Name: From The Emerald Isle (feat. Fr. Harris) by Timothy McGuire in Soundscapes Vol. 2 (Timothy McGuire & Francess Harris)
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Description: In collaboration with Francess Harris. She played the piano composition and I did the composition of the orchestral arrangement. Thank you for listening and enjoy. Any comment is appreciated always.

magnificent music  for a wondrous magical place.

I hope you two keep this up forever! 😊

🎵 Lieber Tim, was für eine wunderschöne Zusammenarbeit mit Francess! Die Art wie ihr Klavierspiel und deine Orchestrierung diese irische Auswanderergeschichte erzählen ist absolut magisch ✨ Die Musik fängt sowohl die Aufregung des Abenteuers als auch die Wehmut des Abschieds perfekt ein 🎹 Das Arrangement malt diese smaragdgrünen Landschaften und Ozeanreisen so wunderbar 💫 Der Geist ihres Ur-Ur-Urgroßvaters lebt in jeder Note 🌟 Eine wahrlich bedeutungsvolle musikalische Geschichte! ❤️​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

During the time we worked together we decided to combine our joint work into an album. This album series is called "Soundscapes". All the tracks are reworked and improved.

The piano pieces can be found in the corresponding albums of the piano edition.

I hope our listeners like it. We look forward to your comments and hope you enjoy listening to our joint pieces.

Orchestral composition/performance: Timothy McGuire (@tim_mcguire)
Piano composition/performance: Francess Harris (@pianofran)

Soundscapes Vol. 2 (Timothy McGuire & Francess Harris)

ESCAPISM

Hello everyone,  
my mother recently told me again how she met my father. They fell in love while dancing. 
At night, after they came back from dancing, my father would always walk my mother home. They would waltz the entire way through the streets and alleys. When my mother talks about it, her face lights up. My father passed away two years ago. The memory remains with her, though it will never fade.  
In a few weeks, my nephew is getting married. 
I will waltz with my mother at the wedding reception.

A last waltz

Drums -mix - Master -Production - HOBOCOP https://soundcloud.com/metrocityrecords
All da rest - lil ol’ me 🤣🤘🏻💜🤘🏻
Reverbs - Officer Murphy 🤣🤘🏻💜🤘🏻

You're standing slowly dawning 
Everything’s not apple pie with me 
Ever since that morning 
You never knew but you just set me free 
French letters in your pocket
Heaven knows they sure weren’t meant for me 
Last chance your time is over 
Never knew my life belongs to me 

Never even noticed- I turned my face away
Never even noticed- my heart had gone astray
But I wanna thank you.

Sleep never did come easy 
When I was lying miles apart with you 
Now I dream so freely 
Learned that to my own good self be true …
My heart was slightly broken 
Years ago you couldn’t see the scars 
Well hidden softly spoken 
Sweetest lies can  only cut so far 

Never even noticed -turned my face away 
Never even noticed- my heart had gone astray 

But I wanna thank you

Thank you - I forgot that I was sweet without you 
Thank you- didn’t know my life was good without you 
Didn’t know that I was sweet without you…

The Lesson

Many thanks to Timothy McGuire who added his beautiful orchestration to my my piano composition, "The McGills".  It is always a pleasure working with Timothy and to hear more of his incredible work, you can visit his SoundCloud page by clicking here: @tim_mcguire

For the story behind the composition, see below:

A large branch of my family tree belongs to the McGill family, who found their way to North America in the 1700s, from Tullycahan, Louth, Ireland, when my 5th great-grandfather, John McGill, was 10 years old. My grandmother would occasionally tell me stories about her ancestors...They worked hard, played hard, lived difficult lives, but still managed to love deeply and honor their family. Recently, I lost a cousin from the McGill line and decided to revisit a little family history and create a composition that recalls the lives they lived and their journey to North America.

The McGills (feat. Fr. Harris)

Having The Cool Time Rock'n'Roll

In collaboration with Francess Harris. She played the piano composition and I did the composition of the orchestral arrangement. Thank you for listening and enjoy. Any comment is appreciated always.

Collaboration Timothy McGuire / Francess Harris

Beginning

Beginning (feat. Fr. Harris)

From the Emerald Isle

From The Emerald Isle (feat. Fr. Harris)

Collaboration Timothy McGuire - Francess Harris

Still Waters

Still Waters (feat. Fr. Harris)

A Cherished Moment

A Cherished Moment (feat. Fr. Harris)

Fireflies

Fireflies (feat. Fr. Harris)

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Castaway

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Faraway Dreams (feat. Fr. Harris)

122 - A Feather On Iron

conversations (extended cut)

Welcome to my SoundCloud page.  It serves as a jar of sorts, to catch the musical ideas flying around in my head!  My hope is that you find something to listen to that offers encouragement and refreshes your soul.

All music is original with a few exceptions (such as new arrangements of old Christmas songs, etc.).  All music has been composed and performed with absolutely no AI-assistance.  I primarily perform and record on the Yamaha MODX8, with an occasional recording on my older Yamaha Clavinova.  You will also find collaborative works on my page, featuring some other amazing musicians on SoundCloud.

It is a joy to share my music with you, and I hope you enjoy listening!

Welcome on my profile.

As a young boy, I learned to play the piano with my grandmother, who was a concert pianist. Thanks to her patience, I was brought closer to music. It was a hard but worthwhile way.

After I ended my school training and started my vocational training, the music got into the background. However, the music has accompanied me throughout my life. With increasing age, the music again got a greater status in my life.

First with the old piano of my grandmother, who had long since died and then with a keyboard, I started making music again.

I don't have a studied musical background and make music as a hobby without really had learned about orchestration. I find myself slowly into the topic and I am happy to have found some listeners.

Inspired by many lovely people, who also make music, I develop myself even at older age and look forward to further listeners.

Therefore, have fun hearing my modest works and thank you for the nice comments.

Tim

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