Join us as "Ezekiel Rides Again".  And if you know what i'm talkin' bout, you'll understand how wild and absolutely far out his first trip was on the craft he described as 'wheels within wheels' that took him up up and away!  

All we can say is, let your ears and inner imagination be your guide...

Relax, let Go... and pretend you're a balloon, and enJOY.



© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023

Edited and Produced by Anomon

Photo:  Horsehead Nebula by NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope

Photo:  The Horsehead Nebula

Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the vast Orion cloud complex. About five light-years "tall," the dark cloud is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is visible only because its obscuring dust is silhouetted against the glowing red emission nebula IC 434. Stars are forming within the dark cloud. Contrasting blue reflection nebula NGC 2023, surrounding a hot, young star, is at the lower left of the full image. The featured gorgeous color image combines both narrowband and broadband images recorded using several different telescopes.

Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson & Martin Pugh, SSRO, PROMPT, CTIO, NSF

Ezekiel Rides Again *

Hiya Listeners,

Every once in awhile most people experience 'a touch of the Blues', and it probably helps us re-adjust and get some perspective on things.

In any case, here's our take.

May y'all enJOY!

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023

Edited and Produced by Anomon

A Touch Of Blues

Here's a tonal nugget we came 'Ear to Ear with' during a mid-November 'Living Room' Session whilst improvising.                             

Tim was playing his Attila Custom guitar, and i was on his Ancient Upright Grand Piano.  As we approached the tonal center that came within earshot from various angles during our conversation, and i think we found a lovely thread that sewed it all together into a larger Whole.

We hope you'll enJOY what we discovered.

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023

Edited and Produced by Anomon

Coming To Know * Shekinah Fire

Here's one of the first improvisations Tim and i got up to in this New year of 2024.

I'm on the ancient Upright Piano and he's playing his Attila Custom electric guitar... and all we can say is, it is what it is.  :)

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2024

Scintillations

Hello dear Listeners,

Indeed, it's been a long while since Tim and I posted New Music together as  Shekinah Fire*, but today's the day!

This improvisation was recorded on the fly by our one Stereo ZOOM Mic on April 8th during the Solar Eclipse. 

I am on Tim's ancient upright Grand Piano and he's playing his Telecaster electric Guitar. What came forth as we played were Allelujahs for  the Joy of Spring and the wonders of improvisation.

In case you're wondering about the title, the jewel-like 'sparks' are visible  within the Sun's Corona 60 seconds before it reached Totality, and then as it exited (as captured in the Photo). They're called 'Baily's Beads' after the astronomer that first discovered and photographed them. 

We hope you'll hear the 'sparkles' as the music unfolds.

May you enJOY!

Music © Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2024 & Tim Elliot 2024

Edited and Produced by © Anomon

Image Credit & Copyright Daniel Korona
titled:  'Baily's Beads' - Total Solar Eclipse of April 8th 2024

Baily's Beads *

Once again, it is our pleasure to share what came through our latest Improvisational conversation.

Tim is playing a 1980 Custom Attila electric Guitar and I am on his ancient Upright Grand Piano.

This one is full of surprises.

May you enJOY!

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2024

Produced by Anomon

Passion n Flow *

Hello Listeners,

Welcome back as we start flowing into Summer in our edgy but tonefull way. Our latest improvisational conversation in Victoria, B.C. really began to cook and evolve nicely, and we want to share it with you.  

Tim is playing his Telecaster, and I'm on his Ancient Upright Grand Piano.

May you enJOY!  

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2024 & Tim Elliot 2024

Edited and Produced by Anomon

Just Flowin * Shekinah Fire

T'was on the Ides of May during my last visit to family and friends in Victoria B.C. that Guitarist Tim Elliot and I recorded this Improvisational conversation. And it's all about the Journey... 

May you enJoy!

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2024

Edited and Produced by Anomon

Photo : © Giorgina Hofer 
Captured in the Alps during the mid May 2024 worldwide Aurora event.

The Ides of May *

Welcome back friends and Listeners,

The month of May was very kind to Tim & I insofar as inspiration and opportunities to improvise and record together... and this piece was the fruit of our last session, just after the world-wide Auroras  of May 10th.

We found ourselves in a different modal tonality in this one and hope you will enJoy it's tones and phrasings. Tim was playing his Telecaster and once again i was on the ancient Upright Grand Piano. 

He often characterizes our interactions as being born of Strings (for guitar and piano strings) and Bells (for piano tones). The other element, Winds, refers to Spirit.

But we will leave you, the Listener... to decide what you liken to.

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024

Edited and Produced by Anomon

Strings, Winds and Bells *  Anomon & Elliot

This recording follows one of four entire Sessions from May 2024 @ 'The Living Room' in Victoria, B.C. Canada.

We used just 1 ZOOM Stereo Microphone to capture the total sound of Piano and Guitar vibrating in the room. Therefore no direct mic -ing of each instrument in other words.

Sections of this have been released before - but i felt that some of you may really appreciate Listening to how our improvisational conversation developed from start to finish.

May you Relax, Unwind and enJOY!

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024

Mixed by Anomon

How it Flows  * Anomon & Elliot LIVE!

Hiya friends,

Here's the First section of "How it Flows' ; a close Listen into the Sonic fabric of one of our 'Ides of May' improvisational conversations. 

May you enJOY.

Tim is playing his Telecaster and I am on the ancient Upright Grand.

Here's what somehow passed between us in those moments.

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024

Image Credit & Copyright: Li Xuanhua

Gigantic Jets over Himalayan Mountains
Yes, but can your thunderstorm do this?  😉 Pictured here are gigantic jets shooting up from a thunderstorm last week toward the Himalayan Mountains in China and Bhutan. The composite image captured four long jets that occurred only minutes apart. Gigantic jets, documented only in this century, are a type of lightning discharge that occurs between some thunderstorms and the Earth's ionosphere high above them. They are an unusual type of lightning that is much different from regular cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning. The bottoms of gigantic jets appear similar to a cloud-to-above strike called blue jets, while the tops appear similar to upper-atmosphere red sprites. Although the mechanism and trigger that cause gigantic jets remains a topic of research, it is clear that the jets reduce charge imbalance between different parts of Earth's atmosphere. A good way to look for gigantic jets is to watch a powerful but distant thunderstorm from a clear location.

 Edited and Produced by Anomon

Sky Walkers *

Hello dear Listeners,

This is the 'Radio Edit' of an improvised piece almost twice the length.

It's truly a beauty, and one of the peak experiences guitarist Tim Elliot and I have had together as Shekinah Fire.

I'm playing my ES7 Stage Keyboard and he's on his Attila Custom electric Guitar... 

May you enJoy !  

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2024

Beyond Belief * (Temple Edit)

Hello there Friends and Listeners 😊

Here's my January 2025 Re-Master and Radio Edit of the second of our February 2023 musical recordings in 'The Living Room'.   🤗

(The long version can be heard @ 
 https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/shekinah-fire  )                           

Anyway ... 

There's Slow 'n Flow... and yeah, as you know, we do a lot of that. 😉
And then there's Smooth 'n Funky... and everything in between. And in this one, we change it all up!

When Tim and i somehow fall into a groove, it's time to 'Let 'er Rip' and 'Let our Freak Flag Fly'! 🤣 

If you enJoy it even half as much as we did, we'll be more than happy. 🤩


Tim Elliot is on Telecaster with his Fender Reverb tube amp,
and I am playing his ancient Upright Grand Piano.

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023, 2025
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023, 2025

Just Flowin * Radio Edit

Welcome to another Re-Mastered Improvisation that Tim Elliot and I created as we Listened to the Resonance of Silence and recorded on the fly with our Stereo ZOOM Mic in "The Living Room" on Canada's West Coast.

May you enJOY this peaceful flow, and may it be a healing balm as we adventure in and beyond this crazy 'ol world!  

We wish you All the Best in 2025 and continue to celebrate the Magic of Music and Improvisation!

Tim is playing his Telecaster and I'm on his ancient Upright Grand Piano.

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022 & 2025
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022 & 2025

Discoveries *  Radio Edit

Let's all take a breath... 
and just let the Music take us where it will... 🎶

After all... Summer has given way to Autumn's flow and begun to transform the lands of the North... even as Winter gave way to Spring in the South.

So go the Seasons... even as our Lives give way to the future, and Life unfolds as it will...

Tim and i got together again on the 21st of September and Let 'The Music' flow through us..., creating a wholly different Tone than our last piece.

This time i asked him to bring his Telecaster back into the MiX, and OMG... he obliged in his often understated way, but nevertheless with passion and aplomb.

In-deed, we Tone Painted something delicately New and Mellow together.

May you enJoy. 😎

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023 -2025
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023 -2025

Autumnal Whispers *

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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                       Pluto's atmosphere as seen recently by Horizon Spacecraft

New tracks tagged #Anomon &amp; Elliot

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