Smooth as glass on the surface but beneath the calm of still water runs a deep relentless current. Don’t be fooled by a still appearance on top when below the mighty power of a torrent moves unseen.

Synths, synth guitars and pianos with reverb, synth bass set to a 2-step thump beat with bongos, congas, repique, and snare cajon at 75 bpm.

Water audio recorded live in February 2024.

Still Water

When the magnolias bloom, it’s time to pour a favorite beverage, maybe a cuppa at daybreak, and enjoy the songbirds nestled in the trees overlooking the white petals of mid-spring magnolia.

Summer lurks around the corner, but it can wait! Chirpy melodies, cool morning breezes, and sumptuous magnolias, their blossoms swaying in the wind, set the pace. I think of it as Magnolia time — take it easy even when a busy day says no. Chill out. Tune in. And everything will work out. Stop and smell the roses. Or the blossom of magnolia.

Synth piano and keyboard with reverb, vibraphone, bass and bass arp, plus songbird audio set to RnB and Latin beats @ 85 bpm.

Audio of songbirds recorded live in March, April, and this week in May, 2024.

COVER: AI-generated image by the DaVinci app and altered in Photoshop.
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Magnolia

No Sun On Monday

Sometimes a timeout is necessary, to pause, regroup, and refresh if only for a few minutes. Put up a Do Not Disturb sign. Open a window and let a pleasant distraction offered by songbirds calm the mind. Then resume forward march when ready. Hopefully, time is on your side. If not, seize a moment when you can. 💙

Jazz with songbirds
66 bpm

Audio files of bird chirps recorded live October 13 and 15, 2024.

DAW Apple Logic Pro X
MIDI Akai MPK Professional  
E-instruments:
Concert Grand
SoCal Ballad Piano 
Vibraphone
Clarinet Solo
Studio Upright Bass
E-percussion used:
Shadow Zone Clave
Studio Brush Kit 
Drum ’N Bass Remix
Latin Kit


Cover art is a derivative illustration with additions and alterations to the following photo:
A Neon Closed Sign above a Window by Jeffrey Czum at pexels.com 
https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-neon-closed-sign-above-a-window-4118958/

Windows

Psychological Pollution

Mama

Tulips, bicycles, canals, history, fine art, DJs, and most of all the Dutch people make Amsterdam and the Netherlands a place I could easily call home. 

But Amsterdam is more than a place to me — it’s a symbol of the joy of finding community, of sharing and thriving with people who support one another. Hopefully you can do that right where you live. Or here on SoundCloud. We are "stronger together" is more than a trite slogan because it is a mathematical fact. So let’s take a joyful trip and dance as if everyone applauds your moves.

With a toast 🥂 to Mick and Karin 

60/120/60 bpm

Begins with a classical treatment and electro, then electro, house, and techno music. 

DAW Apple Logic Pro X
MIDI Akai MPK Professional
E-instruments:
Ballad piano
Concert Grand
Clarinet Solo
Bassoon Solo
Cinema Strings
String Basses
Trombones
French Horns
Synths:
Focus
Ghosts
Momentum
Ethereal Mallets 
Ambient Lead
Buzzy Pluck bass
Deep Round Synth Bass
Minimal Techno Pattern bass
E-percussion used:
Timpani
Xtra Timpani Tremolo
Orchestral Kit Kick & Lg. Taiko Drum
Paris House Remix
Tech House Beat
Euro Dance Remix
2-Step Remix Overdrive
Latin Kit

COVER IMAGE is a composite created in Photoshop using my personal photos

Amsterdam

🎞 Live recording video:
https://youtu.be/39WnKM3fpPA

February Stroll - Περίπατος Τον Φεβρουάριο

Getting Lame

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

From robins to finches to doves, all kinds of birds in my neighborhood are looking for valentines — crooning and swooning from treetops and roofs. They act as if spring has already sprung. 

Seizing the opportunity, I live recorded dozens of birdsongs for future music, and this song includes one of those recordings — a mourning dove that was perched on top of my chimney. Its coo-call reverberated down inside, vibrating the metal of my fireplace flue — it’s the simple pleasures of life — that inspired Dove Love 🕊️And the song is relaxing even for children 😉

A lighthearted chill song with Latin rhythms and sprinkles of jazz here and there for dance  💃🕺 or chillax in your favorite spot. 

65 bpm

DAW: Apple Logic Pro X
MIDI: Akai MPK Professional keyboard
E-INSTRUMENTS:
Concert Grand piano
Boesendorfer Grand Piano
SoCal Ballad Piano 
Oboe 
Clarinet Solo
Flute Solo 
Cinema Strings 
Ethereal Mallets
Chimes 3 - Mystic Groove
Deep Round Synth Bass
Minimal Techno Pattern bass
E-PERCUSSION:
Latin Kit
RnB Remix
Studio Brush Kit
Euro Dance Remix
2-Step Remix

AUDIO: Mourning dove recorded live on February 1, 2025

Cover photo of turtle doves by Klub Boks via pexels.com:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/turtledove-birds-sitting-on-a-branch-and-hugging-6925118/

ARTIST’S JOURNAL:  I did not intentionally create what seems to me to be music suitable for a cartoon or animated short. But I must confess that the Disney TV channel was on with the volume off in a room near me as I began work on Dove Love. I would see cartoons as I passed the TV on my way to get coffee in the kitchen 🤔

Dove Love

But we don't run away - 
Cause everything's at stake -
To give up now - 
Would be the greatest mistake -

Fate

Words ~ thoughts ~ rhythms

All things made, played, produced and sung by me, elle. unless stated otherwise.

Fate

Cycle of Hands

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