Hands

“Second Passacaglia for String Orchestra” was completed in July, 2022 in Fairview, TX. 

From the composer's publisher Creative Spirit OnLine: "Brooks’s Second Passacaglia unfolds broodingly over a 17-bar, slowly moving bass line in cellos and basses, while the variations above increase in movement and intensity until finally arriving at a subdued and haunting final cadence."

The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 10 minutes. 
Printed and electronic scores and parts are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
A virtual recording of this work is posted on www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks.

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information: 
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com 
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

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Second Passacaglia for String Orchestra

for an old mate.............cheers for having a listen


sometimes i don't feel like being the social kind
catchup with you another day
i just need some time away, hope you don't mind

i did my time, paid my dues
wiped away my tears, sang my blues
said my goodbyes, some much too late
went to sleep with the devil, woke up a saint

if i could i think i would, get far away so im never found
but then again i don't like flying
so i'll just keep my good foot on the ground

i fought too much, sometimes not enough
tried to smooth out the edges, when its naturally rough
i've buttoned my lip, then yelled so loud
hung my head, then never felt so proud

to be a loner

Loner

Peace


Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh

The rhythm grabs control
Suddenly our body's in motion
We move...We groove

Sensation Sensation
Ooh Ooh... Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh

The power of the beat
Throbs the dancefloor
Yeah it steams
 Alpha and Beta Brainwaves
Oscillate, synchronized to the beat

And lovers are free to be

Lasers flash to the kick
You're caught in an instantaneous 
...trance state

The rhythm is in control
Suddenly our body's motion
It moves to the groove
We are one on the dancefloor

Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh

Obscure emotions are washed away
Flooded by analogue synth waves
Everytime we're caught up here
in our induced trance state of mind
Ooh Ooh... Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh

Laser flash strobes and kicks
Instantaneous trance
Let's go, hold my hand
Let's go, and dance
Don't,you, leave without me
Come and dance one last time to the beat
One last time to the beat

Dance with me be tranced be free 
Dance with me be tranced be free
Danse with me be tranced with me
Dance with me...danse with me
Danse with me be tranced with me
Dance with me be tranced be free

Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh 
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ahh oh yeah
ooh ooh huh huh ooh ohh

Wivresse my dear soundcloud friend and producer is credited for this amazing AI art creation.  Jano and the Electronix has entered into my soul with his synth's.

Be Tranced With Me

Be Tranced With Me (collab Jano And The Electronix)

out of rope

C I miss the sun
Am don’t know where he’s gone
F but not as much as I G7 miss you

C I stay indoors
Am pace these floors
F Forgot what it is to G7 kiss you

Em I know time is F running out
Em don’t know what this F song’s about
except G7 growing old
dm7 growing G cold x2

C There’s less time ahead
than Em what’s gone before. 
F What will we do 
with the G7 years left in store?

C Use them or lose them, 
Em that’s what they say. 
F Keep on breathing
till G7 that judgement day 

C And I don’t want F hope
C I won’t F despair
C am out of F rope
but I don’t G7 care

for these C changing F times
the C digital F stew
I C read the F signs 
to get a G7 clue

Em Just another empty F weekend. 
Em Nothing to do but F sleep. 
Em These dark and F wintry days. 
Em How slowly, how mercilessly they F creep. 

Fmaj7 I can’t make the day G anew; Am
Am has it all run out at G last?
Fmaj7 All is silent in this G listless Am room.
Am I live with shadows of the G past.
Of the past  F G

(repeat ‘there’s less time ahead’ section + add)
No, I don’t want hope / I won’t despair
am out of rope / but I don’t care /
I just don’t F (G bass) care. (E shape one fret up, soft)

TASCAM DR-05

out of rope

Another Foundation track. It was the bass synth that inspired the track, it made me think of an anti-gravity engine... 
The "machine gun" guitar is a Fender Telecaster bi-amped to give that meaty punch. The warbling guitar is a Deusenberg Paloma with a vibrato pedal, reverse delay and fuzz box put through a plexi amp.

The Edge

This is a brief excerpt from my Ascension Symphony.
The segment describes letting go of someone very close.

Farewell: Excerpt#5 from Ascension Symphony

Everything awakens, and life returns. Chirping and splashing fills the air: spring is here.

Spring

Nocturnes Op.13 No.13 - Winter

Waiting Room (2016) Anthology CD1 Track 10

Violinist, pianist, chamber and orchestral musician, devoted to composing neo-classical music. 

I want to weave a gentle, emotional orchestral language, that speaks about live and touches the heart. I try to capture these ephemeral, timeless, and moving moments, transcribing them with devotion to sound and recording them in the sound studio.

The music creations are a testament to the value of retreat,
where silence gives birth to the most profound expressions, contrapuncting the noise of our world.

Thanks for your kind listening and commenting !
Helmut / HELMUTunes