Having received a wonderful selection of inspired takes on two simple guitar pieces which I posted for open collaboration, I figured I should collect them like a little bouquet of musical flowers. Here they are for you to enjoy : ) The original pieces -- out there . . somewhere & writ in air -- are free to download and to tinker with and re-interpret, should you feel so inclined. 
(Please let me know if you do : )

out there . . somewhere ~ writ in air :

Follow Simon ++++ Link for collab https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay
Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/writ-in-air

This track has been publicly released under a Creative Commons License.

Perfectly Good J BeAt Remix Collab Simon Learning To Play Instrumental

Only three years late, party long finished. I came across this on my old hard drive and thought it right to post it now. One of many I intended to finish but have left the chisel marks visible

Original here https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/out-there-somewhere and much more to enjoy 

Fantastic experimental guitar noises and sounds form the backcloth. Beats from lincolnproduction. Vocals and additional guitars by me.

pic: https://wallpapercrafter.com/5904-forest-snowstorm-bw-winter-snow-4k.html

Out There Somewhere - Learningtoplay With Nicholas Ridiculous

Such a great buzz to reconnect with my good friend, ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț, and receive this newly inspired lyrical / vocal flow, to a piece of improv guitar I posted a while back. Dedicated to a very special person.

Check out his consistently amazing music here: https://soundcloud.com/solacestreet

Lyrics, vocals, atmospheric flow ~ ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț
Guitar ~ learningtoplay

Out there, somewhere . . I'm Still With You - ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț (+ltp)

slow disolve

writ in air

for you, bro : )

Invitation to an OPEN COLLAB:

out there . . somewhere
are you? 'f you feel like adding a bit of anything you like to this
please, be my guest : )
or put it in yr 
blender
: 0    Playlist of originals and subsequent collaborative interpretations is here:
https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/sets/out-there-somewhere-writ-in

out there . . somewhere

Jumped at suggestion from $ad for some vocal flow lines through my lost in space guitar. Thanks so much for yr inspired musings, $ad : )

Check out his amazing work here: https://soundcloud.com/avercoffee

music & mix - learningtoplay
lyrics and vocals - $ad

out there . . somewhere (ltp + $ad)

I'm very happy that Terry was inspired to lay down some improvised, free-style, clear-eyed observations on where the ? we're going : )to the tune of 'out there . . somewhere'. https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/out-there-somewhere

If you haven't discovered Terry's wonderful music, writing, performance yet, do yourself a favour and go directly to: https://soundcloud.com/user-536194718

guitar by learningtoplay // beats, bass, free-style poetry & vocals by Terry Wigmore (improv transcript below)

I have half a mind to write something profound: something that would not easily be forgotten.
And then my thoughts run away with my logic 
Running to the extremes of existence, thoughts of the cosmological meaning of
a grain of sand, on a polluted beach, soon to be underwater, from global warming.
Temperatures rise, people's feeling's rise, dough rises, yeast...
Flat bread, Flat earth... how can we connect all these tings?
Line ups on the top of Mount Everest! Who would have thought that this would be a thing that you could see in a movie clip on the evening news? Breaking News! Mountaineers fall to their deaths waiting in line, through lack of oxygen. Maybe we should give a few politicians some lack of oxygen and see how they fall?! Too much air on the airwaves, not enough content. A million channels, high -speed delivery system...no one listening...no one cares.
Shoe-box size satellites, 60 of them released. Supposed to be putting the internet to every space available on the surface of the earth. Internet? How about food? How about clean water? How about a place to feel safe? How about a place of refuge for a refugee? A place of comfort for those who traveled and struggled all their lives, escaping one form of persecution only to fall to a legal entanglement that keeps them dying in cages. So much to ponder, so little time.
Life is full of these enigmas. Or is it that life is full of mystery wrapped in an enema?
A whole lot of house cleaning to be done.
What does it take? What would it take for us to to work together for once, just once? Solve the problem of , “I don't like you, but I'm willing to work with you?” “ I don't like your...thoughts, your clothes, the colour of your skin, the books you read, the celebrations you have,...but I'm willing to work with you...”
Because I don't need to be right, I just need to be free...free from HATE.

We all came from somewhere. We're all migrants from a place that we called home. Whatever that place looks like now, home is where the heart IS...where you feel connected! You might have been unplugged, perhaps forcefully unplugged, but you're here NOW. THIS is home! This is where we have to work together, to love, to live, and to build together, to Be Free...

(T Wigmore, in the flow with learningtoplay's 'Out There . . Somewhere')

out there . . somewhere (ltp + Terry Wigmore)

breathe easy and sleep well. sweet dreams : )

lullabye.

life you have    you never asked for
at times so sad     it's hard to bear
or all alone        in so much beauty
who's to understand or care?
who is there       to share?

when they offer explanation
if they try to tell you why
save your soul     don't waste your time
just drift off    like clouds in sky
just drift off like        clouds in sky

tales they tell to little children
word of God      thou shalt not care
everything that ever matters
is carved in water      writ in air
       carved in water       writ in air

lullabye (writ in air)

I stumbled upon this track yesterday, an open collab: https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/out-there-somewhere and produced this remix - flute addition in a very spontanously first go. Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay/ ... hope he will like my idea, and of course all inclined listeners too ! enJoy !

out there ... somewhere // by learning to play - remix = flute added

I was really stoked to hear from letterfounder that he'd finished his song 'back at the cave', based around my instrumental 'writ in air'. 
I love his fascinating, exploratory music, great lyrics and vocals. For more of his excellent work visit: https://letterfounder.bandcamp.com
letterfounder - lyrics and vocals
learningtoplay - guitar melody

in progress 2019/20

back at the cave -- letterfounder (ft. learningtoplay)

Much of my music is FREE TO DOWNLOAD.
Love this space, wherever it is, and the amazing sounds of humanity. Happy to mix my music with yours, if you have an idea or no idea : ) -- if you would like to remix, remake, redeem any part of anything here, let me know.   ~ 

These are the wonderful musicians I've been lucky enough to work with so far on SC:

MOON DUST - https://soundcloud.com/petri-kiviniemi
Oorlab - https://soundcloud.com/oorlab
Kamikami - https://soundcloud.com/kamikami-sc
Spökpappa (The Ghostfather)- @user-805491886
Cycle of Hands - https://soundcloud.com/cycleofhands
Wane of Summer - https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer/tracks
Ami Dreamer - https://soundcloud.com/ami_dreamer
Bonetender - https://soundcloud.com/bonetender
Shrowd ($ad)- https://soundcloud.com/avercoffee
Terry Wigmore - https://soundcloud.com/user-536194718
JBeAt {to my own drum} - https://soundcloud.com/jbeattomyowndrumindiepop
joerxworx - https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Koma Gaeshi - https://soundcloud.com/koma-gaeshi
letterfounder - https://letterfounder.bandcamp.com
Dean Massicotte - https://soundcloud.com/deanmassicotte
..dusboblaze.. - https://soundcloud.com/user-430072946
Don't kill butterflies - https://soundcloud.com/dontkillbutterflies
Arma Ignifera - https://soundcloud.com/herronsound
Nicholas Ridiculous - https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies
Rhiannon's Liquid Soul - https://soundcloud.com/bre-cabin
MingMonk - https://soundcloud.com/mingmonk
ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț - @solacestreet
arse-myth - https://soundcloud.com/arse-myth
mannu - https://soundcloud.com/the-mannu