All new stuff: Best of the Cloud 2023

Music composition and 
musical production by
Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Spoken word segments by
Tilda Swinton's long lost twin.
Cover art by broadacre.
Don't use it to train AI.

Ultramodularity

ultramodularity

We're going under
This is not our lucky day
My mind's asunder
Oh, let's save those thoughts away
Yeah I heard the thunder
There are still so many things to say
You disturbed our slumber
Oh, this is not your lucky day

We're going out there
We're going all the way, the wrong way
You may think it's unfair
But it was you who chose to play
And now we don't care
No, we can keep this up all day
Yeah, you better beware
'Cause this seems not you lucky day

Oh this is where you drown, you drown
It's all the same so let's, get out of town
Love will end and now, you're down, you're down
Thoughts may blend, and you, will drown, will drown

Oh this is where you drown, you drown
It's all the same so let's, get out of town
Love will end and now, you're down, you're down
Thoughts may blend, and you, will chase yourself around

Lucky Day

This is a song created by the very talented and revered Karin-Maria Brunner, to which she was kind enough to ask me to contribute. She sent me the beat, the bass line, and the chords and said, "verrückt werden!" So nuts I did go! She wanted something that on which I used a synthesizer, of which I loved the idea. 
  The song appears on her album Synthastic, which also includes some other really top ace musicians, including some of my personal favorites, like Frans Beelaard. Thus, I'm very honored and proud to not only be among musicians of that ilk, but to have been asked by Karin-Maria to participate in the first place. 
  You can find my other song, Magic Hour, along with those of the other seven collaborators among the other seventeen songs on the album on literally every streaming service available. So, next time you're listening somewhere other than the Cloud, please take at least a few minutes and check it out. Better yet, put it on your headphones next time you play your favorite video game! 

The Puzzle (with Karin-Maria Brunner from her album Synthastic)

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning (Capo 1st Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
SONG NOTES and LYRICS:
I wrote this song about an imaginary character born and raised on the Mississippi, growing up to be a music man. It's not based on anybody real, but is a kind of tribute to all (blues) musicians down the ages, who have developed their own style of playing and have become admired by future generations. I was inspired to learn to play the guitar listening to great guitar players and fascinated by their ability to simultaneously play a bass line, percussive rhythm and melody, while singing at the same time. (For guitar players interested in how this song is played, it is capo'd at the first fret and played in Bflat, using the thumb on the left hand to play bass notes while stretching fingers 3 and 4 for hammer-ons.). Hope you like it!

They named him Mississippi
That’s where he was born and found
Raised by the crew of a steamboat
Never did like his feet on solid ground 
Could have grown up to be a gambler
But he’d seen where the money goes
So he just played the blues
And watched the river flow

So Mississippi he became a music man
His hat tilted to one side
He wore a watch chain in his waistcoat 
And a twinkle in his eye 
Those gamblers liked to buy him a whiskey
So he’d smile on the dice they’d throw
As he’d play them the blues
And watch the river flow

Now they say down in Mississippi
When you’re riding on the river at night
That if you raise up your glass of whisky
There’s a chance that you just might
Hear the sound across the water 
From the deck of that old paddle boat 
As he plays the blues 
And watches the river flow

Mississippi

Random Sightings / IPG1 and Paploviante
Bass, Guitars, Synth, Beat and Mix Mastering Paploviante
Picture IPG1
Vocal IPG1:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/random-sightings-vocals-92-bpm
This is an open invitation for a collab, this track is open for downloads. All producers, mixologist, DJ, and Musician are welcome to test their skills and artistry. The file is submitted "as is", add what you want to complete it, or simply sample parts. If you use it, please link back to this page. Message me here with a link to your production and I will repost... Enjoy fam!
To all producers you have my permission and authorization to use it as your own. I have published this as royalty free. You can monetize or do whatever you want with it. All proceeds are yours to keep. Everyone is welcome to participate.
All I ask is vocal credit, my name is: Ian Greaves aka (IPG1)Peace!
Enjoy Fam!!!

Random Sightings - IPG1 & Paploviante Collab

Lyrics
talk
if you want to avoid the worse
i can let you live
or let you die

talk 
i want the whole truth
you need to understand 
that it s no time to die 

I must save the world 
from those filthy beings
i have to diffuse that bomb 
just in a few seconds
i live surrounded with bombs
red , brown or blonde
just remember my name !
my name is Bond .. James Bond 

talk
you know like me 
that you'll never say again 
 you'll escape me

talk 
you know you're wrong
to keep protecting 
the man with the golden gun 

I must save the world 
from those filthy beings
i have to diffuse this bomb 
just in a few seconds
i live surrounded with bombs
red , brown or blonde
just remember my name !
my name is Bond .. James Bond

My Name Is Bond (translated lyrics)

A Flower in the Snow ～雪原の花

December 14th 2022 - New track.
Guitar - Fender Koa Telecaster
Played with an E Bow
Effect pedal - Digitech Whammy DT
Bass is the Telecaster tuned down by the Whammy pedal.

The Moon and a River

Original mix by: FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin musician composer

ALMOST A FRIEND

ALMOST A FRIEND Jaz Fusion Mix

Out of the Box January 2023
[no information available at this time]

Rub-A-Dub

I composed it in the image of the hot police.
（熱い 警察をイメージして作曲しました）

thank you for listening！
good luck to you！👍👍

DAW: Cubase pro 12

hot Police

Fantasy

Afraid Of Mint

Reinfallen Chronicles Inglaterra abre una nueva etapa creativa con el lanzamiento de su primer álbum instrumental: AURA. The Path of the Balanced Spirit.

Este proyecto nace de meses de exploración musical, en los que fuimos experimentando con atmósferas psicodélicas, paisajes sonoros extremos y momentos de profunda calma introspectiva. Cada pieza fue concebida como un fragmento de un viaje interior, como si el oyente avanzara paso a paso por un sendero invisible que conduce al equilibrio entre caos y serenidad.

AURA no es un álbum convencional. Sus pasajes instrumentales atraviesan texturas que explotan en la mente como constelaciones fractales, para luego descender en mares de quietud meditativa. Es música diseñada para desarmar las tensiones, encender la imaginación y recalibrar el espíritu.

La obra propone un recorrido dividido en fases: desde lo frenético y desbordante, que rompe barreras sensoriales y empuja al oyente hacia estados alterados de percepción, hasta lo etéreo y relajante, que acaricia los sentidos y abre un espacio de contemplación. Cada instrumental es un umbral, una puerta a una dimensión distinta de la psique.

#Zeus31416 #Mnemosyne #SVIK

Quantum Kiss

Zanshou (残照, Afterglow), the fading light that lingers at dusk,
where sorrow softens into a quiet glow,
an instrumental epilogue carrying hope into the night.

Zanshou

http://francoispierremorin.com  Home of storytelling , 
 I do play Music for the love of it, playing guitar,  percussionist  ,composing  on a computer and Guitar, Piano, creator of mood and sound design

A Flower in the Snow ～雪原の花

RYUKI

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