Very smooth, great sound.  Much enjoyed!!

The Cost Of Living (by Don Grolnick) - violin version

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A children's fairy tale as a name giver? One might have expected that from economists, but from astrophysicists? Well, they were also inspired by economists when it came to finding a catchy, symbolic replacement for the term habitable zone. This is the name given to the area around a star in which life could arise on possible planets.


Very roughly speaking, the distance to the star must allow temperatures at which water remains liquid on the surface of a planet. According to the ideas of terrestrial biology, life cannot develop without this.

For decades, this was a rather theoretical consideration. The few scholars who thought about habitats in other star systems first spoke of ecosphere or life zone, until they finally agreed on habitable zone. Sounds nicely learned. But with the discovery of the first exoplanets, planets outside our solar system, at the end of the millennium, academic as well as general attention increased enormously: Is there something out there? Is there distant, alien life? Could there be? With each newly discovered exoplanet is meaningfully tapped: Isn't it so close to its star that it burns up everything? Doesn't it orbit it so far that everything freezes on its surface?

It's like in a fairy tale with Goldilocks and the three bears, where everything has to be just right. The porridge must not be too hot, the little bear's chair undamaged, his bed unused. Economists have long spoken of a goldilocks economy when moderate growth coincides with slight inflation. A fairy-tale term - now also for an astrobiological concept.

Brevity Of Life (Goldilocks)

Extremely grateful to have received the opportunity of some film mentoring via the Universal Hall Promotions 'In the Spotlight' professional mentoring programme. 

I wanted to make a music video, so I re-recorded the vocals from my 2021 version of this song to use as a soundtrack and this is the result - still a home recording. You can view the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/AnXY-S6ama4

TRAiN
Train, it's the way to go
Gets you there, without driving woe
Read a book, or watch the world glide by
Train, it's the way to go
Don't get stuck in no traffic jam
It's so easy, to go with the flow
Be wild, with your spare time
Have a little buffet, say a little rhyme

I'll tell you why you should take the train
It's going to save you hours of pain
Why get there grumpy, tired and bored
Why not snooze on the go?

Train, it's the way to see
Parts of the country, that you've never been to 
Find a map, and pick a place to see today
Train's the way to go
Travel express, or station to station more slowly
Night or day, a friendly guard is there
To smooth your way

Train it's the way to go
Gets you there with a happy glow
Why sit in that traffic jam pumping your hand on the horn?
Won't get you anywhere, except bored
Train, it's the place to be
For writing that essay
Or watching that show on TV
As the world passes by
Plug in your headphones, happy sigh

Choose train
Choose train
Choose train

© S Barr 2021

TRAiN

From the Fear of Muzak album 'After Faze Hokum' released on the Beauty and Disgust net label. https://beautyanddisgust.bandcamp.com/album/after-faze-hokum Some background on the songwriting is included for the curious listener (press the show more tab).

Music composed by The Fear Of Muzak:
Andrew James, Justin Paton & Mark Paton 

SLEEP TIGHT (words by Andrew)
Andrew - Voice, drums & synthesiser
Justin - Guitar, bass & synthesiser
Mark - Keyboards 

Sleep Tight: You can't live in the Fear of Muzak world forever. At some point, you have to stop playing the album and go back to your normal life. This imagines what it might be like to leave the world of musical intoxication for the everyday mundanity.

Sleep Tight (2022)

Recording sessions from 03/02/2023.
5 tracks MOOG Modular (vst Arturia),
1 track Spark (vst Arturia),
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🔲 - Artwork - Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Focusrite, Korg, M-Audio, MSI, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Electro #Experimental #Minimal #Space
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❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

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First Evening

A pleasurable collab with Winkandwoo (Clive). Personally, I'm a huge fan. Give it a listen, and I think you'll enjoy his smooth and soothing vocals, highlighted by his tones and harmonies, as much as I do...Enjoy
You can visit Clive here: https://soundcloud.com/winkandwoo

Now Is Over

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Blueberry Nights(free download,if you want!)

(0:00) L'Âme du défunt quitte le monde terrestre;
(0:18) Elle approche des rives désolées du Styx;
(0:36) Elle se demande où elle se trouve;
(1:12) Des squelettes observent discrètement;
(1:30) Le Passeur approche;
(1:39) L'Âme réalise qu'elle est morte;
(1:48) Elle tente de plaider, de mauvaise foi;
(2:15) Des esprits errants se lamentent;
(2:24) Réminiscence du souvenir de la Vie;
(3:01) Le souvenir disparaît;
(3:10) La barque arrive de l'autre côté du Styx;
(3:28) Tombent des flocons de cendre;
(3:46) Le chant des lamentations devient distinct;
(4:22) Les Âmes défuntes se rassemblent;
(4:58) Elles approchent des portes du Royaume des Morts;
(5:16) Ouverture des portes du Royaume des Morts;
(5:35) Les Âmes franchissent les portes;
(5:48) Fermeture des portes du Royaume des Morts.

La traversée du Styx

I'm a keyboardist with a love for layering sounds to create ambient, ethereal atmospheres and composing simple piano pieces to embellish. I love all genres of music, and find myself composing different types depending on my mood of the day.

I’ve never had formal training. As a teen, my parents wouldn’t let a piano in our house in Egypt, so I studied piece-meal at friends’ homes. When I got to college, I learned by going to university piano practice rooms. In my 40’s, I met my birth-mom who turned out to be a child prodigy, winning a Van Cliburn competition by playing Rachmaninoff at age 11. Most of what I play today, I learned from the techniques she taught me. 

I’m an American who has lived abroad for a good part of my life in Egypt, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Taiwan, and now back to Texas.

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