Beautiful song.. my favorite is “ into white “ … I did a cover of it ( rare for me ) great job Len🙏🏼

Beautiful cover of this beautiful song, well done again Len :)

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🎵 My dear friend Len, your Cat Stevens cover radiates pure emotion! ✨ The way you switch between father and son voices is so touching 🎸 Beautiful guitar work supports this timeless story perfectly 💫 A heartfelt performance that honors the original! ❤️

Always been a huge fan of this song, and Yusuf's music in general. my fave part was always when the so's angst filled voice kicks in, and you capture that quite well here.   :)

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Ancient Egypt, land of great mystery, culture and achievements..
Land of Ra...
Ra is the Egyptian word for 'sun'. As a solar deity, Ra embodied the power of the sun but was also thought to be the sun itself, envisioned as the great god riding in his barge across the heavens throughout the day and descending into the underworld at sunset.
My ode to that great civilization and the Sun  responsible for all life on this planet..
For those who want to know,the Duduk I used is a free instrument from Evolution Series,they are a fantastic company well worth a visit 
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A special thank you to Pamela Illanes, (https://soundcloud.com/user-315009621), a wonderful composer that even had her own work played by a real orchestra, early on during my writing I struggled with writers block for almost 2 weeks, one night we engaged in a conversation and Pam was very helpful, she gave me the patience and strength I needed at the time, writers block really gets to me. Its wonderful when artists help each other and I am very lucky to have her as a friend.
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We are pleased to present track 4 from our latest album, 'Haunting One Seven,' full album available on Bandcamp, we hope you’ll enjoy!

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Haunting One Seven

Velveteen

Inspired by Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin - No.4 Rigaudon 
Mary Jane joins our midnight session, adding the fifth guitar and helping spirits soar.  
Compare: https://youtu.be/51Sn-ym3UAs?list=RD51Sn-ym3UAs

Midnight Jam

Sergios - Drums
Giouli - Guitar
Christos - Vocals, Lyrics


"THOUGHTS"
Free in my mind and soul, earned through all my living,
Every sacred message, has a different meaning,
Have i ever thought, what it is just giving,
Every little soul, has a great beginning.
Take it all down fellow, to the point you deal,
Cards that never stop, our brains from what to feel,
Is it thought just travels, or our feelings throttle,
Maybe all together, make us live as a whole.
Fantasy created, fantasy itself,
Thought just gives a feeling, killing death on breath,
Combination ended, realistic zones,
We live through one message, passing through our bones.
Does this means we are bonded, taking down a trip,
Living as created, things don't ever flip,
Everything was always, as has always been,
Get the point geezer, get the light of sin.
My mind travels, my thought disappears,
I live in agony, my heart is full of tears,
My soul evaporates, as it lives in nowhere,
My brain dissolves, i can't believe i am lower.
Open now your eyes, the deal wants your heart,
Maybe what we are made of, is with our brains attached,
Let your soul come out, let your soul see,
Maybe soul and body, spirit and you' re free.
Live with spirit fellow, the light has been reborn,
Let your first thought travel, to your eternal soul,
Maybe what we are, is given all around,
Spin it in your heart, live a second round.
Lyrics by RAGIAS CHRISTOS
Enjoy the trip!!

THOUGHTS (Lyrics on Description)

Descending notes infinity

Live Reflexion #024

Asedio

Blackout

written, performed and produced by Richard Brown.

Lyrics:

I feel it comin I feel it within
My worlds getting darker the lights getting thin
I’m dying of hunger I’m dying to live
The spell that I’m under has left me in sin

Father you tried to break me
Sisters and brothers always leave
Mother why does your heart bleed
Why is a friend the one in need

It won’t be for nothin if I’m not to win
I’ll take what I’m given and drink it like gin
I’ll crawl through the darkness against the cold wind
And claw at your feet til you let me in

Father you tried to break me
Sisters and brothers always leave
Mother why does your heart bleed
Why is a friend the one in need

Blackout

noxpox - Why Are They Afraid Of Freedom?

Brand new track and first for 2025. Song called "Universe fuzzing"
Taken from my upcoming full length synthwave album (2025) that will be called "Ultraviolet Cosmos".

youtube link: https://youtu.be/16y888BdiZI?si=rikRzRdc4swOOSyx
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lyrics:
Feel the heat while you're moving around
Feel the beat while you're turning around

there's no wheels for stoping, only thin air poppin


Feel the warmth of the grinding machine
feel the heat from the earth beneath

there's no time machine to revert it, only the future u gotta face it


See these raylights that are flashing, all these memories are crushin' 
all these voices are buzzin' the whole universe is fuzzin'


Read the signs for the future unfold, 
learn from the past and let your dreams on hold

there's no logical planning, only sane present that is running.
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(p) & (c) 2025.

Universe Fuzzing

On his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman, Cat Stevens managed to touch a nerve with the wider culture with a set of songs featuring lovely melodies and piercing lyrics. “Father and Son,” one of the standouts from that record, has stood the test of time as one of the best explorations of familial dynamics ever put on tape.
Tea for the Tillerman proved to be a breakthrough for Stevens in the United States. “Father and Son” was one of the highlights. To make the song sound like a dialogue, Stevens embodied the father by singing in a lower register in subdued fashion. He then took the part of the son by raising his voice an octave and singing with much more passion.
“Father and Son” wouldn’t work as well as it does if Stevens hadn’t allowed the father to make his case as sensibly as he does. The dad shows a sly sense of humor in his advice to the boy: You’re still young, that’s your fault / There’s so much you have to go through. He totally understands the tempestuousness of youth, because he’s been there: I was once like you are now and I know that it’s not easy.

The headstrong youth displays his own clarity in explaining himself. Only he has to get a third party to hear him out, suggesting the father has settled into an intractable stubbornness: Oh, how can I try to explain? / ‘Cause when I do he turns away again. He makes the point that there’s an inherent difference between his elders and himself that has nothing to do with age: If they were right I’d agree / But it’s them they know not me.
The son has the last word: Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away. That Cat Stevens was willing to embody both sides of the story on “Father and Son” showed that he had advanced beyond the clichés about the older generation so prevalent in rock music at the time. That’s part of the reason why this song keeps speaking to listeners discovering its wonder and wisdom for the first time."                 American Songwriter

Father and Son- Yusuf/Cat Stevens (Cover)

Contemporary work for String Quartet, Woodwinds and Percussion.

My Method of Composing and Producing

I'm sharing my method of composing and producing music recordings in case other composer-producers like me might find ideas worth exploring in their own work. I use this method for Classical, Avant-Pop or Neo-Folk Instrumental genres, not for Ambient and Soundscape pieces. Non-composers might find this explanation interesting, but having a bit of music theory background will definitely help. I consider myself a humble learner when it comes to music theory. 

I owe a debt of gratitude to British musician and educator Gareth Green, whose Music Matters online courses and free YouTube lessons have taught me so much over the past few years. Thanks to his instruction, I’ve moved from struggling to compose music by trial and error to something more enjoyable and productive. The knowledge I've gained has taken my work in new and expanding directions. As the saying goes, “Theory is not a cage — it’s a map. It doesn’t make the journey for you, but it keeps you from getting lost.” 

When I start a new piece, I begin by choosing a key, and picking a scale drawn from one of these sources:
 
1) Western Tonal / Functional Harmony - major or minor chords I II III IV V VI VII
2) Modal Harmony - Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, etc.
3) Slonimsky's "Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns" 
4) Messiaen’s "Seven Modes of Limited Transposition" 

For many pieces, I also decide on a progression, one as a simple as I IV V, or something more elaborate.  

Next I create a "scales and progressions" piano track in my DAW (digital audio workstation software) and enter the chords I to VII in my chosen key. These harmonized scales serve as a basis for writing multipart harmonies and finding pivot chords for key modulations. 

At the start, I know what instruments I want to use, making adjustments along the way. I tend to write chord parts first, then melodies created through a mix of improvisation and direct input in the DAW. Sometimes I start with a melody.

I develop melodies and variations of a phrase by some combination of: a) passing it from one instrument to another, transposing it by an interval that sounds pleasing, b) reversing it, c) inverting it around the tonic (first) note of the scale. These are well-known methods. 

After completing a section, I choose another scale and maybe a new key and repeat the process until I have a draft of the entire piece. Then I export a recording and listen to it “offline”, take notes of errors and new ideas, and incorporate them back into the piece. Often this “compose / listen / compose” cycle is repeated many times. These iterative cycles include adding new ideas, polishing transitions between sections, changing the arrangement, and incorporating expressive details like accents, and articulations (staccato, sustain, portato etc.). I’m often working several different pieces at once. 

Last is mixing and mastering: balancing the loudness between instruments and adjusting elements like reverb, compression, and equalization. I tend to mix as I compose, even though many producers frown on that approach. I find mixing as I go helps me envision the completed piece and make adjustments to the choice of instruments; it self-inspires me when the piece is starting to sound good.  At the end I do a final mix, but as the saying goes, “A mix is never finished — it’s surrendered.”

In the end, this method gives me a basis for exploration and creativity and helps me stay focused. The goal is always to make a piece of music that feels expressive, cohesive, and emotionally resonant.

Suite for Chamber Ensemble 2024

Suite For Chamber Ensemble 2024

Longest song I've ever written. This is a shorter version. I made the intro shorter on this take. I hope you enjoy this live take I did tonight. I haven't played this song in a very long time. It will always be a very special song. The memories shoot through my bones on this one. I'll never forget the moments of writing this, and all the times I played it. This is far from perfect but thanks so much for listening!:) 

Overpass

There's no words good enough, no melody pretty enough, but I will do my very best, baby you ended my quest, the search is done you're the only one

When you were born God knew you'd hold my hand, when I was born God knew I'd hold your hand, we'll never ever lose sight of our miracle, tunnel vision we're blocking all peripheral, forever running free in the shining sun

Without a doubt we are made for each other, our fingers fit so perfectly together, so happy they're between our knuckles, as we splash through years of past puddles, so much fun we've only just begun

Oh I don't know why you went through what you went through baby, and I don't know why I went through what I went through you saved me!

And here we are now, under this overpass, moving to the future in our eyes, with God's starry backdrop, oh I know He truly has a million flawless diamond skies, where time will stop, like it has right now, you're so beautiful, this feeling keeps growing more and more

I'm so deeply in love with you, I could never fully express, but for all of eternity, I'll try my very best, I'll try my very best

And we're still here, under this overpass, through the battles we've now won our prize, with God's golden backdrop, reflecting yellow topaz, igniting every detail in your eyes, again time stops, wow look at you now, even more beautiful, than just a few moments ago

I'm so deeply in love with you, I could never fully express, but for all of eternity, I'll try my very best, I'll try my very best!!!

Every song has to end, but baby we won't ever end, you've become my best friend, I just wanna hold you again

I love you

Oh, Oh!

All music written and recorded by
©Daniel Colter Valentine

Overpass (Original song live)

Hope

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02 - SA - LABS - London Atmos - Broken City
03 - SA - LABS - Soft Piano
04 - SA - LABS - Amplified Cello Quartet - Tremmy

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“What makes a song is the singer, while what makes a singer is their dedication to music and their inner feelings.”   Dimash Qudaibergen

I have enjoyed music for as long as I can remember and cannot remember a day of not either singing or listening to music. I am self-taught when it comes to playing guitar but what I most enjoy is singing which I have been doing since around age 18. Now retired singing and playing the guitar is now just a hobby and something I do to help pass the time. Have always  loved the sound of a Martin guitar. Currently been playing a Road Series DR S2 for about 6 years. Thanks for listening. I also enjoy discovering the sounds of other talented musicians and singers here on SoundCloud.

Father and Son- Yusuf/Cat Stevens (Cover)

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