Reminds me of embracing the early morning while staring at the shimmering lake.

A tribute to true devotion! Indeed, a humanitarian award is largely due to Anthony Szigeti! Hi Jim...Miguel, Maria, Nirvana, Javier & Larry!!! What an indelible A-List! Long Standing Ovation! Stunning masterpiece! Extraordinary work by ALL of you FABULOUS MUSIC STARS! There is a certain high pitch that is reminiscent of YES's Roundabout! Ingenius from every sonic direction! 🔁🔝♾🖖🏼💯🥇💖💖💖💖💖💖

brilliant guitar and all around a nice arr...but remove my doubt  jim : it' s a real guitar or a  guitar play admirably well interpreted by you on keyboard. Merci pour la réponse

percussion & this end section is really cool. you work with woodwinds so well, they go beautifully with guitar. (<;

Another beautiful compelling track! Love the written background provided.

Written for a family whose child has a medical problem, and because they were poor were were wrongly accused of it being the mother's fault. They battled the courts for four years.  He recently passed on from brainstem neurodegenerative disease that he had when the nightmare began.  Mayo Clinic now has his brain for research as his condition was so rare.


You can find the tracks he made here:
https://soundcloud.com/ourvoiceisking/tracks

She’s a single mother with a very low income			
He’s an eight year old who knows there’s nothing that he’s done
To be torn from his mother, his sisters and his brother
It’s the only life he knew and he loved it like not other

But you don’t give up, you don’t give up, you don’t give up, or give in
You know; you don’t give up, you don’t give up, you don’t give up, or give in

We’re always thinking of you Aaron, you’re always on our mind
We know your lonely, you know we love you all the time
How can some strangers say what’s good for you or I
There’s one who knows best, look in the child’s eye

The world is crumbling round me, its in a dizzy spin
With all I see and hear, my heart is full and breaking
I could end up on a mountain top or in a deep prison
But I know I never, never give up or give in

But we won't give up, we won't give up, we won't give up, or give in
You know; we won't give up, we won't give up, we won't give up, or give in

Don't Give Up

OPC - Don't Give Up

In reading about Tesla's time in Budapest a story jumped out and inspired this piece. In 1882 Tesla suffered a breakdown. A friend, Anthony Szigeti, helped Telsa get back on his feet. Szigeti convinced Tesla to walk with him each evening in the Varosliget (the city park). During one of these walks Telsa (while reading: Goethe's "Faust") had the idea for the rotating magnetic field which is at the heart of the induction motor and Tesla's Polyphase Alternating Current.

As they would walk around the park every night, I decided to put the main melody in a "round" section with each woodwind instrument playing the motif.

The musician's on this are Miguel Vargas on flute and piccolo, Maria Virginia Espinoza on oboe, Nirvana Villegas on clarinet, Javier Cereceda on bassoon and Larry Salzman on percussion.

An Evening Walk In The Varosliget

haven't uploaded anything in a minute so here's something short and sweet

art by LaurentSchmidt: https://pixabay.com/photos/fence-barbed-barbed-wire-fencing-3373369/

sunset city stroll

A song that touches on the realm of mental health and how we need to help break down the defence of such a powerful illness. It’s not a box to tick or a problem to solve its far more complicated than that. 
If theirs someone we love or just someone we know or even a complete stranger just shine a little light into there corner. This will let them now they are not alone and we are here to talk and help. 
The song as been recorded with live instruments remotely and me and Sarge  we would like to thank the musicians who got involved.
Sarge as produced, played several instrumentals and liaised with the other musicians to make this happen. Enjoy

Darkest Corner ~ Under This Sun _

An original song of a tender love not yet expressed.

Lyrics

If you listen as carefully as you can
You might almost hear the melody in your ears
From a song that should be sung by choirs grand
From a song inspired by you

To the girl for whom my soul quietly sings
To the one that may never hear a thing
Here’s another song that will go left unheard
To my beautiful, my beautiful, my beautiful unsung girl

The first time I saw you sitting all alone 
With a grace that your smile could not contain 
I heard the voice of my soul sing for the very first time
a song inspired by you

To the girl for whom my soul quietly sings
To the one that may never hear a thing
Here’s another song that will go left unheard
To my beautiful, my beautiful, my beautiful unsung girl

Unsung Girl

Having washed his soul in the River, the main character from my last song has now become a better Man, well nearly a better man. When you listen to the lyrics i think we may all agree that he might have to make a visit back to the River ..pretty soon.

Used the same guitar as the last time, added some distortion to the lead guitar to add dynamics at the chorus and introduced an acoustic guitar in the Right speaker with the bridge pick up guitar in the left speaker, sort of spreads the sound, I loosened the snare on the  snare drum to get more of a rattle and pumped up the kick a bit. Hope you like it ..All you sinners .

Written, played and produced by: The sinner Johnny Mc Farlane.

A Better Man

Pacific - Rhythm of the Ocean

Summer Day of Bliss

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline
Featured on the my new album 'Unstable"on.soundcloud.com/UAo6d

Ptolemaic System

Vulgar Piece

Skottevången

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus.

The music industry (like many things) has changed greatly since I bought my first 45 record (Green Eyed Lady) at my hometown record shop in 1970. It would be very easy to lament over these changes (and I have.) However, with change comes new opportunities, and thanks to websites/apps like Soundcloud we musicians and composers have the opportunity to to be heard as never before. So thank you Soundcloud and thank you for visiting my page. - Jim Combs

Bio
* Born 1959
* From Southern New Jersey, USA
* Instruments: Guitar (jazz & classical), Bass, Piano, Voice 
* Influential LPs/music (not all and in no specific order): Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Miles Davis - Nefertiti & Sketches of Spain, Larry Coryell – Spaces, Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Pat Martino – Consciousness, Return to Forever  - Romantic Warrior,  Chick Corea - The Leprechaun, Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow,  Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures, Santana & McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender, ELP – Trilogy, Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Yes - Close to the Edge, David Sancious - The Bridge, Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish, Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled, Journey – Journey,  Rite of Spring & Petrushka – Stravinsky, Don Quixote - Richard Strauss, La Mer - Claude Debussy, Pavane pour une infante défunte & Daphnis et Chloé – Ravel, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta - Bartok ,  Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar, Jerry Goldsmith - MacArthur, The Omen, Planet Of The Apes (1968), Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing & The Bermuda Triangle.

An Evening Walk In The Varosliget

Jim Combs - Composer, Keyboardist and Guitarist

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