loving this minimal and mysterious atmosphere

Merci pour cette belle douceur qui va m'accompagner vers de beaux rêves 👌

Bonjour Jacques, magnifique composition, calme et sereine !

Wonderful three part arrangement... So cool to listen to.

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Burns SJ12 electric twelve string
Fender Cabronita Telecaster
Squier Mini P Bass

Back on Soundcloud after some time away. Looking forward to getting some more music posted.

I like to name instruments. For me it imbues them with added life or personality. I don’t tend to go for girls names. I prefer obscure, silly or pretentious ones. I named this 12 string ‘Castrovalva’ after a Lego space cruiser I had for Christmas in the late seventies or early eighties. I named the space cruiser after an episode of Dr Who.

Castrovalva

Von Nahem

Solid

New song from David Cooper and Dan Lockhart.

Dan sent me a set of lyrics and I played around with them and added music/vocals. 

Hope you like it.

Lyrics by Dan Lockhart

Music by David Cooper

Performed by David Cooper.

Lyrics:

Yes money is what you want 
Because we are all not the same  
Getting richer is the name of the game  

Love doesn’t pay the bills  
And nothing else fulfils
And most of us want so much more  

Chorus

Or can you live on what you get  
And not be in so much debt  
Try giving up a few things  
Don’t try to live like kings  

Is it really what you want  
Then don’t be so nonchalant  
Do you really need those material things   

It's been here since time began  
Money is only funny to the rich man  
But to you and me it’s something we work hard for  

Chorus

Bridge

And enjoy the things you possess  
Then you can live on good and less 
That is how you live the rich life  
And not live in a world of strife  

Solo

All of those in first class  
They say life is a gas 
But some think it’s nothing but a crime 

We know there’s so many demands
Others grab the money with both hands  
And dream of all of those things they can do

Grab the money and run

Grab The Money (Cooper/Lockhart Collaboration)

Polar

Waves of Our Minds

Salvage your damage a song about a rebound relationship that was beyond repair as the damage was already done in the last one.

Salvage Your Damage ~Conscience of Kings

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Morris Nylon String in standard tuning
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
I thought it was time to start writing and recording some new songs, with a view to putting together a new solo album over the winter. For this song I have returned to my nylon string Morris guitar. Hope you like it!
LYRICS:
Sitting…. In my rocking chair
Rollin…….. with the beat
Pickin …..out a tune
Keeping time… tapping my feet

Maybe I’m getting old 
Maybe I’m getting slow 
Maybe things don’t seem like they used to do
Maybe, maybe not…. I don’t know 

Sitting….. in my rocking chair 
Close my eyes and see
All the places I have been
Just rollin … with the beat

Maybe I’m getting old 
Maybe I’m getting slow 
Maybe things don’t seem like they used to do
Maybe, maybe not…. I don’t know

My Rocking Chair

The Inevitable - Jamie Rhind

Crillon Compositions is a deeply personal orchestral suite, born from a journey that began with musical sketches and youthful piano doodles at age 19 at the famed Hôtel de Crillon , and culminating in a sweeping symphonic vision as the composer clebrated his 35th birthday at the Crillon. These newly revised and recorded works honor the enduring influence of French classical tradition—Debussy & Ravel—infused with the modern emotional landscapes of the grandeur of Rachmaninov. From brooding chamber pieces to cinematic overtures, the album embodies the conflict and beauty of legacy, identity, and time beneath the marbled hush of a Parisian palace.

Track 11 Debussy Détour Deux

"So my dream often ends strangely"

01 - Soundiron - Voice Of Rapture - Soprano Phrases Latin
02 - Soundiron - Voice Of Wind - Adey FX - Nebulous
03 - SA - Aperture Ensemble - Long Flautando
04 - SA - BDT - Main - Tutti Long Str Loud
05 - SA - LABS - Strings 2 - Swells Ensemble
06 - SA - OACE - Chamber Grid
07 - NI - Noire Felt - Charmer Meets Mallets Felt

Beyond Dreams - Part 3 [Aria]

To Marielle

"Love and its tourments"

01 - NI - Session Guitarist - Picked Acoustic - Flageolets
02 - OT - Layers - Woodwinds Chords Min Sustains
03 - OT - TMI - Winds of The Past
04 - Audio Imperia - Nucleus - Solo Cello - Legato Advanced
05 - Audio Imperia - Nucleus - Solo French Horn - Legato Advanced
06 - SA - WE - A Simple Start
07 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Cello Staccato - Choir Female Staccato - Viola Sul Pont Spiccato - Viola Staccato - Horn Sustain
08 - UVI - FALCON - VOKLM - Awash Grain

In Your Eyes

01 - Audio Imperia - Nucleus - Solo Cello - Legato Advanced
02 - Heavyocity - Intimate textures - Violas - Texture 2  - Long Release
03 - SA - Aperture Strings - Ensemble Tremolo
04 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Choir Male Staccato - Choir Female Staccato - Viola Staccato Double Bass Staccato - Cello Staccato
05 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Grand Piano Lib Open - Flute Staccato - Harp Plucked

On The Trail Of The Fairies

To our son

01 - Spitfire Audio - Ólafur Arnalds Stratus - Rhythmic Attacks
02 - Spitfire Audio - British Drama Toolkit - Ensemble - Woodwind Ens Long
03 - Spitfire Audio - Woodwind Evolutions - A simple Start
04 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Grand Piano Lib Open - Grand Piano Lib Closed - Viola Staccato - Double Bass Pizzicato

Part Two coming soon... 😉

Short Music For Marc L. - Part One

01 - Native Instruments - Noire Pure - Sparkling Chords
02 - Spitfire Audio - Albion - NEO - Brunel Loops - Light Above The Cloud
03 - Spitfire Audio - Aperture Strings - Refractions - Tremolo
04 - Spitfire Audio - Fragile String Evolutions - A Fragile Start
05 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Violin 1 Staccato - Violin2 Staccato - Viola Staccato - Cello Staccato -Double Bass Staccato
06 - Soundiron - Voices of Rapture - Soprano Phrases French
07 - UVI - FALCON - VOKLM - Angelique
08 - UVI - FALCON - VOKLM - Spectrally Distant
09 - UVI - FALCON - World Suite - Celtic Twelve Strings
10 - UVI - World Suite - Bagpipes

Fragile Tales [Part 1]

01 - Spitfire Audio - Lea Bertucci - Acoustic Shadows - Tenor Trombone - Decay Swell
02 - Spitfire Audio - Labs - Amplified Cello Quartet - Tension
03 - Spitfire Audio - Oliver Patrice Weder - Pads glacier
04 - Spitfire Audio - Symphonic Strings Evolutions
05 - Spitfire Audio - Ólafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions - Chamber Grid
06 - Spitfire Audio - Ólafur Arnalds Stratus - Matrix - Rhythmic Waves - Preset 1
07 - Spitfire Audio - Ólafur Arnalds Stratus - Matrix - Rhythmic Waves - Preset 2
08 - Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Violin 1 Staccato - Violin 2 - Staccato - Viola - Staccato - Cello - Staccato - Double Bass - Staccato
09 - Native Instruments - Noire Pure - Pure Felt

Beyond Dreams - Part 3 [Aria]

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