Gaudete In Shadows (1)

https://brianhiggins.bandcamp.com/fan-club 

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Kickstarter album launch campaign coming soon!


Many of the tracks reposted here are from my followers, so if you are discovering anyone here, please let them know I sent you! And thank you for listening and all your kind and  constructive comments

Born in Virginia, raised in Maryland; survivor of an alcoholic  family; graduated High School and Union Carpenters Apprenticeship; a student of Algebra, a student of Life, a  brown belt Samurai Chess Player; gave up clarinet in 2nd grade because he was too young to understand;  gave up French class 5 years later because he could not speak the language; turned down Ms. Maria Blautzig for the Sadie Hawkins Dance because she had turned  down his request earlier in the school year; walked out of typing class on day one, hell HOUR one, because he could not handle the stress of it;  walked out of Oklahoma State University because he really needed help at that point and did not know how to ask for it, so ‘tear it all down and blow it up’ seemed to be the only way to find any; experienced the deepest loneliness of his entire life to date out on that highway, with no direction anywhere.  He has worked as a ditch digger, a grass cutter, a TV Guide door to door salesman; he has been a farm worker, carpenters’ helper, apprentice, a Journeyman carpenter in Local 132, a Home Improvement contractor and a Facilities Maintenance Engineer.  He has passed up more opportunities than cars on a freight train; he has hitchhiked, hobo’ed and walked across tens of thousands of miles of America's roadways, and a few in Canada, for good measure.

By virtue of  a chance encounter one snowy January night in 1993, when he met and eventually married the revolutionary communist, aspiring novelist, multi instrumentalist soprano and as yet unheralded expert at fitting leftovers into the refrigerator, the  beguiling, and sumptuous Ms. Juliana; this union subsequently created the talented, smart, bubbly, and eye-catching Ms. Sophia, she of the musical pipes.
Mr Higgins first picked up the guitar at age 23, the harmonica at 57, and wrote his first book at age 5, or 6. It shall remain forever unpublished, as the only handwritten master of it is lost to the dustbin of history.


Numerous of the photos here are by my friend Charles Steck, who recently unexpectedly passed away. Thank you so much Charles, we are missing you .Thank you for listening to my music.  Voting link for Distrokid/Spotify playlisting
https://distrokid.com/spotlight/brianhiggins/vote/

How it works

Anyone (not just DistroKid members) can listen & vote on their favorites. Songs with the most votes will be added to a big DistroKid Spotify playlist. Playlists are updated each week, and votes are reset to zero.

I put Ave Maria up for voting on this week. 
Thank you for your support!
Brian

La musique est une source qui peut jaillir à l'esprit avec une substance infinie à la clé. Ensuite, il est audacieux d'en transcrire les vestiges mais c'est un exercice laborieux.
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Le jour où, à l'écoute de mes pérégrinations
orchestrées maladroitement
et altérées par l'évidence,
vous discernez quelque passage
aussi fragile qu'insolite
portant vos sentiments à la flamboyance,
alors mon errance aura trouvé satisfaction.
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Pascal Regnaudin
Compositeur autodidacte

♪♫ "Music is a gateway to another world..." ♪♫

Hi dear fellow soul! 🙏💫

I'm an artist who makes an uplifting & emotional trance music with my own personal style. It's my passion & I do it, because being a creator is a lot of fun! 

I love making purely positive vibrations whenever I have time. If even one of my songs has put a smile on your face, then I'll know that I've succeeded on my mission! : ) ❤

Check out my 2 other brands:

🔴 1. FLOW - Meditative Portals | spiritual meditation music (YouTube)

⚫ 2. FLOW | x account for wisdom, spiritual growth & updates (X social media)

If you want to support me directly as an artist, you can donate via paypal! 

 ⛩ With peace & love, flow - DJ Ville. ✌️

I do not use AI for composing music and I object to AI training of music using any of my music.  Some of the mastering software I used may have used AI.  

I play piano, synth, guitar, bass, bodhran and I sing from time to time.  I studied jazz piano and composing  Contemporary Classical Music and I write for many genres. 

Sampling without written permission from me of any of the material posted by this account is strictly prohibited.  


Some of my Favorite Artists:  J. H. Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Chick Corea, Surgeon, Mingus, Carlos Santana, Julie London, Mark Verbos, Julia Bondhar, Elpiverse, Sarah Landry.

🪬 Aindrea Greumach,  9 July, 2025

Composer and Media Producer from Kent, Ohio, USA.  Has released works as Xyst, Sonoxia, and JeffRay for Hypaethral Productions, Pearls Before Swine, and Mesa Publishing. Now focused on creating mostly instrumental music for video, tv, games and motion picture scores. 

Although the thumbnails are created using Dall-E or Stable Diffusion, NO AI WAS USED TO CREATE ANY MUSICAL COMPONENTS. 
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There are far too many people to thank, but I'm going to try: 

FIRST AND FOREMOST: 
Image-Line's FL Studio DAW
https://www.image-line.com/
https://soundcloud.com/fl-studio

I cannot begin to express how much this software helped me find my musical voice. (Image-line has not paid me anything for my endorsement.) Buy it once and get lifetime unlimited upgrades. I've used it since 1999 and since then, they've introduced dozens of new synths and effects I received for free. It just keeps on giving. I absolutely love FL Studio because of it's step sequencer core, beautiful interfaces, ease of use, robust help, versatility and incredible sound quality. 

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I'll be cycling through a list of FAVORITE SOUNDCLOUD ARTISTS here. So many incredible musicians worth mentioning...

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary) 
https://soundcloud.com/josh-clary-1

Thrillmonkey
https://soundcloud.com/thrillmonkey

FlexHead
https://soundcloud.com/flexheadfunk

Seiso Sanshu
https://soundcloud.com/sanshu-seiso

AnandaTuk
https://soundcloud.com/user-11396379

Ni!
https://soundcloud.com/ni-ni-shrubbery

Earnest Woodall
https://soundcloud.com/user-235089528

Werner
https://soundcloud.com/wejfi

Frans Beelaard
https://soundcloud.com/user-936947521

Fabiano Matiolla
https://soundcloud.com/fabianomatiolla

Shaddenhook
https://soundcloud.com/schaddenhook
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If you follow me and haven't heard from me recently, send a message. There is so much great music out here, it sometimes take a while to get back and listen to the wonderful stuff you are all making.

I'm a producer and an engineer who sometimes, becomes an "artist".  I love creating with motivated, talented individuals. If that's you...Let's work together...

I’m a bassist, but I also play guitar and keys.

https://lit.link/fankyamix

Influenced by funky, rock-infused electronic dance music—from punk rock and reggae/dub to the big beat sounds of the ’90s.
A unique soundscape shaped by the clash of digital waves and raw energy.

パンクロック、レゲエやダブから90年代のビッグビートなど、ファンキーでロックでエレクトロなダンスミュージックに影響を受ける。
デジタルの波と生のエネルギーが独自のサウンドスケープを描く。

Gaudete In Shadows (1)

Martin Weaver