Best of the Cloud : special summer playlist

Sonni Quick

September Friends

@echosonica @SarahMcLachlan @sonata_therio @pelegrim @sonni_quick @djoliversmith Chris Lloyd @danielskyver @sncryldrm @cenkeroge @k4milofly Dabeat @John00fleming Luigi Palagano @GaiBarone

In The Arms Of An Angel with the Breath Of The Wild #3944

Yes Im suffering, you are torturing me, but thru this suffering comes the growth! You cant be stronger than me! Ill peel, skin and grill you GS-bootcamp!!!! See you in 4 weeks after Im physically and emotionally healed and back to life~
Wed: freaking meeting of 10/12th/22
Fri: reinforced 10/21/22
Tues: rescheduled 10/25/22
Wed: date playlist created 10/26/22
Trial dates: 11/21/22- 12/18/22
On 11/8/22 was changed to 11/21/22-12/2/22
Successfully finished it and got passed on 12/2/22
Another Trial going on
Preliminary delivery 1/12/23 Thurs, end of Heme
Official delivery 1/20/23- Friday S/O, end of first week
Refreshing and survival vacation" 1/23/23-1/26/23
Went back Friday-TMC 1/27/23 to pick the specs while I got crucified the next Monday anyways by NM
Gave my ILP: the same Friday- TMC that back 1/27/23
& going on the marathon yet- today Sun 2/5/23
& Still going on, on the BD eve, 3/16/23- 2325pm
Finally after SO manytimes being crucified and tortured, 
got released on 6/2/23
I DID it, its all over, the battle is over
The journey still continues on, but at least the hardest part is over I think

Study- For the mud, blood and tears of the GS bootcamp

Meditative keyboard artists from around the world, esp. Europe, East Asia and North America. Free piano improvs and similar sonic explorations for quiet reflection, study, or for a more organic ambient experience.

conscious keys

Forest Flight

UPDATE:  Right before Christmas 2023 The Gift of Life organization that handles transplant donors and recipients finally decided that the family of my for and I could personally communicate with each other. We had filled out 2 sets of forms asking to be able to talk. This took too long. I finally know who gave me life! His name is Neal. I'll keep the last name private. 

He has three young adult children. His death was sudden and unexpected after having severe pain in his head. I had a long talk with their mother Connie who told me about Neal and his children. Two of his children are musicians, one who has released albums. Best of all, except for one son, they live only a two hour drive from me in Pa. This connection has made all of us happy. Neal lives on in me. There is so much that never would have happened without this gift of life to me.
***************

Ten years ago I had a liver transplant. They never tell you who donated it because of privacy issues but you can write a letter and give it to your transplant co-ordinator to pass on to them and they can contact you if they want to. I didn't do that. The first couple years were touch and go for me and I was in and out of the hospital quite a bit. The years that followed were rough. The medicine I have to take causes cancer and I had more surgeries for that. Liver disease caused my bones to be brittle and I've broken quite a few. But about a year ago my drs said that whatever I die from it won't be my liver. It is functioning very well. The man who gave me his liver has a family. Hopefully their grieving causes them less pain. I wanted to write music for him, for them that expressed my emotions at having ten years of life I came close to not having. My doctors told me I would not have lived another two weeks before I would have gone into a coma. I would have missed my grandchildren growing up and three great grandbabies being born and a fourth on it's way.  I would have not recorded 100 pieces of music as my legacy to future generations. Not a day has gone by that I have not thought about this man. He checked the box 'organ donor' on his drivers license. We rarely know when the end is coming. We need to appreciate every day we have. If he could only now see through my eyes. ❤️

If You Could See Through My Eyes

Skycracker

Glory of the Stars

Composed & Produced by Brock Hewitt

Copyright 2022 Stories in Sound
The David Roy Collective

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You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube and other major music streaming platforms!! 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PWCCcjCmwzjYb48VWpGcm?si=AGbTh7BNR46WA3UocUj8Tw

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/1227900382

Stream/Download

Glory of the Stars

First track of the EP I am hoping to release later this year.... hope you'll enjoy :)

By Myself

The Wizard of Oz – Council With The 3 Munchkins
July 2022
Duration: 2:00
Part of the Playlist, The Wizard of Oz: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-wizard-of-oz-music-for
Inspired by Harold Arlen's music for the Wizard of Oz 
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Wizard of Oz January 2023 in Colorado.
For strings, woodwinds, marimba, xylophone and percussion 
Dorothy meets the 3 munchkins and receives their advise on finding The Wizard of Oz.
From the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: “At the East, not far from here,” said one, “there is a great desert, and none could live to cross it.” “It is the same at the South,” said another, “for I have been there and seen it. The South is the country of the Quadlings.” “I am told,” said the third man, “that it is the same at the West. And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way.” . . . The three Munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees.

The Wizard Of Oz - Council With The 3 Munchkins

Lost In An Indian Suburbs

https://dominiquelebars1.bandcamp.com/track/jaime-pas

"J' aime pas quand la tartine tombe parterre du côté confiture
Ca m' rappelle que j' vais mourir un jour
J' aime pas les polochons, les chaucidous, 
Le saucisson aux choux et les chats qui sont trop mignons
J' suis pas à l'aise dans mon époque,  j' suis engoncé comme dans un froc
Bien trop serré pour mes petites breloques
J' rêve d'espace et d'impatience le soir sur le pont de mes souvenirs
J' aime pas l' béton, les sarcophages, j'aime pas les cons ni l' maquillage
J' aime pas les autres et j' m' aime pas moi
Ca fait beaucoup oui j' suis d'accord, Ca fait beaucoup oui je sais bien, 
Mais c'est comme ça.."

J'aime pas

THE NEW EP by MOON AND ARIES: www.moonandaries.com
FULL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fopLS-vzll0
"BREAK THE MATRIX (Episode One)". OUT NOW!

Do you really believe that this is the real world and not a matrix?
Do you not want to create a new, better one?
Maybe after breaking the matrix a new world full of positive energy is much more attractive?

The In Between (remastered album version)

Buy/Stream: https://anjunabeats.co/astrbottww.pbt
Follow Anjunabeats New Releases on Spotify: https://anjunabeats.co/newreleases.pbt
Release Date: 29th August 2022

Out now on Anjunabeats: Alex Sonata & TheRio’s 'Breath Of The Wild'. 

Hailing from Scotland and Italy, Fraser Shaw and Riccardo Derio, known by their stage name Alex Sonata & TheRio, have rapidly ascended in the global trance scene. The duo have been collaborating since 2018, garnering praise from the likes of Gareth Emery, Cosmic Gate and Armin Van Buuren. After many collaborations, the pairing made it official in 2020, and Alex Sonata & TheRio was born.

Their last release on Anjunabeats, 'Cala Luna', skyrocketed to #3 on Beatport Top Trance and gained support from Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Ben Malone, Genix, Fatum, Amy Wiles, and many more tastemakers worldwide. Their latest single is ‘Breath Of The Wild’ – inspired by the eponymous entry in The Legend of Zelda video game series, the track was selected by Above & Beyond for their Anjunabeats Volume 16 compilation, released in July 2022.

"The go-to guys for our DJ sets of late, Alex Sonata & TheRio have been a huge addition to our Anjuna roster. Capturing the Anjuna sound with a progressive techno twist, it’s vibrant, melodic and euphoric. ‘Breath Of The Wild’ reminds us of halcyon days on the White Isle, those classic trance chords shining brightly." - Above & Beyond

Following appearances at the official Group Therapy 450 warm-up and afterparties plus our Night Tales London residency, the pair dropped a livestreamed DJ set from Porto Flavia, Italy, in June 2022, which has attracted over 16,000 views and counting. 

Alex Sonata & TheRio are set to take our stage at Creamfields by storm on August 27, and we’re equally excited to see them behind the decks at Group Therapy Weekender London on September 10. Alex Sonata & The Rio 'Breath Of The Wild' is out now on Anjunabeats.


Website: www.anjunabeats.com
Anjunastore: www.anjunastore.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/anjunabeats
Twitter: www.twitter.com/anjunabeats
Spotify: Anjunabeats.lnk.to/NewReleasesYo/Spotify
Instagram: www.instagram.com/anjunabeats
SoundCloud: @anjunabeats
Reddit: reddit.com/r/AboveandBeyond
Discord: www.discord.gg/anjuna

Buy/Stream

Alex Sonata & TheRio - Breath Of The Wild

Buy/Stream: anjunabeats.ffm.to/osmmf1.pbt
Follow Anjunabeats New Releases on Spotify: anjunabeats.co/newreleases.pbt
Release Date: 31st August 2022

Oliver Smith, Anjunabeats' first signing and one of our label's oldest and dearest friends, presents new single 'Make Me Feel'.

One of two Oliver Smith productions featured on Anjunabeats Volume 16, 'Make Me Feel' is a rapturous club cut from one of the label's best-loved names. It was met with the roaring support of 22,000 people in Oli's set at Group Therapy Weekender at The Gorge, and has been extensively road-tested by Oli across his busy summer of touring.

"The answer to our favourite Anjuna pub quiz question: ‘who outside of Above & Beyond has appeared on every Volume compilation’. As with the best Oli beats, the charm is in the simplicity. It's feel good music that can’t help but put a smile on your face." - Above & Beyond

In 2018, he mixed the Anjunabeats Worldwide 08 compilation; featuring ten of his own tracks, it reached the #1 spot on the iTunes dance chart in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and more. Oli's recent outings 'Borderline', 'Be Alone' and 'Warehouse' have both amassed millions of streams, with the latter becoming this humble hitmaker's best performing track on streaming to date. 

Catch Oliver Smith at Above & Beyond's supersized Group Therapy Weekender London festival, set to take place at a brand new open air venue in the heart of East London on September 10/11. He'll also be taking us into the early hours at Anjunabeats Los Angeles on October 15, alongside Mat Zo, SunrYse and more artists TBA.

Website: www.anjunabeats.com
Anjunastore: www.anjunastore.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/anjunabeats
Twitter: www.twitter.com/anjunabeats
Spotify: Anjunabeats.lnk.to/NewReleasesYo/Spotify
Instagram: www.instagram.com/anjunabeats
SoundCloud: @anjunabeats
Reddit: reddit.com/r/AboveandBeyond
Discord: www.discord.gg/anjuna

Oliver Smith - Make Me Feel

Gimmie Dhat Kandy Now

Gimmie Dhat Kandy Now Boy

Warming up my fingers and co-ordinating my hands. No thought. No reason, just playing up and down the keyboard. Still very agile. No arthritis. At this point in my life I couldn't ask for more.

Tinkering On The Keys #1

Coming Down

Kinda indie rock track with hints of femme fatale in the lyrics

The Danger

There are (5) Tinkering in The Keys. Bear with me as I explain. When I sit on my stool to play my piano, at nearly a standing position, usually the first thing I do is warm up, like a dancer has to stretch and warm up before they dance. I play a series of exercises to coordinate my hands from one end of the keyboard to the other, playing in every key, major and relative minor. My fingers are nimble and can play fast but what is the point of doing that. It is not my style. To prove what? I'm not trying to impress anyone with great technic. What is the point of the music being created? The point is for you to hear the story I'm telling and making it your own. Improvising the music I make, which is different from those who read and memorize music. ANYONE can learn how to read music. Not everyone can create music. It is not about how fast I can play but how much emotion I can create inside, for myself, playing my piano from the inside out, not striking the keys on the outside to make sound. It is about the vibration on the tones. I play for me. I let you listen.

These 5 pieces were all created inside 30 minutes. No redos, no fixes. They are clearly my style of playing cultivated over 60 years, and I'm not done yet. I usually play for an hour or two non-stop but I cut my playing this time into five pieces because no one will listen non-stop for that long. Most of it is played with my eyes closed, listening, knowing my keyboard that well. Feeling for chords that say what I feel. I don't care if I make mistakes. It's all part of the music. I don't practice music over and over until it's perfect. Life isn't perfect.

I'm not uploading the music in order but they will later be put in a playlist. My music is best listened to in the dark, eyes closed and go to sleep. In the next music descriptions I will explain what I think about improvised music and the players who play it, and what is happening to music in today's generation.

Tinkering on The Keys #5

Chapter 103 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days. 

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you want to hear everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
Released in 15 part/chapter increments:

TAFFETA VOL. 6 is now available on Bandcamp:
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-6

TAFFETA VOL. 5
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-5

TAFFETA VOL. 4 
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-4

COVER YOUR TORSO WITH TAFFETA! Check out the official TAFFETA 2022 t-shirt!
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/merch/belial-pelegrim-official-taffeta-design

TAFFETA Volume 1:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-1

TAFFETA Volume 2:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-2

TAFFETA Volume 3:
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-3

The TAFFETA Playlist is always kept up to date:
soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical

TAFFETA | 103

Expansion  Vibration [HOUSE]  /oryginal/ premiere No.4

کول نیدری ساخته‌ی ماکس بروخ و اجرای جولین لوید وبر.
توصیه‌ی من این است که هیچ کار نداشته باشید سابقه و خاستگاه‌های این کار چیست و کجاست، بی ربطِ به این قبیل چیزها من ماه‌ها هرشب این ده دقیقه را شنیده و حکم کاتارسیس شخصی برای من داشته، بعد که از زمینه‌ی کار مطلع شدم در نظرم قدری بی‌قدر شد. این نمی‌تواند چیزی باشد جز احترام به عمیق‌ترین تشویش‌های روحیِ بشر فانی که مقرر است هر شب روح ناآرامش را به ورطه‌ی خواب و رؤیا بیفکند تا جان به در ببرد.

kol nidrei -- max bruch
julian-lloyd-webber

Kol Nidrei

Kol Nidrei - Max Bruch - Julian Lloyd Webber

Born with only half a heart and a heart transplant survivor, composer Paul Cardall understands the power music has to calm anxiety, relieve stress, and heal PTSD. His calming piano music has helped heal hearts in 160 countries. This particular piece of music was composed and improvised by the by the 11x No. 1 Billboard charting pianist & Dove Award winner during the pandemic.

Sleep

Purchase

Sleep - NREM Stage 1

An edited free piano improv. An intermezzo between something that was and something that might have been, if only.

Once Upon A Forgotten Time

*** Please experience New Album Information: 23rd selection album ***

Today's music video with beautiful anime girl with her face animations here.. 
https://youtu.be/ESiIEoMpIMc

#3364: Mar. 1, 2023: Came the birch tree's gentle voice again (this title is from "The Tales of Miyazawa Kenji") 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536 and 3364(74.2%) achieved today. Find my project.. : )
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.

######## NEW 23rd SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Golden Light" - the 23rd selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

Youtube: Full(20 songs, 50 minutes) and Free 4K Video with Super Beautiful Motion Graphics of Artgrid
https://youtu.be/3Gc813k8eec

Youtube: Digest of "Golden Light" music video. 12 minutes in 4K
https://youtu.be/GB7oBTB0yOo

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/6kJ3Xoy0jSjx1AmUNyKu6T

apple music
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/golden-light-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-volume-23/1662304120

amazon music
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BRJ258Z7?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211

Line Music
https://music.line.me/webapp/album/mb0000000002b2e80a

AWA
https://s.awa.fm/album/948948aecf74cfc9ee19

Other Every music streaming services in the world
https://linkco.re/QebcGtzF?lang=en

Came The Birch Tree's Gentle Voice Again - #3364 By Chair House 03012023

*** Please experience New Album Information: 23rd selection album ***

Today's music video with beautiful anime girl with her face animations here.. 
https://youtu.be/qSHu70pc-sQ

#3370: Mar. 7, 2023: They were resting in the shade of a bodhi tree (this title is from "The Tales of Miyazawa Kenji") 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536 and 3370(74.3%) achieved today. Find my project.. : )
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.

######## NEW 23rd SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Golden Light" - the 23rd selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

Youtube: Full(20 songs, 50 minutes) and Free 4K Video with Super Beautiful Motion Graphics of Artgrid
https://youtu.be/3Gc813k8eec

Youtube: Digest of "Golden Light" music video. 12 minutes in 4K
https://youtu.be/GB7oBTB0yOo

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/6kJ3Xoy0jSjx1AmUNyKu6T

apple music
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/golden-light-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-volume-23/1662304120

amazon music
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BRJ258Z7?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211

Line Music
https://music.line.me/webapp/album/mb0000000002b2e80a

AWA
https://s.awa.fm/album/948948aecf74cfc9ee19

Other Every music streaming services in the world
https://linkco.re/QebcGtzF?lang=en

They Were Resting In The Shade Of A Bodhi Tree - #3370 By Chair House 03072023

Doors

Chet Baker - The Touch of Your Lips

Debut EP here including 'Amore' : https://ampl.ink/bKlmm

Amore (Debut EP available now on Spotify / iTunes)

This piece was recorded quite a long time ego. I hadn't really listened to it in a couple years. It still brought years to my eyes. It was a very emotional time in my life. All of my pieces very recorded for a reason.  Sometimes for me and sometimes as a gift for others.

There is also a music video  https://youtu.be/z9OxroRGpO0.  There is poetry for this. I have to find it

Picking up Broken Pieces

Some days have been harder than others to go through. I lose track of what day it is because of the isolation. There is sadness knowing there are millions of people who are grieving the loss of their family and friends this year that should not have happened this way.  There are many more that don't know they are on the list. I've worked hard to make it to this point. There is so much more music to play and give away hoping to leave a piece of me with them. As I play I have another great grandbaby on the way. will my music be the only way they get to know me. I guess that depends.

This piece has other instruments, 4 tracks, which often changes the story. I have also uploaded just the piano where all the music begins. The music is layered one improv over the others. There is no mixing, only what I hear in my head as I play. It can't be changed. It is what it is, what I'm feeling at that moment.  The music is completed usually in 20-30 minutes. It either works or it doesn't.

The Beginning and the End

My music pieces are all piano improvisations expressing emotions. It is music telling stories without the words. In my earIy years I sang and played piano in piano bars or fronted bands of different styles, from country to heavy metal and to 40. I've been composing, teaching and performing most of my life.  I'm getting old(er) now 😔 but the great thing about creating music is it gets better the longer you play, and you have more to write about! 

This is what I leave of me to my generations to come who wonder where their desire to make music comes from. My mother, grandmother and great grandmother were both accomplished pianists when they were young. My son is also exceptional.  My great grandmother and gr grandfather sang and danced in minstrel shows (vaudeville) in the early 1900's. Kids today have no idea what life was like before moving pictures.  I now have great-grandchildren. They will know who I am through my music. When I am gone my music will still be here. What a wonderful thought! 