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Underwater Worlds (Theme 2)

The Busker (Piano Improv)

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Coatbridge, Scotland 1901 (Piano Improv)

G R I T

Beyond Earth And Sky (for Piano)

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The Incredible Airship

Spirit Of The Moment (Piano Improv)

"Night Circus" (for Orchestra)
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Inspired by the awesome book by Erin Morgenstern

Night Circus

Reflections on the life of a boy working in a glass factory in Glasgow, Scotland over 100 years ago.
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Measure Of A Life (Piano)

Goin’ to Caddiewomple (Piano Improv)

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Inspired by the poem “What if you slept ...”
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in you hand
Ah, what then?

She Awoke To A Dream

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The Truth Within You (Improvisation)

Beautiful Equation

The Tale is Unfinished (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’t really 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, to 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? 

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