Until this song is released on June 4, 2021, enjoy this excerpt.

"Black [& BLue]" excerpt

"Mesmerized" is the first song I wrote upon my re-entry into the world of songwriting. It's been overhauled into what it is in this single. The song is about being captured in the moment by a love-interest, where magical occurrences take flight, and words and music are penned in ways I've never before imagined:

"When I see your face,
I'm captured by your smile.
Singing songs and writing rhymes..."

Mesmerized

There's A Bridge (Excerpt)

Lilac Wine

"When Sunny Gets Blue" is the 6th, and closing, track of my debut solo EP.

When Sunny Gets Blue

"Blackbird" is the 5th track on my debut solo EP, released on April 26, 2024.

Blackbird

"This work is not merely an elegy that laments those lost in 9/11 – it’s a vessel I call 'Hope,' which holds a lot of optimism and healing power. It is a 'feel-good story' about 'recovery' from devastation, 'optimism' to look ahead, 'enduring willingness' to stride forward and 'overcoming fear' in order to persevere. In the wake of the breaking news, global catastrophes, and the passing of the 10-year anniversary of September 11, I ask each of you to help raise awareness, recover what might be broken or an abandonment of trust in the fundamental truth of humanity, and instill in the collective conscience of our communities that far greater things are born (than lost) from our human suffering." 

(for string orchestra, as performed by the Vivace Orchestra of Stringendo)

Music For Lamentation

I composed Lux Aeterna: In Memoriam CoVid-19 Victims (for a cappella choir) with the hope of pacifying the stresses, aches and pains that WE have undergone thus far - and continue, yet still, to grapple with - amidst the CoVid-19 pandemic, globally. I hope that this musical offering brings some semblance of hope and peace to those suffering and those who have lost their loved ones. All vocal parts were sung by me.

Copyright 2020, Building Moons & Arches Publishing

Lux Aeterna: In Memoriam CoVid-19 Victims (excerpt - Intro and A Sections)

Lux Aeterna (excerpt B - C Sections)

Lux Aeterna (excerpt D - E Sections)

Raul Quines is a Filipino-born American composer, songwriter and music director of N.O.W. Collective, a collaborative group of artists based in New York City. His inspirations are drawn from the multiplicity of life’s offerings: birth, philosophy, mathematics, art, movement, silence, musical borrowings, pop-music culture, ethnic music and traditions, J.S. Bach, reflection, dream, love, tragedy and death.

His chamber works have been performed by some of today’s lauded contemporary music ensembles, such as the Composers Concordance, Absolute Ensemble, Sweet Plantain, Soundclock Ensemble, Attacca Quartet and the Locrian Chamber Players. His orchestral works have been presented by the Vivace Orchestra (of Stringendo), West Chester Chamber Orchestra and the Manhattan Composers Orchestra. Previous collaborations include artists Mario Gosalvez-Blanco, Ko Ando, Eun-Kyung Kim, Guillaume LeMasurier and Nan Huh. As a performer and conductor, Mr. Quines has had the pleasure of working with artists the likes of Gene Pritsker, Charles Coleman, Elizabeth Weigle, Aisha Sudiarso, Iris Gross, Garry Press, David Cossin, Theo Bleckmann, Olivier Fluchaire, Michael Midlarsky and Isabela Quines. Finding as much delight in multi-media setting, he's worked with Kristjan Järvi and visual artist, Mark Kostabi at the Kostabi World, choreographer/dancer Jane Sato at the inaugural concert of N.O.W. Collective Performance Series at Tenri Cultural Institute in 2014, and Paul Nugent in the production of Orson Welles' Christmas Carol with AboutFACE Ireland Theatre in Dublin in 2016.

As a singer-songwriter Raul Quines draws his style from the Big Band era, 60’s and 70’s Rock, Motown, R&B, World, Alternative, and the Pop music culture. His single “Mesmerized” shows influences of The Beatles and Queen; yet, it is also telling of the level of maturity and craftsmanship that is all his own, with unmistakable elements of his classical lineage. Raul Quines exhibits the qualities of a seasoned songwriter in his strong single song debut.