An excercise in controlling the mind and i guess the universe too..
We are always in a hurry, creating ideas, making money, interactive media is all around us... a bombardement of information....
This piece 'forced' me to return to the basics, reflecting the deeper meaning of simplicity...
Composed & Played by www.StanLeonard.com
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Inner Circle

Ecstatic Contemplation Of Unfolding Realities

"In the forest, stars shine bright,
Quiet whispers, pierce the night,
Magic, beauty, everywhere,
Night songs, fill the air"
- Poem/Lyrics by Francess Harris

A companion piece to "The Forest Sleeps."
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"The Forest Sings" - Words & Music by Francess Harris - Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved.

The Forest Sings

Alley Cat

Vital Signs

Vital to mind
Whats the kind
Will it be friendly
Or of a hostile find
To be or not to be
To tilt or to absorb
Mirroring good glee
Or projecting our bad blood

Vital we see
A universe as me
Willingfully
Aww be brain of free
A vital peruse
The cosmos as we choose
Vital to know
How mind controls the show

The body a window
To the portal of conscience
Nobody of flow
Fortune teller of nonsense
Most makes no sense
The filter finds skill
Sieving the junk
Empowering the thrill

Each decision thats made
Finds a world good or bad
Precision of wisdom
In time mutes more mad
Experience honed
Meditation of mind
Less of that phone
Find more of your true kind

You are the universe
The universe is you
You do become it
Too it becomes you
Controller of entropy
When being of brave
When sanity found
Next children you save
 
Vitality found
Balanced pleasure and pain
Thoughts don't become stuck
Controlling your frame
Escape not addiction
Just love for it all
The truest affliction
Celestial enthral

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Instrumentation
-Classic Electric Piano on keys
-Ovation Acoustic Guitar picked
-Epiphone Electric picked
-Epiphone Electric Lead
-5 String Ibanez bass
-Atmos pads on keys
-Indie disco beat 14 sections
-Piano on keys with reverse effected delay pedal

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This song attempts to pay homage to a side I've only learned of Albert Einstein recently enough and that is his interest in consciousness and us psychologically. Although it's obviously not what he's most famous for he seems to attribute some of his most important truths to your mindset and that the universe unfurls itself whatever way that mindset is and by the mood of what it absorbs and projects. I'm probably filling in some gaps there...

"The most important decision you will make in your life is whether you live in a hostile universe or not" Albert Einstein

I feel given the prevalence of so many conspiracy theories most likely confirming the hostilty in peoples heads and in turn those people finding that via their self honed internet algorithms, maybe a good few of us could do with learning that possible truth about our heads. His hunch is kind of confirmed by modern neuroscience and psychology with the discovery of how we actually rewire our brains via neuroplasticity
and we can effectiviely train mindsets in and out of ourselves. Most of the bias ones just make it in their the same way even if their grounding can be questionable such as conspiratorial thinking

Thanks Einstein you genius you!

The "To be or not to be" is a reference to the Shakespeare character Hamlet, where Hamlet ponders how death may be preferable to his suffering, yet for the fear of what lies beyond in the afterlife or lack of a life after death. I think the fallibility we show in the fear of death is fascinating and personally where I think we have evolved the ideas of god and heaven and hell etc... I wonder will we only truly find a proper understanding of empathy for ourselves and each-other when we transcend those fears and start living for life as opposed to generating unprovable realities to look forward to beyond the lights getting switched off permanently.

The pic is my amateur attempt at recording the aurora borealis when it was visible from Ireland earlier on this year for the first time in my life. My most interesting memory of it is what was visible by the naked eye and the phone camera was pretty noticeable and showed me clearly the spectrums we don't see around us all the time quite clearly. The phone picked up the wave lengths much more clearly then my eyes it seems...

Vital Signs

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Selmer Alto Saxophone solo. Harmonica solo Hhoner Blues Harp. Fender Electric Bass. Roland 880 Synthesizer Bass. Steinway & Sons Acoustic Piano. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Hammond B3 Electric Organ Rhythm. Acoustic Full Drum kit set. Percussion Tambourine, Ago go Bells. 22" Zildjian Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Lover's Point

Cabin Fever

Εισελθέτω ενώπιόν σου η προσευχή μου, κλίνον το ους σου εις την δέησίν μου. Ότι επλήσθη κακών η ψυχή μου, και η ζωή μου τω άδη ήγγισε..

HADES - ΑΔΗΣ

“Classy Slang” depicts an inner outcry carried with reason and pride.
To be honest, there is no such thing as “classy slang.”
This track embodies that contradiction: refusing to become crude, restraining emotion with intellect, yet still trying to let it spill out.
My process begins with imitation, and although I aimed for a soulful feel, unfortunately, I felt it was difficult for me to recreate soul music.
This track is the album version of a single edit scheduled for release next year, with refined sound balance to enhance tension and resonance.

Classy slang(Album ver.)

[It’s definitely not a Christmas song, but the mood should feel acceptably Christmassy].

A few years ago I tried setting this text to music; it’s very well known here among students because it is considered one of the earliest attestations of the Italian language. Discovered on an inner leaf of a liturgical codex preserved in Verona, it was written between the 8th and 9th centuries by an anonymous hand. It is regarded as a “riddle” (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronese_Riddle), generating an enormous amount of scholarship. 
To me, its musicality is evident. 

Compared to the version I recorded in 2018 (I had posted it on YouTube, where it still is), based on the Washburn and the sounds of my old Yamaha, I added some VSTs and re-equalized the vocals. Back then, multiplying the vocal tracks was the most fun part, in order to obtain a choral effect. What came out is what I would call a “false traditional folk song".

The cover illustration is found on one of the opening pages of an 11th-century manuscript preserved at the British Library (Cotton MS Tiberius B. V — see here: https://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/12286/).

Text (original / english translation)

Se pareba boves
alba pratalia araba
et albo versorio teneba
et negro semen seminaba

He led oxen in front of him
ploughed white fields
And held a white plough
And sowed black seed

Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, December 16.

The Riddle*

Eagle 2025 (432Hz)

Dear friends, an important holiday is approaching when we humans on earth should be nice.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of evil and there are some nasty world leaders in both the East, West, South and North. Some are completely crazy, some lie and some incite murder.
I now have a hope that they will listen to the message of peace.

Holy Moments

We have got a world with expectations
from the youngest to the old retired folks
it is not too much - they only want to live a life in peace
and never quarrel with their neighbors
it may be a Utopia
But in the days when Christmas comes - there is a sign

We people down here will not wait too long
until dictators and tyrants will go
back to their homes where they are not able to be bad
they must learn the principles of behavior
it may be a Utopia
But in the days when Christmas comes - there is a sign

In the present days there are suffering
from Africa to northern parts of the world
and we must act now - and pay tribute to the days that now will come
and convince the leaders of this nasty world
to stop all of the cruelty
But in the days when Christmas comes - there is a sign

Holy Moments - 2025-12-17 15.44

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I tell my stories through my own composed (and improvised) instrumental guitar music, using a combination of acoustic guitars, sometimes supported by orchestral instruments. Some have described my music as meditative, relaxing, and introspective, with a touch of melancholia and a distinctly Spanish flair. Listen for yourself and let me know what stories my music tells you.

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Inner Circle

Stan Leonard