beautifull intro that slides into this guitar that has so much feeling

What a treat here classical music with a nice modern guitar!!!! I like    ""

Very nice composition with a blues guitar flyng over stunnings classical harmonies

I wonder is a softer guitar tone would work better.   Unplug?

The orchestral beauty of this track is amazing. Gorgeous guitar melding seamlessly into the mix 🖤

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar. 1st. Violin. Bowed Contra Bass. String Quartet. Viola. Chamber string Quartet. Cello. Harp.

Classic Delight

Mellow Cello

So Scare

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my next BandCamp solo album)

Greetings my wonderful SC friends. I hope you’re enjoying October as much as I am. I adore all the -ember and -ober months. As seasons go, this is my happy space. It’s a great time to reflect, and a great time to reset.

Creatively speaking, this song caused a peculiar reaction I wasn’t expecting; enough to make it the topic for my liner notes. The reaction was... nostalgia. The world instruments made me pine for the experiences of my Scottish (clan Mackay) ancestors. And some of my other synth choices sparked happy feelings of being a teenager in the 80s. 

Even now, I’m strangely comforted by this song (a sort of mother’s love/lullaby effect). It makes me yearn for what I imagine to be easier, simpler times… and I couldn’t be more wrong. 

I know my Scottish ancestors had quite a brutal and destructive history. And if I’m really being honest with myself, I never expected to survive the Cold War in the 80s. In fact, I actually adopted a very dystopian view of the world because of it. So why do I (or any of us) have such a strong desire to return to ‘the good old days’, when almost all evidence points to those times being worse for the majority of us?

I’m reading a book right now that puts all of this into sharp perspective. It’s called ‘Enlightenment Now’ (by Steven Pinker); and it has less to do with being enlightened, and more to do with using reasoning to help us rummage through the inaccuracies stored in our minds. I’ll be the first to admit… I struggle with a lot of the concepts (because my ego loves the drama of believing it’s all going to hell). But truthfully, we have never seen a time when so many people were experiencing such a decent quality of life, and Steven has the analytics to prove it. For example:

On the topic of life…. The average human lifespan is now 71.4 years. In the 1700s it was 35.

On the topic of sustenance… Premodern Europe suffered famines every few decades. The typical diet in France in the 1700s was comparable to Rwanda in 1965 (the most malnourished nation for that year). Today, India’s billion people get an average of 2,400 calories a day. Hunger hasn’t disappeared entirely. But it’s nothing like what our ancestors experienced.

On the topic of wealth… the average preindustrial European was fortunate to own a quality garment only a few times in their lives. And it was not uncommon for clothing to be stolen off a dead body during an epidemic… thus continuing to spread the epidemic. Now we have to store our winter clothes to make room in the closet for our summer attire. And we order these items on our smart phones, to be delivered tomorrow.

On the topic of equal rights… Consider Michelle Obama’s quote from the 2016 National Democratic Convention, “I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women, playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.” That is a hopeful indicator of how far we’ve come toward achieving racial equality. And there are people still alive today who were born before women had the right to vote. Now women can run for President. Another great indicator we are heading in the right direction. We definitely have a long way to go. But again, it is much better than it was.

These are some of the simplest examples pulled from the book. If you need a booster shot of positivity, I highly recommend it. It’s one of the best researched, most logically presented perspectives I’ve encountered in a while; and it is unapologetically hopeful. It reminds us… the ‘good old days’ weren’t really that good; and the best days are now. So let’s focus on what we need to do next, and maybe park those fond (but faulty) memories.

I hope you enjoyed my latest musical offering, ‘Nostalgia’. :)

Vox Populi

Nostalgia

YOUTUBE VIDEO => www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqEZlsn-yZ0

in memory of Urtzula & Achille

Official soundtrack of "The Secret Island: a Sardinian Journey" video game available for android and IOS =>
https://meet.google.com/osx-wgrb-vee

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released December 14, 2021
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The Void Without You

From the new album- “aes·thet·ics”
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/aes-thet-ics

Mood Exhibit - Absent [from the album “aes.thet.ics”]

"She buys the lie and she sells the feign/ She takes the hits and invests the pain/ She tells herself that he's gonna change/ She doubles down..."

Demos (22-23)

Double Down

A bit of a muck around, put an old keyboard through a Boss Delay pedal to see how it sounds and built it up from there.  Enjoy

How It All Goes

to get things going, here's my first attempt at remixing this sample, which is the TTS version of a warning message I got from SoundCloud recently: https://on.soundcloud.com/LdkGP

Slowly Please (Human Touch mix) * OPEN COLLAB DL link in description

Fool's Paradise (v2)

Vocals on their way, I'm lost for words today......

Lost for Words (instrumental)

Lost For Words (Instrumental)

Enjoy the long awaited collab of my dear friend https://soundcloud.com/tomas-horn and me. :)
We combined my track Spherical Pyramid, my vocals and his synth-work.
pic: 3d-graphic sulevia
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF BOTH!! <3

Spherical Pyramid / Tomas Horn X sulevia

Greetings.. Thanks for listening..Born in Holland, came to the US when I was 10 years old.. I've Been playing, composing, writing, arranging, recording, mixing, mastering, engineering, producing music of all genres..Playing electric guitar, Slide, Dobro, Nylon Guitar, Bass, Accordion, Flute, Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Vibraphone, Harmonica, Drums & Percussion since I was 10 years old, self taught.. many different styles and genres to choose from. These songs are the representation of a lifetime's work! 
Superior recordings.. using the best Microphones, Neuman U-87's, Dynamic Microphones, Ribbon Mics, Shure SM-57 & SM-58, and a variety of dynamic and condenser microphones used in these recordings with today's latest software, Pro-Tools, Mastering Labs,  Reaper, Audacity and various hardware and software products from Germany, Australia, France, and various places from all over the globe. 48 Channel Mixing console, Various outboard effect units...Thank you for listening!

Mellow Cello

Frans Beelaard

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