Lessons

Melancholy Hill

How's this for an unexpected cover?? I never really listened to Veruca Salt in their heyday, but now I'm addicted to them. Those ladies ROCK!! Give 'em another listen...those high, floating harmonies and that mid-range guitar KRUNCH! Awesome. In tribute, here's a song I just could not get out of my head...so I threw together a quick cover with me doing all of the singing (with a little vocal fixing, of course).

Victrola (VerucaSalt Cover)

Travel

As you embrace the black widow in her web, she will give you a short "last tango" interpretation of Brahms - very short by his standards.

Artwork (c) by daul.

Kiss of the Spider-Woman

Kiss Of The Spider-Woman - short interp by Hverheij

I am delighted to release this recent piano composition performed by the extremely talented pianist Arlette Ri. I am very grateful to Arlette whose instincts and glaring skill delivers a powerful yet sensitive and beautiful interpretation of the piece. She recorded the piece on her wonderful FAZIOLI Concert Piano.

I also have to thank Liz Dicker who connected me with Arlette. Liz has also released her own wonderful performance of the piece which can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/liz-dicker/winter-rain-by-christopher-larskin

Winter Rain was inspired by the delight one day of receiving winter rain here in Southern California. It typically only rains here in the winter, and even then, it can be a rare event. This winter rain was particularly sparse, so it was very welcome to see and hear the rain one day.

I hope you enjoy listening and thank you once again to Arlette!

CPJL

Winter Rain performed by Arlette Ri

Sunrise In Texas

acoustic guitar, flute, tenor saxophone, Akai EWI trombone ..... multi layer jam of mine .... Waves can roll over us, waves can carry us ..... these waves should carry :-) Lean back and relax! ... photo: Leo Roomets, unsplash

Waves

“iris”

art work: Aquamarine_song via Pixabay
vocal: Vocaloid Yukari

花菖蒲黒い四角の箱に咲き
黒服の背に紫流す
まなかいを行き交うひとが敵に見え
人ごみの中懐探る

An Uber Eats delivery man is carrying a black box on his back. 
The box is full of iris flowers. 
Purple runs down the street.
Pedestrians coming and going in front of me are like enemies.
I fumble around in my inside pocket for a gun.

iris

Iris

A Sense Of An Ending (24 hr Daylight)

Random Noise

Verses are in 4/4 time and choruses are in ¾ time.

Hindenberg

Verse 1:
The year was 1936
Germany was leading a great air race
The lighter than air craft were buzzing

Chorus 1, 2, & 4:
Luftschiff Feuer (German for Airship fire)
The Hindenberg is aflame
Passengers and crew
Crying and dying

Verse 2:
The zeppelin industry is flying
But they were behind schedule
passengers waiting 
pressure’s on

Verse 3:
A leak in the back and the tail was heavy
Shifting weight forward to compensate
Crew forward dropping water

Chorus 3:
4 minutes from contact
4 minutes for all to go wrong
4 minutes to fire
4 minutes to death

Verse 4:
The rope goes down
The rain comes down
Up goes the spark
Hydrogen so flammable

Chorus 4:

Hindenberg

I am an amateur musician.
I make music with "Magix Music Maker", because I can play the piano very little.
The singer in my tracks is not a human being. She is a synthesizer software named "Vocaloid Yukari".

Iris

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