Easy production using available Garage Band Instrumentation, emulating, hopefully, the experience of hiking at night.

Lafayette Reservoir Rim Trail At Night

This track blends, with permission, Francesco Berta's "Missing" music (https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Francesco%20Berta%27s%20Missing) (Composed, recorded, and mastered by Francesco Berta. Piano, celesta, guitars, and programming: Francesco Berta; Cello: Aríanna Hönnudóttir)as a bed of sound under which Mario Savioni sings lyrics and vocals. Lyrics derive from a review Savioni wrote on paintings of Heather Wilcoxon, which depict boats immigrants take to cross oceans to escape danger (See: http://www.heatherwilcoxon.com/paintings-2014/).

To hear more Francesco Berta music go to these links: 
1. https://soundcloud.com/francescoberta and link to “Missing.” 
2. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKo5Lp2U_qSuMOMOTfjj3jw
3. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eUWwGtcTxRqDznmUGmQqZ?autoplay=true
4. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCKo5Lp2U_qSuMOMOTfjj3jw
5. https://www.facebook.com/francescobertaofficial
6. https://www.instagram.com/francesco.berta/ (The “Rescue” performance is perfect, by the way.)

Capsized - Francesco Berta's Music, Mario Savioni's Lyrics and Vocals

Little Nibbles 4

Little Nibbles 1

Igor Iofe on Trumet, Thomas Nakas on Piano, and Mario Savioni with lyrics and vocals.

The Moon Breathes

The Pitch of Winter

Igor Iofe on Trumpet with his music and my improvised piano complementing him, a collaboration for which I have his permission to post publically. Album Photo by Cinzia Nistico.

ColdWindIofeTrumpetSavioniPiano - 10 - 27 - 22 - 221027 - 141003.WAV

Paul-Maurice Roche's "Orch Piano" was playing on SoundCloud, and words came to me. I wrote them, sang, and recorded them with his music. I am grateful to him. I have his permission.

"Movement Through The Air" Collaboration with Paul-Maurice Roche

Nenad Jović composed and played "Guitar Dialogue(Guitar solo)(https://soundcloud.com/user-442202241/guitar-dialogue?si=810f0e65b292499bb34b43defa269f4d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)," which struck me as beautiful. I love his soothing and soulful originals. I aligned a poem I had written with the tune and recorded it. Permission from him to make it public here was granted. Jović's music can be found at:  soundcloud.com/user-442202241. He is a brilliant guitarist and composer. Thank you for listening!

"The Weeping Meadow" Collaboration with Neno J.

Paul-Maurice Roche's "Opus 9: Incantation" played, and words came to mind. I wrote them, sang them, and recorded them.

Pablo Cigar  
Paul-Maurice Roche | Composer 
Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

You can find him at: https://soundcloud.com/man-drax-222645532

My Whole Heart -- Collaboration with Paul-Maurice Roche

In collaboration with Nenad Jović, who provided a musical piece, called "Labyrinth of Desires," I laid my lyrics and vocals on top. The words came to me as I was listening to his guitar instrumental.

Jović's music can be found at @user-442202241. He is a brilliant guitarist and composer. Thank you for listening!

Everything Comes to An End - Collaboration with Nenad Jović

I forgot the birthday of a significant musician, and I improvised this piece in appeasement. Maybe I should have stopped while I was ahead. (I also gave him a book on how to cook with vegetables. I know he will like that.)

Turns out I missed the musician. So, I gave the book to a Prince with a heart condition.

Forgotten Birthday

I was listening to Classical Glass's "Tristesse in F minor," and words came to me. They are laid over Classical Glass's gorgeous piano playing and composition here.

Twirl But Do Not Touch

I listened to Gurdjieff and Hartmann's composition, and words came to me. This is the piece called The Secrets are Unveiled over the bed of sound: "Persian Song (violin/piano)." I hope you enjoy it.

SECRETS UNVEILED

Upon hearing Mike Zazarev's piano instrumental "All I've Said" here on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/modernarecords/mike-lazarev-all-ive-said), I was inspired to write lyrics for it. I recorded the piece and got his permission to post it here. It is my first song-writing and singing experience. - Mario Savioni

Thank you Mike!


#SCxiamOTHER

Blackness Of The Sky - Music: Mike Zazarev and Lyrics and Vocals: Mario Savioni

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)

Another delicate entanglement of notes improvised on a piano (iPhone)

Sept 9 2018-180909-112439

Another improv from the Taxonomy of Sound series, where this one was played and recorded on Sept 9 2018 at 11:37PM.

Sept 9 2018 9 - 45PM 1 - 49 Minutes 4 - 4MB 44,100 Sample180909 - 113607.MP3

Rain-like, tender, childlike, a taste of contemporary classical improvisation, moving in and out of stillness and quiet notes and then it is over.

Mario Savioni Sept 9 2018 9 - 45PM 1 - 31 Minutes 3 - 6MB 44,100 Sample180909 - 113757.MP3

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

'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 - Music: Rachael LaFond and Lyrics and Vocals: Mario Savioni

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

Lake Merritt

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

Mario Savioni

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