Collabs

Megs Music Journey Play Classical Strings Improvisation - Open Collab Invite :-)

Megs Music Journey-Open Collab Invite :-)

Forbidden Love (collab with Megan McCarthy)

Strings improvisation / Forbidden love  (Megan McCarthy - Eddy Timmermans)

Me and some friends...

Megs Music Journey - Strings Improvisation - Open Collab Invite

Megan's Music journey - Strings improvisation - Open collab

This was my year...  Thank you all for listening!

David Todd (https://soundcloud.com/toddlers) was so nice to write lyrics on my music (https://soundcloud.com/eddytimmermansmusic/on-the-way-to-tomorrow-new).
In fact we are looking for some nice voices to sing this song (female, a group of kids.....).
If you think that you're the one (or you know someone...) don't hesitate and let us know (or send us your version...) The music can easily be downloaded. The lyrics you can find below.


Harvest Song (Lyrics by David Todd, Music by Eddy Timmermans)


Gathering round our tables amazed at all we see, 
all the wonderful food there, that's grown for you and me. 
All through the days of summer, the rain fell and the sun did shine, 
helping all this wonderful food to grow upon our lands.

Strawberries red and juicy a treat for after tea. 
Oranges and lemons make drinks for you and me. 
So many kinds of potatoes in furrows they lay, 
waiting to be pulled for us on our salad days. 
All through the days of summer rains fell and the sun did shine, 
helping all this wonderful food to grow upon are lands.

Repeat 1

All through the days of summer rain fell and the sun did shine, 
helping all this wonderful food to grow upon are lands.

Repeat 1

Lettuce’s and cabbages all kinds of greens we see. 
Onions and garlic they take your breath away 
but pears and plums and apples are my favorites any way.
They’re the kinds of fruits that remind me of summer days. 
Harvest is the time for sharing and gratefully we receive. 
Harvest is the time for sharing and gratefully we receive. 
We receive…

Harvest Song (collab with mr snow man david todd)

Lullaby

Originally written in 1981 (yep, I'm that old, haha)
This is a new arrangement for this antiquity.
Don't ask me who's love was on my mind when writing this, I don't remember...

Your Love On My Mind

One of the first songs I wrote when I was sixteen (1976). This is a remake. In the sound I tried to catch the innocence of a first love. As time is ticking by, the memory remains...

First Love

In 1990 a Belgian poetry-writer asked me to compose music for a poetry-evocation. 'Dear Thomas' was the poetic journey of a young boy, looking at the world with amazement. This is one of the sonata's I wrote for this evocation. The music was performed by two guitarplayers, students at the musicacademy.

You can download the score at: http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/128441/2060085525.pdf

Dear Thomas

Two pieces of the 'Dear Thomas' evocation. They are open for collab. It would be fun if anyone (good musicians or any creative mind...)could do something  with it. I give you all the creative freedom you need...
You can download the sheetmusic at the link below:
http://eddytimmermans.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/03/15/partituur-8134286.html
Just click on the titles to open the pdf-files.

Sonatine

First collab with the wonderful composer Dirk Maassen. He composed this piece for piano, all I did was adding some soundscape...
You can hear some more work of Dirk here: https://soundcloud.com/ascoltadi

White (Dirk Maassen) With Eddy Timmermans (soundscape)

John Mayer cover by Sambadha Wahyadyatmika (voice and guitar)
Other instruments and arrangement by Eddy Timmermans

You can find Sambadha's original version and profile here:
https://soundcloud.com/sambadha/im-gonna-find-another-you-john

Please give it a try :-)

I'm Gonna Find Another You (John Mayer cover) by Sambadha and Eddy

Hi - Another open Collab/Remix Invite, which is still open :-) 
This is probably the 3rd time I’ve attempted to play strings on a digital piano, which I love, though its quite hard to do when one doesn’t know the ‘rules’ of how strings work in practice or theory….. While I think it sounds ok, especially from the mid to the end, I also thought it needed something more….. 

THE OPEN COLLAB: Hence the idea of another ‘Challenge’, where it would be great to get others’ involved and see what they come up with, in collaborating/remixing this track. It can be created in any genre, using any instruments based on this original ‘Strings Improvisation Idea’. 

(Please note that The Subwave Network, UK is now the primary coordinator for this project if I'm unable to be online at times; https://soundcloud.com/the-subwave-network … see also notes in the Playlists) 

GENERAL GUIDE: 
The MP3 file is available for download - if you require a higher quality, please let us know.  The tempo is a bit ‘free flow’ because its an improv (no click track), and according to my DAW, its 134 bpm (not that I always trust the tempo as I often forget to check it when recording)! If the MP3 alone causes a problem, as noted, you can chop and remix the track (as long as the original or main theme/motif remains). 

See what you come up with - It is YOUR interpretation; you can do what ever you like - it can be of any genre, add any instruments, percussion, FX, etc …. Change the ‘tone’ of the piece (uplifting, melancholic, ambient, 'energetic', cinematic, electronic, dance, experimental, anything!). 

WHAT NEXT? Just let us know if you've finished a piece[s], upload it privately so we can listen. You can title the track as you see fit in reflection of your creation (and also use your own graphic).  However, please also try to refer to the open collab invite, in both your title and track description (Fallen Tears)- see below. 

As collab/remixes have come in, we have created a separate 'Playlist' to include all participants, and once done, your piece will be added, and redirected to your own page for more exposure. Each participant is also asked to  create a similar playlist on their own Cloud for greatest exposure :-)

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OTHER COLLAB OPPORTUNITIES: If you are interested in other open collaborations, please see the ‘Imaginations & Collaborations’ playlist on my Cloud, which was based on a piano improv - this project is still also open.

If you would like to be involved in a collab/remix based on another piano track instead, let me know (it can be an existing track on my Cloud, or another one created specifically for collab later or upon request if I'm able). As long as you send me a private link first (and if ok'd, I will repost it onto my Cloud - it may even turn into another 'open collab invite', if your piece inspires others to follow suit)

We hope to hear from you :-)

TO ADD TO YOUR TRACK: Please add the following information at the bottom of your individual track description:

Original Strings Improvisation ('Fallen Tears'): Megan McCarthy https://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney
Strings Performance: Megan McCarthy
Other: ____________ (Insert Your Name, Collab Title, Instrumentation, Production, etc for your track[s])

- Initiator and Coordinator: Megan McCarthy (MMJ)
- Primary Coordinator: The Subwave Network, UK https://soundcloud.com/the-subwave-network

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Fallen Tears:  Megs McCarthy - Open Collab Invite :)

A collab with the wonderful Megan McCarthy. I used her Strings Improvisation to make this.
I hope you like it :-)
You can find the original track at: https://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney/strings-improvisation-open-collab-invite

Forbidden Love (collab with Megan McCarthy, based on the Strings Improvisation)

a tribute to the recent achievments of esa,
 featuring:
 megs musical journey-strings improvisation, 
 esa audio-a singing comet,
 jazzmumbles- sporadic guitar


convergence (megsmusicjourney/singingcomet/jazzmumbles)

Gave a try to open collaboartion invite https://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney/strings-improvisation-open-collab-invite

Original track by Megan McCarthy - strings
Guitar part by Igor M. - (no edit)
A bit of mixing/mastering by Igor M.

Many thanks to Megan for this wonderful lovely music.

For some reason I thought that I had to improvise too, so after one or two runs along the original track I recorded it. 

Hope I'm not much out of original tune, but at least it has culmination  :-)

And probably I will made another, "mature" take.

Here is a playlist of all the participants in this open collaboration:
https://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney/sets/strings-improv-open-collab

I haven't listened to them before I made my record.

Fallen tears of μετάνοια (Strings Improvisation by Megan McCarthy, guitar improvisation by Igor M.)

Eddy Timmermans: idea to combine Eddy's  and Igor's versions on Megan's Strings Improvisation

Original track by Megan McCarthy @megsmusicjourney - strings
Orchestration by Eddy Timmermans @eddytimmermansmusic
Guitar part by Igor M. @project-managers-trio
Mixing/Production by Igor M.

Thanks to Megan for initial inspiration with this strings theme.
Thanks to Eddy, who put forward the idea to mix his and mine versions together. The only thing I did: I asked Eddy to mix it by myself.

Previous solo versions:
https://soundcloud.com/project-managers-trio/strings-and-guitar-double-improvisation-by-megan-mccarthy-ft-igor-m

https://soundcloud.com/eddytimmermansmusic/forbidden-love-collab-with-megan-mccarthy-based-on-the-strings-improvisation

https://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney/strings-improvisation-open-collab-invite

Three together (Megan - Igor - Eddy) on the strings improvisation

I like all kinds of music. To me music is the only international language. Music doesn't know any race, religion or cultural background. It's there to feel with your heart and your emotions. It's always nice to meet "soulmates" who think the same way...
I live in Belgium, where I was born in 1960. Asked for my nationality I often say: I'm a citizen of the world.
All my compositions are original. Besides music I write poems, novels, articles...
All my music is free downloadable, if for personal use only. If you want to use it for commercial purpose, please send me a message, I'm sure we can agree on terms of use. All my music is copyright-protected, as stated by Belgian and International laws.