2310 Folderol Sonja

Merry Christmas! Peace, Love, Health, Joy in 2024!

New Year Piano Concert Live: Mon 1 Jan 2024  @8 PM PST (new time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YuwrQ8sWtU

As the calendar turns
a page anew
A canvas of dreams
washed in hues..

Gratitude arises
with the dawn
A symphony of hope
a melody drawn..

With prayers
as our guiding light
We step into the future
a wondrous sight.

Sorry I have many medical appointments and issues these days... not here much..

Here I took the basic chords of Last Christmas, made it into minor key and waltz style with rubato.. improvised freely, will change every time I play it.. added many trills and scalar motifs like Chopin. Though the chord progression is repeated, this one is actually the hardest of the three to make and record. The other two came easily for unknown reasons. I also started the ideas for Last Christmas and Silent Night (in the style of Chopin) last year. 'Christmas time is here' I made in a couple days this year.

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6DYUYstewdSxaKPkoEOQXo?si=AksLcBTKTrK8no5q4PzXWg

Part of my new Christmas time piano album. on YouTube too:

Last Christmas Piano Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te3hgnqqi-A

Silent Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGFgZuVsBg

Christmas Time is Here (jazz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAB-IcRZArU

Christmas Piano Livestream: subscribe for more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqBT2zt2gT8&t=1657s

Last Christmas

Last Christmas (in the style of Chopin)

Thanks to @david-dunhamuser589535203 for his continual mastering help and support.
I'm very grateful.

Night Train

All Wired Up

Electric Eve

Lyrics:

Memory's a haunted gallery
Everything you've thought 
And where you've been
Maybe I was wrong to say goodbye
Nothing I can do change your mind
Was it all a dream?

Oh, the memory fades away
Oh, the memory fades away
Where did the time go?
Where did my mind go?
Started to slip
And then it crumbled
Oh, the memory fades away

I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble
If I toe the line, I know I'll forget you
I need something
Waking up, I feel it all around
I fall to pieces
Coming up to breathe the sun in
Turn around and make it right
Come around to say I'm sorry
But I don't know you
I don't know your face

Oh, the memory fades away
Oh, the memory fades away
Where did the time go?
Where did my mind go?
Started to slip
And then it crumbled
Oh, the memory fades away

Memory

(apologies for being away from SC for a while, looking forward to catching up with all your latest creations...)

Well, I finally finished the full version cover of one of my all time fave songs, In Your Eyes, by Peter Gabriel (previously uploaded only up to the first verse). This is a straight up cover that's as faithful to the original as I could get. It's definitely the most time and meticulous effort I've spent on a song trying to do it justice. All instruments are played by me on keyboard, as well as the live talking drum and spotty singing, and then some backing synth pads and the vital backing vocals by @remnant60 (https://soundcloud.com/remnant60). Bill was also instrumental in giving feedback and offering suggestions, and providing the mastering duties. I'm very grateful for his help, and since we both agree PG's original song is a masterpiece, we have a bit of a surprise remix version coming up that highlights all the layers of sounds that go into this song. Can't wait to share it with you!

Song written by Peter Gabriel

(image is a mash-up of my face on the album cover, done in Photoshop)


Here’s the ‘cluck’ version by acarboni:

https://on.soundcloud.com/RVCa1PY1HgvriWsE7

In Your Eyes  (cover)

Sonata for Guitar No.11

Blue Marble Dune

Instrumental generously offered in an open collab by Paploviante.
Thanks Paul for this wonderful music. I hope my lyrics and voice do it honour!

Lyrics: Why? 

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The voyeur in me, Stares secretly
What’s meant to hide, Belongs to me
Nothing escapes, That gaze of me
It penetrates your fantasy
The shame you feel, Feel secretly
The joy you feel, Belongs to me

You can ask yourself why
What did you hope to find
When you digged into my mind
What did you expect 

You changed my smile into a cry
You don’t give a fuck, As long as you smile 
As long as you laugh, As long as you smile 
As long as you laugh, You don’t give a shit
About my cry
								
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My brain, a maze, you entered it, My thoughts wild jumping,
I asked for it, You like to touch
I was aware, Still feel the squeezes
Feel them there
Your kitchen table
A mess was it
You cleaned it, but I won’t forget
The voyeur and toucher
How they met

You can ask yourself why
It’s your road and yours alone
I just may walk it with you
But no one can walk it for  you 
It’s your own road and yours alone

Why? ( collab Paploviante Instrumental//Saskia: lyrics+vocals)

Fourth piece in a series of experiments to try other approaches:
'The Unpredictable'. You're welcome to listen if you like, if you can.

"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop." 
(L. Carrol, 'Alice in Wonder​land')

more

Future IV: The Unpredictable

Vorfreude

Piano mostly. Original compositions.
Paul Maurice Roche,
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom.

My favourite pianist is Murray Perahia.

Sonata for Guitar No.11

Paul Maurice Roche, Composer

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