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Classical-Jazz Crossover - Scriabin
My attempt at a Classical - Jazz fusion. I played Alexander Tansmans "Variations on a theme by Scriabin" which used one of Scriabins Preludes as a basis for the piece. From that I applied the harmony and melody to a version - not an improvisati...
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4:42

Classical-Jazz crossover - Hispanic Dance : Claude Bolling
In the 1960' & 70's this fusion of styles emerged. Claude Bolling was one of the best composers in this style. The Concerto for Classical Guitar and the Hispanic Dance was written in 1976. I played the Concerto as part of the Brian Heeley Q...
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5:38

Running out of Space - my place or yours?
Stephen Hawking declared: “We are running out of space, and the only places to go are other worlds. Now is the time to investigate other solar systems. Perhaps the only ...
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3:20

Cut out the Middle Man
One of the post covid business practices is reducing the number of employees - those who work - work harder , those who manage take more off the top .
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1:40

Hope of a Deal
As I put this track up - the 9th October - there seems to be a possible chance of the Trump plan finding a way forward to a deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Lets hope so...
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3:51

Past its Prime
Although the older generation in the UK have a huge amount of economic clout I sense there is a feeling amongst younger people that the oldies time has passed. Its time to move on. Most older people I know are acutely aware their ti...
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3:29

The Fourth Floor
As an aspiring executive the fourth floor in the company I worked at was where all the high flyers were - that was what I was working towards.
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1:57

six of one half a dozen of the other
Theres nothing to choose between two options "six of one half a dozen of the other"
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2:28

Hope Springs Eternal
The idea that Hope Springs Eternal is epitomised in this piece by the recurring theme which keeps coming back throughout the short piece. From the US Dictionary :The proverb "hope springs eternal" means that hope is al...
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3:35

Tell me no secrets...
The explanation given on the Grammar Whisper website is a good one - if a bit over the top.They use the phrase “Ask Me No Questions and I’ll Tell You No Lies” Their description goes ..." it may sound like a
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4:57

Prelude Eleven
Manuel Ponces big classical guitar pieces are monumental in their scale. I discovered his 24 Preludes ( working through the keys - as Chopin did for the piano) some time ago. Little pieces , varied but very beautiful - each with their own charm...
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2:56

Left behind - anxious
Anxiety issues - I can't be the only person with them - but it does make you sound like a mental health hypochondriac. It all centres about some ridiculous notion of being left out, not part of something or left behind and isolated ...
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3:29

Saved by the bell
I was recording this one at the end of the day and I was getting so middle of the road the tune was only saved ( barely) by the bell ringing and cutting short my woeful easy listening soloing - ENJOY !!
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3:33

Maybe , Maybe not
This is one of those tunes where I thought I had a really interesting backing track and I could do something with it - Maybe , Maybe not
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3:29

Give us a clue
An old TV game of charades which ran from the late 1970's until the early 1990's - can you remember any of the contestants or hosts ? - I'm not sure I can
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4:11

Closing Time
The end of the evening, the end of a memorable time - the hostelry has closed for the evening its time for the pub to kick you out.
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3:13

Days Gone By
This one keeps coming up - and Ive re-mixed it once again. The tune was written for a folk festival and played acoustically from about 2009 when it was put together until the pandemic when I re-recorded it.
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4:54

Guiding Light
The Influencer "thing" was bugging me a bit - I have enough knowledge to be be really badly informed about what a benefit these characters bring to society. So I read a bit more and today we've got Guiding Light. One to inspire us all on a Frid...
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3:29

Blow it Away
The great late Jeff Becks album Blow by Blow with George Martin was just great. Worth a visit anytime is case you forget how goos Jeff Beck was.
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5:07

Don't take it to heart
I'm not sure anything is really gained by being too sensitive - its a bit like the song from earlier in the month " The Art of the Putdown" . If you're become too sensitive to negative stuff it can set you back so much.
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4:21

The Influencer
Influencers - thats a new one on me - what on earth is that about ? Self appointed internet guru's offering us their view on just about everything. I'll be giving that one a miss.
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3:37
