This is the first track of a new instrumental project I've entitled "It's All Greek to Me", as I explore the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. 

I'm using Ancient Greek instruments featured in the 'Ancient Worlds VST Library from Big Fish Audio', underpinned with classical orchestral instruments.  There are some very interesting sounds in it that do seem to evoke a time long ago. 

Since the project is based around some of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece, I wanted a generic opening track that would introduce the listener to some of the sounds and set an overall tone for the project. I really wanted a different feel from a typical 'all guns blazing' modern film score since it isn't accompanying live action but is hopefully a piece in its own right. 

So a piece with the title "A Time of Heroes" seemed like a good idea to kick off the project. :-)

Instrumentation Used

Lyre - it was one of the most important and well-known stringed instruments of Greek Antiquity.

Kithara - this was considered the “professional” instrument of antiquity, and the public highly regarded kithara players.

Kavali - this is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Armenia, the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey. 

Flogera - is a type of flute used in Greek folk music. It is a simple end-blown bamboo flute without a fipple, which is played by directing a narrow air stream against its sharp, open upper end. It typically has seven finger holes.

Water Pumpkins - also called “Water Drums” these instruments can be found in Africa (Mali) and other continents. Water Pumpkins are played with the hands or with soft mallets. They usually come in pairs and have a diameter of 32 - 36 cm. The deeper bowl is filled with water, the smaller one is set on the water. The pitch of the water drums can be tuned by changing the water level inside the floating shell.

Antique Cymbals - are the ancestors of the modern metal cymbals. During the Minoan period, they arrived on the island of Crete from Asia.

Pan Flute - this is an ancient instrument, associated with the demigod Pan, who was the protector of the woods and the shepherds. Variations of the instrument used a number between three and eighteen pipes. The classic Greek Pan Flute used pipes of the same length. 

In addition to the ancient instruments above the track also features :-

Orchestral CS Strings (Albion One - Spitfire)
Viola Ensemble (Piz and Long)(Chris Hein Strings)
Cello Ensemble (Piz and Long)(Chris Hein Strings)
Bass Ensemble Piz and Long)(Chris Hein Strings)
French Horn Ensemble (Chris Hein Brass)
Trombone Ensemble (Chris Hein Brass)
Tuba (Chris Hein Brass)
Bb Clarinet (Chris Hein Winds)
Snare Drum (VSL Big Bang Orchestra | Quasar)
XXL Percussion(Albion One - Spitfire)
St Peter's Choir (Halion 6)

A Time Of Heroes (It's All Greek to Me)

Someone is always watching...
From the Album "Friends, they're gonna get your story wrong" (2021)

Lyrics:
I spend all my time
Looking at the nightlife
Can't they see the signs?
They're almost out of time
On their hedonistic voyage
Into the night light
I spend all my time
Looking at the nightlife

They say: Is this how you get your kicks?
I'm just sitting here in my car
Observering
Looking at the nightlife
Can't they see the signs?
They're almost out of time
They're almost out of time

I'm going to tow their car
To the Lankershim Boulevard Tow Yard
Because I'm the King
I'm the Guard
I spend my time
Looking at the nightlife

Looking At The Nightlife

moon light  9.19.25

Along the ethereal path, silence becomes a guide, revealing secrets hidden in the shadows and memories concealed beneath the surface of time. Each step resonates like a breath drawn from unseen worlds, where echoes are molded into symbols and the eyes learn to see beyond. The journey ends not in darkness, but in a radiance of stars so silent they seem eternal, reminding us that the key has always been hidden in silence itself.

The Pulse of Hidden Memories

This song is a reimagination of the wonderful instrumental song 'Wherever We End Up Next' - taken from the 'Cranebrook' EP by Australia's Solkyri - released February 2025: solkyri.bandcamp.com/album/cranebrook

The original song which inspired this reimagination - Wherever We End Up Next - was written, recorded and performed by: Ryan Fitz-Henry, Andrew Pearsall, Nicholas Hall and Adam Mostek.

Written, recorded and produced by: Tom Squires (rhubiqs) and Hollie Kenniff.

Mixed by: Tim G Carr @ Gnomelabs, Sydney, Australia (www.discogs.com/artist/685559-Tim-Carr)

Mastered by: Stephan Mathieu, Bonn, Germany (www.schwebung-mastering.com)

Cover photograph taken by Simon Byrne (www.simonbyrnephotography.com/about).

This Is Where We Ended Up

In New Jersey, our house faced the Millstone River. It was so serene to watch the river flow. It seemed to become even more serene as the days and seasons passed.
Piano by: Javier Gonzales
 Music by: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
@2007Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved

"Millstone River" by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Lillithe and Paploviante created  wonderful backing music  for this Fabulous Grace Jones song. The percussion and bass is superb!!!!   We really  hope that you like it.

Please go  their pages to listen to some really stunning music!!

@lillithe
@paul-racle

Music backing by Lillithe 
Bass Guitar and mixing by Paploviante
Vocals by Annette

Slave To The Rhythm     (Ft Lillithe and Paploviante)

Composed following a reading of the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe.

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?  
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp 
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

A Dream Within a Dream

A song about frustration and designer labels. 
https://youtu.be/JEeMNfkOV28

Bad Boy
In a snapback cap
Doesn’t know
Why he gets mad
Oh no, it’s just not working

Mrs Diesel
Flips her lid
Can’t forgive
What Bad Boy did
Oh no, it’s just not working 

We fixate, we frustrate
We mismate, get irate
Sometimes think we’re not that smart
Lightweights, cheapskates
We’re primates f' christsakes
Blood just pumping through the heart

Super dry
She breaks a sweat
Has’t had 
A baby yet
Oh no,  it’s just not working   

Mr Umbro
Blows out air
Pissed he has to 
Take the stairs
Oh no, the lift’s not working

We fixate, we frustrate
We mismate, get irate
Sometimes think we’re not that smart
Lightweights, cheapskates
We’re primates f'christsakes
Blood just pumping through a heart
 
Scoot & Ride
Pulls out a gun
Still young enough
To have some fun
But for his Mum, it’s just not working

Belly Bandit
Looses faith
How come he’s put on
So much weight
Oh no, it’s just not working

We fixate, we frustrate
We mismate, get irate
Sometimes think we’re not that smart
Lightweights, cheapskates
We’re primates f'christsakes
Blood just pumping through a heart

It's Just Not Working!

The Archway in St. Andrews
is far away from Kalamazoo
Ancient rocks and ageless stones
Loom high about my head

The greens are deep
But I can't forget 
the bright jeweled hippy beads
swinging by my eyes in America.

It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back 
I'll erase the shadow from the wall
It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back
I'll erase the shadow from the wall

I'm taking back the sunlight 
The natural light, the pretty light
I'm swallowing the sparkling dust
Into the ribbon of my mouth

It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back 
I'll erase the shadow from the wall
It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back
I'll erase the shadow from the wall

Perfume of my roses
I embrace the child in me
Sun rays and beauty
Burst out from the folds

It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back 
I'll erase the shadow from the wall
It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back
I'll erase the shadow from the wall.

Here they are, my stolen goods, returned.
Here they are my girlhood dreams delivered
I cradle my own innocent heart

It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back 
I'll erase the shadow from the wall
It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back
I'll erase the shadow from the wall
It's a beautiful room, I'll take it back 
I'll erase the shadow from the wall.

Green Lassie Blues 2020

A Beautiful Room

Now updated just a little. With the vocals of Lena Arlid.

Byhros

“A painter paints pictures on canvas but musicians paint their pictures on silence.” -  Leopold Stokowski

A member of Cellar Door which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/cdoor

"The most powerful and magical language is music. The reason for this is that music is the original language. Music is not ornamented poetry, and poetry is not ornamented prose. Poetry is fallen music, and prose is fallen poetry. Prose is not the original language; it is poetry made practical. Even poetry is not the original language; it is music made speakable, it is the words of music separated from their music. In the beginning was music." (Peter Kreeft, Philosophy of Tolkien)

A Dream Within a Dream

Classical Glass