A smooth jazz track with sax and an expressive voice.
Have fun listening!
https://youtu.be/eai_q4F6JvM

90 bpm

Starlight

"The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a snake or serpent eating its own tail, variously signifying infinity and the cycle of birth and death." - dictionary.com

This album is for my son Jasper Myhill and in memory of my father John Myhill.

Cinematic Inspired I - Ouroboros

Ouroboros

Written: 2021
Duration: ca. 5'
Instrumentation: solo five-octave marimba (four mallets)
Commissioned by Micheal Barnes
Performed by MIDI
Upcoming World Premiere: Recital, Michael Barnes, marimba, Christ Church Cathedral Cincinnati, May 30, 2023
Publisher: Bill Holab Music

PROGRAM NOTES
The word ‘pyro' has a few different meanings. It can denote fire, heat, or temperature, but the meaning that most inspired this piece comes from the word 'pyromaniac', which is used to describe someone who has a compulsion to set things on fire. In particular, I was most influenced by a by a surreal, somewhat grotesque artwork by David Lynch called Boy Lights Fire (2010), in which a boy holds a book of matches in his left hand and a lit match in his right hand, while someone (perhaps his mother) appears in the distance, arms stretched out, seemingly in shock. I imagined the boy lighting their house on fire, and the house gradually burning to the ground. Pyro was commissioned by Michael Barnes.

Pyro for Solo Marimba (Digital Pre-Premiere)

Performed at Arthur Zankel Hall in Saratoga Springs, June 2022 during the Mostly Modern Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKLfsYNcJLk

Amir Farid, piano
Claire Longendyke, keyboard
Hunter Gross,  bass drum and xylophone
Victoria Paterson, violin
JJ Johnson, viola
Dave Eggar, cello

Because Of Her - live at Mostly Modern Festival 2022

A wanderer and gypsy am I
Where from I don't recall
Maybe from somewhere in the sky
Or maybe from nowhere at all
I travel over paths unknown
And valleys in my mind
I go to where the birds have flown
And there you I shall find
I gather my thoughts, while I gather no moss
I think of one I could call friend
And when our paths do finally cross
My wanders will come to an end

Wanderer

Bequest

Novo Turno

GiveMeEmpathyBaby

Verse 1
The morning comes, glad I'm alive
Roll over, feel the light.
Sweet morning dew, cold mountain chill
Above a golden morning sky

Chorus
And on the air, the feeling came
Picked up my head and took it all in
The forest's song, it carries me
Something about the sunrise sets me free
And when I rise
My soul rejoice

Verse 2
Across the hills, a burning fog
Last ember glows and then it's gone
The smell of grass, swimming in the creek.
Swaying with the trees, the sun is holding me.

Chorus
And on the air, the feeling came
Picked up my head and took it all in
The forest's song, it carries me
Something about the sunrise sets me free
And when I rise
My soul rejoice

Verse 3
I watched in awe, horizon rose, across the sky and earth it bled
Such perfect grace, I stood amazed
My shadow stretched and I was humbled again.

Chorus
And on the air, the feeling came
Picked up my head and took it all in
The forest's song, it carries me
Something about the sunrise sets me free
And when I rise
My soul rejoice

Something About Sunrise

I Lose You To The Void

Written using Spitfire Frozen Strings and Albion One.

Tundra

Beach, sun, a cocktail... a nice ending after a musical spectacle.

Music by Ortwin Wendt

I Lose You To The Void

RiversRunDeep

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