Don't Give Up

Make Me Smile

Into Your Heart / Night Rain

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Like breathing, improvisation is an unconscious flow from within.
Of course, one must understand the basics and have spent a good many hours building a tonal memory, but once one gets the knack of it, improvising, no matter what the instrument, is a Gift that keeps on giving. :)

As you tap into these inner autonomic cycles, you reach a Zone that's beyond anything you could consciously think of or plan. Like one's heartbeat, it's in tune with Life itself. It just happens. 

In any case...I love it when the Music is 'Floating'.......'Levitating' so to speak... not really going anywhere in particular, but tonally and rhythmically totally Present.  And... as we get better and better at finding the door to this experience, more and more wondrous music begins to manifest itself through us. it's almost as if we aren't even present.

Then the hard work of Arranging and Mastering begins!  :-D 

But be that as it may... for the Best experience of this one, I suggest you put it on Repeat at a Medium volume and let it go for 10-15 minutes.  it's sure to help you 'take a breath', become lost in peace, and relax deeply. :D  

May you inJOY. :-D

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

Musings

Played in DADGAD tuning on a Lance McCollum GA built in 2000. Italian spruce/Brazilian Rosewood
Pro mix/master
A fun song to play which hopefully captures that easy time on a Sunday morning as another busy week approaches! 
Thanks for taking a listen!

"COFFEE ON SUNDAY MORNING"

A Message of Hope and Harmony...

From a song of the Korean people to a song of the world: "Arirang", the most famous traditional Korean folk song, was rearranged & interpreted by me ;)
Comments and opinions allowed. What do you think?

Arirang

I'll let it speak for itself : )

Base photo for cover art from Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash

Within A Small World (instrumental)

"Morfar" means Grandpa in Swedish, textually "Father of the mother"...if someone wonder about the meaning of it. The rest of the story is easier to spot, Max is four years old, I had to trick him to say what you hear in this tune ...It is gonna be a surprise for him. Myself...I enjoy every single step while doing this "funny" tune for him. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do 😊❤
https://unsplash.com/photos/GKE6i5mQplI
The Pic is from Maria Oswalt, Thank you for it

Look Morfar! There Is a Dinosaur In The Park

My new song with piano, bass, drums, electric piano, pizzicato strings, flutes, bells, koto sound and vocals! 😊🎶❤️🎤🎹🎧🎵🎼

Thanks to my lovely Sander for fabulous mastering service again. @wane-of-summer 😊❤️

SURPRISE

Hazy Ocean

I see you at the break of day
A flash of gold across a bay
I watch you you’re a dolphin riding rail
And then it comes the perfect wave
And balancing you show the way
Your love of life it’s written in your trail 

Hazy Ocean - you wash all over me
And I’m diving after you 
Like the tide follows the moon
Hazy Ocean - your spirit’s phosphorent
And your colour’s vivid blue 
While my love is all for you

You’re always wanting cosmic rhymes
To come and take us for a ride
And when they do it’s reason to believe 
There’s trust in nature’s open door
It lets you know why you were born
Your real life’s the script of other’s dreams

And when you paddle to the shore
You’re reaching out to one and all
You know the truth that happiness is laughter 
And across the night your flame is warm
Your star is up and all adore
They’re crowding round 
They’re hanging from the rafters

HAZY OCEAN

Hisaishi - Howl's Moving Castle

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 *+*

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                       Pluto's atmosphere as seen recently by Horizon Spacecraft

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