To be honest, I've always had a fascination with the red planet - loved Kim Stanley Robinsons martian trilogy - and I often gaze in awe at the size of the caldera of this massive volcano. I would have loved to see it in full eruption - at a distance, of course. This piece certainly captures the majesty and scale of the thing. Epic and awesome - well written and played. Great stuff.

Really love the themes behind your stuff! Makes for some epic writing indeed.

This sound is the very first recording made of Mars on Feb. 19, 2021 about 18 hours after landing on the mission’s first sol (or Martian day).

The tapping (or zapping) sounds here is the first acoustic recording by the Perseverance rover of the laser impacts on a a Mars rock.

Jim Combs Fusion

At Sixes And Sevens had several revisions. Originally, the opening of the piece was in 6/4 and the remainder of the song was in 7/4 (thus the title) but i didn't like the 6/4 feel. I decided to stay in 7/4 for the entire song (pretty much).

At Sixes And Sevens

Come and drink the Amaro Cacao with us.  The complete album in one single track.  This is the recommended experience, enjoy -- and thanks for visiting this part of our mind -- through listening... you're most welcome.
https://youtu.be/20WSrXE7xwI

Amaro Cacao:
1. October 21st, 1940 (2:36)
2. Three A.M. Lounge Intro (0:57)
3. Foray Into Genre, Inc. (9:37)
4. Amaro's Theme, Pt. 1 (0:20)
5. Experience (6:19)
6. T.B.T.V.B.B.S.M.E (2:53)
7. Amaro's Theme, Pt 2 (0:16)
8. Both Men Knew They Were Cacti (2:24)
9. Liandam (5:05)
10. The Dream of the Purple Maiden (8:52)
11. Esme Veronique, Verna, and Fito, the Scotland Yard Freshman (5:26)
12. Terrace Days (A Kind of Outro) (0:41)
13 T.B.T.V.B.B.S.M.E (Reprise) (5:44)

Amaro Cacao [FULL ALBUM]

Memoirs of the Twentieth Century – The title comes from the 1733 novel by Samuel Madden, considered the first of English literature to ever feature time travel. I wrote this to be the first song on the CD and was the last I song wrote for the project.

At the completion of my project “Waiting”, I decided to start on another project immediately. I’m not sure whether it was my turning 60 or the fact that 2020 was a year that had me wishing for another time, but either way I found myself drawn to stories of time travel. 

I did not begin the Keepsakes project with the idea it would be a concept project/CD, but it does seem to feel like one. It Just proves how much your writing is influenced by your situation, whether you realize it or not.

Memoirs Of The Twentieth Century

This is my first attempt doing a vocal slap house type of song, been working on this song for quite a while and I am glad that it is now finally complete.

I hope you find this song uplifting and thank you all for your continued support and for listening!

Live It Up With You

Still Dreamin' - GarageBand Ver.

I made a Vampire Movie in a glitchy moviemaker program. This is the soundtrack. The thing from the thing can be viewed here:

https://youtu.be/Y_uC-Q5CQdI

"Professor Von Diggelen receives a vision of an active Vampire Lord. He proceeds to hunt him down."

🎥 watch the movie

Vampire Movie Soundtrack

While on the NASA website I found an image of Olympus Mons from the Viking 1 Orbiter which gave me the idea for this song.  Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in our solar system, over 25 miles high from it's base to it's summit. The base is as large an area as the state of Arizona. 

I have included into this number recordings from Mars by the Perseverance rover. These recordings include the Ingenuity helicopter on April 30, 2021 as it flew on Mars for the fourth time, sounds of the Perseverance rover driving on Mars, the Perseverance rover as it laser zaps a Mars rock and wind sounds on Mars.

Special thanks to Kate Nord for the wonderful vocals on the track.

Olympus Mons

In this scenario...
A delightfully dysfunctional couple have their colorful life, yet each loves the other. [PLEASE employ thee ultimate FACE PALM twice in a rapid flier row!!] 
Yep, after careful investigation...Besse did find what she was looking for.
Her lover's pants had a mind of their own, & without legs in them...
 it's down-right 'flooring' at just how far they walked, she told herself--All the freaking way to an Apartment room #222 in another city! ;) /'
IF there is a NEXT time, I'll starch his briefs so bloody well stiff, until he is forced to go bare with the 'naked truth' she thought to herself about her Alfred, since he enjoys letting his pants lay loose with his goose neck sticking out & wagging out of control! There'll be more than one bird on the chopping block, IF he doesn't restrain his urges to stuff more than mattresses! Another fine cock & doodle-straddle that poor numb nut got his silly self into. What will Besse do the NEXT time Alfred does his roaming dingle trick?...Stay tuned as she reaches for the taser on the next round up! Guaranteed to be a shocking episode! God shave the kink! :O
--(c) 11 12 2021, By Lady ElectroTrek

Stray Legs

I Traced Your Pants To Apt. 222

The "Creator of Life" does not burden His children with packages of information, as religions and spiritual schools do, but communicates with them in pictures, almost playfully, and teaches them ...
This is the certain “speaking in new languages”. He always uses new images to circumscribe the same truth to wash away the filth from the soul of man with its power.
This is how understanding is done by the Soul. 💖

Hold Your Dreams

Your Dreams

This is my contribution to the now closed open call
 of a great project by Paul Amlehn
(https://soundcloud.com/paul-amlehn)

noxpox - Realm Of Anti-Logic

Momma Mood

Old & new from the RSH impro course. Eunhyun Chu, flute; Sarah Kaufmann, English Horn; Haneul Kim, French Horn; Heongjin Oh, Tuba; Carolin Seelhof, Didgeridoo; Sohyeon Oh, violin; Ella Sternstedt and Lars Radloff, Double Bass; additional tracks + mixed + produced by Hubertus Dreyer.

The piece feels most comfortable on big fat speakers, which is inversely proportional to how the majority of listeners then are likely to feel.

Obviously, this is purely functional music (how do I drive annoying guests out of my flat? How do I tell my co-workers that I want the meeting to end? How do I commit the perfect crime?).

May I add: Many thanks to https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1 who was the first to draw my attention towards the mystery land between Contemporary Music ("Avantgarde") and Experimental Ambient… and thus, to the many many possibilities beyond well established genres…

Mountains

I'm glad, that I got the permission to try a remix with flute on this wonderful track: https://soundcloud.com/fiona-greasley/outrun-latin-cover ! I hope my addition is nice enough to add some flavour :-) With big thanks to electrometis ! photo by Tabitha Turner, unsplash

Outrun / Latin Cover by electrometis - Flute Remix

After viewing the photograph of Nikola Tesla sitting on a chair in his Knobe Hill, Colorado Springs laboratory it made me wonder what the night sky must have looked like in 1899 while Tesla was performing his experiments. The photo also reminded of the James Whale's 1931 Frankenstien movie's lab designed which included Kenneth Strickfaden's movie machinery prop, his own Tesla coil that he called the Megavolt Senior. The marvelous bass solo is performed Stefan Pavlov and vocals by Volodymyr Chyzhovych. The intro has an actual recording of a Tesla coil charging.

Moonlight On Knob Hill

In August 1877, Asaph Hall of the U.S. Naval Observatory conducted a systematic search and discovered two satellites, or moons, of Mars within a few nights of each other. Hall named the moons Phobos and Deimos, after the two sons of Mars who were his chariot attendants and constant companions. However, this was not the first time that the existence of these moons had been theorized. Almost three centuries earlier, in the early 17th century, astronomer Johannes Kepler had also proposed the idea of two moons orbiting Mars. This was due to a secret coded letter received from his colleague Galileo Galilei. Both Galileo and Kepler were influential figures in the field of astronomy, and their contributions are still celebrated today. 

When Galileo sent his coded letter, Kepler was eager to solve it and feel validated in his theories about Mars. The letter was written in Latin and contained a word puzzle for Kepler to decipher. Despite his best efforts, Kepler's interpretation of the code was not entirely accurate. He rearranged the letters to read 'be greeted, double-knob, children of Mars,' and believed this confirmed his theory. However, the actual solution to the puzzle was a playful joke from Galileo, not a scientific revelation.

This song is part of the project Analog Buildup.

Special thanks to Percussionist Reinaldo Ocando for his work on the bongos.

The Children of Mars

This started as a small synthesizer electronic piece but it wanted to be a larger number so now it is. This features Mannuel Trabucco on soprano sax.

Analog Buildup

“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.

Olympus Mons

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