Really nice playful feel you crafted with this piece!!!!! Nicely done Bruce!!!!

Your melodic and contrapuntal interweavings are always enjoyable, Bruce, great musical moment this last one!

Such a beautiful composition!🎵☀️☀️

a wonderful sonic treat - excellent composition - great performance

NIGHT FLOWER

Ban'ei racing is a type of horse racing in which racehorses compete for strength and speed while pulling a sled. It is also sometimes called "horse pulling".
Currently, the only publicly managed (local) horse racing in Japan is "Ban'ei horse racing" sponsored by Obihiro City, Hokkaido, and it is the only form of horse racing in the world.
"Ban'ei horses" (heavy breeding horses, also called "banba"), which have been used since ancient times mainly as farm horses and weigh around 800-1200 kg, pull iron sleds carrying jockeys and heavy loads, and compete in strength, speed, endurance, and jockey technique on a separate 200-meter straight course with two obstacles (small trapezoidal hills).


Horse-drawn sleigh race on snow

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson Guitar solo. Selmer Alto Saxophone solo. Trumpet solo. Fender Electric Bass. Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano (Right) Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano (Left). Drums Acoustic full drum kit. Percussion, Cowbell, Bongos, Congas, Zildjan 22" Crash Cymbal, Chimes Mark Tree. Ago go Bells,

Concha

Between writing sermons as a small-town pastor, I was also engaged in writing songs, some you have heard in my "Scenes of St. Francis". This particular song came to me after reading an article about love and marriage--ministers do a lot of reading for sermon preparation--but this one knocked me a bit sideways.  Turns out men on average will fall in love between five and seven times before meeting their wife, and then 1-1/2 times afterward!  This song is about the 1-1/2 times afterward, a little different kind of love song for Valentine's Day. 
I have sat on the text and melody for over forty years but thought I better do something before time overtook it as it had overtaken my singing voice.  I heard Axel sing in his magnificent song with Sarah Paradise-Brown "What We Still Feel" and felt he could give the song the vocal it needed, an international voice of "everyman".  When he received the guitar parts he set to work on it and gave the song a stunningly beautiful orchestral setting as well.  Thank you dear Axel for lavishing your vocal and orchestral skills on a song that needed both. I am deeply honored and indebted.  Hear more of Axel's beautiful music @axel-m-501052973.
"Faithful and True" lyrics:

I recall the day I said "I do",
I never thought that I could love anyone
Like I love you,
But of late I'm really not so sure
That the promises we made can hold
Us together as we both grow older
With each day.
Is it possible for love to endure?
Chorus:
But I've made up my mind.
I've made my choice,
This feeling will pass but never the voice,
That tells me I must remain,
Faithful and true.

Bridge:
It doesn't stop the pain of admitting what can never be,
But if love has any meaning it is found in trust,
And not in what we feel.

Instrumental break...

Repeat bridge:

There's a sadness as I say farewell
To a love that promised more than I could ever tell,
Or at least that is the way it seemed
To a man who found himself in love
With another 'till he counted the cost of fantasy.
It was more than he ever dreamed.

Repeat chorus and end.

Faithful And True (David Dunham with Axel Menningen)

Teamed up again with my amazingly talented friend Mahan💀Mahan who did all the orchestration and engineering on this Song--
Lyric and vocals by Stonerjazz

The captain and his crew
were weeping as they knelt
upon the steps., outside the palace foyer
Righteous warriors every single one

Reflections of the sun
children of the other
the protectors of the mother
humble in their confidence of failure
unaffected by the outcome
broken hearted with the truth
grieving for their youth

And yet their heads held high
fighting tiny battles
in anticipation of something Better

its the inner not the outer
its the quiet not the shouter
its the powder not the pistol
its the battle not the score
its the boatman on the water
and the sparkle on the river
and the distant glimmer from the shore...

Captain And His Crew With Mahan💀Mahan

Voici un nouveau Titre "Mystique"
Une analyse qui se fait quelques fois sur le chemin ou parfois reviennent ces questions que l'on se posent, j'ai imaginé un père qui parlerait à son enfant, un peu comme si le divin nous parlait pour nous guider sur une route dont nous avons nous-mêmes nos propres clés pour y accéder. je vous souhaite une très bonne écoute.

voici 2 Livres qui m'ont touchés que je veux vous transmettre :

Les enfants du verseau de Marilyn Ferguson
Evolution consciente de Barbara Marx Hubbard 

Paroles :

Là-haut sur mon étoile
J’ai traversé la voie lactée
Je t’envoie des pétales
Afin qu’ils viennent te caresser


N’ais pas peur que s’achève
Ton intuition parfois si chétive
C’est au fond de tes rêves
Que les pensées sont positives


Prépare bien ta route
Pour trouver ce jardin magique
Libre, sans le moindre doute
Une potion féérique et mystique


Ne regarde plus en arrière
Oublie les troubles du passé
Cette route est éphémère
Demain tu sais, tout peut changer 





Je sais très bien qu’au fond de toi
Subsiste un bonheur caché
Tu dois retrouver la joie
Afin de nouveau t’exprimer


Assumer tes idées
Même quand les autres n’y crois pas
Lâcher prise, te libérer
De ce qui ne fait plus le poids


Tu es plus forte que ce que tu crois
Après le désert, une oasis
Te ressourcera, te rafraichira
En refermant les cicatrices


Il y aura des épreuves
De toutes tu vas te relever
Je ressens très bien ta peine
Alors n’oublie jamais que je t’aime

little bird asks his brother the golden eagle
to show him the path of light to escape the violence of the tear’s valleys
because he wants to become a medicine man
to heal the world

Sors un peu de ta bulle
Tu peux maintenant ouvrir tes ailes
Ne sois plus incrédule
Donne-moi juste un peu de tes nouvelles


De loin, tu sais que je t’observe
Sache que tu as le libre arbitre
Appelle-moi si tu veux que je te serve
Je t’attendrai derrière la vitre


Je te souhaite tellement de bonheur
De découverte de toute sorte
Ouvre la porte petite fleur
Sors de ta zone de confort


Tu dois te rappeler
En suivant toujours tout tes délires
Car il ne faut rien regretter
Il est maintenant temps de partir

Mystique

This is maybe the first track I've ever released to SC featuring me playing guitar! Picking it back up a bit after a long break... I'm continuing to explore Ableton Live and it's inspiring me to think outside of my normal creative patterns.

Above the Noise

Zephyrus abducted and then married the nymph Chloris, transforming her into a goddess: Flora.
The portrait of Flora, together with the scene of the abduction, is depicted in one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art: ‘Primavera’, by Sandro Botticelli (Uffizi Gallery, Florence).

I wrote this song when I was in high school (which means in the mid-70s), so I guess the naivety of the lyrics and the simplicity of the original melody are understandable. Francess (@pianofran : you all know her) worked beautifully on that melody (the archeological version of the song had a definitely different rhythm); we weren't planning to revive the song (the idea was to produce a purely instrumental piece), but the beauty of this piano arpeggio motivated me to give it a try. And so I sang it.
Of course, my gratitude goes to Francess for the magnificent work she has done on this my old music! 🙏

Lyrics (ENG / ITA)

You live in the leaves
of your fears
like a snowdrop
that can never bloom
Sad mechanisms
your tears and your smiles
seek the courage
to break the enchantment

But the wizard who imprisoned you
With golden bracelets
cannot stop the wind
that ruffles your thoughts
and only in little moments
incredulous and light
you imagine that time
listens to your breath

Already the leaves are falling
of your fears
and the wind disperses them
among thousands of plains
Your new smile
like fountain water
chases in the streets
other gazes and new lives

The sky is a hawk
and air a bee
the waters together dance
in your soft fingers
of perfumed musk
you will carry them with you
never more shall you pass
where they still shade
cold, dark bushes

----

Vivi tra le foglie
delle tue paure
come un bucaneve
che non potrà mai fiorire
Tristi meccanismi
i tuoi pianti e i tuoi sorrisi
cercano il coraggio
di spezzare il sortilegio

Ma il mago che ti imprigionò
con braccialetti d'oro
non può fermare il vento
che ti spettina i pensieri
e solo in brevi attimi
incredula e leggera
ti immagini che il tempo
ascolti il tuo respiro

Già cadono le foglie
delle tue paure
e il vento le disperde
fra migliaia di pianure
Il tuo nuovo sorriso
come acqua di fontana
rincorre nelle strade
altri sguardi e nuove vite

Il cielo è un falco
e l'aria un'ape
le acque insieme danzano
nelle tue dita morbide
di muschio profumato
li porterai insieme a te
mai più dovrai passare
là dove ancora ombreggiano
cespugli freddi e scuri

----

Lyrics: Michele Ansani
Music: Michele Ansani & Francess Harris
Piano: Francess Harris
Vocals and arrangement: Michele Ansani
Composed by Ansani & Harris (1976-2025)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, February 14

Flora [with Francess Harris] *

The Hunchback of Notre Dame – The Young Nobles
February 2025
Duration: 2:10
Listen to more music for the ballet: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-hunchback-for-notre-dame
Based on La Réjouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel 
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Hunchback of Notre Dame June 6th and 7th 2025 in Colorado.
For strings, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, contra bassoon, piano, timpani and percussion

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - The Young Nobles

Sharp Edges (open invitation for a collab from IPG1) 
IPG1 & Paploviante
Original Vocals from IPG1:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/sharp-edges-rap-vox-94-bpm?in=ipg1/sets/vocals
Paploviante: E-Bass, Mix, Mastering and Music Composition

Sharp Edges-IPG1 and Paploviante

My Abba

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Bruce Klepper is a Colorado based composer with thousands of listeners worldwide. Klepper studied music composition in the 1970's and received a degree in music composition and theory.  After writing music for many years and starting a tech company based in Colorado, Klepper retired in 2014 from business so he could devote myself to his true passion, composing music. Klepper's music premiered in Carnegie Hall, September 2022.  Klepper writes music in a number of different styles, including contemporary classical music, jazz, soundscapes using field recordings, ambient music, and ballet music.  Klepper has been composing music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) since 2016. Klepper has been collaborating with Parlando School of Musical Arts (www.parlando.org) faculty Britta De Groot and Sergei Govorov for over a year now, composing and arranging new music for the dynamic piano and saxophone duo to premier around the United States. Klepper's music can be heard on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and SoundCloud. 

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame - The Young Nobles

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