Hiya Listeners, 😊

I hope you'll simply let go and enJoy this amazing Musical Conversation Tim & I had together in a Live recorded Session just before Christmas.

and... here's to a Boundless and Creative 2023! 😃


Tim Elliot is playing his Telecaster
Anomon is on the Roland LX 708 Hybrid Piano

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022

Boundless* Anomon & Elliot

Today i am thinking lovingly of Paige, my dearest friend, my wife and muse, who passed away some years ago now. It's poignant; yes. But her spirit is yet bright in me and i imagine her smiling and free, mischievously engaging with life on another plane somewhere. 

It's good to share these tonal feelings with all who care to Listen deeply as you contemplate your own worlds.   

May you enJOY. 😊

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2022

Thinking Of You, Angel 🤗

Here's a tonal meditation on the Quantum Flux that underlies everything in our Universe.

I created it on my Kawai ES7 Digital Stage Piano.


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 

Photo © pxfuel

Quantum Flux

Here's a Solo Improvisation i created on the 'Roland LX708 Hybrid Piano', and  recorded on a USB Thumb Drive whilst shopping for my next level keyboard.  😊

I love the sound of it's 'Rhodes Suitcase Piano' setting, which i know from owning and playing the original during the mid 70's and 80's.

More to come.  😊

May you enJOY.

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023

Rhodes To Fulfillment

This piece was arranged from music i created recently with Sax-man Jörg Stohwasser.  @joerxworx

The Gentler Way isn't always the easiest to express if we're all wrapped up in reaction to circumstance....but it's often a much better one. 😉

There's enough dissension and plain old violence in both our inner and outer worlds these days. So let's round the edges and take the high road. 😊 Life is hard enough without adding to all the noise.

May you enJOY this calm and relaxing track and Stohwasser's sweet and sonorous Sax playing.😊

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Jörg Stohwasser 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Jörg Stohwasser 2023

Arranged by Anomon

And... here are a half dozen of our other collaborations.

@  https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/sets/anomon-joerxworx

Cheers! 😊

Photo by Pxfuel

The Gentler Way

A few days ago my SC friend Gary https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles invited me to add an improvisation over his wonderful Rhodes improvisation. Well here we are :-) Enjoy ! ... Photo by Pxfuel
Check out https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/the-gentler-way-1 the centerpiece of it; with Gary's sound and words !
        © Gary Courtland-Miles & Jörg Stohwasser 2023
        ℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Jörg Stohwasser 2023

What's Next * Anomon & joerxworx

Here's the Companion piece to 'Benvenuta Primavera'. 

Both were recorded in the same Session on March 28th 2023 on Saturna Island.

What can i say, my Listeners; the Music just keeps pouring outta me. 😁So...what can i do but to simply Let it Flow. 🤗

May you enJOY! 😊

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023

Blossoms *

I fall in love with my Muse and my Piano over and over again. They are faithful and generous lovers whose gifts never cease so long as i Listen Deeply to what's emerging out of the silence. 😊

So... may you enJoy the fruit of today's improvisation. And while war, famine, refugees, and injustice of all kinds are rife in the world, let's not ever forget the Beauty and common decency that are also all around us. 💖

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023

Played on my Kawai ES7 Stage Piano
Mastered by Anomon

Photo by Bing Ai : Pianist on a Pink Cloud

And All The Beauty Too

This is a re-release, Listeners...

I still find it compelling Music! 

May you Let Go and enJOY the journey!
Cheers, friends.

Track 1 : Anomon

Track 2
© Gary Courtland-Miles & Jorg Stohwasser 2021
 ℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Jorg Stohwasser 2021

Produced by Anomon

A Taste Of Alchemy *

This improvisation created a meditative space that was peaceful and yet mysterious, always beckoning me beyond....

As you let this mystical piano piece take you within the holographic spaces of mind and heart, may it elevate your thoughts and pacify your heart.

I will make bold and dedicate this piece to what was perhaps meant by the apostle John in his 'Revelation', when he said "that in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished on earth." and NOW is always a good time for that to happen, imho.

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2024

Photo:  Noctilucent Clouds on a moonlit night in Florida

© Pascal Fouquet

Keys to Mystery

Ascending*

Hello again Listeners,

 Hope I'm not overloading you, but here's another of our recent 
 ambient/contemporary classical improvs. I have several weeks of 
 recordings i'm going though and just wish to share the best.

 Far from virtuosity, we seem to discover the 'Feels' and 'Flows' that 
 organically emerge from our musical conversations.
 
 And btw... this is an Homage to All who have found their way.

 
Anomon is on his Kawai ES7 Stage Piano, and illio is on his kinda Gypsy Classical Guitar.

May you enJOY even half as much as we did!  :-D

Finding a Way

Hello again friends and Listeners,

It Delights me to celebrate the 8th birthday of one of my eldest 'Musical Children'.  Her name is 'Tiramisu'.  Pronounced - Tear - Ah - Mih - Su 

In foodie talk, her name alludes to what one might call a 'Pick-Me-Up'.  ;-)
I named here after the delicious Italian Dessert made of Lady Fingers, Custard, Hazelnuts, and Chocolate!  MMM mnm mm .  

May She "Live Long and Prosper" ! 

Warmest Regards,

~ Gary!

It's a Big Band orchestral Fusion piece with all kinds of delicious phrases, sounds and rhythms within it. Composed over 2 months in 2016 on Saturna Island here, it has some 24 layered tracks, and i trust you'll find it a surprising change from the simple but passionate organic improvs i've been posting lately.  :-D

Here's how composer Francesco Adornetto described it.

"A joyful burst of color and rhythm — Tiramisu is as rich and layered as its namesake. With a really eclectic, multi-genre sound, it blends nu jazz, big band, and electronic elements into a playful celebration that feels both nostalgic and fresh. You can hear the love and detail in every phrase. What a treat! "

Music Composed and Arranged by Gary Courtland-Miles
© July 15th 2016 - 2025

Re-Mastered and Re-Released April 5th 2025

All Rights Reserved

Chilled Tiramisu * w. Organic Flow

The passion with which Spring seems to manifest so suddenly, renews the Spirit and paints the world with colour and promise. ✨

In my case, it is drawing forth a dissilience of new music. May you enJOY! 😃

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2022, 2025
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2022, 2025

Da Surge of Spring

There's no doubt about it, Music animates my Soul, and as an enthusiastic student of Life as well as a passionate Improvisational Pianist &  Composer, as far as I'm concerned, our lives would be impoverished without it ! :)  Composing is all about 'Sharing the Joy, Passion and Angst' we experience in Life, as well as connecting with Musicians and 'Creatives' worldwide. This makes it even more wonderful!  That willingness to engage in whatever way makes SC an ever-expanding Movable Feast that nourishes and inspires on so many levels. 

Music Communicates the Emotional and Informational Content and Context of Heart, Mind, Spirit, and Soul. And 'Letting it Flow' is 'Where Its At' as I hear it!  

Over the past few years since becoming part of the SoundCloud Family, my 'Joy in and Passion for' Creative Musical Expression has increased exponentially as has my appreciation of all the wonderfully passionate Musicians and Creatives worldwide who have devoted themselves to Letting It Take Form! 

Here's a bit of a bio, if anyone is interested.  

Somehow, my MUSE got my attention at a tender age. About the time I was completing my Royal Conservatory training. 

My memory being poorer than most, I began improvising in the passages I had forgotten. And while the audience seemed unaware, my teacher chastised me indulgently, saying, "it appears I have a budding composer on my hands"!  And thus began my Odyssey into the wonderful Vibrational world of Sound!:-) In-deed, I have been an ardent, attentive and appreciative acolyte of my Muse ever since. 

During the early 1970s I had the pleasure and honour of a three year friendship and Master Class with the then Octogenarian Composer Manoah Leide-Tedesco , one of Tone Poem giant Richard Strauss` favorite pupils and friend of Maurice Ravel and other 20th century composers such as Stravinsky (whose music he helped popularize). Since then, whether Improvising, listening, studying composition or devoting myself wholly to the visual arts for years at a time, I have been deeply aware that sharing my musical insights , teaching, and or mentoring young aficionados came with the territory!   I love it, although I am afraid that as my consciousness expands...that I know less and less each year! :-)  

The Tonal Oasis called SoundCloud is a fine and wondrous place in oh so many ways.  And with your support and appreciation, I de-Light to share my music with an ever widening audience. I call what i upload ' Sound-Seeds'.  Most of these 'bed tracks' call out to be fleshed out by passionate soloists who somehow Resonate with my Soundz and Ideas.  So please drop me a line, as i am most interested in letting them bear more fruit through collaboration, interpretation, re-mixing or use in other media.    

And on a personal Note, a Huge Thank-You to each and all who listen, inJoy, and Re-Post onwards what finds it's way thru me! :) Bless y'all.  It's my Joy to simply 'Let' the Creative Spirit find expression through this instrument of Body, Mind, and Heart!  I hope you will find some peace, joy, and rest, in at least some of my improvisations, compositions, or soundz. 

Insofar as playing, and composing  ... as you continue on in Your journey into  the infinite 'Cave of Wonders' we call Music, I wish you all the very best in all Your creative endeavours. 

So Be Kind to yourSelves and one another. Be Audacious, Ready to Play, and above all, share the Joy of being able to express whatever you're feeling. 

In-deed, may The Muse continue to 'Sing on and Play on' through each of us !   For this is one way this 'ol world is lifted up, and Changed for the better - note by note, and smile by smile .  

 Yes, may we simply Let our Creativity flow forth without concern for results.
                                   Peace

                                    Gary *+*

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Thanks so much: ⚡️ 543.000  ⚡️ plays since 2013*
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A playlist of collabs which should be updated :-))
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx/sets/joerxworx-collabs-the-big
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My bio (to copy) written by me in the third person :-)
"Jörg S. born in Cologne, from youth on, is fascinated by all kinds of art, so he taught himself the saxophone very early. Nowadays flutes of all kind are also part of the equipment, as are jaw harps, percussion, bass, guitars and keyboards.
He was and is always involved in many band projects and session events.
In the 80s he was a saxophonist in the Adam Noidlt Intermission Orchestra with gigs in Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Basel. Very early on he also worked as a writer with live readings in the Cologne area and was a painter with large formats for many years, all in addition to his job as a graphic designer. Now, retired, he is devoted solely to music: home recording with the platform of choice, Soundcloud and global collaborations."

*32K before 2016

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