Only You

I have explored the solo abilities of the bass guitar in famous pieces of classical music.

Santa Lucia

The ‘No War’ quartet was written when the war in Ukraine just started. This music came out substituting the night sleep, because first days of the war were too stressful for me to close my eyes. I finished this piece in just one and half days. I had never worked so fast!

It quotes an old Ukrainian song. The repeating dissonant exclamation has three syllables in Russian: “Нет войне” — that means “No war” in English.

No War

An original song written , performed and produced by Brian Clayton copyright May 2024 to watch on youtube 
https://youtu.be/ZxAq8WpevOs?si=ilWd5XKkCDxNJ_CN

One Way Or Another written by Brian Clayton

Original song - Music, lyrics written and produced by Brian Clayton . 
Vocals Sophie Adams .

Why Cant We - Sophie Adams/Brian Clayton

Mark says,
"Making music with Rodolfo is always exciting and often a challenge, although I know we both find it stimulating, as we always aim to reach high and this post is no exception. This new song, started its gestation almost a year ago, instantly showed a lot of promise and since has been through many stages of exploration and rounds of problem-solving. The painfully blunt lyrics were initially inspired by a friend's brutal relationship break-up, but the final result is much heavier. I hope you find it moving rather than disturbing, I was trying to match the mood of Rod's deeply dramatic music."

Rodolfo says,
"I think it's a fantastic song and you've done an amazing job on both the story and the vocals, especially those tough lines. When I was writing it, I just felt like a modern blues with a techno vibe was taking shape. The final sound was defined by the story and those really dramatic, emotional lyrics. You might want to make it clear that it's a fictional story to avoid giving our friends heart attacks."

We appreciate all of the kind support that the Soundcloud community has given our collaborations. Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts, Mark and Rodolfo

Now available on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/5pfvPjop9XCJPrVL9a60U0

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix https://soundcloud.com/rplanes
Me - Vocals and lyrics

Moments of stress,
How did you deal with the rest?
All that is left of you and me,
Is wrecked.
How can we expect,
To go on when there’s nothing at all left?
 
…Left in the lurch,
You should have done more research.
I was truly never a safe bet for you…
For you could have made,
A much better match than you did with me.
 
Open your eyes,
I promise you won’t be surprised,
It’s been there before you,
All along, all of the way…
…Way before you had sensed,
That we had got it all so wrong by then.
 
Moments of stress,
All such a mess,
It’s anyone’s guess,
How it all went so wrong?
Moments of stress,
No more nor less,
Need I express,
How it all went so wrong?

Moments Of Stress - Continental Collision (by Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett) on Spotify now

3rd studio album by Tasmin Archer released in 2006

Take Care

The first single from the forthcoming album 'A Cauldron of Random Notes' by Tasmin Archer. Pre order album at https://tasm.info/shop

Vibration of Life

'Segregation Seeds' is a reflection on the widely exploited doctrine of divide and conquer. The stripped back arrangement with its rhythmic swing provides a simple but relevant bed for the melody and vocals. It leaves space for Tasmin's rich and soulfully expressive voice to amplify the concept and highlight the benefits of avoiding the trap.

Segregation Seeds

Written produced and performed (vocals, synths, guitars, bass guitar and drum programming)by Graeme Robertson

Lyrics for Proxima B
Something so close we never knew about
Now calls upon us to try and find out
Maybe one day we will visit there
Brave risk and danger if we dare

A scouting mission could come very soon
Just taking minutes to go past the moon
What might we see and be informed to learn
Something new and scary at every turn?

Breakthrough starshot at a quarter C
Moving at ultra high velocity
What will it mean for you and me
Will you get to Proxima B?

We can't resist a nearby mystery
What could this mean for human history
Somewhere bathed in a deep pink glow
to try and find out, we have to go

Rigel Kentaurus will be nearby
lighting up an unwordly sky
Who can imagine such a scene
Comparable maybe to Tatooine

Breakthrough starshot at a quarter C
Moving at ultra high velocity
What will it mean for you and me
Will you get to Proxima B?

Breakthrough starshot at a quarter C
Moving at ultra high velocity
What will it mean for you and me
Will we arrive at Proxima B?

Proxima B

A real voice from a real situaton: I was sitting near my little daughter's bed and singing a lullaby for her. The music and sound processing were done later.

Audiocard - My Lullaby - The Cat

Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this.  I guess Soundcloud is an ideal vehicle to demonstrate what potential I have in terms of writing music and music production.  If you listen to the tracks you'll hear a range of genres and styles which reflects the fact that I like a diverse range of music. I've also recently started making tracks in collaboration with Raine Carosin under the collective identity of Tronada - see www.soundcloud.com/tronada and with former band member Chris Summerhill and Tom Bell.  
I live in North East England and have loved to listen to and play music since my teens. Initially I taught myself acoustic guitar followed by electric guitar and bass guitar.  A few years later I played bass guitar and did the odd backing vocals in a couple of local bands, notably Hot Property.  In more recent years I took an interest in creating music electronically via midi and sequencing samples on a tracker.   I still enjoy playing "real"  instruments and have been improving on keyboards over time.   I create drum sounds by either using midi or sequencing samples on a tracker. As far as "Real"instruments go,  I have a Yamaha midi enabled Keyboard, Yamaha DDR-80 drum machine and Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitars.   With regard to Electronic Music I sequence samples and arrange midi.  On some tracks I combine real instruments with midi or samples.   In addition I have ventured into the world of vocals too.
I record on the Boss Micro BR which is a versatile digital 4 Track digital recorder unless I am using a tracker program.  There are numerous software packages I could use but many have functionality I probably wouldn't use.  The Boss is portable and instant but I do use midi and mastering software from time to time too.
Anyway thanks for visiting my Soundcloud area and I hope you like some of the stuff I've posted here.   I did an interview with John Hodgson on the very first Teesside Band Archive Local Heroes Podcast number 1 where you can find out a bit more about me if you want to via this link  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7JfHYEhk1Y

Proxima B

Vortexia