What a great song! Very nice vocal and a super instrumental arrangement. It all works together so well. A gem! Song notes were really interesting BTW!

Beautiful, catchy, and original sound! Love it!

Small piano piece with repetitive chords on the left hand and some dissonances for a bitter-sweet mood. It reminds me of some sunsets in the countryside.

Piano Post Card IV - Le soleil se couche derrière les collines

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered using Logic.
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE in open C Sharp tuning (Capo 9th Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

Having originally released this song on Soundcloud in 2021, I am delighted that the wonderful violinist Jessica Elisabeth has added her beautifully crafted playing to this remixed and remastered track. 

I hope you enjoy listening to this new version of one of my personal favourites.


LYRICS: 
These thoughts go drifting by
And I watch them fade away
Where they come from I don’t know
Where they go, who can say
It seems that there is always
A lesson to be learned
Another twist in the story
As the pages get turned

So I put on my walking shoes
Take it steady, take it slow
Turn my collar to the rain
Breathe in deep and let it go 

What are the rules in this game
Are there any rules at all?
These thoughts go drifting by
And down the waterfall
It seems that there is always
A lesson to be learned
Another chapter in the story
As the pages get turned

So I put on my walking shoes
Take it steady, take it slow
Turn my collar to the rain
Breathe in deep and let it go

Now I’m standing by the river
At the foot of the mountainside
Will the grass be any greener
Over on the other side
It seems that there is always
A lesson to be learned
Another time, another story
As the pages get turned

So I put on my walking shoes
Take it steady, take it slow
Turn my collar to the rain
Breathe in deep and let it go

My Walking Shoes Feat Jessica Elisabeth

My Walking Shoes Featuring Jessica Elisabeth

You just stand there (Piano Version) is the reduced, intimate version of my epic track DestKorn – You just stand there, released on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
In fact, the piano version came first, and from it the vocal version evolved - Link: https://soundcloud.com/destkorn/you-just-stand-there
No orchestra, no vocals – just one piano.

Performed on the legendary NOIRE piano (Native Instruments, VST), a custom grand recorded in Hall 3 at Funkhaus Berlin. The sound moves between “Pure” (clear, present) and “Felt” (soft, muted, almost like a whisper), so every note sits right in front of you.

The mood is vulnerable, reflective, but not without hope. The piano quietly says: “You just stand there,” and the melody drifts through sadness, closeness, fragility, and small traces of light. A lot of space, a lot of air, no distraction.

Musical style: minimalist solo piano with a cinematic feel. No beats, no layering – just keys, played slowly on purpose so every tone can breathe.

What is this track for?
For late hours. For thinking. For that moment where you don’t want words, only feeling.

🎧 Piano: NOIRE (Pure / Felt)
🎹 Tempo: 60 BPM
🎵 Genre: Cinematic / Emotional Piano

Deutsch / German
You just stand there (Piano Version) ist die reduzierte, intime Ausgabe meines  Tracks – You just stand there vom Samstag, 1. November 2025.
Eigentlich ist die Piano-Version zuerst entstanden / daraus entwickelte sich dann die Version mit Gesang - Link: https://soundcloud.com/destkorn/you-just-stand-there
Kein Orchester, kein Gesang – nur ein einzelnes Klavier.

Gespielt auf dem legendären NOIRE Piano (Native Instruments), einem speziell präparierten Konzertflügel aus Saal 3 des Berliner Funkhauses. Dieser Klang wechselt zwischen „Pure“ (klar, präsent) und „Felt“ (weich, gedämpft, fast flüsternd) und bringt jede Nuance direkt an die Oberfläche.

Die Stimmung ist verletzlich, nachdenklich, aber nicht hoffnungslos. Das Piano spricht leise: „Du stehst einfach da“ – und trotzdem wandert die Melodie durch Traurigkeit, Nähe, Zerbrechlichkeit und kleine Lichtpunkte. Viel Raum, viel Luft, keine Ablenkung.

Musikalischer Stil: minimalistisches Solo-Piano mit filmischem Charakter. Keine Beats, keine Layer, nur Tasten – bewusst langsam gespielt, damit jede Note wirken kann.

Wofür ist der Track gedacht?
Für ruhige Momente. Nachts allein. Zum Durchatmen. Für Szenen im Kopf, die eigentlich kein Wort vertragen. Genau dafür existiert diese Version.

💿 Credits
Music, lyrics, arrangement, mix & master: DestKorn (Matthias K.)
Vocal rendering: 
Artwork: DestKorn
℗ 2025 DestKorn | © 2025 DestKorn
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution is prohibited.
SenneRecord2025

you just stand there (Piano Version)

Smiling Grass

Smiling Grass (Mix 2025)

“Sometimes you need to be alone in order to reflect on life. Take time out to take care of yourself. You deserve it.” - Robert Tew

A Time To Reflect

This song was first written and worked on about 25 years ago! I had totally forgotten it's existence until one day i started humming it out loud and wondered what i was singing! Then i remembered it, and i dropped it because i couldn't think of lyrics that fitted properly. So, i started writing around the tune again and realized that it's quite good and needed nurturing again.
It's great to find stuff like this. I believe that fate has returned it to me via my subconcious. It was a sign!

Was it You?

Joe (Joseph Olsson): Vocals/lyrics, Guitar
https://on.soundcloud.com/66JbzaFR6lzjlcJspD
Rob: Lyrics, Guitar, Bass 

The morning sunrise brings a light to my eyes
Chases all the shadows from
The corners of my mind

Good things come to those who wait
Wait a minute, I’m hanging up the phone
I’m hanging up

My evening drive stuck in a line going nowhere
Feel frustrated, hoping I might 
Make up some lost time

You say what’s good for you is good for me
But that aint good for me

The day just drags on
How can hours be so long?
Time just moves so slow when I’d rather be somewhere

Make You Wait

revenge is a primitive vile trait that is also unfortunately prevalent and powerful.It causes senselessbrutal violence, that in the end solves no problems and creates a recurring cycle of more violence. The notion to avenge ones ancestors I suppose has to do with a sense of guilt if you "do nothing" but I think you can forgive for the sake of creating a peaceful future for your children without forgetting the qualities of the ancestors or acknowledging their worth.

lyrics

what is revenge worth if no  one's left standing
what is revenge worth if your home is now rubble
what is revenge wort if your children are starving
causeing more pain just causes more trouble

your children are playing and need to feel safe
they have not yet learned how to kill or to hate 
for people who so long ago died
that when therirstories are told you can' tell the truth from the lies

you don't have to forget to forgive
give the children a chance to thrive and to live
do you understand!!

so put down your sword and put away your gun
go back to your store go back to your farm
remember the pain your ancestors caused
then go on with your life for your children and wives

teach the children how to forgive
to learn from the past so the future they build
will be on the right path
don't let the future look like the past

so what's revenge worth...

what is revenge worth?

'couldn't forget' with Seafoam Sweater Girl.

Seafoam Sweater Girl: lyrics, vocals, guitar.
Scotty: acoustic pearl export, fender 3/4 bass, epiphone casino

couldn't forget (with Seafoam Sweater Girl)

"It was born to be a song," said Paolo Pieraccini when I asked him to make the lyrics and sing a melody for my instrumental "All My Love." It was a fruitful collaboration! What a fantastic voice, perfect for this song. Thank you so much, Paolo! 
Composition, mix: Ad van Nederpelt
Text, vocals: Paolo Pieraccini

"Resta qui con me"

Se tu mi vuoi davvero
allora resta qui con me
e te ne vai, non dici una parola
 ti aspetterò non solo per un’ora
se tu mi pensi ancora
allora vieni qui da me
Se siamo amici 
solo amici allora
c’è qualche cosa che non va
sei così bella sai
una poesia
mi fa sorridere
la tua allegria
mi sento a te vicino
e il cuore batte forte se
piangi  e mi racconti che ti hanno fatto male
e poi io piango insieme a te
Se senti che ti manca il mio respiro 
allora stai con me 
come bambini corriamo
su un prato qui in città
Ora che non ho più l’età
ti voglio bene sai
di più non potrei
sei tu la gioia 
dei giorni miei
Se tu mi vuoi davvero
allora resta qui con me
resta qui con me
non mi sfuggire ancora
ma se mi pensi 
ancora 
vieni qui 
da me

----------------------------

If you really want me
then stay here with me
and you leave, without saying a word
I'll wait for you not just for an hour
if you still think of me
then come here to me
If we're friends
just friends then
there's something wrong
you're so beautiful, you know
a poem
makes me smile
your joy
I feel close to you
and my heart beats fast if
you cry and tell me they hurt you
and then I cry with you
If you feel like you're short of breath
then stay with me
like children we run
across a meadow here in the city
Now that I'm no longer of age
I love you, you know
I couldn't be more
you are the joy
of my days
If you really want me
then stay here with me
stay here with me
don't run away from me again
but if you still think of me
come here
to me

Resta qui con me (composer Ad van Nederpelt/ performer Paolo Pieraccini)

All Arrangements, Instrumental Tracks, Vocal Tracks, Lyrics, Recording And Mastering Copyright Sandcastle Music, 2024

You And I

I'm quite old, I write tunes and mood music ,which stems from my subconscious. I'm not a musician and never will be, but I can invent stuff. I'm not sure what I'm doing is good, but some of it FEELS good. So my music inventions have been around me for decades  and now I've come the conclusion that, hey why not let other people hear it too?! 
Why the hell not??
You'll hear my studio tracks from 2015 and 2020, but mostly there will be home demos from the last 20 years. 
As I mentioned earlier,  I'm not a proficient musician so you'll also hear bum notes, fluffs, gaffes, misscues, laughing etc.
There's a lot of this, so prepare yourself!!
If you're still with me, then you're maybe into what I do too?
Ok then, off we go!
H.

Was it You?

Wafer Thin Synth

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