Since 2018 August, I taught myself to play the iPhone piano. I play by ear. I am up to over 328 compositions that I have recorded. This is a sample. I recorded this on Sept. 2, 2018 at 1:19PM in Walnut Creek, CA, USA. My mother passed on August 1. I dedicate my creations to her because when I was very young, she took me to the Sacramento Symphony. It was there, red velvet seats, my mother, the runway model in long, black gloves taking a chance with a very young son not to be loud and unruly. I was mesmerized by the music. Quiet. That music lives within my own. Let me know what you think. savioni@astound.net

Mario Savioni Sept 2 2018 1 - 19PM 19*8MB 180902 - 131918.MP3

I improvised this piece on Jan 23 2012. I shared it with a woman in Cafe Trieste in San Francisco, CA, USA, by simply asking her if she wouldn't mind listening. She did and said it sounded like a "Love Story," where the piano and the harmonica were different people eventually coming together.

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January 23 2012 + "Love Story"

I wrote, played, and recorded this in March 2011. It reminded me of the famous "Flight of the Bumble Bee" Written by Rimsky-Korsakov.

New Day

Plight of the Bumble Bee

This piece was improvised and recorded on Sept 4 2018 at 12:42PM and is 4:53 minutes long. I hope you like it. Would like your feedback. Thank you for your time. - Mario Savioni

Mario Savioni 11 - 7MB 12 - 42MB 4 - 53 Minutes 44,100 Sample Rate 180904 - 124238.MP3

Improvised in Walnut Creek, California, USA, on Sept 7, 2018, 5:18 minutes long.

Mario Savioni 12 - 7MB Sept 7 2018 44,100 Sample Rate 5 - 18 Minues 180907 - 134710.MP3

Upon hearing Stein Thor’s piano instrumental "Hello Darkness (x)" here on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/steinithor/hello-darkness), I was inspired to write lyrics for it. I recorded the piece (my lyrics and vocals over his bed of sound) on March 17, 2020 and got his permission to post it here. It is my second song-writing and singing experience. Let us know what you think. - Mario Savioni

Thank you Stein!


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"Hello Darkness (x)" Stein Thor (piano) and Mario Savioni (lyrics & vocals)

Upon hearing Noemi Bolojan's cut "Lights," words came to me. I wrote them down, practiced, and recorded it. Permission was obtained from Ms. Bolojan and her label to present this. Thank you Ms. Bolojan and your label! - Mario Savioni #SCxiamOTHER

Lights: Noemi Bolojan - Music &  Mario Savioni - Lyrics & Vocals

I listened to "Antonymes 301210 (for Piano Day 2018)" and words came to me. I wrote them down, practiced them and then recorded myself. Antonymes, who wrote the music, was kind enough to allow me to post it here, allowing his music to serve as a bed of sound for my words and vocals. Thank you Antonymes! I hope you like this as you have not heard it before. #SCxiamOTHER

Antonymes (music) and Mario Savioni (lyrics and vocals) "Antonymes 301210 (for Piano Day 2018)"

In the midst of the pandemic lock-down I improvised this piece. #SCxiamOTHER

April 21, 2020 Improvised Piano by Mario Savioni

This track is a collaboration between Ashot Danielyan, who wrote the music and Mario Savioni, who wrote the lyrics and sang. As I was listening to Ashot's cut, words came to me. I wrote them down and recorded myself singing over the music over and over again until, I believe I had something to share. Thank you Ashot! Thank you all for listening! - Mario Savioni

"Venthrapus" Ashot Danielyan (music) and Mario Savioni (lyrics and vocals)

I heard the black cover version of "Tears" by Ashot Danielyan and I was inspired to write words and speak them as they relate to the current crisis, selecting words and phrases from articles describing the process and events related to the Coronavirus. I am grateful to Ashot for whom I have been an ardent follower of his music long before words ever came to me and we were "collaborating." As I told him, we become what we love.

Song For Corona

I improvised this early this morning while sitting on my sofa. I was half-asleep but just let it come to me. I try to trust the mood and attempt. I love the slowest, least complicated music. I believe that the best music is a series of dots in space that are perfectly placed and that we can measure the success of each dot. It is in our hearts and souls to know perfection. It is so hard to wait and not rush to fill the air with sound. I am unemployed. Is this considered work? Is this something I should pursue as a job? Or am I a hack? Is my music just a joke? Is it a toy story?  Am I John Cage on a Toy Piano or some contemporary among the hoards?

June 5, 2020, 1:26AM

June 5, 2020, 1:05AM

This is another in the Taxonomy of Sound series.

Mario Savioni Sept 9 2018 9 - 45PM 4 - 02 Minutes 9 - 7MB 44,100 Sample Rate180909 - 113930.MP3

This is an improvised piano solo piece I created on October 7, 2020 in Walnut Creek, California at 4:58AM.

Mt Diablo

This is a song, where I was inspired to write lyrics over Ashot Danielyan's music otherwise titled "Dark Sorrow." We have collaborated on other songs, which have similarly inspired me. I am a great fan of his. Anyway, as soon as I heard the song, words came to me and I wrote them down, practiced them with the melody, and eventually yesterday morning I woke and recorded the piece in bed. I hope you like it. Let us know what you think. - Mario Savioni

Sorrowful

'The intent is to unify with intent to do good, not to be divisive and do harm. Let's celebrate each other.
Lyrics and vocals by Mario Savioni
written to pair with Rachel LaFond's solo piano piece 'Serpentine.'
Music used with Rachel's permission.
Check her out at @rachellafond'

Spread Freedom
Linked to sorrow
Nightingale mourns
The moon’s a sparkler
In the sky
Somber moments
Chill the air
Fortune stirs the 
Cleverest among us.
We partake of 
the gentle season’s smile.

In the night, 
We stare into 
Each other’s eyes.
I travel with you through the trees.
Into the snow, our shoes sink
To curb our progress,
But angels are due
To sit with us, 
In the clean air
Angels are due to survey 
The state of affairs
We know where we stand.
We stand together:
Facing the truth
Facing the sky
Facing the sun
Facing each other,
And knowing the way.

We are in unison.
We are true friends.
We are friends, indeed.
The long-awaited attendance
To our needs.
We are free
We are free
Free to be. - Mario Savioni

Spread Freedom

This is a piano solo I just improvised and recorded. It is dedicated to Holly Cooper.

Lake Merritt

This track is a culmination of strings and piano I improvised. Hopefully, it is as magical as Jennifer Mensink to whom it is dedicated.

After the Rain

The point of this piano and erhu improvisation was to look at the unification of two very different cultures and to celebrate their ability to meld. Often ecclectic things can brillantly exist together, where a homogenization simply bores. Divergence makes stronger. But, in all cultures is a quest for beauty and truth. Here East meets West.

East West

I am an artist, who writes, photographs, paints, and composes music.

Mario Savioni

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