Ballad

Music: Alfredo De Pietra
Lyrics & Vocals: James Higgins

To Go That Extra Mile

i've been getting myself sidetracked
by the little things in life
making mountains out of molehills
tossing turning through the night

i got an itch that just needs scratching
all my bugs i have to bare
i keep getting tunnel vision
and think no one really cares

but i'm thankful i have friends
who help me keep my feet on the ground
and who offer me advice
that is both wise and profound

but when i'm left to my own thoughts
i keep waking sleeping dogs
rubbing salt into my old wounds
always making matters worse


i am sorry i was short with you
i've got too much on my mind
trying to get from a to z
when i don't have the time

i need to have a break from work
and spend more time with you
take the dog out for a walk
and run the kids to school

well you know i could start a fight
in an empty room
and baby baby baby baby
so could you

but you can make me laugh
and you can make me smile
you give me the strength
to go that extra mile

To Go That Extra Mile

IndieMag about Versuchsanordnung:

"VERSUCHSANORDNUNG (GERMANY)
Haunting. Cinematic. Evocative. Versuchsanordnung is more of a collective rather than a band. Forming in 2006, the group has evaded categorization with their particular brand of atmospheric improvisations. Their name itself means experimental arrangement in German and they definitely live up to their name. They have a list of goals that read like a mission statement, including ‘to create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head.’ Goal archieved. Whether it is a film score or a freeform song, this group lives in a land where no soundscape is ever played the same way twice. Well worth hunting down."

"Die Band um den Kölner Grafiker & Musiker Christian Barthold geht nicht den geraden Weg. Hier hört man jazziges, Progressiv-Elemente, Post-Rock-Tristesse und immer wieder ganz unerwartete Sounds, die dann, wie in PONYHOF, zu einem Moll-Surf-Instrumental führen, das sehr an die wunderbaren Atomic Swing erinnert. Gemeinsam mit Jörg Düpjohann (dr.), Markus Blatzheim (bs) und dem Pianisten Christoph Uhlhaas ist ein sehr eigenwilliges Album gelungen, das neben der Musik auch für sein Verpackungsdesign die absolute Höchstwertung bekommt."
- Gitarre&Bass / Lothar Trampert, CD-Review / Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand" (Oct 21, 2011) 

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Das Hohelied Der Leere (CD-Version)

"Glaub mir kein Wort" 
from CD Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand"

IndieMag about Versuchsanordnung:
"VERSUCHSANORDNUNG (GERMANY)
Haunting. Cinematic. Evocative. Versuchsanordnung is more of a collective rather than a band. Forming in 2006, the group has evaded categorization with their particular brand of atmospheric improvisations. Their name itself means experimental arrangement in German and they definitely live up to their name. They have a list of goals that read like a mission statement, including ‘to create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head.’ Goal archieved. Whether it is a film score or a freeform song, this group lives in a land where no soundscape is ever played the same way twice. Well worth hunting down."

"Die Band um den Kölner Grafiker & Musiker Christian Barthold geht nicht den geraden Weg. Hier hört man jazziges, Progressiv-Elemente, Post-Rock-Tristesse und immer wieder ganz unerwartete Sounds, die dann, wie in PONYHOF, zu einem Moll-Surf-Instrumental führen, das sehr an die wunderbaren Atomic Swing erinnert. Gemeinsam mit Jörg Düpjohann (dr.), Markus Blatzheim (bs) und dem Pianisten Christoph Uhlhaas ist ein sehr eigenwilliges Album gelungen, das neben der Musik auch für sein Verpackungsdesign die absolute Höchstwertung bekommt."
- Gitarre&Bass / Lothar Trampert, CD-Review / Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand" (Oct 21, 2011) 

Versuchsanordnung says: Please meet us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/versuchsanordnung

Glaub Mir Kein Wort (CD-Version)

Expectancy

Originally I went into the studio to record a 5/4 arrangement of "My Favourite Things" (another Rogers tune) but as you may hear I got side-tracked...
Anyway, on this stormy-rainy February day, I send some love out into the world.  Can't have enough love, right?






Drum Loop courtesy of ferryterry; http://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/55660
Guitar - stevejaz;  http://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/68667

My Funny Valentine (Rogers & Hart)

music: Ivan Ujevic ( The Monk by the Sea) 
melody for the vocals, vocals and lyrics: Oddrun Eikli 

soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli


Veien Jeg Går (ft. Oddrun Eikli )

CORSICA

Handra EP

These tracks are available on iTunes store!

My Brother

L'amour est mort (MB Ployé / MB Ployé)
Arrangement : Olivier Mugot

L'amour Est Mort

For Shashi's birthday.  Thank you for your support!

Birthday Piece

Music composed by Charles Chambaz
All instruments, effects are performed by myself.
For more information, see my public Profile
All rights reserved.
Lyrics and Vocals by Jean-Michel (https://soundcloud.com/jean-michel-george):

Let me ride your siren's voice
(Unbind me from the mast)
Gliding vowels and words of choice
(No highway cowboys)
Trickling from your honey lips
(L'e dans l'o du coeur)
Perfect R's that roll like hips
(Notes unsung)
Howling winds and whispered oaths
Sailing to your milky shores
As seamen must
In a final thrust
Like the sweetest sun-kissed peach
My D-day landing beach ...

Sirens Of The Odyssey: A Charles(music) & JM (vocal) Collaboration

Please enjoy this tribute to Beethoven by TK78 soundcloud.com/tk78
 John Eagle soundcloud.com/johnny_eagle
and me, just singing along! 

Ludwig by John Eagle and TK78 w/ Faerytale

A mellow piano-vocal for sharecloud sunday

Listen on Spotify

Love affair with life

A one take improvisational guitar piece (via the Roland VG88)

Etheral

Another Pat Metheny tune from the Question and Answer album. This is originally a guitar trio arrangement. I tried to stay as close to the original as possible. It was surprising to me how complete the trio arrangement was. It wasnt much of a strech to transcribe it for the string quartet. 

Never Too Far Away (Pat Metheny)

the world as we know it has ended according to the Mayans....so NOW is the new beginning!!- lets acknowledge this and begin to live differently with each other-:)! s/b a great experience for all of us who are willing to accept this new adventure!.......File is MP3 format and approx 17.4 mb in size.(tried to upload in audio format with no success- cant seem to get audio formats uploaded in new Soundcloud version any more) Hope you like the track-:)

21.12.12 The End is a long Beginning

Another stunning one take improvisation with www.soundcloud.com/gerjan-schreuder. Sometimes hard to believe for ourselves that we just start playing and all of this evolves out of nothing. Guitar magic!

Big Shorts

https://soundcloud.com/iohannes/sets/epclouds

Photo by Vinoth Chandar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinothchandar/5712229637/

Clouds

33cl (teaser)

Test with a part of the solo arranged piece.

Pat Metheny - Antonia Test

Hey people, music as medicin, yes , I do, emotional food. Playing the guitar as best as possible, the learning road is long, but nice..

Ballad

B Luc