Tone poem of that constantly blossoming, sacred eternal moment; the glory of the moonrise, on the beach in Tulum - in deep love.

Moon Over Tulum

Movie Sutra

Fuck war and fuck warmongers.  (This is not my photo -obviously- but I owe a huge amount of gratitude and respect for whoever took this picture).

FUCK WAR

Yo way simple and straight from the heart.

See Ya Later, Persephone

A journey...Headphones and expanded apertures are suggested.  Painting by the altogether remarkable Leonora Carrington.

Into The Dreamtime (Droplets of Dew Mix)

Good for your heart, any time of day or night...

Note: This was a "serial" improv, meaning I improvised the first track I laid down and then improvised the other tracks, one after the other.  Rough recording - just getting my new system together and this was one of the first out of the chute.  Very little, if any editing or effects, EQ, Compression. etc.

Nocturne (Lethe Cocktail Mix)

Continuing with the piano thing, forkin' around with an old chestnut...Enjoy!

Messin' on the Sunny Side

This piece is based on the following:  I have long wondered at the percentage of "ambient" sound we suppress: infrastructure noises; highway traffic; fog horns; etc. etc.  That leads me to ponder the cost, if any, of utilizing a portion of our "energy" to continually suppress such sounds.   Finally, that in liberating and "redeeming" said disregarded, suppressed sounds, one can experience beauty and musicality.  This piece was made by my carrying a handheld digital recorder and perambulating a wide swath of my home neighborhood.   Moving through inhabited, to graveyard district industrial, to waterfront, underpass, basketball (that's the ghost of John Cage shooting hoops).  The buildings hum and the birds sing counterpoint.  I have managed, thus far, to suppress an overwhelming urge to start caressing, folding, manipulating, pounding these sounds into something else.  As they stand, however, many of them would be worthy of any electronic ambient composition and I wanted to present them in their natural glory.  Hence, while doing a minimal amount of trimming, snipping and constructing a coherence to the piece, I stayed away from reverb, looping, delay, compressor etc. etc.

A couple of things:  Some of the sounds are church services that I passed by.  I don't know the churches or the singers but I found them to be exceedingly beautiful and of great meaning to me.  It is with profound respect that I offer my thanks.  Similarly, I don't know who took the picture...it looked cool and appropriate, however.  Thank you!  

Hope you enjoy!!

Church of Disregard (How Sweet the Strawberry Mix)

Piano dreamscape...in which I mash-up the three images into one entirely new

Meditations On The Tower, Hermit And Empress

I'm posting with some trepidation.  I mean, Bach?  The Most High? Even on this, the world's simplest piece (at least on the surface), I am aware that my technical deficits are such that I can play this for the rest of forever and it still will not touch the hem of Bach's lower garments.  Anyway you slice, though, this is like concentrated sunshine in a bottle and I wanted to share its beauty as best I can.  May this bring some peace, joy and beauty to your lives.

Bach Prelude In Cmaj - Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Sit back, slap on the headphones and wander freely, as thou wilt.

In Whose Wholeness All Tensions Are Resolved

Such a beautiful piece of music!  I am honored to play it, even if imperfect and unpolished.  Once properly burnished, I will (maybe) repost an updated version.  At this point, it's way too cool of a piece to wait for "perfection."

Solace - Scott Joplin

Welcome again to the juke-joint of my mind.  This is an improv based on a theme that I've been playing for a bit.  It is impromptu and my ideas sometimes exceed my chops; accordingly, as rough and spontaneous as a juke-joint Saturday night.

One of my all times piano favs is a Chicago blues immortal - Jimmy Yancey.  Godfather of the boogie-woogie form, although generally slower and "melodic" - at least to me.  Additionally, he had the sweetest, most-tender, knowing eyes this side of Albert Einstein.  As the piece developed I realized this was a tribute to Yancey - no way I could copy him -even if I wanted to - but his presence presided over the recording.

Black Mulberry Blues

Definitely recommend headphones for this one.  It's a journey.

Derangement Of The Senses (Square Root of Negative One Mix)

The piece wrote itself.  The entirety is formed from presets designed by Arovane for the Pigment synth.  Hope you find it a nice "place" to hang out.

In the Garden

Deep relaxation with this.  Headphones are highly recommended.  Probably good not to listen to this while operating heavy machinery.

Ineffable (Lustrous Enfoldment Mix)

This is a straight, unedited piano improvisation...I was meditating on Peace and the music just kinda flowed out through my fingers.  Much gratitude, as it has been a long period since I have had a visit of this source from the Muse.

Meditation On Peace #2

These two improvisations came through, one upon the other...I thought they were related so I melded them together.  I hope you take pleasure.

Oblique Intimacies 1&2

There's not a lot of joy in much of the world right now.  I hope this brings you some wherever you are.  All respect to the composer, Scott Joplin.  I am so fortunate to have him in my life...a true purveyor of love and beauty through music.

Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

A remarkable composer (on SoundCloud) and I were discussing the different aural colors of the notes.  In particular, he called my intention to D and E and their painterly aspects.  I find color/sound to be fascinating, so following his advice...I sat down to explore the different Ds and Es and their relationship to themselves and their playmates and this was the result.  A meta-funhouse ride through a changing dreamscape of colors and gradations.

Meditation On Color (Feat. D and E)

This is a piano improvisation.  Hope you enjoy!

Night Blossom (Improvisation)

This is a tone poem.  I hope it takes you places.

Untitled in Ab

Bach - Fugue_ CMoll (BMV 847)

A paradox...music that develops and simultaneously goes nowhere.  This is the short verson.

Ellipsis (Short - Karezza Beaujolais Mix)

Elllipsis (Long - Space Anemone Dub)

Even Mountains Get the Blues

A "free" improvisation. I hope you enjoy.

Meditation on Black Silk

The 13th Card in the Major Arcana of the Marseilles Tarot has no name.  It generally gets a bad wrap -Death- but can also represent massive changes, revolution in one's life, the harvesting to start anew.  Hope you enjoy.

Meditation on Thirteen

Fall Up

The interlock of fragrance. mood and melody.

Black Oudh

The Music of Sound...really!!  It's all grist for the mill.  I visualize Sound/Music as colors, shapes and forms rather than notes in a scale.  I look upon each of these pieces as individual environments and/or sculptures in which to spend some time, looking round, feeling the curves, hanging out, exploring... Each composition is based on different elements, structures and rules or lack thereof.  Consequently, each is unique unto itself.  

Blissfully free of genre, everything is fair game:  beats; melodies; disquiet; washes; pulses; broken clichés and memes; subliminals; words and voices; chaos; sonorities; field recordings; indeterminacy; world music; the holy; the gutter; otherworld music; drones; synths; samples, etc. etc.  etc.  

I enjoy entering into the mitochondria of what makes a sound  that particular sound and then genetically change it into something entirely different than what it was - with just the essence lingering.  I also like to explore the "in-betweens" - spaces between beats, frequencies, timbres, spaces, tones, etc. In large part, simply, I'm curious to explore it all.  Suffice it to say, the wider your aperture the more you will hear and experience.  Et voila!

Oh!  Headphones will likely provide a more fulsome listening experience for many of the pieces.

You're thoughts/comments/feedback are very welcome.

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