Lovely song, Steve, great mood and fantastic playing and production!

Wonderful heartfelt melodies and vocals. Enjoyed the listen.

whole piece, music and vocal, really do float along on a slow moving stream,,perfect mood/melody/vocal.....420 strings/chimes are perfect..we are escaping but not too fast!!

Youve captured the floaty, drifting feel of the subject matter perfectly. Wonderful vocal.

Cool intro to your vocal and lyric that reflects such calmness

So very good, relaxing and smooth as silk. Lovely guitar playing, it serves the song just right.

Photograph / my dear friend Mr. Spike & Satomi(U.S.A.)
Title / Satomi
VOCAL,Songwriting / Shinobu
Guitar, arrangement / Hiro

My Whimsical Guy / Photograph / my dear friend Mr. Spike & Satomi(U.S.A.)

At first a song but the instrumental seemed to sound quite right ^^

Feelin' away

FEELIN' AWAY (6 To 8)- Bruno C  (& New Nataly NGM painting)

Some escapism! 

One from the back of the filing cabinet. My sincere thanks to the very brilliant Roger Stankovic who sang lead vocals on this song. (https://soundcloud.com/roger-stankovic.)
Image: Megapixl.

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(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my BandCamp PWWO #08 album)

Greetings to our SC friends. For those in hotter climates, we hope you’re enjoying the slow broil this fine mid-July. :) 

Today, Jo (Minimal_Drone*GRL: https://soundcloud.com/minimal_drone_grl, https://minimaldronegrl.bandcamp.com/) and I are thrilled to share our second collab, ‘Anima Unbound’. It started out as an ambient piece, but somehow evolved into something very… different. We hope you enjoy. 

Along with the new song, we’re also excited to share some ideas/excerpts from a book we discovered we both love, ‘The Untethered Soul’ by Michael A. Singer. :D

This book has some great suggestions for modifying unconscious daily routines into conscious activities designed to raise personal awareness. 

One of our favorite chapters is about ‘The Inner Roommate’, and is a surprisingly simple experiment. The idea is to imagine the voice in your head as an individual separate from you (like a roommate). Every time you have a thought, imagine those words are coming from someone on the outside (rather than in your head). If that voice happens to be ultra-chatty, and often negative, the experiment proves quite effective, quite quickly. 

As Michael suggests “How would you feel if someone outside really started talking to you the way your inner voice does? How would you relate to a person who opened their mouth to say everything your mental voice says? After a very short period of time, you would tell them to leave and never come back. But when your inner friend continuously speaks up, you don’t even tell it to leave. No matter how much trouble it causes, you listen.”

That was definitely an eye-opening experiment for both of us; with surprising results from very little effort.

Another chapter that struck a cord with us is ‘The Secrets of the Spiritual Heart’. This is an intriguing idea that when the heart is open, you fall in love with life very easily. But when the heart is closed, you lose interest and desire very quickly. It’s all about energy intake (or blockage).

A healthy heart will witness things in our surroundings, process them, and let them go… which keeps us in a state of constantly renewing energy intake. This is the way we are meant to process the astounding amounts of info coming at us. Witness, experience, learn, let go… then witness the next thing with equal openness.

But a heart trapped in fear handles things a little differently. If you encounter something that upsets you, it makes an impression (coincidentally, the Yogic/Sanskrit term for this is Samskara, meaning ‘Impression’). Since energy is a constant, but you aren’t able to release it, you find yourself trapped with that impression, although you might not realize it at the time. It’s like an audio loop that is always ready to be queued up, even if you’ve forgotten you have it stored on your hard drive. The way you know it’s still trapped inside you is when it surfaces under other similar circumstances… and that might be the first time you realize it’s still there.

Where this concept really helps is the idea that looping energy gunks up the system, like a hairball gunks up your plumbing. If the hairball gets too big (or there are too many of them) there will be a direct impact on other things flowing through the pipes effectively. This disturbing clump of negative gunk is actually interfering with more positive elements flowing through you. So if you want to return those pipes to a more natural flow of energy, you first need to clean out the gunk of those trapped old emotions. 

Sometimes the simplest analogies are the best. And this book is full of them.

So there you have it. Jo and I hope you enjoyed this inspirational little write-up (perhaps enough to spark a little interest in the book). And we also hope you enjoy our latest musical offering, ‘Anima Unbound’. :)

F.W. Friends

Anima Unbound | Minimal_Drone*GRL & GrevusAnjl

Denis Shvytov - soprano saxophone

Album artwork "frozen rosemary" by Ryan Dickey: 
www.flickr.com/photos/meesterdickey/31583939423/in/album-72157679416383946/
The artwork is licensed under CC BY 2.0: 
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Modifications: Resized and added text.

crevasse

Broken Illussion (For four guitars)

I C U Q T

Faithfully

Crown

THE second records from Euro Nine - words of wisdom - produced by Century One Records - a laurence mehlhorn group of companies.
In the ever-shifting landscape of modern rock, Euro Nine has emerged as a formidable force, a five-member all-male band poised to unleash their seismic second album, Words of Wisdom. Forged in a crucible of arena-rock ambition and a profound love for the titans of the genre, Euro Nine crafts a sound that is both a reverent nod to the past and a bold stride into the future. Their music is a potent cocktail, blending the soaring, atmospheric textures of U2 with the raw, blues-infused power of Led Zeppelin, all filtered through a distinctly European lens that values melody and lyrical depth in equal measure.

At the heart of Euro Nine's sonic identity lies a dynamic interplay of influences. From U2, they inherit a penchant for anthemic choruses that feel destined for stadiums, built on a foundation of shimmering, effects-laden guitar work and a rhythm section that drives with relentless precision. The vocals are emotive and earnest, often exploring themes of introspection, social commentary, and the complexities of the human experience. Yet, beneath this polished surface lurks the untamed spirit of Led Zeppelin. This manifests in the form of searing guitar solos that are both technically dazzling and deeply expressive, thunderous drum fills that command attention, and a willingness to explore the heavier, more primal territories of rock and roll.

This unique fusion is elevated by what can only be described as a "Euro sound." This is not the fleeting fizz of Europop, but rather a commitment to crafting in-depth, catchy songs with a sophisticated melodic structure. There is a cinematic quality to their arrangements, a sense of drama and scope that draws from a rich tradition of European art and folk music. The result is a collection of songs on Words of Wisdom that are immediate and infectious, yet reveal new layers of complexity with each subsequent listen.

Their forthcoming album, Words of Wisdom, is a testament to their artistic growth. The record is a journey through light and shade, from the stadium-sized hooks of its lead single to the intricate, folk-inflected ballads that showcase their songwriting prowess. It is an album that contemplates the weight of its title, offering lyrical pearls of insight wrapped in powerhouse rock and roll.

With the release of Words of Wisdom, Euro Nine is not just delivering a new collection of songs; they are making a statement of intent. The band is already deep in preparations for a comprehensive tour, eager to bring their electrifying live show to audiences far and wide. For fans of intelligent, passionate rock that honors its roots while forging its own path, Euro Nine is a name to remember. Their ascent is just beginning.

Euro Nine - We live we love we die (Master)

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I like Soundcloud because it's a friendly community for sharing our music. When I like your music, I say how it affected me, maybe something about how you wrote, performed or produced it. I have musically diverse interests: pop/rock songs, jazz-rock fusion/prog instrumentals; acoustic guitar. Main instrument is guitar, I'm not a keyboard player or singer, but hopefully I can do enough there to make my work sound ok.

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