even in the darkness, you shine like a guiding star.
one in a million, that's just what you are.

my angel

My angel.

Grateful if you could visit my video:
https://youtu.be/E8hQlSgudDc?si=xsLGAJbQO_ibci6Q

My latest is a tune based around a couple of acoustic guitar parts. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening :)

Lyrics:
Another year, another bad debt
Snow is on the ground
Follow a trail of broken promise
Lost and never found
Its hard to know
When things go wrong 
And  word is on the street
The last to know 
And the only one 
To leave 

Even though we’ve been full circle
The ice is something new 
And tonight it’s unfamiliar
A place I thought I knew
I feel the dark 
And taste the cold
There’s nothing  here to see
The last to know 
The only one 
To leave 

Waking up too early
A bright light in my eyes
The clues were all around us
Thrown away with all the lies


In the morning I come looking
Somewhere in the snow
I know the footprints will be buried 
No where else to go
The wind gets up
The ghost has gone 
No hope of a reprieve
The last to know 
And The only one 
To leave

The Last To Know

Here’s my latest song written at my real acoustic piano. 

Thank you so much to my lovely Sander for mastering. 
@wane-of-summer 😊💕🎶❤️🎼🎵🎹🎤❤️

You’ve stolen my heart
Killed all my doubts
And now I’m falling
Head over heels

And now I’m wondering 
If you’ll be my partner in crime

You’ve robbed my soul
Set me aflame 
And now I’m burning
Just for you

Oh sentence me
Oh sentence me

Oh Soleil

MIDISOUND -https://soundcloud.com/sonido-reflexivo
Wrote me this fabulous track to write vocals for , we both do hope you like it 😁
What are they feeding your mind
How are they seeding your kind

Illusion machine
It's bigger than you and me
Illusion machine
The demon's behind your screen

Why do they need you so much
When do they get in touch

Illusion machine
It's bigger than you and me
Illusion machine
The demon's behind your screen

Midisound/winkandwoo - 2024

Illusion Machine

I'm not doing any music these days,so I thought I'd post one I did years ago. It's a cover of a Paul Ads song I've always loved.

Paul Adamson is a damn fine songwriter and I hardly ever record covers of other folk's work,but this one resonated deeply with me and still does after repeated listens.
I didn't lean too heavy on the production on this,because I wanted to allow the song to shine. I hope you enjoy and bring a few listens to Paul's cloud.

Words and music by PaulAds. Song covered by Davy Vance

Paul's music can be found here. @thefuneralcrasher

So Haunt Me - a song by PaulAds (The Funeral Crasher)

Hello everyone, I'm amazed at how many incredibly good musicians there are here. I enjoy listening to music of all kinds that I probably wouldn't have discovered otherwise. 
Thank you all very much, you inspire me a lot.  

Here you can hear the finished dishes that were cooked in my "Music-Kitchen". I'm a hobby musician and I'm gradually composing music that I'm interested in at the moment. Instrumental music is certainly one of my favorites, but I'm also interested to collab with singers. I'm curious to see if your ears like the "dishes".  😉 
Enjoy listening!

I'm very happy and thankful about so much positive feedback on my music.  

Visit me also on Youtube:
 https://youtube.com/@axelmenningen?si=c01MyCiAEs39qZPZ

On Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/axel_menningen_music/




Ash Grove (feat. Layna)

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