Played the trumpet, composed and produced by Val Akey.
Thank you for listening!

Release date: 10 December 2021

Quiet Days

Two days ago, in the very halloween day, I got an opportunity to record some improvisations on a wonderful sounding piano. I look forward to perform on 4th december with the writer and gallery owner Barbara Polla to present her latest book "La Favorite".

Scalpel

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning (Capo 1st Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
SONG NOTES and LYRICS:
I wrote this song about an imaginary character born and raised on the Mississippi, growing up to be a music man. It's not based on anybody real, but is a kind of tribute to all (blues) musicians down the ages, who have developed their own style of playing and have become admired by future generations. I was inspired to learn to play the guitar listening to great guitar players and fascinated by their ability to simultaneously play a bass line, percussive rhythm and melody, while singing at the same time. (For guitar players interested in how this song is played, it is capo'd at the first fret and played in Bflat, using the thumb on the left hand to play bass notes while stretching fingers 3 and 4 for hammer-ons.). Hope you like it!

They named him Mississippi
That’s where he was born and found
Raised by the crew of a steamboat
Never did like his feet on solid ground 
Could have grown up to be a gambler
But he’d seen where the money goes
So he just played the blues
And watched the river flow

So Mississippi he became a music man
His hat tilted to one side
He wore a watch chain in his waistcoat 
And a twinkle in his eye 
Those gamblers liked to buy him a whiskey
So he’d smile on the dice they’d throw
As he’d play them the blues
And watch the river flow

Now they say down in Mississippi
When you’re riding on the river at night
That if you raise up your glass of whisky
There’s a chance that you just might
Hear the sound across the water 
From the deck of that old paddle boat 
As he plays the blues 
And watches the river flow

Mississippi

Negentropy

Bandcamp

Cauterize

The Universe Techno

A lyrical an musical vision of my trip to Hell, after I was clinically dead, aka brain dead.

Artwork was done by Jame' Bryce

The Darkness

Cover of Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer.

One of the most original bands of the late 1970s.

Original https://youtu.be/eauZzwt8Ci8

About Talking Heads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads

More cover versions https://soundcloud.com/yankel-muromachi/sets/duck-cover-versions

Published on SC 3 March 2023

Situationism

Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover)

Jazz variations made after listening to a rap track by Dtrot the Pilot, a vast talent....first time listening...and I mean really listening... to a rap track....specifically....listening to the musical patterns. After immersion in Dtrot the Pilot's track (Whatcha Feelin) for over an hour...this came out. Thank you Dtrot. You inspired me.

Jazz (Horn) Variations on listening carefully to a rap track

Noisebuilder - 4 Minute et 1 seconde

a powerful fusion of psytrance, psydub and electronic rock infused with Middle Eastern spirit. Hypnotic oud and saz riffs, tribal darbuka rhythms and cosmic synth layers weave together in a ceremonial dance of fire and desert night. Each track opens a portal between ancient desert traditions and futuristic psychedelic soundscapes, guiding the listener through ecstatic motion, mystic trance and radiant rebirth.

Sacred Sands

DJ-friendly intro/outro 
Part of my Sammy Virji Remix Pack you can download for free here: https://hxxdn.bandcamp.com/album/sammy-virji-remix-pack-vol-1

DL: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c4zwstvkqbuooyp7z6o53/If-U-Need-It-HXXDN-Remix.mp3?rlkey=vek2lbc444mz2gnmph371si8o&st=5tzrnpys&dl=0

The Universe Techno

RocKey Pro.