Interesting mix of sounds that come together beautifully.  Well done!

Wow !!! What a glorious mixture of styles and sounds where anything goes but everything fits. Well done to all concerned, great idea and very well put together. This was a feast ! Maybe you should "deconstruct" other composers too ?

@dabluroom: HEY man, thanks... I am the piper in question. Can hear more at my SC page (obviously) or @dunaenghus

Tales Of Dun Aenghus - Overture

Recorded AND composed "on the fly" in the Narthex of the Regimental Church of The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada, 14 June 2014. This tune was 100% IMPROVISED on the spot.

The tune was named and dedicated shortly after...

In Memory of Pipe Major John Huggan MMM CD (1930-2001)

LEST WE FORGET


A Lament for Pipe Major John May Huggan

An almost hypnotic piece of great Celtic-Ambient power... the focus is a distant lighthouse, which is situated on a wee rocky island which straddles the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea, which was once the northernmost inhabited point in the UK.

Many thanks to the lads from @dunaenghus for helping me out on this one...

Composed by Jeff McCarthy
Northumbrian Pipes, Great Highland Bagpipe, Piano, Synths and Irish Whistles by STDM
Electric Guitars: Martin Neuhold
Bass: Guy Mauseth

The Lights Of Muckle Flugga

WTMD's take on the final movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony. This started as an experiment. Martin recorded a loop and asked the other members of WTMD to record something to that loop. 

It could be based on Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" but it didn't have to. Afterwards, all pieces were puzzled together to one epic soundscape. This features: Northumbrian Pipes, Irish Whistle and other stuff by Jeff McCarthy, basses and synths by Guy Beeri Mauseth, flute by Karen Beeri, keys and synths by Colin Powell, heavy guitar by Evangelos Koudonas and guitar, synths and programming by Martin Neuhold. Also, some public domain samples of the original from musopen.org. 

Don't worry, no classical trained musicians were harmed while recording this.

Deconstructing Beethoven

Featuring special guest Karen Beeri https://soundcloud.com/karen-beeri on vocals, and of course her brother and my brother in music, Guy Beeri Mauseth https://soundcloud.com/duke21 on Bass.

"Who built these walls around me
Just what is happening to me
They twist and turn a labyrinth
Of anger and uncertainty..."

προσέξτε το Μινώταυρο

There are people in this world that seek to sincerely help you and see you through to a better place... others... are just... minotaurs. Everyone knows one.

Minotaur

There is a place behind the battle lines where the Mechs of "Inverness Squadron", go to rest, re-supply, and recharge. It is informally known by the operators as "Tartan Mech Paradise". (TMP)

Lots of good times, whisky and inspirational bagpipe music to be had here... when the place hasn't been lit up by the enemy...

This track basically consists of a pair of themes which recur, one of them is actually very similar to the old music of the pipes, known as piobaireachd.

Enjoy!

Tartan Mech Paradise

Classified, Numbered, Filed, Monitored, Analyzed... we must break free! Is this the anthem of the homeless person!? The people that pass unnoticed in the cities of our world? I think it is. 

Kind of a throwback to garage rock of the 60s, and epically long musical bridges of the 70s...

The Mighty Guy Mauseth @duke21 on bass!

And with this track, I will soon have an important STDM announcement to make.

I'm a prisoner of nothing
There ain't no keys
No cell no bars around me
I go where I please

You can't hold me back
You can't keep me down
These streets are my kingdom
And I wear the crown

A prisoner of nothing
I'm a prisoner-- of nothing
I'm a prisoner of nothing
A prisoner—  of nothing

Your regulations don't impress me at all
Read the end-user license agreement
"We get to put your back 
To the wall"

There's this thing you call love
You can send it back right away
I didn't sign up for this and
All the games you play

I’m a prisoner-- of nothing
Just a prisoner-- of nothing
Just a prisoner of nothing
A prisoner of nothing, yeah

(bridge)

Heart shattered... emotions moribund
You can take it back right away
For a full and utter refund

I'm no prisoner of love as
You can plainly see
I'm no prisoner of hate or greed
For I am truly free

I'm a prisoner of nothing
Just a prisoner of nothing
A prisoner of nothing
Just a prisoner
Just a prisoner
A prisoner of nothing
Just a prisoner
Just a prisoner
Of nothing






A Prisoner Of Nothing

Take a moment, if you can, from your busy lives.....

Video version now available here :
http://youtu.be/CV79B00bnQo

My first original piece of music for quite a while, hopefully this signals the end of music writers block !
Hope you enjoy :)
All music made on an iPad2 with Garageband, Sessionband Piano edition and Omenie's M3000 HD.
Mixed & mastered with Garageband for Mac.

Artwork made with Matter app for iPad.

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/gordon_m for the production advice

Shifting Sands

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