Superb chilled jazz/blues track, lovely guitars and voice!

Love the mellow vibe and that Jazzmaster lead. Guitars & mix sound great!

Cool song. Love the ambience in the background

Amazingly smooth vibes…love this album. Your attempt was a straight kill..love the flow of these songs. Excellent work! Impressive stuff!🌒

any song that starts with stella by starlight is already there : ) hope you're well, buddy

A cool little tune called "The Icehouse ".  Escape with me to this little jazz club in Minneapolis.

Image obtained from the Icehouse website
Written by TJG January 2023
Mix 1: February 11, 2023
Mix 2: March 18, 2023 - adjusted stereo mix volume using api 535 LA
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Lyrics

Verse 1
Stella by Starlight
Escaping the real life
Touched by the stardust
She found her real lust
Won't you come on down?

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse

Verse 2
Caught in the spotlight
I'm faking the real life
Touched by the starlight
Escaping the real life

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse

Verse 3
Stella by Starlight
Escaping the real life
Won't you come on down?

Refrain
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse
Watching it all go down, at the icehouse
Playing all the standards, at the icehouse

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Technical Details

Rhythm Guitar: Gibson ES 335
Lead Guitar: Fender Jazzmaster
Guitar Amplifier: Vox AC15….set as clean I can get it. 
Bass Amplifier: Fender BXR 60 (not great, but with me since 1997)
Fender pedal board: Line 6 delay; Fender clean boost

Percussion: Pearl Hi Hat with Zildjian symbols – played with brushes 
Percussion: Pearl Cajon – played with brushes

Mics: a pair of Royer r10 ribbons for guitar and a Neumann TLM 67 for vocals
Mic preamps: API 312
Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape.

The Icehouse

Stessy Mendes:  Vocals
Maria Grig:  Violin
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass, Vocals

This is a true story that happened to me in Turkey in 2017. "Tattoo of Roses" is taken from the album Stessy M & The Gatsbys. A million thanks to Maria for her beautiful violin. Thanks for the attention.

Tattoo of Roses  ft. MARIA GRIG

Phloem & Xylem

River And Falls

The possibility that there are 9 billion Earth-like planets in our own galaxy (Milky Way) is touched on in the excellent novel 'Bewilderment' by Richard Powers.
Considering the 100-400 billion galaxies estimated in the universe, there may be vast numbers of different life-forms (past or present) around the cosmos. 
Surely some may be generating sound frequencies to excite or entertain others of their kind...or us?

[Cover Art from a painting by Gennadi Kalinichenko c/o Pinterest]

Alien Swing

Hiya Peoples! 😊

As seeds, budding plants, shrubs and bears awaken from the depths of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and Spring comes, we're delighted to finally Release a New Track for Spring of 2023! 😎  
   
We call it 'Awakening'. 

And thank goodness that as usual, the fingers of Tim Elliot are on his Telecaster and mine on the ancient Upright Grand Piano .

and together, they work their magic as we continue to explore the sonic landscape together through Improvisation.

Of course this can only happen within a space of Deep Listening.  A place Musicians can go in their totally individual inimitable ways.                      
                                                                                                                               
In our case, we almost immediately found ourselves being 'Led' into a Tonal Awakening....
Subtle grooves that were an outer manifestation of the Joy we were experiencing as we explored the spaces in between the notes.  😊  

Of course, the very best kind of Awakening is to one's own inimitable Truth, no matter the noise and apparent confusion all around. And sure... there's all kinds of negativity and nonsense in this ol world, but who needs to Awaken to that? It's more than obvious!
 
Far better to explore and express one's unique Creativity! To share the Love one feels for whatever they're passionate about, through their Music! 😉

May you enJOY what Tim and i have been up to lately. 


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

Arranged and MiXed by Anomon

Awakening *

This is a song that originated with Eddy, who sent it to Tez and me to spice up. His original stems were guitar and organ. Tez added the riddim and a rhythm guitar track, as well as produced and mixed the whole thing. To that, I added the bass and some electric piano. I really enjoy working with nutty if these guys a lot! They both have such a great sense of authentic dub. I always really enjoy listening to what we come up with together. I hope you do, too.

5ynt Dub (with eddyoffline and Llanpsych)

Oceanic Musique – Breach of the Whales
April 2023
Duration: 3:50
Listen to the Oceanic Musique Playlist https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/oceanic-musique
Special thanks to John-Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for his highly valued musical input and for creating the fish, marine mammals, birds and crustacean sound libraries used to compose this piece.

Breaching is one of the most spectacular things you can see while on a whale watch. Whale watchers and scientists alike have often wondered why whales sometimes engage in this most impressive and acrobatic of all whale behaviors. In this spectacular display of athletic prowess, the whale will dive beneath the surface for a few seconds or minutes only to surface vertically with great speed. Often the animal will twist while in mid-air and then come crashing down with thunderous splash.  While all whales have the ability to breach, none do it as often as the Humpback Whale.  But why do they breach?  Some of the main theories are as follows.  Removal of parasites: whales breach to help rid themselves of parasites.  Humpback Whales especially, sometimes carry a variety of external (as well as internal) parasites that may cause itching and irritation to their sensitive skin.  Aid of digestion: whales may breach to help move food along in their digestive tract, a whale might consume over 1 ton of fish every day!  Just of fun: Certainly in the case of young calves breaching could very often just be for fun! Young whales, just like the young of any mammal, do have a keen sense of play which is actually quite important for exercising growing bones and muscles, as well as building body awareness and coordination. Communication: perhaps the most widely accepted theory of whale surface activity, however, is that it is  a non-vocal form of communication among each other.

For violin, piccolo, bamboo flute, oboe d'Amore, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, french horn, tuba harp, whales, dolphins, seagulls, fish, and crustacean recordings, virtual instruments and percussion.

Oceanic Musique - Breach Of The Whales

( for Nadine )

jesus: rhythm, lyrics, vocals
Scotty: lead, harmonica, tambourine 

if i broke your heart
i'd break it slow and sure
i'd send flowers filled with bees
and i'd break it tenderly
i'd send you letters, long
full of tender poetry
if i broke your heart, maybe
you would see

i loved you all along
the seaside and the shore,
like the waves that break upon the love 
that you endure
like autumn leaves that fall
on the grass , no longer sweet
i'd keep you all alone
to wonder, how to sleep

your dreams all full of hope
that we would meet again
up on that road, down by the riverbend
we'd never ever awake
and i would sing to you
if i broke your heart
i'd keep it with me too

If I Broke Your Heart (jesus vegas/QB Bills)

Listen to the Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-little-mermaid-music-for
The Little Mermaid – The Little Mermaid Swims to the Surface
September 2023
Duration: 2:25
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Little Mermaid Ballet January 2024 in Colorado.
When the Little Mermaid turned 15 she was allowed to rise to the surface of the ocean just as her 5 sisters had done previously. She said "farewell" and rose as lightly as a bubble to the surface of the water.  The sun had just set as she raised her head above the waves; but the clouds were tinted with crimson and gold, and through the glimmering twilight beamed the evening star in all its beauty. The sea was calm and the air mild and fresh. Paraphrased from "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. 
For piano, harp, flute, double bass, virtual instruments, sound effects and percussion.

The Little Mermaid - The Little Mermaid Swims To The Surface

A studio project based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Creating songs with a warm, vintage, and nostalgic vibe. Trying to be analog in a digital world.  Visit ThreePhotons.com for more information. 

All songs written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Three Photons at Princeton Sound. Primary genres are Indie,  Rock, and Jazz-Blues. 

My current projects rely on analog techniques including tape machines, analog reverberation, and other analog outboard tools. 
 
Thank you for visiting. 

Cheers,
Three Photons

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