With Pat's passing, I wanted to post this version of Ode with us doing a little brainstorming on the creation of the song. 
I witnessed a miracle--at least I would call it that.  A beloved rose that was a regular bloomer(pictured) fell victim to the incredibly harsh cold spell we had in February of 2021.  By April when the rest of the roses were waking up, this one had not a sign of life in it, just a brown stump.  I watered, and fed, and waited, and waited.  Nothing.  I dug out the stump.   For Mothers' Day my daughter had bought a rose to replace the one that had perished...or so I thought.  Within a week of planting the new one, the old one put out a shoot just a foot away.  I guess the digging, watering, etc for the new rose stimulated some remaining root of the old.  It has since received lots of love and care, and has at least a half-dozen buds ready to bloom in a couple of weeks.  So this is an ode; to a beloved rose and all things miraculous.  
Special thanks to Pat Howell for the initial inspiration and his fine musicianship and sweet additions with mandolin and octave.  Please check out his page for more fine music @patrick-howell-786748109

Ode To A Rose (with new intro and outro 7/23/23)

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

Welcome to my page.

I appreciate all the comments, likes and repost that you leave me in my compositions.

I make music for fun and to get away. I have multiple styles, although my biggest influence is in electronic music.

I am self taught and learned with Music Studio 2 on a first generation ipad 11 years ago. I have never composed before. Perform more than 80 songs a year for the first 6-7 years to learn about the program and develop creativity to compose. I have listened to different types of music throughout my life and maybe that has helped me.

I still compose only with an ipad (last generation), but I no longer work only with native MS2 instruments since I have expanded my instrument library with programs such as Audiokit, Digital D1, kv331, Sunrizer, etc ...

My music can be downloaded, but not used for commercial purposes (my authorization is required).

During the last two years I have encouraged myself to collaborate with professional or self-taught musicians like me. Are these:

Annie Smart

Dan DT

Loue ghazi

Lukowig

Mirjam Keijnemans

Nathalie B20

Subzero

Osc Project

Vicent

Winkanwoo

Wypernet

Thanks to them for their generous timeshare and patience.

You can contact me by sending me a message through SC.

Thanks for visiting.

Music is an international language and it's such fun to learn new perspectives on that way... Thank you all for listening and taking part in all these moments 🙏🎶♥️

REKHA a.k.a. REKHA - IYERN [Fe] is a CA 🇨🇦 Musician & Visual Artist! A Multi-Genre Comp/Auth, Sing/SongWrit, Rec/Prod/Perf Fire-Wired-Feline with orig-solo & collab works ongoing. *(Pick A Playlist) to access your genre-fave! New sonic works on my YouTube Channel!

Milky Ocean Alt-ROCK songs plus other tunes avail WW on BC & more! Multiple Singles, EP's, LP's & Compilations soon to be released so keep checking in! Trailokya avail soon on BC. GIVE IT UP out now!

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REKHA's Collabs 2019-2025
Aerofuzz - Fly Baby Mix, NANO, Atlantis & Eagle -  Magi©Ian - Ian Rutter: https://soundcloud.com/ian-rutter-144739802
Let Your Spirit Fly, Close To You, Voodoo Stone Obsession, Agnus Dei - (Deep Mix), Pyar - (Hypnotic Mix), Sign Of The Times, Beautiful Darkness - Joerxworx - Jorg S:  https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Cathedral, Gateway & Agnus Dei (Original), Another World, Life Of Ours & We Were Made - René Puschinger: https://soundcloud.com/r3np
(Don't Go) Tripping' On My Head - Meezerpocalypse - Ted Ransom: https://soundcloud.com/meezerpocalypse
Talk To Me, One For Me, Sonica-Cosmica, Everywhere, Trenches Below, Retro Active, COLD, Queen Nemo, Take Me - DELAFLOR - Manuel:  https://soundcloud.com/mercer-goldengalls
Rays of Hope, Northern Skies, Lifetron Trailer incl Lifetron Narration, Lifetron Ext Play, 4 Tracks, Lifetron 1, Inward Bound, Lifetron 2 & Rays Of Hope - OESJ (Peter Pasch & Ralph Wadephul): https://soundcloud.com/oesj
Music & Lyrics, Composer & Author REKHA - IYERN [Fe] - IYERN FE RECORDS CANADA/REKHA SONGS Publishing
Could It Be You, Hollywood & L'Étranger (Could It Be You) - Peter Heckmann:
https://soundcloud.com/peterheckmann
Solaris & Freedom - MusikLogo - Earnie S: https://soundcloud.com/musiklogo
Phoenix Resurrection, April Hope, Feline Fever, The 300, Forever Love & Flames of My Desire, This Time, Bend The Light (The Mad Scientist Speaks) - The Gat(s) - Jan S: https://soundcloud.com/thegats | Our YT Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0f_FxkhzY
Candy Apple Dreams, Lies, FIX YA, Purple Hearts, Sweet Sin & Rock Reigns - Christian Moll Drenyovszky aka Eclectronix:  https://soundcloud.com/eclectronix
& https://soundcloud.com/christianmollmusic
Dark Deep Blue & Wicked - Echo Garage - Sven: https://soundcloud.com/echo-garage
Rockin' Deep, Stefan Van Walsum - Stefan: https://soundcloud.com/stefan-van-walsum
Only You & Together Forever - Wane of Summer - Sander H: https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
Pyar, BANG BANG & India Man - AdmassD - Dirk: https://soundcloud.com/admassd
Indifference - Xanylovem - Xavier: @xanylovem
Another String  - Andrew Doyle aka II Camaleonte: https://soundcloud.com/andrew-doyle-32194121
Sweet Nothin' - KAERIAN: https://soundcloud.com/kaerian-1
Magic Land, DREAMS OF YOU & Beautiful Memories - Lecktric - David: https://soundcloud.com/proglectric
Family, Ride With Me - Colin Robinson: @colin-robinson-4
Halo - Belial Peligrim: @belialpelegrim
Captain Good - Tom Laukemper: https://soundcloud.com/tomlaukemper
Dream With Me Yodel Mix Original Version & Dream With Me Album Version - Karin-Maria Brunner: https://soundcloud.com/user-53145152-479345033
Banshee Woman, Paradise Below & Shiva Abode -  Mike - Motion X: @tripping_motion & Tripping Motion Music: https://soundcloud.com/trippingmotionmusic
Happy Hap-Hap - Hideo - PrimaLoop: https://soundcloud.com/primaloop
Psychedelia  & OM Interstellar - Martin Reed - https://soundcloud.com/its-tophonicus
House Of The Rising Sun - Brian Hudson - WetDogs Music https://soundcloud.com/brian-hudson-145918679
EASY - Cover, Give It Up, Crass & Crude, Cosmic Desserts, Whew, We've Only Just Begun - Cover, Cosmic Desserts - (Sleazy Bar Mix), Love Express, Just Want To Tell You, Planks - TexMex Shaman - https://soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman
My Baby | Permission Not Granted for use - eddyoffline - https://soundcloud.com/user-705706912/tracks
The Joy We Need - Svayam - https://soundcloud.com/joaomsousa
Boy Toy - N.o.b.S - @nobsmeyer
Rock Wind - Patrick Picault - https://soundcloud.com/patrickpicault
BBright - B-Day Boy, Kranko Branco Bizerko (Out Now on my YT) - https://soundcloud.com/wolfgang-schwarz-01051902
No Side - Car Camel, Spare Parts, Slave to the Device - ONE BLIND MOUSE - https://soundcloud.com/oneblindmouse/tracks
Shri Krishna - Rüdiger Petter - Listen to the amazing music of Rüdiger Petter here: https://soundcloud.com/ruediger-petter
Time Is Up - Stonerjazz's (Jeff) amazing tunes here: https://soundcloud.com/user-911083679
Roxy Rockers - (Rock Show Cover)- Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)https://soundcloud.com/josh-clary-1 & The Eclectic Collective
Bottle - GRENZLICHT: https://soundcloud.com/grenzlicht
Tandava  - Jo Richter of Sonic Structures & Silent Stretches - https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures
My Song - SHARK TEETH - https://soundcloud.com/shark_teeth93 & Echo Garage - https://soundcloud.com/echo-garage
All I Ever Wanted: Midisound & Delaflor - https://soundcloud.com/sonido-reflexivo
Hope - MJ-Brewer & TexMex Shaman -https://soundcloud.com/user777114915

(Translation above)

Auteur-compositeur de chansons françaises qui n'attendent que de bons interprètes. 
Après des études au conservatoire et musicologie à la Sorbonne, j'ai enseigné l'éducation musicale à des élèves en école élémentaire de 1982 à 2021.

Dès 1989, alors que je découvrais la MAO, j'ai commencé à faire des centaines d'arrangements de chansons pour enfants ou adultes dans tous les styles pour les faire chanter. Cette solide expérience m'a amené dans un premier temps à composer des chansons pour mes élèves. Puis, je me suis lancé dans un répertoire pour adultes. 132 chansons à ce jour !

Mon répertoire va de la danse traditionnelle française (La bourrée du maumarié), à l’EDM (La tête dans les étoiles) en passant par la musique classique (Double concerto pour violon, violoncelle et orchestre à cordes) et la chanson française, le gros du panier, avec le plus souvent cette pointe d’humour qui fait tant défaut aujourd’hui dans beaucoup de chansons, (ce qui est étonnant quand on voit autant d’humoristes fleurir aux six points de l’Hexagone…)

Même si certains apprécient ma façon de chanter, mes chansons sont faites pour de vrais interprètes qui aiment monter sur scène.

Né en 1961 à Paris.
Membre SACEM

Author-composer and performer... by default of French songs. 
After studying at the Conservatoire and musicology at the Sorbonne, I taught music education to elementary school pupils from 1982 to 2021.

As early as 1989, when I was just discovering computer-assisted music, I started making hundreds of arrangements of songs for children and adults in all styles, to get them to sing along. This solid experience initially led me to compose songs for my students. Then I started working on a repertoire for adults. 132 songs to date!

My repertoire ranges from traditional French dance (La bourrée du maumarié), to EDM (La tête dans les étoiles), classical music (Double concerto for violin, cello and string orchestra) and French chanson, the mainstay of my repertoire, most often with that touch of humor so lacking in so many songs these days (which is astonishing when you see so many humorists flourishing at the six points of the Hexagon...).

Even if some people like the way I sing, my songs are made for real performers who like to get up on stage.

Born in 1961 in Paris.
SACEM member

Thank you for visiting my Soundcloud page. 
It's great to connect with so many talented musicians here on Soundcloud! On this page you'll find my original songs (including 5 albums) and acoustic guitar instrumentals (including 2 EP's), together with various notes about guitars played, tunings, recording etc.

Musical influences for me have been many and varied including for example Bert Jansch, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Mark Knopfler, BB King, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention, Paul Simon,  JJ Cale, Eric Clapton, Colin Hay and John Mayer.

Hope you enjoy listening to my music.

Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

This is my channel for the beautiful music of my friends from the Soundcloud community

Musicien depuis l’âge de 13 ans, je n’ai jamais cessé d’être amoureux de la musique.
J’ai participé à un concours international francophone dans les années 80.
Par la suite, j’ai créé le groupe Top-Sonart qui a été en nomination deux fois à l’Adisq,et qui a pris fin en 1987.
J’ai ensuite écrit plusieurs chansons et musiques qui n’ont jamais joué nulle part. C’est pourquoi je les partage maintenant avec la planète par Soundcloud.
Bonne écoute!

Musician since the age of 13, I have never stopped being passionate about music.
I participated in an international Francophone competition in the 80s.
Subsequently, I created the band Top-Sonart who was nominated two times at l’Adisq and which ended in 1987.
I then wrote several songs and music pieces that never played anywhere. That's why I now share them with the planet through Soundcloud.
Enjoy.

keyboard player,producer and Singer since 1994.
cinematic music , trailers, & piano motion
 DANGER ZONE ,Perfect view , Reswelg , Witchunters , and more bands
Producer I-DEA
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Ode To A Rose (with new intro and outro 7/23/23)

David Dunham