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From the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar this part called Nimrod.
It has an enormous dynamic range. For me the challenge to keep it in control with 62 instruments!
Again a challenge to make it sound like a real orchestra with my VST"s.
I use Logic X, Altiverb, Audiomodelling, Project Sam, Cinematic Strings, Kawai VPC 1 keys. TEC breath control.
(dynamics: -13.1 LUFS)

Edward Elgar. Nimrod (performer/orchestration Ad van Nederpelt)

Tell me, please, what kind of nostalgia can there be when you are young? It's nonsense! At this age, you can only enjoy life...
38 years have passed since I wrote this piece, and now it has finally become a "reminiscence" itself, justifying its pompous name :))) Today I performed it in a new way, significantly reworking the nuances of dynamics and tempo. I hope you like it.

«Reminiscences». Op.09. (1987)

Song based on 1 Corinthians 13 (the Love Chapter)

Love Never Fails
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath
artwork from hotpot.ai/art-generator
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

Love never fails,
It never gives,
It keeps on going,
It keeps on giving,
Love neve fails.

Love is patient ,
Love is kind,
Love does not brag,
Is not arrogant,
Love is not rude,
Love is not jealous,
Love never fails.

Love is not happy with evil,
Love is happy with the truth.
Love does not remember wrong,
Love will not fail.

God is love,
God is love,
God is love,
God is love,
Love never fails.

Love Never Fails

I turned the title poem of my book 'We the Wild Seas' into a lullaby. I sing in the voice of all the wild seas on all the planets, singing you to sleep.
The sound is very, very influenced by the sound on the Victorialand album by Cocteau Twins. The artwork is my illustration for the poem.

We the Wild Seas

I hate writing lyrics.  Once I start, I can't stop.  Finished these around 4 a.m. If I wasn't tired, I'd revise them. :)

Be My Light
Lyrics: Mike Krath
AI vocals and tune: Suno
artwork: hotpot.ai/art-generator

Lyrics

I’m lost and alone,
In a dark place in my mind
Can you help me,
Please help me,
Find my way again outside. 

Lost and alone,
Left behind,
Help me,
Please help me,
Leave this world inside.

Be to me,
A helping friend again,
Sit with me for hours
Listen to my pain. 
Help me face,
this world again. 

Be my light,
To help me find,
My way again outside.

Be My Light

Another redo of my songs.  When I'm finished with this new exploration, time to go back to grind of composing on my keyboard. 

Just Want to Rest This Head
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artwork: hotpot.ai/art-generator
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I’m tired of waking up to read,
About people who used to be,
Who I grew up with 
you see,
And now have started their eternity.
People who’ve made their history,
As brief as that could be.

Here’s to the woman who gave me a chance
To see the beauty of this life's dance.
But now is only a memory,
Of what life was and still should be. 

I see them walking in the street,
The young making their new ends meet,
I once was there, but am still,
Watching it all through our window sill. 

What life was is no longer a thrill,
No longer a thrill.

I’m tired
And just want to rest this head,
Find a place to rest this head 
There’s not much left that can be said,
The light is dimming,
Time to leave. 
And I just want to sleep. 
Just rest my head.

Just Want to Rest This Head

My wife gave me these lyrics two years ago and asked me to make a song.  Reading the lyrics didn't give me any inspiration so I inputted them into an AI program to see what jumped out.  This is the result.

A Life Worth Living
Lyrics: Veronica Krath
AI generated art, music and vocals by Suno

Lyrics

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a heart for giving,
Eyes to see the ones in need.
Want to give all I have for His glory
Because He gave his life for me.

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a heart for sharing
Peace and hope when life is hard.
I want to share the news about Jesus
‘Cause Jesus shared the Word of God.

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a heart for loving
All His children who I see.
I want to show my love for my Savior
Because my Savior first loved me.

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

A Life Worth Living

- Picture -
Artist Picture. Unknown (Sorry Again)
Art Cover Editor. Shyntwirl
Colorist Editor. Shyntwirl
Lightning Editor. Shyntwirl

- Music -
Composer. Shyntwirl
Produccer. Shyntwirl
Developer. Shyntwirl
Programmer. Shyntwirl
Sound Design. Shyntwirl
Transitions. Shyntwirl
Background. Shyntwirl
Keyboard. Shyntwirl
Equalizers. Shyntwirl
Reverb. Shyntwirl
Echo. Shyntwirl
Depth. Shyntwirl
Air. Shyntwirl
Intro. Shyntwirl
Outro. Shyntwirl 
Synthesizers. Shyntwirl
Bass. Shyntwirl
Highlights. Shyntwirl
Fx. Shyntwirl
Background Sounds. Shyntwirl 

Ambient / Atmosphere / Space / Groove / Depth / Experimental / Synth / Reverb & Echo

PROD. Shyntwirl


Shyntwirl - Luminous Constellations (PROD. Shyntwirl)

Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh i must go out with you again i must let go with you again 
you have such lovely,  black hair 
it shines like the moon in a dark cloud 
your eyes your eyes so dark brown. 
you are my baby you are my gee baby
 my little baby 
you are my jah baby 
baby baby
 i must go out with you again i must even see your pretty face again again
 you have such lovely red lips
 and the color of your skin you know so. you know, so...

Oh Baby

Soul revision of my original.

Something's a Hole in My Shoe
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

You may wonder why I’m doing nothing
when you’re not around.
It’s so easy to explain, so easy you see (you see),
You know, it’s simply this, I’m doing nothing because, well (well),
Because you’re simply not here with me (no, no).

And something is nothing when you’re not around.
Something is nothing when you’re not around.
Something is nothing when you’re not around (not around),
And you’re not here right now (no).

Now I know anything is better than something
When you have nothing better to do (we can dig it),
But since you’ve been gone anything is nothing,
And something’s a hole in my shoe,

something’s a hole in my shoe.

Interlude

I can’t find something,
Something to do when you’re not in town (no),
And something is nothing when you’re not around.
And when you’re not here, something is never found (never, no, no),

And something is nothing when you’re not around.
Something is nothing when you’re not around (mercy!),
Something is nothing when you’re not around,
And you’re not here right now (tell me something good).

Interlude

Now I know anything is better than something (something)
When you have nothing better to do
But since you’ve been gone anything is nothing (nothing),
And something’s a hole in my shoe (a hole in my shoe)

something’s a hole in my shoe.
something’s a hole in my shoe.
something’s a hole in my shoe.

Something's a Hole in My Shoe

extended multi layer improvisations, quite free & except the drums everything real playing.
Dialog between the "real" sax, the EWI trumpet and keyboard.
Bass played on keyboard in one go.

Can you tell me ?

Lyrics

Unhealthy anger
I see it everyday
Supressed since youth
Denial is the way
Not even for youth
Can we quieten this
It's buried deep as proof
For our balance and bliss

Adrenalin and cortisol
Unbalanced
Working overtime
We can fix this challenge
When we accept
It was old anger around us
Now, internal manifest
Let it go and inner silence found us

See the leaf
We see it all
Butterflies effect
Connected cosmic call
Physical
Spiritual
Emotional
Being
Know all as one system
To strengthen your beam




This song is about suppressed anger from childhood. I don't suffer from it hugely myself I think I dealt with any build up quite well as a young adult. it seems though many of us could do with looking at that possibility more seriously in their lives and in turn make it easy for kids to understand and control their anger while they grow and learn


To be a bit more direct about this. As adults we keep this negative circle going through generations. We project this onto our kids whether we like it or not. I am becoming more and more aware it personally and doing everything in my power to stop it in my/our/my families life. Let's hope we all get on the same page and evolve past planting negative bullshit in our kids heads.... I believe this may be a big part of the answer o world peace. We teach humans of the next generation to be emotionally intelligent when we are aware of this and maybe... just maybe we wipe out depression and in turn have more free thinking and balanced adults on planet Earth 🌎

Let it go Kid

Zoom R4 Guitar Jam 02 70bpm

This began life as a proposed second engraving of an Adagio for Piano and Strings Op.31, before becoming a short PC movement.

Piano Concerto No.2 (1st movement) Op.32 - Adagio con tenerezza

This And That

Our Unfair Advantage

Verse 1
We don’t play by the rules they hand us,
built our fire from sparks they abandoned.
Two misfits finding rhythm in the static,
what we’ve got is rare, unstoppable, magnetic.

Chorus
With you by my side, I’ve got an unfair advantage,
the world can’t touch us, no matter the damage.
They don’t know the secret, they don’t understand it —
love like ours is our unfair advantage.

Verse 2
When the weight of the world tries to break us,
we just laugh at the storm as it shakes us.
Every scar’s just proof we’re survivors,
together we rise, together we’re fighters.

Chorus
With you by my side, I’ve got an unfair advantage,
the world can’t touch us, no matter the damage.
They don’t know the secret, they don’t understand it —
love like ours is our unfair advantage.

Bridge
I talk too loud, you overthink,
we trip on our shadows, stand on the brink.
But broken pieces fit when they’re aligned,
two misfits in love with a dangerous design.

Chorus
With you by my side, I’ve got an unfair advantage,
the world can’t touch us, no matter the damage.
They don’t know the secret, they don’t understand it —
love like ours is our unfair advantage.

Outro
Yeah… love like ours is our unfair advantage.
Whispered truth the world will never manage.

Our Unfair Advantage v. Funky - BASS BEAST MONSTER GROOVE!...BA-BOOM, BA-BOOM, BA-BOOM BA-BOOM

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.

Something's a Hole in My Shoe

Mike Krath

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