This is like throwing Wide the Windows and Soaring Free.

Very nice track! very relaxing! Loving the instrumental mixed with the nature samples! I will share it around! Nice work! ^^

Inspirational and carefree! Absolutely beautiful!

Beautiful world minimalism. Love how it builds slowly yet keeps moving forward.

Boogie & Ragtime

Well, I'm a grandpa now, so I recorded this to celebrate my new status.

DANIEL

Daniel came into this world and made my day.
Snow was falling in Utah so far away.
Hope you'll find there lots of love, and, if you cry,
your dad will sing you lullabies.

Soon you will become a man, and I'll be gone.
I hope you'll find then what it means to have a son.
Will you hold him in your arms, and, if he cries,
will you sing him lullabies?

Someday we may just be names once carved in stone,
and the memories of our birth will all be gone.
Others will comfort their children as they cry.
But will they sing them lullabies?

Daniel

A reflective orchestral track with light & shade

A Brief Glance Back

This is an original composition in tribute to heroically good classic rock pianist Nicky Hopkins (a.k.a. “Edward” as he was sometimes called in the studio by members of the Rolling Stones).  He would have turned 80 years old today (02/24/2024).

This was not an attempt at impersonation, but rather an effort toward one specific aspect of his versatile playing style, namely, that elusive balance of flow and syncopation.  Simply put, listening to Nicky Hopkins makes my brain dance, and trying to capture that effect is what inspired this piece.  

Note: Many are unfamiliar with the name Nicky Hopkins, but everyone is familiar with his piano playing which has appeared on records of the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, the Who, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, the Kinks, Steve Miller Band, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Garcia, the Beatles (as well as solo work of all four individual Beatles), and many others.  He played on over forty top 40 albums, and dozens of singles.  He was practically a member of the Rolling Stones (and came up with many of the Stones’ most iconic piano parts including for the songs Angie, She’s a Rainbow, Loving Cup, Sympathy for the Devil), but his battle with Crohn’s disease prevented him from being able to commit to regular touring.  As a result, he spent most of his career working as a session musician. He was, however, an official member (from 1969-1971) of Quicksilver Messenger Service where his piano work generally sits up front in the mix and where you can hear his creativity fully unleashed (e.g., check out their songs Shady Grove, Edward the Mad Shirt Grinder, and Fresh Air).  In spite of his limited number of live performances, he was also a talented improviser as showcased in the Rolling Stones studio jam album “Jamming with Edward”, and another great example of this is the high-quality recording of his live performance with the Jerry Garcia Band on “Let it Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection Volume 2" https://soundcloud.com/jerrygarcia/sets/let-it-rock-the-jerry-garcia.

Here is the Wikipedia article on Nicky Hopkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins

Song art: The image depicting “a session pianist resembling Nicky Hopkins” was created with a lot of help from my brother-in-law Patrick McGee using a combination of AI art generators.

Edward Piano Hands

"Just Forget Me" - the track from falcon's 2nd album 'Lost for Sleep'.
Watch the New Video here.. 
https://youtu.be/bfV2WfyJBKA

Just Forget Me

On the Fender Jaguar / Composition: Surfers Like Us, https://soundcloud.com/user-411502040

On Weissenborn / Harmonica / Baritone: Yours truly.

Mixed / Mastered by: https://soundcloud.com/remnant60
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Original: https://soundcloud.com/user-411502040/your-better-days-are-coming
Twin: https://soundcloud.com/user-411502040/good-days-w-nathaniel-ehrnman

Good Days (Apr. 2024)

Original composition, piano and arrangement by Neno J.

On The Waves

This is my entry for Ryan Leach's April 2024 composing competition. The task was to compose a piece to a picture of Mont Saint Michel behind a field of flowers (with a max. length of 90 seconds).

For the composition process I pictured the following story / imaginary movie in my head:
A little boy travels to Mont Saint Michel to join the monastry as a novice. On his way he passes a beautiful field of flowers. He's cheerful, light-footed and almost dancing.
When he discovers the monastry in the distance he gets overwhelmed by awe.
In the last passage, we see the boy growing up in the monastry and becoming an educated, well respected young monk.

The Little Novice

This music is loosely inspired by John Lurie's very engaging TV show, "Painting With John".

Image by Shoeb Khatib via Unsplash, re-cropped by me.

Why Am I Thinking These Things?

Largo du concerto de Vivaldi (RV94) que j'ai arrangé pour Guitares,Hautbois d'amour, et orchestre de chambre.
Largo of Vivaldi's concerto (RV94) that I arranged for Guitars, Oboe d'amore, and chamber orchestra.
Oboe d'amore (V.S.L)
Guitars (Amplesound)
Strings (V.S.L)
Choirs (Soundiron)

Ma musique

Concerto pour Guitares,Hautbois d'amour et Cordes (Largo RV 94)

For many years I have wanted to see the beauty of the Celtic Highlands. I imagine it would be wonderful. I have been inspired by the previous track ("Ginger Angel") by my friend David Dunham, in which I was able to play.
I know that David has a similar wish and he loves celtic music. Since I have come to appreciate him very much in the past, I would like to dedicate this song to him. This song is for you and "Keep Celtic", David. And please forgive my poor guitar playing. 😉 

I invite you to explore the Highlands in your mind with this track to my music.
I wish you a pleasant journey.


Music by Axel Menningen






Cover image by pixabay (efraimstochter)

Highland

RICH AND DAVE 1

Homicide Momma Keener Brothers

Psychedelic-blues version of Donovan`s song.

Yellow Mellow (Mellow Yellow Donovan cover)

A lush, orchestral soundscape with natural elements and a dynamic build.



Rev A

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Original music: rhythmic guitar, solo guitar  ,bass  ,arrangements beat box ,and registration" Micro BR Roland" at home: Romain Carpentier. music protected by SNAC Paris 2012.

Le fils de Superman

This song started life many years ago as an instrumental piano boogie.   At some stage I decided to add vocals, but only ever wrote one verse before other events intervened ,,, so ... the lyrics never got finished and the song never recorded.
	I have been a follower of the extraordinary vocalist, poet and songwriter W. E. Bartolotta (Bill) on SC for some time now, and one day, in my head, I heard “Life of the Party” in his voice.   I contacted Bill, who was quite enthusiastic about a collaboration, so I passed on what I had, along with a preliminary recording.
	After some back and forth, we arrived at this final result.

Credits belong to:
   	W. E. Bartolotta:  	lyrics, arrangement and vocal
	Ken Minty:  		music, lyrics, piano, bass and lap steel
	John Walsh:		mouth harp
	Mike Konopka:	percussion, bass, sound engineer, arrangement and mix

Please check out Bill's SC site at  soundcloud.com/user-233624083 … I promise, it will be well worth your while.

Image by Tom and Nicki Löschner   at Pixabay.com

Lyrics:
     have the words ever hung from the tip of your tongue
     but you knew not what to say
     i know how you feel  it¹s no big deal
     you will survive another day
     still
     if you wish some assistance
     to keep that doubt at bay
     here is a fact for a winner, whether saint or sinner
     keep your cards in play
     cause you¹re the life of the party
     life of the party
     be free

     some have the notion there exists a potion
     that can flip a fool to cool
     but when your stomach is churnin and you brain is burnin
     you may feel just a tool
     still
     if you need some assistance
     to keep that doubt at bay
     here is a fact for a winner, whether saint or sinner
     keep your cards in play
     cause you¹re the life of the party
     life of the party
     be free

     there's  no one like you in all the galaxy
     come join the party be free

     some think life is merry
     just a bowl full of cherries
     each treat preceding the next
     some like to wallow in the causes they follow
     to fill up their emptiness
     still
     if you need some assistance
     to keep that doubt at bay
     here is a fact for a winner, whether saint or sinner
     just keep your cards in play
     cause you¹re the life of the party
     life of the party
     be free

Life of the Party

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Life Of The Party w W.E. Bartolotta

Composition originale "trompettes", "orgue", solo guitare, guitare rythmique et basse: Romain Carpentier.   Arrangements clavier: Rémi Carpentier "trompettes", "orgue" "percussions" avec FL studio et synthétiseur.  (Musique protégée par SNAC Paris)

Holidays Boogie.  Collab Rémi Carpentier: synthé et FL studio.

( REPOSTS  are  routed to Synthgrinder [REPOSTS] )
( https://soundcloud.com/user-813544615 )


++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.

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!

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