A pleasant moment that you both offer us .... with such a beautiful musical complicity.

Great!  Love this track!  Always a pleasure to hear your stuff!

Heartwarming. Beautiful touch of neoclassical simplicity in the orchestration

Subtil, délicat, je dirai meme spirituel! le tout très bien réalisé, Merci

Okay baby I'm a cellphone guy.

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Special thanks to @taintedicarus for his stellar work on the mastering of this track!

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Tells me that the world isn’t as it seems. I ask why.
Talks of the conspiracy, the mystery - the heavens they move by design.
Outer-space with every thought. The wheels they turn and grind for naught. I ask why.
He says, “Okay baby I’m a cellphone guy.”

You say, “ the chords that bind.”
You say, “oh, love of mine,
I can hear you. I can hear you just fine.”

I’ll keep you here beside my bed.
No need to wonder what you said.
Blue light turmoil and darkness strife:
A lit up screen will be my life.




Bill's note:
It's like people don't understand you sometimes you know? The language is getting smaller and smaller, the meaning of words is changing before our very eyes and ears, there is less and less room for metaphor for "big" words for "big" thoughts. Social media and big tech squeezing our heads in a vice. Time to surrender? Maybe.
Hey if you actually read this far God Bless you!
You are the most important people in the world to us and that isn't an exaggeration! 
Our family & friends locally knew us before and most will never listen to this track unless we play it out live somewhere for our captive audience. LOL. You chose to listen to this and read the description. To think that a mother, father and son from the woods of New England can make music that is tolerable, listenable and sometimes even likeable world over .. how cool is that?

Cellphone Guy

Im Abendrot is the fourth and final song in Strauss's song cycle, The Four Last Songs. Written just before his death, these songs are set to poems written by Herman Hesse, Joseph Karl Benedikt & Freiherr von Eichendorff. They are widely recognized among the most beautiful music ever written for the soprano voice. 

Vocals by Stacie Eirich, piano by Tom Jesty. Recorded in isolation in 2021, following an online masterclass lead by The Choir of the Earth & Ms. Lucy Cox. 

Links: 
https://www.stacieeirich.com/performance-resume
https://www.choiroftheearth.com/

*Text & Translation below. 

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Im Abendrot 

Wir sind durch Not und Freude
Gegangen Hand in Hand,
Vom Wandern [ruhn wir beide]1
Nun überm stillen Land.

Rings sich die Thäler neigen,
Es dunkelt schon die Luft,
Zwei Lerchen nur noch steigen
Nachträumend in den Duft.

Tritt her, und laß sie schwirren,
Bald ist es [Schlafenszeit]2,
Daß wir uns nicht verirren
In dieser Einsamkeit.

O weiter stiller Friede!
So tief im Abendrot,
Wie sind wir wandermüde -- 
Ist [das]3 etwa der Tod?

Authorship by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Im Abendrot"

In the twilight

Through adversity and joy 
We've gone hand in hand;
We rest now from our wanderings
Upon this quiet land.

Around us slope the valleys,
The skies grow dark;
Two larks alone are just climbing,
As if after a dream, into the scented air.

Come here and let them whir past,
For it will soon be time to rest;
We do not wish to get lost
In this solitude.

O wide, quiet peace, 
So deep in the red dusk...
How weary we are of our travels --
Is this perhaps - Death? --

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*Text & translation is from: https://www.lieder.net/

Im Abendrot (In the Twilight): The Four Last Songs, composed by Richard Strauss

COMPASSION

“Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness

A short message of strength and compassion in this acoustic guitar duet, trying to find the right notes to describe feelings of doubt, despair, hope and support. 

-Dan

All music, arranging, composition, guitars by Daniël van den Berg, March 2022
Guitar: Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015
Recorded using an Apogee MiC.
Mixed in Auria, masterered in Auria and Final Touch
Cover art: Daniël van den Berg

Compassion | Dan van den Berg

Musique de chambre © La Boîte à notes 2022
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Based on piano by Debbie (Debra Buesking)
Orchestral arrangement: JiPé (Jean-Pierre Dubois)
- Piano : Debbie
- Orchestra : JiPé

First Bloom : Jean-Pierre Dubois (JiPé -- Debbie)

Dimanche

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco & Jason Mowry
Final mix by Jason Mowry
@asleepwithheadphones
@lazydadamusic

As It Falls

As It Falls by Jason Mowry & Carlos Vivanco

You Come and Go

🎞️ Video: https://youtu.be/wEGoAV5o8HI

Recently a very nice contact arose with a young musician colleague from Norway. He kindly allowed me to remix his outstanding song "The girl with the mechanical heart" in my version. I have created two versions of it. This one (cello version) I upload here on my soundcloud page.

Please visit "Martin D" on his youtube-channel and listen to his original song! Here is the link to it:
https://youtu.be/oAzr0sNiEfY
...and now also to be found here: https://soundcloud.com/martin-dalen
Listen here: 🆕▶️ https://on.soundcloud.com/EWjNP
🙏🏻
Please, visit his wonderful creativity. 

The cover image was created with the help of midjourney's AI. It converts text into images. Beyond imagination, but (unfortunately?) possible. I let my mental visions flow in, typed in a text and THIS came out within a few seconds.

So enjoy all the music & pictures...

🎞️ Video

"The Girl With The Mechanical Heart" @martin-dalen (feat. frank mehl)

In our troubled times, let's try to have fun, as in the days of Louis XIV - the "Sun King" :)))

Baroque Contest

It is mind boggling to think that everything is recycled; yet, at any given point in time, it is new.  Heraclitus’ quote about never stepping in the same river twice often comes to mind when I reuse a melody.  Another quote that informs these #MusicalMinutes is by Tom Freston, “Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way”.  What do you think?

19 Apr 24 Subtle Influence

Lliam - Steel string acoustic
John Asrelsky: bass,     Carol Thomas: vocals  
Pepito Pareja : Chirango,     Malcom Howard: Banjo  
Barred Owl of the mountians

Soft as sunshine on the outside,
Resilient, strong within.
You're the warmth that makes it alright,
You're delight is my heaven.

	Joy when we're together

With life you are connected,
You feel earths' pulse and beat.
Neither of us perfect,
but with you I am complete.

Other Peoples Children

Joy Together

Bandcamp

Lliam - Joy Together

Best described as eclectic, my style is a soothing mix mirroring my personality: mostly mellow with the occasional outburst. Although I have a background in classical piano I have always loved to create and improvise.  Since early childhood I have been trying to duplicate on the piano what I hear in my head.  Now I see how formal studies and improvisation fit together perfectly. I hope to always keep growing and learning, reflecting the beauty of Christ in all my endeavors. Thank you for your kind listening.

First Bloom : Jean-Pierre Dubois (JiPé -- Debbie)

Debra Buesking

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