Also available as a Video:
https://youtu.be/dTlxK_lU3Us

Listen to the Sad Ambient Mix as well:
https://soundcloud.com/frankmehl/remember-the-promise-you-made-sad-ambient-mix?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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I would like to thank all the commenters and listeners, "Likes" and "Plays". I was not aware when composing what this song triggers in some. So many, many thanks to ALL 💖

the second part is in progress ; ))
I hope you have some patience?
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🎞️ Video

Remember The Promise You Made

The episode begins with the distinction between pseudoscientific astrology and the scientific observations of astronomy. Sagan traces the evolution of astronomical observations, beginning with constellations and ceremonial calendars (such as that of the Anasazi). The episode is then devoted to the opposition between geocentric and heliocentric models, the beginnings of Claudius Ptolemy, the theories of Nicolaus Copernicus and Tycho Brahe, and finally the achievements of Johannes Kepler (Kepler's laws).

Die Episode beginnt mit der Unterscheidung zwischen Pseudowissenschaftlicher Astrologie und den wissenschaftlichen Beobachtungen der Astronomie. Sagan verfolgt die Entwicklung der astronomischen Beobachtungen, beginnend mit Sternkonstellationen und zeremoniellen Kalendern (wie dem der Anasazi). Die Episode widmet sich dann dem Gegensatz zwischen Geo- und -Heliozentrischen Modellen, den Anfängen von Claudius Ptolemäus, den Theorien von Nikolaus Kopernikus und Tycho Brahe und schließlich den Errungenschaften von Johannes Kepler (Keplersche Gesetze).

Cosmos Part III - The Harmony Of The Worlds

Video 🎬 https://youtu.be/dTlxK_lU3Us

"Love is a gift from the innermost soul to another so that both can be whole."

The keys of true love (Part I):

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The fire teaches you never to poison true love with barriers and restrictions. Rules in a relationship can be helpful as long as they do not restrict you and the love of your life. So it is important to experience the true love of your life with freedom. Freedom also means allowing the love of your life to make mistakes and not expecting him/her to do the same thing that you do. Fertilize your true love with the flame of freedom and the spark of joy.

the five elements of love | part one - fire

A dark age far before our time (or in the distant future?): 

A merciless regent, who knows no mercy, subjugates his followers, his "subjects". A small group of renegades leave their village to dare a new beginning. This did not remain hidden from the ruthless. He sent out his scouts. These recognized however that the small realm, whose their merciless one ruled, was quite small dimensioned. For the very first time on the edge of the empire, they joined the renegades. More and more horsemen were sent out by the ruler to complete his empire again, but even these returned only sporadically. Doubting their loyalty to the Merciless One, many joined the small group of those who fled.

Meanwhile, the "newcomers" had found a place and henceforth called it "Risengaard". For some time they were able to concentrate on building a new society, but all around the forest in which they had settled, it was teeming with dangers, strange creatures. Once again they had to prove themselves. Because here it was just as little safe, as once under the merciless! The adventure begins...

Arrivance...

arrivance

Composed and arranged by Frank Mehl, no sample building blocks used... (Except the "EpicDrums" taken from GhostHackSamplePack 'War_Drums' 😆)!

The arrival is complete. In a small clearing, the newcomers settle down and begin to build a small village. But it soon becomes clear that here, too, nothing can be dismissed without posturing for power and hypocrisy. 'Aerenfour', a broad-shouldered man who had to languish for six years in the dungeons of the Unmerciful, because of offenses of which he was not ashamed until now, acts as a leader and wants to impose his views on the small group. And he has his eye on the pretty 'Aranja', the daughter of his beloved enemy 'Harjem'... it seems that history is repeating itself. The history BEFORE the turning away. But peace still reigns in the small community...still!

new beginning

https://youtu.be/sUBHNodYGdA

Why the hummingbird is the king of the animals?

When the lion, the king of the animals, died, the animals wanted to choose a new king. "The animal with the greatest strength shall be king," cried the elephant. He trampled back and forth and uprooted a tree, roots and all, to show that he was the strongest. "You have to be not only strong, but also fast," said the tiger. "Look at me. My paws are strong and my legs can run as fast as the wind. Choose me as your king."
"Stop, stop!" cried the rhinoceros. "A king must be strong in battle. Many a tiger has died fighting me. Choose me as your king!" Snorting, the rhinoceros stomped toward the throne and stood close to it. The animals marveled at the elephant's power, the tiger's speed, and the rhino's strength. But none of the three animals was particularly popular. If the elephant came in a large herd, he hardly left anything for the others. Some relatives of the animals had already fallen victim to the tiger, and the rhinoceros began to quarrel with everyone. At that moment a shadow flew over the heads of the animals. They looked up and saw the eagle flying through the air with his mighty wings directly at the king's throne. He looked around and said, "I am not only strong and powerful, I can also fly. Therefore, elect me king, for no one can fly higher than I can." The animals cheered, clapped and shouted, "The eagle can fly the highest, he shall be the king. Up! Up!"
But in the midst of the tumult, the hummingbird flew to the king's throne. He fluttered his little wings and said, "Who says you are the one who can fly the highest? Before you become our king, you must prove it." Then the crowd became silent. The eagle said, "I will prove to you that I can fly the highest. If the hummingbird can fly higher than I can, then he shall be king." When the animals heard this, they began to laugh. The elephant, tiger and rhinoceros shouted, "How will you be able to fly higher than the eagle, you are much too small!" The other animals also laughed at the hummingbird. "Now you have to race the eagle, it serves you right!" But the latter did not let himself be put off. "I'm ready!" he shouted. "Where do we want to fly from?"
The eagle pointed to a tall coconut tree. "There our race shall begin." He lifted his big wings and flew to a branch of the palm tree. The hummingbird flew quickly after him and landed just above the eagle on a small branch. All the animals stood in a semicircle under the coconut palm. The hare was to give the signal to begin.  When the hare gave the signal, the eagle rose into the air. The hummingbird, which had been sitting above him, settled on the eagle's back and let himself be carried up into the sky. The animals looked up and said, "We can only see the eagle. The hummingbird must be flying so high that we can't see it at all." The eagle flew in wide circles higher and higher toward the sun. Finally, the sun was burning too hot, so the eagle decided to fly back. At that moment, the hummingbird fluttered off the eagle's back high into the air and cried, "Look, I'm flying higher than you!" Astonished, the eagle looked up and could hardly believe his eyes when he saw the hummingbird flying above him in the sky. With his last strength he still tried to reach the hummingbird, but he was already too exhausted. With hanging wings he raced towards the earth and landed exhausted with the waiting animals. They had been watching the race closely and were waiting anxiously for the hummingbird. When it finally flew in, they shouted, "The hummingbird has won, he is our new king!" So the hummingbird became the king of the animals. The eagle, however, has not forgiven him for his trickery to this day.

A Fairytale from Nigeria.

Image: Cristina Roters

Soar Behind The Sky

https://youtu.be/pudXZsBS5qs - First appearance!

It is better to have had something and lost it again than to have never had it.

Composed & Arranged by Frank Mehl.
Used Instruments:
KORG Triton - Patch "Gods Bathub"
NEXUS - "Blackhole Piano"
Vocalise 2 - Gravity Pack 04 - "Vocal Scapes (C minor)"
NEXUS - "Doomsday Atmo"
NEXUS - "Epic Action Scene 3 (Drums)"
Spitfire Audio - Contemporary Drama Kit - "e1 Vocals" (Vox Hmm)
Spitfire Audio - Originals Epic Choir - "Short Stacatto Syllables" (Sopranos & Altos)
NEXUS - "Concert Harp"
NEXUS - "Epic Brass Sustain Vel"
NEXUS - "Synaegian Strings"
Evolution Series - "World Colors/Clar-Duduk"

🎞️ Video!

Losses

https://youtu.be/JA25Cl8A7Dc 🦅🧐

"What has wings, that flies, and had it been born in a mole hole."

I think I have succeeded here quite a beautiful song...🤔

In the video I use a "pimped" version of the song. I was missing a bit of the timpanis & rolls. Maybe I'll replace this one with the YT version 🤔 what do you think?

Video 📹

Upon Higher Wings

One Step Beyond

Do you want to be an angel? -
"Yes, to show people on earth..,
that we exist."

TRITONUS/TRITONE__________________________________________________

Who knows to what extent the Church forbade composers to use this interval. According to musicologist Anthony Pryer, the tritone "...was recognized as a problem in music as early as the 9th century [and] as a natural consequence, and so they banned it [and] had rules to get around it. I don't think it was ever considered the devil residing in music".

Why is the tritone considered evil?
In the typical story about the tritone, many people believed that this interval had such an unpleasant sound that the people of the Middle Ages considered the tritone to be "the devil's work."

As we have already noted, we rarely hear the tritone as an independent interval. However, as with everything in music theory, there are many counterexamples. One such example of the devil's tritone can be found in the Black Sabbath classic " Black Sabbath ".

Listening to it, one might think that this is exactly what the church wanted to ban centuries ago!

The tritone interval is contained in every dominant seventh chord. The tritone interval gives the dominant seventh chord such a strong resolution to the I chord in a chord progression.

Fallen Angel

The Most Beautiful Gift In The World (Sax & Solo Violin)

High up in the north of Ireland once lived a giant; Fionn mac Cumhaill was his name. His castle was perched on the steepest cliff on the coast and its tower was so high that it tickled the clouds on his belly. For the giant, however, it was only three steps over the cliffs down to the water, and even when a storm raged, the foaming surf did not reach beyond his shoulders.

Fionn led a quiet life with his beloved wife Oonagh: Early in the morning he went hunting, during the day he looked after his cattle and in the evening he ate a delicious meal prepared by Oonah by the fire. Occasionally, however, when the sun tickled his beard too warmly or the rain pattered so heavily that even his giant head felt the drops, he felt like arguing. Fionn needed someone with whom he could measure his strength. But there was no one in the whole country who dared to do so, and that annoyed Fionn immensely. What good was it for a man to be the strongest guy in the country if he didn't have anyone who wanted to fight him?

One mild evening, Fionn had had enough of this misery. He stepped outside his castle, raised his voice and shouted so loudly that even the sound of the sea fell silent: "Am I surrounded by nothing but cowardly clucking chickens and worms crawling pathetically on their bellies?  Where are you, warrior, who dares to fight an honest battle with me? Dare to come out of your hole in the ground and stand up to fight Fionn McCumhaill!"

And what the giant had not expected happened: he received an answer!"You call me a pathetic crawling worm, Fionn McCumhaill? Ha! The worm is you, and if you open your mouth any wider, I'll crush you under my thumbnail and throw your guts to the whales!" It was Benandonner, Fionn's Scottish neighbor, whom he sometimes saw walking on the cliffs beyond. Benandonner's words enraged Fionn even more. Did that fellow over there really think he was stronger than Fionn? Furious, he hurled an insult back at him and in no time at all a huge argument was underway.

Giant's Causeway

Elysium (feat. Merethe Soltvedt)

I particularly enjoyed working with Gabriele C. Kunz. I was very taken with her "Magical Melodies" and asked her if I could orchestrate it. Thanks to her enchanting personality and the inspiring original, it was an easy undertaking. Let yourself be captivated by the magic of this enchanting song...

Here is the link to the track on her portfolio and please, please visit Gabriele C. Kunz' page. Her music is so colorful and joyful.

👉🏻https://on.soundcloud.com/muopqBQSNEwJLbno9

Lyrics:
[Verse]
In a land of dreams
Where the moonlight gleams
There's a fairy creature
With mystical themes
With a voice so pure
And a heart so bright
She sings her song
To create a new light
[Verse 2]
With every note
The stars align
As she weaves her magic
In a rhythm divine
Her melody floats
In the soft night air
Creating a world
Beyond compare
[Chorus]
Her song soars
Like a gentle breeze
Unveiling a realm
Where dreams find peace
With each sweet word
Her power unfurls
The fairy creature
Who creates new worlds...

Magical Melodies w/ Gabriele C. Kunz

Leave it to time

If something seems outrageous to you,
You are outraged from the bottom of your heart,
Don't get up, don't try to argue,
Don't touch it, leave it to time.
On the first day you will cowardly scold yourself,
On the second, you will accept your silence,
On the third you will have overcome it,
Everything is important only for hours,
Anger is a consumptive and a poisoner of life,
Time is balm and peacemaker.
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Überlaß es der Zeit

Erscheint dir etwas unerhört,
Bist du tiefsten Herzens empört,
Bäume nicht auf, versuch's nicht mit Streit,
Berühr es nicht, überlaß es der Zeit.
Am ersten Tag wirst du feige dich schelten,
Am zweiten läßt du dein Schweigen schon gelten,
Am dritten hast du's überwunden,
Alles ist wichtig nur auf Stunden,
Ärger ist Zehrer und Lebensvergifter,
Zeit ist Balsam und Friedensstifter.

"Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898), German writer, journalist, storyteller and theater critic."

serenity

Here I use the Intimate Grand Piano from Spitfire Audio. The track was recorded in one session, not quantized or edited. I usually sit down at the piano (keyboard) and play while the recording is running. Sometimes I forget the melody from three minutes ago while I'm playing, but then it comes back to me. That's how most of my songs are created.

Just a Piano

The Envoy

A very esteemed colleague gave me the idea for this track. Her “Let's play” to the highly acclaimed computer game “Beyond Good & Evil” was the trigger. I wrote a trailer exclusively for her for the end card of her videos. Just under 20 seconds became almost 5 minutes. Please don't leave her unnoticed and check out her YouTube channel
👉🏼 https://www.youtube.com/@AniCatasTrophy/videos

👉🏼YT-Video

Beyond Good And Evil

A small note on my own behalf: I have noticed that my playback figures have dropped dramatically. The statistics show that the number of playbacks has dropped from 2000 per week to just under 200. 
On the one hand, this is frustrating, as everyone sees this as an indicator and confirmation of their work. On the other hand, figures are not particularly important, but one wonders what is wrong. In my opinion, SC has changed a lot, uploading tracks has become more complicated and constant security queries are annoying. 
In addition, great artists are disappearing from the platform, partly by their own choice, partly because they have been banned, the algorithm has “recognized” them as spam and mercilessly deleted their account. I'm still a paying member, but my attitude towards this has changed...

Please let me know your experiences and impressions.

Scepter

Even without the use of AI, it is possible to write beautiful-sounding dance tracks. Here I have used the NEXUS from reFX.com, which is predestined for this. I used the piano “The Grand” from Sonuscore's The Orchestra as a classic stylistic device. And now have fun dancing the night away 💃🏼🪩🕺🏼

We came together

Bridge Of Spirit

A compilation of my songs for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Advent. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and blessed holidays 🌟🎶🎁🫎🛷🛷🛷🎅🏼🎄☃️

Christmas Fair

My first track this year and it deals with the topic “New”. New year, new car, new love...everything begins and everything ends at some point. 
A happy and prosperous new year to all. Stay healthy, take care of each other and enjoy life.
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Awake (New Dawn)

Caratacus war ein Sohn des Cunobelinus, eines der mächtigsten Könige des vorrömischen Britanniens, dessen Hauptstadt das befestigte Camulodunum (heute Colchester) war. Als Cunobelinus um 40 n. Chr. starb, waren Caratacus und sein Bruder Togodumnus die bedeutendsten Herrscher im südlichen Britannien. Wie unter ihrem Vater lag das Zentrum ihres Reichs nördlich der Themse im Gebiet der Catuvellaunen und Trinovanten; aber auch die meisten Stämme in Südostengland standen unter ihrer Oberhoheit. Cunobelinus hatte während der 30 letzten Jahre seiner Herrschaft freundliche Beziehungen zu Rom unterhalten, um dieser Weltmacht keinen Grund zum Eingreifen zu geben. Seine Söhne verfolgten dagegen eine weniger vorsichtige Politik gegenüber Rom. Adminius, der wohl auch ein Sohn des Cunobelinus war, floh um 40 n. Chr. an den Hof des Kaisers Caligula, den er zu einem Einfall in Britannien bewegen wollte; doch kam es nicht dazu. Nach Münzfunden scheint Caratacus noch zu Lebzeiten seines Vaters ein Schützling seines Onkels Epaticcus gewesen zu sein, der das Gebiet der Catuvellaunen auf Kosten des Stammes der Atrebaten ausgedehnt hatte. Nach seinem Tod (um 35 n. Chr.) hatten die Atrebaten unter Verica ihr Land zurückerobert, wurden aber später von Caratacus endgültig besiegt und am Anfang der Regierung des Kaisers Claudius wurde Verica, offenbar von Caratacus, aus England vertrieben (41 n. Chr.) und floh ins Römische Reich.

Caratacus was a son of Cunobelinus, one of the most powerful kings of pre-Roman Britain, whose capital was the fortified Camulodunum (now Colchester). When Cunobelinus died around 40 AD, Caratacus and his brother Togodumnus were the most important rulers in southern Britain. As under their father, the center of their empire lay north of the Thames in the territory of the Catuvellaunes and Trinovantes; but most of the tribes in south-east England were also under their suzerainty. During the last 30 years of his reign, Cunobelinus had maintained friendly relations with Rome so as not to give this world power any reason to intervene. His sons, on the other hand, pursued a less cautious policy towards Rome. Adminius, who was probably also a son of Cunobelinus, fled to the court of Emperor Caligula around 40 AD, whom he wanted to persuade to invade Britain; however, this did not happen. According to coin finds, Caratacus appears to have been a protégé of his uncle Epaticcus during his father's lifetime, who had expanded the territory of the Catuvellauns at the expense of the Atrebates tribe. After his death (around 35 AD), the Atrebates had reconquered their land under Verica, but were later finally defeated by Caratacus and at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Claudius, Verica was expelled from England (41 AD), apparently by Caratacus, and fled to the Roman Empire.

Caratacus

Calliope

Are dragons consistently evil? In this case, the listener and viewer don't really know. Who is responsible for the destruction of the small village in this tranquil valley? Is the dragon defending itself or is the noble knight fighting against it?

Questions remain unanswered...

Dragonblood

Since there are no South Germanic (e.g. German or English) traditions about Freya and the South Germanic peoples still associated the day of Venus (Friday) with Frija/Frigg, it is assumed that Freya is a Viking Age detachment of the aspects of love and love magic of Frigg. The following episodes are described in the Edda and the Gylfaginning: Freya's necklace, the Brisingen jewelry, had been made by the dwarves Alfrigg, Dvalin, Berling and Grervier (Gerr); the price of the purchase was that the goddess spent four consecutive nights with one of the dwarves at a time - to the displeasure of Odin, who forced Freya to instigate a war among the humans as punishment. According to another report, Loki insults all those present at the drinking party hosted by Aegir and accuses Freya of having had love affairs with all the Aesir and alves in the hall. It should be added that Loki pined in unrequited love for Freya. However, the literary versions of Freya during the Icelandic Renaissance of the 13th and 14th centuries are not authentic sources for the pagan figure of the goddess. In modern times, she has completely replaced the goddess Frigg in the Icelandic interpretation of the old sagas. In an illumination in a 17th century paper manuscript, however, she only appears as the caring mother of the family.

Freya

A tribute to Lara Croft's generation-defining adventures and, of course, the outstanding music of the first parts: Nathan McCree. Here, of course, in my own guise, but still strongly oriented towards it. For fun I was inspired by working with the Tomb Raider Level Engine (TRLE). The result of my efforts can also be seen on Youtube.

The Lost Temple

I Come To My Senses

Sky Gods

January

A small note on my own behalf: I have noticed that my playback figures have dropped dramatically. The statistics show that the number of playbacks has dropped from 2000 per week to just under 200.
On the one hand, this is frustrating, as everyone sees this as an indicator and confirmation of their work. On the other hand, figures are not particularly important, but one wonders what is wrong. In my opinion, SC has changed a lot, uploading tracks has become more complicated and constant security queries are annoying.
In addition, great artists are disappearing from the platform, partly by their own choice, partly because they have been banned, the algorithm has “recognized” them as spam and mercilessly deleted their account. I'm still a paying member, but my attitude towards this has changed...

Please let me know your experiences and impressions.

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When I don't have the time to actively listen to my favorite artists on soundcloud, I just leave the stream running...while washing up in the kitchen, for example 😆

By the way: this user-92853963 was my old link address and leads to the empty.... I AM NOT A ROBOT!

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A long, long time ago, there was an organ in the Christmas-decorated living room in his parents' house, where Frank grew up. Originally bought by his father for his two older siblings, they showed no interest in playing the organ. Frank, however, did. White and black keys and giving off strange sounds. 

So at the age of 9 he began to let his fingers circle on this instrument, searching for the right keys like on a typewriter. And another 9 years would pass before he could buy his first own instrument. Already at the age of 13 he made notes about the then current synthesizers, bought one magazine after the other and visited music fairs in Frankfurt, Germany.

His first keyboard was the Yamaha DSR-2000, which he bought in a music store near his hometown Biebertal. In installments! Finally he could develop himself further - away from the limited tonality of the small organ. The built-in 8-track sequencer helped him to reach unimagined heights. 
Little by little his equipment expanded and his ambition to create music like that of Jean-Michel Jarres came closer. Influenced by this and countless other musicians of the time, his interest grew, but he taught himself everything. Not even having attended a music school or being able to read music at all, he wrote one song after another and recorded them on the only medium available to him at the time: audio cassettes.
Many of these recordings are unfortunately lost forever, because cassettes are and were not the best recording medium. He has to try to play many of his songs from memory. 

In 2007, he fulfilled a long-awaited wish: to buy a KORG. He had always wanted to own one, but with the latest synthesizers at the time of their release having a purchase price of over 6000 D-marks (the currency of the time in the 1980s and 1990s), that dream of owning one was far away. So in 2007 he bought a used KORG 01W/FD at ebay. And as before with the purchase of the Yamaha keyboard, a completely new world opened up to him.

In addition, there were expanders and sound modules from Kawai, Roland and Yamaha (K1m, SC-55, QY10). Six years later his enthusiasm for making music ebbed and rediscovered his hobby (which it always was and still is). In 2018 in April he decided to present his music to a wider audience and uploaded his first song on the platform soundcloud. Since that time, thanks also to the ever-evolving software, he continues to evolve, experiment and relive his times through music.

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