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Summer Hope Shines Forth #3617

An excerpt of epic songs from all my tracks.

25 tracks of my - from my point of view - beautiful epic music. Be ready for the next adventures and sharpen your swords!

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Epic Moments (by frank mehl)

I have created the list and the associated links to the best of my knowledge. If you find any mistakes or broken links please comment to me 🙂
Here you can get to the start page of my Youtube-Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUVdSSWU-LfYTJmaF0iNGfw


The videos are sorted in descending order - from the oldest to the newest.

https://youtu.be/jzKjEMrBLTw - Fly without wings
https://youtu.be/t9V5fE8dTzs - Pulsar
https://youtu.be/5TcWfWX9v6M - Dystopia
https://youtu.be/fij05Kwfcc4 - Life
https://youtu.be/YO9QURIoJq8 - Sensoria
https://youtu.be/z9doQ4ox3nc - Oiche Maith
https://youtu.be/LosJGz8Kcx0 - In My Heaven (there will be...)
https://youtu.be/PeQsOdQh8Mg - The Longest Journey
https://youtu.be/G8C1FbaCFJg - December Angels (Piano, Strings & Cellos)
https://youtu.be/7XbrfxaX3bY - The Merging Of Infinities
https://youtu.be/6A-KqLZAa0Y - A Child's Smile
https://youtu.be/PeBJwD3oNG0 - Spring (circle of life)
https://youtu.be/3Sz_eWpiwr0 - Everlasting
https://youtu.be/ScXxXvSEcag - Afterglow
https://youtu.be/omZi5dKS5Ko - The Mountains Of Our Life...
https://youtu.be/64X7vB01fZk - Evanescence
https://youtu.be/MJXiffSYsGI - The Sword Of The Downfall (Part I)
https://youtu.be/dTlxK_lU3Us - The Five Elements Of Love (fire)
https://youtu.be/myX55aWo6Bg - Remember The Promise You Made
https://youtu.be/Gp5tshEWPzI - Banshee
https://youtu.be/qenH-HAg7oo - Treasure Trove
https://youtu.be/phG7PK8UE-U - Hearts Of Bravery
https://youtu.be/rjZaAQn0ybc - Inana
https://youtu.be/FJseC1vzzfI - What Remains Of...
https://youtu.be/BIxi9fcZLfY - Our Older Days
https://youtu.be/c7qzuH7-xJw - Empowered
https://youtu.be/30sE-IRFAFA - No Need To Be Afraid
https://youtu.be/xnLWOMiO7sk - Anima Dannata (Dance Version)
https://youtu.be/5UJtKPMc19w - Cosmos Part XIII
https://youtu.be/qeQIPOo7i7A - Dear Esther...
https://youtu.be/XdzS7emGyWs - Night Sky (Ambient Cello Version)
https://youtu.be/zQZZ_EMjeWE - Alliances
https://youtu.be/TAQLlqfPD-4 - Jaded Planet
https://youtu.be/RBW9JeaY5KI - Sunrise

All Youtube Music Videos

Harry Shearer: Le Show

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

This acoustic guitar instrumental is played in DADGAD tuning (all tuned down a half step)using my Taylor 714 CE guitar.

Summer

The Dance

far away

First movement of a three-movement piano sonata, written at the same time as the recently uploaded Sonata 6, and containing a lot of similarities in terms of the composition and structure. 

The first movement is in dorian mode. Hope you enjoy!

Two Dorian Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata 7 - Movement 1

My soundtrack for a Sunrise.  Watch the video https://youtu.be/d4uzsUIdEr8
The calm pre-dawn with its promise of the new day to come is broken by the sun piercing the horizon.  Light streaks across the sky, kissing all it touches with gold.  Mundane objects are transformed into works of art by the beauty of this first light. Then the majesty and power of the suns slow warming ascent. 

...and yes I went there, I used tubular bells!

Photo by Wes Hicks https://unsplash.com/@sickhews

Watch the Video

Hope Shines Forth

<3
You can support me and my album here :
https://vanyashi.bandcamp.com/album/aisthesis-2

Listen to Vanyashi on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JFEbYpySnzd55ElEQ8sYa

Vanyashi - Love Bon

Video 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
https://youtu.be/MJXiffSYsGI

That's how it is in the lives of saints and heroes: there are hours of delusion, of confusion, of succumbing.

Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897), French teacher, then journalist in Paris; wrote short stories, several novels and the play "L'Arlésienne

Das ist so im Leben der Heiligen und Helden: es gibt Stunden der Verblendung, der Verwirrung, des Unterliegens.

Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897), französischer Lehrer, dann Journalist in Paris; schrieb Erzählungen, mehrere Romane und das Schauspiel »L'Arlésienne«

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The Sword Of The Downfall (Part I)

Track 8 of the Album soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-firm-dark-orchestral-suite
You can view the video on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/z9pPxH2Nxdg

The Firm CEO recently hired Aaron E. Must to work on two game changing industries. The first one being a worldwide network of car scrapyard and recycling. The second one being an electric car and Lithium ion battery manufacturing industry that would be dazzling the potential buyers with a bunch of useless features such as GreenTooth, a giant screen to view reality shows while driving and mostly a dummy pilot system that can crash your car should you want to suicide. Indeed, the environmentalists are making such a buzz around the greenhouse effect that most people wants electric cars, which would be fine if the electricity made in the world was from renewed energy but it is not. In fact, 70% of the electricity in the world is made burning fuel, gas or even worst … coal. One could ask legitimately, what is the benefit then since the electric cars already have twice the environmental footprint of a fuel car during manufacturing? Goooood question! Should it be better to use the public transport, a bicycle or even walk. Nevertheless, the demand for those cars is so great that people are ready to pay 3 to 5 time more for those cars then they would normally pay for a conventional fuel car just to have a ... clear conscience. Moreover, every old car will have to go to a scrap yard to be recycled. The market is huge and the consumers are blind and ignorant in front of the real facts and the Firm CEO knows it. Aaron E. Must is a part time asparagus farmer and full time electric engineer working at Y-Space to build an all-inclusive space resort bragging about having the first in space sand beach with a view on earth and its sunset. They do that just to prove to some beach bum moron that the earth is not flat. The CEO vision is to make huge money building a new electric car that would be called sarcastically the Cojonas model FU. He even created a new twisted credo for those two new ventures. “From the Grave to the Cradle”.
Guess what. He will succeed.

Music and Production: Syrel
Photography: Syrel (1986)

“This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

This music has also been used for the Heavyocity “Heavy Score Challenge” for which the goal of the challenge is to make the heaviest score possible.
You can view the video on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/z9pPxH2Nxdg

The Firm

The Firm Scrap Yard Business Unit - The Grave

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

Hawks Of Moon Mountain

Don't mess with the Devil

After Fridjor reported to his father Hegor in the village about his strange find at the river, Hegor and some companions set out for the place Fridjor had described to them. When the group of men arrived, they ordered the remaining children to continue their game in the village. Under sullen protest, the children left the place by the river and started their way back under Fridjor's direction. Little Sverne - a droll, though a little - now rotund in appearance - teased Fridjor, "I guess you're our new leader, or what?". Fridjor did not respond to the teasing words, knowing that Sverne liked him. 
Meanwhile, the men examined the tree trunk more closely. Tornje, the oldest of the men was wildly gesticulating with his hands and feet around the men. Tornje was deaf and dumb. He was therefore unable to communicate his premonition directly to the men. On the contrary, they dismissed it because the "crazy" Tornje was having one of his fits again, they thought. One of the men grabbed the small skull that was lying on a stake in front of the tree trunk. A strange noise sounded from the tree and the runes carved in it began to glow. Pulsating and with a low hum. The men stepped back and waited. But nothing happened. Hegor decided that they would linger in the place until nightfall. So they set up camp. It was still a long time until nightfall. Tornje hid in the thicket, dug out a hollow, deeper than he was tall, and huddled in it. Hegor watched what he was doing and walked toward him. With little knowledge of sign language, he elicited Tornje's knowledge of the tree. What he described meant something like "Don't mess with the devil!". Hegor did not know whether to believe Tornje, so he returned to the group and sat down at the prepared campfire. Now it was time to wait and see what would happen...

Leg dich nicht mit dem Teufel an

Nachdem Fridjor im Dorf seinen Vater Hegor über seinen seltsamen Fund am Fluss berichtet hatte, machten sich Hegor und einige Gefährten auf den Weg zu der Stelle, die Fridjor ihnen beschrieben hatte. Als die Gruppe Männer ankamen, befahlen sie den verbliebenen Kindern ihr Spiel im Dorf fortzusetzen. Unter mürrischem Protest verließen die Kinder den Ort am Fluss und traten unter Fridjors‘ Leitung den Rückweg an. Die kleine Sverne – ein drolliges, wenngleich auch ein wenig – nun rundlich in der Erscheinung – neckte Fridjor: „Du bist wohl unser neuer Anführer, oder was?“. Fridjor reagierte nicht auf die neckischen Worte, wusste er doch, dass Sverne ihn mochte. 
Währenddessen begutachteten die Männer den Baumstamm genauer. Tornje, der älteste der Männer fuchtelte wild gestikulierend mit Händen und Füßen um die Männer. Tornje war taubstumm. Es war ihm somit nicht vergönnt, seine Vorahnung den Männern direkt mitzuteilen. Im Gegenteil taten sie es ab, weil der „verrückte“ Tornje wieder einmal einen seiner Anfälle hatte, dachten sie. Einer der Männer griff nach dem kleinen Schädel, der vor dem Baumstamm auf einem Pfahl lag. Ein seltsames Geräusch erklang aus dem Baum und die in ihm geritzten Runen begannen zu leuchten. Pulsierend und mit leisem Summen. Die Männer traten zurück und warteten ab. Doch nichts passierte. Hegor entschied, dass sie bis zum Hereinbrechen der Nacht am Ort verweilen würden. So schlugen sie ihr Lager auf. Bis zur Nacht war es noch lange. Tornje versteckte sich im Dickicht, grub eine Kuhle aus, tiefer als er groß war und kauerte sich in ihr zusammen. Hegor beobachtete sein tun und ging auf ihn zu. Mit wenigen Kenntnissen der Gebärdensprache entlockte er Tornjes Wissen um den Baum. Was er beschrieb bedeutete etwa „Leg dich nicht mit dem Teufel an!“. Hegor wusste nicht, ob er Tornje glauben schenken sollte, also kehrte er zur Gruppe zurück und setzte sich an das bereitete Lagerfeuer. Nun galt es abwarten was passieren würde…

don't mess the devil

A little inspired by Eric Heitmann ;), James Horner' "A Gift Of A Thistle" and the beautiful landscape of An t-Eilean Sgitheanach (Isle Of Skye). A bit of rock was allowed into it 😆

Hearts Of Bravery

A rather quickly written composition. It will be expanded by melodic structures (countermelody), various orchestral elements and generally revised. However, I wanted to present this idea first...Memorial!

Frank M. 

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Memorial (Rough Version)

Fairies dance a round dance
sky-blue in the summer forest.
Bees hum songs to it.
Listen, look, how it sparkles, echoes!

And the beetles play the violins,
soft, delicate melodies.
Butterflies fluttering show
how they draw their circles.

Above all the sun dances
shining brightly in the play of lights.
Dancers dance between the green leaves
cheerful and graceful.

Little fairy skirts you see dancing
you see dancing everywhere here.
All around in the summer dance
everything turns, shimmers, flows.

Would you like to be like the fairies
to be happy in the sun?
Close your eyes! Listen to the songs!
Join the dance!

© Elke Bräunling

Elfen tanzen einen Reigen
himmelblau im Sommerwald.
Bienen summen dazu Lieder.
Lausche, schau, wie’s funkelt, hallt!

Und die Käfer spieln die Geigen,
leise, zart die Melodien.
Schmetterlinge flatternd zeigen,
wie sie ihre Kreise ziehn.

Über allem tanzt die Sonne
strahlend hell im Lichterspiel.
Zwischen Blattgrün tänzeln Tänzer
heiter, fröhlich und grazil.

Elfenröckchen sind es, die du
überall hier tanzen siehst.
Rundherum im Sommertanze
alles dreht sich, schimmert, fließt.

Magst du gerne wie die Elfen
in der Sonne fröhlich sein?
Schließ dir Augen! Lausch den Liedern!
In den Reigen reih dich ein!

© Elke Bräunling

Dancing Elves (Elfentanz)

contains a sample from Velvet Underground's "Lady Godiva's Operation" and a vocal sample by an artist I don't know. thanks. 

cover photo by Bru-nO

please also check out this fantastic rework by Garddwr Porffor:
https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor/velvet-collage

Déjà-VU

https://youtu.be/5TcWfWX9v6M
Die Zukunft der Zukunft liegt in der Zukunft.

The future of the future is in the future.
...and for all those who remain seated in the cinema to watch the credits!

Photo kindly provided to me by: alisdair miller; be sure to visit his site!
https://www.alisdairmiller.com/

Dystopia

https://youtu.be/jzKjEMrBLTw
Darum nicht glauben, dass der Boden, auf den du den Schritt setzt, dich trüge, sondern auf die Luft bauen, die dir Flügel zumisst und das Atmen beibringt.

So do not believe that the ground you step on is deceiving, but build on the air that gives you wings and teaches you to breathe.

watch the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/jzKjEMrBLTw

Fly Without Wings | pad & piano & oboe

https://youtu.be/YO9QURIoJq8
Eigentlich aus Vorfreude heraus entstanden, gewisse Menschen wieder zu sehen. Es bewahrheitet sich: das Leben schreibt Melodien, Melodien beschreiben das Leben!

Actually, it was born out of the anticipation of seeing certain people again. It proves to be true: life writes melodies, melodies describe life!

https://youtu.be/YO9QURIoJq8

Sensoria

Pulsar (radio edit)

Check out the Video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/fij05Kwfcc4

Life

Schematics

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.