I feel tickled by the piano!  A very creative and musically satisfying score!  Thank you!  :)

I like the weaving in and out of the different instruments and how they fit together so well...flute /guitar seem to pop up

Bello, bello, bello. Questo mi piace proprio. 😃

Excellent work and I love the concept, which you have done an excellent job of executing.

Absolutely magnificent instrumental work, it's written and orchestrated so greatly! Enjoying it a lot.

molto rilassante e bella questa traccia...sai donare momenti splendidi di riflessione e pace...grazie amico🙇‍♂️🤝🙇‍♂️🙋‍♂️🔥☕🔥☕🔥🥂🍰

The Enter Ruptions

Another track that floated unfinished in the digital recorder (and my) memory for a few years, changed several times (only the piano and bass parts remained the same). At first I wanted to do something similar to the opening themes of 1960s TV football programmes; then, by adding and subtracting parts and instruments, it reminded me of Viennese Kaffeehäuser from the early 1900s. Perhaps because of the many overlapping strings: here seem to be many people talking, some even alone. Since this impression does not displease me, I decided to end the long agony of the piece.

Cover image: Moriz Jung, Gespräch zwischen Stummen (1907), Met Museum (NY).

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2015-2024)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, July 18.

Kaffeehaus (a dialogue of the deaf) *

From the archives and the  CD Autumn's Soul '17. As the title suggests this tune came together over several nights "round about midnight"! Played on a Doerr Legacy in DADGAD tuning capo #2. This is an Mp3 file from the CD. 
Thanks for following along!

Unknown album (6/1/2017 5:48:13 PM)

MIDNIGHT MELODY

OK, maybe not exactly a scary Halloween theme but anything that "rattles your bones" must be frightening on some level. So, here is the WAG Halloween tune, available for free D/L, Track 3 of I Had A Vision found here: https://www.terrywigmore.com/wigmore-allen-gibbons

Rattle my Bones

Are you shaking with nerves?
Narrowly miss the swerves?
Are you glancing over your shoulder?
… roll downhill on a boulder?
Have you been stuck by a knife?
Hear vague threats to your life?
Are you para-paralysed?
Carry bricks upon your back?
Do your teeth do more than chat?

Rattle those bones

Do you have to rest a bit?
Feel your fingers lose their grip?
Wanna hear a bedtime story?
Are you no longer very sure?
Don’t buy what’s rich or poor?
Do you steal from the washing line?

Rattle my bones

Do you steal from the washing line?
Get more primitive with passing time?
Do you boat on a stinking lake?
Are you a fake?

Rattle my bones

Wigmore: Music, Production
Allen: guitars, Bass, vocals, lyrics 
(c) and (p) WAG 2024

Visions

Rattle My Bones

Another tune from a few years ago. I wish it had no resonance with current events but sadly it seems that ignorance, fear, and hate have grown and been given license even more so than when it was originally written.

Apologies to friends who've heard this one already.

is it ever enough to want to feel sublime
is it ever enough when someone else is left behind

dark hearts dark thoughts dark gods
are still alive in the common blood
why do we hold these things inside ourselves
is it ever gonna stop
we are no better than the worst of us
is there something left to learn
would we even know if we found it

does it tear at your heart 
the way we keep each other down
tell me all about freedom
when a bullet puts another child on ground
if just for one moment we could look around
and see every hand held out

dark hearts dark thoughts dark gods
are still alive in the common blood
why do we hold these things inside ourselves
is there nothing to be done
we are no better than the worst of us
is there something left to learn
would we even know if we found it

Spotify Link

Common Blood

Drive your bike on the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse
Song inspired by my ride :-)

b roads cruising

Another old song just remixed, with vocal work and the addition of electronic strings.

ENG / ITA Lyrics

Go that way
and then further that way
maybe you'll see each other again
if the time comes
for the usual formalities

leave him in these dark avenues
don't let him have an extra drop
dirty water stagnates
in pure brains

Just go over there
in that direction
get as far away as you can
from his words
and while you run and distract yourself a little
you meet the right man down the street
in a moment his heart catches fire
and you start to feel nostalgic


vai pure di là
e dopo oltre di là
vi rivedrete forse
se verrà il momento
per le solite formalità

lascialo pure in questi viali scuri
non concedergli una goccia in più
ristagna l'acqua sporca
nei cervelli puri

vai pure di là
in quella direzione
allontanati più che puoi
dalle sue parole
e mentre corri e ti distrai un poco
incontri l'uomo giusto proprio nella via
in un momento il suo cuore prende fuoco
e tu cominci ad avere nostalgia

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Music and lyrics by Michele Ansani (1984).
This version is recorded in 2015 and remixed on 2024, December 6-8.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, December 8.

Separazione (The Detachment) *

Ancient World

Forest Whispers

Aimer les mots, aimer l'amour, même si les mots d'amour ne sont pas que des mots

PAROLES
S’il fallait des mots
Pour se dire « je t’aime »
S’il fallait des mots
Faudrait un poème

Quand c’est tellement beau
 Que le souffle est coupé
S’il fallait des mots
Faudrait un bouquet

S’il fallait des mots 
Au cœur qui s’éveille
 S’il fallait des mots 
Qu’on glisse à l’oreille

S’il fallait des mots 
Pour la liberté
Pour écrire un mot
Cahier d’écolier

S’il fallait des mots
Pour te retenir
Pas besoin d’un mot
Pour te laisser partir

Si tu es comme l’oiseau
 Comme la révérence
Navire en partance
Sur le fil de l’eau

S’il fallait des mots 
Pour que tu reviennes
Ce chant sur la peau
 Juste « un soir à Vienne »

s'il fallait des mots

Remixes

ribute to the Trees (Radio Edit)

Tribute to the Trees  (Radio Edit)

DRIFT AWAY ft Chepaxin

I am an university professor of history who enjoys playing (guitar and piano/keyboard) and composing: unpretentious, just for fun. As a consequence, the most of my recordings (made with KorgD8 / Audacity and also Reaper now) are handcrafted and largely imperfect. My stuff consists of old songs (all wrote in the past century; here are only those I have redone in these last years) and old and new instrumentals (usually in various versions, some of which are removed at some point because they're unlistenable). 
Thank you in any case for stopping here to listen to something; in the description area you can find often explanatory notes or lyrics translations.

Here I found a community of great musicians and songwriters and a lot of beautiful music to listen to; you can be sure that any liking, commenting or reposting by me is a consequence of careful listening to the tracks. Obviously, for this very reason, I am not interested in collecting free ‘likes’ without real listening. I will not answer any messages from possible promoters: the number of followers does not interest me in the slightest. 
By popular demand (well, exclusively my daughter's — she says it's the "cooler" platform), I'm finally starting to put some of my stuff on Spotify too...

Update (2024, September 9). Completed the "AI & (fake) songwriting project". Here: https://soundcloud.com/mick-hansan 

P.S.: A prayer, a humble request to those who publish songs: use the description area to make the lyrics available... This would make listening to them more complete and enjoyable!

Email: michele.ansani@unipv.it

Kaffeehaus (a dialogue of the deaf) *

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