A fantastic celebration of nature! I see the grass grow and flowers bloom. Very evocative music !!

What is your own best and/or special song or track this year? 

Let's do group AUTO-PORTRAIT, musical SELFIE, so to speak :)

Please share in my post on the Facebook or send me your track in PM. Thanks for the great support from friends, we lucky and happy to get a like or a comment. Same time, it's very interesting to find out what YOU guys think of YOUR OWN music? So friends can say "yes, I love it too!", or go "wow, how come did I miss it?" :)  I will recollect the SoundCloud tracks into the playlist below. It will be interesting group selfie, I think! :D


Auto-portreit '15 (Your Favorite Music of YOU in Your Own Opinion)

Some days are just like that, but it won't last forever - here comes the sun!

Another Rainy Day

Prosba - Improvizace

Inspired by the poem "Winter Stars" by the American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933).

Winter Stars

I went out at night alone;
  The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings— 
  I bore my sorrow heavily.

But when I lifted up my head
  From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
  Burn steadily as long ago.

From windows in my father’s house,
  Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
  Above another city’s lights.

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,
   The world’s heart breaks beneath its wars,
All things are changed, save in the east
  The faithful beauty of the stars.

The Faithful Beauty of the Stars

made entirely from instruments available for free at pianobook.co.uk for the second monthly composition/ production challenge in ólafur arnalds' opia discord server.

got a lot of use out of the TCIPK percussion, it accounts for all the percussion in the second half (with the exception of a bit of table lamp)

also made pretty heavy use of the orchestral swells, especially in the first half. 

a more complete description can be found in the youtube video submission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUZa9iX82Q

"pianoconfetti" - opia x pianobook

Stadsbilder (”City Images”) is the first collaborative album between Swedish musicians Jakob Lindhagen and Dag Rosenqvist. The composers have both made names for themselves within the contemporary music scene – Jakob as an award-winning film composer with solo music streamed in the millions on digital platforms, and Dag as a highly prolific musician and sound artist, having over 50 releases over the last 15 years in a vast array of constellations, both solo works and as part of the duo From The Mouth Of The Sun, as well as film composing and music for dance performances.

The music on Stadsbilder intertwines layers of organic and electronic sounds, with minimal piano melodies meeting vintage synthesizers, found sounds, harmonium, banjo, kantele, Fender Rhodes and saxophone, as well as cello (played by Sebastian Selke of CEEYS).

Stadsbilder will be available in two distinct vinyl versions. The first comes in a limited, handmade edition of only 50 individually unique copies, each with hand done analog collages made from original vintage prints of views of the American southwest, antique interior design prints, and cut out, 100 year old industrial engravings and other paper ephemera. Each of these is mounted on the front of heavyweight, recycled kraftboard record jackets. On the back of each jacket is a corner mounted, double sided, art deco interior design print, and the album text is printed on separate corresponding pages from the same 1930’s book that the front collage materials came from. Each jacket then comes in a heavyweight outer poly sleeve.

There is also a standard vinyl version in an edition of 150 copies in a full color printed jacket. Both versions come with 180gm clear vinyl. The release will also be available digitally at the Time Released Sound Bandcamp page, and on numerous streaming platforms worldwide.

BC:
https://timereleasedsound.bandcamp.com/album/stadsbilder

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4yeKL6dkVWfknKd9uNcw7t?si=335dc93fdc074ec1

Jakob Lindhagen & Dag Rosenqvist - Gamla Drömmars Stad

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Delicate piano atmospheres with subtle electronic support. Bruno presents here a series of very beautiful compositions that feature an 'Steinway D grand piano' recorded during the night hours. Smooth electronic washes and drones are laid down in gentle layers forming light, hazy expanses within which the master instrument luxuriates. The piano playing is mostly of an understated, unhurried melodic form calling to mind the purity and tranquil grace of Satie.
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Piano Textures 2

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Ethnic inspiration by Romare work with my friends Dounia on vocals, my little sister Sarah and Alexia
Sarah on bass and pop.
Alexia mix and synth.


Sacopo hight - (Erica, Alexia, Sarah, Dounia)

This is my submission to 'The Piano Cloud's -  'Ebony and Ivory' Challenge (initiated and hosted by Simon Reich), the first part of which involves creating a piece using only the white keys. The next part will involve only playing those black keys, yikes!   …. after a time of 'music block', I've had great joy in just playing again, and ended up with about 10 improvisations, thanks to the encouragement of some dear friends once again, thank you! (am hoping to put a more detailed description up shortly, about this piece and what it means)

If you'd like to listen and give some feedback, its always much appreciated :-) xx

As The Garden Grows - Megs McCarthy (White Keys Challenge)

I'm especially in love with this set, an extra- trippy one : make yourself comfortable, enjoy the beautiful little piece of my friend George - https://soundcloud.com/giorgos-tagtelenidis - introducing the journey, and then, let yourself go!!! At some point, Earth Connector - https://soundcloud.com/earth-connector - shares with us his gorgeous interpretation of India : a special thank to him for letting me use this new tune! And, at the end of the trip, just before the amazing Ahmed Gado closing it, meet, for those who could ignore this French personage.. Amélie Poulain!! I love this movie, I love this girl!! &lt;3 

Shalom! Peace! Peace on you, on me, on the world! 

... with LOVE!  Anne-Aude  :^) &lt;3 


SHALOM  (31.10.15)  


George T. - Melody's bar (George T Edit)   
Maneesh De Moor - Pure Essence   
Bjarno - Factor 30  
Master Minded - Elements -  Air - One dreaming owl 
Desert Dwellers - Shiva Nataraj (Banco De Gaia Remix)  
Third Ear Audio - Up in Smoke 
Lauge &amp; Baba Gnohm – Rejsen 
AmBeam - Faith Healer  
Don Peyote -Phoenix rising 
Quantic - Time Is The Enemy
El Remolon – Shalom 
Dengue Dengue Dengue! – Simiolo  
 &gt;&gt;Callas - Casta Diva (Lazzarini &amp; Viti de Angelis remix)  
Kurup – surf na mata  
Earth Connector – Dancin’ with Shiva (Playing with strings)  
Nina Simone - The Ballad of Hollis Brown (Super Flu ReDings)  
Bahramji &amp; Mashti – Celebration  
Aes Dana – Digitalys  
Lucefora - Dusk_Till_Dawn_Hraach_Remix  
Lawstraw - Out_Of_The_Dark_Matt_Hardinge_Dub_Remix  
L'Amitité - Amelie_Original_Mix  
Ahmed Gado - Little secrets  
 
&lt;3&lt;3

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SHALOM  (31.10.15)

Train Of Thoughts - PACMAN* & SouL Muzick On Vocals (Prod. TCM Underground & Christian Smith)

Produced @mrinal-desai & @christiansmith-7
Vocals & Lyrics @pacman-mic-mastery
Vocals & Lyrics @soulmuzick13

Thanks for taking the time to listen we greatly appreciate all your support!!!

Train Of Thoughts - PACMAN* & SouL Muzick On Vocals (Prod. TCM Underground & Christian Smith)

Marginalia

I love impressionists (that's why Claude Monet is on the cover) and wanted to explore the same Impressionism in music. There is no single apring, all shorter strokes and drops. Rather hues and hints. The Shadows if you will :) 

Other challenge, I indulged myself was to make this SYNTH-phony, using only MOOG sounds. It was so tempting to play guitar or strings or flute. I wanted to stay focus played my favorite Arturia MiniMoog, Moog Modular, and AniMoog. Otherwise one piano, percussion made in Korg Gadget, produced in Ableton Live 9 with IK Multimedia mastering tools.

 I extracted this quote from Robert Moog, greatly respected engineer and artist of sound, from his interview available on YouTube:

"It is something between discovering and witnessing" - Robert Moog

Some parts, like the wobbly/slides/something sounds you can distinctly hear in the into, I played by hand and ear on AniMoog. This is the iPad app invented by Moog Foundation. You slide over iPad surface to design and create unique vibes and sound colors. I know, if there is someone thinking to "throw a tomato" at the iPad musicians, please prepare one for maestro Jean-Michael Jarre, he-he :D  I'm not placing myself anywhere close, of course, but was so excited, after played this AniMoog part here, to see the one JMJ video, where he is playing the same app for his number one album of the year! In one of Electronica 1 video you can see the iPad on the right, green-ish look of AniMoog. 

The cover art is a fragment of Claude Monet "Water Lilies", 1920s. I took the photo earlier this year, in Museum of Modern Art, New York. I noticed and specifically took a shot of "THE EYES" I saw (see them in right lower corner?). Nice, can spend hours when get a chance. Thank you ALL for the support!

Musically Yours.
Sam

Colored Shadows

Pezhman Mosleh – Whispers for Peace and Love

You can listen “Limitless”:
(This piece is dedicated to Krzysztof Kieślowski)
It is suggested to listen to this piece in dim light like the end of sunset.

Professor Pezhman Mosleh is an international Iranian composer, poet, professor of cinema philosophy and aesthetic and a scholar in music history, who is appreciated by Dr. Irvin Yalom (one of the impressive characters of the century), Mrs. Rebecca Goldstein (the remarkable philosopher and author and the winner of American National Humanities Medal) and Nelson Mandela Foundation and he takes steps in the way of struggling with war and violence along with universal musicians.
Mrs. Rebecca Goldstein has expressed one of professor Mosleh's works as an artistic treasure.

"Limitless" tune has attracted so many attentions from many countries like France, Poland and the site of "Music Information Center of Poland" and "Kieslowski Art" in Poland has broadcasted it and it is believed that the music of Professor Mosleh is close to Priesner’s.
Such as:
https://kieslowski.art.pl/limitless/ (Poland)
http://www.muzyczneabc.pl/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16122 

Pezhman Mosleh is the first International Iranian composer who has composed and sang a song for Mandela. This song was conveyed to Mr. Mandela and Nelson Mandela Foundation appreciated Mr. Mosleh for this song. It also was broadcasted by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and so many various countries.

1 inmusic site:
Professor Pezhman Mosleh is an Iranian composer, singer, poet, professor of cinema philosophy and aesthetic and a scholar in music history who has humanity and philosophical concerns.

Top 40 charts (NY) site introduces him:
He is a musician who has given speeches in different universities under topic of "Becoming I, philosophy and cinema”, "Music, anti-war, a way to discourse” and "Relation of music with immigration and suffering of loneliness", and one of his latest speeches was a speech in the first and the best university of Iran, university of Tehran under topic of "Thought in Art".

Italy, Antiwar songs:
He is a pioneer in Iranian neo romanticism style. And according to SABC News he is inspired by Beethoven and Chopin in composing music.

New York (Top 40 Charts) has published in continue: The Performance of the youngest soloist-vocalist of the world, 4Year old Ava Sadeghipour in the biggest concert Hall of Iran Professor Pezhman Mosleh who is a stylist music teacher and his method is teaching to the children of 2/5-6 years old and he is the only teacher who has a new method for teaching to 2 years old children so these children are able to play and sing simultaneously in different concert halls at the age of 4 before so many audience.

Limitless by Prof. Pezhman mosleh

tres belle collaboration avec Tom Arnosch au piano 
violons villy moreno

L Ombre De L Amour / collaboration Tom Arnosch piano

One of 13 pieces; 
composed by Volker Freidel/played by Stefanie Maschke; 
available on CD; spotify or youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfa4UZ89usPrgybkfVxDvA?app=desktop

"Air" for piano solo

Surge

Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement! I truly appreciate it :-)

 I love the SC community, because it is a 'community', with the many styles of music and the inspirations and encouragement I find here for all! 

After discovering SC and hearing so much talent - I wanted to join in, but so much to learn!   I was a classically trained pianist when a youngster (now a tad rusty), who has restarted a musical journey, originally in learning the field of electronic music, and exploring piano improvisations and compositions.  However, most of my latest works have been piano-based, and am hoping to once again, learn some more electronic and even combine the two; piano and electronic ... But then again, I keep returning to the piano! hehe :)

- still exploring and not feeling bound by any rules! 

BTW: If you want to know a little about any most of my tracks (and the same on other musician's profiles), just click on the title and it will take you directly there. (as many new people don't realise one can do this) - Please note that I also have a 'megs-repost' account - www.soundcloud.com/megs-reposts  and will be reposting tracks there (rather than filling up this main account, because there are so many tracks I'd love to repost, so if any of you see some un-posted tracks that were here, they're over at my other account! Love you to follow there too, so I can hear some more of your music :-)

A Mini Biography: Music has been a part of my life since a young child (my whole family is musical, though of different styles, with my step-father's fantastic rock-band and analog synths, bass and acoustic guitar, my mother's gorgeous Irish folk-band, autoharp and dulcimer, my brother's beautiful self-taught guitar, and my Dad's famous banjo playing) :)   

At a young age of about 5, I attempted composing my own piano works whilst begging my mother for piano lessons; and after about a year, my wish became reality and I trained for the AMEB (Australian Musical Examination Board) exams. I eventually started performing live, with amateur tours around the country area for a singing group and for theatre groups (though that was a long time ago now!). 

But eventually, I headed down a different path in academia, in getting my Bachelors degree, Masters degree and a PhD.

Now I have a chance to find this dream again, slowly but surely, as long as its fun. I also find it very therapeutic, as music can often express so much more than words can. It is a journey where time seems to have no meaning. This is a 'musical diary' of sorts, as I struggle through a difficult time in life health-wise, ... my escape .... music :-)

So, I would love it if you would follow me on this 'journey' because any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated :)

Of course, I am also here as a Fan, and would love to find more people to listen to! There are so many wonderful, talented, and often undiscovered musicians up here, and I cannot get enough of your music! I have very eclectic tastes in music. 

My apologies too if there is ever a delay in my replies, as I can't always be here, but will try to get back to you and comments, I appreciate them so much. Hoping to find all my friends, and new ones too! ;-)

... and thank you so much too! SoundClouder Of The Day, 18 May 2O13 - its all thanks to your support and encouragement!

- http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/50670179704/soundclouder-of-the-day-megs-music-journey
- https://www.facebook.com/soundcloud/posts/10151388607376059
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SoundCloud/posts/A9ikSMMUAUz
- twitter.com/SoundCloud/status/335481937202397184

"If music be the food of love, play on ... and on" - William Shakespeare (Sam PROCK Remix)

SoundCloud Premier Partner. Published at Silent Zen label with Ditto. Making art with the sound is what I'm after. Curving genre boundaries is a must.

"It is something between discovering and witnessing" - Robert Moog

Hardware: Moog Subsequent 37CV, MiniMoog Model D '22, Buchla Easel 208C, APR 2600m, Córdoba Koa edition nylon guitar, Fender Stratocaster, Yamaha Bass, Teenage Engineering OP-Z, UAD Apollo Twin X, Presonus 1824C, Line6 PodXT, B-52 LS100 & B-52 4x12, Arturia Keystep, XKeys Air, iPad Pro 12.9-inch, iPhone. 

Software: Ableton Live 11, Moog, Arturia, UAD, FabFilter, IK, NI, Omnisphere. Mobile music fan: Korg Gadget, Cubasis, ZenBeats, Arturia, Moog, FabFilters.

"Depeche Mode is the soundtrack of my life" - rephrasing Dave Gahan said alike of David Bowie. 

Influences: Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Art Of Noise, Daft Punk, Telex, Trans-X, Yello, a-ha, Arcade Fire, Panic! At the Disco, She Wants Revenge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, The Offspring, Madness, Che Sudaka, Ultravox, Sex Pistols, Rancid, Strangles, Elastica, PJ Harvey, The Cars, Foreigner, Therapy?, Muse, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, New Order, Telex, Zodiak, INXS, Hey Rosetta!, Cause and Effect, And One, Banco De Gaia, B-Tribe, Air, S.P.O.C.K.

Personas: Ottmar Liebert, Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Jean-Michel Jarre, Georgio Moroder, SuperMax, Boris Blank, Leonard Cohen, Curt Cobain, John Frusciante, Flea, Tim Artstrong, Johny Lydon, Dexter Holland, Falco, Midge Ure, M. Harket, Regina Spektor, D. Marouani, Nick Cave, V. Clarke, A. Wilder, Robert Moog,  Don Buchla, Moby, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vysotsky, G. Nannini, R. Fogli, Hank Marvin, Aeoliah, A. Vollenweider, M. Knopfler, A. Parsons.

"I am interested only in "nonsense"; only in that which makes no practical sense. I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestations." - "Daniil Kharms.

Styles: Funtronica (invented), Electronic, Deep, Alternative, Disco, Deep House, New Wave, Synthpop, Synthwave, Ska, Punk, Reggae, Cumbia, Indie, New Age, Chillout, GOA, Downtempo, Instrumental, Ethnic, Neo Classic, Psytrance, Psybient.

My mobile uploads account is @prockjet. More remixes @art-of-nonsense. Silent Zen is a support group I conduct @silent-zen.

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