Whatever the weather we regularly walk the coastal promenade between Folkestone and Hythe. Winter summer and all times in-between. It never disappoints, every time we go along the coast, the beach, the sea and sky are always offering a different experience. It’s always a time to reflect, contemplate or generally catch up with life.

When We Are Beside The Sea

Inspired by the poem "Becalmed" by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Becalmed upon the sea of Thought,
Still unattained the land it sought,
My mind, with loosely-hanging sails,
Lies waiting the auspicious gales. 

On either side, behind, before,
The ocean stretches like a floor,--
A level floor of amethyst,
Crowned by a golden dome of mist. 

Blow, breath of inspiration, blow!
Shake and uplift this golden glow!
And fill the canvas of the mind
With wafts of thy celestial wind. 

Blow, breath of song! until I feel
The straining sail, the lifting keel,
The life of the awakening sea,
Its motion and its mystery!

Becalmed

The opening section of what will be a 5 part prog rock mini concept called The Guru.
Paul Landry:
Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
Fender Squire precision bass guitar
vsti synths
Roland Juno keyboard
midi keyboards
East west Studios vsti drums
Recorded in Oxford 2020
#SCFirst #Fres#shPressed

♫ www.paulssounds.com
♫ www.youtube.com/channel/UC4oiRhX2e51zhvzHQwmVt0A
♫  #www.open.spotify.com/artist/5tbvGDZA2vYsMHitQ7GNKv
♫ itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paul-landry/id287800079
©2020 Paul Landry Music

The Guru Pt.1

Downloads

The Guru Pt.1 | Paul Landry

Light

Guitar Dialogue(Guitar solo)

I can never resist the call of "Scarborough Fair". Thank you to Philleann for his wonderful music which gives it that "certain something" that solo piano can never achieve.  
@Philleann : Low Whistle
Debra Buesking: Piano
Thank you as always for listening and the wonderful feeling of community.

Scarborough Fair (Philleann and Debra Buesking)

Stream flowing upward - Aragaz.
Manchmal besiegt das Leben  sogar den Gravitationskraft

Stream

Second attempt covering the beautiful song, Watermark, by Enya. The strings are still not as good as they could be, but this version includes those Enya harmony hums in the middle bridge section, so it's a nice improvement over the previous version I had uploaded.

(song written by Enya)

***funny note re: image art - i did a little edit job in Photoshop, morphing my face onto Enya's. Not the most appealing result, but who am I to say?! lol...

here's the real album cover for reference:
https://imagez.tmz.com/image/46/1by1/2018/10/09/46585da9b70459589a6d1dc81550fe07_xl.jpg

and the real me, early 2023:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/53550250098/in/dateposted/

As always, thanks for listening, and don’t hesitate to give any critical feedback to help me improve. 😉
--------------------------------------------------------
here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Watermark (cover - see description re: image art)

2024-03-31

Infinity

Piano ambient track. Each phase life is but an Interlude when you zoom out.

Interlude

Feet In The FEAT

Jedi Shadows

Music is a great unifier.  Through music, we bridge the gap between race, gender, age, etc., to raise our unified voice, the voice of the human race.  I am thankful for making friends from around the world through music, and I thank these friends for embracing me as I am.  We can't allow people to suffer oppression based on differences.  Instead, we should leverage our differences to make the world stronger and better, and build each other up instead of tearing each other down.  We are one people.  Love, not hate, is the answer.

Thanks for stopping by my page!  I compose music for all types of media in multiple genres, but favor cinematic orchestral or orchestral-synth hybrids with a strong melody.  I'm currently furthering my skills at Berklee College of Music Online, scored the end credits for the Indie film short "Sides," have music available in various film libraries, and have won awards in several film scoring contests, most notably the "Emerging Composer Diversity Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition" in the Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Competition 2018.  You can contact me via Soundcloud or my website listed below if you have need of some custom original or sync music from my library.  Happy listening!

Light

Carolyn Barela