Thank you for sharing this wonderful composition and very remarkable interpretation. 👏

Turquoise Move

The Secret Forest

I thought it would be exciting for you to check out a Phish cover I did around 2016 or so. This is before I began mixing final versions at a good volume, which started around 2020. Anyway…

When I was in my Frank Zappa phase, I would check out plenty of guitar driven bands, from The Grateful Dead, to Phish. I was fascinated by the improvisations that took place in their live performances. I was inspired to cover “Divided Sky” after listening to their Halloween concert in 1994, where they performed the entire Quadrophenia album by The Who. The album is called, Live Phish Volume 14. What I love about the live renditions are the expansion of the song. A personal favorite part about studying the live jams are the interaction between all four members. I would often memorize some of my favorite solos from their guitarist Trey Anastasio, learning about vibrato, when not to use vibrato, etc. Just a lot of fun stuff!!!! Having listened to a bunch of other live versions, I thought about covering it in the spirit of the band on stage. I began with the drums, played live on the keyboard using my Yamaha for midi, and the drum samples from Sonar’s Session Drummer Andy Johns kit. I think I did the piano and organ next, then the bass, and guitar. I played on my short Ibanez with a sustain switch, so I can extend notes without having to crank up the amp, plus, I love feeling the vibration of the string while the note keeps playing! I wish I knew the name of the sustain pick up… Anyway, it was an exciting piece to cover!

Hope all of you enjoy it! (Smile)

Divided Sky - Phish cover

Jazz Piano Variations E

I dedicate this track to all the people in Israel murdered by the terror of Hamas — and to all those unguilty humans and living beings tortured from the craziness of evil power and politics. There is so much suffering in the world. Stupidity is the most easy thing to produce because idiots don't want to learn.

Recorded with an iPad, Spark Amp Mini, edited with Logic Pro. Backing track: Melodic Blues Rock Jam Track in B Minor / Guitar Backing Track by Now YOU Shred Backing

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Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - [Allegro] in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)

Often labelled as 'the last gambist' and a 3rd-generation viol performer, Carl Friederich Abel (1723-1787), was son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, performer in court ensembles led by Johann Sebastian Bach. After studies with Bach Leipzig and a post to Johann Adolf Hasse's court orchestra in Dresden, Abel joined the London court of Queen Charlotte where he befriended Bach's son, Johann Christian with whom he established the Bach-Abel Concerts running from 1765-1781. Abel left behind a sizeable body of work for the viola da gamba, which has expanded to over 400 surviving works in recent years due to several significant musicological finds. This single was released in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of gambist & composer Carl Friederich Abel on December 22,2023.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered December 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - Allegro in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787)

Allegro in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)

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Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - [Allegro], AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29, 27 Pieces for Viola da Gamba

Boccherini owes his celebrity to more than just the Minuet of the Quintet op.11 no.5 (although that can be heard here too)!
This recording proves the fact with stunning brilliance: from the castanets of the Fandango to the much more Viennese style of the String Quartet, the musicians of the Cuarteto Casals and their guests demonstrate the infinite creative resources of the composer. It culminates in the Night Music of the Streets of Madrid, a vivid example of musical realism in which, as Boccherini put it, ‘the strict rules of counterpoint' would be out of place! 
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Full track: String Quartet in G minor / sol mineur / g-moll G.205, op.32 no.5- III. Menuetto con moto - Trio

Holy Island by Sebastian Reynolds, performed with Anne Müller, Andrew Warne and Jonathan Ouin.

Single released by Nonostar Records. Taken from the forthcoming record Solo Collective Part One, released in November 2017.

Holy Island_Solo Collective_Part One

Romantic, orchestral filmscore track that begins with simple piano motif and climbs its way to a fulfilling climax.

Stairway To Dreams (romantic orchestral)

Waterfall

Faculty: North Central College, Valparaiso University, The Music Institute of Chicago, Adlai E. Stevenson High School Baroque Ensemble & Viol Consort Double Bass: Illinois Philharmonic, et al Viol: @BlackTulipEM, Burning River Baroque, @NewCommaBaroque, The Spirit of Gambo - a Chicago Consort of Viols, @ViolMedium, et al

Viols in Our Schools - Early Music America’s 2010 Laurette Goldberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music Outreach

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) - [Allegro], AbelWV A1:A29, 27 Pieces for Viola da Gamba

Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass & Violas da Gamba

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