such wonderful playing Brian - always the surprise, the delight and the joy - love what you do so very very well

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Strutting Doom Symphony

Mieux Vaut La Music - O- Logie Que La Mite Au Logis

'Each time I try' came about during a late night Jam. Was just playing around with ideas and the Jam became the tune!

Each Time I Try

The pen and the sword.

One minute things are going fine
But life can turn on a dime
Every day you roll the dice
And sometimes you find yourself on thin ice

You go for a routine medical check
And they find something you didn’t expect
You’ve been eating healthy food you take a daily jog
Now you’re wondering if you’ll outlive your dog

You’ve been working so hard for all these years
 but what do you have to show for it
All these things you bought but what do you have to show for it

Some people spend their lives accumulating wealth
But what’s the point of money if you don’t have your health

It’s nice to set some long term goals and think about your future days
But sometimes you need to take a step back and make sure you’re on the right highway

You’re hanging by a thread that you used to think was a thick rope
Your road was very flat but now you’re climbing a steep slope

You get up in the morning and you go to work 
You get up in the morning an you go to work
You get up in the morning and you go to work
Five days a week

You’ve been working so hard for all these years
but what do you have to show for it
All these things you bought but what do you have to show for it


You wake up every morning  go  about your day
Sometimes you wonder if it’s goanna be okay
You try to take it one day at a time
Some days are bad others are fine

Incidental finding, life threw you a curve
You're driving down the highway and you're trying not to swerve.
Incidental finding, life threw  you a curve
You're driving down the highway and you're trying not to swerve.

Incidental Finding

another old demo from what was going to be a good idea. Let us know what you think... I'm trying to get Jana back in the studio

Solitude - Jana

Beyond Earth And Sky (for Piano)

ZZSTARRIDER

Reflections on the life of a boy working in a glass factory in Glasgow, Scotland over 100 years ago.
Copyright 2024 Brian James McDonald (ASCAP)
Copyright 2024 Hoon Toons Publishing (ASCAP)

Measure Of A Life (Piano)

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"What Did You Expect?" (Fusion)

Let The Good Fight Begin
Lyrics & Music: Brian James McDonald (ASCAP)

Hold on tight to the pain within, it’s all right, just let the fight begin 

When it begins, there’s no stopping you 
When it’s happening, there’s no way you lose
And when it’s over, I just count my bruisin’, 
I get back up again, I stand back up again

Hold on tight to the pain within, it’s all right, just let the fight begin
She saw the light just like she saw God
Here in jest, you fly, just let the fight begin

And when it’s over, I just count my bruises and I get back up again. I stand back up again.

So let the fight begin, yeah, only then I can begin again 
We can rarely step away - another hell

So here it is — my final plea of need
in a world where I long to be, to be free.
With the weight of silence, I break the chains, calling out the fury — a pouring rain.

Hold on tight, true love, the stars we sail
It’s all right, let the music flail 
She saw the light just like she saw God
Here in jest, you fly, can we just find a life?
She saw the light just like she saw God
Here in jest you fly,
Can we just find a life? 

Copyright 2025 Brian James McDonald (ASCAP)
Copyright Hoon Toons Publishing (ASCAP)

Let the Good Fight Begin

"Forever's Just A Pain In The Ass"

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time at the Midwest Music Conservatory, St. Louis MO.

Photo by Greg Carr, my brother.

Year of Music: September 29, 2025

Grieg - The First Meeting

You can't sleep, it's hot as hell, the window's open but makes no difference, then a saxophone riff starts looping inside your tired mind. It might not even exist in the real world, but it's in there, gnawing at your neurons. Time to light one up my friend...

Beyond Earth And Sky (for Piano)

Brian James McDonald

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