Great!  The way you combine and mix such seemingly diparate sounds I find highly creative :)

Here is a remarkable and shorter version of my spoken word piece brought to life by the incredible and talented TCL.

This was an extremely long spoken word piece and TCL took some of the heart of the track and made it into something beautiful. 

Music by The Circulating Light
Vocals and Lyrics by Orieliel Watcher

Diamond in the Rough Feat. The Circulating Light

I've tried to capture the building tension and heart racing fear towards the end of the Ann Leckie's "Ancillary Justice". It involves a space shuttle, an airlock, an oxygen tank, a hero and two "baddies" trying to get in.  I didn't find it easy but I enjoyed the effort! 
The guitar parts were played on a Duesenberg Paloma through a modern metal amp using vintage style tube distortion and echo delay. The bass was played on a Fender Jazz Bass, relatively clean...

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The Race To Contain

From the wonderful recording of the first notes of a beginning band: https://freesound.org/s/588336/

Beginning Band Blast Var #3

made in ableton with pendulate and tal noise maker VST.
they are free, go try the out!

Pendule

Sound sources: 
1) Squeaky Glass: https://freesound.org/s/196394/
2) Short excerpt from drum solo in 'Sing, Sing, Sing'
3) Various excerpts from various recordings of Mozart's 40th Symphony

Photo credit: Mark Ahsmann, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Running Towards A Brick Wall

if stayed in that fast lane/not the same.

I'm His Kid  & Glad He Did/He Weighed The Fame /I Saw Him Change

Is It Gonna Rain

Play it again like teardrops in the rain

OF A FEATHER (instruMix)

awesome country cover of the WONDERFUL "the record player song" by Daisy the Great. 

LOVE Y'ALL ❣️

#daisythegreat #recordplayersong

the record player song

the record player song - raw vocal cover

Wound Up/Unwind - Wound Up for String Quartet and Cajón
Written: 2025
Total Duration: 10'
for string quartet and percussion (cajón with pedal and handpan—D Kurd 10: D) A, B-flat, C, D, E, F, G, A, C )
Commissioned by FAB5 quintet with support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
World Premiere: FAB5, Mostly Modern Festival | The Netherlands, Oostkerk, Middelburg, Middelburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands, May 2, 2025
US Premiere: Mostly Modern Festival. FAB5, Mostly Modern Festival, Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 18, 2026
Publisher: Bill Holab Music
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/wound-up-unwind
VIdeo: https://youtu.be/RPyXPYx-nuo


PROGRAM NOTE
For many years, my wife Victoria and her FAB5 quintet (string quartet and percussion), have entertained thousands of people at numerous performance spaces and travel hubs in New York City, including Moynihan Train Hall, Oculus World Trade Center, Javits Center, and Chelsea Market. Having seen many of their shows, especially those at travel hubs, there's a certain tension and release you experience watching people wait anxiously for their trains, and then the release they feel when they are finally on their way. I've had these experiences myself, so I wanted to create two pieces that emulate these feelings.

Wound Up/Unwind consists of two contrasting pieces for string quartet and percussion. The first, Wound Up, for string quartet and cajón, imitates the feeling of being worried, anxious, and frustrated, especially while waiting to board a train. The second, Unwind, for string quartet and handpan, is calm and soothing, perhaps emulating the satisfying feeling of relaxing in a quiet seat as the train leaves the station. Both pieces can be performed independently and in any order.

Wound Up/Unwind is written for and commissioned by the FAB5 quintet with support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Wound Up for String Quartet and Cajón

Recorded sounds provide a rich and extensive palette of colors and textures.  I like to glean what I can from single short samples of sound.  I particularly like squeaks and creaks.  Lately, I've become enamored with the enormous selection of vinyl records available on archive.org.

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