Out of the Box May 2023
(strictly instrumental version)

Version #1

Who doesn't have fond memories of basement parties? Aluminum foil on the walls, styrofoam ceiling, disco ball and light organ. And late in the evening you dance tightly embraced to slow music. And besides the usual drinks, there was always a small group preparing egg pancakes in the kitchen 🤣 - Disco time, when the parents were out of the house, first love and lots of fun. What wonderful times back then...
🪩🕺🏼💃🏼💋💏

Basement Party

Original Track - no samples used, all instruments VST :-) trumpet played with Akai EWI, guitar played with keyboard :-) ......... enjoy my little composition and improvisations ! photo: Anthony Rao, unsplash

Fleeting Moments

Stab In The Dark

Music, poetry, rehearsals with musicians, singing... In the absence of all this, you have to do everything yourself... :)
Video-version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wmWSwTc2Q

Poetry in Russian:

Хмурым утром, холодным, туманным,
С корабля я сошел на причал.
Не найдя в море лжи и обмана
Все, что в тщетной надежде искал.

Крики чаек, 
Серых волн прибой.
Разве ждал встретиться с тобой?
Словно чудо, ты явилась вдруг,
И светом все озарила вокруг!

Понял я - путь мой был не напрасен,
И не зря ветер дул в паруса.
Радость жизни вернула мне снова
Глаз твоих изумрудных краса.

И теперь, позабыв все печали,
Каждый вечер я жду, ангел мой,
Нашей встречи с тобой, чтоб сначала,
Жизнь прожить под счастливой звездой!

English translation:

Gloomy morning, cold, foggy...
From the ship I went to the pier,
Not finding in the Sea of Lies
All that I sought in vain.

The screams of seagulls,
Surf of gray waves...
I did not hope to meet someone like you.
Like a miracle, you suddenly appeared
And the light illuminated everything around!

I realized that my path was not for nothing,
And wind blew into the sail not without reason -
The beauty of your emerald eyes
Returned me again the joy of life.

And now, forgetting all the sorrows,
Every evening, my angel,
I wait meeting with you,
To live my life again
Now under a lucky star...

"Emerald Eyes"

Chapter 156 of 266
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Taffeta 156

TAFFETA | 156

Soaring above the world, floating in space, flying through clouds and over the moon on a magic carpet is the context of this composition.

Over the Moon

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco
https://youtu.be/FcP99pYYY04
For this composition, I use the Iwato scale, which is a musical scale that is similar to the Locrian mode (spelled 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7), The seventh mode of the major scale, is different in that it has no 3rd or 6th notes, thus making it pentatonic. Its spelling is therefore 1 b2 4 b5 b7. It is used in traditional Japanese music for the koto. It is a mode of the Hirajōshi scale.

Future Memories

Réquiem A La Vida

Instrumental

Mellow LoFi track. Sit back and reflect on all those precious memories and count your blessings! This track was produced on my Teenage Engineering OP-XY!

LoFi Memories

DS (demo)

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Stab In The Dark

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