Memoirs of the Twentieth Century – The title comes from the 1733 novel by Samuel Madden, considered the first of English literature to ever feature time travel. I wrote this to be the first song on the CD and was the last I song wrote for the project.

At the completion of my project “Waiting”, I decided to start on another project immediately. I’m not sure whether it was my turning 60 or the fact that 2020 was a year that had me wishing for another time, but either way I found myself drawn to stories of time travel. 

I did not begin the Keepsakes project with the idea it would be a concept project/CD, but it does seem to feel like one. It Just proves how much your writing is influenced by your situation, whether you realize it or not.

Memoirs Of The Twentieth Century

The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kem/Dorothy Fields)

"Plaisir d'amour" (literally "Pleasure of love") is a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816); it took its text from a poem by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), which appears in his novel Célestine. Hector Berlioz arranged it for orchestra (H134) in 1859. Louis van Waefelghem arranged the tune for viola d'amore or viola and piano in the 1880s. It has been arranged and performed in various pop music settings. Artists such as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Nana Mouskouri, Mireille Mathieu, The Seekers have recorded the song.

Au plaisir d'amour(Jean Paul-Égide Martini /Hector Berlioz)-Marc Lamontagne-

city in the afternoon
took away the morning gloom
walk the street down to the corner
there we're standing face to face
I adore you, tell me of fire

summer sun that burns my skin
fearless soul that lies within
let us run fast to the ocean
with your hand in my hand
sweet and bitter emotion

do you remember us crossing the lines
chasing the shadows and reaching our heights
let us be growing let us be new
yes I'm talking to you

give me a reason a song I would sing
pray to the Lord for the joy that he brings
read me a book that will lift spirits higher
tell me of fire

once I was lost deep in the woods
betrayed by my friends being chased by the wolves
crying for help, burning the roof
covering myself with my heart bulletproof

carrying the vision that lives in my soul
meeting my enemy losing control
he made me stronger he lifted me higher
that's who I am now so tell me of fire

ALLOISE - Tell me of fire

By Linda Stainton
Vocals: Katie Weston
Produced by Ryan Ritchie

Don't Shut The Door

Copyright ©2023 Marc .Lamontagne,
Music: Composed, arranged & produced by Marc G. Lamontagne.

Saying Adieu (Marc Lamontagne)

That moment when you achieve a certain clarity.
Copyright ©2023 Marc .Lamontagne,
Music: Composed by Marc G. Lamontagne.

That Moment

Late Night Thoughts 4

Please Stay

Rhythm Of Us

RHYTHM OF US

This song is self-produced through garage band and I am playing all of the instruments in it.

One Too Many

Copyright ©2020 Marc Lamontagne, ©SOCAN
A bit of an 80's, retro feel crossed over with a Smooth Jazz sound. It was suggested to me perhaps a little Stevie Wonder-'ish' influence. This track is a 'feel good driving' song which would lend itself well as a theme song to a movie or a tv show. 
Music composed, produced and recorded by Marc Lamontagne.
Marc Lamontagne, Keyboards, Bass and featuring Brent Saklofske, Electric Guitar.

ZOOM006 In October

Greetings! My name is Marc Lamontagne and I'm a Calgary based musician & composer playing the Piano, Keyboards & Harmonica. I perform in the Calgary area and keep active with two or three musical groups and projects at any one time. The musical genres which I perform live are Blues, Funk, Soul, Classic Rock, 50’s Rock & Roll, Traditional Country & Yesteryear Pop/Jazz. The sounds that I love to incorporate in a band are of course the acoustic piano, electric pianos (Rhodes/Wurlitzers), and the classic B3 organ but I particularly enjoy carving out parts for orchestral strings, pads, woodwinds and various other effects that make a cover tune complete. With today’s sound modelling and sampling technology applied to keyboard instruments the results can be quite dazzling.

My time is also spent composing original instrumental works which can be heard right here on Soundcloud. I often bring in local artists to contribute a musical part into my songs. Look for the song titles “Saying Farewell and Goodbye”, “The Good Farewell”, “Seashore Ballad a La Montagne”, “The Canadian Western”, “Journey Onward”, “The June Song”, “Just Because”, “Flight”, “Tropical Envy”, “Autumn Ballad #1” and “Pulsation Jingle No. 1”. My material is registered and copyrighted and I am a SOCAN member and by extension a member of ASCAP. I am constantly on the lookout for good & reputable Production Music Libraries that would accept my music for film & video productions.

I’d like to think of my music as strongly melodic, harmonic and rhythmic in character. The piano is my voice and instrument of expression for creating, playing-out melodies and chord structures. What will follow may be a combination of instrumental sounds such as Strings, Accordion, Flute and Acoustic Guitar to name a few. My musical genre can best be described as Instrumental, Easy Listening, Cinematic Soundscape, Relaxed & Ambient. The moods that I attempt to conjure will be Romantic, Sad, Calm, Peaceful, Dreamy/Reflective, Mysterious/Eerie, Laid/Back, Emotional, Happy, Inspirational etc... 

My compositional playing styles are likely influenced by Jazz, Latin (Samba, Tango, Cha-Cha ), Pop Rock, French/World, Blues & Classical music.
Musical influences from which I draw from are pianists Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Michael Kaeshammer, Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Allen Toussaint, Latin composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vocal giants Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joni Mitchell, Tony Bennett, The Bee Gees, Rock group/artists Chicago, Sting, Tango-Fusion Musical group The Gotan Project, composers John Barry, Gabriel Faure only to name a few. 
Enjoy!

Au plaisir d'amour(Jean Paul-Égide Martini /Hector Berlioz)-Marc Lamontagne-

Marc Lamontagne (Composer | Performer)

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