like it a lot and will repost the next couple of days ! thanks Ernst for this wonderful and very special version !

sounds very asian, needs more work on score

Lovely additions, Ernst!  You gave it a new mood, calm and dreamy, with special nuances... :-)

Here's my take on a haunting pop tune written by Jimmy Webb from the 70's...

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In celebration of our mutual birthday, here is my cover of Frank Zappa's Treacherous Cretins, from his album, "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar." As with all of my SoundCloud covers, I'm playing all the instruments here. I really had a lot of fun playing this one and I hope you enjoy it. Happy Birthday to us, Frank!

Both the rhythm and lead guitar were played on my small Ibanez (aka
"Steve") mic'd with the Vox VT 20X, plus a stereo effect from cakewalk
 "Sonitus' Classic Sweeping Flanger." The drums are "Session Drummer 3
 Sizzle Kit" played on the Nord 88 keyboard. The Rhodes piano,
 orchestral percussion (gongs, cymbals and glockenspiel) from the
 Sonatina Orchestra Percussion, and Chamberlin female voice (also
 using a cakewalk stereo effect "Sonitus' Black Metal Vocal") were all
 from the Nord piano HA 88. The acoustic guitar and sitar were played
 on the Yamaha M06. And the bass was the fretted jazz bass using the
 bass pod with an amp model preset called "360." The wild sounds at the
 very end when the song stops were three different voice recordings
 from my iPhone. On the original, Frank uses some wild tape dialogue
 stuff in between songs to go to the next one.

Hope you all enjoy this! ~ Rachel Flowers

Treacherous Cretins - Frank Zappa (cover)

Dirk Maassen uploaded an open collaboration called "East". I felt inspired making this new version with flute and with the guitar 'cello-like' sounds I added first. Thanks a lot for listening, and for any comments. Ernst 
And thanks to Dirk for the inspirational piano work!
Check out Dirk's music cloud: @ascoltadi

 

East - Dirk Maassen (piano) feat. Ernst Spaan (flute & guitar) * collaboration

watch the video here x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LDbmcnsXHg
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The Black Page #1 by Frank Zappa, cover by Rachel Flowers

Frank was always hearing the studio musicians in LA talking about the fear of going into sessions some morning and being faced with "the black page."  So he decided to write his "Black Page."

The drums were from Session Drummer plus some percussion. More percussion was from Garitan Jazz and Big Band, along with the horns. The marimba was from the Nord Electro 4D. The xylophone, violin, fretless bass, and synth were all on the Yamaha M06.

The Black Page #1 - Frank Zappa (cover)

All the Mellotron strings were played on the Nord Piano 2 HA88. The drums are Garritan's fusion kit, as well as their percussion (different blocks and cow bells) all from the Jazz and Big Band library, plus the
orchestral percussion (triangles, suspended cymbals, gongs and bells),
and oboe from the Vienna Symphonic Libraries. I also played the Muramatsu flute, the Ibanez guitar through the Vox Valvetronix VT20X, and the fretted jazz bass through the Line 6 Bass Pod to get the right mixture of clean, and distortion. Then added some low strings using the Yamaha M06 keyboard by itself. Both the vocal and guitar were recorded through the Lewitt condenser mic.

Starless - King Crimson (cover)

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Other Voices Courage (Live Acoustic Session)

Please Don't Check Your Messages (Live Acoustic)

Welcome to my SC channel and my music! I work in different styles, with guitar & flute, but like to experiment with other instruments. I hope you enjoy my tracks! I get inspired by travel, nature, art and other musicians and am always open for collaborations, so drop me a message if you have any ideas.  I'm happy to have worked with these inspirational SC musicians on a few occasions: Jens Felger, Dirk Maassen, Milana Zilnik and Rafael Gutierrez Steinert (Rafalin). Many thanks to them!  And thanks a lot to you listeners for stopping by and for your feedback! 
Peace, Ernst Spaan. 
Artwork/pictures are my own.
Last but not least, a big cheers to SoundCloud for opening up this vast universe of amazing music and musicians!


East - Dirk Maassen (piano) feat. Ernst Spaan (flute & guitar) * collaboration

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