Stunning, Nadia! Amazing to hear something of this quality on SC. What a gift.

unusual for SC and for that alone even more enjoyable-brava!

Music: Jan Schonander

This is about as close to a "dittie" as you get in the synth VST world. I loaded up 5 different VSTs, four from Logic Pro X and 1 from Kontakt, mapped them into 5 different and sometimes overlapping parts of the keyboard and played it all in one go. In other words this is a one man band piece that can be performed live - there are no overlays just a single play. It was kind of fun doing this and I felt like one of those street musicians playing on a pedestrian street in front of an old-fashioned department store while playing. Maybe some of you will enjoy.

Liftoff & Alit

Nadia Selvaggi, voice & piano
*Recorded on one mono track.
The Composizioni da Camera is a set of fifteen collected compositions for voice and piano by the Italian opera composer, Vincenzo Bellini. The collection consists of three main sections. The first is a group of six compositions of varying genres, while the second and third sections contain three and six compositions, respectively, called ariette.
https://books.apple.com/it/book/vincenzo-bellini-15-composizioni-da-camera/id1492834522

Per pietà bell'idol mio
by Pietro Metastasio

Per pietà, bell'idol mio,
non mi dir ch'io sono ingrato;
infelice e sventurato
abbastanza il Ciel mi fa.
Se fedele a te son io,
se mi struggo ai tuoi bei lumi,
sallo amor, lo sanno i Numi
il mio core, il tuo lo sa.

by Vincenzo Bellini

Per pietà, bell'idol mio by Vincenzo Bellini

We had met for a jam session without plan and purpose during the last sunny Saturday afternoon last year. By the time of this recording, we hadn't known that soon we would want to go for pee break, that the studio door is self closing, that the key was left in the studio, and that we would end up with nothing but the clothes on ourselves, one face mask and a bit of cash, and that we would spend the rest of the day waiting in front of some pub until it would open because there were rumors that some Tim working there has another key.

Andrè Gärtner, bass
Martin Söhnlein, drums https://soundcloud.com/martin-s-1
FL, piano

Cover art by Katarzyna Von Kopytko (obviously she made jokes of my scribbling inabilities).

Fun fact 18 days after publishing: Martin just showed up at our place this morning, he had lost his keys, wallet, phone etc. again. I served him a glass of water.

The Band Without Keys

Maria

Youtube Video:  https://youtu.be/b70uQ3Xycyc

WE WANT TO FLY 
(c) JunkHeap Jul 21 2022 / remixed Oct 2023

Thinking about the day 
and feedin' on the summer vibe, 
do you feel it?

Later that night I need some sleepin',
crawl into bed, soft sheets are cheering.
The pillow says hello,
and I fade below.

Someone waves to come along,
through a field, beside a pond.  
It's idyllic. 
Jump up high, and say goodbye
flying up and out of sight.

Hit the clouds.
In the clouds.
and there's the sun.
and the beautiful Earth.
For all it's worth,
in this day and age.
Turn the page
and you see the rage.

it's all sort of malign.
Politicians turn a blind eye.
They don't have the fortitude
to satisfy all our needs.

We want to fly.

Sitting on a beach near Naples;
Standing in Krasna Square;
Meet some people at the Pyramids of Giza;
then hit downtown NYC and see its flair.

Dreaming of a simple bliss, 
where I feel her lovely kiss.
But a dark flows in so slowly,
blots out the light, 
and I feel people want to get away.

We want to fly.

We Want To Fly

Raffinésse

Strange world of duality seems to creep into improvisational duets...phrases entangled for moments...then falling apart. It may be muscle memory or something more weird!
Duets: soprano saxophone / flute / tenor saxophone

Image from SYFY official site  [c/o Pinterest.]

Entanglement

A reimagining of David Dunham's original track "Fall Back".
 Listen to David's beautiful original ---> https://soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203/fall-back?si=9b140300b6e14c22b6da0cb67f20ae96&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Thank you again, David.

Migration -- David Dunham, guitar; Debra Buesking, piano.

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander
Guitar: Davy Vance https://soundcloud.com/skub1955 

TURN TO BURN

It’s getting better 
Getting better all the time
I’ll bide my time
I’m stepping back, it’s not a crime

It’s getting better
Getting better all the time
It’s way too heavy
And when I get my way, their gonna have to pay

When we get there 
I’ll trip and hop
I’ll step and dance
Do the jig
I’ll be singing la la la la la
La la la la la
And when we get there
I’ll trip and hop
I’ll step and dance
I’ll be singing

It’s my turn
My turn to burn
My turn in the spotlight
My turn to shine bright
Time to get what I want
Time to get what I need
It’s my turn
Time to leave things behind
My turn to burn
My turn to burn

When I get there
I’ll scream and shout
I’ll be bursting
Lose myself
I’ll be singing la la la la la
La la la la la
And when we get there
All of us
Both you and me
We’ll all be singing

It’s my turn
My turn to burn
My turn in the spotlight
My turn to shine bright
Time to get what I want
Time to get what I need
It’s my turn
My turn to burn
My turn to burn
My turn to burn
It’s my turn

Turn To Burn

Turn To Burn | Davy Vance 🎸

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) shake hands in this collection of piano adaptations combined with poetry. Five of Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood" join with selected readings from "A Child's Garden of Verses". In the sixth adaptation, "The Poet Speaks", piano alone, somewhat ironically, carries the meditation.
I have always loved both of these collections. As a child I wrote out many of Stevenson's poems and illustrated them with my crayons. Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood" first found their way into my repertoire in high school and I obviously still enjoy playing them. In no way, however, do I assume to be improving these lovely pieces by my adaptations; I have simply made them my own.
A huge thanks to 1234567890 (Peter) @user-264930040 for his help in choosing poems, and of course for his impeccable delivery. The project would simply not exist without his help. A very big thank you also goes out to David @david-dunhamuser589535203 for his cheerful help in mastering our tracks. (I owe both a great debt of gratitude.)

The Poet Speaks (Solo Piano)

Dust is a song about leaving things behind to enforce personal growth. Pondering about your past, you can become blind to your present and the growth in between. This emotional dust has to be blown off the surface. Stop negative self talk and realize, that the things you did in the past have been done by your former self. Accept, that there is wrong about it and that there is no way to change certain decicions. Though having the same goal, the person you are today may solve things differently. Special thanks to the band for recording and to Berni Armstrong for tweaking the lyrics.

Nadine de Macedo: composition, arrangement, production, lyrics, programming
intoyourlight: vocals
Johnny Mc Farlane: guitars
Seppo: bass

Where to find us:
https://soundcloud.com/nadinedemacedo
https://soundcloud.com/user-851624740
https://soundcloud.com/johnnymc2
https://soundcloud.com/user-152719767

==== LYRICS ====

I suffocate in an album full of memories
Try to recreate beautiful sceneries
But now all I can see is how I used to be

I can feel
How it's taking over me
Fill my lungs with dust
Misfortune and mistrust

I can't breathe
Cause it's bursting inside me
All covered up with snow
It's time to gain control

I dig into shattered hopes and prophecies
Inhaling life with all its tragedies
But now all I can see is how I used to be

I can feel
How it's taking over me
Fill my lungs with dust
Misfortune and mistrust

I can't breathe
Cause it's bursting inside me
All covered up with snow
It's time to gain control

Can't take my eyes off you
You're just someone I knew
Come take my hand, take me away!

Goodbye to my former self
I'll be somebody else
No regrets and no return!

I can feel
How it's taking over me
Clear my lungs from dust
Misfortune and mistrust

I can breathe
While it's bursting inside me
All covered up with snow
I’ve finally gained control

Ah, clear my lungs from dust!
Ah, clear my lungs from dust!

Dust (feat. intoyourlight)

For more of Garddwr Porffor's fine music, visit his page: https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor
Nadia Selvaggi Reposts: https://soundcloud.com/nadiaselvaggireposts
AMERICA available for purchase on bandcamp: https://brianbutts2.bandcamp.com/track/america-feat-nadia-selvaggi-the-windscale-blues-experiment
Ye Are Many by Brian Butts & Nadia Selvaggi featured in album 'Solitarian' available for purchase on bandcamp: https://brianbutts2.bandcamp.com/track/ye-are-many-feat-nadia-selvaggi
AMERICA by Brian Butts & Nadia Selvaggi (with The Windscale Blues Experiment) featured in album 'Reification' on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gr6jjJAJO4&list=OLAK5uy_kCya9ENT5OoqqUuqIyYn1v-bUr3B22-hY&index=1
Norma's Restaurant, Monaco: https://norma-monaco.com/audio-post/

Per pietà, bell'idol mio by Vincenzo Bellini

Nadia Selvaggi

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