nice piece! I know Ed, good job to both of you

A brilliant and beautiful piece especially how you incorporate Bach into the piece and perhaps some of his emotion. Very intuitive approach and love the transitions.

I love this juxtaposition of styles. You must have had great fun with this! 

Oh so sweet. I would love to hear you play Cuban son. This i great

Field Recordings from Japan

This is a recording from a small Park at dusk by Kumamoto Port in 2020 lockdown.

空白 - Kuhaku (Excerpt)

In honor of Pi.  This is created from the sound of a wine glass being rubbed by a wet finger and the sound of a tabla drum.  There are three loops.  Each loop goes through the first one hundred digits of Pi where each digit of Pi controls the pitch and amplitude of each note.  In the first loop, there are 3.14 seconds between each note.  The second loop starts 3.141 seconds after the first.  In the second loop, there are 3.1415 seconds between each note.  The third loop starts 3.14159 seconds after the second.  In the third loop (the tabla), there are 3.141592 seconds between each hit.  Finally, the duration of this piece is 314 seconds (and some change).  I hope you enjoy it. Peace.

A Tiny Sliver Of Pi

Cathedral in Belgium

Z albumu "Woda życia" (2023).
From the album "Water of life" (2023).

Woda życia

Krople wody życia (Drops of water of life)

Deimos and Eris

Z albumu "Brama życia" (2023).
From the album "The gate of life" (2023).

Brama życia

Brama życia (The gate of life)

Eschate

revive

Composed by: Mariza Costa-Cabral, except for the part from 1:45-3:51 which is Bach's BWV 999, with its rhythm altered by Mariza.
Arranged, performed and engineered by: Ed Hartman (edhartmanmusic.com). 

There was of course that summer night when Johann Sebastian Bach lied down on his back, looked up at the sky, and let his mind bring him back to his early childhood in Eisenach when his parents were still alive and he lived with them and all of his siblings, and he felt whole again for a few minutes. (Johann lost his parents at the age of 9.) That night, his little prelude BWV 999 might have played in his mind and, although it did not sound like this, it may have felt something like this.

By the way, I liked the following interpretation of BWV 999: https://soundcloud.com/bibliotecaperezcruz/j-s-bach-preludium-in-c-minor-bwv999

Träume von Eisenach - by Mariza, arranged by Ed Hartman

Based on a tape loop recording of a Brahms lullaby music box.

Music box

the video — https://violamoonshape.com/video-1

how we made the video — https://tinyurl.com/y5cbbmgr

the blog — https://violamoonshape.com/blog/f/on-smog-part-1

stems for remixers available here: blnd.io/3ev4Elk

did it take some time after 
even as they did play?
did it take some time after 
or was it all just a laughter?
did it not take you by surprise
how my world wells with tears?
just thinking about it 
how the mess begins, darling 
how the mess, the mess begins, darling 

only there in the night 
when it starts to fall 
only there in the night 
do I see my fault 
only there in the night 
incognito deal 
only there in the night 
deliberate deal 
only there in the night 
reaction is served 
only in serving the cause of all causes 
only in serving the cause
does the dust settle 

how long will it take me
only to feel for you?

ॐ

part 1 in g flat major (a440) 
part 2 in e major (a440)
written, performed, and recorded by viola moonshape in april 2020
mixed by viola and brahma in september 2020
mastered by brahma in october 2020
copyright © 2020 viola moonshape

ॐ

vocals > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (tracks 01–07)
fender squier precision bass > apollo twin > logic (track 08)
liverpool software bass > logic (track 09)
korg minilogue xd > apollo twin > logic (track 10)
mayapur jackals > sennheiser mk 66 > zoom h4n > logic (track 11)
carob pod shaker > sm57 > boss rc–505 > apollo twin > logic (track 12)
maracas > sm57 > boss rc–505 > apollo twin > logic (track 13)
gibson es–335 > apollo twin > logic (track 14)
garritan abbey road studios cfx > logic (track 15)
conch shell > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (track 16)
lowden f-25 > neumann u87ai > apollo twin > logic (tracks 17, 18)
drums programmed in logic (tracks 19–22)

ॐ

cover by brahma
frame from don's footage
copyright © 2020 viola moonshape

ॐ

Smog Part One

The Music Video

Smog Part One (video on youtube)

I am a scientist who started composing music as a hobby in 2013. I have not studied composition and do not approach it analytically, only intuitively. I took piano lessons in my childhood and teens, but spent most of my adult life without playing piano until 2013. So far I have composed mostly for piano, in a polyphonic style that borrows from the Baroque as well as the Romantic spirit. I describe my style as "Baroquemantic". 

Most of my piano pieces are easy to play.  Some are very easy to play.  

All of my pieces rely on 2 or more concurrent melodies (counterpoint).

Art shown above: Image of clockwork heart found on the internet without attribution.
 
A Portuguese guy called "Carlos Miguel" wrote the following on YouTube and  I think this is so so so so true! I will be quoting him everywhere I can:
"...a boa música é como as boas palavras, depende de quem as diz e de quem as ouve...podem não vir a ser nada e podem ser tudo...ou ambas as situações em simultâneo...genial também é quem ouve...pelo seu modo de ouvir... e não só quem  compõe...pelo seu modo de compor...Carlos Miguel"

Freely translated from Carlos Miguel: "...Good music is like good words... it depends on who utters and who listens... it can be nothing or it can be everything... or both simultaneously... for there to be a work of genius there needs to be a genius listener as well as a genius composer..."

Träume von Eisenach - by Mariza, arranged by Ed Hartman

Mariza Costa-Cabral

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