AUTUMN SHOWCASE

Sundown

The moon on the sea

Like a lot of us these days, I have some extra hours on my hands. While looking to amuse myself at this most unamusing time, I made this. I hope it cheers you, too, and provides a few minutes pleasure. That is all it is for.

This music is also my version of whistling past the graveyard. One of many versions.

Please stay healthy. And let us be strong, and pick each other up when one of us is down.

Lockdown Cocktail

Taped podcast of  23 Sept '20 interview (wxrw104.1fm Milwaukee)on recent and upcoming works: https://soundcloud.com/user-240416425/active-culture-special-2020-5

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sharonchen/dream-of-the-wild-rose
www.sharonelainechen.com

A guitar friend on SoundCloud had challenged me to make a guitar and piano work earlier this year as it has not been done much.. The guitarist who had agreed to collaborate with me could not record at this time so I used my moon guitar software playing piano motifs.. A performance for reaching 2000 + SC followers. 

It sits on the introspective side of neoclassical but with strong melodic content. The piano improv by itself is very different as the MIDI keyboard does not allow great technical difficulty in performance.
Piano improvs on this work on Twitter/FB/YT are popular. 
YouTube (second version):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gDIA_xQ1V0
YouTube (first version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmH6J037Vb0

Part of the EP Blissful and Beyond on BandCamp, this work is available here separately as well and on my website:
https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/dream-of-the-wild-rose-piano-orchestra

Blissful and Beyond

Dream of the Wild Rose

Dream Of The Wild Rose

Questa è la versione originale del brano Fade Away (Dissolvenza) da me composto e riarrangiata da EnricoSonOro che pubblicai verso la fine di giugno. L'ho voluta pubblicare per mostrare come un artista riesce a sconvolgere completamente un brano senza tradire però la natura stessa del brano.

This is the original version of the song Fade Away (Dissolvenza) composed by me and rearranged by EnricoSonOro which I published towards the end of June. I wanted to publish it to show how an artist can completely upset a song without betraying the very nature of the song.

Dissolvenza (Fade Away)

Primary Gates

This is a companion piece to my recent track 'Landing Lights'  @  https://soundcloud.com/Gary-Courtland-Miles/landing-lights  
and was  improvised during the same session.
 
It's actually a humble Homage to the Wonder of Life on Earth. We live here at Gaia's pleasure, and without her health intact we are definitely at a disadvantage. 

After we land here on planet Earth in this incarnation, either the journey of Awakening begins... or the belief that 'the world is our oyster' sets us on the wrong path.

But it's really All about the journey, 
our improvisation within this thing called Life.

So let's Be the best we can Be, and get it right! :)


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

A Living Jewel

Tom and I are glad to present the latest collaborative composition of ours. As evident from the title/theme and artwork cover, it is inspired by the lost paradise of childhood. We hope you'll get lost into its dreamy beauty! The SoundCloud page of Tom, https://soundcloud.com/user-383750027, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on an image from http://citizenkid.com and idea by Tom, designed and implemented by Tom and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 14 October 2020.

Created in collaboration on 12-15 October 2020 (with final mix and recording by Alex M in Logic Pro X) and posted on SoundCloud on 15 October 2020 (by Alex M).

Thank you so much, Tom!

Duration: 4:53 minutes

The Lost Innocence of Childhood - Tom & Alex M

music with additional fixings & final mix/master . Arma Ignifera @herronsound
original instrumental here: https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/quickie-mart-slush
lyrics, vocals & their premix, artwork . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
photo by Myrh and still shots by Michael Louw

Lyrics are based on verses from various poems from my chapbook These Tales Are True https://tarka1.bandcamp.com/merch/these-tales-are-true
"REPLAY" IN A WORLD OF WALLS
 _________________________________

 In a world of walls
In a world of walls

politicization of self?
 De!politicization of self! 
 Contextualize yourself

Take Comfort!
  For without long hallways
 and tall ceilings
 there is little ledge to perch 
corridors plenty 
with windows carving etchings 
for shadow 
for light

in a world of walls
inherited a memory…
in a world of walls 
in a world 
in a world
inherited a memory
in a world of walls 
in a world
 in a world of walls 
in a world

She’d had the back turned, over the years! 
She’d had her back turned, over the years!
She’s had her back turned, Oh oh!

See the city streets are so crowded
 in a world of walls 
in a world of walls
a Replay!
 in a world of walls! 
It’s a replay, in a world of walls, its a replay!
Oh oh!

 sour crude interaction! 
replays! that’s the play!
 replays! that’s the play! 
replays!

Think Again! Think Again! 
Replays!
Thats the play! 
Replay!
Crude! 
Think Again!

Rewind and play again?
 memories, memories! 
play a game, play a game 
it’s thick and caked on in ugly display again 
on a shelf for high price again 

today, my scent is bloody 
saliva in my mouth
  weak and shivering 
each breath: beating: closer to peace : closer to calm

(beneath a brew of memories)
 today my scent is bloody
beneath the weight the art lays
today my scent is bloody

These Tales Are True

"Replay" In A World Of Walls | Arma Ignifera & Myrh

A remake of an old one from the 80s, main guitars and vocs are live recording with two mics in the room, then some overdubbing. Part of our new recording sessions where we are both remaking some old songs on the new, better equipment and recording some new songs as well. We'll keep posting as we go. Morry and I are both singing on this one. Slowly working through the mixing and mastering on the Tascam DP24. Hope you enjoy these.

I’ve Been Dreaming

The Portal

Ethnicity

The Art of Hoquet - D'Amore
November 2020
Duration: 2:45
Cover Art: John-Marc Ventimiglia

Based on the 14th century 2 part Ballade, Je ne cuit pas, by Guillaume de Machaut.  
The composition is written in a contemporary style using the technique of hoquet.

The term "hoquet" is a French word (in Old French also hocquet, hoket, or ocquet) meaning "a shock, sudden interruption, hitch, or hiccup".  Although the term is in reference to the secular music of the 13th and 14th centuries in France, the technique, under other names, could be heard in different types of music across the world as early as the 11th century.  Hoquet is the rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords.  In medieval practice of hocket, a single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices or instruments such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.  Hoquet is also used in Indonesian Gamelan music, African music, Classical music, Jazz and popular music.

For strings, woodwinds, harp, bandura, celeste, virtual instruments and percussion

The Art Of Hoquet - D'Amour

Xmaq

This is perhaps my most ambitious track from my new album "Them Hybrid Folk". Hope you enjoy!
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/them-hybrid-folk

Mood Exhibit - Vagabond Dreamers

We proudly present our 19th Lunatics Jazz collab ! with big thanks and appreciation to my friend Cosmic Ratzzz !
>> tenorsax by me - all funky goodness, groove 'n stuff, mix 'n master by C.R. <<

Veröffentlicht von: Deutsche musikalische Hilfsmittel Gesellschaft.ev aka https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz

Catzebriolon // Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx / lunatics 19

Mood Exhibit is the sound expression outlet for Robert Salchak. Exploring the genres of electronic, post classical, world instrumental, and melody laced soundtrack styles. The music of ME has a strong emphasis on visual texture and emotion.

Latest Updates: 
I do not use AI on any of my work, just blood sweat and tears, and a lot of emotion/feelings. The reason I have so much music on SC is that I love making music and it is my life. Also I love to share my work with you all, please enjoy.
Have recently discovered some old tracks which I did back in 2009 but have never been previously released or worked on further. Decided to let them see the light of day, unedited and unpolished. Hope you enjoy them and can see where my humble beginnings started.
Also new for Autumn 2025, a collection of classical piano pieces which I composed back in 2010, in memory of my late father who inspired me to play the keyboard in the first place. Under the title of Magician In Private, hope you will allow my indulgence into a special world of just simple piano, no frills.
Please checkout my vast collection of playlists. All my best music is on there in one place. Is free to listen to or sleep with.
From 1st June 2025, celebrating 10 years of KORG KRONOS music with lots of brand new music showcasing the wonders of this iconic workstation in all it's glory. Also as a nod to the release of the KRONOS 3, which will take KORG into the next generation.
All my albums in full quality are available on Bandcamp, please check out the link below.
Have recently taken a short holiday to recharge my batteries and top up my creative juices. Thank you to all my followers for your continued support and encouragement, means the world to me.
Over 10K minutes uploaded, over 1500 tracks - am sure there is something in there for everybody to enjoy. I love making music. Hope it matters to you.
Am posting some Jarre sounding pieces as homage to my lifelong hero of electronic music, using some of the sounds and instruments he has used along the way. Jar of Jarre is my collection of memorable sounds which have changed the way we appreciate modern electro.
Keep an eye out for my new collection of 2024 Remastered best of tracks, coming soon.
New year, new start. Back on the search for good music and inspiration. Will be featuring a lot of my older work remastered this year, seems like a long time since I began my composing journey back in 2000.
Happy New Year to all my followers, May 2025 be filled with musical magic. 
Thank you for all your kind comments and support throughout 2024 I do appreciate it. Stay safe and love each other.
All my remastered best tunes from 2015 to 2023 are now available to buy on Bandcamp.
Am back to making regular music now but sorry no Christmas songs this year. This time of year is very hard for me as it is when my father became very ill and died in the new year 2010. I still miss him very much but hope he would be proud of my musical journey, he is my number one inspiration.
Just a quick personal note on AI and music. I think it is not a good thing for the creative side of music and a lot of it comes without feelings or soul. Creativity is a gift, and should be greatly valued, cherished and nurtured. Music is what makes us human and can never be replaced by a computer.
Finished remastering up to and including 2023 now. Has been a mammoth task but well worth the effort. Next year I shall be working on a remastered series of my pre KORG days 2000 to 2008, in 8 volumes, as well as celebrating in style my 10 years of KRONOS magic, can't wait for 2025.
Have now amassed over 1000 tracks on SC (that's over 8000 minutes of music) and it has been a blast sharing them with you all. Next year 2025, marks the 10th anniversary of the start of my KORG journey.
Am currently putting together a remastered Anthology collection of all my best tracks from 2015 onwards. 2015 consists of a 3 volume set (Now available on Bandcamp). 2016 consists of a 4 volume set. (Also available on Bandcamp). 2017 consists of a 4 volume set. (Available on Bandcamp) 2018 consists of a 4 volume set. (Also available on Bandcamp). 2019 consists of a 4 volume set. (Now available on Bandcamp). 2020 consists of a 3 volume set (now available on Bandcamp).
If you would like to listen to more of Magician, especially retro older tracks please checkout Bandcamp (see link below).
Have recently been rediscovering some of my older music pre KORG days and remastering for uploading to my cloud. Hope you like. Seems such a long time ago now.
I have been lucky to have music in my life, and now the time to explore how it can affect other people. I have discovered many new talented artists on SC and am happy to encourage and support their work; from small beginnings come great things. Please be inspired to be your best, inspire others too, encourage those who lack the inner courage to move forward, and together we can make music make a difference in all our lives.
Am spending a lot more time on my music now since retiring from work in July 2020. Always learning new techniques and honing my craft. Am comfortable now with all chord sequences throughout the scales and loving improvising with the help of my mighty KORG still. Am still trying to give my full support and encouragement to all SC users and some latest (you know who you are), are developing nicely. Be good to one another, be gracious to others, leave your ego out of your life and above all else remember there is always someone worse off than yourself. 
Please be kind to each other, to be happy with our lot without jealousy or greed; to give without asking the cost; to love as if there is no tomorrow; to share and inspire others who may be less fortunate than us; most of all to enjoy life for the joy of living, for we know not what the morning brings - stay safe my friends, be strong and always stay positive; remember life changes - DON'T let it change you!!  
Music is my life - has helped me through many dark places, is a big part of who I am. I put my heart and soul into every single piece of music I produce. I have found many wonderful friends on SC and many exciting talented people.  Been writing and producing music now for 40 years plus. Specialised in electronic based orchestral compositions. I have created my own genre which I call 'electrorchestration'.
Favourite artists/bands include Gary Numan, Little Boots, Jools Holland, Eno, Edgar Froese (1944-2015), Jordan Rudess, Kebu, Madis, Keith Emerson (1944-2016), Rick Wakeman, Richard Wright (1943-2008), Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, M83, Public Service Broadcasting, Dream Theater, ELP, Yes and Mystery to name but a few.
Click on link below to Bandcamp for more music from my collection

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