I love what you have done with this Simon.  A beautiful melody.  Yes, my first collaboration, great to see it posted.

this is my favourite bit. I don't remember playing it, but it gave me an emotional tug when I listened back

The track in magnificent wonderful sure is magnificent, truly magnificent! Congratulation men!

I love this so much - a really wonderful work of art. Congratulations Simon and Hamilton

Captivating and wonderfully cineamactic. Beautiful music and Hambra...wow! elegant recitation.

WB Yeats poem, recited magnificently by my friend Hamilton Bailie. When I first heard this recorded version, I went straight to the piano & improvised the basis of the orchestral backing in one pass. It was a truly inspirational moment as the music just fell off the ends of my fingers. I then went back & added all the strings, horns & other orchestral instruments to fill out & back up the overall feel of the poem. Really enjoyed doing this project (the first collaboration Hamilton ever did) & hope to produce a lot more using his fabulous resonant vocals.

The Song of Wandering Aengus - Ft HamBa

I started off learning piano at around 6 years old, but only realised my ear for music when I could pick out melodies I heard on the radio & from then on I started writing my own music & playing long into the night, to the point where my parents told me to stop so they could go to sleep!
In my teenage years I joined bands & learnt basically on the fly how to work as a group. Once I realised that keyboards were not as portable & able to be played on beaches / around campfires, I taught myself guitar. By adding drums, harmonica & bass to my arsenal, the stage was set for a fully working band to record in my garage. Since setting up my home studio, I love recording a tune each week & especially love collaborating with all the extremely talented musicians on soundcloud. I'm a full time musician, with many different hats in the music community. Including songwriter, composer, live musician & blog writer.

If you are interested in my electronic page, then visit https://soundcloud.com/electro-pup

Check out my blog at http://simon353.wordpress.com/

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