Dreaming myself back to the great 80' very cool track

... Actually, the melodies are hidden in the chords, you just have to work out the characteristic ones :-) ... the simplest are often the most beautiful ;-) just a humble thought about it ....

Really beautiful sweet composition, love it !

Lovely Track & Love those Amazing Kbd Tones !!!

"Through My Eyes" (Edit.: Mastered with iZotope Ozone 11 on December 4th, 2023)

This is a partly improvised "smooth jazz" or "lounge" track made as a humble tribute to my - for the most part American - collection of the wonderful musical adventure called smooth jazz that has given me so much over the years (maybe also the term "Westcoast music" could be relevant here). 

I shall call this track "Through My Eyes" because it kind of tries to capture and present something about the American smooth jazz tradition - as seen through my eyes. 

This track was loosely inspired first by Mr. Keith Jarrett's two wonderful songs, "The Good America" and "Country" which both express an enormously positive and hymn-like feeling, and second by Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 3 in F Major, III. Poco allegretto (Op. 90), the beauty of which has been "haunting" me for many years (and maybe also to some extent by Mozart's Symphony No. 40, I. Molto allegro, and Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished", I. Allegro moderato, etc.).

I have not found out much about the origins of the two Mr. Jarrett's songs but in a recent interview he talks about them and rightly describes - if I understood correctly - the song "The Good America" as almost like a prayer. I also got the impression that both of these two Mr. Jarrett's songs kind of represent a view of America. 

I have also gotten inspiration here from the music of one of my all-time favorite jazz bands Spyro Gyra and from all the wonderful music that Mr. Carlos Santana has provided to the world. Last but not least as a source of inspiration I shall mention the music of Mr. Burt Bacharach (especially his breath-taking song "Bells of St. Augustine"). There is again also a bunch of other classical and popular music and jazz lurking on the background as a source of inspiration. 

The instruments and plugins I have been privileged to use here are once again my old workhorse Korg SGProX digital stage piano (master keyboard), Yamaha Montage 8 synthesizer (CFX Concert) and the wonderful instruments from Scarbee (Rhodes, EP-88S), Native Instruments (Abbey Road 80s Drummer), the UVI SonicPass and Arturia V Collection. The drum grooves, fills etc. are from the 80s Drummer and edited by me.

Through My Eyes

"Starting Over" (demo v2)

Made and played by me on August 16 and September 12, 2024, using sounds e.g. from Yamaha Montage 8 (TX816 Electric Piano), Keyscape (Roland MKS-20 EP sound), Arturia Jup-8 V and UVI SonicPass (Emulator II, Marcato Strings sound).

Edited a little on September 12, 2024 (changed melody a bit & added and modified some chords, added some chorus etc.). Mastered with Ozone 11 on September 12, 2024.

I'm also working on an instrumentalized version. Also, this song could maybe use some lyrics, and it is still something I have to look into. All comments would be more than welcome, especially regarding the melody (it seems that good melodies are pretty challenging to develop).

As two sources of inspiration here I could name Luis Miguel's versions of the songs "Toda una vida" (by the great Osvaldo Farrés) and "Ese momento" (by the great Armando Manzanero).

Starting Over (v2)

The Pièces froides are two sets of piano pieces composed in March 1897 by Erik Satie. Unpublished until 1912 when Ravel played them publicly, they marked Satie's break from the mystical-religious music of his Rosicrucian and Gymnopodies period (1891–95), and were a harbinger of his humoristic piano suites of the 1910s. 

The title Pièces froides, translated as Cold Rooms or Cold Cuts, is a punning allusion to the dire poverty Satie experienced during his last years living in Montmartre. In July 1896, he had been forced to move into an unheated ground floor closet (he called it a "cupboard”. The space was so small that Satie's camp bed all but blocked the door shut, and on frigid nights he kept warm by sleeping fully dressed with the rest of his clothing piled on top of him.

This the second of the two cold pieces: Danses de travers (Crooked Dances)
1. En y regardant à deux fois (Give it a good look)
2. Passer (Go on)
3. Encore (Again)

Here i've arranged the original solo piano for 2 classical guitars, 12-string, celeste, woodwinds & strings.

cover art: Le Repas Frugal by Picasso

Erik Satie, Pièces Froides

"I Just Can't Live Without You" (demo v1)

A short demo song made on September 5, 2024, still under development, e.g. lacking a second verse, bridge and modulation etc. Since the name "Never Gonna Give You Up" is already taken I have to think of another one:) One possible alternative could be "I Just Can't Live Without You". This tune came into my mind when thinking about the chords and progressions in my earlier song "Peace".

This was made and played by me using sounds e.g. from Yamaha Montage 8 (TX816 Electric Piano), Keyscape (Roland MKS-20 EP sound), Arturia Jup-8 V (Horns), UVI Ultramini & Arturia Mini-V (Moog bass sound) and UVI PX Memories (cf. Memorymoog mod).

Mastered on Ozone 11.

I'm certainly not a lyricist, but the idea here was that the lyrics in the chorus would be something like this:

I'm never gonna let you down [etc.]
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I'm always gonna bring you up / I'm always gonna cheer you up
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Im never gonna let you down
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I just can't live without you
....

The track in Youtube: https://youtu.be/eMT30WzyurM

I Just Can't Live Without You (demo v1)

A composition In homage to Fjordane, beloved meloman cat. She passed away  in October 2024 at the age of 14.

Fjordane

Floating After The Flare

Wassily Kandinsky
"Farbe beeinflusst direkt die Seele. Farbe ist die Tastatur, die Augen sind die Hämmer, die Seele ist das Klavier mit vielen Saiten. Der Künstler ist die Hand, die spielt, indem sie die eine oder andere Taste gezielt berührt, um Schwingungen in der Seele zu erzeugen."
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Composition 715020241028 is a piece of music that was created while I was painting the picture you see as track art. Music and picture form a unity. You can find a video of the painting on YouTube. In the video I show the influences that moved me to paint this picture and to compose the music for it. 
On Bandcamp you can find an extended version that emerged from the video.
Relax and listen and have fun listening.
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Komposition 715020241028 ist ein Musikstück welches entstanden ist, unterdessen ich das Bild gemalt hab, was ihr als Track-Art seht. Musik und Bild ergeben eine Einheit. Auf YouTube findet ihr ein Video zu dem Gemälde. In dem Video zeige ich welche Einflüsse mich bewegt haben diese Bild zu malen und die Musik dazu zu komponieren. 
Auf Bandcamp findet ihr eine erweiterte Version, die aus dem Video hervorgegangen ist.
Entspannt euch, lauscht und habt Spaß beim anhören.

Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fsDPilof7Sc
Extended Version an Bandcamp: https://lichtbildgestalter.bandcamp.com/track/komposition-715020241028-extended-version

Color Composition

Komposition 715020241028

Komposition 715020241028 (link to video inside)

https://youtu.be/tr27dgsAVrE?si=4WqIDPaoQk9RbQbU

When Horizons Meet

Jazz 07/12/24

Should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque...

Peyote Vacation

80s style rock/shred mess around track. I've been sitting on this one for a month or so because I couldn't get the mix to sound like I wanted. I couldnt for the life of me get the bass to sound good in the mix. I still didn't but I figured I'd just upload it as is. Most of the solos and the main riff in this were originally ideas I wrote back around 2009/2010.
This was only supposed to be around 3 minutes long but whatever lol.
Most of the song was recorded on my fender strat.
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Self-learned piano and keyboard player (pop, classical, jazz). Have also played violin, some drums and bass etc.

I came here to play!

Contact: vintageklavier88(at)gmail(.)com

Starting Over (v2)

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