Today, Saturday, 12 June 2021: "TANGO in CHEEK" ... a light-hearted ... but twisted musical scrapbook about complexities of life ... set into a tempo of fictional tango composition.

MOVIE VERSION: https://youtu.be/YCvBAJWI1qc

Tango, originating from the streets of 18th century Buenos Aires in Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay, is known as being one of the more difficult dances to learn. The timing can be hard to master. What makes tango unique as a dance form is its embrace and use of improvisation.

“They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game” — R. D. Laing

Tango In Cheek with Accordion

Taa-da Haiku ... a musical poem, one minute micro study with symphonic arrangement.

Taa-Da Musical Haiku

My newest interpretation, just out of the oven. "Oi Jumala Siipeni Murtuneet" by Tapani Suonto &  Lyrics by Saima Harmaja. Translation below.

Oh God, take my broken wings into your wondrous hands.
I've flown too far, I've flown astray.
I've flown with victorious wings, through dazzling skies,
I've circled a thousand solar systems, seen every single heaven.
Now, on the border of the last heaven and the border of the land of death,
I tremble quietly no more and pray, pray only."

Siipeni Murtuneet

Emma Finnish Waltz

Finnish Folk Song : Aamulla Varhain Kun Aurinko Nousi : Arranged and Played by John Kumpunen, FB.me/FluteGuitarBass

"Just finished the new version of Finnish Folk Song : Aamulla Varhain Kun Aurinko Nousi. A melancholic love song lamenting the abandonment by one's sweetheart. In the first part, I wanted to set up a bit of a dialogue between flute and bass ... my most beloved instruments. Enjoy."

Aamulla Varhain Kun Aurinko Nousi

Reppurin Laulu — On the Shores of Lake Ladoga

The Ascension

A quick composition with the idea of familiar sounds of coming home. Coming home, whether it's a person, house, neighborhood, or past-life friend is always emotional event boundary ... familiarity, disbelief, flood of memories ... it is precious. Home is where your heart is. Enjoy

Coming Home

Microsymphony based on Finnish folk tune Tuonne Taakse Metsamaan ... Beyond the Forest. Composed, arranged and played by John Kumpunen. FB.me/FluteGuitarBass

Tuonne Taakse Metsamaan "Beyond the Forest"

Quick shuffle piece band composition where I played the drums with Akai MPK249 drum pads ... added to video scenes of night London England by George Morina ... let's call it A London Night.

A London Night

Rainy Tuesday Afteroon 12 Feb 2020

Music is the astounding, confounding, awe-inspiring, sometimes perplexing world of emotional soundscaping where every composer gets the same chromatic scale of 12 notes and arranges them in pleasant sequences and clusters along a timeline to convey emotions. And it’s stunning what musical storytellers like Vivaldi vs Stravinsky vs Lennon vs Los Incas vs Marley convey with exactly the same palette of 12 notes. Nourishing gifts to our brains ... as fMRI shows, the brain of a musician lights up and makes new connections like nobody's business. And Friedrich was bang on when he said ...

"Without music life would be a mistake." — Friedrich Nietzsche.

I had the good fortune to grow up in a very musical family, and cousins who are film composers ... car rides were filled with singing in three-part harmony ... and music ... with all kinds of instruments, duets, and especially choir singing, has been a huge part of growing up. 

At present, I am a composer, multi-instrumentalist, choir singer, and 'producer-in-learning' based in Toronto Canada with an interest in symphonic and cinematic composing for my own Micromovies (see my YouTube channel: bit.ly/2yyCwgw). Many simpler arrangements for flute, guitar, bass, and strings are on this site. I also have leaky-brain chromesthesia, a form of involuntary sound-to-color synesthesia ... I "see" music as colors, patterns and shapes. 

Cheers,
John Kumpunen

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Aamulla Varhain Kun Aurinko Nousi

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