This track emerges as a luminous beacon, where the arpeggiated piano and the poignant flute intertwine to illuminate the soul with a radiant symphony of hope and clarity.❤️

Beautiful track. I like bagpipes a lot. Oldfield used them nicely on Ommadawn (Northhumbrian ones)…
Bagpipes came out of use i Danish folk music 
centuries ago.

This one is masterful and satisfying. (So impressed with your research for the instrumental nuance as well.)

Love the atmospheric Celtic feel …….. expansive and beautifully arranged. Fascinating historical period too - early church development, vikings, Irish influences etc - probably not always very peaceful :) Great work, all building up into an epic project I think!

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Some people touch your life in unexpected and unprecedented ways.  Such was the case with a little red-headed girl, maybe seven years old, but in every way a ministering and guardian angel to her daddy who was going through a very rough patch in his life and never wavered in her devotion to him.  Maddie, this one's for you. You blessed my heart beyond words. 
A very special thank you to Axel Menningen for loving this song and lavishing his musical gifts on the arrangements.  He offered me two versions and loving them both, I asked him to publish the other mix on his profile. This is a kind of "Irish Pub" version of the song, smaller and more intimate.  The bigger, symphonic version is on his profile.  I encourage you to give it a listen as well as his other fine compositions @axel-m-501052973
Axel also produced a beautiful and touching tribute to Maddie on his Youtube channel; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGuDhSgMauo
Thank you my friend, words fail me.

Ginger Angel (with a lovely arrangement by Axel Menningen)

Woolly words that itch and scratch
Fickle threads that snick and catch
Sulking silk that shuns the light
And hugs the flesh far too tight

Polished people
Grace and grammar
Sniper diction
Whip and hammer
All a whisper
Silent chuckle
Just like daddy’s
Belt and buckle

Don't you understand me?
Don't you value me?
What's the game we're playing?
Just what are you saying?

Ain’t’s a word that ain’t alright
Raise the nose and take the bite
Tasting sweet for salty tears
Excrete on plebs those inner fears

Polished people
Grace and grammar
Sniper diction
Whip and hammer
All a whisper
Silent chuckle
Just like daddy’s
Belt and buckle

Me and him or is it him and I?
The team are trying - is that wrong? And why?
I don’t need no help, no thanks
A thousand pricks and a million wanks

Polished people
Grace and grammar
Sniper diction
Whip and hammer
All a whisper
Silent chuckle
Just like daddy’s
Belt and buckle

Woolly words that itch and scratch
Tell on the teller, and catch the catch

Polished People

2024 Remix and Remaster version to bring it up to the standard of the later album tracks for full album release in 2025.

This track also need a bit of a rewrite too as some elements of the original just didn't work. A change of VST instrumentation including the use of Dicky Degan's Uilleann Pipes and some work on understanding pipe ornaments has brought it up to a standard I am now happy with.  
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An Irish-tinged tune about the Lindisfarne Gospels to reflect the Irish foundations of the community despite the later Romanisation of the Celtic church.

The track title comes from me thinking about it being a beacon of civilisation, a rallying point, during the Early Middle Ages whilst a far chunk of the UK was under Viking rule and Christianity had again been pushed to the margins of the UK.

Thanks to Karen O'Mahony (MonnoDB) for her (harp playing) advice - check out her stuff here:- @monnodb

This track is now part of "The Pilgrims Way Project" exploring the history and natural world of Lindisfarne

Project Playlist

soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-pilgrims-way-project

Project Website

www.pilgrims-way.co.uk

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Instrumentation
A Light in the Darkness instrumental features strings, high C whistle, harp, violin, Uilleann pipes, bodhrán (Irish frame drum) and a choir backing.

The sound of 'Eadfrith' doing his writing is a sound FX that is classed as Public Domain and used to add colour to the track, It can be found on www.freesound.org

creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Background
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715-720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the British Library in London. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art, combining Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements.

The Lindisfarne Gospels are presumed to be the work of a monk named Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721 AD.

Thinking Irish music lead to the inclusion of harp, bodhrán, uilleann pipes and a bit of whistle, all over a bed of strings and choir. The Foley sound of somebody writing with a quill pen set the scene and once I had the basic melody I was away. I took advice from a harpist on how they play chords and read up on Uilleann pipe drones and playing ornamentation too.

A Light In The Darkness - 2024 Rewrite Remix and Remaster

this track is really just revisiting an older tune from around 2022 that started off with just the opening electric piano part, and experimented with different synth pads and an arpeggiator. The updated version adds a few newer synth sounds to the mix. It's really still fairly experimental, and I may try another alternate version at some point. 
The image was designed by me and created with Chat GPT 4o
The title is kinda lame so if you have any suggestions drop 'em in the comments  :)

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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Dark Arpeggiator / Electric Twilight

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline.
Photo by Julián Amé

Like the desert meets the sea

The 'Dawn of Dawns'. was orignally called the Yawn of Dawn, but we didn't think that worked.

Dawn of Dawns

I could not resist :-) ... Paploviante Open Collaboration Offer:
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/dreamy-atmosphere
Paul: E-Bass, Synth, Composing, Arrangement, Mix & Mastering
joerxworx: post editing tweaks, EWI solo, final Mix

Dreamy Atmosphere / by Paploviante / remix

Rhythmicestra

(Mastered with Clear Sky at 50pct)
Hammer dulcimer; Hammond B-3

My Latest Sun

Embark on a journey through rugged landscapes and ancient mysteries with 8 captivating tracks from the Cragthorn Bramble - RPG Music Collection.

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A collection of songs, instrumentals and orchestral pieces charting my adventures in home studio recording and production.  All original compositions using voice, acoustic and electric guitar (sometimes using altered tunings), bouzouki, low and high whistles and MIDI instrumentation. 

I'm also using VST instrumentation to create classical compositions and integrating orchestral sounds into my songs and instrumentals.

Links to various instrumental projects and other Social Media links are available below.

The current collaborative YouTube channel with Dee Zee is here:-

https://www.youtube.com/@DeeZeeandMrB

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