Get Up 'n Move, Feel the Joy and Hit this Beat ! 😃


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2019, 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2019, 2022

Summertime Moves 'n Grooves

Go ahead and sit back and Dig it, people ...  :-D
Yeah...  It's Pretty laid Back, 
but at a moment's notice, 
We put our tranquil creative hearts and souls into this one. 

So Thankful for my bro Jörg @Joerxworx  
He laid his SaX down oh so gently on this 'In One Take'  
And i just Love it! <3

And hey folks, don't worry 'bout us, we're all right...
we never even broke a sweat!  Just BiG sMILEs! 😁  


© Gary Courtland-Miles and Jörg Wasser 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles and Jörg Wasser 2021

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! 😊

Laid-Back Bluez _  ft Jörg

The Wondrous Power of Spring's Dawning Renews the Hopes of all of us who love Life and appreciate its Beauty. It begins slowly, and then with a rush of color and fecundity, it's Here! 

May you inJOY this expanded Music from the ' Finding The Joy' improvisation Session.


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

The Passions of Spring

Way Outside BlooZe, with a Bang!  ;)

Cheers, always!  :-D

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

Solstice HardGroove

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

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

Here's my arrangement of the Improv that Jörg @ joerxworx and I began collaborating on just before Christmas.  It's a real pleasure to share it with everyone. We always have fun musically, but the Cat's Meow would be playing together live! :-D

After sending him my Piano, Bass, and Drums track, I was delighted that he went all out and played his  Flute, Tenor and Alto Saxes over it!  We then decided to let them all interweave together in this Final exuberant MiX.  And here's the Gumbo!  😎

May you enJoy!  😁

Produced Arranged and MiXed by Anomon
© Gary Courtland-Miles & Joerxworx 2021
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Joerxworx 2021


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! :-D

That Slow 'n Sassy Flow.......  ft. Jörg Stohwasser

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

Just lettin' go a little, folks. 🤣

Sometimes ya just gotta do it! 

                     😜🎶 ✨


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

Pianoman painting © Leon Bernitsy

In the Key of Bop 🎶

By the way... this Improv wasn't one i did with Jorg, however... it was one created with another dear friend and musical accomplice. ;)

So... here's Part Two of a Jam with Guitarist Tim Elliot back along the way.

Part One can be found @  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/another-heartfelt-flow_with-tim-elliot  

And the entire Session can be found @  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/anomon-elliot-live  here on Soundcloud.

May you enJoy.  We certainly did!  

Cheers! 😊

I was on Tim's Upright Grand Piano 
Tim was playing his beloved Fender Telecaster thru his Fender Tube Amp... 
and we recorded the session with 1 Stereo H2N ZOOM Mic.


© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022, 2025
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles &  Tim Elliot 2022, 2025

Edited and produced by Anomon

LIVE ! *  Anomon & Elliot

I'm delighted to give you the fruit of one of our recent Improvisations.

Once again, recording with one Stereo Mic, Guitarist Tim Elliot joins me with his Telecaster as I play his ancient Upright Grand Piano and we enJoy yet another organic musical conversation.  🎶  🎹 🎻 😊

I extend a Huge Thank to Tim and his amazing Listening and Improvisational Performance skills! 🙏  🕊️  


So...
Expect nothing, 
but Listen deeply.  
The Joy is within. 😊

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

Mixed by Anomon

First Light  *  Anomon & Elliot

Tim and I continue our musical conversations and the kind of tonal quantum entanglement we delight in. Just letting the changes come in the flow of the music. Listening deeply and letting whatever will emerge, to do so harmonically and gracefully.  Kinda like conscious living itself. 😉

As usual, I'm on the Upright Grand Piano and Tim's manning his Telecaster.

We trust you'll enJOY this second Improvisation from our early August 'Mystic Heart' Session.

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

Mixed and Arranged by Anomon
Photo of Tim in his Teaching and Recording Studio circa 2010.

Let The Changes Come * feat. Tim Elliot

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

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

A Very Warm n Cheery Hello to All of you Wonderful folks on Sound Cloud, and beyond !!! (:-D)  What a Fam!  ;)
                                                                                                                                      Yeah...  I still count my lucky stars Every time i boot it up, Listen, Resonate,  and interact with Y'all.   :)                                                                    

So... Write on, Play On, and Sing On, dear friends. 
Let's keep on makin' this crazy ol' world a Better Place One Tune at a time, by simply sharing our Joy and honing our heartfelt Musical passions.   :)

Here's wishing Everyone the  Best in 2018 and beyond!
 
Share the JOY,  Embrace your Peace, and Spread the LOVE.....  <3

Best Wishes always, 
~ Gary    ( a.k.a. Anomon   or as it sounds phonetically, ' Ah Know Man' ).  

p.s.  peeps,
This piece was actually originally my 2018 Musical Christmas Card to every one of my friends and supporters on SoundCloud!

Written and Arranged and (c) 2017 by Gary Courtland-Miles
Vocals by 'O'

Heartfelt

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

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)

An Early August Ambient Chillout, folks. :)

May you inJOY....

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

C h i l l 'n

Another track by Anomon's Virtual band.

May you inJOY! :-D

We Make it All Up

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

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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