Instrumental Music

I am so delighted to share this playlist of beautiful music created by some of my dear SoundCloud friends and myself. 

May it calm heart and soul, uplift, inspire and embody something of the Peace one discovers upon realizing that heaven is not far away, but right here where we are, transcending all the disturbances and vicissitudes that distract us from knowing its wonder-filled all-encompassing nature.

Heaven on Earth

piano

Calming Piano for The Dark of Night

Here is some of the most beautiful Ambient & Crossover Classical music I have experienced on Soundcloud lately; and there is much much more.  But i had to start somewhere. :)

I celebrate these artists and there are many many more... so in the interest of not having a 100 track playlist, forgive me for not including some of your recent favs.  And... for including some of my own pieces.  Soundcloud is such a rich rich treasure trove of organic home-created and passionate music. 

So may you relax and have a Deep Listen, my friends. <3

And, All my Warmest and Best Wishes to you and through you in 2022, and beyond!   <3

Ambient Beauty

A playlist of amazing Music I've heard and collaborated on via SoundCloud recently.

Let it flow and don't be afraid to let it take you somewhere wonderful...

Peace and Love, always.   <3

Creating The Future through the Art of Music

music20

Daily Drops

DOMINIQUE'S-TOP-20-THE-ECLECTIC (113) 02-29-24

Best of the Cloud 24 03 13

May you inJOY.


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

A Song of Spring

Silver Lake

Leaving NY / jazz quintet & string quartet

Inspired by the poem "Winter Stars" by the American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933).

Winter Stars

I went out at night alone;
  The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings— 
  I bore my sorrow heavily.

But when I lifted up my head
  From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
  Burn steadily as long ago.

From windows in my father’s house,
  Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
  Above another city’s lights.

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,
   The world’s heart breaks beneath its wars,
All things are changed, save in the east
  The faithful beauty of the stars.

The Faithful Beauty of the Stars

This heartfelt sketch for Piano and Strings is born out of a recent Improvisation that seeks to suggest the power and passion of Love's eternal nature. Impossible to do perhaps, yet if it is freely expressed... Love seems to travel like Light and bind giver and receiver together in a warm, rich, and almost unfathomable Oneness. 

So, here's to what is called 'Forever Love', and may everyone find it!  💖



© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

Love Is Forever

As soon as @stabhappy reached out to me for a collaboration, i was all in! 
He based it on potions of my tune DreamStream @ https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/stream-dreams  

Here's a taste of what emerged!

May you InJOY! :-D



© Gary Courtland-Miles and StabHappy 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

DreamStream @StabHappy  Re-MiX

I finally bought a new classical guitar :)

The tightrope walker

Music by Ear... nurtured by Heart and Soul.

This came out of a collaboration with my dear friend Julien Morency 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/oXmfW  building upon my original piano piece 'It's Something Like This'.  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/like-this

At the time, I was seeking to describe the indescribable; a life experience that elicited feelings more intense than happiness, like the inexplicable emotions felt at the birth of one's first child, or one of those deeply transformational experiences that seem to expand out forever. I suppose it's best known as Joy.

Impossible to describe perhaps...
But here it is, with warm thanks to Julien @musicar for adding his heartfelt touch with Strings.

May you EnJOY!

© Gary Courtland-Miles and Julien Morency 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

It's Something Like This_ feat. Julien Morency

In between Summer and Fall, Nature seems puzzled for a brief period as the transition completes itself; much like us as we merge with our futures. 
But somehow everything works out.

In any case, here is a composition on Electric Piano born in a recent improvised recording session. It merges and flows in waves and patterns that never quite resolve themselves even as they stay harmonious. Puzzling in-deed! :)

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

Photo © by Pxfuel.com

Puzzles

"Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters."  
  And from that place let the mysteries and nuances of The Deep 
  be revealed 
  to all who seek... but do not covet.

  Yes, Dare to Ask...
  but only for Wisdom and Understanding,
  for 'Knowlege about' is empty of actual experience and meaning.

Indeed... the Timeless Mysteries of Sound, Light, and Being 
call out our primaeval inner natures 
and beckon us to draw near...
to discern, and to intuit... 
and perhaps, 
to begin to comprehend the Cosmic Simplicity
which pervades the Whole. 

Let us not Be overly concerned 'to Possess', 
but rather...  
to be a Channel
a point through which Creation's intelligence
can flow into this small yet beautiful world.

For is it not enough, brothers and sisters,
that this wondrous Universe not only gifts us Life, 
but also offers us the opportunity to Co-Create? 

I say, Yes!
In-deed!  :)
                              

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This Music seeks to do the impossible,
to describe the indescribable Awe and Wonder of this Timeless Procession of Becoming ...

May it Celebrate the Mysteries of Life itSelf.


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2014
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2014

Mysteres et Nuance

Here's the very latest in the recent Series of Improvs with Guitarist Tim Elliot, the friend and neighbor I never knew i had!  :))

The Sound is rough n dirty but oh so honest and heartfelt.  
It's amazing how things work out when we're open to Letting them happen!  

May you enJoy!  :-D


© Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2021

Looking Up _ w.  Tim Elliot

A Lot Like Birds - In Trances

A Lot Like Birds - No Nature

A Lot Like Birds - No Nurture

A Lot Like Birds - Next to Ungodliness

No Place by A Lot Like Birds is available on CD, Vinyl, and digitally.

Official Webstore: http://merchnow.com/catalogs/a-lot-like-birds

A Lot Like Birds - Connector

Like breathing, improvisation is an unconscious flow from within.
Of course, one must understand the basics and have spent a good many hours building a tonal memory, but once one gets the knack of it, improvising, no matter what the instrument, is a Gift that keeps on giving. :)

As you tap into these inner autonomic cycles, you reach a Zone that's beyond anything you could consciously think of or plan. Like one's heartbeat, it's in tune with Life itself. It just happens. 

In any case...I love it when the Music is 'Floating'.......'Levitating' so to speak... not really going anywhere in particular, but tonally and rhythmically totally Present.  And... as we get better and better at finding the door to this experience, more and more wondrous music begins to manifest itself through us. it's almost as if we aren't even present.

Then the hard work of Arranging and Mastering begins!  :-D 

But be that as it may... for the Best experience of this one, I suggest you put it on Repeat at a Medium volume and let it go for 10-15 minutes.  it's sure to help you 'take a breath', become lost in peace, and relax deeply. :D  

May you inJOY. :-D

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

Musings

Memories - Till Indy and Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

I extend my sincere gratitude to Pamela for her invaluable support and the inspiring compositional ideas that contributed to this piece.
https://soundcloud.com/user-315009621

Composed by Till Indy and Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
© Till Indy / Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka 2021

Memories | Till Indy and Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Music/Arrangement/Production/Vocals/Lyrics by Achazia
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPYgoD4-YSY

Would you catch me if I fall.
It's a long way to down.
I want to surrender
but I don't know how.

I'm running through waste lands
to the deepest end
I'm fighting emotions.
That is my defence.

I was once touched by shadows.
That tore me inside
and then you came to me
like a shining light

Do not get any closer
I'm letting you go 
I keep on running.
away from your love.

Falchon's elegy

Track 5 of the Album https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-firm-dark-orchestral-suite
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Firm Ascaridida had in 2019 the smart idea to have one of his laboratories in the Republic of Nicha to leak a virus in order to enhance his pharmaceutical businesses with new vaccines. Not only did it generate billions of dollars of new revenue but it also killed millions of people. The smart idea just backfired at him. Indeed, all his board of director and his own family died because of this virus leak. He is now alone to run this billion dollar firm having a footprint everywhere on the world. Will he be able to get The Firm back on its evil tracks in 2022? 
We shall see.
“This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”
Music & Production: Syrel
Photography: Syrel (1988)
Music Note: French Horn line partially based on the French Christmas carol "The three shepherds".

The Firm

The CEO Lonely Christmas

Here's my first improvisation of 2022 .  
It's authentic heartfelt Anomon New Age Piano Jazz! 
May you inJOY.......

Each and All of you Listeners are really appreciated. 
At the very least you're an equal part of the musical equation.  
Beyond that...Listening is a Magical power. It transforms music into a many splendoured thing!

May you inJOY.

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

NASA:  Corona Australis

That Starry Night

Many Thanks to Saxophonist/Composer Georg Boehme @Georg-Boehme  for offering his sonorous interpretation of my solo piano sketch, 'That Starry Night'.  It's an honor to collaborate with such an accomplished musician.
Stay tuned for more of our adventures.

May you enJoy it as much as I did. 😎


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles and Georg Boehme 2022
    Arranged by Anomon

That Starry Night .*.*.*.  Feat. Georg Boehme

After Infinity

Jeremy J. Saks - After Infinity

'Silent Secrets' is an easy listening soundscape.

Silent Secrets

Just something the start the new year off with. :)

The Fire Within

My arrangement for this great Arvo Pärt piece.

Vater Unser - Arvo Pärt

Poem: Emily Jane Brontë 

Oddrun Eikli: vocal and vocal composition https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, piano, bass, synth, drums&percussion https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Arne Hiorth: Trumpet and trumpet arrangement https://soundcloud.com/arnehiorth
Photo: Oddrun Eikli
Cover: Vetle Vagle
Mix: Torbjørn Vagle
Mastering Njål Frode Lie https://www.nflproduksjoner.no/

The mist and the landscape evoke memories of the poet's childhood, and she longs to return to the time when she felt safe and happy under her father's roof. There is also an acknowledgment that a time has passed, and the melancholy that something will never be the same.
Thank you from heart Torbjørn and Arne for this collaboration. 

Mild the mist upon the hill
Telling not of storms tomorrow;
No, the day has wept its fill,
Spent its store of silent sorrow.

O, I'm gone back to the days of youth,
I am a child once more,
And 'neath my father's sheltering roof
And near the old hall door

I watch this cloudy evening fall
After a day of rain;
Blue mists, sweet mists of summer pall
The horizon's mountain chain.

The damp stands on the long green grass
As thick as morning's tears,
And dreamy scents of fragrance pass
That breathe of other years.
Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

Upon The Hill. Torbjørn Vagle. Oddrun Eikli. Arne Hiorth.

Love

One of the true pleasures of living in a northern country is the occasional feeling of the warmth of the winter sun on your face. There's a word for this --apricity. A brief burst of apricity warms both the body and the spirit.

Apricity

Post A Picture

Subtle Song (Guitar solo)

The track is made with particle of old track form my friend AlcoR that lost the project

Particle of alcor

Atomo - Particle of Alcor ( Preview Out 20.03.24 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcI_tmSG-ko
Vocal and Flow IPG 1

https://on.soundcloud.com/soKvbKNhMio4Fvdc7

http://open.spotify.com/artist/16owYJUP41RH4hBqVuH6ku

Lou is Going down (IPG1 Collab)

I AM

This song is about being honest and vulnerable with others! :)

I'm Not A Fake!

(verse 1)
Level one academy better bet I’m the key 
Crown on my head like payment royalty 
rhymes in my life doing things creatively 
no questions asked that’s right just doing me
Don’t act surprise coming through like destiny 
still on the rise hang tight and you will see

Chorus
I bring the noise-I bring the noise-I’ve got the sauce now
Across the void-I bring the noise-so turn it up loud
My thoughts out loud-so just enjoy-this one’s-a cash cow
I bring the noise-I bring the noise-we-off the chain y’all

(Verse 2)
—👣—-Made to sparkle made to shine
dropping gems words to rhymes 
Holding back no not  me 
Coming through wait and see 
just Wait and see

(Verse 3)
hand over fist that is why I Can’t miss 
one with the force different levels do exist
Multidimensional words do twist 
Screw the imperfections as I transmit 
For the culture just a lift Precision with the gift
IPG1 on the mic I’m on the A-list 
Element of the rhythm who can resist 
Heat on each line dedication when I spit
Any doubt it’s word of mouth
sit back take noticed
Time out baby bro lemme get ‘em I got this
Creative days and nights  vision insight
This level so tight I slay and excite
Check your frequencies left and right 
Already built a winning team each player’s out of sight

———-Chorus

(Verse 4)
Academy Noise games departure flights loading
Embracing time and space so much I’m floating
Gotta beat the high score before there’s a landing
nothing last forever it’s all time spent learning 
A nonstop endeavor we’re hell bent earning
Another one on fire it so hot track’s burning 🔥🔥🔥——lit
Repeat (Verses 2, 3, and 4)

I Bring The Noise

Vocals & Lyrics by IPG1
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1

Produced by Cosmic Keanu and Chief Red Squirrel

Boss W.T.S. (IPG1 & Cosmic Keanu)

It’s You feat. Silver Bella
Vocals and Lyrics:
SilverBella
https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/20588/its-you-by-silverbella-91bpm-pop-acapella
https://soundcloud.com/silverbellasings
Paploviante:
Bass, Music Composing, Mix, Picture and Mastering

It's You! feat SilverBella

Lost Art of Love

© 2015 David Hollandsworth Composed on "The Maverick" piano by Native Instruments. You can hear the orchestral mix here: https://soundcloud.com/davidhollandsworth/pause-for-thought-orchestral
License this track: http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Dramatic/Ethereal-Music/Pause-for-Thought/725595

Pause For Thought (piano solo)

© 2015 David Hollandsworth
License this track: http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Dramatic/Ethereal-Music/Pause-for-Thought/725589

Pause For Thought

© 2015 David Hollandsworth
License this track: http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Dramatic/Hollywood-Orchestral-Epic/Flow/725572

Flow

Long Forgotten

The Long Farewell

Video

Snowlight

New collaboration with Echosonica. When Elena showed me her beautiful piece of piano, I immediately felt my feet were leaving the ground and I just wanted to fly away...
https://soundcloud.com/echosonica/walk-the-sky-musicar-echosonica
Piano : @echosonica
Orchestrations : Julien Morency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIe2TZ89Vl8&t=2s
Video by @arcaans

Walk The Sky (Echosonica & Musicar)

Newfoundland's hottest young traditional instrumental dance music band.

The Scholar's Set

Our heartfelt Song to you,  the Heavens, and All of Life.  

This delightful musical/spiritual collaboration unfolded so naturally, organically, and with such ease; the fruit of our mutual appreciation of each other's music over several years on SoundCloud.  In-deed, it was something magical that couldn't and wouldn't be rushed. :)  
So...
When my dear Norwegian friend and vocalist Oddrun Eikli   https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli  let me know that she was really taken with my piano piece `Hymn To The Heavens'  @  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/hymns-to-the-heavens  I jumped at the chance to engage with her and sent the piano track immediately. 😁 Thankfully, she replied that as she had a special feeling for it, that she would love to try. And OMG, did she ever!  The result is a 50/50 collaboration that many listeners have described as 'Stunning'. I agree whole-heartedly.

Several months later, Oddrun wrote again, this time enclosing her Vocal tracks and a rough mix of how it sounded to her as a whole. Needless to say, she totally `blew me away`with the depth and beauty of her creative contribution.  I am still in awe of what she did. Here's what she said about the experience.  

    " I sing from the heart. 
       I have sung again and again until I found my way with the music. 
       It is a meditation, it is gratitude to what was, what is, and what is to come.
       I am so grateful for this journey in your music. 
       It has enriched my life. 
       With your wonderful music and this journey, I feel such joy and  
       tranquillity. W we will be best friends forever.

        I sing in Norwegian. Here is a translation, Gary.

        Only Here
        can I see you
        the way you are.
        Only here
        may the past be (fulfilled).

        I turn and go
        A winter turns to Spring.

        Only here.
     
        Just like that!
                                                       ____________________

So, dear friends...
may you InJOY :-D

And for more of Oddrun`s inimitable work on Soundcloud, go to https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli

Composed and Performed
by Gary Courtland-Miles  ( Piano)  &  Oddrun Eikli  (Lyric and Vocal)

©  Gary Courtland-Miles and Oddrun Eikli  2019
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles and Oddrun  Eikli 2019

*  'Salme' means 'Hymn'  in  Norwegian

Salme: a Hymn to the Heavens - Vocals by Oddrun

Summer's warmth and beauty can't help but awaken in us a deep gratitude for the selfless givingness of our Sun. To express this is well nigh impossible. But may this heartfelt piano improvisation be my little contribution to expressing that shared feeling.

May you inJOY! 

© Gary Courtland-Miles  August 2020
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles  August 2020

A Song to the Sun

“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)

Apricity

Classical Glass