LYRIC VIDEO : https://youtu.be/GAj7bHfRgEE
This is another song that came to me recently that I felt like I had to write & record ~
I'm kind of seeing it as a companion song for my song “The City Of Magically” that I posted  here on my feed a few monthes back~~
Hope you All Like my Song of Love :-) 
Would Love to hear any thoughts on it !
© 2025 Donna Dior

THIS KIND OF LOVE

FIRST ECLIPSE ON MARS

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Year 2015.

I'd only been composing music with my iPad 1 for four years.

I was lucky enough to find an app that allowed me to "make music" easily: Music Studio 2. It's the only DAW I've ever used, aside from trying out a few tracks with Garage Band.

I made an effort to learn, and so every night I searched the software's forum, where other users were asking questions, suggesting improvements, and posting their compositions (some of which were downloadable). Little by little, I got to know some of them and established some trust (I still write to them from time to time...). Yes, I was a forty-something among people twice my age (and much older... in some cases).

The most active was my friend Ronald, who suggested composing music related to the seven deadly sins. I chose envy.

A couple of years later, I completely reworked the melody and added new sounds with synthesizers I obtained from new apps I added to my collection. Although there was some underlying music that connected the two melodies, it couldn't be said to be the same. So I decided to give it another name, and called it First Eclipse on Mars.

I hope you like it.



18 Tracks native instruments MS2 and forum Xewton
3 Tracks kv331 Synthmaster
DAW Music Studio 2
Hardware. iPad
Mix……. My car 🚘

Cover art by Aynur Zakirov


Next composition…… Requiem for Autumn

First eclipse on mars

Gratitude — the hand that opens, even when the world feels heavy.

From Garden Grove, California, Clintmusic brings an unorthodox, organic sound that flows like the Pacific — vast, unpredictable, alive.

This piece is not meant to be played — it’s meant to be entered.

A six-minute meditation on presence, humility, and the quiet fire of being alive.
It invites you to slow down and listen differently —
not for rhythm, but for resonance.
Not for perfection, but for truth.

This track is part of my Virtues Series — inspired by Giuseppe Galli’s thoughts on social virtues.
Each piece is created together with a different artist, giving voice and sound to a human quality that connects us.

Gratitude is not politeness — it is awareness.
To breathe and know you are here.
To hold, without owning.
To thank, without words.

I am deeply grateful to share this virtue with Clintmusic (@user-836903146S) —
whose progressive and atmospheric soundscape turned my words into a living meditation.

Marol (@zophrenia), who supported the mix and helped carry its warmth and analog resonance, says: “That organic resonance is something I miss in today’s overproduced sound —even though it’s what we keep chasing.”

✨ More virtues will follow — each with a different artist, each with its own voice.

Gratitude

Suffocated by my dreams terrorized by my life. 

Conversations in my mind creep through secret tunnels, stepping out into the light of open spaces. 

I feel the blood draining from my face, as I hear whispers of denial from pristine cages mingling with homeless mothers. 

Who loved the day and pray for another. 

The dying embers of freedom colors are fading into the blackest of nights. 

Walking through shadows that leave the mist of time, my fingers are holding fragment of what’s left of my life

To Them Who Drift Aimlessly

'imprvisioned' 
another sleepless night that led to something live on my phone.

I can't imagine a world without you,
so now I know exactly what you felt
when you watched your folks a-growin'
beyond ages unbeknown
and inevitably faced the card we're dealt.

That we all live for dyin'; always trumps our best at tryin'
to cheat aging through fad diets and regimes.
But, I'm no longer lyin' to myself, and quite compliant, 
with defiant habits that will soon kill me.

Because without being with them, I'll have lost all of their wisdom 
of which typically flew right over my head.
And I wish I could've listened and embraced their larger vision, yet now I'm just wishin' I was the one dead.


imprvisioned

Song from the rock opera Five Thousand Sasquatch

Gold Colored Teacup

Heliosphere (2025) Remastered

This one is about the times we're in and trying to find ways to handle them without getting sucked under. I mean, things are bad enough without people writing depressing songs about how bad things are... I heard some good advice about finding a place for the despair and not letting it consume you, so that's in here. As well as working together, music, and thinking about what comes after this - it might be good, right? Hopefully we'll still have arpeggiators 🤞

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Keep despair in a corner of your heart
Then you can live
Or at least make a start

Pull me up in the boat
We'll sing a song of hope
Until this ends

I never wanted to sign up
Industrial Death Cult and me
I'd like to see what comes next


(industrial death cult = capitalism)

Keep Despair In A Corner Of Your Heart

In Stratus ♥

sweet sweet light 11.24.25

“Inner Light” is a gentle instrumental collection designed to bring calm, clarity, and warmth into any moment of your day. Like a soft beam of light entering a quiet cave, the music slowly fills the heart with peace—settling the mind and restoring the spirit.

These tracks are crafted for rest, relaxation, and deep focus, making them perfect for office work, study sessions, meditation, or a peaceful evening wind-down. With soft textures, spacious melodies, and a serene, glowing atmosphere, the album encourages slow breathing, inner stillness, and emotional grounding.

Whether you are working at your desk, reading quietly, or seeking a calming background for prayer or reflection, “Inner Light” creates a sanctuary of sound—gentle, warm, and beautifully peaceful. This is music that invites you to pause, breathe deeply, and let your inner world be illuminated with calm.

Graceful Dawn

Earnest Woodall who writes exploratory musical journeys that take listeners into the realm of Classical, as well as Minimalism and Music Concrete. 
Official Website - https://www.woodallproductions.com

Music Available at iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pondering/id1164755896

"Modern avant-garde for the new millennium." AMG REVIEW: 13 by Earnest Woodall is a true character. He creates outrageous atmospheres from eclectic sound sources. 13 by Ernest Woodall is a collection of 13 compositions, each of which deals with or recognizes a different superstition. The pieces have just enough dissonance and just enough melody for balance. This is modern avant-garde for the new millennium. It will appeal to fans of Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, and Dmitri Shostakovich. - All Music Guide - Review by Jim Brenholts﻿
 
My music is influenced by - Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Dmitri Shostakovich, Radiohead, Björk, Mogwai, Muse, Alt-J, Animal Collective, Coldplay, Oasis, Sigur Rós, The Flaming Lips, Flying Lotus, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Kronos Quartet, Kate Bush, Brian Eno, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Bill Frisell, Thom Yorke, LaMonte Young, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, John Adams, Jon Hassell, Meredith Monk, Harold Budd, John Cale, Elmer Bernstein, Alla Rakha, John Cage, Bang on a can, Aaron Copland, Scott Johnson, Erik Satie, Mike Oldfield, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Stereolab, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Deep Listening Band, George Crumb, Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis, Jon Hassell, Kronos Quartet, Jack Quartet, Arditti Quartet, Ethel, Turtle Island String Quartet, Zapp String Quartet, eighth blackbird, London Sinfonietta, Ahn Trio, Arthur Russell, Lee Hyla, Lois V. Vierk, Michael Nyman, David Watson, Alarm Will Sound, Louis Andriessen, Tan Dun, Tom Waits, Thom Yorke, Forest Swords, Stwo, Burial, Marcus Marr, Everything is Recorded, Smear, Floating Points, Agnes Obel