Chris Squire will always be one of my favorites, have seen Yes in concert 3 times before his passing. What a fantastic track!  excellent production and vocals!

Gorgeous... Great vocals among other things.

@nuula-anne: That was the day Chris Squire left this orbit. one pass vocal and released it

Conover/Steen   E I G H T E E N

Epic, Cinematic and Orchestral Music
Picture by jhantares
Franck C Production
Music by Franck Charles ©
ASCAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5vp_FXwNEg
Version 2024

Sandstorm

I am very glad to present you my new track "For more humanity". Please feel free to leave a comment what you think about or just listen to it. :-)

For more humanity

I just don’t know
What is it that you bring to this.
I just don’t know
What is it that I offer. 

If we could answer 
questions just like these.
I just can’t see
What is it that we offer…

All we are  
Is all that we can be…

When I call you
It’s never to soon Girl
When I call you
It’s never to soon Girl

All we are  
Is all that we can be…

When I call you
It’s never to soon Girl

I just don’t know
What is it that you bring to this.
I just don’t know
What is it that I offer. 

If we could answer 
questions just like these.
I just can’t see
What is it that we offer…


When I call you
It’s never to soon Girl….. 
All We Are Is All That We Can Be
All We Are Is All That We Can Be

Repeat and reach for the stars*   

Music bed track composed and performed by Claes Steen @cermat
Vocals, lyrics, micro edit arrangement and final Mix by conover @conover

All That We Can Be  (Conover/Steen)

Guitar: gaspar monterde
Label: @florecillarecords www.florecilla.com/
Cover Design: @perevilardebo.estudio www.perevilardebo.com/

people, not profit

Inspired by how small birds endure the harshest winter

A Robin Waiting For April

Over the Rainbow [instrumental] Trumpet and piano

I did this trumpet and piano version in early 2021.

Two favourite covers come to mind for this famous classic. One is by Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole from Hawaii who is no longer with us and Eva Cassidy who has also departed this earthly plain. Both are on youtube. Eva has some other great songs there as well. 

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I?

Piano arrangement and performance by jazz pianist Doug McKenzie. Trumpet arrangement and performance by yours truly.

Over the rainbow

I'm not too sure how to say this, but I need to. I am not well. I don't know how long I will be able to continue playing the piano. It is getting hard. I have a degenerative neuromuscular disease. It is probably ALS - Lou Gehrigs disease, but they are still doing tests. I can't walk any more ( I can't move my feet) or sit up without a brace and it is getting harder to breath and speak. I often need oxygen. I'm losing my left arm arm - it won't always go to the right piano keys. But I keep pushing. Creating music keeps the brain active and makes me feel like I still have a purpose. Playing the piano has kept my hands and fingers strong, but there are days I can't make it to the piano because I am very weak. I will keep going as long as I can.

All of the music I have written in the last 50 years I have recordings of, along with hand drawn lead sheets and piano scores that I have keyed into musescore for all of the future musicians in my generations to come who might want to play my music. Music is my diary, especially all the songs with lyrics that were written before my time here on SoundCloud. I have been here for 10 years and have made friends with many other musicians. I want to thank everyone who has supported me. It has been a wonderful time for growth when I could no longer play gigs but wanted to keep writing. It is great for senior musicians and for those where music is a creative hobby, not a profession. There is room for everyone. 

I realized after I posted this that I had just used the piano track.  I put different instruments to it and did a new mix. I can't believe I did that.  



Diagnosis Unknown

UNDONE

"Depth Over Ease" is a quiet rebellion against the temptation of simplicity.
This piece chooses introspection over decoration, silence over noise, emotion over polish.
Every phrase reaches inward, unfolding like a secret remembered rather than recited.
It's a piece for those who listen with their whole self — not for ease, but for resonance.

Close your eyes. Breathe with the tempo. Let it take you deeper than comfort.

Depth Over Ease Francesco Adornetto & Francess Harris

What is your enduring dream? That treasured goal that requires a deep well of resilience and the courage to try something over and over again? The path to reaching an enduring dream is generally not straightforward; instead, it meanders, taking us to unknown and unexpected places while providing countless "life lessons" as we navigate a long, winding road. It's comforting to know that every stumble and each "recalibration" along the way brings us closer to our dreams, strengthening our resolve and making the eventual success more meaningful.

“An Enduring Dream” contains two recurring themes: the first represents the process of pursuing a dream repeatedly, while the second symbolizes the “recalibration” and courage to keep moving forward. The music concludes with a sense of continued movement, further along the path and closer to the dream.

An Enduring Dream

Composed, played & produced by http://www.StanLeonard.com
I've been working on this instrumental since March. You can see me practicing an earlier (and slightly faster) version here on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/reel/DHbWh7HNPEw/

If you enjoy this track, I'd really appreciate a follow on Spotify:
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This piece is about how life is like the ocean...Sometimes it’s calm and clear… other times, wild and unpredictable. You can’t fight the waves, but you can learn to ride them. Thanks for listening and sharing 🙏
Ambient Acoustic Guitar
Chill Guitar Instrumental

Waves (solo guitar)

We're taking a parallel vacation
We’ll Fly
Our compass has truly lost it's way…. today.
If you could wire me at convenient times
Why why why
We could be sharing all our days 
These days go by
Bye Bye baby bye-bye
Bye Bye baby bye-bye

We're taking a parallel vacation
Are compass has truly lost its way...today

With a different itinerary
We might be heading home
With a different outlook now
We could be falling back in love again.

We are taking a parallel vacation
We’ll Fly
Our compasses has truly lost their way…. today.
If you could wire me at convenient times
We could be sharing all our days
These day's go by 
Bye Bye baby bye-bye
Bye Bye baby bye-bye

Music arrangement By Claes Steen @cermat
Vocals, synth and lyrics by Conover @conover

Parallel Vacation (Conover/Steen)

Just up the path was 
Travis corner
Fully replete with cakes and treats
All we needed was air 
All we wanted was sunshine
Where is the sunshine
I fell in love with you that fall.
And all you wanted was Paul on your lunchbox
Paul on your notebook too
George and Ringo add nothing to your world
and John was acting a bore
In 1964 
Just up the path was 
Travis corner
That was the center of our world
All we needed was freedom
And we're all waiting for sunshine
Where is the sunshine
I fell in love with you that fall
and all you wanted was Paul 
George and Ringo add nothing to your world
and John was acting a bore
Yes John was acting a boy
In 1964 

Do you remember? Do you.........

Music arrangement By Claes Steen @cermat
Vocals, arrangement edits, lyrics and Mix by Conover @conover
Mastered at Abbey Road Studio by Alex Gordon
https://www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/alex-gordon

Travis Corner 1964   (Conover/Steen)

Theme inspired by Chris Squire 

I modified the melodies from the track "I've Seen All Good People": Your Move" by the band "Yes" 
This is considered our tribute to Chris Squire, the bass player of Yes that recently passed away. TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Music By Claes Steen @cermat
Vocals, arrangement and Mix by Conover @conover
Thanks © 2016 Conover/Steen

Yes, No Or Maybe?   (Conover/Steen)

In the  morning you bring me my coffee in a special tarnished mug,
And when you fry up some eggs inside a copper pan with love   
As I scribe a check to the paperboy with my
Mont Blanc Pen  
Life is good it's so sentimental
When you're rich as hell
And when the markets are starting to tumble it tends to blemish the spell.   

I bought a car 
I only drive it weekends 
Somehow I forgot to put the top up.
And it's filling up with snow  

Life is good it's so sentimental
When you're rich as hell
And when the markets are starting to tumble it tends to blemish the spell.
Life is good it's so sentimental
When you're rich as hell
And when the markets are starting to tumble it tends to blemish the spell.  
 

In the evening you bring me the stories of our children as they grow
And then it's off to bed with there faces happy and aglow
Life is good it's so sentimental
When you're rich as hell
And when the markets are starting to tumble it tends to blemish the spell. 
Life is good it's so sentimental
When you're rich as hell
And when the markets are starting to tumble it tends to blemish the spell.

Music by Claes Steen
Arrangment,Lyrics and vocals by conover
mix by Conover and Warnick
Mastered by Andy Walter at Abbey Road Studios https://www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/andy-walter

Tarnished Mug (Conover & Steen)

She’s smack dab in the middle. 
She's in a very precarious place.  
This week she brought on thunder 
But somehow….. She's keeps a smile on her face 
KellyAnne where is and what do you plan to do?   
With the time on your hands you'll be having so soon
KellyAnne where is and what do you plan to do?   
With the time on your hands you'll be having so soon

Jussi Welin: guitar https://soundcloud.com/juswel
Claes Steen: Music composition for rhythm track https://soundcloud.com/cermat
conover: vocals,horn,lyrics,organ,bass, editing, mix and mastering
Thanks to Chris Wiggs for additional production assistance
This was Mixed on Audience ClairAudient 1+1 v2+ studio monitors.

Kellyanne (Conover/Steen/Welin)

If there was only two traits that came through in my music, I would hope that it would seem to be effortless and inevitable.
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Yes, No Or Maybe? (Conover/Steen)

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