Time: the fire in which we burn feels like a conversation with the moment—raw, searching, honest.

Each note lands like a spark, fleeting but full of meaning. There’s urgency, but also tenderness, like trying to hold on to something that’s already slipping away.

It doesn’t ask for answers—just that you listen. Reposted

A harmonically interesting composition, played with truely inspiring energy and passion. And the play is truely virtuous!

Powerful and expressive. What a fabulous improvisation, Brian!

https://soundcloud.com/negative-headphone: many keyboards, drums, percussion, mix, production, artwork.
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions: original theme, composition, bass, rhythm guitar, drums.

Intimate jam got me this bass theme, which I developed with geometrical tones and fractal rhythmic, and offered to my old friend Negative Headphone. You should know his fabulous response on any musical style, and here is a proof of it. Enjoy!

Fractal Shenanigans (with Negative Headphone)

"One day blooms, the next day blusters—spring keeps us guessing and growing."
this quote would perfectly describe my Lovely Niece 🪴😊
Happy birthday to my dear 'Iren'. ❤️

mix & mastering by @bahram-dashtii

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Iren, the Spring Girl

Soltás y das

Cuando el viento choca en los cristales
y la luna funde con la piel.
cuando sombras caen como puñales
y las horas van a su merced.
Y a pesar de los días en que dudas en creer.
Soltás, soltás, soltás y das, soltás, para ser.

Cuando la memoria vuelve al frio   
y el invierno espera en el umbral.
cuando llega del miedo y el astío
en silencio miras que hay atrás.
Y a pesar de los días en que dudas ensoñar.
Soltás, soltás, soltás y das, soltás, para ser.

Y a pesar de los días en que dudas en creer.
Soltás, soltás, soltás y das, soltás, para ser.

Letra y música
Pichy Sotomayor

Soltás y das

A friend of mine has a severely autistic son who is now in his early 20's. He can't speak and has the mind of someone around three years old- but that is determined by the way we think.  Who knows how complex his thinking really is.  His name is Lorenzo. He loves to do puzzles and listen to music. 

One afternoon as I was laying the piano track for this music,  my son was talking to the mother on speaker phone and Lorenzo could hear me playing the piano.  He stopped doing his puzzle to listen.  That is how he connects. He loves music. When I heard that I knew I needed to finish this music for him. I haven't seen this friend for a very long time but she is coming to visit in a few weeks and I will be meeting Lorenzo for the first time. I wonder,  will he recognize the music?

Lorenzo's Song

"May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset more peace." ✌️

Mastering by @bahram-dashtii 🙏

Here comes the sun

Vocals; https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia

Rap; https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa

Production; https://soundcloud.com/rizlix



cover art created with https://www.canva.com/




Special Cecilia x FRAWSTAKWA x RiZLiX - Make A Little Music

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

Time: The Fire In Which We Burn (Piano Improv)

Sparks (For two + guitars)

miss begotten notions packing her knapsack for a lark of a weekend in the countryside

miss begotten notions (cover art by my friend Lyndsay Kelly) ❤️

"Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever." - Rumi

A piano improvisation for Mr. Harris. 😊 Loved you then...Love you now...Always will. ❤️

Always Will

The album artwork depicts a grand piano trapped within a fracturing snow globe, bathed in warm, nostalgic sepia tones. The crack in the glass and the snow spilling onto the table suggest the fragility of memory and the failure of trying to perfectly preserve the past. It creates a poignant tension between the silence of the enclosed instrument and the breaking of its protective world. 


Time: The Fire In Which We Burn (Piano Improv)

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