Had the great pleasure of covering this song with Jussi Welin and beautiful piano by Sheryar Malik...track from Bruce Conover

20/September/2021

Daddy w/Jussi Welin Sheryar Malik and Bruce Conover (cover)

In October

Here's the very latest in the recent Series of Improvs with Guitarist Tim Elliot, the friend and neighbor I never knew i had!  :))

The Sound is rough n dirty but oh so honest and heartfelt.  
It's amazing how things work out when we're open to Letting them happen!  

May you enJoy!  :-D


© Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2021

Looking Up _ w.  Tim Elliot

Wind ensemble: clarinet trio; soprano sax duo; tenor sax quartet; flute trio.
Image: sunrising over the 'Jurassic Coast' of Dorset, England. (Taken from the town of Lyme Regis).

Daybreak Blues

A nomads life.

Musik & Text: Gabriel
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
OF THE LYRICS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://www.gabriel.land/gabriel-zeiten-wie-diese.htm

Zeiten wie diese

No Direction

Long Way Home

Our cover of Einstürzende Neubauten's song. Please listen to the wonderful and sublime original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz6G6l1MZlg&ab_channel=Einst%C3%BCrzendeNeubauten-Topic

Heaven Is Of Honey

6 minutes of peace, the following is up to you .


Love,

Andreas

6 minutes of peace

Garbage Can (Digital Master)

In memory of violinist Jennifer Spiwak (1974-2001)

I dream of your dream
Inside a drop
Of rose water on your cheek

Rise with the sun
Rise with the sun
I dream, I dream

Right now, if only for yourself
I believe you will

Nowhere near the sea
On sacred ground
Spread across the tundra
Marching to the vision in our heads

Didn’t you see the North Star shining brightly?
Can’t stop till the goddess calls

"Did you see behind the raging star? 
I will give to you and you will find your heart
So you can bend your eyes
Did you think about the dreams 
The nightmares you had? 
With the sage old lady dancing looking sad 
What she said to you
     'All the light inside is out and outside  is nil 
      It’s a beautiful appearance now and for all! 
      So now you lift your eyes! 
      There is no other way outside!'"


Cold down to the bone
But we’re pressing on
Something warns inside us
Thirteen hundred miles across the E∂

Stay awake until
The frozen river feels our feet
Just think, son, of the goddess
Think, son, of the goddess
No stop till the goddess calls

The Goddess Calls

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

Looking Up _ w. Tim Elliot

Anomon