Some FAVs - Instrumental / Classical

Some of my Soundcloud Favourites #203

Related tracks: shine on me

Tires aired, chain oiled, tech charged.

Saddle up.

Saddle Up II

Energy (135)

Worldbeat

Weekly

Related tracks: Esther by Garddwr Porffor & Nadia Selvaggi

Music, Electric Piano, Drum Programming: Jan Schonander
Spanish Guitar: Dan van den Berg https://soundcloud.com/danarchx 
Electric piano is the Logic Pro X Classic Suitcase MkI. 

Sometimes a lost suitcase has a more interesting journey than the traveler. I remember flying domestically in Spain and my suitcase going on an extended  journey. It was only found because I remembered my flight from Madrid to Barcelona actually continued to Cairo. After a few missteps I convinced the airline to search at Cairo International and it all ended well, but only one day before I had to leave for home. This track could easily be modified if anybody wants to divert the suitcase to a different pair of countries. Just let me know and I'll send the stems.

Suitcase

Suitcase | Lost & Found | Dan van den Berg 🎸

Still Breathing (Club Mix)

another of my few compositions created by finding & painstakingly arranging bits of sound samples in GarageBand (adding my own percussion bits throughout). Mixing instruments from both Indian & North African influence (and a hint of Gospel), the two styles seem to blend seamlessly, and I love how it transitions from the more ambient first half into the electronic frenzy in the second half, then back to the dreamy repeating pattern in the closing section. This one's definitely one of my top favourite tracks of the newer (post 2022) recordings.
(flute sample taken from the song 'Neydzan', performed by master ney flute player, Kudsi Erguner, from Turkey)

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve.   :)

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From Agra to Zanzibar

Absolutely happy to be able to record with my daughter 

Mia Monterde: transverse flute.
Gaspar Monterde: guitars & keyboards.

impermanence

Video link https://youtu.be/jLB0zbM3dBw

Each winter here in the UK, small birds enact one of natures great spectacles. Each evening flocks ranging from a few hundred to over 100,000 individual Starlings form up into a single flowing entity swirling above their communal roosting sites. 
Why they do this is not fully understood, with theories ranging from a strategy to distract predators, to a grand display designed to draw more birds to the flock for the purpose of maximising the body heat being generated by the mass of the flock in the roost. 
Whatever the purpose of this behaviour it creates a unique and magical aerial display of great beauty.

The track began with the repeating mallet sequence, then the strings and lastly the piano. I'm finding myself increasingly drawn to improvising around basic chord progressions at the moment and this is another product of this approach. I'm  resisting the temptation to quantize or mess around with the midi in post, so it's all as played and of the moment. 

Thanks for listening, it's really appreciated. 

Murmuration

Spring time (Guitar solo)

We did another piece , so maybe we will keep doing it 

Aporia is
Dani Kirby: piano
Bruce Musser: guitar
Dane Renshaw: drums
Mat Ward: electric bass

Aporia #2

Essences

more experimenting with arranging sampled sounds & loops. a little slow to build up, but once the horns and hammond organ kick in, it's pretty funky.

-sampled instruments include: rhythm & lead electric guitar, some bass, filtered piano, horns, some drums & perc
-instruments played by me include: organ, drums & perc, a tiny bit of electric piano and bass at the transitions  

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve. :)

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Mark's Album (post-2020)

Sneaky Reggae

I was honoured to get a message from Mark Sartori (@user-83791253-79179570), whose music & guitar playing I'm a big fan of, asking if I might want to collaborate on one of his pieces of music. He suggested I add some percussion to his guitar, and this is what came together. Mark S has since recorded a new, solo version of the song as well. 

Thanks Mark, for giving me the nod to work with you on this really fine & catchy tune. Hope folks dig this pan-Pacific partnership!

Little Wind (Mark Sartori with MisterMark)

BEGINNING

Above

8.ABOVE

Unitary

9.UNITARY

This is an extract of the music that goes with the 4th chapter of the tale I'm writing. I just published it here: https://ariad-music.com/textes/aventures-petit-personnage-sans-tete/chapitre-4-danse/ It is in french, but I guess google translate or deepl can do a decent job for translating. This is the story of a headless character who explores the world of dreams in order to find again his head. In this fourth chapter, he's abandoned by his companion the creative bird and will be ordered to work, like everyone else! This music is quickly made using simply MIDI/VST tracks.

La danse

La danse (read description)

Improvisation im Theater www.stageoflife.de mit:
Petra Köhler/Querflöte https://on.soundcloud.com/9tEwK

Spontan - Petra Köhler / Flöte

Tension

*** This extended version was not planned, rather, inspiration called for it, and I felt compelled to revisit this piece. I hope you will enjoy this new version. ***

A requiem for my sister Lisa, and 4th movement of a work I have planned to complete as I have time and inspiration for each part of my outline.

The title comes from my daughter, who heard me as I was playing with the initial melodic idea, and said it sounds like a mourning bird.

This piece is best heard through headphones or quality stereo speakers to hear all the details.

Special thanks to the following, in no particular order, for their feedback, support and kindness which helped me to make this piece what it is.
Loo(p)cy
Sara Di Paolo
Bruce Klepper
Jay Barbeau
Eileen Eaton

Instruments from Versilian Studios Chamber Orchestra 2 Professional Edition

Birds of Mourning: Extended Version

Jerred Seveyka plays acoustic rhythm and slide guitar

Bret Tobalske plays lead slide resonator guitar, electric bass and drums.

Distilled

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline
This song is scheduled to be included in the new album 'Portraits'.

The Freedom To Love Life More

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE - STEVEN VELLOU (GOTHIC FUNK) & PAN AT THE PARADOX
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RAINFALL IN MY LIFE, THE SUNSHINE NEVER CAME
I WAS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE BUT THE SACRIFICE WAS IN VAIN 
EVERYTHING THE SAME AS ITʼS ALWAYS BEEN
NOW ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT ARE SOME BROKEN DREAMS

NOW MY DREAMS ARE TORN TO SHREDS 
BECAUSE I DIDNʼT THINK AHEAD
TRAPPED INSIDE A FANTASY
THE YEARS IʼVE LOST SHOULD WORRY ME

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE

DISTRACTED BY MY VANITY
THE DAYS ALL RAN AWAY FROM ME 
WITH DEEP REGRET 
I MUST FORGET EACH WASTED OPPORTUNITY

I FAIL TO REACH MY DESTINY
I LOST THE WAR WITH VANITY
IGNORING WARNINGS, STILL IN MOURNING 
SLAVE TO MY OWN FANTASY

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE 
IN DAYLIGHT DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW 
ONCE MORE THE FAITS CONSPIRE 
DOUSE UNFULFILLED DESIRES 
TORMENTING ME THIS DE JAVU

RAINFALL IN MY LIFE, THE SUNSHINE NEVER CAME
I WAS WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE BUT THE SACRIFICE WAS IN VAIN EVERYTHING THE SAME AS ITʼS ALWAYS BEEN
NOW ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT ARE MY BROKEN DREAMS

ONLY METAL DREAMS COME TRUE

Boxing Day

Yoshi & Chie are friends of mine from Osaka, Japan, where I lived for a year back in 2002-03. They now live here in Toronro, where I got to know them while busking together on the street, and jamming at my house with a few other friends. Here's a medley of music from that day:
https://on.soundcloud.com/UtPSC

Yoshi is an incredibly talented and super creative sitar player, sometimes playing with a violin bow, or with trippy electronic effects. He participated in a performance of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band full album re-enactment here in Toronto several years ago. Together with wife Chie, who plays didgeridoo, sings, and plays various percussion and electronic effects, they form the group Kaminari. Kaminari is a very popular act performing at various music festivals around Toronto, with shows now including dancing performances by their daughter.

This is a song from their early album Triangle, where I was honoured to be asked to play the drum (djembe) part - the only other artist on the album. 

Here's a video of a show they did a while ago to give you a sense of their stuff. I just like to plug them cause they're a super nice couple and a joy to play with. 
https://youtu.be/xAsKFPaRp24?si=thr44agGgN1ZXWND

thanks for listening!

(Written by Yoshito & Chie Yamano)

Triangle

Running Carpet (Kaminari with mistermark)

© 2024 Pantomime Riot

Theres a story no one knows
A single moment in time froze 
A solitary mind delay 
A piece of your own hard decay 
Restrictions become unaware 
A secondary wishful scare

Did you ever kiss the end 
And Think death that could be your friend
Whatever pulled you through 
May be the real you

That Icy streams that ever flows
To places that nobody knows 
The undercurrents darker pull
A tolerance running at full
The distant pumping traffic hum 
An Inner light that’s gone allnumb 

Did you ever kiss the end 
And Think that death could be your friend
Whatever pulled you through 
May be the real you

The pale light of endless bliss
And the strain that you would never  miss 
The easing of a constant frown 
The fires suck you slowly down 
Stand up and quickly walk away 
And breath another earthly day 

Did you ever kiss the end 
And Think death that could be your friend
Whatever pulled you through 
May be the real you

PALE LIGHT

Composition by Brian Butts: Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Keyboard, Mix, Mastering & Cover Art.
Check out Brian Butts on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/5q5p1

Bastacho: Alto Recorder.

Enjoy from Both!




Downfeather

Music by Kontra Sz & Val Akey.
- Kontra Sz: plays rythm guitars, lead guitars;
- Val Akey: drums-, bass- and keys programming (mixing and mastering) + cover art.
Many thanks Kontra Sz for the fantastic guitar play! https://soundcloud.com/kontra-sz

Release date:
12 January 2024

Captive Of Time (collab)

A by-product of my efforts to record the flute as well as possible. :-) ..... little free improvisation, perhaps premature anticipation of spring :-D
... with a little video now: https://youtu.be/Mo8b4U9JOSI?si=XjBVe0u0DGIOPeaU

Free flute improvisation 13.01.2024

shine on me

Like a lunatic I dived into this 6x4 that would take me to a new day.
Picture: Tarsila do Amaral
Art with Canva

A LUA

Between Human and Nature: Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Evandro B. Lira aka Vintage Mutation.

"Between the Human and Nature lives the inner consciousness".

"The human is made up of the essential elements that constitute Nature.
Therefore, planet Earth will not survive if there is no global environmental ethical awareness, an ethical awareness for the entire world".

(Evandro B. Lira)

Between Human and Nature

Two short improvisations for this track....

LAST DRINK CLUB.

Instrumental & Mix by Garddwr Porffor: https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor
Vocals, Lyrics by Nadia Selvaggi

Esther by Garddwr Porffor & Nadia Selvaggi

a collaboration with a wonderful artist #AdaDaveed 
Soar my friends SOAR !!
Sitar Roger Walker 
Vocals Ada Daveed
Keyboard Ada Daveed
Percussion Ada Daveed
Bass Guitar  Roger Walker

Powdered Mountains 

YOUNG BUZZARD by #AdaDaveed and Roger Walker .

YOU NEED SOMEBODY

Ditches,Stitches,Itches,Twitches,Glitches,Switches, Hitches & Riches

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*)

same as previous upload, but with (my) voices added. see which you prefer...

See the original for details: https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/flute-loops-jam

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

Flute Loops & Jam (*voices version*)

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