The creative juices are sometimes right and music just flows out.  This is a song that just flowed so nicely, I called it by it's creation.  Hope you enjoy it...

In The Flow

Change of pace with an electric piano - all the thick overlapping sounds makes for a nice soothing experience....hope you enjoy it....

Electric Lullaby

I was experimenting with some tracks and a soft bit of singing, and thought I'd toss it out on SC for fun...hope you enjoy it...

Show You My Love

If angels exist, do they sleep?  Well, this is my imagined place where angels come to sleep - an "Angel Sleeping Hall" so to speak.....hope you find it restful....

When Angels Sleep

OK, this one is dark, I admit it...one of those that spilled out and I remember I was even in a good mood, just exploring the minor sounds when it emerged...if you are in a funk, this may keep you there, so listen with that warning!  Still, I hope you enjoy it even if it is melancholy in it's flavor.....

Cracked Mirror Memories

Hopefully this piece will provide you with a quiet place to rest – if even for just a few minutes...

A Quiet Place To Rest

Once again, thanks to Betty  (https://soundcloud.com/sinth-2) for helping me name this new piece...hope it pleases....

Grand Symphony

When all else is not to be trusted, Love Endures...

Love Endures

A gentle and casual Silent Night....have a blessed Christmas every one

Silent Night (light and gentle freestyle version)

It felt like birds flying.....hope you like this track...

Flying Free

Hi all, this track is another improvisation that felt so calm, so relaxing and peaceful, it just seemed to be like that great feeling when you are Safe at Home....hope you enjoy the mixing of chords and the changes of pace - I really enjoyed this as it "built itself"...

Safe at Home

You Are The One In Control

If you like this one, play my "River" here in SC.  This is an extension of that feeling in running water .  Hope it pleases....

River 2

I don't waste creative time, whenever it is.  This one has some dissonant explorations - not huge, but just enough to make it interesting...hope you enjoy it...

Not Bad For 2 AM...

He sat for a long time on the red rocks gazing over the limitless blue horizon.  The distant crashing of the surf floated past his senses like a warm mist and filled him with the sadness of lost days he now could not fully recall.  The pungent and salty air was infused with the lonely scattered cries of the gulls as they swooped and cavorted in the dimming evening sky.  Their annoying cries were becoming transparent and harmless as the he sank deeper into his thoughts, deeper into his solitude.

The glowing and burnished sun's disk was half consumed by the darkening waters and it painted the cotton ball clouds pink and violet and red as they escorted the star to it's next day's duty on the other side of the world. The fading light would have been overwhelmingly sad but the old man suddenly remembered the song that he had been struggling to play in his mind.   He sat more straight, the slump becoming less, his face brightened slowly, then with increasing warmth against the cold night air as the music filled his memories and lifted his feelings of loneliness.. 

With this recaptured melody now firmly escorting his memories to places more fond, his hours of sitting on the cliff were done, and he slowly and stiffly rose to his feet.   The dusk was heavy now with gloom, and yet the shift in his perception was one of hope and wanting to continue.  That song, that melody, the wonderful times that he now was remembering seemed to make the shift in his mood complete.  

The old man quietly pulled the note from his vest pocket, and read it once more as if to have it pass inspection of anyone who would finally locate his broken body from the cliffs below.  A wan, soft smile folded across his heavily wrinkled face and he chuckled quietly to anyone who might have heard.  "Not tonight, I think" were his softly spoken words.  They fell quietly from his lips as if they were meant to last through the morning.  "Not tonight".  

The old man folded the paper carefully, and placed it back into his pocket.  He surveyed the darkness, the faded colors now gone, and turned and strode with a bit more care in his step as he gently hummed the lost melody that had caused him to pause, and allow more time to be observed.  He remembered the music, the memories and what wonderful things had happened during that magical time in his life so many years ago.  

So tonight, this night, the music carried the old man back away from the end, and back to the journey of life.  Certainly, there were more songs and melody's he would enjoy.  As the old man strode into the night, he was now singing fully the song he finally remembered and it's notes floated back to the night as if to say good-bye for now.  More living to do with more music to follow....


The Old Man On The Cliff

It doesn't weight much, but can make all the difference in your life..this song just felt joyful as it unfolded and hope it brings you joy too....

Carry Joy in Your Heart

I had nothing stand out in my mind as to what to call this, so reached back to the old "Capriccio", which is defined as "a lively piece of music, typically one that is short and free in form."   I couldn't have named it more perfectly as to it's structure.  Hope you enjoy....


Capriccio #14

The very first Fivos song I heard on SoundCloud was his beautiful and haunting Nightly Walker.  I asked Fivos to share with me his score so I could at least enjoy playing his Nightly Walker, and at Fivos' urging, I am going to post my version on SC.  

I will not attempt to be Fivos - I could never be as talented as Fivos, and his wonderful songs and playing.  I am just posting this simple and non-improvised version (except the ending) as a tribute to Fivos and as a thank you to all his wonderful music.  He is brilliant and this is just a "junior" version of Nightly Walker that I enjoyed recording.  

Thanks Fivos for the score and for your tremendous talent and music!  Keep on sharing it and we'll keep on listening.  

Bruce 

Piano Remix of Fivos Valachis "Nightly Walker"

This track was forgotten and discovered during a bitter-sweet personal week with the passing of a family member and the strenthening of existing family ties.  Rebirth seemed appropriate. 

Rebirth

A light and carefree version for the holidays - hope you enjoy it.  

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (light and carefree improv version)

Follows the Challenging G minor, D minor, Eb major, F minor 

4 Chord Contemplation

This medley includes piano, tuba, oboe, some strings, a bass guitar somewhere in there, some bells, a few trumpets (amazing!), some assorted percussion, and a jazz/swing ambiance...Merry Christmas all...

Christmas Medley (A Bit Different This One Is)

Submitted as an improv for the "ivory" portion of the Ebony and Ivory Challenge.   

Ivory Improv Stylings

Sometimes the name just pops out, and this somewhat sad song named itself...hope you find it worth listening to.

In The End The Crying Clown Smiled

In the challenge "Pop Goes The Piano", I may be stretching the definition of "Pop", but the production of Sound of Music celebrates it's 50th anniversary and this song is an iconic classic.  It is so simple, and so hauntingly beautiful, I just had to determine a chord sequence I thought was pleasing, and this is the result.  I didn't use a score, just constructed it by ear.  There are only 394 notes in this entire track, so I love the simplicity and clean result.  Hoping you can squeeze this into the "Pop" genre.  Here is a great very brief video of the song originally sung by Christopher Plumber on The Sound of Music: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bL2BCiFkTk

Edelweiss

3rd in a series of "river tracks."  Quick and fast, some slow and some elegant.  Hope it relaxes and flows for you!  

River 3

My gentle and jazzed up version of Away in A Manger.  Hope it finds your Christmas spirit lifted...

Away in a Manger (Slow Jazz Improvisation)

In keeping with my Christmas Carol format, here is a spacious and cool version of Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.  Plenty of spaces, plenty of improvisations, just mellow Christmas offering.  

Oh Little Town of Bethlehem (cool and simple piano light jazz version)

New Year, a new sound just for fun.  Didn't touch anything on this, hence one take the name is Let It Stand.  Not my normal genre, but like I said, new year, new sound exploration.  

Let it Stand

X    SONG.WAV

It was raining heavily and this piece just made itself - one of the beautiful thing about music when it flows freely, it is always a joy to capture it as it happens..

Let It Rain

Dynasty

All black keys - the ending is not a mistake...just quite ending

YEAH.WAV

No notes touched = improvisation left "as is", hence the title.

Ascension

Georgia on my Mind

A musical depiction of a majestic and calm ocean - I live on the coast of Ecuador on the ocean and it's many moods are amazing.  I tried to capture some of it musically - this is probably a work in progress and will be further edited.  Comments are welcome...

SEASCAPE 1

I have volunteered for almost 4 years to the Crisis Text Line where as a crisis counselor, I text a lot of people in pain.  This song came out one night after one such session.  Lots of pain out there, please stay safe.  I f you are in crisis (any kind), in the U.S., text "HOME" to 741 741 and be connected 24/7, 365.  All ages, all issues.  Look for the other country links - UK, Canada and more.

Lyrics:    

I'm Invisible
When I woke up today, 
I woke to tears
My first thought as always was
I'd rather not be here

My mind is like a vast lonesome maze 
filled with pain and no way out
I'm in a constant daze

'Cause I'm invisible to everyone I see
No need to look this (my) way
you'll never see me 
'cause I'm invisible
 to you

In my loneliness I try not to despair
But it's hard when you speak 
as if I'm not even there

Have you ever wondered 
why I'm quiet and shy?
I want to be seen
but it's just too hard to try

'Cause I'm invisible to everyone I see
No need to look this (my) way
you'll never see me
'cause I'm invisible 
to you

When I get down everyday
I try to move on
But all I can think of is how easy for you it would be
if I were gone

I have no joy and I have no friends
But don't want to stay this way
I need someone just to listen 
and hear what I have to say 

'Cause I'm invisible to everyone I see
No need to look this (my) way
you'll never see me
 'cause I'm invisible 
to you

Please don't judge me by what you see
the real me is trembling
inside my cloak of invisibility

I'm trapped inside my mind 
alone and scared
please someone take my hand
and help me get repaired

'Cause I'm invisible to everyone I see
No need to look this (my) way
you'll never see me 
'cause I'm invisible 
to you

I'm Invisible

I wanted to use features of the Roland FA08 that I never use, so I chose the arpeggio function and changed the setting throughout the making of the track from Random to Note Sequence to Glissando - one track I recorded was a full grand piano, the other track is a harpsichord.  Each track was recorded separately, and then the tempo sped up just to make it "busy"  It is different!  a

DUELING KEYBOARD.WAV

Gentle solo piano to sooth the soul....enjoy

Moonlight Lament

I've always loved the sea and it's awesome power and beauty.  I grew up around boating and love all the time I've spent on the water.  This is a small musical landscape of  a typical day of sailing. Some smooth, calm waters, a bit of laziness and peace, some rolling waves, some choppy waters, a brief tempest, but ultimately safe and secure back at port.    Hope this minor water excursion is enjoyable to the listener....

A Day of Sailing (calm, smooth, lazy, peaceful, choppy, stormy, safe at port)

Music has always been a passion - to create from a finite number of notes a unique and one-of-a-kind sound is a gift that I never tire of.  Everyone who writes or creates music provides the world with little miracles that can be enjoyed forever.  I'm only an amateur composer, but I hope something in my tracks touches you...comments always welcomed....

Bruce 

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