Great piano.... Is that yours, Gary? I have a 2015 Dalmaine Baby Grand.

Four years late to this story but it has retained all of it's labyrinthine twists and turns...always a joy to hear you play, Gary!

The Upload

Pure Imagination

Cooking up the heat and boogie woogie with John. I had two things on my mind writing these lyrics ~ memories of working in a hotel in London when the chef set up a wooden chopping board at the far end of the kitchen, and expertly threw knives at it from the other end when he got pissed off with somebody ~ and seeing all my SoundCloud friends who also regularly burn their dinners when "just nipping back" to adjust a track they are recording :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmr7HfkkvcI

John Laurence: piano & instrumental composition https://soundcloud.com/john-poletti
Chris Okunbor: vocals, harp, lyrics, vocal composition

Available on all streaming services.

Troubles in the Kitchen

Troubles In The Kitchen ~ Chris O & John Laurence (Video link in notes)

Спят усталые игрушки, книжки спят,
Одеяла и подушки ждут ребят.
Даже сказка спать ложится,
Чтобы ночью нам присниться.
Ты ей пожелай: «Баю-бай!»

Обязательно по дому в этот час
Тихо-тихо ходит Дрема возле нас.
За окошком все темнее,
Утро ночи мудренее,
Глазки закрывай! Баю-бай!

Баю-бай, должны все люди ночью спать.
Баю-баю, завтра будет день опять.
За день мы устали очень,
Скажем всем: «Спокойной ночи!»
Глазки закрывай! Баю-бай!

Glow EP

Tired Toys Are Sleeping

Would you like to take a break

video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM3jzWSq6NQ&t=27s
nova track... intenso estilo profundo, heavy flow lo-fi
Space mechanic!

Peace

Hiperfire [video in description]

Backing track: Paploviante and Friends
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/boundless-paploviante
Vocal: Special Cecilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/waiting-for-your-sunshine-standing-in-the-moonlight
https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia
Lillithe adding: Piano, Horns, Strings, Beat, Synth

Waiting for your Sunshine / Standing in the Moonlight / Cecilia, Paploviante & Lillithe

https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/aca-meme-planete - this free acapella by Special Cecilia was the icing on a track I've been working on.  I've used a vocal pitch tool to make the vocals suit my track, so if there's  any strange effects: my responsibility - I hope I succeeded ! Enjoy !!! ------ My solo: played with the Akai EWI + the awesome Respiro VSTi by imoxplus / Belgium

Enfants de l'Univers // Vocals & lyrics by Special Cecilia

!!!PLAY IT LOUDER!!!

@janinelevinson on Soaring Vocals
@rick-4-1 on Pineapple Stealing Drums
@phil-mcwalter on The Other Stuff

SPREAD YOUR WINGS

I’ll give you a minute
Then maybe an hour
But I don’t like the look of you
Or your ivory tower
Are you a candidate?
You don’t smell of the street
The pavement don’t suit you
Trips up your feet

Spread your wings
If you don’t like the darkness
Spread your wings
And you’re afraid of the lights
You’re not safe in your nest
Take the plunge
It won’t hurt for long
Spread your wings

There’s rain in the forecast
There’s time in your eyes
Flags in the furlough
Waived by the wise
The church door was open
Granite and still
The boys went in
And the pigeon came out

I'll give you a minute
It won't hurt for long, oh no
I'll give you a minute

Spread your wings
If you don’t like the darkness
Spread your wings
And you’re afraid of the lights
You’re not safe in your nest
Take the plunge
It won’t hurt for long
Spread your wings

I’ll give you a minute
I’ll give you a minute
I’ll give you a minute
The pavement don’t suit you
The pavement don’t suit you
The pavement don’t suit you

© Phil McWalter Sept 2020

Spread Your Wings

The Reasons Why

and it rained all day

We've all heard stories of various kinds throughout our lives. 
But today, it was a story i heard from myself that got me thinking. 
 
As you open heart, mind and soul to Listen,
I'll leave it to you to Imagine your own storyline. 😉

~  Gary


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

The story I heard today...

A friend made some suggestions to the mix, I think they were right

Storm Crow 2

Composed, arranged, Performed & Produced by Liam Boyle

Down At The Farm

Japan has been suffering from deflationary spiral of economy for these 20 years. Then pandemic of COVID-19 hit all over the word. This made economy worse mainly due to strict self-restraint. Many companies went bankrupt and their employees lost their jobs. They are forced to get out of their homes.
But we must not be too pessimistic.
In Japan, fortunately the death toll is very low compared with America and Europe. Only 10 deaths in one million so far. 
It's time to take action to both prevent infection and activate economy at the same time in our country .
Photo by the late Masanori Kozawa https://www.instagram.com/fo_galaxy_999/
　(Thank you Masanori in heaven!)

Getting Out Of Spiral

Written by ThreePhotons October 2020
Mix 1: Nov 2, 2020
Thanks so much to Andrew and Rene for comments on the draft mix.
Hope you like the sound!

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars
Rhythm1: Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 

Lyrics  (more sparse than usual -- both verses have 7 words each)
 
Verse 1
Tuesday night
we were a train wreck

Refrain
All this time
we were taking the same path
through time
just trying to make it last

Verse 2
Twenty-one
you were hiding in makeup

Refrain
All this time
we were taking the same path
through time
just trying to make it last

Just trying to make it last

All this time
we were taking the same path
through time
just trying to make it last

One more time...

Tuesday night

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

I write music to encourage, inspire and uplift with a message of hope that lives in the truth. I share my life through music and I share how Jesus is in the mix. Thanks to all those that support the music.

The story I heard today...

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