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Great Escapes: Palamos Uncut – art
My Journey with landscape photography is an exciting one. I hope also you continue to be a part of that journey and maybe even enjoy some of my work and maybe even share your thoughts/comments if I really get lucky. About the Photo: The beautiful city of Palamos-Costa Brava . […]
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Erik Satie – Once Upon A Time In Paris
I came across this great clip and thought would be nice to share. This is sublime music by Erik Satie (Gymnopédie No.1). And if that weren’t enough the clip is accompanied with absolutely stunning paintings by someone I have not come across before but intend to correct that; Édouard Cortès (click the […]
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Light Touch: Sur le boulevard РPainting by Jean B̩raud (1849-1936)
 The art of Retouch is purely about re-interpretation of already great works of art; it allows the image to be re-imagined, evolved in ways that make it part of a living process of evolution/adaptation. With that said art of course is subjective and some may/may not like my interpretations […]
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The Making of “Amadeus”
This is in every sense of the word my all time favourite movie ever. The film was released in 1984 and directed by MiloÅ¡ Forman, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play Amadeus. The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a […]
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Bird Stories: Cute Sit-in, Kookaburra
My Journey with Wildlife photography continues. I hope also you continue to be a part of that journey and maybe even enjoy some of my work and maybe even share your thoughts/comments if I really get lucky. About the bird (from Wikipedia): Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus […]
Read More Personal Touch: The Painter
My Journey with street photography continues. I hope also you continue to be a part of that journey and maybe even enjoy some of my work and maybe even share your thoughts/comments if I really get lucky. About the Photo: This is a a photo of an artist in the […]
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A Small Tribute to a Great Composer: James Horner
Today on the 5th anniversary I would like to repost this small tribute to this great composer of one of my own personal favorite compositions. I love the sound of the singers that I decided that a karaoke version was not an option but rather to play along in the […]
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The Making of "The Exorcist"
By far one of the scariest movies ever made in my opinion and I’ve and I watched a few, so it was quite interesting to watch this documentary about the making of the film, particularly when it comes to effects and the different challenges the team face in making the […]
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Light Touch: Painting by Jean-Jacques Hauer (1751-1829); "Les adieux de Louis XVI Ã sa famille, le 20 janvier 1793"
 Open larger view The art of Retouch is purely about re-interpretation of already great works of art; it allows the image to be re-imagined, evolved in ways that make it part of a living process of evolution/adaptation. With that said art of course is subjective and some may/may […]
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Harry & Meghan; A Royal Story Turning To a Royal Flush
I am not really a royals follower nor do I care much about how monarchy is perceived nor the style this establishment follows. I was particularly disappointed about how BREXIT theatrics has been managed by the establishment as I’ve mentioned in previous posts. That said and despite the fact that […]
Read More Harry & Meghan; A Royal Story Turning To a Royal Flush
I am not really a royals follower nor do I care much about how monarchy is perceived nor the style this establishment follows. I was particularly disappointed about how BREXIT theatrics has been managed by the establishment as I’ve mentioned in previous posts. That said and despite the fact that […]
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My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Strictly Excerpts – Jazzin' About for Trumpet: No. 8, Ragamuffin – (Pam Wedgwood)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Classical Excerpts – Castle on a Cloud – Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Classical Excerpts – The Magic Flute (Mozart)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Battle of the Heroes (John Williams)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet/Flugelhorn Play Along): Remembering James Last – 2019
Play Along Tunes for the Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet and Piccolo Trumpet (Best to Use Headphones): I would like to dedicate my work on this piece to the memory of James Last in this 4th anniversary of his death in 2015 as well as his incredible orchestra; here is the original […]
Read More My Journey with the Trumpet (CornetCover): Superman Theme – (John Williams)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet/Mellophone Cover): Acapulco 1922 – (Herb Alpert)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet/Mellophone Cover): Dances with Wolves – (John Barry)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): James Bond Theme – (John Barry)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Optimistic Voices ["We NEED Those Right Now!"] – from Wizard of Oz – (Harold Arlen/Herbert Stothart)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Optimistic Voices ["We NEED Those Right Now!"] – from Wizard of Oz – (Harold Arlen/Herbert Stothart)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): The Raiders March – from Raiders of the Lost Ark – (John Williams)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Princess Leia's Theme – from Star Wars (John Williams)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Flugelhorn Cover): Killing Me Softly with his Song (Charles Fox)
The Night at the Ballet: La Bayadère
Beautiful moments if you can spare the time to watch this exquisite performance of “La Bayadère“; a great story line of love, revenge and murder where the lovers Nikita – the Temple Dancer – and Solor – the warrior having been brutally separated in life are finally reunited in death […]
Read More My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Gonna Fly – Rocky (Bill Conti) from Rocky
My Journey with the Trumpet (Flugelhorn Cover): Theme from TV Series M*A*S*H (Johnny Mandel)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): In Dreams (Howard Shore) from The Lord of the Rings
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): I Swear (Gary Baker)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Diamonds are Forever (John Barry) from James Bond
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): Follow the Yellow Brick Road (Harold Arlen) from The Wizard of Oz
My Journey with the Trumpet (Cornet Cover): For Your Eyes Only (Bill Conti) from James Bond
My Journey with the Trumpet (Trumpet Cover): Live and Let Die (Paul & Linda McCartney)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Trumpet Cover): Live and Let Die (Paul & Linda McCartney)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Trumpet Cover): If I Only Had a Brain – (Harold Arlen)
The Music Hour: Rossini's William Tell Overture – Final
By far the best performance I’ve seen of this beautiful composition by Rossini; great/vibrant sound & most certainly great conducting. Hope you enjoy and if not please don’t tell me about it 🙂 Orchestra: The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Myung-whun Chung
Read More My Journey with the Trumpet (Trumpet Cover): Hedwig's Theme – Harry Potter (John Williams)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Trumpet Cover): Wizard Wheezes – Harry Potter (Nicholas Hooper)
My Journey with the Trumpet (Trumpet Cover): Double Trouble – from Harry Potter (John Williams)
My Journey with the Trumpet (PlayAlong): Cavatina (Stanley Myers)
My Journey with the Trumpet: Love Theme – The Godfather (Nino Rota)
My Journey with the Trumpet: The Music of the Night (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
My Journey with the Trumpet: The Hanging Tree (Marty Robbins)
My Journey with the Trumpet: High Chaparral (Harry Sukman)
My Journey with the Trumpet: Largo – New World Symphony (AntonÃn Dvořák)
Play Along Tunes for the Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet and Piccolo Trumpet (Best to Use Headphones): Note these videos are more for training/tracking my own progress. Also for me it’s more about technique rather than sophisticated audio recording, so you can bet I will do my best on that front but […]
Read More My Journey with the Trumpet: Fantasia on La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi) – Jean Baptiste Arban (PlayAlong)
My Journey with the Trumpet: Norwegian Wood (The Beatles) – James Last Orchestra (Play Along)
Play Along Tunes for the Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet and Piccolo Trumpet (Best to Use Headphones): Note these videos are more for training/tracking my own progress. Also for me it’s more about technique rather than sophisticated audio recording, so you can bet I will do my best on that front but […]
Read More My Journey with the Trumpet: Dramatic Theme (Elias Rahbani) – Elias Rahbani Orchestra (Play Along)
Play Along Tunes for the Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet and Piccolo Trumpet (Best to Use Headphones): Note these videos are more for training/tracking my own progress. Also for me it’s more about technique rather than sophisticated audio recording, so you can bet I will do my best on that front but […]
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