Cracking synth and the guitar as just revved up very well indeed my friend...

I can imagine Flight of the Bumble bee at that speed :))))))))))))

Cracking blast and was this one with Maxim and very well enjoyed my good friend...

Very well enjoyed another blast on this one today Igor and I am a big fan of Roy Buchanan he had amazing technique on his Tele that's for sure though I do not think he played at this blistering pace :))))))))))))))) and very well done by you both guys...

Best of Igor  (Collaborations and original)

Celebrating my 1st year on SoundCloud with this amazing collaboration!

My music from 1997 meets with words from 2013

Jenny Dyer - https://soundcloud.com/jaydee25 - lyrics, consulting
Debbie Deijkers - https://soundcloud.com/thingsfromthepast - composition of vocals part and singing
Lee Lucas - https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas - consulting
Igor - composing all the music, all the  instruments, idea to use the line "What doesn't kill you..." as a start line in lyrics, mix and  production

I invented the main riff and the chord progression in 1997. In 2008 I had started recording it as an instrumental. The main idea at that time was a duel between 2 guitars using 2 famous fuzz pedals: DoD FX32 Classic Fuzz (the best fuzz pedal ever) and Ibanez L.A. Metal (which also a fuzz and the worst fuzz ever according to HarmonyCentral.com reviews). As you can see L.A.Metal is not so bad :-)

I put it on a shelf until Jun 2013 when I rediscovered it and was excited with its sound myself. So I started asking people here on SC for opinions and help and that led to this great collaboration. I asked Jenny if this should be a song starting with a line "What doesn't kill you makes you stronge"( I read it in a fantasy book). 

Unexpectedly, Jenny came up with a lirics which she wrote in 1 night! And I believe this was the first time when she wrote lyrics when music already existed. I contacted Lee Lucas and he was very helpful, had been reviewing many intermediate versions and made many invaluable suggestions how to improve the music. Finally Debbie composed so brilliant vocal part over my music and with such a freedom have sung the lyrics.

Many thanks to Jenny, Debbie and Lee for making this possible.

== Actually, the third part of the recorded material remained edited out and unused: banjo, melody theme whistled like in Sergio Leone movies, surfing guitars: on some step the demo had a wild west feel and looked like "box full of surprises" - something new were constantly popping up. I plan to create another intro and someday release unused material as a short instrumental.==


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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

You've got to hold it together 
Ride out that stormy weather
If there doesn't seem to be an end
Just be patient my dear friend
No one gets out of the world alive
We're all gonna die
We have to make the best of what we've got
Good things will come out of this bad lot

What doesn't kill you 
Makes you stronger
You just have to wait 
A little longer
Believe me
I should know 
Been so far down 
You wouldn't want to know

I've been on that sinking ship
I was loosing my grip
Just going through the motion
Battling waves in that big ocean.

Made myself get out of bed each day
Go about things in the normal way
Prayed for my life to turn around
I got back on solid ground

Oh, What doesn't kill you 
Makes you stronger
You just have to wait 
A little longer
Believe me
I should know 
Been so far down 
You wouldn't want to know

You've just got to hold it together
Ride out this stormy weather
You've got to hold it together
Things will get better

What doesn't kill you 
Makes you stronger
You just have to wait 
A little longer
Believe me
I should know 
Been so far down 
You wouldn't want to know

Lyrics copyright Jenny Dyer June 2013
Music copyright Igor Maximov 1997 - 2014
Vocal melody copyright Debbie Deijkers 2013

What doesn't kill you (Fuzzy Logic). Collaboration with BigmamaDee and Jenny Dyer

by Igor

Another long term project.  It's started in 1992 as a short poem which unexpectedly fit to my 2008's attempt to compose something using each step of E minor scale in both directions: downward and upward. After that it has grown up a lot :-)

Please let me know if there any flaws. Your feedback is very appreciated.

1993 - lyrics
2008 - music
2008 - 2015 Recording, arrangement, production, etc.

==============    LIRYCS   ============================
scandals and gossips, tittle-tattle,
will diversify insipid life 
The sounds of breaking tableware
Are ringing like church bells

Chorus:
Why gloomy dreams
and low flight of lust?
What hopes for and expectations?
It was before and it will pass

And if on the live air
I listen to a song about you
I will join it with my lyre
And I will grief about the fallen joy

Chorus:
Why gloomy dreams
and low flight of lust?
What hopes for and expectations?
It was before and it will pass

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Скандалы, сплетни, пересуды
Разнообразят скудный быт
Звон разбиваемой посуды
Как колокольный звон стоит
Зачем унылые мечтанья 
И низкий похоти полет,
Зачем надежды, ожиданья -
Все это было и пройдет.
И, если я в немом эфире
Услышу песню про тебя,
Я подыграю ей на лире
О падшей радости скорбя
И шорох сонных мух по мокрому паркету
Вдруг остановит, выведет на след
И, смешивая горе с солью,
Намажет тусклым ножиком на хлеб
Огонь, вода, трамваев трепетанье
Слились в одно единое дыхание   
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Down And Up (lyrics inside)

Fivos Valachis: original composition, piano performance
Igor M.: Symphonic Rock arrangement, orchestration and lead guitar

Actually, there are stories from that Age much more appealing to me, such as a story about Adrian and Natalia or  about a woman named Wisdom with her daughters Creed, Hope and Love, than the story about Antinoos and Emperor Hadrian. 
 
However, my friend Fivos composed a compelling and inspiring music. So, thank you, Fivos, for this wonderful opportunity to participate in such an international project. 

I would like also to devote my arrangement as a humble tribute to Jon Lord whose works "Concerto For Group and Orchestra", "Sarabande" and "Gemini Suite" are one of my most important musical influences.

Well, imaging a stage with maestro Fivos Valachis on the pianoforte with Project managers band nearby. All of them surrounded by Symphonic Orchestra (basses, celli, horns, tromboons, various percussion) and let's Rock!  

Please also check other works in this open collaboration project - 
https://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis/sets/antinoos-project-request

Triptych of Love - Pathos (By Fivos Valachis, Symphonic Rock arrangement by Igor M.)

This track has been possible thanks to the help of artists from USA/Russia/Germany/France on the base of a simple base track with leading ideas of giving tribute to French authors/composers Maxime Leforestier and Claude Nougaro's wonderful melodies (see links herebelow) supporting awareness on important issues at their time ...and nowadays still it seems .... Further melodic routes were found by all through musical interactions ... 
I feel I owe so much recognition to these great artists who understood my first musical ideas ...and pushed them to a height I would never had imagined :)

@kat330 for her singing (I love her idea of evoking native americans incantations)
@joerxworx whose sax is so soulful and who plays so well with other instruments (clarinet in particular which he understands and plays very well ;-)
@project-managers-trio : (Igor) for his amazing satrianesque/pagesque guitar solos 
@jules-keys-1 : for his amazing duduk play (armenian oboe)
https://soundcloud.com/johnbodi : for fantastic classic/jazzy colors added with the piano
Wonderful graphic image from : JT Lindroos


I'm the one behind all this, I play all other real (including rythmic guitar and my brother's old trumpet ! ..) or vst instruments ..; I  have been so happy to mix everyone's inputs 
Steph
@ddjohn

Places we were born : 
-  in the village of Salem in a land called Indiana (Kathleen "kat330" )
- in the small town of Nizhnie Sergy,  South Ural mountains area (Igor)
- In Köln, one of the major European metropolitan areas, located on both sides of the Rhine River, in southeastern Westphalia (Jörg)
- John was born in Szeged, the "city of sunshine", in the Great Southern Plane, on the banks of river Tisza.
- Stéphane was born  in Lyon, between Paris and Marseille, in the Rhône-Alpes region,  where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge 


 OUR sources of inspiration : 
Claude Nougaro : 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63woek9vzc 
Maxime Leforestier 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dJQEF4cSk
Led Zeppelin : www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ed98_le…n-kashmir_music
The Beatles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVf5Cr4M-F8
Joe Jackson (at the very end ! !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDAkmfoAgA
Joe Satriani 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0WVU3tXBE

and my SC friends Barry and Chris !
https://soundcloud.com/chris-pendergraft/love-star-ep-ft-the-inconsistent-jukebox

Born Somewhere (Né quelque part)- feat Kathleen, Igor, Jörg, John &  Julien

Megan McCarthy https://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney - original piano improvisation "Sadness" (Open Collaboration) == Thank you, Megan, for this wonderful melody!

Igor - orchestration, guitars, production, enhancing the piano sound.

In memory of 224 passengers and the crew of Metrojet Flight 9268 heading from Sharm el-Sheikh to Saint Petersburg and disintegrated by a bomb above the northern Sinai on 31 October 2015. Also in memory of recent Paris events and all the victims of recent "hybrid" wars.

I believe there is an evil power at work in the world deliberately overthrowing stable countries one after another and turning them into bloody chaos. And that chaos spreads over borders further and further. Lives of millions of people means nothing to those who make such schemes.

For a year and a half I have this feeling deep inside. On the surface I can smile, can live normal life, but I feel it. There is no hope for peace. Only grief.

Grief.There is no hope for peace. (Contemplation over Megan McCarthy's piano piece)

work in progress

original composition by keyboard player and drummer Maxim K.
original guitars by Igor M.

Old Friend 2 (Project Managers re-union) work in progress

https://soundcloud.com/faktor4 provided snippets used in the intro and outro.
https://soundcloud.com/mayor-of-donutville provided the ending guitar outro.
https://soundcloud.com/bruce-conover

The melody sends a loose salute to Norwegian Wood by the Beatles

Should I Say It?

About Time

no rain

Autumn

Howdy folks , i thought i would give this cosmic blues tune an airing today. I hope y'all dig the vibe & that y'all enjoy listening to this-have a listen on your headphones , it was mixed with the intent to be enjoyed in that manner. Hope y'all are doing well & that your creative aspirations are taking shape. I'm planning for next year , got a few projects that are currently under development-so all being well , new material to be recorded next year. Thanks for all your messages , likes , re-posts & continuing support-it really lifts my vibe folks! Y'all take care & be safe amigos. Remember it's not where your from , it's where your at! Cheers Mark. Peace&Zen.

Doppleganger Blues (Cosmic Jam Mix!)

Piano Prelude in Em - REMASTERED

Prelude in Em (remastered) M.M. 2

Funky slices of drum samples, EPI TBird Pro bass, SG through Crybaby-> J-Rock Archer -> Palmer Eins DI -> RE-20 Space Echo -> Audient Pre, Soundtoys, AR Mastering on MixBuss, bit of Ozone 8 to - 9.5 LUFS target TP -1.0dB ceiling.

sometimes when I get frustrated with mixing or mastering I make a quick noisy thing, and usually delete it, quite like this one though

Funk Me For A Minute

Great composition by Paco Ray, worked out along two years.
Last collab to be posted in this profile, first friends I did music with:
https://soundcloud.com/paco-ray: composition, lyrics, instrumentation, vocals, production.
https://soundcloud.com/david-sinverg-enza: lyrics, vocals, bass guitar.
https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo: vocals, pocket sax, coaching.




Letra  / Translated lyrics (inspired by Aldous Huxley's novel 'Island')

EL PÁJARO MINAH  /  THE MINAH BIRD

Me desperté  /  I woke up
de un sueño equivocado,  /  from a wrong dream,
tumbado entre palmeras,  /  lying among palm trees,
no estoy perdido ni encontrado.  /  I’m neither lost nor found.

Me siento bien,  /  I feel alright,
el sol me ha iluminado,  /  the sun has illuminated me,
la vida se estremece  /  life is shaking
y el egoísmo se ha agotado.  /  and selfishness is exhausted.

Pero cómo no lo pude ver?  /  But how couldn’t I see it?
No tenemos que ir ni que volver.  /  We don’t either have to go or come back.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que vivimos muy cerca del Edén.  /  that we live very near of Eden.

Es esto real?  /  Is this real?
Atrás quedan las ruinas de la ciudad.  /  Behind are left the ruins of the city.
No pierdas tu tiempo,  /  Don’t waste your time,
no sufras más.  /  don’t suffer anymore.

Cuando el ave abra sus alas  /  When the bird opens its wings
y el día se convierta en oscuridad,  /  and the day becomes darkness,
escucha su cantar,  /  listen to its singing,
deja de pensar y vive.  /  stop thinking and live.

Pero cómo no lo pude ver?  /  But how couldn’t I see it?
No tenemos que ir ni que volver.  /  We don’t either have to go or come back.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que vivimos muy cerca del Edén.  /  that we live very near of Eden.

El ritual del Mosha,  /  The ritual of Mosha,
luz del amor al alba,  /  light of love at dawn,
la plenitud del alma,  /  the fullness of the soul,
el privilegio de la vida  /  the privilege of life
como canta el Pájaro Minah  /  as the Minah Bird sings.

Una procesión de focos avanza,  /  A procession of lights goes onward,
rugir de tanques, ruido de armas.  /  tanks roar, noise of guns.
Un grito llama a la venganza  /  A shout claims for revenge
cuando un soldado dispara al Pájaro Minah.  /  when a soldier shoots the Minah Bird.

Tanques y tropas arrasan la ciudad.  /  Tanks and troops raze the city.
La estupidez humana es el arma más letal.  /  Human stupidity is the most lethal weapon.
Cien años de historia  /  A hundred years of history
en una noche ven su final.  /  in one night watch their end.

Cuando el ave cae al suelo  /  When the bird falls to the ground
y su sangre se convierte en hielo,  /  and its blood turns to ice,
y se apaga su cantar…  /  and its singing fades…
Jamás aprenderás si no quieres escuchar.  /  You’ll never learn if you don’t want to listen.

Pero cómo no lo pueden ver?  /  But how can’t they see it?
Hemos sido bendecidos al nacer.  /  We have been blessed at birth.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que la vida es sueño.  /  that life is dream.

Y no quiero despertar   /  And I don’t want to wake up
de este sueño equivocado.  /  from this wrong dream.
Me siento bien…  /  I feel alright …
Me siento bien…  /  I feel alright …

Paco Ray: El Pájaro Minah (ft. David Sinvergüenza & E-Ruizzo)

"Just Like Heaven" is a song by British alternative rock band the Cure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman Robert Smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. Smith's memories of the trip formed the basis for the song's accompanying music video. Before Smith had completed the lyrics, an instrumental version of the song was used as the theme for the French television show Les Enfants du Rock.

"Just Like Heaven" was the third single released from their 1987 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. The song became the Cure's first American hit and reached number 40 on the Billboard charts in 1988. 

All lyrics written by Robert Smith; all music composed by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Lol Tolhurst.
Produced by David M. Allen, Robert Smith.
________________________________________
Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards and drum programming by Kristhian "Gufastro" Mason.
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JUST LIKE HEAVEN

Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream she said
The one that makes me laugh she said
Threw her arms around my neck
Show me how you do it and I’ll promise you
I’ll promise that I’ll run away with you, I’ll run away with you

Spinning on that dizzy edge
Kissed her face and kissed her head
Dreamed of all the different ways, I had to make her glow
Why are you so far away she said
Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you?
That I’m in love with you?

You, soft and only, 
you lost and lonely
You, strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You’re just like a dream
You’re just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone, alone, alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved and drowned her deep inside of me

You soft and only
You lost and lonely
You just like heaven

Just Like Heaven (The Cure Cover)

"A Forest" is a song by the English rock band the Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and the band's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds on 8 April 1980. It was their debut entry on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on 24 April 1980.

Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of the Cure's early-1980s gothic rock phase. The song has featured on the band's setlists for many years. Several versions have appeared on concert albums, and it was remixed and released as a single from Mixed Up in 1990.
Since its release, "A Forest" has become the most played Cure song, with over 1,000 live appearances.


All lyrics written by Robert Smith; all music composed by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, Lol Tolhurst.
Produced by Mark Hedges, Robert Smith.
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Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards and drum programming by Kristhian "Gufastro" Mason - 11-2019. Based on the 1992 live version.
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A FOREST

Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes

I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees

Into the trees

Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again

She said "could you take me home tonight?
It's the only way I know."
She said "could you take me home tonight?
There's no other way I know."

She said "you know the way you used to do."
"of course I'll take you home."
"you know the way you used to do."
"of course I'll take you home."

This kiss could cost my life.
Is all you see in her eyes.
This kiss could cost my life.
Is all you see in her eyes.

It's all you see in her eyes.

She said "take my hand, take me home."
She said "take my hand, take me home.
Take me home.
Take me home.

A Forest - Extended live version(The Cure Cover)

Good Man

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita........
Je meurs de soif aupres de la fontaine......

Songwriter. Kitchen guitarist with inclination for orchestration and arrangement. Poet in the past.

I occasionally post solo works of "the other manager", my friend, drummer and self-taught keyboard player Maxim K.

My spotlight :-)
https://soundcloud.com/project-managers-trio/when-i-come-home-to-you

Please visit page with my music here https://soundcloud.com/project-managers-trio

Finest selection of a true gems found on SoundCloud for listening on my mobile.

Plan to post here music by my friends produced by me.

Cheers and meet on my main page as well!!! 

Old Friend 2 (Project Managers re-union) work in progress

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