Music to Soar with. May you inJOY.


All tunes improvised or composed by Gary Courtland-Miles

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2020, 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2020, 2021

Soaring

Set back an Let the flow of these improvisations come onto ya ...                           It all began as an impromptu evening visit and morphed into a wonderful evening of musical magic...  Rough n ragged but filled with sweetness and flow, we feel they're definitely worth a listen as a contrast to today's often over-produced musical offerings.

We recorded these Musical Conversations in Tim Elliot's living room in Victoria, B.C. with only one middling Microphone an Upright Piano and his Guitar suite, and I'm so glad we did!

May you inJOY...

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

Before The End of The Beginning w. Tim Elliot

Here's a collection of Improvs, Electro-fusion, and Compositions from the last few months and years.

May you inJOY!  :-D

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

All tunes with Tim Elliot and I  are © Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2021

Chilled and Flowing.....

Minutes of Silence

@AlexWrightMusic @AmosRiotNight @FerryCorsten  System F @Sassings4u @VEIZOmusic Tiikk poddi musik @AnomonRA @CarinaTPhD Sleep Surgeon @amberlongsays Pedro Capelossi @rinalymusic @corradobaggieri @ManuelLeSaux

Apparition Cry #3671

Free flowing Music from my Piano with friends Jorg Wasser @joerxworx and Georg Beohme @GeorgBoehme on various Saxophones, as well as recent heartfelt organic Improvisations with Guitarist Tim Elliot, and More . 😎

May you inJOY! :-D

Quantum Vibrations
© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

"Looking Up', and 'Entertaining Angels'
 © Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2021
 ℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2021

Moving Thru The Lockdown 
© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Jörg Stohwasser @Joerxworx
 That Starry Night
℗ Georg Boehmn @GeorgBoehme
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles

Looking Up! 😀 feat. Various SC Artists

A playlist of amazing Music I've heard and collaborated on via SoundCloud recently.

Let it flow and don't be afraid to let it take you somewhere wonderful...

Peace and Love, always.   <3

Creating The Future through the Art of Music

AMEWUGA

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

Extremely Far

Music by Ear... nurtured by Heart and Soul.

This came out of a collaboration with my dear friend Julien Morency 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/oXmfW  building upon my original piano piece 'It's Something Like This'.  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/like-this

At the time, I was seeking to describe the indescribable; a life experience that elicited feelings more intense than happiness, like the inexplicable emotions felt at the birth of one's first child, or one of those deeply transformational experiences that seem to expand out forever. I suppose it's best known as Joy.

Impossible to describe perhaps...
But here it is, with warm thanks to Julien @musicar for adding his heartfelt touch with Strings.

May you EnJOY!

© Gary Courtland-Miles and Julien Morency 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2021

It's Something Like This_ feat. Julien Morency

“There is an ocean of silence between us… and I am drowning in it.” ―  Ranata Suzuki

The sheet music of some of my compositions can be downloaded from my website https://pianoimprovictor.com/
If you like my music – share it with your friends!

Minutes Of Silence - Improvised Piece

Road

Set back and Let this flow come onto ya ...                                                                        It all began as an impromptu evening visit and morphed into a wonderful evening of musical magic...   
We recorded our Musical Conversations in Tim Elliot's living room with only one middling Microphone an Upright Piano and his Guitar suite, and I'm so glad we did!

Composer/Guitarist @davidjsvensson freely commented, "If the rest of the piece is even close to what the first two minutes were, then this is a masterpiece!!"  

So glad to share the results of this intimate honest and organic Live Jam with you all. I must say that i am looking forward to more such interactions with Tim. And i gotta say, 'Magic is Magic', however much Better one imagines it could have been.  :-D 

May you inJOY 


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

Arranged and MiXed by Anomon

Autmmn Leaves photo by Pxfuel

Autumn Jam _ w. Tim Elliot

As the Picture kinda intimates...  this is more of 'The Jam'!  :-D

More of the jam that Tim Elliot (on Guitar) and I (on the Upright) shared a few weeks ago in Victoria one magical evening.

So delighted that it turned out as a  top New & Hot track on SC's November 2021 Jazz & Blues chart.

May you inJOY.

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

MiXed by Anomon

Photo by PxFuel

The End Of The Beginning  w. Tim Elliot

Listeners have been asking me to post our latest Edgy Raw Organic and yet Harmonic Jams... and it's a real pleasure to be able to do so now!  😃

So...here's the Latest Improv with Guitarist Tim Elliot, a neighbor I never knew I had. 
Definitely, a wonderfully synchronous meeting of mutual musical understanding, listening, and flow....... 

I'm reminded of the old saying. 
"Take care... lest you entertain angels unawares."  :-D

May you inJOY.


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

Photo created by Gary Courtland-Miles and was the cover of my first CD 'Continuum' © 2006

Entertaining Angels _  w.  Tim Elliot

Houman - Carmina Burana Carl Orff  Epic version

Here's my new electronic track that will be featured on Legacy of Thought's Alien Oceans album.
linktr.ee/legacyofthought

This album will be released on all major streaming and in every relevant webshop. Be sure to check it out as it will feature loads of beautiful atmospheric tracks by a selection of fine artists :)

Thanks to Chris for the awesome mastering job (@timeaway)

Refraction

Music composed/produced by
Marco Turrini ©

FINAL LIMIT

My new song couldn’t be more different than my last one! 😊 going for upbeat 80s (musical)vibe here! I had lots of fun creating this one. Once again mastered by my wonderful BF Sander. Forever grateful....😉@wane-of-summer 😊❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎵🎹🎼🎧🎤

SPOTLIGHT

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

Apparition lands on HV with a capturing intro and a really powerful bassline which magically progresses into a beautiful melodic track with lovely piano melody in the lead and atmospheric pads which will make you dream

Apparition

Alex Wright, Amos & Riot Night - Apparition

Orwell, Red Pill, T-1000, Prozium II, Data Mining, Deep Thought, Caffe, Expectation Maximization Algorithm, AI, Precrime, Jordan Two Delta

Machine Learning

réalité_économique_brut

Many Thanks to Saxophonist/Composer Georg Boehme @Georg-Boehme  for offering his sonorous interpretation of my solo piano sketch, 'That Starry Night'.  It's an honor to collaborate with such an accomplished musician.
Stay tuned for more of our adventures.

May you enJoy it as much as I did. 😎


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles and Georg Boehme 2022
    Arranged by Anomon

That Starry Night .*.*.*.  Feat. Georg Boehme

After Infinity

Jeremy J. Saks - After Infinity

'Silent Secrets' is an easy listening soundscape.

Silent Secrets

I'm delighted to share the second improvised Suite that emerged out of last year's mid-August Session in The Living Room. 

Tim Elliot is manning his Telecaster and I'm on his ancient Upright Grand Piano as the musical conversation continues.

So let go... 
and expect nothing
but the Beauty of free flowing musical conversation............ 

May you enJOY! 😊

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2022

Arranged and Mixed by Anomon

Under The Heavens * Anomon & Elliot

Free-Falling.... 
   and Then,
      Soaring ......
     
     Lifted Up.....  again,
       on Thermals so Warm and  A  i  r y   SOFt 
                Rising H i g h and  FEELing the Yes!
                    Remembering...
                         Before the Womb 
                            that even we 
                              Were Born to Fly *  

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

SOARING

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

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

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

This is my first instrumental piece in ages! :) The Music is starting to flow again my friends. I'm starting to Feel the JOY bubbling through once again.  :)  I hope you'll sense this too. 

Cheers! :)


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

Livin' My Life - a Soul Arising

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

A Taste Of Alchemy  (Extended Version)

Relax music-lovers...
and with an Open heart, enJOY my latest Ambient Piano tapestry.

Here's to Music! 

And I wish all my Listeners the very best in this new decade of the 21st Century.

Cheers, always! 😊

Gary
 

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2020
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2020

Welcome Home

Améwuga

A bit of New Music to help get us through the COVID 19 Lockdown is just what the Doctor ordered! ;) Yeah, to stay sane, all we need to do is to stay Creative exactly where we are!  

In this Spirit, this Collaboration features my dear friend Jörg, on Sax @joerxworx. And i Love what he's done in elevating this sketch to a whole other level!

May you all Stay Safe, be Good to each Other, and inJOY!   <3

© Composition & Arrangement by Gary Courtland-Miles 
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Jörg Stohwasser  2020

And... if you'd like to enjoy more, here are a half dozen of our other collaborations.

@  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/sets/anomon-joerxworx

Cheers! 😊

Movin' Thru The Lockdown _ w @joerxworx on Sax

To celebrate my B-day, this track is a gift for you for all your support along this time, thank you!!
A super track of all time, I hope you like it!!

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://hypeddit.com/track/fb1gsx

Cry (VEIZO Bootleg)

System F feat. Saskia Lie Atjam - Cry (VEIZO Bootleg) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

There is a deeply fascinating Theory of Consciousness by Physicist Sir Roger Penrose and Anesthesiologist Dr. Stuart Hameroff which continues to gain momentum and it’s called ORCH OR, meaning - Orchestrated Objective Reduction.  It also continues to prove itself out experimentally.

These deep thinkers and the creative process they describe, inspire me!  :)

For those whose interest has been piqued, Orchestrated Objective Reduction or ORCH OR, is a biological philosophy of mind which postulates that Consciousness originates at the Quantum level Inside neurons, rather than the conventional view that it is a product of connections between neurons. The mechanism is held to be a quantum process called lobjective reduction that is orchestrated by cellular structures called Microtubules. It is proposed that the theory may answer the hard problem of consciousness and provide a mechanism for free will.[1] 

The hypothesis was first put forward in the early 1990s by theoretical physicist Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist and psychologist Stuart Hameroff. The hypothesis combines approaches from molecular biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, philosophy, quantum information theory, and quantum gravity.[2][3]

While mainstream theories assert that consciousness emerges as the complexity of the computations performed by cerebral neurons increases,[4][5] Orch OR posits that consciousness is based on non-computable quantum processing performed by qubits formed collectively on cellular microtubules, a process significantly amplified in the neurons.[6] The qubits are based on oscillating dipoles forming superposed resonance rings in helical pathways throughout lattices of microtubules. The oscillations are either electric, due to charge separation from London forces, or magnetic, due to electron spin—and possibly also due to nuclear spins (that can remain isolated for longer periods) that occur in gigahertz, megahertz and kilohertz frequency ranges.

But until i simplify this a bunch, inJOY the music, like and re-post it, then check this out @  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestrated_objective_reduction

Cheers, and Be Well, my friends.  :)

Gary


Improvised on my ES7 Kawai digital concert piano.

(c)  Gary Courtland-Miles 2020
(P) Gary Courtland-Miles  May 2020

Quantum Vibrations

The simple flow of Consciousness is a miracle! 

It travels instantaneously and quietly from Source multi-dimensionally,
and when it Connects with any conscious being... there is Light!  :)

Let go to it and inJOY the moment to moment flow..... 
 


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2020
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2020

Landing Lights

This is a companion piece to my recent track 'Landing Lights'  @  https://soundcloud.com/Gary-Courtland-Miles/landing-lights  
and was  improvised during the same session.
 
It's actually a humble Homage to the Wonder of Life on Earth. We live here at Gaia's pleasure, and without her health intact we are definitely at a disadvantage. 

After we land here on planet Earth in this incarnation, either the journey of Awakening begins... or the belief that 'the world is our oyster' sets us on the wrong path.

But it's really All about the journey, 
our improvisation within this thing called Life.

So let's Be the best we can Be, and get it right! :)


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2020
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2020

A Living Jewel

La richesse ne fait pas le bonheur

La richesse ne fait pas le bonheur (Amewuga)

Sweetest Girl

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