So this is my first foray into the world of original jazz composition. 
Had a lot of fun doing this.
I played rather than programmed too. Still using vsti's but not a single note was entered with a mouse!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it :)

Nel <3

Nothings Doin'

It’s unmistakably original - Pompeyjazz doesn’t imitate, he distills and reimagines !!

John Bradley A.K.A Pompeyjazz is a Southsea based Singer / Songwriter, multi instrumentalist and producer who has released 16 solo albums together with other albums with collaboration projects Star XD and The Auditors. His music covers a wide variety and genres and influences based on a lifetime of playing music.

​These days, live performances are mainly solo acoustic interpretations of his catalog of songs.

https://pompeyjazz.bandcamp.com

Pompeyjazz on Spotify 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QfDhSlidjwyONhk8Srbpe?si=7cb9610383b7493c

Star XD on Spotify (Collaboration with Ces Sile)

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4S34BGkchyjUwxETLKS3xf?si=0507552e86b14f53

The Auditors on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/11SgWBQiUwBk84a5RZBEat?si=1b540475860349f4

Enjoy the music !

Welcome to my Soundcloud page!
A page of old songs and new, original and covers, from pop rock to prog metal and everything in between. I like music that's interesting and tells a story (concept albums, anyone?), so hopefully my tracks are a passable attempt at that :)
 
My biggest influences include Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson, Riverside, Genesis, Yes, Opeth, Tool, Karnivool, and Dream Theater.

As much as I love making music, I'm also a fan of so many of you here on Soundcloud. This page is a mix-tape dedicated to all your amazing work. I'll be listening closely with cat's ears.

Please take a moment to listen, comment on, and if you like, repost - let's keep the soundcloud community vital. 

Any folks looking to follow/ then immediately unfollow just to get me to repost: think twice and think sustainably please by doing the real work of growing your fans in an honest and organic way.

I enjoy composing, arranging and recording music on an ever-expanding array of guitars, especially Fender electrics and Martin acoustics.  My musical journey began more than half a century ago, and every day brings new opportunities for continued growth as a musician.  My current leading influences include Jim Campilongo, Scotty Anderson and Guthrie Trapp.  I love Beethoven, Keith Richards, Henry Mancini, Aretha Franklin and a thousand others whose music has brought me joy, whether for many decades or for a few minutes.  I strive to learn something from every piece of music that I hear, and to make music that others will enjoy hearing.

I'm an amateur DIYer in terms of recording, doing everything in my music space at home and learning as I go.  I enjoy experimenting with a variety of microphones and mic placements, recording into a Zoom R16 and using Audacity as my DAW.  I use an array of Fender tube amps, all blackface/silverface reissues, and a modest pedal board.  I record acoustic instruments either with condenser microphones directly on the instruments or else amped through a Fishman Loudbox Mini.

Le meilleur de la vie se passe à dire "Il est trop tôt", puis "Il est trop tard". - Gustave Flaubert

I've been playing about with keyboards for nearly 40 years and enjoy putting my ideas down in a musical format, hope you enjoy my musings.

There's no doubt about it, Music animates my Soul, and as an enthusiastic student of Life as well as a passionate Improvisational Pianist &  Composer, as far as I'm concerned, our lives would be impoverished without it ! :)  Composing is all about 'Sharing the Joy, Passion and Angst' we experience in Life, as well as connecting with Musicians and 'Creatives' worldwide. This makes it even more wonderful!  That willingness to engage in whatever way makes SC an ever-expanding Movable Feast that nourishes and inspires on so many levels. 

Music Communicates the Emotional and Informational Content and Context of Heart, Mind, Spirit, and Soul. And 'Letting it Flow' is 'Where Its At' as I hear it!  

Over the past few years since becoming part of the SoundCloud Family, my 'Joy in and Passion for' Creative Musical Expression has increased exponentially as has my appreciation of all the wonderfully passionate Musicians and Creatives worldwide who have devoted themselves to Letting It Take Form! 

Here's a bit of a bio, if anyone is interested.  

Somehow, my MUSE got my attention at a tender age. About the time I was completing my Royal Conservatory training. 

My memory being poorer than most, I began improvising in the passages I had forgotten. And while the audience seemed unaware, my teacher chastised me indulgently, saying, "it appears I have a budding composer on my hands"!  And thus began my Odyssey into the wonderful Vibrational world of Sound!:-) In-deed, I have been an ardent, attentive and appreciative acolyte of my Muse ever since. 

During the early 1970s I had the pleasure and honour of a three year friendship and Master Class with the then Octogenarian Composer Manoah Leide-Tedesco , one of Tone Poem giant Richard Strauss` favorite pupils and friend of Maurice Ravel and other 20th century composers such as Stravinsky (whose music he helped popularize). Since then, whether Improvising, listening, studying composition or devoting myself wholly to the visual arts for years at a time, I have been deeply aware that sharing my musical insights , teaching, and or mentoring young aficionados came with the territory!   I love it, although I am afraid that as my consciousness expands...that I know less and less each year! :-)  

The Tonal Oasis called SoundCloud is a fine and wondrous place in oh so many ways.  And with your support and appreciation, I de-Light to share my music with an ever widening audience. I call what i upload ' Sound-Seeds'.  Most of these 'bed tracks' call out to be fleshed out by passionate soloists who somehow Resonate with my Soundz and Ideas.  So please drop me a line, as i am most interested in letting them bear more fruit through collaboration, interpretation, re-mixing or use in other media.    

And on a personal Note, a Huge Thank-You to each and all who listen, inJoy, and Re-Post onwards what finds it's way thru me! :) Bless y'all.  It's my Joy to simply 'Let' the Creative Spirit find expression through this instrument of Body, Mind, and Heart!  I hope you will find some peace, joy, and rest, in at least some of my improvisations, compositions, or soundz. 

Insofar as playing, and composing  ... as you continue on in Your journey into  the infinite 'Cave of Wonders' we call Music, I wish you all the very best in all Your creative endeavours. 

So Be Kind to yourSelves and one another. Be Audacious, Ready to Play, and above all, share the Joy of being able to express whatever you're feeling. 

In-deed, may The Muse continue to 'Sing on and Play on' through each of us !   For this is one way this 'ol world is lifted up, and Changed for the better - note by note, and smile by smile .  

 Yes, may we simply Let our Creativity flow forth without concern for results.
                                   Peace

                                    Gary *+*

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                       Pluto's atmosphere as seen recently by Horizon Spacecraft

Just sharing the music that I write as a way to give me some focus for composing, something i'm currently striving to be better at.
While drums are my first instrument, guitar will mostly be featured here  and almost everything else you hear will be programmed, including drums. I just don't have the gear or the space to record them.
Comments and shizz will be appreciated verily yo. Feel free to contact me also.

Main account https://soundcloud.com/syntaleta/tracks. Please follow me on www.patreon.com/syntaleta to have my support and show yours!

Nothings Doin'

Bob Fish