laid back

November Flows

I've given up I just don't care
I've seen enough of things out there
I'd like to forget the days that
Brought a tear to my eye
They do nothing for me but make me
Wonder Why

I said that I would be okay
I'm not quite sure
Because of my nerves and Mitosis
There is no cure
Now I spend all my days mixed up  
In my head
Trying to find out how I got here
What did I said?

Keeping my mind at ease with
all these trees
No shackles on this brain
But they're on these feet
Say I shouldn't be around peoples like you
Because there's no telling what
Hell I might do!
I'd like to forget the days that
brought a tear to my eye
They do nothing for me
But make me
Wonder Why!

Wonder Why

Daughter Of The Sea

Soothing melody with blazing leads power this instrumental in a debut single from Guitarist BLINDFACE-throwing down riffs like chunks of jerky. Smokey spicy harmonies paint visions of spacescapes and AI robot doom!

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Snowdevil

Snowdevil - BlindFace

Calling

written & produced by Brielle 
© All Rights Reserved
lyrics:
Raindrop sounds and memories
As I stare into space
I´m holding on to my coffee cup
I´m lost in such lively place

I talked to a stranger yesterday
Oh how we were one
A little sense of belonging
Before we both carried on

When my heart is beating peacefully
The world seems less bizarre
Then I don´t mind my weaknesses
Then I reach for the stars
Oh my heart wants to beat peacefully
The only way I can love

Save me from aimless wandering
Don´t demystify 
My castles in the sky
Or I´m left with nothing

Remember the days of levity
How we freed our minds
If you had known the future
Would you have taken on this fight?

When my heart is beating peacefully
The world seems less bizarre
Then I don´t mind my weaknesses
Then I reach for the stars
Oh my heart wants to beat peacefully
The only way I can love

Oh my heart, oh my heart
wants to beat peacefully
Oh my heart, oh my heart
Oh my heart, oh my heart
wants to beat peacefully

When my heart is beating peacefully
The world seems less bizarre
Then I don´t mind my weaknesses
Then I reach for the stars
Oh my heart wants to beat peacefully
The only way I can love

Heartbeat

We have recorded a new version where both of us sing the song. It's a big part of our identity as a band that we both sing.
The plot of the song is that we all get lost once in a while but if we stick together then we eventually will find our way back.
In this song a man has lost his memory and his woman is looking for him. Suddenly it occurs to the storyteller what is going on and he helps them out!

Wide open sails (new version)

Vinternatt

One of my collab works with Canadian maestro Ed Cunningham ! (Originally released September 2014 / Rearranged and rerecorded October 2019)

Composed, arranged and performed by: 
Ed Cunningham & Leon Pajer

Produced by Leon Pajer

Westtracksmusic & orlando51music © 2014 / (p) 2019

The Hitcher   /   Ft. Ed Cunningham

My thanks to Kaby for her inspired vocals and lyrics.

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Back on the streets with the lights down low
The nasty smell of lifes from long ago
A big division, from mouse to rat
the tunnel's turning, hell inside my head

the rats are free

see them running, see them rage
like rats we fight our way, out of a cage
another sucker,another fool, 
this burning planet is the masters tool

the wheel keeps turning,
embrace your fate
mother fortuna, don't you say my name 
creeping like vermin, 
loaded with cash,
dreaming of frotune , waking up to trash

hold my hand,
lets pretend
to be free

let me out of this cage

The Rats are Free (Kaby & Jim)

Our heartfelt Song to you,  the Heavens, and All of Life.  

This delightful musical/spiritual collaboration unfolded so naturally, organically, and with such ease; the fruit of our mutual appreciation of each other's music over several years on SoundCloud.  In-deed, it was something magical that couldn't and wouldn't be rushed. :)  
So...
When my dear Norwegian friend and vocalist Oddrun Eikli   https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli  let me know that she was really taken with my piano piece `Hymn To The Heavens'  @  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/hymns-to-the-heavens  I jumped at the chance to engage with her and sent the piano track immediately. 😁 Thankfully, she replied that as she had a special feeling for it, that she would love to try. And OMG, did she ever!  The result is a 50/50 collaboration that many listeners have described as 'Stunning'. I agree whole-heartedly.

Several months later, Oddrun wrote again, this time enclosing her Vocal tracks and a rough mix of how it sounded to her as a whole. Needless to say, she totally `blew me away`with the depth and beauty of her creative contribution.  I am still in awe of what she did. Here's what she said about the experience.  

    " I sing from the heart. 
       I have sung again and again until I found my way with the music. 
       It is a meditation, it is gratitude to what was, what is, and what is to come.
       I am so grateful for this journey in your music. 
       It has enriched my life. 
       With your wonderful music and this journey, I feel such joy and  
       tranquillity. W we will be best friends forever.

        I sing in Norwegian. Here is a translation, Gary.

        Only Here
        can I see you
        the way you are.
        Only here
        may the past be (fulfilled).

        I turn and go
        A winter turns to Spring.

        Only here.
     
        Just like that!
                                                       ____________________

So, dear friends...
may you InJOY :-D

And for more of Oddrun`s inimitable work on Soundcloud, go to https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli

Composed and Performed
by Gary Courtland-Miles  ( Piano)  &  Oddrun Eikli  (Lyric and Vocal)

©  Gary Courtland-Miles and Oddrun Eikli  2019
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles and Oddrun  Eikli 2019

*  'Salme' means 'Hymn'  in  Norwegian

Salme: a Hymn to the Heavens - Vocals by Oddrun

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We are two passionate singer/song writers that write songs in both danish and english. We always seek to create a catchy melody but the lyrics are equally important to us. Writing a song can be almost therapeutic, and often the songs are based on stories from real life. At the same time we try to describe  emotions and feelings. Shortly said: Music is our therapy!

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Wide open sails (new version)

Sons of Despair