Magnificent. Beautiful picking. Excellent. Great work. Superb. Bravo.

Beautiful. Really transports one to that tranquil place "within".

I don't know about aging gracefully but you have another lovely piece here, I love your picking style, very nice. :)

Your music is really good, very pleasant to listen to and very well played.

We welcome your feedback!

Composed, produced & performed by Srouly Frank

Impro

Late to the party with this IPG1 open collab, but as a revenge there's a quintuple shuffle rhythm lurking around the corner. Thanks Ian, that was fun!

https://soundcloud.com/ipg1
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/taking-it-back-vocals-95-bpm

Taking It Back ft. Ian Greaves aka IPG1

sneak preview of a super pre-release v0.1 demo track of girl you're always on. a song about the power struggle inherent with every relationship. and a girl that would not lose that battle. not unlike chucky's wife. 

original song composed and performed by codename: rex raven. lyrics and vocals by jay-did.

please like or comment if you think this song should be mastered and released. or not. all feedback is welcomed. 

girl youre always on (feat. jay did) demo v0.1

The search for a more peaceful existence away from the commotion, corrupt or not, of society.

Let Me Go

Extremely grateful to have received the opportunity of some film mentoring via the Universal Hall Promotions 'In the Spotlight' professional mentoring programme. 

I wanted to make a music video, so I re-recorded the vocals from my 2021 version of this song to use as a soundtrack and this is the result - still a home recording. You can view the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/AnXY-S6ama4

TRAiN
Train, it's the way to go
Gets you there, without driving woe
Read a book, or watch the world glide by
Train, it's the way to go
Don't get stuck in no traffic jam
It's so easy, to go with the flow
Be wild, with your spare time
Have a little buffet, say a little rhyme

I'll tell you why you should take the train
It's going to save you hours of pain
Why get there grumpy, tired and bored
Why not snooze on the go?

Train, it's the way to see
Parts of the country, that you've never been to 
Find a map, and pick a place to see today
Train's the way to go
Travel express, or station to station more slowly
Night or day, a friendly guard is there
To smooth your way

Train it's the way to go
Gets you there with a happy glow
Why sit in that traffic jam pumping your hand on the horn?
Won't get you anywhere, except bored
Train, it's the place to be
For writing that essay
Or watching that show on TV
As the world passes by
Plug in your headphones, happy sigh

Choose train
Choose train
Choose train

© S Barr 2021

TRAiN

Although quite simple to record, it took me a few weeks to write down a text and sing it over this beautiful guitar piece from Neno J. I used the original title as an inspiration for the text.

Circle of Circles 

Planets move in the dome of stars in surprising ways.
Sometimes forward, sometimes backward  in the celestial orb.

Since perfect circles are the only way of gods,
Ptolemy used circles within circles 
to explain those planetary retrogressions.
That was such a powerful idea 
that Fourier would later use.
Indeed, any periodic smooth motion
can be described by a large enough set of epicycles.

And yet, it all became history, 
thanks to Copernic, Kepler and Newton.
The epicycles were cast out from heaven
by the Occam's razor curse.
And I'm trying to learn the sobering lesson:
Everything gets simpler 
when we don't place ourselves in the center.

Your perfect circles, woman, are the chosen shape of gods.
But will the Fast Fourier Transform ever explain your beauty?

I watch you move in this world of scars in surprising ways.
But what is forward and what is backward in this oblivious maze?

Circle Of Circles JFC (Over Neno J. Guitar Piece)

Above The Storm

"Graceful Aging" is played on a 2000 Lance McCollum GA-Italian Spruce/Brazilian Rosewood. 
Tuning: DGDGBE, capo #1.  Pro mix/mastered by Matty Harris. 

Thanks for listening to this new piece recorded, June '23

GRACEFUL AGING

Swingin' again with Swingticket: Henning Wolter - piano, Wolfgang Kohlert - bass, and Christof Behm - drums, along with me on the Baritone sax.

Swing Ticket

Don't Get Around much anymore

A song about a friend lost in New Orleans

Seasons Make Sense

https://www.youtube.com/@CELTICcalmmusic
CELTIC calm - Ambient music for relaxation, study, sleep inducement, meditation, work, mindfulness, yoga, spa and for a moment of calm during your day.  Celtic, medieval and fantasy elements and themes.

TRUE love

From the "folk group" The Sandy Hill Exchange in the late 60's to the current day, playing acoustic guitar has been one of the driving forces in Fred's life.

While there were times early on when family and work necessarily took a front seat, a guitar was never far away and at the ready when the time of day, or a day in the week seemed best for practice and composing.

Now retired and with family on their own, Fred's guitar work draws from nature, personal experiences and inspiration from other great musicians; his music emerging as original fingerstyle instrumental tunes. Described by some as "little poems" of song.... often with unique titles, which add to the musical prose of each piece. Feel free to click on the picture for each track and there may be more details on the origins of the song title, guitar used, tuning, etc. 

Casting a wide exposure through Soundcloud, Fred now has over 21 thousand "plays" on his site as folks from countries world wide are introduced to his music and guitar style. Music also on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2iz6y5ESPg0Gga3btSh2nH

Thanks for listening, joining in the journey, and I hope you enjoy these tracks!
Guitars: 
'67 Martin D12-20
'93 Bourgeois JOM
'14 Custom FSC made by luthier Jeff Bamburg
'14 Custom hand made guitar built by master 
luthier, Tom Doerr
'07 Custom hand made guitar built by master luthier Tony Vines
'02 David Flammang 000 12 fret
'00 McCollum Grand Auditorium

GRACEFUL AGING

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