Quite haunting, hypnotizing, with a great medieval touch and fantastic instrumentation. Love this build up towards the end! Fantastic piece, Richard!

superb captivating flow with such an easy listening production

I really dig the instruments you chose for this...lovely

this has a lovely celtic feel to it.......very nice strings and harps with haunting piano melodies..........and a very happy xmas to you my friend!!

This is really beautiful ... glad I found this

An excellent piece Richard brought to life with a superb production. Love all the sounds used and the story line. Bravo.

喜び

Free Download for future collaboration !

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Old Textures

“I was unsure about my next song to create and so my wife suggested writing something in the style of The Mamas & The Papas, which I thought was a fantastic idea. A further suggestion by my wife was added; to include the words “Give Love, Get Love”, which was written on my tea bag string (pictured). This was an even better idea and now a fun challenge. With that, this song was written. 

This is a song about giving yourself to life - that we are simply salt floating in the sea; stardust in the universe - to not resist and to embrace every moment. 

I really love the 60’s Woodstock camp fire feel to this song and I enjoyed trying to emulate the sounds/panning of the incredible “California Dreamin’”. I think the electro/synth-pop inspired vocal processing adds a nice modern twist. I hope you enjoy this one”

A song about the universe - “The Salt And The Sea”.

We are the salt and the sea
I drift with you and you carry me
So happy? 
In love? 
Everyone has a story 
Yes, we are the salt and the sea

You’ve got to give love to get love
You’ve got to lose yourself to win it all and be free
This bubble of ours is like living on Mars
We can see the twilight and stars from the sea

© Heart House Records 2023

Written, recorded, performed, produced and mixed by Heart House Records
Song structure editing by Queen Van WifeanMamma
Mastered by DOLBY

The Salt And The Sea

Thank You for 1000 plays! ❤️

When exercise in mixing bass changes into track ;) It's a kind of medieval/celtic triphop track. I've again returned to Irish Harp. Now there are 3 of them ;)

Imagine.... A medieval castle town stretching around the defensive walls. The girl around 18, with long hair getting out from home. She grabs basket and a shawl and runs outside. It's an early morning, the light is cold and it is a bit misty... she goes down the street close to the wall, she has the tight dress with more open bottom. She begin to dance... This is modern dance. Something between classical and jazz with modern additions of head and hands movement. When she dance more and more girls join her dance with simultaneous movements...

It's an anachronism like in "The Knight's Tale" dance scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv_E86eJELE 

I've used
DAW Ableton Live Standard
Kontakt Player Irish Harp
Soundpaint – 1928 Steinway Piano
Ableton Live - Drift Synth - 808 Pure Bass
Spitfire Originals Epic Strings
Spitfire Originals Cinematic Percussion
Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Discovery FREE - Trumpets and Oboes
Spitfire LABS Cello Moods

Two MIDI percussive loops were used:
from "Mood Reel" - Bins and Barrels Kit - 105 bpm
from Core Library - Shaker Chance 128 bpm

Thanks for reviewing and lot of good advice go to:
Nynke @wichita-nynke, wejfi @wejfi and kavvka @grzegorzkawka.
Also special thanks go to °Roach @dj-roach-1 for a lot of technical advice.

Thank You for listening and I hope You like it at least a little bit 😊

Picture from Freepik by stockgiu

Dance of Lonely Maidens

Another little "Ditty" for the Autumn,
Many thanks for all of your kind plays , shares ,reposts and playlists.

Silly Games

Here’s my new song in 6/8 with piano, bass, drums, clarinets, synths and vocals. 😊🎶❤️🎹🎤🎵🎼🎶🎧

Thank you to my lovely Sander @wane-of-summer for this wonderful master. 🎶❤️😊❤️

PLAIN SAILING

A quiet moment of reflection. Surprise:)
Solo track over which Oddrun Eikli sang "That Wind". @oddrun-eikli
And though I say it over and again, my extreme gratitude goes to David Dunham for mastering my track. @david-dunhamuser589535203
https://youtu.be/IxKUPqXkcaA?si=aWnwgunfSyLDrRWz

Beautiful Night

Found some awesome Zulu vocals, so thought I'd have a crack at an afro house style track.

Free download if you like it.

Thank you for listening ♥

Sondela

Sondela (Come Closer)

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me?
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room
When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?
They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But, boy, you've got a prayer in Memphis
Now Muriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
She said
"Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said "Ma'am, I am tonight"
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
Was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
(Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?
Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

v4.02

Walking In Memphis

https://youtu.be/pka8m0L_eko

Thought I'd sneak in a little track before the year is out. I have not been very active on Soundcloud this year, will endeavour to start writing again in the new year, and listen to all the talent that is out there! 

Happy hols 

Antony 
(a.k.a. burn-it-smith)

p.s. Such rhythm in these lyrics, something I have always admired about this artist.

You Never Can Tell (Cover)

Huntsman

At the beginning I would like to sincerely apologize that I am responding to comments late and I am sometimes unable to keep up with listening to your work, but I still work full-time in a profession that has absolutely nothing to do with music and I have my duties towards family and home.

To everyone who flew into my corner on SoundCloud: I am grateful for your support with likes, shares and thank you for the great comments. Please don't hesitate to suggest changes to my music in them. Thanks to this, the next songs will be better and better.

All my music is MIDI (except some drum loops), played/created by me and edited in Ableton Live.

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Born in 1970. Music fan since 1985. Now heaving fun with making music. I'm self-taught, playing everything by ear. Started in 1990's but due to certain circumstances left until April 2022. My music is created in Ableton Live Intro (until december 2022) and Standard with mostly free plug-ins. Fan of soundtracks (my personal heros are John Williams, Clint Mansell, Philip Glass, Thomas Newman, Hans Zimmer and much more), world music (Dead Can Dance), chillout (Bent, Zero7, Groove Armada, St. Germain, Air, Röyksopp, Kosheen and more), trip-hop (Massive Attack, Portishead), acid jazz (Us 3), fusion (Pat Metheny Group, Dirty Loops), progressive rock (Porcupine Tree), classical (Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Debussy, Orff, Mussorgsky) electronica (Imogen Heap), IDM/House (Moderat, Apparat, Plaid) and electronic music (Vangelis, Kraftwerk, Isao Tomita, Marek Biliński, J.J. Jarre).

Still learning how to produce music.

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R.U.R.

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