Distante skies
THE FLIGHT OF THE SWALLOWS, FREE TO DECIDE ... ARE WE FREE TO DECIDE?
RELAXING MUSIC
YOGA -RILASSAMENTO-
MEDITAZIONE

FREE SWALLOWS - PIANO & STRINGS MOTION -

music lylic by Masahiro Ymaguchi
Vocal Makoto

1
 Birthday in rain
　Wet sidewalk
Walking alone
I can't hold your shoulder
You were always by my side, showing me your quiet smile
　You were wrong, but I was wrong too
I thought we understood each other.
We've been growing apart for so long

  Birthday in rain
Wet sidewalks
Walking alone
Your voice is
Somehow it's so sweet

2
 Birthday in rain
Treading on Dead Leaves
My feet are heavy too
The town looks so happy

Your voice is
Kindly and warm
Swirling in my heart

Though the north wind pushes at my back
The gates of winter that stand harshly
That won't let me walk forward
I can't stop thinking back

 Birthday in rain
Walking alone in the cold
I suddenly think of you

Birthday In Rain

i sang
you sung
he she it singed
we sing gid
you sanged
they sunked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpX8NQkAuWM

the unsong

Falling Through The Cracks

This song follows the thoughts of the protagonist who goes through an abstruse day -- from rambunctious work colleagues a room over to thoughts of love far away in a world that seems forgiving yet un-reflective. Culminating in retroactive thought about purpose and place in the world, as well as questioning who 'teaches the world', the idea is that the teacher and colleagues could be, somehow, taught to understand what the protagonist evokes -- feelings, sentiments, morals, or otherwise.

LYRICS:
I thought I heard the sun wake
Up this morning
And the days' special way
Tragic importance.
Thought to listen to
The voice inside my head, they said:
'Don't harken, they won't hurt you'
Anyhow...

Please, please reason with me
Mystified by
Things they want to
Hold on to.
Ebb to tide, plea to bear
See the sides of 
Obscurity 
(Of obscurity).

If I told you,
I won't fall far.
If I don't hold you,
I won't be
Sane of taste.

Rectify the naysayer
All wont
To these feelings.
What to do?
Oversee it!
Mystified by
Things they want to
Hold on to.

Qui est notre maître?
Of underlying instructions...
Of unbridled functions...
Of unwritten laudations...

Easy

Cast of Characters:
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –piano, synth, and composition
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark—synth effects, synth strings and flute, lyrics, and vocals
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric and acoustic guitars, production, and mix
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four-string Fender P bass
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This is a song that JJ created late one Saturday night on the piano, drums, bass, and guitar. He then presented it to the rest of the Eclectic Collective so we could do our thing with it. Josh replaced JJ's rough bass with his interpretation of the line as soon as Ken replaced the drums with his interpretation of the beat. Interestingly, Ravel's Bolero had a lot to do with the inspiration for the second part of the song. After the rhythm section was done, we turned it over to Stephen, who came up with some really subtle, yet much needed guitar lines. 

 We then turned it over to our relatively new collaborator, Mark, who came up with the lyrics and vocals. This is a lyrical and vocal songwriting debut for Mark, who was inspired by his very first listen to JJ's rough draft. Thus, this song is extra special for him.  

Mark's lyrics are about our Earthly relatives in the far distant future. At that point life on Earth will have just about reached its limits, and so mankind embarks on a journey through space to find another place to call home.

We all hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we did creating it.
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LYRICS:
Part 1:
All you know, all you love is here today
Feel the sun, see the flowers embrace her rays
And you know, all we are must fade away
And now its time to go… 
away…

Part 2:
Here we are, flying high, flying high above the moons of Mars
And beyond another sunrise greets a world once again,
a million miles from where we are
To embrace the flowers of Jupiter, 
once again…

On and on we sail away, searching for another day,
the universe an endless sea
And you know that somewhere out there,
a brand new world, for you and me….

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Credit: Sample at 1:14 is from original Star Trek tv show theme ("Where No Man Has Gone Before") written by Alexander Courage

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve.   :)
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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Flowers Of Jupiter (The Eclectic Collective)

Tall dark trees and windswept fields on a winters day.

Wind Quintet #2

I had approached Jeff (stonerjazz) to help me out with a beginning I had ... this here has  evolved over time. wow, what a flame flaring! 

credits:
STONERJAZZ: lyrics, guitar, voice, various instruments and sounds
SONIC STRUCTURES: lyrics, t resonator on contact mics, voice, various instruments and sounds, mix

onion peel pt i to iv

onion peel pt i to iv - prominently featuring stonerjazz

Realized using Notion and Studio One featuring VSL Synchron Elite Strings. Shortened version, full length coming soon!

25-11 - Glazunov - Theme and Variations Op 97

Written in two days following a short visit to the North Sea island of Vlieland (NL) where I took this photo of the beautiful November Moon on my final evening. The veiled stillness - of which I hope there's an equivalence in the first movement, returns at the end of the second, which begins with further development of short themes written nearly 30 years ago, again on Vlieland, and which in 1999 became my Vlieland Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano. A very personal step back to old times and old thematic friends! Opus 366.

String Quartet 41 'November Moon' 2

basic copyright on all tracks.
all of the tracks on here are made with a 12 track boss digital recorder.      to make some sounds more spacious such as the main chords and melodies i have to use 2 tracks at the same time. this is why i try to keep my tracks short because i can only use a limited number of sounds. if i use 2 tracks for bass, drums, chords and melody it only leaves me with 4 tracks for effects and secondary melodies. i prefer to record only one sound on the channels allocated as this avoids problems with volume levels.  i'm not a great musician, but i am also not very good with computers, so this is the only way i can demonstrate my musical ideas.  a big thank you to everyone who listens and comments.........and especially those who like.

Tall dark trees and windswept fields on a winters day.

clive hawkins