Different moods, highs and lows are always prevalent. But at some point it is time to reflect and come to rest and to be able to think about everything. These reflective and thougthful moments are important from time to time and give back positive energy.

DAW Cubase
Halion Sonic SE
Groove Agent SE
Retrologue 2
Padshop 2
Verve
Novel Piano
Olympus Choir
Halion Symphonic Orchestra
Noir
Dark Mass
130 bpm

Picture by Stefan Keller on Pixabay

thoughtful moments

this is a song i used to sing back in the day by leo Sayer. Cover version.

When I Need You .  Cover of a song by Leo Sayer  (Remixed July 2023)

Cleaning the basement today I realized it's been about 10 years since I last played any of my drums, so I dusted them off and recorded a little something. I also found my old flute which hasn't been played in even longer, and added that to the mix. The didgeridoo is played by me too, though I can't really play it properly. This is a pretty rough take slapped together in a couple hours, but had fun messing around. :)
Best experienced loud(ish), with headphones

instruments played:
  -Wind:  flute, didgeridoo 
  -Drums: djembe, congas (2), talking drum
  -Percussion: maracas, cowbells, calabash, small log drum

here's a version with (my) voices added. See which you prefer...
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/flute-loops-jam-with-voices

Image designed & created with Dall-E

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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Flute Loops & Jam (*original version*)

https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/sunday-derby-extended-version-michele-ansani-manuel-pietra: here the extended version, with the contribute of Manuel Pietra (https://soundcloud.com/mozartwolfy81)

For those (like me) born in the late 1950s and raised in Milan in the 1960s, Sunday of derby (AC Milan vs. FC Internazionale) was the most beautiful and most feared day of the year.
As it's clear in the end of the piece, my team won the match that time (so many years ago ...)

Cover image: a card of San Siro stadium from 1965 (or thereabouts).

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2021).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, June 15.

Sunday derby (draft) *

OUTSIDE   NOWHERE    INSIDE    NOWHERE  -  1

Frozen Flower

percussion in the dining room

hazey

yeah yessir
i got all the cow bells i could find hanging off the mantle
or on top of it :D
and i got snarey and tom and metal and wooden xylophones
and tiny steel drum and hand drums
and all the sticks and mallets
IN ONE AREA
i used them all plus new lopper, new mic, trusty zoom h1, nch
to make this
waiting for fedex to bring cello <3
got french horn yesterday <3
they in a different track
see my living room sound place https://youtu.be/dsx9vVw8xds
https://youtube.com/shorts/FiHeKshGW0s

some snare drum with cowbells and percussion bonanza

ᴉts noʇ fuɔkᴉnƃ woɹth ᴉt jusʇ bɹǝak freǝ

Spitfire Audio : EDNA EARTH + KINEMATIK - ADD-ON PACK, OLAFUR ARNALDS CHAMBER EVOLUTIONS
UVI : Augmented Piano

Flute Loops & Jam (original version)

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