Hi I'm Gary Russen I operate internet station GJRB Online on Spreaker.  I play smooth jazz every couple weeks or so and I scout to new music and found this music incredible would love to give it airplay if I may.  I have a music rotation and give your selection a lot of exposure enjoyed listening to it

wonderful piano play, gorgeous violin...love your amazing music David..!!

Thank you so much I see you don't have it downloadable so I can record on my Spreaker studio and it will make an MP3 for me

Moving piano and beautiful atmosphere... Great work on it, David...

This latest piece is a piece that sort of wrote itself off of the back of the inspiration I have been feeling recently. I hope you enjoy it.

Beginnings

Something different again from my last 'uplifting piece' [Moths to a Flame], this one slower,  more simple and gentle …… and in progress [I think!] hehe ….

The night was silent at the start of a another heatwave here in Australia, houses still warm despite the coming of relief and 'cool' air over the last few nights. The only sound was that of the portable air conditioner struggling to fill the room with cold air. On nights such as this, during the worst times, one dreads to leave that 'cold' room to enter into rooms where a furnace seems to envelope one.

Despite the silence, I couldn't sleep. Feeling unwell, drained from heat, worried about someone dear to me, I felt a strong urge to play the piano. A melody of sorts had formed in my mind, a melody to soothe the soul. So I pushed past that pain and mental barrier which was telling me  'I can't get up', and I got to the piano. Darkness surrounded me except for the gleam of lights from the street lamps outside my window, …..The only other light came from the glow of the computer screen spilling out onto my piano.

So I closed my eyes and just gently played in that silent warm night,… to my surprise it sounded soothing and delicate, my fingers seemed to hit the right notes and a gentle melody and harmony was created - after a difficult patch with my music, I was surprised at how my fingers effortlessly 'found' what I 'felt',….. I was so engrossed with what was happening, how calm it felt, how much joy I was gaining from playing, thinking that maybe things would be ok for the person I care for,  that I couldn't pull myself away to simply press the record button. 

My heart sank.

Could I play it again, play an improvisation, the way in which had just been created from nothing, or from within? To soothe my soul and the person I cared about so deeply, and hopefully others too.  I tried to forget that it was recording and ignore that darn metronome which I had forgotten to turn off - it throws me, hindering the free-flow nature and freedom of an improvisation

I continued to play, attempting to recapture this melody once again, and this is the result after several problems with my DAW and it not capturing the recording properly.  No, its not the same as my first attempt, no, it doesn't seem to flow as well, or find some of those harmonies that just 'came' so effortlessly from within the first time……  …..simple and imperfect though this piece may be, it still portrayed a sense of the gentleness I felt, ….. in playing ……. "quietly in the night" …. hoping that my dear friend would be alright ….

Improvisation/Composer: Megan McCarthy
Piano Solo: Megan McCarthy

I would also like to draw your attention to  David Ackerman, who surprised me by sending me a wonderful version and interpretation of this track, adding a new dimension of guitar and ambience which suited [playing] quietly in the night' so beautifully, so I most gratefully said yes for him to upload it …. You can find him and the track at: https://soundcloud.com/deephod/quietly-in-the-night-feat  :-)

If this piece [Quietly in the Night] speaks to you in anyway, I would love to hear your feedback, the more I continue on my 'journey' …..  I might also attempt a second version of this with added instruments, and/or if anyone is interested in a collab?  :)

Graphic Source:Julie Lueders  http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/walk-quietly-into-the-night-with-me-julie-lueders-.jpg  

Quietly In The Night - Megs McCarthy

preparing some new pieces for a "Steinway D" and an "Una Chorda" Piano recording session I am planning for the end of this year, exploring new sounds and styles once more.....

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Dirk Maassen - Juli, Juli (Sketch for Studio Session)

this is only a rough sketch of a piece I am going to record in the frame of my 8 Pianos project this summer. Now I am looking for a driving etnic and also light electronic percussion and a collaborator who is able to do it without fixed bpm ;-) .... 

if you think this could be interesting, I would love to hear your ideas and sketches..... 

Dirk

Burning - Rough Sketch -- > Percussion Collab needed, read description

Won Love - Emotional and atmospheric freeform piano improvisation album. Available on iTunes etc. mid-May 2015.
http://oliversad.ie/wonlove

Won Love

Rainfall Thoughts

Won Love — Rainfall Thoughts

Concerto for Piano & Strings

First song off my new album. In my desire to always be changing I decided to try to combine piano and accordion. I hope you like it

Paris Lights

Our thoughts and inner talk are with us constantly, driving our emotions, as our emotions drive our thoughts. Sometimes this can be a peaceful place, at other times, more reflective, or sad yet filled with hope. Our thoughts can be wonderful things, yet if we begin to 'drown'  in them they can be a danger as we can become overwhelmed, dwell on things or worries that may not come to be, or become stuck within grief and loss which can both comfort us and hold us back. I often find myself thinking too much, and need to remember the 'moment', to stop over-analysing fear, sadness, and to focus on the peaceful and hopeful times, and one of the best ways for me to express this, is through music, as so many of you do <3 xx

Graphic Source: kellyexeter.com.au

Drowning In Our Thoughts - Megs McCarthy

Deep and reverberating original melody with full body strings orchestra to put you into a  balanced state of intuition and consciousness. 

Immanent

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Immanent (original mix)

Piano - David Francis Lyle
Orchestration - Jeff Torres
Please visit Jeff's page for more beautiful Music.  
soundcloud.com/jtcmposr

I dedicate this piece to a special dear friend, Betty Rieveldt.

A Lover's Concerto - Featuring Jeff Torres

“I didn't go to the moon, I went much further—for time is the longest distance between two places” 
― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

Menagerie

Music that tells a story.
All tracks mixed at (the old) Orange Studio.

Concerto for Piano & Strings

David Francis Lyle

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