inner-me

Four Telecasters and an organ walk into a bar.

Or maybe it's a chapel. Can't tell. But it's weird in there, all swirly and broken up.

Bill Boethius has posted a very alternative cousin to this music, derived from the same genetic material: https://soundcloud.com/bill-boethius/blue-slippage

Signorelli Blue

A year in the making, the climate seems right for it now.. Actually changed orchestration a bit recently.. More lush strings, bigger percussion.
Piano, prepared piano, orchestra, harp, music box, strings, percussion, flutes, brass..
Watch for new YouTube performance based on this track..  'Flower of Sorrow, the Dream' now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XzAgtLhsgI
Have enough material for one more piano performance..

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/winter-sun

Related tracks: Flower of Sorrow, Desert Serenade
Album: Winter Solstice


‘Winter Sun’

From the East the sun did shine
At night it lowered its head.. 
The days, filled with scattered light
The sated sky, eternally red..

And though the Hope was small 
It grew by force each day.. 
That Tumult would dissolve 
And Peace at last would stay.. 

♾SEC

Winter Sun

Slow Revolution

Hey guys! 
I’ve always wanted a collab, little did I know that collabs can be very demanding just as can be fun. Well, this one was rather fun since everything fell into place without me putting much effort. Si! She is an incredible composer! And I feel so fortunate to have worked with her. Feel free to check her out, she has a lot of compositions that could turn a gloomy day bloomy!
She’s indeed an inspiration! 
Okay, peeps! It’s time to play the Doubting Thomas and clear your doubts, don’t forget to thank me later LOL
I hope you enjoy my very first collab


Released by:                           Emeralds Records
Released date:                       3rd September 2020
Lyrics and vocals:                  Jeremy
Piano/ background music:    Zozie Brown --- @zozie-brown
Mixing and mastering:           Aurora Studio


On that faithful day
Heaven was so touched
Was  gonna miss an angel
Uh oh oh oh uhhh
It was fiesta on earth
The trees were dancing ballet
The birds were singing reggae 
Aw aw aw awwww
I was waiting, praying, asking and seeking for my true love to come
I wanted an angel, I wanted a princess and I wanted a queen
My prayer was answered; my wishes all came true when you arrived
You came like the season of spring that comes so full of life

Bae, it’s your day
Let’s celebrate yayyy
I can’t wait to say
Happy birthday

On this lovely day
My heart is over pouring with sweetness
My love is a year older
o. o. o.
I wish you joy
I wish you happiness
For you to enjoy
The good things of life
My joy is boundless; my blessings are countless cos you’re mine
You’re leaving me breathless because of the excitement that you make me feel
You’re the sweetest enchantress, you’re making me helpless, I feel like a carousel
Oh my sweetness, oh my weakness! You’re killing me softly!

Your day (feat. Zozie Brown)

@janinelevinson: Inspirational additional lyrics and wonderful vocals
@rick-4-1: Real drums
@burn-it-smith: Real piano
@phil-mcwalter: Other stuff

(New Version of https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/and-so)

SOUP OF THISTLES 

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
The falconer holds out a golden ring from the tower 
Captive and burning and full of desire 
The falcon pulls feathers from her wings to count the hours

And so
Ad infinitum 
Is the crow 
Compelled to steal
And so
Ad infinitum 
Are we drawn 
Into the wheel
Into the wheel

Turning and burning in the heat, of hearth and fire 
The feathers, the letters, the fingers form a winged spire
There’s flapping and scurrying aloft up in the rafters 
Where the bats are left to read and the finger moves on higher

And so
Ad infinitum 
We forget 
Why we were singing
And so
Ad infinitum 
The choir cannot lift the ceiling
The spinning wedding ceiling
Stealing
And so
We go

Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum
Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
Unseen by the hawk was Icarus flying higher
Why do we love when we know it’s trespassing
A puppet heart managed by the clock – foolish arms flailing

And so
Ad infinitum 
We watch for 
Six jet planes’ trails
And so
We prepare  our soup of thistles
And we settle down to feather 
And we wonder about the weather
Listen for the 
Falcons' bells together and
Cover our eyes with leather
Oh Icarus dear boy
Waxed and waned
Ah Amelia dear heart
Tarred and feathered...

Levinson & McWalter- June 2020

And So

Soup Of Thistles

Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder.
Painting: Paul Klee

Mr. Bluebird

June 14

destello

Monet

Wishing everyone a happy holiday season.  Be warm, be safe and be smart

It's The Little Things

Composer/Guitarist/Producer

Songs: We find them unpainted in our hands, throw them up into the air of our imagination, turning them in the colours we see after we close our eyes until they feel just right, and sometimes we catch them perfectly, without blemishing them...

My music is on most platforms for your ease.

Wow!!  417K plays and 4,000+ valued followers and friends on SC alone, that provide lots of wonderfully helpful comments that fuel the next track! Really big thanks to the SC community for listening and providing such brilliant feedback and support. It means so much to myself and my collaborators - huge thanks.

I work in different styles, as the inspiration, dreams or bubonic plagiarism comes! I use Logic Pro X on Mac.
 
I write, produce and play all my own stuff (unless otherwise stated), play vintage Tokai Strats mainly, PRS Torero, Steinberger, Gretsch G2627T, Classical, Fender Dreadnought, Yamaha and Rickenbacker basses, keyboards and sax. I use Native Instrument's Komplete, Omnisphere 2 and my own organic samples.

I mix on Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's and HD 650's (closed and open headphones) when not making a bigger noise through my Yamaha HS8 studio monitors. I use Focusrite Clarett 2Pre ThunderBolt and Apogee audio interfaces, Neumann & iSK condenser & AKG dynamic mics. 

Hardware: Feb 1978 Marshall JMP 50W Combo, BOO & BOSS stomps

I love collaborating with other musicians and will compose with, play guitar for, produce, arrange, master or even just hum along with other SC musicians. Please ask!

P.S. I am a long standing member of the Performing Rights Society and PPL through my old TV and theatre work as well as my record and publishing deals.

Soup Of Thistles

Phil McWalter