Funk

This trumpet and piano instrumental version was done back in April 2021. I always loved the way Joe Cocker did this song - so loving and gentle. I think we all have or had someone special who we think of in this way. That they are so beautiful to you. I did the trumpet part but the piano arrangement and playing was done by Doug MacKenzie from Australia. A true genius on the piano. Written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher

You Are So Beautiful 2021

This is an inside joke with my girl.  Something to do with MST3K.  That's all you'll ever know.

Don't Look At The Sun

Dedicated to my sister.  She always went to the "Rock Dock" with her friends, which was at a local lake, and they would jump off a dock into the lake, and I tried to use reverse psychology to convince her to never dive head first into the lake.

Jump With Your Head

This is a remastered version of my old Magnesium song that I improvised on my EWI4000s.
https://soundcloud.com/nostrumuva/magnesium
The old song was too quiet based on standard loudness normalization of -14db.  This version has more reggae feel to it.

Polished Magnesium

When someone asks you "What's the difference?", now you know.  It's this thing that came down from the sky and changed stuff after the Nullanon disappeared for a while.

At this point, I started concentrating on generating album covers using artist mannequins.  This is number 4 in my "Nullanon" series.  Imagine a bunch of people used to doing things very unambiguously and then there is something that forces them to start making more granular decisions based on evidence.

LYRICS:
Softly, slowly, swaying in the wind,
The trees reveal a message to begin,
As if a random group of people broke into a song,
The natural and man-made objects start to play along:
What is The Difference?
The great and mighty Nullanon is nowhere to be found,
A wave of synchronicity unfolds across the ground,
The people all are silent and they open up their eyes to the skies.
There's a difference that flies.
What is The Difference?
The Difference descends in graceful hidden coup d'etat.
It suffocates the people and their will.
What once was unambiguous is now a rolling hill,
And though they're happy they will cry inside.
What is The Difference?
It shines so bright,
Look at it and love.
It came from above, it must be good.
Give it all your energy, feed it like we should.
Feed The Difference.
What is The Difference?
What is The Difference?

What Is The Difference

I love the organ melody progression in this song at the beginning.  This is number 5 in my "Nullanon" series which is depression stuff, mixed with some funk organ.  The lyrics for this song is mostly about accepting what happened already and moving forward (stoic philosophy).

LYRICS:
Everything that was is now undone.
Every time we lost, we thought we won.
Everywhere we went is just a memory that fades,
Everything we said was just a promise that we'd made,
And now those promises are broken.
It took us way too long to figure out.
We didn't seem to start,
When we did, we never carried through.
We had a chance, but didn't try.
Pick up our mess, and collect ourselves,
Gather some hope, move forward again.
Rusted old tools in the dust on the shelf,
Moments before it's the end.
Might as well give it our all,
Nothing to lose,
One final attempt.
Maybe we're spent,
But that's how it went.
Might as well give it our all,
Nothing to lose.
One final attempt.
Maybe we're spent,
But that's how it went.

That's How It Went

Once again, enormous thanks to @stefankraft_music for adding his magnificent orchestration & arrangement to my piano music, making it much more beautiful in every way! 

Credits:

Composition & piano performance: Anastasiya Ihnatovich
Arrangement & orchestration: Stefan Kraft

Again (Ft. Stefan Kraft)

Some years ago I had posted this piece, some of you might remember it.... and to my surprise just recently Benjamin Rößler (YurOb) has let me listen to what he had done with it....
I hope you will like listening to it as much as I do….

To listen to more of his music
https://soundcloud.com/yur0b

A video link to my original piece….
https://youtu.be/c1u-mhzvoZU?feature=shared

Les Hirondelles by Elisabeth Dicker and YuRob

I released The Knight Errant a few years ago, and have thought about doing a remix of the tune ever since. I guess this is more like a rearrangement.  The original was in 6/8 The return is 4/4 and has a more electronic, and dare I say it, dance vibe!

Return of the Knight Errant

This track is part of the EP "Reflective". Pre-Save: https://hypeddit.com/fyja4r

Watch the Youtube Video here: https://youtu.be/IFYW9XE67hM?si=dL78tW8T13Fdl2St

Reflective

Safe

Safe (Ft. Debra Buesking)

I'm going to start doing some live looping performances on TEOP1 so this is a random practice session that is kind of Jam Band / Scat / Funk.  There is a 4-track on the TEOP1, so I can start out with drums or scat and then hit a key to end the loop, then just keep playing live and kind of overdub onto the other 3 tracks, and then also add in breaks by holding on one of the tracks while playing a B section.  I just live improvised the bass loop and then improvised the organ and keys as I went.  Random mood today, sorry to my dubstep and ambient fans :) This one is weird.

Bow Meow

An electronic/industrial piece, with some fusion elements. Out of my comfort zone here! Maybe it reflects the tempest of the times.

Cosmic Call

below sunset7.13.25

I am always glad that you stop by and take the time to come.
Thank you as always.Crimson, vibrant red, red that attracts success.
The deeper, more passionate red is blood!
Blood symbolizes many emotions, such as confusion, compassion, coldness, emotion, and passion.
It is blood that we inherit.
It is the source of life, a deep, vibrant, warm and important color to us.

Deep Red in Scarlet

Ascension tells the story of a protagonist following his career path, overcoming fears and barriers, getting over self doubt and adverse conditions. Or maybe the tale of a space odyssey operated by a huge company and its rise to the most powerful entity of mankind. 

Choose whatever you want and please tell it in the comments.

This is a hybrid track starting with a solo violin and piano and strings accompaniment. A constant soft string ostinato is opposed to a synth pulse. The middle part starts very ambient with spacious pads but rises in tension with the help of the orchestra.

The climax is introduced with a strong melodic statement played by horns. It's further developed with modulation and varied instrumentation.

The outro is more or less a mirror of the intro.

Video: https://youtu.be/1jSGHgZLBEc

Ascension

German composer Stefan Kraft reimagines Bruno Sanfilippo’s ‘Danza de Reflejos’ with a graceful string arrangement that deepens its emotional resonance. This reworked version blends poetic minimalism with cinematic warmth, offering a fresh yet faithful take. Released by the reflective neoclassical label ad21.

Danza de Reflejos Reworked

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For reasons unknown but time will tell...
Multi-instrumentalist, all types of music, all types of methods.
Occasional collaborations with other artists.
Sometimes I post the sheet music if it's piano.
Lately, my favorite instrument is a TE OP-1 Field keyboard.

Bow Meow

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