Such a lovely track, Stephanie. The perfect 'little sister' melody to go alongside the beautiful Solitude.

This is my humble first take of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's famous "Flight of the Bumble Bee" (transcribed by Sergei Rachmaninoff). 

It was played by me on May the 2nd, 2023 with Yamaha Montage 8 synthesizer ("CFX Concert" sound). It was recorded into my DAW in one take as an audio wav file without any midi recording, and hence no midi or other corrections were made. I only added some reverb. I've been practicing this for weeks and I wanted to get this out of my hands so to speak and this is what I ended up with. My apologies for the numerous mistakes.. but nobody ever taught me how to do this and this is the result so far.. It may be that this is the best I can do but I have to say that I still am a little bit proud of myself because lately I had started to think that I will never be able to make even a mediocre recording of this piece!

I am not sure what the exact tempo here was. The sheet has a designated tempo of 144-152 but many real pianists including Horowitz, Lang Lang and David Helfgott of course have played it much faster. I also almost lost the rhythm at some point but I think I got it back after a while..

Some day I will maybe try to make a better recording with fewer mistakes. But since it took me maybe about 17-20 years or more with this piece to get to this point (although I had maybe a 10 years break in the middle) I can make no promises.. 

I first started playing Rachmaninoff and Chopin seriously after I saw the movie "Shine" many years ago and after that I tried to learn as many of the songs as possible. There was some great piano playing in the movie and the main character in the movie played the Bumble Bee in one scene (a recording which according to my knowledge was played by Mr. David Helfgott himself). After seeing that I wanted to learn the piece myself. I guess the line of thinking I had at the time was that "If they can do it, I can do it". And I think here is an important lesson for all the youngsters out there: You can do anything. Never give up! Although a little bit of proper guidance and teaching probably won't do you any harm...

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee. Transcribed by S. Rachmaninoff

Instrumental: Mathieu (https://on.soundcloud.com/2aosZ)
Paroles et voix: DelhyA

Merci encore à toi Mathieu d’avoir accepté que je travaille sur un de tes sons!🙏🏽😉❤️

                              Just another day 

Encore un jour qui se lève, une nouvelle journée 
Le soleil se réveille sur un autre day 
D’une nuit brève et sans rêve 

Encore un soir où lorsque la lune sera montée  
De tous les bords de ma vie rien n’aura bougé 
Je le sais, just another day 

Maybe one day I will go away pour enfin me trouver
Maybe someday I will find the faith pour ne plus me cacher 

Je regarde ma guitare posée là, figée 
Puis cette page restée blanche de mots évaporés 
Anyway, is there something left to say?

Comment pourrai-je ne pas laisser tout s effacer?
Comment pourrai-je à nouveau sentir mon cœur vibrer?

Across the miles through time and space 
I will chase the Melodies i can retrace 

Today today today, just another day, just another day.

Just Another Day (with Mathieu)- an original song

I think I’m Broken(Instrumental)

This one is about a butterfly for a girl not available, as it turned out. Would want that feeling to stay, but the butterfly has gotta go. Its a busy one though; already had been going up and down starting to make the heart into a bloody home. And its a hard one to catch! There is that feeling of melancholy again. Just let go! And the butterfly leaves... 

It was good fun composing and dramatizing this piece. Especially that butterfly, I'm sure you can hear it. Been chasing it for hours :) The techiques on one part of it, I just started doing improvising once and was used in Arabesque too, but in phygian mode. In this piece its worked out more and it consists of both chords, an arpeggio and a glissando with the left pinky on black keys.

Departure of a Butterfly (Op.8 No.7)

Valse. III

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In the Snow, the Shadow of Memory in Death March

Bonjour à tous, 🎹❄️
Je vous propose aujourd'hui de voyager en Finlande, et de découvrir en musique la Laponie.  
Voici la suite petite soeur de ma toute première composition "Solitude".

J’interprète au piano ma  composition « Laponie".
Ecrit le 26 et 27 février. Enregistré le 29 février 2024.
Bonne écoute.
https://youtu.be/b8XAeQLMa8Y

Hello everyone, ❄️🎹
Today I suggest you travel to Finland, and discover Lapland through music.
Here is the little sister of my very first composition "Solitude".

I perform my composition “Laponie” on the piano.
Written on February 26 and 27. Registered February 29, 2024.
Good listening.

Laponie - Original emotional Piano

Song by Robert Burns
Vocals and Instrumentals by Layna Claunch

My love is like a red, red rose
   That’s newly sprung in June
My love is like a melody
   That’s sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lad
   So deep in love am I
And I will love thee still, my dear
   Till all the seas gang dry

Till all the seas gang dry, my love
   And the rocks melt with the sun
I will love thee still, my dear
   While the sands of life shall run

But fare thee well, my only love
   But fare thee well awhile
And I will come again, my love
   Though t'were ten thousand mile

My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

All men, women and children around the world, all together, breathe... and the breath comes from their souls who aspire to a better world (perhaps not all...) without abuse, hatred and destruction.. .
This is my music for PIano Day 2024: simple music that comes straight from my soul, crosses the skies, flies over the mountains and glides over the wide grassy plains... and screams peace and serenity!
Good luck to all !!

I thought of sending the same impro on my Youtube channel and making it the soundtrack of a slideshow on Villa Giulia in Palermo  (Sicily) and surrounding areas :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-3FLOnJmP4

The breath of Humanity ( Piano Day 2024)

A beautiful ancient Indian devotional "Baijan" inspired this piece- for those seeking blissful deep experiences, this music portrays the journey

Laponie - Original emotional Piano

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