Getting it Done Playlists

Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk/Tim Royal)

Check the Rhime (A Tribe Called Quest remix)

Enjoy The Silence (depeche mode - arr. for classical guitar)

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Jan 17, 2025

This is a bold departure for me. After working on my songwriting and singing techniques with some very awesome people in Alberta - I give you The Things I've Learned 

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The Things I've Learned | CWG Original

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame – The Gargoyles
January 2025
Duration: 2:55
Listen to more music for the ballet: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-hunchback-for-notre-dame
Inspired by the opening theme of “Chout” by Sergie Prokofiev
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Hunchback of Notre Dame June 6th and 7th 2025 in Colorado.
For strings, flute, clarinet, english horn, bassoon, contra bassoon, cathedral bells, timpani and percussion

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - The Gargoyles

composition 2025

Ginastera’s Danza del viejo boyero is not just a cranky old gaucho stomping across the Pampas—it’s quantum mechanics in a poncho.

From a purely musical lens, the left hand bangs out jagged, percussive rhythms like boots hitting hard-packed earth, while the right hand teases out melodies that feel both playful and a little unhinged. But step into the quantum field, and suddenly this is no ordinary rustic dance—it’s a particle-wave paradox in disguise. The “old herdsman” is Schrödinger’s gaucho: both drunk and sober, dancing and collapsing in his hammock, until the pianist opens the box with a fortissimo chord.

Every accent feels like matter popping into existence, every silence like a return to the void. The harmonies are so sharp they could cut leather, yet they shimmer with humor—Ginastera winks as if to say, “Yes, it’s folkloric… but only if your folk live on a quantum ranch where time and tonality keep folding in on themselves.”

So, the first movement isn’t just a rustic stomp. It’s the cosmos reminding us that even in a dusty cowboy’s shuffle, the universe is jittering with infinite probabilities—and that sometimes the deepest truths arrive wrapped in a rhythm that sounds like a bar fight between a cowbell and a black hole.

Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 - I. Danza del viejo boyero

Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 - I. Danza del viejo boyero

What happens when music feels like it has no beginning and no end—when it hovers in the air as if time itself has slowed? Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major is one of those works. At first, you may hear a single voice: solitary, long-breathed, contemplative. But listen again. Almost immediately a second voice begins to move alongside the first, like two distinct currents in the same river. They weave together—sometimes shadowing each other, sometimes breaking apart—yet always resonating in unity.

This is more than melody. It’s a kind of living conversation: the upper voices entwine like two beings whispering secrets, while the left hand provides not just support but a vast landscape of energy, pulsing with its own hidden lines. The interplay creates coherence, a kind of resonance field where the brain recognizes polyphony and structure, but the heart absorbs longing, tenderness, and release.

Notice how the music swells and subsides like breath. The slow 12/8 rhythm acts almost like a meditation cycle, expanding awareness until you stop counting and simply feel the undulation. Forte dissolves into piano, emotion grows and abates, and you may find yourself carried beyond the notes—into the space between them.

By the time the coda arrives, harmony itself begins to stretch boundaries. Chopin moves from keys that should never touch, yet somehow they glow together—like distant particles suddenly entangled. It is daring, and it leaves behind not closure but suspension, as though the music is still vibrating long after the last sound fades.

Let this nocturne be more than background. Let it tune you. The brain finds pattern, the heart feels truth, and the body remembers what it means to resonate with beauty. In this music, thought and energy align, and the listener becomes part of the duet.

Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2

It was 25 years ago that De La Soul released their classic sophomore LP 'De La Soul Is Dead', challenging the hippy label that followed the group after the success of their groundbreaking debut '3 Feet High & Rising'. 

To celebrate the anniversary of such a remarkable album, our buddy Chris Read has put together this dope mixtape featuring original sample material, remixes and album cuts. 

Listen up and enjoy!

Artwork by Leon Nockolds
Words by Alice Price-Styles

Tracklist:

1. Jimmy Spicer - 'Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)' (sampled in 'Bitties in the BK Lounge')
2. Chris Read - 'Theme #3' (Scratchapella)
3. De La Soul - 'Intro'
4. Funkadelic - 'I'll Stay' (sampled in 'Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa')
5. De La Soul - 'Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa'
6. Funkadelic - 'Mommy What's a Funkadelic' [Extract] (sampled in 'Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa')
7. Stevie Wonder - 'Hey Love' (sampled in 'Talkin' Bout Hey Love')
8. Freda Payne - 'The Easiest Way To Fall' [Loop] (sampled in 'Talkin' Bout Hey Love')  9. De La Soul - 'Talkin Bout Hey Love'
10. White Lightnin' - 'That's No Lie' (sampled in 'Fanatic of the B-Word')
11. De La Soul - 'Fanatic of the B-Word'
12. Lee Dorsey - 'Get Out My Life, Woman' [Loop] (sampled in 'Fanatic of the B-Word')
13. Chuck Jackson - 'And That's Saying A Lot' (sampled in 'Afro Connections at a Hi-5')
14. De La Soul - 'Afro Connections at a Hi-5'
15. De La Soul - 'Pease Porridge'
16. Edna Wright - 'Oops Here I Go Again' (sampled in 'Pass The Plugs')
17. The J.B's - 'Pass the Peas' [Extract] (sampled in 'Pass The Plugs')
18. De La Soul - 'Pass The Plugs'
19. Eric B & Rakim - 'Eric B Is President' [Loop] (sampled in 'Pass The Plugs')
20. Tom Waits - 'Diamonds on My Windshield' (sampled in 'Oodles of O's')
21. Biz Markie - 'Nobody Beats The Biz' [Extract] (sampled in 'Oodles of O's')
22. De La Soul - 'Oodles on O's'
23. Lafayette Afro Rock Band - 'Hihache' [Loop] (sampled in 'Oodles of O's)
24. De La Soul - 'Rap De Rap Show'
25. Lou Johnson - 'The Beat' [Extract] (sampled in 'Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)')
26. The Whatnauts - 'Help Is On The Way' (sampled in 'Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)')
27. The Honey Drippers - 'Impeach The President' [Loop] (sampled in 'Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)')
28. De La Soul - 'Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)'
29. Taana Gardner - 'No Frills' (sampled in 'Bitties In The BK Lounge')
30. De La Soul - 'Bitties In The BK Lounge'
31. Lou Donaldson - 'It's Your Thing' (sampled in 'Bitties In The BK Lounge')
32. Bob James - 'Sign of the Times' (sampled in 'Keepin' The Faith')
33. Aerosmith - 'Walk This Way' [Loop] (sampled in 'Keepin' The Faith')
34. De La Soul - 'Keepin' The Faith'
35. The Mohawks - 'The Champ' [Extract] (sampled in 'Keepin' The Faith')
36. Instant Funk - 'I Got My Mind Made Up' (sampled in 'Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays')
37. Mighty Ryeders - 'Evil Vibrations' (sampled in 'Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays')
38. De La Soul - 'Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays'
39. Young Holt Unlimited - 'Light My Fire' (sampled in 'Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays')
40. Tower of Power - 'Ebony Jam' [Loop] (sampled in 'Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays')
41. De La Soul - 'What Yo Life Can Truly Be'

De La Soul 'De La Soul Is Dead' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

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Party And Bullshit Mixtape

LBDs  (W Hotels Mix)

Ordinary World

Ordinary World - Duran Duran (Classical Cover by Alicia Lowes)

01. Daddy Dog's Tribal Intro
02. Scenario (Remix)
03. Everything Is Fair
04. Can I Kick It
05. Electric Relaxation
06. Buddy
07. Check Da Rhyme
08. If The Papes Come
09. Push It Along
10. Award Tour
11. Buggin Out
12. Excursions
13. La Schmove
14. Hot Sex
15. Start It Up
16. Mr. Muhammad
17. Luck of Lucien
18. Left My Wallet
19. Youthful Expressions
20. Don't Curse
21. Scenario
22. Scenario Juggle (DJ Total Eclipse)
23. Verses From The Abstract
24. We've Got The Jazz
25. Bonita Applebaum (Remix)
26. Oh My God
27. Once Again (Daddy Dog Remix)
28. What!
29. She Wants To Move (Remix)
30. Saturday
31. Saturday Juggle (DJ Precision)
32. Pubic Enemy
33. Get It Together

DJ DADDY DOG - VIBE WITH THE TRIBE - STRICTLY THE BEST OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

God Only Knows (Da Beach Boys/Brian Wilson - arr. s-e-p)

This multiverse is made out of strings. And I'm a tourist.

God Only Knows (Da Beach Boys/Brian Wilson - arr. s-e-p)

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