Taken from the Astral Taxi album "Cydonia" 1996.
I really like the harpsichord in this track and the saxophone solo
Co written with Craig Small. I remember being asked to lay down some acoustic guitar solos near the end of the song which were completely unrehearsed. Most of them were captured on the first take. The pressure was on but that's when the magic happens!
Anyway I hope you enjoy this golden oldie from my past.

"Don't you watch me falling....
It's not a tragedy....
I just need your helping hand, to rescue me"

Cydonia

Rescue me

Rescue Me

Art Expressed in Music – Leonardo's Genius	
April 2024
Duration: 3:30
Listen to the Playlist: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/art-expressed-in-music-i
Painting: Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519) was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer.  His “Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa” are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance.  His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. He is renowned in the fields of civil engineering, chemistry, geology,  hydrodynamics, mathematics, mechanical engineering, optics, physics and zoology.  As an engineer, Leonardo conceived ideas vastly ahead of his own time, conceptually inventing the parachute, the helicopter, an armored fighting vehicle, and the use of concentrated solar power. The unique fame that Leonardo enjoyed in his lifetime has remained undimmed to the present day rests largely on his unlimited desire for knowledge, which guided all his thinking and behavior.  As an artist, Leonardo considered his eyes to be his main avenue to knowledge; to Leonardo, sight was man’s highest sense because it alone conveyed the facts of experience immediately, correctly, and with certainty.  He used his superb intellect, unusual powers of observation, and mastery of the art of drawing to study nature itself, a line of inquiry that allowed his dual pursuits of art and science to flourish.  In Florence between 1500 and 1506, Leonardo began work on the “Mona Lisa”.  The “Mona Lisa” set the standard for all future portraits. The painting presents a woman revealed to likely have been Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocond.  The picture presents a half-body portrait of the subject, with a distant landscape visible as a backdrop; the expressive synthesis that Leonardo achieved between sitter and landscape has placed this work in the canon of the most-popular and most-analyzed paintings of all time. The sensuous curves of the woman’s hair and clothing, are echoed in the undulating valleys and rivers behind her. The sense of overall harmony achieved in the painting—especially apparent in the sitter’s faint smile—reflects Leonardo’s idea of the link connecting humanity and nature, making this painting an enduring record of Leonardo’s vision and genius.  In 1517, a drawing by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino depicted an elderly Leonardo with his right arm wrapped in clothing. The latter, in addition to the record of an October 1517 visit by Louis d'Aragon, confirms an account of Leonardo's right hand being paralytic when he was 65, which may indicate why he left works such as the “Mona Lisa” unfinished.  He continued to work at some capacity until eventually becoming ill and bedridden for several months.  Leonardo only produced about 20 paintings in his lifetime. It is estimated that Leonardo produced between 20,000 to 28,000 pages of notes and sketches spanning across 50 different notebooks about work related to whatever topics that interested him – painting, engineering, philosophy, warfare, engineering, physiology, landscape, proportion, perspective, geography, and geology.... Unfortunately, Leonardo's interests were so broad, and he was so often compelled by new subjects, that he usually left projects unfinished.  Leonardo died at Clos Lucé on 2 May 1519 at the age of 67, possibly of a stroke.   Leonardo was described as lamenting on his deathbed, full of repentance, that "he had offended against God and men by failing to practice his art as he should have done”. 
For virtual voices, piano, marimba, tubular bells, virtual instruments, sound effects and percussion.

Art Expressed In Music - Leonardo's Genius

Burning Circles

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Life Cycles

Copyright 2024 Joe Stroffolino

The universe is big, it makes you feel small.   
So many stars you can’t count them all

The signals came from outer space
Signs of an alien intelligence
We reacted with joy and mounted a mission
To investigate their presence

The messages were old and somewhat primitive
But surely by now they’d matured
We rejoiced that we were no longer alone
In the cold sterile universe

We packed our ships and traveled there
On a mission of friendship and peace
But all we found was the empty shell 
Of a world that lost its lease

A desert world no sign of life, craters scar the land
All evidence has been swept away by the cruel and shifting sand
I wonder what happened, they really screwed up
I’m glad I wasn’t there when their world blew up
I’m sure it wasn’t pretty, I’m sure it wasn’t fun.
I wonder if they even realized what they’d done

The air is cold, the sky is harsh, no trees to shade the sun
For those survived the initial blast, there was no place left to run

We realized that we were still alone in the cold sterile universe
Not enough love and too much hate, they ended up in a sorry state

A desert world no sign of life, craters scar the land
All evidence has been swept away by the cruel and shifting sand
I wonder what happened, they really screwed up
I’m glad I wasn’t there when their world blew up
I’m sure it wasn’t pretty, I’m sure it wasn’t fun.
I wonder if they even realized what they’d done

We traveled home, again alone, with news of their demise
And once again, there was no one left to see that old sunrise

The Signals Came From Outer Space

I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation "I Met You too Late".
Find all my music here: https://linktr.ee/victorbirkan
Watch the video version on my YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/UNjjqsuBn24



I Met You too Late

Empire Eternal

💃🏻🕺🏻💝🎊Happy 2024's Ending ...I'm Dancing with you--You know who you are :) 
 ⚜💞🔥🔥♾All Rights Reserved 12-2024
© Lyricist & Creator: Lady ElectroTrek
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Titre: Lumières De Minuit
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Paroles:

[Couplet 1]
Sous les lampadaires on marche
Ombres dans la nuit noire
Nos yeux se rencontrent sans un bruit
Les étoiles murmurent notre histoire

[Verset 2]
Nous dansons à l’abri du vent
L’amour se glisse dans nos soupirs
Nos cœurs battent hors du temps
Sous l’éclat des éclairs de désir

[Refrain]
Lumières de minuit
Proche
Interminable
Nos âmes s’éveillent
Dans le secret du sommeil

[Verset 3]
Un doux murmure dans l’obscurité
Des promesses au doux parfum
Nos lèvres se frôlent, c’est tellement pur
Un contact que rien ne peut rompre

[Pont]
La pluie peut tomber, on s’en fout
Ces instants gravent l’éternité
Tes doigts glissent sur ma peau comme un croquis
Chaque instant est un baiser volé

[Refrain]
Lumières de minuit
Proche
Interminable
Nos âmes s’éveillent
Dans le secret du sommeil
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TITLE: MIDNIGHT LIGHTS
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LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
Under the street lamps we walk
Shadows in the Dark Night
Our eyes meet without a sound
The stars whisper our history

[Verse 2]
We dance sheltered from the wind
Love slips into our sighs
Our hearts beat out of time
Under the glare of flashes of desire

[Chorus]
Midnight Lights
Near
Endless
Our souls awaken
In the secret of sleep

[Verse 3]
A soft whisper in the darkness
Promises with a sweet scent
Our lips brush against each other, it's so pure
A contact that nothing can break

[Bridge]
The rain can fall, who cares
These moments engrave eternity
Your fingers glide over my skin like a sketch
Every moment is a stolen kiss

[Chorus]
Midnight Lights
Near
Endless
Our souls awaken
In the secret of sleep

Cœurs Enflammés Unis

Lumières De Minuit

Wrote this song for everyone sick of working for nothing

This Daytime Jobs Not Working Out For Me

My Celebration Songs Do Not Make Sense

Confetti in My Soup

Songs with a twinge of humor (and some a bit more serious).  
I do not use AI to create my songs. 
Recently I have had the urge to pick up my guitars (Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire) and I have been trying to use more guitar in my songs.  
My go to .vst plug ins are  EZkeys 2, EZ Bass and  EZ drummer 3) and my DAW is Logic Pro 11. 
I welcome your comments and enjoy listening to all the great music on SoundCloud. 
All songs are originals and copyrighted.