fantastic composition , very good chord progression , best performance !

i love James' trumpet throughout.  T'is a lovely free form Tone Poem... and more. 😊

a real pleasure to re-post and Share, guys! 😊

Pt. 2 to the story of "Lonely Thoughts". A continuation of feelings that help describe the painful ruminations of the mind and the perilous journey that one takes throughout life. Thankfully, despite these hurtful experiences, God is with me through it all. I never walk alone, no matter how severe the pain. There is a glimmer of hope in the midst of darkness that doesn't seem to concede when at its most powerful. The spirit of God gives me power that dominates the pangs of the enemy and leaves me with the strength and endurance to carry forward. Each battle is an opportunity for yet another inevitable victory in Christ. The Lord always show himself to be faithful and true, no matter how grave the doubt becomes.

Lonely Thoughts, Pt. 2

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A track from our upcoming album Stranded Alien X due in 2023

The Bending Of Space-TIme

Recently, there was an untimely death in my close family.
       ....Is there such a thing as a ‘timely’ death? 
I have never dealt well with the notion of end-of-life. 
        ....Maybe, nobody does?
When the urn/ casket is ceremoniously placed in the ground, does the spirit/ soul/ essence/ consciousness of that unique individual live on in some unique manifestation?
         ....I want to believe that is the case.

Hence, the confusing musical/ visual message of this composition. 
If, in death, there is a transition to a new way of being, the interim unknown must be staggering.

I hope all our dear friends and family meet again, and share a beer, on the “other side”.

          Kluane: Ambient guitars
          James Hill: Trumpet

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Tremolo Island

Wrapped Around Your Treasure (Alternate Perception Mix)

Motivational EDM single to dance to and pick you up so that you don't give up and show the world your best self! 
Seize the day!

Carpe Diem

hope you have a good feeling in your heart for this snoring cocofish

art by @carnivalfish.design (insta)

published by Out where studios

Sleepy Cocofish (version 1

With the nights drawing in and the chill evenings blowing in off the North Atlantic, the band gathered to compose something reflective of the death of the year.

Laxá & Heima Kvartett are:

Jussi Siglarson - Guitar
Bjarne Guðjohnsen - Bass
Matthias Helguson - Drums
Mike Taylor - Keyboards
Lisbeth Heima - Violin
Sif Árnadóttir - Violin
Natasha Guðmundsdóttir - Viola
Ída Sigurðardóttir - Cello

Death's Dark Shadow by Laxá & Heima Kvartett

Written in April 2024. Orchestra.
The Grand Canal from the Carità, Canaletto.

The Grand Canal from the Carità

First track from my new  studio,

Dublin will steal your soul
I used to have it all
Family
Friends 
A job
A home
Its gone
Its all gone 
Dublin will steal your soul.

Dublin

I have played and recorded in international settings, a multitude of percussion instruments, guitar, bass, harmonica, some flutes, keyboard, and if you push me - a very fine jaw harp.

In fact, if I break it down.... I just love to offer-up music, in a living room, a bar, a concert hall or an intercontinental, interactive satellite coordinated concert. 
  
I became fascinated with percussive sounds from around the world… especially African and Latin American rhythms. I fanatically traveled the world collecting anything that you could bang, scrape or hit.
What I learned? Border customs people really don’t appreciate the true value of handmade African caxixi shakers or a Brazilian berimbau. They just want the serial number.
More importantly, a single clicking or ringing sound in a song can make or break that song.
  
I toured Canada, USA and Europe and recorded many “world music” albums (before it was called that), with my late, musical soul mate, Dario Domingues. We played in grand churches, the water reservoirs under Munich, on an island where 100,000 doves were released at the climax of our performance, the first-ever “simulcast”, live satellite, intercontinental concert and then, the humbling experience of being involved in Berlin, in front of 500,000 people, for a series of anti-apartheid concerts featuring ‘Sting’.  For our 'world music' efforts, we were awarded the Deutscher Schallplattenpreisan (1983) accolade by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie, an association of recording companies of Germany that recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry.  
What I learned? Music is truly a universal language. Around the world people are drawn to music. Of course, different strokes for different folks! 
Whether you play in front of a half-million people in a field, or 10 people in a bar, your role as a musician never changes.  
 
“Dream of the Drum” – I was commissioned to compose and conduct a score for 40+ percussionists from all corners of the world... Jamaican fire dancers, Trinidadian steel drummers, Japanese kodo drummers, African djembe players, military drummers,... the list goes on.
What I learned? The language of music respects no geographic borders. 
Also, never start your outdoor concert, with a lone Native Elder's rain drum song. The drum's magic works!
 
I helped build three innovative recording studios plus, my current production studio. I academically taught musical acoustics and production for several years.
What I learned? All the mathematics and physics in the world can’t replace a good ear.
 
As a producer, I've had the wonderful opportunity to work in great studios in NYC and Nashville with amazing session musicians such as: Eric "Roscoe" Ambel - best known as lead guitarist of Steve Earle’s band the Dukes; Dan Baird of the chart-topping 'Georgia Satellites'; guitarist extraordinaire, Warner E. Hodges, founding member of 'Jason and the Scorchers'.
What I learned? Great musicians tend to be humble but they sure have opinions! In Nashville, I was bluntly told -"No, I won't raise the tom level - in country music, we use toms for holding our bourbon glass." I never did get the toms louder.
 
I spent many years as President of the Ottawa International Jazz Festival and met some of the greatest musical geniuses in the world.
What I learned? "Man, if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."
 
Music for jingles on radio and TV. Documentaries.
My personal favourite was coming up with suitable music for the mating rituals of pigs or, how to create 60 minutes of Arctic wind sounds for the movie 'Never Cry Wolf'.  
What I learned?  You can tell an entire story in a 29.5 second radio jingle and music is the glue that holds a great video together.

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