The Cello Companion selection

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concordia discors // classical

Thomas Brunkard

Likey Likey

My recordings as I learn a bowable guitar.  The guitarviol is an amazing instrument.  Music is a bit scratch but we're getting there!

Learning The Guitarviol

Ennio's Godfather

New England Conservatory President Emeritus and Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music, Laurence Lesser Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, by Alex Hug

Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major-Sarabande

by Shoemansky (Piano & Percussion) & Luliby (Cello) - Thank you to you Andreas :)
This piece is very importante for me ... your piano is so wonderful and inspiring. It's always a pleasure and a honnor to collab with you...!

Visit Shoemansky: https://soundcloud.com/shoemansky

This track is dedicated to Lisandru - R.I.P.

Shoemansky & Luliby - Death of Sunday

The Christmas break gave me more time to practice on the guitarviol bringing the quality of performance up another level.  This piece is something that popped into my head crossing the Liffey today.  The sky looked angry...


Menaçant

A Gypsyish Savall homage with jewish inflections.

Guitarviol and a guitar playing the part of a theorbo.  

Check out the guitarviol on my blog http://brunkard.com/bowing-to-bowed-instruments-guitarviol/ or http://www.togamanguitars.com/

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Sad Pavan In C Minor

A tribute to Ennio Morricone and Kevin Kiner.  This is part of a soundtrack of a western that was never made.  Quite proud of it.

A mix of dobro, hitting pens against the dobro, beating the dobro with my fist, my vocals (a first) my girlfriend's ukulele debut and some other nonsense. There are no samples or synths on this.  

A campanion blog: http://brunkard.com/on-film-scoring/

Chain Gang Blues - A Soundtrack To A Western That Never Was

LIVE PERFORMANCE - Bach Prelude Suite 1 - Juan Ignacio Emme - SOLO CELLO

A sequel to GBH kind of.  Thinking of  Serge Gainsbourg's Cannabis soundtrack. 

Actually fell down the rabbit hole properly making this one.   It's quite sad.  Sorry.  I'm very cheerful in real life.

It's a bit of a slow burner but it gets there eventually...  

I'd also like to thank @musicaserj-ii - who very kindly complemented the mood which is something he does more properly truthfully.    So many wonderful sounds up in this cloud...


1967 - Closing Credits

Forgive me but this is something of an indulgence.  

This is a piece that is inspired by older musics in it's entirety.  Nothing surprising.  Every note of it is from a real instrument - which makes it inherently imperfect but perhaps more charming for it.  

In this case the instrument is my arpeggione - Guitarviol 

You can read about it here:

http://brunkard.com/bowing-to-bowed-instruments-guitarviol/

The photo is one I took in a massive forest in Thuringia, Germany over easter.  The title references an Irish philosopher and the world's first and only pantheistic atheist John Toland.  

I've also created a Giorgio Moroder inspired ringtone for iPhone users.  I've no idea why but I'm using it on my phone and it's working!
http://brunkard.com/ringtones/Ele%CC%81gie-Pour-M-Toland-Thomas-Brunkard.m4r

Elégie Pour M. Toland.

Our 2016 compilation album 'Encompass'. Available on digital and physical formats. 

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Levi Patel - Reflection

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The Path. The Heart Decides - Nocturne, 03 Jun - Piano Solo

Seven Heads

It's a been a while and I've been mute on Soundcloud.  Frankly the response to my last piece blew me away and honestly I put so much into that Elégie it was very hard to do something else.  

In the end I stopped trying to force music and sat down and just played and this came out.  

I just finished getting my studio out of boxes and I've been gigging very heavily at the moment.  My hands are in poor condition as a result, hence the title.  This is the sound of my Guitarviol on it's own.  Some of you asked to hear it solo so here it is.  

This was improvised with in two takes (I took a short break as I'm in agony, sympathies please!).   

I recorded it with two new microphones - a wide diaphragm condenser and a ribbon microphone.  The mix has been astounding in terms of the sound. 


Picture - This was hanging up in Erfurt Cathedral.  Colours are quite vivid in real life considering it's older than most countries.

Broken Hands Improvisation

what in the hell (remastered)

I knew when I gave this track to Erika that she would do something amazing. I didn't give her any brief or any comments on what she did. So the end result is nearly all her. She did an incredible job with the production, arrangement, guitars, drums and vocals. Big love too to headcharge777 for the superb bass. I'm very happy that my vocal and little bit of guitar playing made it to the mixdown too.

We don’t fight
We don’t talk
We don’t hold hands anymore when we walk
We just sit and watch tv
You’ve got nothing to say to me
And I don’t understand how you could be so offhand
I was so glad you were mine now I've wasted all this time

When will it end

We don’t kiss
We don't touch
I don’t think I ever liked you very much
We don’t live we just exist
Both regretting what we’ve missed
And I don’t understand how the future that we planned
Could be so far away from the place we are today
Once we were lovers
Now we’re not friends
When will it end.


And every day
Is just the same
You say it’s my fault
But I know you’re to blame
You can’t forgive
You won't forget
I promise you you haven’t seen the worst of me yet
And I don’t understand how it slipped out of our hands
And now all we can share is this sense of grim despair
Our hearts are broken
They need to mend
When will it end?      


We don't talk (prod & arr lolademo. ft lolademo and headcharge777)

Barry Snaith 
https://soundcloud.com/barry_snaith
and I are working on some songs together and this one just got out of control- I know everybody is gonna dig this. Barry is a madman on the guitar, as well as a fantastic writer and producer, it was really fun getting this track together. We have a few others in the works so stay tuned,


Love Star
Based on concept by Joni Allen
Words  by Chris Pendergraft and Joni Allen
Music by Barry Snaith and Chris Pendergraft and Joni Allen

Why pull the stars from the sky
You know the reason why
The milk way could not compare
You were born to shine
Bath me in the warm glow 
of your light
you're the only star
in the sky
Tonight

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Love Star EP (UK-US)Ft. The Inconsistent Jukebox

Electronics - The Subversive https://soundcloud.com/the-subversive
Snaithilicious Guitars, Voice editing, Production - TIJ https://soundcloud.com/barry_snaith
Dialogue - Marie Fontaine (taken from 'from paris to dakar' by Commonwealth Girrl) https://soundcloud.com/commonwealthgirrl/from-paris-to-dakar-time

Likey Nike / Baby I Don't Care

Like Nike

Thanks for all the support with this track folks.  Help me make more by buying a copy!  https://itunes.apple.com/album/jaspe-ep/id968944444

Every note of this came from a really real instrument.  Mainly my guitarviol and a nylon string guitar.  It's a funny form.  



By the by, it's not a cello or violin folks but a Guitarviol.  Amazing instrument.

About

Hyphenated

Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov

Welcome To The Jungle

by Shoemansky (Piano & arrangement) & Luliby (Cello)

Back on the Island (feat. Shoemansky)

by Peter Bennborn Project (Piano & arrangement) & Luliby (Cello) 24/04/13

Thank you Peter, @soundcloud.com/peter-bennborn-project again a wonderful experience for me, and  again thank you for all this time to keep the actual sound of my Cello even though I recorded with my Iphone :P

L'Ultimu (feat. Peter Bennborn Project Piano)

Khatchaturin Masquerade ,,, Waltz 
Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra 
Conductor: Nader Abbassi 

Khachaturian - Masquerade - Waltz

∎ Composer & Performer based in Dublin, Ireland 
 ∎ Guitarist, guitarviolist 
 ∎ Blues to baroque to whatever inbetween!
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How wonderfully malleable is music? I grew up and live in a country drowning in music of so many sounds. 

I dabble with all sorts of styles and genres but I like to think that it all still sounds like me. 

There's no grand mission for me on Soundcloud beyond finding music that I love and dialoging with other musicians. 

I'm always open to suggestions for collaboration and other adventures.

I don't repost here - not because I'm a miserable person but just because I use this page to sell my wares so to speak. That said I do listen to music on here religiously and I'm very proactive in sharing it around and building links with people that might like the sounds I find appealing. 

I'm working on ways of getting more people from outside Soundcloud plugged in to the wonderful art on display here. I do my bit!

I don't leave comments as link bait or for "karma". I'm very plain spoken so if I comment it's because I have something to say. I use my real name for that reason - my name and my word go together so if you get a compliment or critique its intended as though I gave it face to face.

If you like the music you can help me make more by buying some. Just visit here to help support me making this nonsense! - http://brunkard.com/where-to-buy-a-never-ending-album/

If you would like to use the music or commission me to write something new just get in touch with me through here or on my website. I offer free licenses for non-profit ventures with some small conditions and I also excellent rates for profitable ventures! 

Instruments:

Guitars, guitarviol and guitar like things. I use virtual instruments sparingly and keep the focus on real sounds so to speak.