great collab, lovely music and lyrics, congrats to all of you!

Cindy I absolutely love your version <3 your songs in German are my personal favourite, so heartfelt and crystal-clear vocals :)))

@bedre: Danke :) Freut mich, dass es dir gefällt.

Very pretty song and vocal, well done. Now I know why you're called "Songbird."

If I Know You (Multilingual)

Anyone interested in doing an acoustic instrumental on that song for me to add the vocals? i find that instrumental too much for my style.

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I'll Find Peace

Julia Preußler singt "Quel guardo il cavaliere", Don Pasquale, G.Donizetti

If I know you, like I do
Where would you go?
What would you do?

If I loved you less, than I ought to
Who would you run to?
What should I do?

Well I could navigate the deepest oceans
I could scale the highest peaks
I could dive into, the deepest blue 
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what I'd do

If you know me, like you do
Why would I leave?
Where could I go?

If you loved me less, than you ought to
Who could I run to?
If not to you?

We can navigate the deepest oceans
We can scale the highest peaks
We could dive into, the deepest blue 
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what we'd do
_

We can navigate the deepest oceans
We can scale the highest peaks
We could dive into, the deepest blue 
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what we'd do


If I know you - piano & ref vocal by Milana Zilnik

If I Know You - piano only

ALS IK JOU KEN

If I Know You song collaboration Group: https://soundcloud.com/groups/if-i-know-you-like-i-do 

Translated & Performed by Bas Kooman: https://soundcloud.com/hebikjoudaar

Piano Transcribed & Performed by Milana Zilnik: https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik

Original Words & Music by: https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin

Original Version: https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-history-by-the


Als ik jou ken, echt goed ken 
Zou je ooit weggaan? 
Had jij die wens? 

Had ik jou minder lief, dan zou moeten 
Waar zou je't zoeken? 
Wat kon ik doen?

Ik voer over grote oceanen 
Ik bedwong de hoogste berg 
En ik bracht dan uit de diepste zee 
Die zwarte parel mee 
Alleen voor jou 
om wie je bent 
als ik je ken

Als je mij kent, echt goed kent 
Zou ik ooit weggaan? 
Had ik die wens?

Had je mij minder lief, dan zou moeten 
Waar zou'k het zoeken? 
Wat kon jij doen?

We bevoeren grote oceanen 
We bedwongen elke berg 
En we brachten uit de diepste zee 
Die zwarte parel mee 
alleen voor jou 
om wie je bent 
als ik je ken 
----------------------------------------------- 
IF I KNOW YOU
 
If I know you, like I do
Where would you go?
What would you do?

If I loved you less, than I ought to
Who would you run to?
What should I do?

Well I could navigate the deepest oceans
I could scale the highest peaks
I could dive into, the deepest blue 
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what I'd do

If you know me, like you do
Why would I leave?
Where could I go?

If you loved me less, than you ought to
Who could I run to?
If not to you?

We can navigate the deepest oceans
We can scale the highest peaks
We could dive into, the deepest blue 
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what we'd do
_

We can navigate the deepest oceans
We can scale the highest peaks
We could dive into, the deepest blue 
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what we'd do

Als Ik Jou Ken by Bas Kooman (click for information)

German Translation of "IF I KNOW YOU", a song by Ian Melvin: @Ian-melvin
Many thanks to @MilanaZilnik for the creation of the wonderful piano track. I am glad I asked her for that one and very thankful she found the time for it :) 

This German version is part of a translation project to create as many versions of "IF I KNOW YOU" in other languages as possible. Do you want to participate?
The rules are this, the invitation is to peoples of all languages and perform and record it to Milana's piano track.

You can find the piano track as a wav here:
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-piano-only/s-5UzyS

A vocal reference track for timing is here:
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-piano-ref-vocal/s-GUHCL

Original versions of the song:
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-a-future-duet

If I know you, like I do
Where would you go?
What would you do?

If I loved you less, than I ought to
Who would you run to?
What should I do?

Well I could navigate the deepest oceans
I could scale the highest peaks
I could dive into, the deepest blue
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what I'd do

If you know me, like you do
Why would I leave?
Where could I go?

If you loved me less, than you ought to
Who could I run to?
If not to you?

We can navigate the deepest oceans
We can scale the highest peaks
We could dive into, the deepest blue
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what we'd do 

German translation by Cindy Eichardt:

Woran denkst du, sag es mir
Wo ist dein Herz
Es ist nicht hier
Und wohin gehst du, komm, sag es mir
Wo willst du nur hin?
Gehst du zu ihr? 

Ich würd durch alle Meere schwimmen
würde alle Berge bezwingen
Ich würd für dich durch alle Wüsten gehn
Und die Sonne 
für dich stehlen
Ja soweit würd ich 
für dich gehn

Warum ich weine, fragst du mich
Es ist mein Herz
es weint um dich
Ob ich gehen will, das fragst du mich
Wo soll ich denn hin?
Ich will doch nur dich.

Ich würd durch alle Meere schwimmen
würde alle Berge erklimmen
Ich würd für dich durch alle Wüsten gehn
Und die Sonne 
für dich stehlen
Ja soweit würd ich 
für dich gehen.

Ich würd durch alle Meere schwimmen
würde alle Berge erklimmen
Ich würd für dich durch alle Wüsten gehn
Und die Sonne 
für dich stehlen
Ja soweit würd ich 
für dich gehen.



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Für dich tun (Collaboration with Ian Melvin and Milana on "If I know you")

English rendition of "IF I KNOW YOU", a song by Ian Melvin: @Ian-melvin
Many thanks to @MilanaZilnik for the creation of the wonderful piano track. I am glad I asked her for that one and very thankful she found the time for it :)

This version is part of a translation project to create as many versions of "IF I KNOW YOU" in other languages as possible. Do you want to participate?
The rules are this, the invitation is to peoples of all languages and perform and record it to Milana's piano track.

You can find the piano track as a wav here:
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-piano-only/s-5UzyS

A vocal reference track by Milana is here:
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-piano-ref-vocal/s-GUHCL

Original versions of the song:
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin
https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/if-i-know-you-a-future-duet

If I know you, like I do
Where would you go?
What would you do?

If I loved you less, than I ought to
Who would you run to?
What should I do?

Well I could navigate the deepest oceans
I could scale the highest peaks
I could dive into, the deepest blue
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what I'd do

If you know me, like you do
Why would I leave?
Where could I go?

If you loved me less, than you ought to
Who could I run to?
If not to you?

We can navigate the deepest oceans
We can scale the highest peaks
We could dive into, the deepest blue
And bring that pearl black
Just for you
If I know you
That's what we'd do 

If I Know You (Like I Do) (Collaboration with Ian Melvin and Milana)

If you want to read the full story about @Ian-Melvin 's project, please read it here:
Milanazilnik – If-i-know-you-ian-melvin-orig

This is the Russian version of my song If I Know You :) The translation to Russian was made by Arty's mother - @luche007

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Если б знал ты меня, как теперь, 
Куда б ты бежал?
Чего б достиг?

Если б меньше любил ты, поверь,
К кому б ты ушел
В трудный миг?

Я б переплыла моря просторные
Покорила бы пики горные,
Бездну синюю одолев, любя,
Для тебя нашла б
жемчуг черный.
Что бы сделала я,
Если б знала тебя?

Если знал бы вдруг ты меня,
Для чего бы я
Возражала судьбе?

Если меньше ты любил бы меня,
К кому б мне бежать,
Если б не к тебе?

Мы переплывем моря просторные,
Покорим все пики горные
Мы в бездонную бездну нырнем 
И для нас найдем 
жемчуг черный,
Если будем мы
вдвоем.
--------------------------------
Transliteration:

Esli b znal ty menja, kak teper', 
Kuda b ty bezhal?
Chego b dostig?

Esli b men'she ljubil ty, pover',
K komu b ty ushel
V trudnyj mig?

Ja b pereplyla morja prostornye
Pokorila by piki gornye,
Bezdnu sinjuju odolev, ljubja,
Dlja tebja nashla b
zhemchug chernyj.
Chto by sdelala ja,
Esli b znal tebja?

Esli znal by vdrug ty menja,
Dlja chego by ja
Vozrazhala sud'be?

Esli men'she ty ljubil by menja,
K komu b mne bezhat',
Esli b ne k tebe?

My pereplyvem morja prostornye,
Pokorim vse piki gornye
My v bezdonnuju bezdnu nyrnem 
I dlja nas najdem 
zhemchug chernyj,
Esli budem my
vdvoem.
--------------------------------
Literal translation:

If you knew me, as (you do) now,
Where would you run?
What would you have achieved?

If you loved less, believe (me),
Whom would you have gone to
In a difficult moment?

I would swam across the sea spacious,
Would have subdued the mountain peaks.
Defeating the blue abyss, loving,
For you (I) would have found 
a pearl black.
What would I do,
If I knew you?

If you suddenly knew me,
Why would I
Rejected fate?

If you loved me less,
Whom would I run to,
If it was not to you?

We will swim across the sea spacious,
Subdue all the mountain peaks
We'll dive into the bottomless abyss
And for us will find
a pearl black,
If we are
together.

Ian Melvin - If I know you - Milana - Russian

This is a song written by Ian Melvin and the piano is composed by Milana Zilnik. 

This is part of a project to get if I know You in as many languages as possible, and this is the Norwegian one.

Thank you for letting me be a part of this. It is a beautiful song and I am proud to have made a contribution.

Original English lyrics by Ian Melvin:

Norwegian translation by Guro Sigurdsen:

Hvis jeg kjenner deg, som jeg gjør
hvor vil du gå
hva ville du gjort

hvis jeg elsket deg mindre, enn jeg gjør
hvor ville du reist henn
hva ville du gjort

jeg kunne kartlegge de store blå bølger
jeg kunne målt de høyeste fjell
jeg kunne dykket ned til bunnen av det mørkeste hav
bringe deg en perle
kun for deg
det er hva jeg ville gjort
kun for deg

hvis du kjenner meg, som du gjør
hvorfor ville jeg dradt da
hvor kan jeg gå

hvis du elsket meg mindre, enn du gjør
hvor kunne jeg løp da
hvis ikke for deg

jeg kunne kartlegge de store blå bølger
jeg kunne målt de høyeste fjell
jeg kunne dykket ned til bunnen av det mørkeste hav
bringe deg en perle
kun for deg
det er hva jeg ville gjort
kun for deg

jeg kunne kartlegge de store blå bølger
jeg kunne målt de høyeste fjell
jeg kunne dykket ned til bunnen av det mørkeste hav
bringe deg en perle
kun for deg
det er hva jeg ville gjort
kun for deg
_________________________

If I know you, like I do 
 Where would you go? 
What would you do?
If I loved you less, than I ought to 
Who would you run to? 
What should I do?

Well I could navigate the deepest oceans
 I could scale the highest peaks I 
could dive into, the deepest blue
 And bring that pearl black
 Just for you
 If I know you 
That's what I'd do

If you know me, like you do 
Why would I leave?
 Where could I go?
If you loved me less, than you ought to
 Who could I run to?
 If not to you?

We can navigate the deepest oceans 
We can scale the highest peaks 
We could dive into, the deepest blue 
 And bring that pearl black 
Just for you
 If I know you 
That's what we'd do


Kun for deg by Guro (If I know you)

A friend requested that song a loooong time ago, but I couldnt find an instrumental. So I asked Milana, if she was up to do a piano track for it. And so she did, and once again its beautiful :). Have fun listening to it. Milana made the cover herself also. 

https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/happy-phantom-tori-amos-cover-by-milana


Happy Phantom (Tori Amos - Milana - songbird1982) REMIX



Lyrics: Joseph von Eichendorff (1837)
Music: Jörn Bünning
Vocals: Cindy Eichardt
Jörn asked me, if I was interested to do a jazzy version of this beautiful poem by  Eichendorff. And as you can imagine, he didnt have to ask twice ;) Thank you Jörn, for asking me, and thanks also for this beautiful instrumental arrangement. 


Mondnacht

Es war, als hätt der Himmel
Die Erde still geküßt,
Daß sie im Blütenschimmer
Von ihm nun träumen müßt.

Die Luft ging durch die Felder,
Die Ähren wogten sacht,
Es rauschten leis die Wälder,
So sternklar war die Nacht.

Und meine Seele spannte
Weit ihre Flügel aus,
Flog durch die stillen Lande,
Als flöge sie nach Haus.

Moonlit Night

It was like Heaven's glimmer
caressing Terra's skin,
that in Her blossoms' shimmer
She had to dream of Him.

The breeze was gently walking
through wheatfields near and far;
the woods were softly talking
so bright shone ev'ry star.

And thus my soul extended
its wings through skies to roam:
O'er quiet lands suspended,
my soul was flying home.


Mondnacht (James Blond/Cindy Eichardt)

My love, runnin' in the fields of joy
Catchin' the sunrays in his hair
My love, so beautiful and tender
My reason to live when I was down
 Do you know the joy you bring
 As you bring me on your way
 While you bring me on your back
My love, got the keys of freedom
Suddenly got the keys of Heaven
 I know you feel the joy I feel
 You know exactly what I mean
 Two hearts beatin' at the same speed
 So how is Heaven can you tell
 Were you taken off by angels
 To green and peaceful endless lands
 I'm stayin' here disconsolate
 Twenty years of my life blown away
 The world will never be the same
My love, runnin' in the fields of joy
Catchin' the sunrays in his mane

Pierre Hooker - July 2013

Catchin' the sunrays (Pierre Hooker)

Hello Music my old friend....

I have made myself at home here for quite a while now and I love it. I feel that I have grown musically a lot here and you guys who have collaborated on songs with me and encouraged me with your comments and faves etc. are the reason!  Thank you for that! :) Here's to a lot more music to come!

All the songs are recorded with a Rode NT-A and Protools (mostly) by FrankZero
I got me an own mic now and start to experiment with different software, to find whats working best. 
So some of the songs are recorded with a Blue Snowball Mic and Audacity. 





https://soundcloud.com/ian-melvin/audiobiography-ian-melvin

All the songs on this cloud are original compositions of mine.  Sometimes in collaboration with other SoundClouders.

Music is a kind of kaleidoscope, although it manifests itself on an incomparably higher level of ideality. Music produces beautiful forms and colours in ever more elaborate diversity, gently overflowing, sharply contrasted, always coherent and yet always new, self-contained and self-fulfilled. Eduard Hanslick 1854

I am a married father of two, grandfather of four, fine arts graduate and polymath.

I had been asked to commit my songs to recording for the benefit of my offspring, and also I guess before I go completely deaf (Yes. I am one of the 1 in 7 severely deaf people in the UK) so begins this project. 

However, as I have gotten into it I realize that I have a lot of new stuff bursting out all the time, much of it inspired by you good people on Sound Cloud. 

Collaborating has been a revelation and I want to do more and as much as I can, so if you hear anything of mine you like and/or have any ideas about production etc just drop me a line anytime.

My collaborative name is Eight Zeros and can be found here: http://soundcloud.com/eight-zeros and on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/eight8zeros

I would at some point like to work with someone to develop my own and hopefully your songs as an acoustic vocal duo so if you are geographically near and interested please get in touch.

Recordings were made first on a Boss Micro BR, then on an iMac running Garageband'11, inputting through a Behringer 1204 USB mixer and using a Rode NT2A for voice (Behringer C1 condenser mic for voice up to April 2013) and an AKG1000S for guitars. From January 2013 I have upgraded software to Logic pro 9. My weapon of choice is a Martin 00015M, with Martin SP Light's mostly recorded open though sometimes via Fishman Rare Earth Blend. 

All Material is Copyright © 2012,2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.

Für dich tun (Collaboration with Ian Melvin and Milana on "If I know you")

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