Cool groove, top class vocal, what’s not to like? Another gem, Jimmy.

Reggae

Come Day, Go Day

California State Route 127 is also known as Death Valley Road

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State Route 127

Jane Maryam - Kianoush Kouroshi piano version

A companion piece to "Winter Waltz."

Lately, I've been in a "waltz-writing" mode. There's something about a waltz that is both sentimental and energizing at the same time, which makes it very appealing. This particular waltz is an improvisation that I recorded a month or so ago on my old Yamaha Clavinova, and then promptly forgot about it.  I managed to uncover it just in time, before Autumn "waltzes" away. It contains some of the charming "flaws" that come with recording on a 25-year-old instrument, then attempting to master it. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it, as well as the rest of the Autumn season!

A Late Autumn Waltz

[Verse 1]
Whispers rise, pressure tight
Deadlines cut, no sleep at night
You changed the rules, mid-game
Now I’m the one you blame

[Chorus]
Undermine me, with your grin
Light the match, deny the sin
Feed me doubt, call it care
Step aside like you weren’t there

[Verse 2]
Glass for armor, cracks run wide
You pulled the truth where shame could hide
“Be strong,” you said, then walked away
Left me bare in the light of day

[Chorus]
Undermine me, every move
Shift the story, silence truth
You watched me fall, claimed you tried
But wrote the end before the fight

[Bridge]
Little nods, sideways glance
You wrote the fate, called it chance
Changed the time, erased the trail
Then stood back and called it fail

[Chorus]
Undermine me, it’s what you do
Build the stage, then change the view
Still I rise, though you erase
I won’t vanish from this place

Undermine Me

Voici le n° 4 des Feillets d'automne. Ici, le piano suit le voyage d'une feuille emportée par le léger tourbillon d'une  brise d'automne : on y suit ses envols, entrecoupés d' arrêts, jusqu'à sa descente finale au sol

Emportée par le vent

The Battle of Passchendaele was a major World War I campaign fought by the Allies against the German Empire on the Western Front from July to November 1917.  It is widely remembered as a vivid symbol of the horrific fighting conditions, particularly the deep mud, and immense casualties for minimal strategic gain. The village of Passchendaele was eventually captured by Canadian troops on November 6, 1917, and the nearby ridge was secured by November 10, when the campaign ground to a halt. The advance was a mere five miles, achieved at an enormous cost of an estimated 275,000 to over 400,000 Allied casualties and around 220,000 to 400,000 German casualties. The ground gained was ultimately abandoned by the British in the face of a German offensive the following year. The name "Passchendaele" has since become synonymous with the brutal and often futile nature of trench warfare during the First World War.

Passchendaele

Une chanson française d'un père pour sa fille. 

Chéris la vie ma chérie

This classical piece came out all of a sudden. I think it has to do with transition, but don't really know. Glad to hear your opinion about it....

Passage

I think it’s just the music playing over the end credits of the old film (obviously titled "In case nothing happens") our two friends (assuming they really are our friends) were watching before falling asleep. So there’s nothing to worry about: nothing has happened. It’s not a real alien invasion, nor is it the end of our civilization. Or maybe it’s not a film at all, but a live breaking news broadcast? If that were the case, and if something really had happened, I still don’t think we should be sad or angry, desperate or ready to run away. Let’s stay positive! (all talk, of course...).

This is the sixth in a series of eight easy, acoustic, rather short (except for this one), and deliberately inconclusive tracks, assembled by combining new ideas with reworked older material, adding parts and sounds along the way. Since the perspective has changed, the meaning of the music had to change as well, so I moved from an acoustic guitar base to a piano one.

Part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-1-night
Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-2-dawn
Part 3 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-3-noon
Part 4 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-4-late-afternoon
Part 5 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-5-night-again

Composed by Michele Ansani (2022-2025). I reworked on the chords and melodies from an old track I didn’t like, which had remained only in draft form: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/slowness.
All the ambient noises and female vocals are taken from public sound archives.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, November 25.

In case nothing happens - part 6 (dawn again)*

YaaD MoB -I see 
Released June 2016 all rights reserved
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I See

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Aura Laura

Get Up!

Composed by Jiimmy Rivas........To be updated

Waiting For An Angel

Totally Unnecessary

Less Acid More Sugar (2018) ER TK-139

Let Me

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++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.

I didn't choose this obsession it was chosen for me unknowingly.
Lucky me no regrets.

Let Me

J.Rivas

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