still talking

LIFE is bestowed without
Having our consent
Each day is just a FIGHT
Ah, from sunrise to sunset
The cuts go deep
They hurt like hell
All you can do is yell out
And yell...yell LOUD

The only thing for sure in LIFE
Is DEATH...
And when it comes it hurts like hell
It takes guts to live
And even more to die
VIOLENCE is LOUD
And getting louder like a passing motor bike
LOUD , LOUD, LOUD, LOUD

Destiny comes by as fast as life can pass
People take you down the wrong way lane
The present is LOUD
Before we realise
We've gotta catch the present, it's LOUD
Before we realise we've gotta catch it,BE LOUD
 LOUD, LOUD, LOUD,LOUD

LOUD

It's time to take the chance
It's time to stop playing their game
Narcissists they hunt they stalk they kill
Once you've fallen into their trap
Try to escape and run like hell
Good triumphs over EVIL in the end
Be PROUD Be LOUD, Be LOUD
LOUD, LOUD, LOUD, LOUD

LOUD

Loud (Musik Overdrive feat Chris Hardisty guitar)

This is an original composition in tribute to heroically good classic rock pianist Nicky Hopkins (a.k.a. “Edward” as he was sometimes called in the studio by members of the Rolling Stones).  He would have turned 80 years old today (02/24/2024).

This was not an attempt at impersonation, but rather an effort toward one specific aspect of his versatile playing style, namely, that elusive balance of flow and syncopation.  Simply put, listening to Nicky Hopkins makes my brain dance, and trying to capture that effect is what inspired this piece.  

Note: Many are unfamiliar with the name Nicky Hopkins, but everyone is familiar with his piano playing which has appeared on records of the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, the Who, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, the Kinks, Steve Miller Band, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Garcia, the Beatles (as well as solo work of all four individual Beatles), and many others.  He played on over forty top 40 albums, and dozens of singles.  He was practically a member of the Rolling Stones (and came up with many of the Stones’ most iconic piano parts including for the songs Angie, She’s a Rainbow, Loving Cup, Sympathy for the Devil), but his battle with Crohn’s disease prevented him from being able to commit to regular touring.  As a result, he spent most of his career working as a session musician. He was, however, an official member (from 1969-1971) of Quicksilver Messenger Service where his piano work generally sits up front in the mix and where you can hear his creativity fully unleashed (e.g., check out their songs Shady Grove, Edward the Mad Shirt Grinder, and Fresh Air).  In spite of his limited number of live performances, he was also a talented improviser as showcased in the Rolling Stones studio jam album “Jamming with Edward”, and another great example of this is the high-quality recording of his live performance with the Jerry Garcia Band on “Let it Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection Volume 2" https://soundcloud.com/jerrygarcia/sets/let-it-rock-the-jerry-garcia.

Here is the Wikipedia article on Nicky Hopkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins

Song art: The image depicting “a session pianist resembling Nicky Hopkins” was created with a lot of help from my brother-in-law Patrick McGee using a combination of AI art generators.

Edward Piano Hands

Silber oder Blei

Lost In The Shadows

Recording sessions from 20/04/2024 - 21/05/2024.
2 tracks MOOG Modular V3 (vst Arturia),
1 track VCV Modular  (vst VCV1),
1 track VCV Modular  (vst VCV2),
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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- Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks / Without AI
- Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
- Artwork - Pier WILL
- Acknowledgements - Ableton, AKG, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Focusrite,  Korg, M-Audio, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
- #Ambient #Movies #Experimental 
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Confusion

Confusion - ❤️🕊️🙏- Without AI

cool track about the confusing times we are liviing in

Waking Dementia

This is another track, "Maybe", in my work-in-progress album "Again" (2024). The track was composed in GarageBand iOS on 17 May 2024 and mixed in Logic Pro on 18 May 2024. It was released here on SoundCloud on 21 June 2024.

The artwork cover for the album and all tracks in it uses a photo of mine of 1 June 2024 (shot in Sofia) I cropped and annotated in Mac OS Preview on 2 June 2024 and again on 15 February 2025 (to change the year of the - expected - album release from 2004 to 2025).

Duration: 5:41 minutes
Tempo: 110 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: C

Digital instruments used, in the order of composing and recording:

1. Keyboard - Keyboards - Grand Piano
2. Drums - Acoustic - SoCal
3. Guitar - Hard Rock Guitar
4. Keyboard - Alchemy Synth - Pads - Epic Cloud Formation  (Lush)
5. Strings - Cinematic - Cello
6. Synthesizer - Rhythmic - Fantasy Echoes
7. Synthesizer - Pad - Flutter By

Maybe

reversal

High Voltage (2019) Anthology CD1 Track 15

Back for You

Experimental Elektronik 
Meine eigenwillige Interpretation von elektronischer Musik. Ich bin beeinflusst von meinen alten Helden- alle aufzuzählen würde den Rahmen sprengen. Nur einige: DJ Hell, Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Surgeon, Dopplereffekt, Drexciya, Arpanet, die ganzen Detroit Leute, Aphex Twin und eigentlich alle die den Sound der 90er geprägt haben.  Das waren so viele. Verdammt gute Musiker.
Vielen Dank für,s Folgen.
Ich schaffe es momentan arbeitsmäßig nicht alles gegenzuhören. Ich hoffe Ihr verzeiht mir das. Keine KI in den Tracks..

Silber oder Blei

Ralle