From the 2017 Album ‘Stone Garden’ © Gary P Hayes 2017.
Performed in one take on Outside the Box kit and then one take impro on electric guitar afterwards.
“FAREWELL PLANET ONE” classical guitar and piano impro
“FAREWELL PLANET ONE” a classical guitar & piano impro this morning – with only one, hardly noticeable bum note!
A track from my music album this year, ‘Garden of Stone’, a mix of ‘outside the box’ analog synth setup, melancholic guitar, chilled electronica, harp, Akai EWI electronic wind instrument and other acoustic elements such as piano and clarinet.
Improvisational odes to a dying world, naturally and socially, reflective, it’s been good well it lasted folks… longer versions of some of the tracks at garyphayes.com –
Oh and a misplaced hammer will do that to your left hand fingernail – a few more weeks to fully replace itself 🙂
Unchartered: Asgard Head – Live Jam/Impro Analog Outside the Box
A live improvisation in Dm in my photo gallery on Sunday 28 August 2016. The piece had minimal setup beforehand and I was just winging it really while people browsed my photos 🙂 – a couple asked for the album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ort8Ehdv3qg
TUBULAR BELLS – ANALOG SYNTH REAL TIME IMPRO COVER – OPENING THEME
Been a fan of Mike Oldfield’s 1973 Opus since a teenager and although I can play much of it on guitars, harps, bass and wind instruments, this afternoon I had a tinker in my open photo gallery (yes a few folk were browsing towards the end section again and talking to me putting me off!) using one of my OTB keyboard setups (I am using for original works).
I love the opening sequence with its odd time signatures and downward chord progressions so just did a little prep on the Analog 4 (time sigs and sounds) and set off. The only part I rehearsed a few times was the 3/4 downward chord section, otherwise all other parts I knew and this is not meant to be a verbatim structure of course.
Instruments: Roland System 1 for back sequences, Ensoniq MR Rack for strings, Analog 4 for bass, main riff, flute riff and arp harmony, piano and Kaoss for solo parts. I was going to add my new Volca Beats and Keys, but it would have lost a little ‘purity’ if I did that.
GARDENS OF STONE – SYMPHONY ELECTRONICA MOV II “time drift” ~ BACKTRACK ANALOG SYNTH IMPROVISATION
Using Elektron Analog 4 (sequences and leads), Roland System 1 (pads/sequences), Casio Grand Piano, Ensoniq MrRack (strings), Kaoss (various leads, sfx, pads) Improvisation in my Blue Mountains photo gallery today. This is part of a development of pieces and is going to be one of three movements as backing tracks to some acoustic overlays – mostly guitar, sax and harp.
GARDENS OF STONE – SYMPHONY ELECTRONIC MOV I “In Peril” ~ BACKTRACK ANALOG SYNTH IMPROVISATION
Symphony Electronica Mov I “In Peril” beauty as destructive forces threaten, then the struggle begins… Another improvisation in my Blue Mountains photo gallery today. This is part of a development of pieces and is going to be one of three movements as backing tracks to some acoustic overlays – mostly guitar, sax and harp.
GARDEN OF STONE ~ SYMPHONY ELECTRONICA Mov III ‘game of tones’ ~ Impro / Jam by Gary P Hayes
Using Elektron Analog 4 (sequences and leads), Roland System 1 (pads/sequences), Casio Grand Piano, Ensoniq MrRack (strings), Kaoss (various leads, sfx, pads) Improvisation in my Blue Mountains photo gallery today. This is part of a development of pieces and is going to be one of three movements as backing tracks to some acoustic overlays – mostly guitar, sax and harp.
THE ETERNAL RAIN ~ Analog Electronica 40 minute Jam / Improv
Performed live in one take during a gallery open day in Gary’s photographic studio/gallery in Mount Victoria, Blue Mountains. A traditional analog sequencer based impro with downward chordal progressions. The Electron Analog 4 is used for two sequences, main bass and lead with strings, the Roland System 1 for pad and various sequences, the strings are from the Warm Pad preset on Ensoniq MR Rack and finally the Kaoss Pro for leads and analog colouration. At full instrumentation there are six sync’d sequences. The audio has been mastered through Izotrope Ozone.
ODE TO A WARMING PLANET X – PIANO AND CLASSICAL GUITAR IMPROVISATIONS
Captured in one take – piano first then overlaid with Yamaha Grand Concert Guitar. Mixed in Logic and edited in Final Cut. 10th of 10 tracks performed on the same day – January 1 2016.
ODE TO A WARMING PLANET I – Piano & Classical Guitar Impro
Captured in one take – piano first then overlaid with Yamaha Grand Concert Guitar. Mixed in Logic and edited in Final Cut. First of 10 tracks performed on the same day – January 1 2016.
01 Aletheia – truthfulness and sincerity. Singularity – Spirits of Life Album
A series of meditative pieces based on positive life traits and their associated Greek mythological spirits. The pieces are gently improvised as two live performances. The first is the background cinematic layer performed in one take on a full octave weighted keyboard linked to a Spectrasonics Omnisphere, ambient or pad sound. The second is a one take performance over this soundscape on an Akai Ewi 4000 self contained electronic wind instrument (looks a little like a Soprano sax) which has many different sounds across the tracks.
The visuals on the accompanying videos are from a fractal based real time, synchronised visualisation program called G-Force Platinum by SoundSpectrum Inc: captured by SnapzPro and re-sync’d to the master audio.
All the tracks have a subliminal background of an Australian dawn chorus, recorded at Gary’s Wentworth Falls house in October (Australian Spring). There a many birds including Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Magpie, Rozellas, Australian Parrots, Kookaburras and a constant sound of three local Lyre birds scraping around the ground and imitating all the birds above.
We hope you find the pieces relaxing but also powerful and inspiring. There will be more albums like this to come and keep an eye on Gary’s music and photography site at http://garyphayes.com for developments.
Recorded 15-30 October 2014 in three sessions only at Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, Australia
Gary plays: Weighted piano with Omnisphere and Akai Ewi digital wind instrument
All tracks © Gary P Hayes Music 2014
02 Alke – prowess and courage. Singularity – Spirits of Life Album
A series of meditative pieces based on positive life traits and their associated Greek mythological spirits. The pieces are gently improvised as two live performances. The first is the background cinematic layer performed in one take on a full octave weighted keyboard linked to a Spectrasonics Omnisphere, ambient or pad sound. The second is a one take performance over this soundscape on an Akai Ewi 4000 self contained electronic wind instrument (looks a little like a Soprano sax) which has many different sounds across the tracks.
The visuals on the accompanying videos are from a fractal based real time, synchronised visualisation program called G-Force Platinum by SoundSpectrum Inc: captured by SnapzPro and re-sync’d to the master audio.
All the tracks have a subliminal background of an Australian dawn chorus, recorded at Gary’s Wentworth Falls house in October (Australian Spring). There a many birds including Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Magpie, Rozellas, Australian Parrots, Kookaburras and a constant sound of three local Lyre birds scraping around the ground and imitating all the birds above.
We hope you find the pieces relaxing but also powerful and inspiring. There will be more albums like this to come and keep an eye on Gary’s music and photography site at http://garyphayes.com for developments.
Recorded 15-30 October 2014 in three sessions only at Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, Australia
Gary plays: Weighted piano with Omnisphere and Akai Ewi digital wind instrument
All tracks © Gary P Hayes Music 2014
03 Caerus – opportunity. RELAXATION MUSIC. Singularity – Spirits of Life Album
A series of meditative pieces based on positive life traits and their associated Greek mythological spirits. The pieces are gently improvised as two live performances. The first is the background cinematic layer performed in one take on a full octave weighted keyboard linked to a Spectrasonics Omnisphere, ambient or pad sound. The second is a one take performance over this soundscape on an Akai Ewi 4000 self contained electronic wind instrument (looks a little like a Soprano sax) which has many different sounds across the tracks.
The visuals on the accompanying videos are from a fractal based real time, synchronised visualisation program called G-Force Platinum by SoundSpectrum Inc: captured by SnapzPro and re-sync’d to the master audio.
All the tracks have a subliminal background of an Australian dawn chorus, recorded at Gary’s Wentworth Falls house in October (Australian Spring). There a many birds including Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Magpie, Rozellas, Australian Parrots, Kookaburras and a constant sound of three local Lyre birds scraping around the ground and imitating all the birds above.
We hope you find the pieces relaxing but also powerful and inspiring. There will be more albums like this to come and keep an eye on Gary’s music and photography site at http://garyphayes.com for developments.
Recorded 15-30 October 2014 in three sessions only at Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, Australia
Gary plays: Weighted piano with Omnisphere and Akai Ewi digital wind instrument
All tracks © Gary P Hayes Music 2014
“REMINESSENCE” from the 2014 Improvisation Album “Singularity First”
REMINESSENCE from the 2014 Improvisation Album “Singularity First”
A live Dm one take jam on Piano and Elektron Analog Four
by Gary P Hayes © 2014
Elektron Four had minimal preparation based, a variation of some OS 1.1 preset sounds and minor sequence patterns, piano theme worked out just before impro.
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“LAST PASSENGER” from the 2014 Improvisation Album “Singularity First”
Last Passenger from the 2014 Improvisation Album “Singularity First”
A live Cm one take jam on Piano and Elektron Analog Four
by Gary P Hayes © 2014
Elektron Four had minimal preparation based, a variation of some OS 1.1 preset sounds and minor sequence patterns.
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“REBOOT 2023” From the 2014 Improvisation Album “Singularity First”
“REBOOT 2023” From the 2014
Improvisation Album “Singularity First”
A live one take Jam on 2 Elektron Analog Fours Machinedrum, Kaossilator Pro & iPad Magellan by Gary P Hayes © 2014
Based on project parts that first appeared in the Ayung Trance recorded live in Bali – now all blanked with Analog 4 update 1.1
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Luminous Lands – A 2013 Photo Retrospective
LUMINOUS LANDS
2013 Photography by Gary P Hayes
All images taken between 1 Jan – 14 Dec 2013
in Blue Mountains, California, Bali
Thailand, Canada, Sydney
Music ‘Virtuality: Ambient Mix by
Gary P Hayes from Trance Album Twenty Ten
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Ayung Trance Cm
Overlooking the Ayung river on my room balcony one of a few improvisations in-between scooter photo trips & other usual holiday activities – rather rough 1st or 2nd takes and a lot Tangerine Dream’esque, Cm mood. With live recorded natural sound and some superimposed shots on my GoPro helmet cam, used for other projects too.
Technically – the Micron is playing only the pad sound, while the A4 is being midi triggered individually across its 4 sequence tracks. The sounds were quickly prepared before the take from init tones and adjusted ocassionally during the take…
Recorded: Ayung Resort nr Ubud in Bali, Indonesia
Editing: Final Cut
Music, performance, video editing and bike riding by Gary P Hayes
© GaryPHayes 2013
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Ayung Reflections F#
Overlooking the Ayung river on my room balcony, another improvisation in-between scooter photo trips & other usual holiday activities – rather rough 1st or 2nd takes, this one is a F# major pentatonic (all the black notes) with a subtle asian feel :). With live recorded natural sound and some superimposed shots on my GoPro helmet cam from various photo bike tours around Bali, used for other projects too.
Technically – the Micron is playing only the pad sound, while the A4 is being midi triggered individually across its 4 sequence tracks. The sounds were quickly prepared before the take from init tones and adjusted ocassionally during the take…
Recorded: Ayung Resort nr Ubud in Bali, Indonesia
Editing: Final Cut
Music, performance, video editing and bike riding by Gary P Hayes
© GaryPHayes 2013
www.garyphayes.com
Ayung Trance – Video
Overlooking the Ayung river on my room balcony one of a few improvisations in-between scooter photo trips & other usual holiday activities – rather rough 1st or 2nd takes and a lot Tangerine Dream’esque, Cm mood. With live recorded natural sound and some superimposed shots on my GoPro helmet cam, used for other projects too.
Technically – the Micron is playing only the pad sound, while the A4 is being midi triggered individually across its 4 sequence tracks. The sounds were quickly prepared before the take from init tones and adjusted ocassionally during the take…
Recorded: Ayung Resort nr Ubud in Bali, Indonesia
Editing: Final Cut
Music, performance, video editing and bike riding by Gary P Hayes
© GaryPHayes 2013
www.garyphayes.com