Mixed for Lillithe

EWT-3

A short variety of musical styles and moods.

Short Attention Cues.

This track is my spontaneous improvised piano soundtrack to a 17 minute video of the earth viewed from the International Space Station. The footage starts in the mid Atlantic and ends over the Italian Alps.

https://youtu.be/z8FSyehprdc

NASA make available the imagery that the astronauts aboard the ISS shoot and one of their favourite things is creating timelapse sequences. Being timelapse the earth flies by about 20 times faster than real time which although spectacular is not particularly relaxing. I noticed that videos were available on youtube which were beautifully smooth and playing at near real time derived from these sequences using software incorporating AI motion extrapolation to slow down the original timelapse sequences. I decided to have a go at this myself and after a bit of experimentation the video sequence with the accompanying soundtrack linked above is the result.

The View From Above

Contains a snippet of narration of H. P. Lovecraft's 'The Colour Out of Space' by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble.

Lovecraftian Herb Garden

Half Blind Lucy - Morning Face

Tomorrow will bring something new, so leave today as a memory

𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕃𝔻 𝔼ℕ𝔻𝕊 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝕌𝕊

Used samples:

Title: stick_breaking_4.wav
Author: strangehorizon
Link: freesound.org/people/strangehorizon/sounds/673403/ 

Title: pepper_mill_9.wav
Author: strangehorizon
Link: freesound.org/people/strangehorizon/sounds/673375/

Title: 4.29.19.m4a
Author: W1ZY
Link: freesound.org/people/W1ZY/sounds/617636/

Title: 253698_75129_stftMorph.wav
Author: skvortsovg
Link: freesound.org/people/skvortsovg/sounds/395182/

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All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down #01, Gene Jumper, ( cover )

All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down,# 01, Gene Jumper, ( Cover)

Peil!

photo: Zdzisław Bekiñski
https://youtu.be/GlnJoClHP5k
Thumbing the nose at bad moods/anxiety. Who wins? The jury is not yet out. Just happy to have achieved a post, it has been a while.

What's that?
It's hollow inside
Can't believe there's nothing in there!
Yep, it's hollow inside
We've been tricked by social media
Hollow inside?
Keep it down or he might here you!
Yep, it's hollow inside
Hmm...

I just want to go back home
(I don't like it here)
I just want to go back home
(I don't like it here)

I just want to go back home
I just want to go back home
(I don't like it here)

What's that?
It's hollow inside
I just want to go back home
Can't believe there's nothing in there!
I just want to go back home 
It's hollow inside
(I don't like it here)

I just want to go back home
It's hollow inside
Can't believe there's nothing in there!
I just want to go back home
It's hollow inside
(I don't like it here)

It's Hollow Inside

This tune is from "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1986. Performed by me on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: https://www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #493 from "The Phantom of the Opera"

I started playing around with digital music creation in my early twenties, but I have always been haunted by a quote from Theo Parrish who said that he is "not comfortable with convenience replacing artistry", meaning that you need to put effort into learning and mastering the skills in order to bring something good. I studied computer science and have a passion for logics and programming and somehow my lack of any musical background has kept me from publishing any of my works.

Many years later I got inspired by an interview with Thomas Fehlmann where he explained how the focus in his work is not on the result so much but on the process itself. How the process is a "source of expression" and something he just feels he has to do. This resonated with me and I realised that it's ok to be an autodidact in music and it's ok to make music just for the sake of making music. I make music for me and if you, dear listener, like it along the way I'm very happy about that.

I am inspired by nature, natural processes and the interaction we have with them. Organic asymmetric fractal patterns that are rooted in logic but unpredictable as they express. How a particular stormy night can affect the shape and growth of a plant for years to come.

I use Bitwig Studio to create my tracks.

(I don't always respond with "thanks" to each comment but I read and appreciate all. If you have a question or really need a reply send me a message)

(With a few artists we run a little group on discord to discuss ideas and what not. The link is below if you're interested in joining)

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Derk Bell