Third variation (of 12)about the Bourrèe from the Suite in E minor BWV 996 by J.S.Bach. Composed in november 2010 for woodwind quintet.
MIDI realisation november 2017.

Bourrèe Variation 3 (Courante-Allegro con brio)

As both a child and a man, I have lived in a lot of places. A recurring dream of mine is to wake and find myself at home.

@rick-4-1: The Dream Drums
@phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff

DREAM HOME

Home
I don't know where to go
My heart is taking me...
Home

© September 2021 Phil McWalter
Image: Phil McWalter

Dream Home

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Dan Blackard says.  I was thinking of what to write for this track while sitting in the parking lot at 4:30 in the morning. When for no particular reason visions of my youth and things I vaguely remember started to just flash into my mind. I almost just let the thoughts go. But, some of the memories seemed vivid. The commercials, tv shows and many of the things that, for only the briefest of times, meant a great deal to me.  And then I realized that my head was actually telling me that this was the song. Or, it's more than possible that I was half asleep😆.

Lyrics;
There's the doggy in the window
There's a red balloon
And hey diddle diddle
The cow that jumped over the moon

There's the marbles and jacks
Cartoon mouse and cat
And toys from the days
From when Santa got fat

And I can still find
In the back of my mind
All of the things
This kid left behind

Some crayons and books
Not to read, just for looks
And the big cookie jar
from where all the cookies were took

An old piggy bank
Plastic soldiers and tank
A box of Mr. Bubbles
In the tub where my submarine sank

And I can still find
In the back of my mind
All of the things
This kid left behind

Gumby and Pokey
Ranger hat from Smokey
The old hot wheels cars
A book of Sneetches with stars on thars
Big Tonka truck
The old rubber duck
Let go of my eggos
watch out for the legos.

And I can still find
In the back of my mind
All of those things
This kid left behind

What This Kid Left Behind

The pic is from Marek Piwnicki on Unplash. Great photographer!!  https://unsplash.com/photos/C68PN8CxZFI

Mostly the piano lines decide where my composition is heading to. Not this time, I found a voice sample, loved it and build the whole track around it, it had to be dark that s what the voice sample inspired me to do...I wanted to have whale songs in with it but could not find anything convincing...Suggestions? Hope you like the result
Stay tune and healthy

Glasgow 2021 ... Not Dark Enough?

No Direction

Too Much Fun

This piece was inspired by a short phrase that caught my attention in  Bach's Organ Sonata No.4, played by the prodigiously talented Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson. As is often the case for me, finding the notes in that short phrase started me on a journey, and after a number of miss steps and U-turns I ended up here.

Fallen

What ever happened to bike messengers and their buzzy cool urban assault?

Back before Mountain Bikes and the Internet              
There were the roadies and the messengers 
And there was tension,                                    
Us coming from different socio economics     
And personal sensibilities                                     
I like to think that there was mutual respect    But maybe    it was only one way ...    

Messenger runnin runnin the road
weaving and dodging
packing the load

your heart is sound
you pump 
the grit 

your soul 
it pounds
it pounds 
Intrepid

when you slither past cars
stalled at the lights

when you burn the reds
buz, speed and fright

and freight 
and weight
walky talky calves

the buzz of the burn
the draft of the haves

the draft of the haves 
carbon mono gray
the draft of the haves 
just a wheel away

From the pack

away away 
away from the pack

just a wheel away
away from the pack

pounding on steel 
chain and grease
just a wheel away from the pack

the shades of the night
bouncing off the road
in the mid noon glare
of a beat car’s hood

you slouch on a wall 
spiked hair and esspresso

I stare out through
windscreens
waiting at still

sitting in plastic 
Grease
and steel

just a wheel away from the pack

just a wheel away from the pack

away  
away from the pack

But are you off the front?
Or are you off the back?

Messenger runnin runnin the road  
wheeling and dodging  
packing the load

Messenger

'Just Blue Sky' (Live) by Acoustic Growl (Richard Barry)

'Just Blue Sky' (Live)

Stratocaster

Dedicated to those who chase the creative muse
Lyrics:
You'll know it when you feel it
I'd walk into burning buildings just to see it
Yeah, you know it when you feel it
My muse, she never stays around for long
The paint splatter
The ego destruction
The angle of the light
To try to capture the image
In your mind
Yeah, that's right
That's Robert Johnson there at the table
He knows a guy...
Who knows a guy...
Who gets things done 😈 
Because every showman knows
You gotta leave a little bit more
For the back row
You will know it when you feel it
The angels, they've got it all wrong
A beautiful sequence of mistakes
It's a beautiful sequence of mistakes

You'll know it when you feel it
I'll walk into abandoned buildings
Just to see it
She never likes to stay around long
She never likes to hear my love songs

And that's why I don't write love songs anymore...

You'll Know It When You Feel It

My third OST writing exercise : raw MIDI exports are upload here.

Looking For A Clue

All scores available.
Better with headphones.

Bourrèe Variation 3 (Courante-Allegro con brio)

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