When The Train Comes Along - Mississippi Fred McDowell (_azk_ remix)

After two intense months on KVR-OSC, I decided to take a little break and create some stuff using some other VSTs.

This track uses a gated chord progression as a motif, and there's an attempt of a lead solo near the end.  As it happens with most of my tracks, there's a little melancholic vibe all over the track.  ^_^   

Hope you enjoy it. Any comments are highly appreciated.

Umbra

A collage highlights overview of The Idea Of You album, providing 0:45 to 1:30 or so of each track on the album.

The full album is now available now on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-idea-of-you/id854783736

Full album Info, longer previews (full song in several cases), and new web site:

http://www.galbanum.com/music/theideaofyou

New Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-GfCM5-zk

(BTW: all the individual tracks found in the album playlist and uploaded previously here, were replaced with re-recorded versions from Jan 2014, so you can hear longer clips of the final versions and sometimes the full song in the playlist as well.  ...or stream from the player on the new web site...)

Sheet music will be available soon as well.

"The Idea Of You" is the first of a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may it help you on your journey, as it has us...

"The Idea Of You" is music inspired by the spirit of Eros and all of its blessings as well as its tribulations. It explores the vicissitudes of romantic love, the delicate seasons and contour of life, and all the lessons learned along the way. Themes of desire, passion, limerence, romantic love, idolatry, jealousy, envy, loss, regret, forgiveness, acknowledgment, appreciation, acceptance, and eventually glimpses of true understanding permeate the work. It attempts to communicate that which so many of us can never quite communicate properly with words. It is an open apology for the clumsy mistakes we all make when coming to maturity in learning how to care selflessly for another human being. It is a gentle reminder as to what is most important in life, as well as an invocation to continuously seek self-improvement regarding our understanding of such matters.

Andrew Souter -- The Idea Of You Album Overview (Available Now)

SO030 Mirage

A cover of the song Eyes On Me from the video game Final Fantasy XIII, written by Nobuo Uematsu.

Lyrics:

My last night here for you
Same old songs, just once more
My last night here with you?
Maybe yes, maybe no

I kind of liked it your way
How you shyly placed your eyes on me
Did you ever know
That I have mine on you?

Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down

Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer

So let me come to you
Close as I wanna be
Close enough for me
To feel your heart beating fast

And stay there as I whisper
How I loved your peaceful eyes on me?
Did you ever know
That I have mine on you?

Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down

Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer


Eyes On Me (Final Fantasy XIII) - Cover

When the Cat's Away Song by Will Ryan
Arrangement by John Massari (ala Bix Beiderbecke)

Vocals, 5 Saxophones, guitar, ukulele, banjo, bass, piano, pots and pans & drums.


1 When The Cat's Away!

The All

(Shades Of) Blue

I feel very thankful and fortunate to have had a truly amazing summer in 2014.  I visited no fewer than seven counties between July and August.  I witnessed so many amazing things in Romania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Iceland. I spent quality time, working, playing, and planning for the future with close friends and colleagues. I met and befriended many new and truly wonderful people whom I now consider close friends.

I was asked many times both by friends and family in the US, as well as the local people in the various cities I was in, what I thought about all the various political instability in the world today.  The questions invariably centered around something to the effect of "Aren't you worried/concerned/afraid to be traveling at the moment?"

My standard answer, which I became quite practiced in reciting, was:  I think that if some alien species which did not speak any human language came to Earth and visited New York, Washington DC, Bucharest, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, Copenhagen, and Reykjavik it would have a very hard time telling us all apart.  Despite our small cultural differences, people everywhere generally want the same things.  We all look quite similar when we smile and laugh as well as when we cry.

It is said,  everybody loves something, is afraid of something, has lost something, and is looking to find something.  Which will you focus on?  Will you give love unconditionally, or will you help create fear in effort to mask your own?  Will you help yourself and others get lost, or will you try your best to find something of true value and meaning?  Will you focus on artificial divisions and all the reasons why you think you can not do something, or will you open the borders of your heart to new experiences and opportunities for growth? The choice is yours.  It is all of ours.



A deep and humble thanks to everyone in Romania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Iceland for sharing part of your lives and wonderful culture with me.  The memories will last a lifetime and have already become a formative experience to my creative process.  Thank you!

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.


Andrew Souter -- Without Borders

Annie's Song - Cover

Touch of breeze-demo

Scores are at my tumblr page. You can see them freely. I hope you enjoy!

I was born in Tokyo in 1973. I started to play an electric guitar at 14 years of age and an acoustic guitar at 19 years of age. I once played various styles like rock, jazz, classical and flamenco, but I'm a self taught musician.

I started to learn jazz and classical arrange from various books in my twenties. I once worked as a midi manipulator, so I make all songs with step recording of sequencers. I will play a guitar someday.

I'm interested in all genres, but I like melodies and harmonies in particular. I'm looking forward to see many music lovers through SoundCloud.

清野光俊(現在　山本光俊)。1973年生まれ。埼玉県三郷市出身、現在東京都稲城市在住です。

14歳でギターを始めてからは、ロックギター、ジャズギター、クラシックギター、フラメンコギターなどを独学で学びました。その後作曲とアレンジに興味を持ち始め、ジャズアレンジからクラシックのオーケストラ編成の作曲など楽譜中心の作曲を学びました。仕事でMIDIの打ち込みをしていたため、現在は打ち込み中心の音楽となっています。すべて譜面から作っているので、興味のある方は声をお掛けください。ギター演奏もそのうち再開しようと思っています。

音楽は古今東西ありとあらゆるジャンルに関心がありますが、特に自分の得意とする分野はメロディーとハーモニーを生かしたものです。
Sound Cloudを通じてより多くの音楽仲間と出会えることを楽しみにしています。


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