Music
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before; In sequent toil all forwards do contend... (quote courtesy Shakespeare, art masterpiece courtesy Claude Monet)
I composed this attractive musical gem for a very sweet and radiantly pretty woman named Emily... (Art masterpiece James Jacques Joseph Tissot)
Oyarsa of Malacandra, the Archon of Mars... this is my 8th piece for my "Malacandra Suite". (space photography courtesy NASA)
A blissful paradise on an already peaceful planet: The Island of Meldilorn... This is now my 7th electronic work for my "Malacandra Suite" (art masterpiece courtesy Claude Monet)
Dedicated to the brave memory of Michael Servetus and to all of those so-called "witches", the mercilessly tortured and murdered victims of the Inquisition. (art work from an original woodcut dating from this nightmarish period of European history)
Eldil is my 6th piece for my Malacandra Suite project. The Eldil are the fantastic and glorious creatures of light, the messengers of Oyarsa on the planet Malacandra...(photo courtesy NASA)
...But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun...the sweetest flower of all the field... (quote courtesy Wm. Shakespeare) (Art masterpiece Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
When we shuffle off this mortal coil, the brevity of our lives, embracing our pain and our pleasures, is hidden in the dust of our demise...(partial quote from W. Shakespeare and courtesy of The Bard himself!) (Art Masterpiece courtesy Claude Monet)
Swimming gracefully in the depths of interstellar space; the Stingray Nebula... (photo courtesy NASA)
Sorns...those ghost-like apparitions, the denizens of Malacandra, inspiring Wellsian fears of terrible alien monsters in Ransom's mind...My 5th installment for my Malacandra Suite. (photo courtesy NASA)
The Cat's Eye Nebula appears as a stunning and shimmering, nebulous apparition in the midst of our galaxy...(photo courtesy NASA)
Angels of Bliss, you make my heart weep with a sweetness which is as honey dripping endlessly from the comb...(Art Masterpiece: "The Shop Girl" James Jacques Joseph Tissot)
My ambient interstellar journey continues and I find myself gazing upon the gloriously beautiful Snowflake Cluster...another sterling gem of galactic beauty. (photo courtesy NASA)
Running for his life from Weston and Devine, Ransom encounters the Hrossa. His fears give way to captivating interest and pleasure, but he loses his friend Hyoi during "the hunt" when, with his dying breath, Hyoi calls him "hnakra-slayer"(photo NASA)
We all suffer in one way or another, some more, some less, and so when I consider the misery and suffering that humanity has had to and does endure, I sadly observe that Life is a Vale of Tears...(art masterpiece courtesy Claude Monet)
Alpha Centauri is my fourth piece for my Ambient Interstellar Music project which is my fantastical imaginary journey to the myriad wonders of our own Milky Way galaxy. (space photo courtesy NASA)
What more may I say? It's the Life... (art courtesy Claude Monet)
Pandora's Cluster is the 3rd of my ambient music project. Clearly, Pandora's Cluster is a stunningly gorgeous sight to be seen in our galaxy. (photo courtesy NASA)
I composed "Forever" as the wedding processional for my friends Valerie and Jason for their wedding this past June. When I played the piece for them the first time, they were both very impressed and were happy to have me perform it at their wedding.
My 3rd instalment of my "Malacandra Suite", an interpretation of "Out of the Silent Planet", by C.S. Lewis. Weston and Devine, having abducted Ransom, are hurtling through space on a journey to Malacandra to meet the Sorns...(photo courtesy NASA)
Departing the Pleiades, I journey onward to the most beautiful flower of the galaxy, the Rosette Nebula...(photo courtesy NASA)
As the rain drops begin to slacken, Ransom continues his walking tour of the English countryside, on his way to an unwanted abduction via The Rise and then on to a remarkable journey to Malacandra...(Art courtesy Claude Monet)
After arriving late, in the evening, at The Rise, Ransom finds himself at the mercy of twisted scientists who have nefarious interests in his person...this is the 2nd of my interpretation of "Out of The Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis.(Art C.Monet)
I have always loved Astronomy and Science-Fiction...I am on an imaginary interstellar journey to the stars...This is the 1st of a set of 7 pieces dedicated to the stars and interstellar space... (photo courtesy NASA)
Sadly, in June of 2010, my best friend lost his son in a tragic para-gliding accident. This piece was composed for my friend and his late son. Photo and Art work courtesy of Phil Ogison.

