i needed another dose....loud...doobie in haND.....

wow ...superb atmospherical intro incl. big vocals

These early percussions... the guitars... the fine synths... and the fantastic singing ...together a great mixture! Big respect!

I'll throw this out if your interested.  If you keyboard added to anything,  I'm open.  I haven't done a lot of collaborating.  I haven't put myself out there.  But I'd like to. Also,  you have YT channel.  I had closed mine down when covid hit but brought it back this year,  so I'll head over there.

Rock Opera

With the wonderful SuZanne Ledwith on all vocals.  Check out SuZanne's amazing songs at www.korima.net.

Copperfield has all-too-vivid recollection of the terrifying storm at Yarmouth and the tragic end to a near-to-shore rescue attempt.

As Clearly As I See

As clearly as I see what happened then
Before me now, it happens again

Greet the faces, scenes and figures in the fire
The howl and the roar rattling windows, pews and doors
Sheets of lead ripped clean from the high church spire
The dark invests the storm with terror in new forms

Fearful of falling stacks, the showered salt rains down
Streets strewn with sand dunes; trees torn from the ground
The tremendous sea in the grip of the blinding crown
High watery walls whip and engulf this shattered town

As clearly as I see
It happens again

The ship’s bell rang on deck; she rose with two men gone
He made toward the wreck, striving valiantly and strong
They drew him to the shore and tried by all means and skills
So shaken to the core, a generous and meek heart stilled

Guest player: Steve Pumphrey - guitar solo

Artwork: adapted from photos taken and shared at "Delight" delightexhibit.com

As Clearly As I See

Look for a remastered version to be released on Spotify (and other streaming services) on October 25, 2024.  Spotify artist page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6C0SntKljTLs56EFvZzvzS?si=U4MiCwnBRFGYDlRDcp4XuA

Happy Piano Day!

Impressionist piece inspired by the experience of free diving--wandering and peaceful with a tinge of anxiety in the back of the mind.

Some musical elements are borrowed from my album "Seven Dreams of the Orb Weaver" https://soundcloud.com/skai-eriksson/sets/seven-dreams-of-the-orb-weaver.

Some inspiration from Debussy may be heard in the shifting tonal center and more overtly with the pentatonic runs.

To convey the irregular undulations of the sea and the uneven activity level of freediving I fully indulged in tempo rubato--I think I ended up with tempo rubato e rotto :-)

-photograph taken by Melissa Lehman.

Freedive

Elementals

An atheists prayer for this beautiful, troubled world

I believe in love
Not love from a god above
It's in us all
even before we crawl
It's in our hearts
It's in our brains
It's in our arms
It's in our veins
I believe in love

I Believe In Love

Thanks so much to Timothy McGuire, who added his magical orchestration to my piano composition, "The Orb Weaver".  It is always a pleasure working with Timothy and to hear more of his amazing work, you can visit his SoundCloud page by clicking here: @tim_mcguire

The Orb Weaver (feat. Fr. Harris)

... trying to learn more on keyboard (my skills are more than limited),
also to play the bass via keyboard in real time (programming is easier, but less vivid) ... I hope I am making progress :-)
Soloing on Akai EWI with my nice trumpet VST feels already quite natural :-) .... have fun with my CHILL chilis <3

Chili Jazz

25 Cold Water

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

No Tears Left

Brae : Production
Steph Something : Vocals, Lyrics
Baez : Keys/Bass
Jim Lawlor : Guitar


Sole Soul

The solitude of the journey nearly brought our protagonist to the brink of insanity (https://soundcloud.com/gunnarsletta/beyond-the-edge), but he finds peace of mind thinking of his home..

- 

Lyrics:

Deep in this mental maze, 
I'm trying to carve my way
out to a brighter state.
I need a new place to hold on to

I've been lost and too selfish to see
that no one's to blame but me.
I need to fight that feeling inside.
I need a new place to hold on to.

So I delve deep into my past,
through times that I have lived.
And it dawns on me..
I find what I need to hold on to.

Back to the place where I grew up,
to the place where I learned 
who I'm supposed to be..
The anchor that I can hold on to

A place where encouragement stayed
Rather than taking my chances away
A place to prosper and grow
In the sanctuary of my home...
x2

Though we are far away,
the memories are clear in my mind 
And it stands to me as 
A beacon that I can hold on to

I've been lost in this mental maze,
But now I have found my way out 
To a brighter state..
I've found what I need to hold on 

A place where encouragement stayed
Rather than taking my chances away
A place to prosper and grow
In the sanctuary of my home...
x2

-

Image by David Mark from Pixabay

Home

VANITAS (MORTEM)
Vanitas depict objects that remind us of our mortality and the transience of earthly pleasures.

picture
Public Domain
Vanitas by Antonio de Pereda y Salgado

composer : JUHAX

VANITAS (MORTEM)

High energy synth pop with an irrisistable 80's
dance  flare

Hollywood - Music & Lyrics by Peter Heckmann | Music/Main Melody, (Lead & Back) Vocals & Poem to song adaptation by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] New Nov Collab 2019

Cover Art Design by Peter Heckmann

Music Composed & Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Peter Heckmann
Vocals Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Initial Mixing by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Peter Heckmann - https://soundcloud.com/peterheckmann

Hollywood lyrics below

Thank you so very much Dear Peter once again for making such glamerous music I truly adore...Your lyrics and booming sonic waves brought out this amazing 80's vocal expression I tried to deliver... I'm so happy to be part of your awesome Red-Hot-Hollywood 💟🔥🔥🔥💟

Hollywood 

Intro - Improv

As they walk on down
The boulevard
Of broken dreams

There's neither hope nor happiness it seems
Staring at the bright light flares
Turning slowly into nightmares
Moonlight cityscape, the fake acrylic
Becoming less and less idyllic
There the countless and the nameless
All drawn into the light
Where most will burn
Just burn, burn, burn

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Now it's me just walkin' down
The boulevard of broken dreams
Without a happy endin'
Without a happy end
In plot and schemes

Hidden plastic people
With stainless steel unbeating hearts
Silent silk, silent silk screened robots
Unpaid extras in some movie parts
Silent silk, silent silk screened robots
Silent silk, silent silk screened robots

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Now it's me just walkin' down
The boulevard of broken dreams
Without a happy endin'
Without a happy end
In plot and schemes

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Now it's me just walkin' down
The boulevard of broken dreams
Without a happy endin'
Without a happy end
In plot and schemes

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood feat REKHA | Music/Lyrics/Peter Heckmann | Music/Adap'n/REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Dance 2019

Voix/vocals : Dominique Briand
Mix :  Peter Stevens (soundcloud.com/pwstevens)

Je vais t'aimer est une chanson de Michel Sardou sortie en 1976.  Écrite par Gilles Thibaut, composée par Jacques Revaux et Michel Sardou,

Un immense merci à Alain Guérin (soundcloud.com/user-233987240) pour tes encouragements et ton soutien indéfectible. 
Egalement à Tulipe (soundcloud.com/tulipe-records), Lukowig (soundcloud.com/user-407534243), Wypernet (soundcloud.com/laurent-toupet-930624560), Liz (soundcloud.com/liz-dicker), Myckaël (soundcloud.com/myckael-marcovic), Sunnidays (soundcloud.com/user-138663860)... votre gentillesse me touche profondément.

A huge thank you to Alain Guérin for his encouragement and unfailing support!
Also to Tulipe, Lukowig, Wypernet, Liz, Myckaël, Sunnidays... thanks for your wonderful kindness!

Je vais t'aimer (French cover song) Michel Sardou

Music & Lyrics, Vocal, Piano, Synths, Bass, Drum Programming: Jan Schonander
Waterphone effect by Daniel Simon

Inspired by a recurring dream I used to have about endlessly sinking in a deep ocean I came up with this ambient-ish track. Didn't occur to me to look up what a dream like that can mean until recently and it turns out there are both negative and positive interpretations possible if one is to believe all-knowing Google. 

On a desperate note "To dream of sinking represents feelings of slow loss, despair, or losing ground. You are feeling overwhelmed or unable to stop a negative situation from getting worse. A fear of unstoppable failure. Someone or something is dragging you down. You may be experiencing low self-esteem and confidence. Needing help that is either not available or that you are not being assertive enough about asking for. Feeling pressure to make a decision or change before total embarrassment occurs. A situation that is deteriorating. Feelings about your worst fears becoming a reality. Feelings about being unable to help others. Feeling that you can’t stop your life from getting worse."

Now, I can't remember ever feeling like that when I was having this dream - it's been over 10 years since the last one. But, who knows, maybe those were my subconscience feelings.
 
I prefer a more positive view "A dream about sinking may reflect an unpleasant stage of your life that is coming to an end. Problems or bad people that seem to be slowly going away on their own. Experiencing your enemies succumbing to humiliation."

That last sentence may be wishful thinking haha...., not that I can think of any enemies.

Feel free to comment about your own recurring dreams if you have any and enjoy the music. 

Some fellow Soundclouders have already shared their dreams with me:
- a professor showing up in class with no clothes
- teeth falling out and rattling 
- the gourmet chef
- reading a book word for word
- car crash savior
- pulling a moving earth together with a lifeline

DREAM REPEAT

Helplessly I’m falling
Needlessly I’m drowning

Endless depths swallow me
A faint light shimmering

It’s an endless sinking feeling
I’m not awake, I’m not asleep
I can stop, and then I start again.

It’s all over
We can look ahead
The danger is past
Our time is now
Fate in our hands
Your hands
My hands

It’s all over
All over
All over

Fathoms above crushing me
Creatures below beckoning

It’s an endless sinking feeling
I’m not awake, I’m not asleep
I can stop, and then I start again.

It’s all over
All over
It’s all over

Dream Repeat

I have always loved the rather risqué ‘Leather’ by Legpuppy and was blown away when the band agreed to me doing a remix of it.  This really has been a labour of love for me, adding my own ideas, restructuring the track and experimenting with the stems: I hope that I have done the track justice.  

You can hear the original version at https://soundcloud.com/legpuppy/leather
Legpuppy have also done a video for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9W-qlyBYJ4&feature=em-lsp

Leather (*thommo* remix)

*A couple of old guitars and a dusty keyboard
*Love collaborating. Message if you are interested
*Various vids on youtube
*Paintings on Yola and insta

( REPOSTS  are  routed to Synthgrinder [REPOSTS] )
( https://soundcloud.com/user-813544615 )


++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.

Leather (thommo remix)

thommo 🎧

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