This Album is dedicated to my Very Special Lady - Paige, and represents a Whole panorama of feelings, frustrations, love, intimacy, humor, and adventure!  Over the past 30 years we have experienced every imaginable human emotion, and every permutation of Love. We shrink from nothing and delve into everything! 

And though it's been a constant challenge, all in all, it's been a continual Joy! A kind of 'Relaxed-Intensity'.

However, don't get me wrong folks, she can be a 'Bitch on Wheels' at times!  But at the end of the day, she keeps me Honest and at my Best!  And for this, i am forever Thankful. :)

And in the end, somehow or other...  Paige inspires most of the Music that flows through my soul, and together we believe that ultimately... 'Life is Good'! 

              ~  Anomon

All Music Composed, Arranged, Performed..., and or Improvised 
by Gary Courtland-Miles

All Rights Reserved

(c) Vibrational Arc Music

Blues for Paige

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

Here's a tune i wrote for my Muse. 💖

Her name was Paige.

After 35 years of adventures, friendship, and love that produced a wonderful daughter, and many grandchildren, she passed as suddenly as the moment we met.

And yes... over the years, there were both passionate Blues and Heavenly Highs.
And I still remember her daily. She was 'another kind of angel'. ;-) One who cared for every single soul she met. Her humanity and common decency knew no bounds, and those who met her were always blessed in some unique and meaningful way.  
. 

I wrote this tune a year into my sabbatical on Saturna Island to which I'd retreated to devote myself to creating music. I wrote it to celebrate her decision to move here full-time and share this part of my life with me.  No longer would i have to travel back and forth between Saturna Island and Victoria to be with her. And i was overjoyed. 

Here's an inkling of the Passion and Love we shared.

May you enJOY!  


p.s.  

Paige loved this Track and asked me to play it often, and at full Volume!  :-D 
Who'd have thunk that only four years later she would die in my arms... and suddenly, at that?  But she did. And she did so Gracefully!  :)

True Love truly is Forever. <3 

These Blues were Composed,  Arranged, and experienced by

© Gary Courtland-Miles 
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles
These Blues were Composed,  Arranged, and experienced by

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2022


© Tonal Pulse Music

This was the first thing to come out of the opening improvisational set at the Light House Pub on Saturna Island on December 16th 2015. 😎 
As I let my fingers do the talkin', I was playing my Kawai ES7 digital concert piano.

So.... here's a taste of what can emerge 'out of the blue' when my Muse just wants to come out and play!  😉

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2015
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2015

Azjio

Again my friends...

If... i didn't upload it... it might go unheard for untold ages. :)

Now everyone can inJoy this recent Live Jazz Piano Improvisation (captured directly from my ES7 Kawai Piano) as i played Live at The Lighthouse Pub on Saturna Island in 2015.

It goes out to the Whole Wide World - "There Ever We Are", 
and Beyond...
      
                            Peace and Love, Always...

                                      ~  Gary 


 © Gary Courtland-Miles 2014
 ℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2014

  Photo of myself is from my 'Concert at the Royal', Victoria, B.C.
 ©  Ludmyla Millar 2013

There Ever We Are

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

© 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

" We Are Family...  We Are Stardust... We Are Golden!  " 
     ~ Joni Mitchell  -from her Classic Anthem  'Woodstock'.

O Yes!  'Tis O so true.
In fact... 
We are each composed of materials forged within the very Heart of Stars, brought together here on Earth and informed with the Creative Spirit of Life itself!   WoW!  :))

And yeah, comparing that Reality with the Banal and the far less inspiring facts of our own and mankind's journey to date gives us much to reflect upon.

But, as the French say, "C'est la vie! "  ;)

See if you can Hear the Choir singing ' We are Golden' ... around the 2 -minute mark.  :))

Thank you All for Listening, Loving, Re-posting, and Continuing to follow and Support my musical adventures here on SoundCloud.  And whatever the future may bring, i wish you all Joy, Creativity, and Peace.

~ Gary 

Composed and Arranged by Anomon

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2015
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2015

Photo Courtesy of SOHO/ NASA :   Golden Magnetic Lines of Force on the Solar surface as they surround two prominent Sunspots.

We Are Golden

Here's a little JaZz PiANo Sunshine to inJOY.  But it's Bright. So Don't forget yer Shades! :)

And truth be told, this tune was actually born of "What She Said",  
but hey friends... 
don't tell anyone, k.  ;)

   ___________________________

But really, i am totally delighted that more than 113,000 Sound-Clouders have inJoyed this tune over the past year or so.  :-D   

'Listening Response' like this from All over this ol' world puts HuGE sMILEs in my heart.  :-D   
A 'Deep Thank You' to Everyone who has Listened, Tapped their toes, Liked * and Re-posted this one!

Here's what one of you said recently about this tune....

" This one reflects the best elements of jazz -  flowing sounds from improvisation - the search through music for greater connection - a communication never quite the same twice. There's a give and take between the artist & the listener that makes the human condition universal and dynamic. The musicianship makes it all the more personal. To me, your tune embraces all that. "

Wow! Thank you Harry  @Hverheij!  


Again ...  Many Many Thanks to each and all for listening, appreciating, commenting, Re-Posting, and 'Sharing the JOY'.                                

                                              ~  Gary

For more of my JazZ Piano pieces, check out        https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/sets/gary-miles-live-chilled-piano

Improvised and 
© Gary Courtland-Miles 2016
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2016
All Rights Reserved
Vibrational Arc Music

What She Said

Tonight a JazZBlues Piano Improv w Bass n Drums took form out of a little musical meme that's been rolling round my soul for years. It's loosely based on an abstraction of a musical idea that we've all heard in various popular Songs that are  part of what i'd call the vocabulary of 'The Blues'.  

In any case...  i  Hope you enJoy it as much as i did as it Flowed through these 10 Little Fingers. :)

~ Gary


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

That Tune

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

This tune was inspired by the book 'Life Ascending' by evolutionary biologist Nick Lane of London College UK.  I've read it 3 times and highly recommend it. It'll really Blow yer Mind, and get ya thinking.  Very open ended,  with very little dogma, with mysteries aplenty.  Professor Lane invites us to actually participate in solving some of the deepest riddles of Life, from the microscopic to the macrocosmic. And yes.. the incredibly intelligent design inherent  throughout the entire spectrum of Creation reveals an overarching signature of beauty, practicality and  wonder that is awesome to contemplate.                


photo:  The Heart and Soul Nebula

Ascending

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

Changes are one of the Constants in our Lives, in our Music, and in the Universe generally.  And this Improv is full of them. :) So... as you Amble through your days, and Chill thru your nites, may you inJOY the flow of This, That, and the Other unexpected things that come your way!  ;)

Cheers!

- Gary


Improvised and Arranged by Gary Courtland-Miles 
(c)Gary Courtland-Miles 2017

Changes

Beautiful JazZ ;  perfect for Autumn strolling and More.  :)

My latest Recording of my JazZ  Trio  - 'Me, Myself, and I' opening a Set at the LightHouse on Saturna Island.   (Direct to DAW).

Here`s  hoping you'll inJOY the Flow as much as i did while i watched it come dancing through these 10 little old, yet still somewhat Obedient and Free little Fingers!  :)

Cheers!

Piano, Bass, and Drums were Improvised, and Performed by 
Gary Courtland-Miles,  Live!
(c) 2017 (P)2017

Sharing The Joy

Hello friends, 

Here's my latest Improv. 

It's a kind of a tonal 'Koan'.  ;) 

"Can deep mourning reveal a special kind of Joy that might have remained inaccessible without such an experience? Might it bless one with an even deeper understanding of Life... and Death? "

In my own experience, such questions are often answered  'On The Other Side of Midnight'. 

And as impossible as it might seem that one could discover Joy within deep sorrow, I'm persuaded that it is at least possible.

All I can say is that suddenly losing my Muse, my Best Friend and Wife is,
that I best stay with the pain, find the silver linings and celebrate her Life to the Fullest!"


Experienced, Improvised and Recorded on Saturna Island, Canada

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

The Other Side of Midnight

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

Here`s an Improvised Piano Flow to Sashay into Spring with!  :-D

May you inJOY !
 

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

Smooth n Sassy

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

Another track by Anomon's Virtual band.

May you inJOY! :-D

We Make it All Up

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