Composition flows very gently, instruments merge perfectly and the chill vibe is so nice...very good one!

Wow...so many instruments and layers...nicely done!

woow. what relaxing jazzy atmosphere. This songs brings really good thoughts.

“To catch lightning in a bottle” means to accomplish a nearly impossible task. Originally, a 19th century reference to Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment, capturing electricity from lightning with a kite and storing it in a jar.
From a baby’s first steps to travelling into space, every day humans achieve the seemingly impossible.
The song represents the enormous challenges that we face in today’s world. It may seem impossible, it may be unlikely... but maybe we can do the impossible and solve our world issues.
Featuring James Hill (trumpet)
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HspAQxOJE98

From the Soul For the Soul

To Catch Lightning In A Bottle

To Catch Lightning In A Bottle (feat. James Hill/trumpet)

allow the melodies of the forest to consume you

more of "the forest" -> https://soundcloud.com/caaverrn/sets/the-forest

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reverie of the forest

I Think We Will Get Along

Last

Written: 2021
Duration: ca. 5'
Instrumentation: solo five-octave marimba (four mallets)
Commissioned by Micheal Barnes
Performed by MIDI
Upcoming World Premiere: Recital, Michael Barnes, marimba, Christ Church Cathedral Cincinnati, May 30, 2023
Publisher: Bill Holab Music

PROGRAM NOTES
The word ‘pyro' has a few different meanings. It can denote fire, heat, or temperature, but the meaning that most inspired this piece comes from the word 'pyromaniac', which is used to describe someone who has a compulsion to set things on fire. In particular, I was most influenced by a by a surreal, somewhat grotesque artwork by David Lynch called Boy Lights Fire (2010), in which a boy holds a book of matches in his left hand and a lit match in his right hand, while someone (perhaps his mother) appears in the distance, arms stretched out, seemingly in shock. I imagined the boy lighting their house on fire, and the house gradually burning to the ground. Pyro was commissioned by Michael Barnes.

Pyro for Solo Marimba (Digital Pre-Premiere)

As you approach the door, you feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. You know that behind it lies a hidden universe, a place beyond your wildest dreams. You hesitate for a moment, taking a deep breath before reaching for the handle. As you open the door, you are greeted by a breathtaking vista. The stars stretch out before you in all their glory, twinkling and shimmering in the endless expanse of space. The universe seems to go on forever, a vast and mysterious place full of secrets and wonders. 

Video link here: https://youtu.be/EBq7se2G6Bg

Hidden Universe is an ambient music soundscape great for studying, dreaming, background music, and stress relief. You can use it for space exploring, astronomy, writing and creating arts. Great as background for gaming, playing space games, coding, and relaxing.

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Hidden Universe

Track 2 from the music album Winter's Path.  This is a winter chilled ambient journey, perfect for studying, sharpening focus, or relaxing.

Winter's Path

Undertaker

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Written: 2014
Duration: 8'
Text by David Cote
Instrumentation: mixed SATB choir (a cappella with occasional divisis, SSAATBB; 4 alarm clocks suggested, see score for additional details)
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2666
For More Information, text, and link to an online perusal score: https://robertpaterson.com/snow-day

PROGRAM NOTE
The ideas in Snow Day were suggested by students in the Pelham Memorial High School Choir in Pelham, NY. The piece outlines a typical, hectic week in the life of teenagers. My lyricist David Cote and I spent time sifting through various comments from the choral members, and we eventually settled on a few key ideas that seemed to work well together and that helped to create a sort of encapsulated, dramatic narrative. Snow Day was commissioned by the Pelham Memorial High School Choir, Maria Abeshouse, Director.

Eternal Reflections

Snow Day (for SATB Choir)

(English translation above)

L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE

	Mon enfant, ma sœur,
	Songe à la douceur
D'aller là-bas vivre ensemble !
	Aimer à loisir,
	Aimer et mourir
Au pays qui te ressemble !
	Les soleils mouillés
	De ces ciels brouillés
Pour mon esprit ont les charmes
	Si mystérieux
	De tes traîtres yeux,
Brillant à travers leurs larmes.

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.

	Des meubles luisants,
	Polis par les ans,
Décoreraient notre chambre ;
	Les plus rares fleurs
	Mêlant leurs odeurs
Aux vagues senteurs de l'ambre,
	Les riches plafonds,
	Les miroirs profonds,
La splendeur orientale,
	Tout y parlerait
	À l'âme en secret
Sa douce langue natale.

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.

	Vois sur ces canaux
	Dormir ces vaisseaux
Dont l’humeur est vagabonde ;
	C’est pour assouvir
	Ton moindre désir
Qu’ils viennent du bout du monde.
	- Les soleils couchants
	Revêtent les champs,
Les canaux, la ville entière,
	D’hyacinthe et d’or ;
	Le monde s’endort 
Dans une chaude lumière.

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.

Poème de Charles BAUDELAIRE, 1857
Musique de Myckaël MARCOVIC, 1992
Approximate translation :

INVITATION TO TRAVEL

My child, my sister,
Think of the sweetness
To go there and live together!
To love at leisure,
Love and die
To the country that looks like you!
The wet suns
Of these cloudy skies
For my mind have the charms
So mysterious
With your treacherous eyes,
Shining through their tears.

There, all is order and beauty,
Luxury, calm and pleasure.

Of the shiny furniture,
Polished by the years,
Would decorate our room;
The rarest flowers
Mixing up their smells
To the vague scent of amber,
The rich ceilings,
The deep mirrors,
The splendour of the East,
It would all talk
To the soul in secret
His sweet native tongue.

There, all is order and beauty,
Luxury, calm and pleasure.

See on these channels
Sleep these ships
Whose mood is vagabond;
It is to satisfy
Your least desire
Let them come from the ends of the earth.
- The sunsets
Put on the fields,
The canals, the whole city,
Of hyacinth and gold;
The world is falling asleep
In a warm light.

There, all is order and beauty,
Luxury, calm and pleasure.

Poem by Charles BAUDELAIRE, 1857
Music by Myckaël MARCOVIC, 1992

Invitation au voyage (Charles Baudelaire / Myckaël Marcovic)

Preview for upcoming release of 'Ambience In Amber' the album from late songwriter and producer Cliff McInnes(Cee Mac)Originally composed in 1996 in Glasgow, Scotland. An ardent home producer in his spare time, Cliff McInnes (Cee Mac) enjoyed writing and producing music in the style of 'New Age' 'Easy Listening' and ‘Gregorian Chants’.  He died in 2005.  His family has made the decision to release his album to the world posthumously in his memory.
Released on Monday the 18th December 2017.

Available from the following:

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Open up dem window to the soul
Lose your mind till you lose control
I got them diggy-bom beats from a haul
so save that flavor for the rigma-role

Take the mashup to the place unseen
magazine load a mega-magazine
butter bass make it fat make it lean
now brace yourself for the microphone fiend

Open up dem!
Op-

Open up dem window to the soul
Lose your mind till you lose control
I got them diggy-bom beats from a haul
so save that flavor for the rigma-role

Take the mashup to the place unseen
magazine load a mega-magazine
butter bass make it fat make it lean
now shake a leg for the mic
for the microphone fiend

Open up dem!
Op-

I got the diggy-bom beats
diggy-bom-bom beats
beats

Roll the drums in a sweet ragga ball
change the rhythm 
change the game 
change your soul
Is that a badda-bing-bang in your flow?
Blows your mind drastically
if at all

Take the mashup to the place unheard of
Zing a zong zing a zong zinger word-a
Make them radicals scream bloody murder
Every particle vibratin' with the word up

Open up!

I got the diggy-bom

Open up dem window to the soul (open up)
Lose your mind till you lose control (open up)
I got them diggy-bom beats from a haul
so save that flavor for the rigma-role

Take the mashup to the place unseen
magazine load a mega-magazine
butter bass make it fat make it lean
brace yourself for the microph-
the microphone murder!

Open up dem!
(the mashup to the place unseen)
(magazine load the mega mega murder)
(butter bass butter bass)
Open up dem!
Op-
Open up!

Support Gom

Open Up Dem

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.

To Catch Lightning In A Bottle (feat. James Hill/trumpet)

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