Excellent sound quality and composition ... bravo!

Reminds me of lying on the floor, with the sun shining in through open windows, listening to Ommadawn. Great stuff David.

Superb re-visit.. great variations, genius + genius = DJS.

Rain falling here, perfect atmos with this

Brooding.. almost a middle eastern sprinkle here

Classical flute unaccompanied.
Played by Chris Scheri.
Bach Inventio 4.

Chris Scheri Solo Flute: Bach Inventio 4

Find Another Way is a an exhortation to stop shooting Brumbies from helicopters and find another way to preserve our native wildlife. It is from the point of view of the Brumbies themselves. It was written and sung by Robyn Youlten: Acoustic Guitar by Robyn Youlten; Flute parts by Chris Scheri; Drums and percussion by Liam Webb; recorded live by Chris at Liam's rehearsal room and mastered by Chris Scheri at Studio7.

Find Another Way

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Collaboration with Aedificium & myself featuring a scubadiving video.
Video - https://youtu.be/DBMVA2SFzeQ?si=AWRjvZLsiei_kB-2
Arranged and produced by, Mike Hllton &, Aedificium © 10/04/2024
Thanks for listening.

Mike Hilton - Electric, Acoustic & Bass Guitars
Aedificium - Percussion & further arrangement. 
Cover Art - Victor Harbour, South Australia.

Reef

Reef (collaboration with Aedificium)

Hello dear Listeners,

Indeed, it's been a long while since Tim and I posted New Music together as  Shekinah Fire*, but today's the day!

This improvisation was recorded by our one Stereo ZOOM Mic on April 8th during the Solar Eclipse. 

I am on Tim's ancient upright Grand Piano and he's playing his Telecaster electric Guitar. What came forth as we played were Allelujahs for  the Joy of Spring and the wonders of improvisation.

In case you're wondering about the title, the jewel-like 'sparks' made visible in the Sun's Corona just before it reached Totality then as it exited (as captured in the Photo), are called 'Baily's Beads'. We hope you'll hear them as the music unfolds.

May you enJOY!

Music © Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2024 & Tim Elliot 2024

Edited and Produced by © Anomon

Image Credit & Copyright Daniel Korona
titled:  'Baily's Beads' - Total Solar Eclipse of April 8th 2024

Baily's Beads * Shekinah Fire

Inspired by the natural beauty of Birdlife on our Planet.
Featuring, Alida Santandrea, a.k.a https://soundcloud.com/spawn-of-sirius, on Native American Flute.
Video ~ youtu.be/2qDJYoAQfw0
Thanks for listening.
Arranged & Produced by, Michael Hilton ©️ 22/04/2024

Mike Hilton ~ Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Alida Santandrea ~ Native American Flute
Cover photo ~ Pexels

Birds of a Feather

Simply inspired by the joy of playing guitars and producing music.
Thanks for listening.
Arranged & Produced by, Mike Hilton ©️ 29/04/2024

Instruments;
Fender Stratocaster
PRS custom 24
Takamine acoustic 6-string
Mellotron
Hammond Organ
Tama percussion
Double-bass
Vox Amps

Cover art - Acoustic Guitar Forum - Ozzy The Dog. Composite image by, Mike Hilton.

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"Into the Light" written by Robyn Youlten and Josie Jason.
Vocals - Robyn Youlten,
Flutes - Chris Scheri,
12 String guitars - Robyn Youlten,
Electric Bass - Robyn Youlten,
Produced and engineered by Chris Scheri Studio7.

"Into The Light"  Wild Orchids

VARIATIONS OVER A THEME BY M. OLDFIELD ["OMMADAWN"].
DRAFT VERSION (TO BE COMPLETED 2017).

INSTRUMENTS: classical guitar and two 6-stringed steel guitars, electric guitar, and keyboards (= organ, bass, kalimba, flute, VST voices; drums played by hitting muted guitars & drum pad).

The classical composers did this all the time: taking a melody by someone else, and composing something new out of it - Variations by a theme by X. E.g., Johannes Brahms made a wonderful 25-part piano-suite based on a theme by Handel (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations_…_Theme_by_Handel), ending with an amazingly complex contrapunctal passage. A stunning piece, well worth seeking on Youtube (or whereever).

My uploaded track is an attempt to create some variations on a theme by Oldfield. For reasons explained below, it is only a first draft and it is clearly a bit unpolished. I plan to make it considerably longer.

Wouldn't it be better to focus my efforts on my own material entirely, you may ask? Rather than fiddeling around with old ideas? Well, that is not always how inspiration works! 

Due to recently having bought a new guitar, I wanted to soundcheck it, investigating it's scope and limitations together with other instruments. So, (perhaps inspired by the soon release of R.T.O. by Mr. Oldfield, scedueled for the 20th January), I started to improvise over the OMMADAWN theme... Initially, that allowed me to focus on the guitar playing, rather than composing... One thing gave another, the recording became longer ... I never planned to release this - but the challenge is here now: the mountain is in front of me, and for that reason only I must climb it. As simple as that - it keeps me inspired!

In my view, no progressive instrumental record is more remarkable than the original 1975 OMMADAWN; absolutely stunning in all possible ways, and it has shaped my own way of approaching music. [Obviously, no comparison intended -any such would immediately result in a RED CARD]. 

The original OMMADAWN is an artefact. With its unearthly motifs, harmonics, continuous flowing, superior playing on a multitude of instruments (including some tremendously advanced guitar solos), it is incomparable to all other music.

Did I not know better, I could have counted it as a success of the SETI project: finally, a message from the Overlords! Inserted here on Earth by a vastly superior civilisation, with an intruiging hidden message ... :) Damn it that we can't grasp what it has to say to us - but for sure, something deeply profound. The only thing we intuitively feel is that it can't have been composed by any human - right? Finally, a really wonderful conspiratory theory! Alan Turing still alive, working secretly in Area 51 using super Quantum Computers on decrypting the inner meaning of the 1975 OMMADAWN signal... ;)

Regardless of what you may think of my draft, it was respectfully meant, and in the unlikely event that you liked some of it: make sure to fully credit the original composer for that. 

First draft recorded 14-15 January 2017. (Uploaded 18th - wanted it partially out-of-my-system before the 20th).

Thx for listening //DS

OMMA CONTRAPUNCTUS PROJECT (variations over a theme by Oldfield)

Composer of multi-instrumental music, with a preference for longer, progressive and complexly arranged pieces.   

Have played guitar for many years, but I am probably a slightly odd type of guitarist. Not particularily interested in the guitar genre, not too keen on listening to long solos, etc. I don't enjoy playing for people - a party-killer, in short. However, leave me alone with this wonderful tool (or the keyboard, which I play too), and I will start experimenting with it, searching for something to develop. 

Strongly interested in classical music and anything remotely related to that. I want to construct music with a similar structure and complexity, although with other instruments, and in my own way...  
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During 2010-2013, I worked on a suite of related pieces, GUITARS PLAYED BY DS, with every sound played on the electric guitar. A major undertaking, and (all-in-all) 45+ minutes long, all complexly related and released in five segments.

During 2014-2015, the main focus was on the full-format 'LONG INSTRUMENTAL', a progressive work with lots of different instruments and sounds, restless and complex. Some sections stand on their own feet: MYSTERY, and FANFARE. 

The 2014-2015 recordings also resulted in two shorter pieces: CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION and CLUSTER OF WARNINGS.

During 2015 I initiated a suite played on classical guitars - GUITAR STRUCTURES. It is a series of slowly changing ideas, a weave of melodies and harmony, the first section out in April 2015 (the 2nd came 2 years later).  

I played guitars on Tolubai's wonderful ambient piece 'MEMORIES' (August 2015).

EARTHSHINE came out in January 2016; a darker and slightly dissonant progressive piece, and one of my personal favorites. So is SILENCE, out 1st July 2016. September 2016: IGNITION  with TOLUBAI and LET THERE BE LIGHT 22th Sept 2016 with PuppyWolf. 

20/11-2016: The OORT CLOUD PROJECT I-IX. An 18+ minutes long progressive synth-based instrumental, with lots of short guitar phrases integrated. Also, the spin-off PASSAGE was released. 

GROTESQUE released too in the end of 2016. The 19th January 2017, I released the sketch OMMA CONTRAPUNCTUS PROJECT. The 4th February 2017, the track '3 WORLDS COLLIDE' was released.

'Guitar Structure No. 2' out in March 2017, took 2 years to complete.

BEST OF 2 WORLDS was released in November 2017, another personal favorite composition.

APPROACHING: an unfinished sketch released 1st April 2018. TAURUS IV released 8th April 2018.

New Years evening 2019, quickly improvising a track: DECADE. Uploaded 23:58 local time. It was a very fun way of ending the year and I used a symbolic art cover with red sweeping in, but I wouldn't have dreamed of what was to come soon.

One main project this year is the SNOWFLAKES VARIATIONS suite; the Prelude was released in January 2020.

8th April 2020: CREATURES RISING was released. CREATURES OF THE RAINFOREST also a spinoff track (released 2021).

In the Lockdown March-April 2020, I recorded 'Era', out of frustration...

5th June 2020: REPORT FROM PLANET THREE, which was initiated 31st May 2019. 

31st July 2020: FORECAST was released. April 2021: ZUMMER ZNOWFLAKES, a 25 minute long track and one of my most ambitious ever. 

OCTOBER 22, 2021: OUTPOST. 

APRIL 28, 2022: The Disclosure (Part I).
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: PEACE GUITARS.

OCTOBER 6, 2023: SHAMBOLIC GUITARS, possibly my best track ever.  

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D.Svensson Sept. 2022

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