Complex and beautiful composition, full of different movements and moods, I like it

I am so impressed by your use of harmony; but [my lack of musical knowledge] I am struggling [and fascinated by] to understand how it all works. Just here [and others have noted] it seems to me that some tension is released by moving from somewhat more dissonant to consonant chords but then to make it all sound logical and sometimes beautiful is amazing. I'd be grateful for some tips or explanation!

This music is brilliant! thanks for sharing this. all the best to you

A-MAZE-Zing!!! Your brass sections are thoroughly immersive, Robert!  Distinct precision in the complexity of a witty composition's directive! I'm attracted to the winding expression that lends to the fortissimo & pianissimo of sound dynamic tone & expression!  It's a concise & immaculate push & pull of tension & engages fascination with inescapable magnetic psychological captivation!  With you, Robert, there is never a dull moment!  BRAVO!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔝😍🌘🎥🌟🌒🎯

Shock the Algorithm

Psychedelic world corps presents a planet dust remix of the jim manser track reflections 

remixed and remastered by Jim manser

REFLECTIONS planet dust remix

Dear friends, how about a somewhat self-deprecating song?

Recovering

I have found some ways to recover - when I’m anxious or feeling low
I send a mail to my Grandkids just to give them my love
and if it is not too late an answer comes back
and I turn around and continue my restorative sleep

Sometimes when I’m feeling low - I ask for support from my wife
it might happen in the middle of the night and she never will protest
she will just take my little hand and squeezes it so light
and I turn around and continue my restorative sleep

If I wake up in the middle of the night - with a nightmare in my poor little brain
I will pick up my mobile and listen to the songs
that all my music friends have published on the net 
and I turn around and continue my restorative sleep

Recovering

Creative Spirit Online: "Colorful and engaging from beginning to end, this is the latest of Robert John Brooks’ virtuosic offerings. The three movements (Rondo, Variations and Finale) are scored for large orchestra—a twenty-minute journey through sometimes tender, often energetically playful, occasionally threatening, and ever-changing musical textures. Brooks’ musical gift lies in his ability to create highly structured, clearly defined musical gestures within the context of a challenging and thoughtful harmonic and rhythmic language."

“Contrapunctus III” was completed in February 2024 in Fairview, TX. The work is in three movements: Rondo, Variations, and Finale'. Performance time is about 20 minutes. Printed and electronic copies of the score are available now and instrumental parts will soon be available soon from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.4.1 and the Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. 

Instrumentation:
2 Flutes. 2 Oboes, English Horn, Eb Clarinets, 2 Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Strings

Performance notes:
• Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
• There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
• Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
• Passages marked fff or ppp indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
• Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information:
Robert John Brooks, Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2024

Contrapunctus III for Orchestra

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Whispering Forest (Remix)

Some undressed songs off the tape machine..........cheers for having a listen


chaos on my mind, gets hard just to find the time
keep on looking, trying to find a clue
but then again, it's nothing new

hide seek night and day, you see me and look away
grey is raining, deep is blue
but then again, its nothing new

up down white or black, getting healthy heart attack
ink the skin, another bad tattoo

right wrong in or out, get ignored talked about
subscribe or follow, discard or use
but then again, its nothing new
it's nothing new

eyes see colorblind, lock the door, free the mind
paid on time, or overdue

chaos on my mind, gets hard just to find the time
keep on looking, trying to find a clue
but then again, it's nothing new
it's nothing new

It's Nothing New

Had my lovely acoustic piano tuned recently so felt like it was time for some song writing there. 😊❤️

Thanks to my lovely BF Sander for this wonderful mastering job. @wane-of-summer for his fabulous music 😊🎶❤️🎵🎼🎹

Love Me And Leave Me (with acoustic piano)

Cover photo by Michele Ansani.
Composed by Michele Ansani (2024).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, April 21.

Morning Travelers

Funny Kind of Sad

Cast of characters:
Well-- @user-370942421-686440500 – Hakan – synth, beat, and seed idea
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur– guitar
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez– guitar, mix, and production 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –five-string fretless bass guitar, synth

This song began with Artur inviting Josh onto a project that he and Hakan had just started that consisted of the beat and a synth line—the one that opens the song—supplied by Hakan. Josh added his five string fretless bass to it first, coming up with an idea of how it could sound. Then, Josh asked Tez to get in on it, too, because Tez not only has an affinity for the genre, but an aptitude for it, as well. After Tez laid down his hot guitar, Josh went back and played his idea, but accounted for Tez's jamming, too, this time. After the basic tracks were done, Artur brought his vibrato/delay guitar magic to the jam, too. Then, Josh added the various synth voices that you hear throughout. ​
  Every great song needs a great producer, and Tez was the man for this job. He brought it all together and used our various parts like a conductor uses different parts of a symphony. This is the fist song that Tez and Josh have done with Hakan. Artur and he are musical partners, so if you dig this song, you would probably like what's on their pages, too. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Ghost Train   ( with Entheogenic Psychonaught, Llanpsych and Surfers Like Us )

Croque

Nathaniel Ehrnman ….. Weissenborn (slide guitar), harmonica

https://on.soundcloud.com/byKMtT8AiUKjsKQp6

Remnant60 ….. synthesizer, mixing and production

https://on.soundcloud.com/YaTDsGuPU7qfWJ7R6

Surfers like Us ….. Fender Jaguar (rhythmic guitar and bassline), composition

The artwork photo of Kansas City area (Longview Lake in Lee's Summit, Missouri) was taken by Nathaniel Ehrnman

Thanks guys for your creativity and beautiful playing. We spent a great time together creating this piece! 😎🎸
    Artur

Clouds (w/Nathaniel Ehrnman and Remnant60)

There's something metronomic about the planet, Nod. 

The slide guitar was played on a telecaster whilst the heavier riffs came from a Duesenberg Paloma put through a modern amp.

DRUMAX PROJECT proudly present .... // ... their 50th track ! A small anniversary ... ;-)
@joerxworx > Composition, Instruments, Arrangement, EWI String & Synthsolos, Mix
@docfritz > Rhythm Design, brilliant Drums & Percussion
© 2024 by joerxworx and docfritz / DRUMAX PROJECT

FIFTY

DRUMAX No. 50 // FIFTY

From memory, from retreat, hope begins to stir. 
Gently, it awakens— a fragile flame in the quiet.
The motif of fate, destined to return again and again in the subsequent sections, is heard here : timid, tentative, solitary, spoken softly by solo piano. Around it, the orchestra lingers in the shadows, barely present, swaying with distant indifference— as if holding its breath.
This passage folds into a tangled duet—violin and piano caught in a fragile slow dance. A metaphor for the inner discord wrought by human solitude: each instrument circling the other, never quite touching, their melodies twisting like vines seeking light. Yet in the hush of final moments, they find each other at last— a tentative chord, shared, echoing the stillness from which they came. 
This section concludes the 2nd movement of the Symphony ("Memory of Retreat", Suite No. 8 - No.17).
The subsequent tracks will deal with the Beauty of Life, with the "Spell of Nature".

Pandemic Suite – 17. Solitude

theme composed in 2015.

Last remix of March 2020.

Music Studio 2

native synthesizers and kv331.

When we go to other worlds (L.V.)

Inspired by a track taped from Bruce Conover's morning relaxation in his deck... First I made a synth out of the sounds in "PreSonus Studio One 5"..., and the rest is history.
Here's the link to the original track: https://soundcloud.com/conover/my-back-yard-nature-sounds-at-5am/comment-1089809905
Stop by and check out Bruce's page here:
https://soundcloud.com/conover
This track is also open for download or collab!!!
Enjoy Fam!!!

For The Birds

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

Thanks for visiting. 
What's new:  I have started work on a violin sonata. My new symphony, "Woodland Symphony for Chamber Orchestra," is posted and waiting for you.  rjb

Scores and parts for many of my works are available from my publisher Creative Spirit Music Publications. Go to  https://www.creativespiritonline.com and select "Robert John Brooks." There, you can also follow the score while listening to a recording.

My music is fully notated and is intended for live performance by live musicians.

After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

Thanks for visiting.

Contrapunctus III for Orchestra

Robert John Brooks, Composer

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