What a wonderful piece!  Even from this short excerpt!  I really want to hear it in full.  Beautifully played too!

I haven't kept much of what I recorded as a studio engineer in Nashville back in the 1990s, but one set that stands out is from a day in 1996 when my friend Bill Verdier came to the studio and, with guitar accompaniment from Peter O'Hanlan, laid down two excellent fiddle tracks for a project he was working on. I got chills hearing this as it was being played, and I still get chills 26 years later.

I learned today of Bill's passing, and I just wanted to offer up these two samples of his excellent musicianship. I'm glad I got to hear him. He will be missed.

Remembering Bill Verdier

It's Such a Sad Song
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

She was my best friend,
Closer than a brother, 
I cried the day she died,
To me there was no other.

And now I sit alone,
Often think of her,
I let the tears flow from my face,
Flow into the river.

It's such a sad song,
For one to hear,
And it tears me up,
When no one is near.

It was a beautiful tune,
As old as the ocean,
It constantly beats its waves,
Upon my emotions.

I cried the day she died,
To me there's no other,
And I often wonder why she was taken,
Not another.

So I sit alone,
Often thinking of her,
And I let the tears keep flow,
Flow into the river.

It's such a sad song,
For one to hear,
And it tears me up,
Now that she's no here.

It was a beautiful tune,
As old as the ocean,
It still constantly beats its waves,
Upon my emotions.

It's Such A Sad Song

JensJoel & Magnus Lögdberg https://open.spotify.com/album/1myqcGud1zUxTYtdiyHxCk?si=-7FnypIZQIqpbDi6RUY6Ww

Ibland Vill Man Spela Punk

I'm on the Upright Grand Piano for this one as Tim accompanies me on both his Fender Telecaster, and at times, his Taylor guitar.  
This one is full of the Winds of Autumn by the way, so let it sweep you up and take you away! 😁

Free flow Improvisation is what we love, even if it becomes a bit uneven at times.  And apparently many of you Listeners do as well.  
But we're making it up as we go along... so cut us a bit o slack, ok. 😉

We Thank you for all the lovely comments, Re-posts and General support, people. 🤗

And we promise, we'll try to make our recordings even more Listenable as we continue our 'conversations'.

But in the meantime...  May you enJoy!  😊

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2022 Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2022

Autumn's Flow * Anomon & Elliot

Anizatoop

This track has been in the making for some time. It expresses my worries about the threat of extinction of so many species on this earth. Caused by the greedy side of humanity. We need to do more. Particularly those who make important decisions and can have a big impact on the world's affairs. It's not good enough! 

But to all the good eggs who care - Thank You! Let's care even more :)

Thank you once again to Rob aka @Spiralizer for mixing and mastering ! I am always very grateful for your insights and skills.

Photo: Pixabay

The Extinction Song

K G G - T-1000 (complete)

A composition from a lower place expressing feelings and need to escape when the ineptitude of someone, somebody or service lets one down

Oh I Wish

Above and Beyond

https://nowyyorg9.wixsite.com/seasional-optimist/maninrain

tytuł     :  Man in the rain
album  :  Whispers
autor    :  nowyyorg
rok        : 2022 

... stoi tam co noc,
stoi i moknie, 
choć wbijam w ciemność wzrok mój
stojąc w ciemnym oknie 

niepokojący blask,
wśród kropel deszczu lśni
nie mogę nadal zasnąć 
bo nie wiem, czy to ty ... 

​czy człowiek w deszczu to ty ?
czy człowiek w deszczu to ja ? 
po co pytam jak wiem ? 
i czemu znika za dnia ...

Whispers

Man in the rain

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Voici ma composition pour piano écrite en 2016. (1er version, qui sera allongée par la suite)
J'interprète au piano "La Princesse Rouge".
Enregistré le 22 septembre 2023.
Bonne écoute. 
Image par Pixabay. 
Lien YouTube pour écouter : https://youtu.be/DXpWwZFzMvI

La Princesse Rouge – Original emotional piano

An excerpt from the opening section from New Eyes, inspired by black holes and gravitational physics. This section depicts the violent journey into a black hole and reveals an imagined world beyond the event horizon.
Recorded in workshop by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Seal

New Eyes (Excerpt)

Darren Bloom is a composer, conductor, producer and educator. Described in The Times as ‘almost mystical… a genuine frisson’, Darren’s music is noted for its combination of ‘evocative harmony’ and ‘raw power’. His recent chamber symphony Dr. Glaser’s Experiment, commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra for their 2016 Futures Festival, was praised in theartsdesk.com as a ‘confident answer to the question: How can an orchestra perform the music of the future?’ Darren’s chamber work Strange Attractors was selected by the UK panel of the International Society for Contemporary Music to represent the UK, and his chamber opera KETTLEHEAD was created as part of his second year of residence with the London Symphony Orchestra as a member of the LSO Soundhub Scheme. Recent projects include a curated set for New Dots’ Curiouser event, which incorporated his new work Alice’s Dream Fragments for the Octandre Ensemble, and Borexino-Borealis, a commission from the Park Lane Group for the Borealis Saxophone Quartet.
 
Darren is a founding member and conductor/creative producer of the Ossian Ensemble with whom he has given the premieres of dozens of new works over the past decade. Other conducting highlights include a performance of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Five Klee Pictures in the presence of the composer, recording music for BBC4 documentaries, directing several youth new music ensembles, including the Composers Ensemble at Junior Trinity, and making his third annual appearance as a conductor for the LSO Soundhub Scheme.
 
Darren studied composition with Edwin Roxburgh, Brian Elias and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and conducting with Neil Thompson, Edwin Roxburgh and Christopher Austin. He was awarded a DipRAM and the Manson Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music as well as recently being appointed an Associate of the RAM. In 2015 he commenced an AHRC funded PhD in Composition at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Richard Causton.

New Eyes (Excerpt)

Darren Bloom

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