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Prelude in Em  (Chopin)  remixed and remastered

Alison Theme [ Orchestral ]

Already lived story

Another candle, another year
Colleagues nod, the cat says "purr"
The mirror shrugs, the future grins
Life's messy, but it sings

Happy birthday to me!
I'm still becoming who I want to be
Happy birthday to me!
The questions matter more than certainty
The past is gone, the future’s wide
The horizon's closer than I think

The magazines sell panic at midlife
"Buy a car, trade your spouse, dodge the knife!"
But my cat insists the meaning is clear
The lap is warm, the song is here

Happy birthday to me!
The silence teaches more than melody
Happy birthday to me!
The flaws are part of the symphony
I may not dance the way I dreamed
But the spotlight's softer than it seemed

Yes, mortality's a bore
But I've still got books unread
Wine unsipped
Arguments un-won
And my cats, plural, demanding bed space
If this is midlife
Then I call that halftime
And I've always loved the second act

Some friends are gone, some chapters closed
Some seeds I planted never rose
But others bloomed in the strangest ground
And joy's a weed, it sticks around

Happy birthday to me!
The years are chapters, not a eulogy
Happy birthday to me!
The page keeps turning restlessly
The curtain lifts, and I still want to see
Happy birthday to me!

Happy Birthday To Me!

A nostalgic journey wrapped in melody. This track pulls you into a haze of bittersweet memories—of summer nights, faded moments, and echoes of the past. Perfect for lost thoughts and quiet reflection.

Do You Remember?

One of my longest improvisations, so far. Probably the most intense one, too. I am absorbing and reflecting the rapidly changing atmosphere in our world. It is getting more and more hostile and dark. We should try to change this. I feel helpless and I begin to worry about our future. 

Improvisation_180925_This is our World

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #34 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO September 2025.

The track art is of Corfe Castle in Dorset where twenty-two French knights loyal to the imprisoned Eleanor of Brittany were deliberately starved to death in the early 1200's under the reign of King John of England.

I suppose by some stretch of the imagination this sounds like the later tracks on my EP "Palimpsest Of Fallen Hegemony" some months back

Oubliette Echoes Of The Twenty-Two

Paper Airplanes

When you are under a test in life and have been chosen to undertake a difficult task. your life is turned upside down, most likely from karmic penance from having sinned at sometime or another.
All you can do is accept what has been thrown at you and try to take everyday one step at a time.
Everyday is a burden and it feels hopeless to go on, but you put on a brave face and tackle what comes at you.
the battle is just beginning but there is nothing you can do, except  to be patient and take your suffering in your stride.
it's through this suffering we cleans our souls and pierce the eye of the needle of greatness.
The ones who you thought were close to you also abandoned you and you feel hurt and angry, but you soldier on and fight another day.

A Cross To Bear

Lyrics:  
Enveloped in the gentle waves
Evening air, a little taste
Sweet scent, getting to the flower in me
Don't misinterpret, there's no wrong intent
I'm just inhaling the incense of desire

Melted gold, murky lighting, enhancing beauty
Senses alert, don't let it stop, sensuous lips
Don't condemn me, there's no bad intent
I'm just inhaling the incense of lust

My solitude when night sets in
Enflames my mind
Comforting blaze
Don't ever change
Time standing still
I'm just inhaling the incense of love 


2025 LB

Incense

No Guts, No Glory -- jazz instrumental, game music

No Guts, No Glory

A therapeutic journey into a mix of jazz, classical, and a blend of types of electronica.  And a wry, gradual observation that promotion tends to only go as far as you push it.  At least I make my fellow musicians laugh a little.

Oubliette Echoes Of The Twenty-Two

Doug Stoothoff

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