Wonderful to discover today that Soundcloud had created a Playlist of my piano tunes in their Top Tracks section! 

And wonderful to share them with you.

Best always,

~  Gary

Top Tracks - Introducing Gary Courtland-Miles

Dearest Malcolm,

Originally, i created this compilation of many of My Heartfelt Tunes and those of a few others, just for you my dear cosmic brother!  And I'm so glad to know you'll EnJOY them.  😁

And now, as per your wishes, i shall share them with the Whole world of Listeners that i interact with on Soundcloud.com   

Yes! It continues to be a Wonderful Life; and only made even better by Music! 😊

My Love and Best Wishes to you always, Sir. :-D

~  Anomon


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2017, and 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2017, and 2023

The cover pic is of the centerpiece of the huge stained glass pavilion in Mexico called SUNBURST! - by Juan Jose Ortiz-Cosmo.

Music for Reverend Malcolm Mindblower lll : Vol. 1

November 19

Hey, here are some more tunes  I love,  if you feel the vibes let the world know but start with the artists please 

Cheers,
Dx

Play to Slay Nov19

A huuuuuge thank you to everyone who traveled to Tokyo with me so far! Your support means the world!
If you want to watch the video, look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djEl90nX-Ic&t=429s

Thank You For Traveling To Tokyo With Me!

Novembre,les titres que j'ai écouté et aimé, que de talents sur Soundcloud !

Good track on Soundcloud, happy November

Allo ? what's new on Soundcloud? November

PRODUCED/WRITTEN AND PERFORMED By: DOMINIQUE SOTO

Cool Down

I give you today's heartfelt Piano Improvisation for your relaxation.

And as for the rest of the Tracks in this Playlist...  I've noted some of the authors and collaborators below.


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2016 - 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2024 - 2024

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2020- 2024
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2020 -2024

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Nadia Solvaggi  2023
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles & Nadia Solvaggi  2023

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Oddrun Eilkey   2023
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles & Oddrun Eikley   2023

© Gary Courtland-Miles &  Jeffrey J Torres  2021
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles &  Jeffrey J Torres  2021

© Gary Courtland-Miles &  Jorg Stohwasser 2021
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles &  Jorg Stohwasser 2021

MiXed by Anomon

In This Moment

Pour toutes les femmes dans le monde, pour que celles qui vivent dans l'ombre puissent retrouver la liberté ...

For all women in the world, so that those living in the shadow can regain freedom ...

Women

On this AmAzingly Beautiful day...   i Give you this Passionate Piano iMProvisation with Strings that just Flowed through these 'ten little fingers' during a wonderfully rich improv session.  

                                 It was born of Peace...
                                          and  Flow .....

                                            or perhaps more descriptively,  as

                                                    Pause ... and  Flow..........    

for after we Pause ... and we're in 'The Zone', 
   
             May all who love to Listen to Live Music 
                                                
                                                   enJOY !     
 

     (c) Gary Courtland-Miles 2016
     (P) Gary Courtland-Miles 2016

Pause... and Flow

This tune is about 'What We've Said' ... to ourselves and others whilst to-ing and fro-ing in this ol' world. I hope you pick up on the underlying self-deprecating humor in the music. ;)

This also includes what we've expressed non-verbally in the moment, to ourselves and 'others', whether via thought, feeling, or through those invisible cords of connection shared with friends and loved ones around the globe.

That said... here's my latest 'Sound Seed', an upbeat bluesy Piano Improv that came through while jamming with a few friends recently.  

So put on yer Tap shoes... and inJOY!   :)

©  Gary Courtland-Miles   2016
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles  August 7th 2016

What We Said

Just a brief liner note here. 

I decided to let this Chilled Piano piece with a dash 'Spiced Rubato'* flow on a while.... 

Hoping you can easily Re-lax into it into this JazZy ,Contemplative and Mystical vibe that emerges.  :)

So yeah...
unwind.......
and just Let your mind 'n heart fill in the visuals,
as you Join me in my latest Tonal Rhythmic Adventure.  

~  Gary

*One interpretation of the musical term, 'Rubato', means 
'Stolen Time'.

This, the first of my 2017 improvisations is 
℗  and performed by Gary Courtland-Miles 2017

Thank you.

Chilled Piano with Spiced Rubato

Within the Radiant Glow of a Campfire far from home ,
I am Warmed... 
and Relax into the velvety dark beauty of the night ...

My mind floats effortlessly,
Upstream... into the Plethora of Light 
that is The Milky Way... 
and Within that Current Between The Notes,
i Find mySelf 
At Peace...
and Whole.

But far from Dreaming,

And as the primal Rhythms whisper of Wonders beyond the crackling fire, 
and Fan the momentum of this moment within the Stillness of this Wondrous Night,
a perspective is painted that I've never seen, 
or known before...

and I am Drawn wholy into The Magic of a Cosmic Consciousness.

and Above...  
a glittering Treasure Chest of Stars 
Spills Light across the Velvet Sky... 
and twinkles out a Radiant message to all who behold their Glorious Light,
and Feel within that Resonant thrum,
That Yes!
All is Well in Heaven 
and Earth!

And no matter what i think,
that I Am indeed the Music, 
for as long as it Plays 
Within my  L i s t e n i n g  loving soul.......



Musical Theme composed and Arranged 
 by Gary Courtland-Miles

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2018
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2018

Under Starry Skies

Pacman created this Dynamic track. I told him how much I liked it and he asked me if I would like to create lyrics to run with it. I was very excited about doing so. Pacman I hope I did your creation Justice. Much thanks to Julian Apelian for his awesome mixing and mastering skills.  We really appreciate that.

Music and music production - Michael Carballo https://soundcloud.com/pacman-mic-mastery
NayJ. -  Lyrics, Lead vocals, backing vocals
Julien Apelian - Track production...mixing and mastering https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1

Wooooooo
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Ever you wanted me to do
That's what I wanted to do
Still you were not satisfied

Ever you wanted me to be
That's what I tried to be
But I kept on dying inside

Trying to keep my head above water 
But I keep on sinking 
Feel like I am drowning

Trying to keep my head above water 
But I keep on sinking 
Feel like I am drowning

chorus: 
Drown drown drown drown drown drown drown drowning
Drown drown drown drown drown drown drown drowning
Where did I go wrong

Drown drown drown drown
Drowning
Drown drown drown drown
Drowning

Said I was the perfect girl for you 
You told me I was your dream come true 
Why do you feel the need to change me 

I'm drowning 
Can't keep my head above water 
Can't keep my head above water

Ever you wanted me to do
That's what I wanted to do
But I just couldn't seem to satisfy you

Ever you wanted me to be
That's what I tried to be
But I felt myself dying 

I couldn't keep my head above water
I just kept on sinking sinking 
I felt myself drowning drowning drowning

chorus:
I I can't keep my head up above water no
I I felt myself drowning drowning drowning

Trying to keep my head above water 
But I keep on sinking 
Feel like I am drowning

Trying to keep my head above water 
But I keep on sinking 
Feel like I am drowning yeah

chorus:
I I can't keep my head up above water no
I I felt myself drowning drowning drowning

Drowning oh 
Drowning drowning 
Save me revive me

Spoken words:
I'm sinking
I'm drowning
Rescue Me
Save me
Is Your Love
Strong enough

Drowning  - NayJ. and *PACMAN*AKA*PAC*

I realize it has been quite a while since i last posted.
Since my recent bereavement, I've been remembering, re-balancing, and finding it much more difficult than i could ever have imagined. Paige was the Love of my life, my best friend, and such a character!  :-D
 
But, all things considered, Life is Good! The death of ones beloved, not so much. 
However, the love of friends and family continues to make all the difference as i am on my own again for the first time in 35 years.

So, it gives me great pleasure to release my first New Piano Improvisation since my darling Wife, Paige, who was also my Muse, and Best Friend, passed away in my arms so suddenly on the first day of May in 2018).   

Now, all i can do is continue to Share my Love, my Music ... and to Remember and Cherish the Fullness of All we inJOYed during the many years we adventured together.  <3 

In-deed, i pledge to continue Creating and Sharing the humble musical gifts i have been blessed with, in remembrance of the amazing love we shared. 

Rest in Peace, and continue to Be yourSelf wherever you may Be, 'My love, my fair one.' 
Our Love is Forever! <3

~  Gary

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2018
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2018
                                                      ***
  
The Video below was a gift from @Arcaans 
It's a synchronous beauty, and i thank him deeply. 
May you inJoy.  :)

youtu.be/weLffF0yO7g

Resonant Memories and Magical Moments

May you inJOY my latest heartfelt Piano Improvisation,
and Many Thanks,
to all of you who Listen to, Like, and Re-Post my music !  

Cheers!  :)

©    Gary Courtland-Miles  2018
℗    Gary Courtland-Miles  November 2018

Painting (detail) © Renita Wellman

Songs of the Heart

In one of the first comments i received on this piece from SoundCloud's brilliant JazzFusion, Classical and World Guitarist, Dan van den Burg @danarchx was "beautiful contemplative music, Gary."  I love how he Listens, and how he plays.

May its dulcet tones also enchant your Ears, and the Spaces in between.
May they Smooth your Way, 
Relax your soul, 
and awaken the Peace within.  


~ Gary

Improvisational Piano 

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2019
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2019


Photo  Conjunction of Venus and the Crescent Moon
© Dec 28th 2019  by Tavi Greiner

Intuitions

Scott Arthur Owens

Visit with a Friend

Town

The Stars are Calling.... 
Look Up and Listen!  :)
Destiny awaits.

Vocals by 'O'

Composed Arranged and Produced by
©  Gary Courtland-Miles 2019
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles 2019

The Stars Are Calling

Here is an instrumental piece that has been sitting on the shelf for over a year.
 I recorded this after a fight with a friend, feeling very sad... After recording my last guitar part, i was crying and slammed my guitar strings... and left that sound in the track, as a 'damn it'...




I met that person online, talked for a very long time, yet when time came to either meet or talk in real, that friend made everything possible for that not to happen, like if i was to discover something i should not know...





Never talked to that friend again, and even if i moved on, i still miss that friend very much....Weird....That is part of life i guess, some people come and go, some stay for life no matter the hurdles.
Be kind to your precious friends, life is all about the people and the moments.
All recorded 'live' in my studio, all mistakes left intact.
Joé Johnston- Bass guitar, all guitars, drum sample mixing.
Copyright 2018-2019

Being Real

Watch the full episode here: 
https://youtu.be/djEl90nX-Ic

This song is part of my EP "My Own Crazy". Stream and download the full EP here: 
https://she-s-excited.bandcamp.com/album/my-own-crazy
https://fanlink.to/MyOwnCrazy

About the project: 
Since I am traveling a lot and I make music all the time anyway, I had the following idea: Soak up the vibe of the place I am in right now. Infuse these vibes into a song that also includes original sounds I recorded at the place. Film what I see and experience and edit a video to the song so that you can be there with me. And include a little tutorial for beginners to show you how I work. Combining all that, I created the series "Traveling Musician". 

The first episode is about Tokyo. I strongly felt a juxtaposition of formality in public life and work and a wonderful and crazy nightlife with lots of laughter and openness. I also thought about David Bowie's albums in the late 70ies ("I'm under Japanese influence" - Blackout), especially the "Heroes" album, and how they used drum snippets and fills on that album. My drum programming is a little tribute to that.

Have fun diving into the experience with me!

Watch Episode Here

She's Excited! in Tokyo - "Traveling Musician" Episode 1 on YT

The music video is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_2bE44vG0

Copyright 2019. All rights reserved.

Lyrics


Holiness is air
Air is emptiness
Filling the voids in my heart
All the colours swirl in a visionless
Pool of pity
I'm giving I'm giving I'm giving
Until there's nothing left

One two three
Good reasons to believe
I got
One two three
Things I had to leave
One two three
Good reasons I can see
I got one two three
Spirits in me
One two three

Loneliness is love
Love is endlessness
Chasing a butterfly
Breathing in the air by the waters edge
Sparkles and sun and ice
Everything flows and comes back again
Just like a dragonfly

One two three
Good reasons to believe
I got one two three
Things I had to leave
One two three
Good reasons i can see
I got
One two three
Spirits in me
One two three

Wild as a meadow
That knows no bounds
Living in my mind
I'm walking and sleeping
And hoping and leaving
Until I'm nothing left

One two three
Good reasons to believe
I got one two three
Thing I had to leave
One two three
Good reasons I can see
One two three
Spirits in me
One two three
One two three
Good reasons to believe 
One two three
One two three

1 2 3 | RosesAreBlue

Unmastered preview.
Created, performed and produced by Neli CoKo, 2019, All rights reserved. 
Thank you for listening :) Update: I am so thankful  for all your listening, commenting and supporting. Please forgive I didn´t answer your kind comments, I´ve been through rough times then. But each one gave me a big smile. 
Sending good vibes to you :)

Neli CoKo - Come What May

S P A R K L I N G - AMA Future Bass Rave Chill JAM Mix Track ✌ ☺

INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/alexmagicart/

Created Arranged Produced by
AMA - Alex Music Art - Alex Magic Art Productions 
2019 All rights reserved.

S P A R K L I N G

Back to You is an uplifting track about searching for something or someone and never giving up.

Back to You

« Constellations » 1 : Orion - For 20 strings (Vl.1 : 4 Vl.2 : 4 Vla : 6 Vc : 4  Db : 2) and magnetic band.
Composed on October 23 - 25, 2019
Franck Douvin © October 2019
Thanks for listening. I hope you'll enjoy!

« Constellations » 1 : Orion - For 20 strings and magnetic band

Another track by Anomon's Virtual band.

May you inJOY! :-D

We Make it All Up

And Then She Danced

Inari's Crossroads

This is an experimental  change in composition style from my usual classical compositions,Hope you enjoy.

Chill Into Summer Moods

to purchase in online stores, visit: li.sten.to/CVLU7JE
written & produced by Brielle 
© All Rights Reserved
lyrics:
Cold wind lashes my face again
And another year has passed
The more we are detached
The more I disregard all the bad
And another year has passed

And I wonder 
Am I still the same?
I wonder 
if I need to explain

I´m looking at all the beautiful pictures of us
And my suitcase is covered in dust

And in my mind I hug you tight
There´ll never be a real Goodbye

Hands in my pocket as I walk
No straight roads ahead
And another year has passed
Home, home

And in my mind I hug you tight
There´ll never be a real Goodbye

Call me dreamer
Call me vagabond
Forever searching
Perhaps it´s what I want

I close my eyes
And hold you tight
There´ll never be a real Goodbye
I know these are such simple lines
But you will always be part of my life

Hands in my pocket
I wander
Hands in my pocket
I wander

Another Year

Always a privilege and an adventure to work with B. I learn something new every time! I don't know how he does what he does, but he does it every time. Check out Pelegrim via the links below.

https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/

Acquiesce To The Hive Mind

Acquiesce To The Hive Mind  Belial Pelegrim + COtu

I wandered into this captivating track by Gary today, whilst listening to your latest offerings and had to immediately play along. It is a multi-faceted gem to work with: prominent, tasteful bass,  languorous vocals, classy horn and shoulder-twitching drums.

https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/did-ya-make-it-all-up-open-collab

I added some rhythm guitar chords and leads lines.
All other sounds are Gary, including the guitar in the initial segment.

The original is called WeMake it all up...we certainly do..It's all fiction; less than an hour of fiddling, but it was 'that' hour, at that time this afternoon and it felt right. Whether it does to you is always a dice roll. Thanks Gary,  for inspiring me.

Be good
Nick

Image: forbes.com

We Miau - Anomon with♤

There's no doubt about it, Music animates my Soul, and as an enthusiastic student of Life as well as a passionate Improvisational Pianist &  Composer, as far as I'm concerned, our lives would be impoverished without it ! :)  Composing is all about 'Sharing the Joy, Passion and Angst' we experience in Life, as well as connecting with Musicians and 'Creatives' worldwide. This makes it even more wonderful!  That willingness to engage in whatever way makes SC an ever-expanding Movable Feast that nourishes and inspires on so many levels. 

Music Communicates the Emotional and Informational Content and Context of Heart, Mind, Spirit, and Soul. And 'Letting it Flow' is 'Where Its At' as I hear it!  

Over the past few years since becoming part of the SoundCloud Family, my 'Joy in and Passion for' Creative Musical Expression has increased exponentially as has my appreciation of all the wonderfully passionate Musicians and Creatives worldwide who have devoted themselves to Letting It Take Form! 

Here's a bit of a bio, if anyone is interested.  

Somehow, my MUSE got my attention at a tender age. About the time I was completing my Royal Conservatory training. 

My memory being poorer than most, I began improvising in the passages I had forgotten. And while the audience seemed unaware, my teacher chastised me indulgently, saying, "it appears I have a budding composer on my hands"!  And thus began my Odyssey into the wonderful Vibrational world of Sound!:-) In-deed, I have been an ardent, attentive and appreciative acolyte of my Muse ever since. 

During the early 1970s I had the pleasure and honour of a three year friendship and Master Class with the then Octogenarian Composer Manoah Leide-Tedesco , one of Tone Poem giant Richard Strauss` favorite pupils and friend of Maurice Ravel and other 20th century composers such as Stravinsky (whose music he helped popularize). Since then, whether Improvising, listening, studying composition or devoting myself wholly to the visual arts for years at a time, I have been deeply aware that sharing my musical insights , teaching, and or mentoring young aficionados came with the territory!   I love it, although I am afraid that as my consciousness expands...that I know less and less each year! :-)  

The Tonal Oasis called SoundCloud is a fine and wondrous place in oh so many ways.  And with your support and appreciation, I de-Light to share my music with an ever widening audience. I call what i upload ' Sound-Seeds'.  Most of these 'bed tracks' call out to be fleshed out by passionate soloists who somehow Resonate with my Soundz and Ideas.  So please drop me a line, as i am most interested in letting them bear more fruit through collaboration, interpretation, re-mixing or use in other media.    

And on a personal Note, a Huge Thank-You to each and all who listen, inJoy, and Re-Post onwards what finds it's way thru me! :) Bless y'all.  It's my Joy to simply 'Let' the Creative Spirit find expression through this instrument of Body, Mind, and Heart!  I hope you will find some peace, joy, and rest, in at least some of my improvisations, compositions, or soundz. 

Insofar as playing, and composing  ... as you continue on in Your journey into  the infinite 'Cave of Wonders' we call Music, I wish you all the very best in all Your creative endeavours. 

So Be Kind to yourSelves and one another. Be Audacious, Ready to Play, and above all, share the Joy of being able to express whatever you're feeling. 

In-deed, may The Muse continue to 'Sing on and Play on' through each of us !   For this is one way this 'ol world is lifted up, and Changed for the better - note by note, and smile by smile .  

 Yes, may we simply Let our Creativity flow forth without concern for results.
                                   Peace

                                    Gary *+*

Banner Pic- BLUE SKIES ON PLUTO
                       Pluto's atmosphere as seen recently by Horizon Spacecraft