Well, that was a short Spring!  Today's #MusicalMinute has a sense of cartoon fun about it, but I do feel sorry for the poor piccolo player who is certainly not having fun.  It reminds me of having to sightread some Disney music, marching around Covent Garden.  What does it remind you of?

06 Feb 23 Cold Snap

Just created an unexpected quick playful, imaginative short piece which I have named "Whimsical Riddle"

I started with an alchemy pad, clockwork ballerina, played a piano melody, added a variety of percussion instruments, block, triangles, shakers, marimba & orchestral beat.

Whimsical Riddle evokes an unexpected sense of happiness, amusement, and delight.

#womeninmusicproduction
#arapamusic
#heidimariearapa
#arapamusicstudio
#arapamusic
#logicprox
#soundproduction

You may like to see how I created the production on Logic Pro X with the screen recording I have posted.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_-jZjNuxVN

Whimsical Riddle

"He owed his foresight of the horror that was to come to the visits of the black dog."
- Winston Churchill 
🖤

Walking The Black Dog

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#3969 (87.49% 567 left): Oct. 26, 2024: And like the murmur of a dream, I heard her breathe my name (E.H.Coleridge from Sep. 2, 2024) 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years?

Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it.

spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed.
 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff

Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves
https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m

Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. 
https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_

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Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation
https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$)
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I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.



######## NEW 28th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Forest in Moon Light" - the 28th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/CwTVgfDHCn4?si=1QktmBR1FEGA-tQH

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1RxJBVCU5vdt5O6kGUMbnv?si=hLjW3kbTThegEBOjgTHUbw

appleMusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/forest-in-moon-light/1773383143

amazonMusic
https://amazon.co.jp/music/player/albums/B0DJVSVF5K?marketplaceId=A1VC38T7YXB528&musicTerritory=JP&ref=dm_sh_V1XCbECO4uUYzRVs8apKAEEBl

all music streaming services:
https://linkco.re/SYNa3ueY?lang=en

And Like The Murmur Of A Dream I Heard Her Breathe My Name - #3969 (567) By Chair House 241026

All My Hopes and Dreams Fly Before Me

#3970 (87.52% 566 left): Oct. 27, 2024: She wept with pity and delight she blushed with love and virgin-shame (E.H.Coleridge from Sep. 2, 2024) 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years?

Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it.

spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed.
 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff

Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves
https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m

Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. 
https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_

======
Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation
https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$)
======

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.



######## NEW 28th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Forest in Moon Light" - the 28th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/CwTVgfDHCn4?si=1QktmBR1FEGA-tQH

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1RxJBVCU5vdt5O6kGUMbnv?si=hLjW3kbTThegEBOjgTHUbw

appleMusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/forest-in-moon-light/1773383143

amazonMusic
https://amazon.co.jp/music/player/albums/B0DJVSVF5K?marketplaceId=A1VC38T7YXB528&musicTerritory=JP&ref=dm_sh_V1XCbECO4uUYzRVs8apKAEEBl

all music streaming services:
https://linkco.re/SYNa3ueY?lang=en

She Wept With Pity And Delight She Blushed With Love And Virgin - Shame -#3970 By Chair House 241027

#3971 (87.54% 565 left): Oct. 28, 2024: An undistinguishable throng and gentle wishes long subdued (E.H.Coleridge from Sep. 2, 2024) 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years?

Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it.

spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed.
 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff

Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves
https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m

Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. 
https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_

======
Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation
https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$)
======

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.



######## NEW 28th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Forest in Moon Light" - the 28th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/CwTVgfDHCn4?si=1QktmBR1FEGA-tQH

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1RxJBVCU5vdt5O6kGUMbnv?si=hLjW3kbTThegEBOjgTHUbw

appleMusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/forest-in-moon-light/1773383143

amazonMusic
https://amazon.co.jp/music/player/albums/B0DJVSVF5K?marketplaceId=A1VC38T7YXB528&musicTerritory=JP&ref=dm_sh_V1XCbECO4uUYzRVs8apKAEEBl

all music streaming services:
https://linkco.re/SYNa3ueY?lang=en

An Undistinguishable Throng And Gentle Wishes Long Subdued - #3971 (565) By Chair House 241028

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next mystery album)

Happy Monday everyone, and welcome to installment #9 in the ever-expanding collection of Carlos Vivanco (https://soundcloud.com/carlosvivanco-1, https://carlosvivanco1.bandcamp.com) /GrevusAnjl soundscapes. I love working with this guy; and the results are awe-inspiring, if I do say so myself. :)

Now on to today’s relevant conundrum. 

There is an old story from India about Brahma (the God of Creation) and Maya (the Goddess of Illusion), that I absolutely love. I first discovered it in the book ‘The Mastery of Love’ by Don Miguel Ruiz (great book. I highly recommend it). This is my personal embellishment:

As the story goes, before anything else exists, Brahma is pretty much alone and utterly bored (makes sense. The internet and smart phones aren’t a thing yet), so he creates Maya. Brahma then tells Maya “I am so very bored. Please do something to entertain me.” And Maya replies “I have an idea for a game. But you have to do exactly what I tell you.” 

Her first request is a space for the game to play out; so he creates the whole universe. He then fills it with swirling masses of stars and planets, with all their complex variations. And finally, he focuses in on the Earth and sculpts a majestic world filled with great mountains, dense forests, vast deserts, and unfathomably deep oceans; all teaming with life, both fauna and flora.

Maya says, “This world of illusion you created is truly beautiful.” She then asks Brahma to create a kind of animal that is so intelligent and aware that it can appreciate his creation. So Brahma creates humans… and now the stage is set for the game.

Maya then shatters Brahma into billions of teeny, tiny pieces; then puts a piece inside every human (right around that heart region) and says, "Now the game begins! I am going to make you forget what you are, and you are going to try to find yourself!" Maya created the Dream (also called the veil of illusion); and to this very day, Brahma is still trying to remember who he is.

That’s one of my favorite creation stories discovered from around the globe, because it elegantly reminds us… we are so much more than we realize. I honestly don’t know what that is exactly. None of us do. But I do love to speculate. I know I feel different energies coming at me and flowing through me, depending on what I’m putting out. And I also feel the quantum physics stuff goes a long way in proving we are connected to something larger; that the atomic level will serve (and has served) other purposes throughout time itself. The idea that I currently have almost 0% of the atoms I started with demonstrates that these ‘best if used by’ body costumes are more complex and more connected than we imagine.

I honestly find peace in the Brahma and Maya story. To me, it means we are here specifically for the search. We are here to find our purpose; and perhaps while working on that, we discover greater truths. 

But we probably need to face a nasty truth first. Ultimately, we (the human race) are here now because we collectively made too many of our choices in fear. My early life was filled with fearful choices; I did my part to poison the collective well. But we can always turn that energy around. It may require using a different collective mindset than the one that created this mess in the first place. Like Einstein once said “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

So as we approach our future choices (including elections), the key message I hope you take with you is to remember you are so much more than this illusionary game wants you to believe. A good rule of thumb… when it comes time to make your choices, the loving choice is always the higher choice. Leave those fear-frosted fritters on the tray where you found them. You’ll thank yourself later.

Carlos and I hope you enjoy our latest musical adventure, ‘Oh Me, Oh Maya’. :)

DL on SC :)

Oh Me, Oh Maya | Carlos Vivanco & GrevusAnjl

#3972 (87.57% 564 left): Oct. 29, 2024: She pressd me with a meek embrace (E.H.Coleridge from Sep. 2, 2024) 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years?

Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it.

spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed.
 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff

Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves
https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m

Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. 
https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_

======
Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation
https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$)
======

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.



######## NEW 28th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Forest in Moon Light" - the 28th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/CwTVgfDHCn4?si=1QktmBR1FEGA-tQH

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1RxJBVCU5vdt5O6kGUMbnv?si=hLjW3kbTThegEBOjgTHUbw

appleMusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/forest-in-moon-light/1773383143

amazonMusic
https://amazon.co.jp/music/player/albums/B0DJVSVF5K?marketplaceId=A1VC38T7YXB528&musicTerritory=JP&ref=dm_sh_V1XCbECO4uUYzRVs8apKAEEBl

all music streaming services:
https://linkco.re/SYNa3ueY?lang=en

she pressed me with a meek embrace - #3972 (87R57 pc 564 left) by chair house 241029

I many times thought peace had come, when peace was far away;
As wrecked men deem they sight the land at center of the sea,
And struggle slacker, but to prove, as hopelessly as I,
How many the fictitious shores before the harbor lie.
(Emily Dickinson)

Music:
Copyright 2024 Brian James McDonald (ASCAP)
Copyright 2024 Hoon Toons Publishing (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved Worldwide


I Many Times Thought Peace Had Come

I am the luckiest person alive!  I play the piano anytime I want, for no reason or audience.  I play just for me... with the dream that you and others will have a meaningful listening experience!   Thank you so very much for indulging me!

Musique Elégante

I started composing daily pieces and posting them onto SoundCloud at the beginning of 2013.  By posting daily I am tweaking, experimenting and developing a thought, idea or event in time.  I am endeavouring to show that there is no limit to that creative spark that lies within each of us.  So much of what we do nowadays is about instant return, I am about evolution not revolution (although each month starts with a clean slate).  Join me on my journey to 10,000 (18 May 2040!!!)

Over the years I have found the Soundcloud community to be extremely supportive and encouraging.  It’s great to have a Global Mastermind of musical adventurers.

Thank you!

06 Feb 23 Cold Snap

Graham Casey