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Tunesmiths is a collective of composers who each month write a piece of music in a genre chosen by members on a rotational basis.New Challenge for the summer '23: a piece inspired something in the news.April / May Challenge: a cover version with a new arrangement.Previous challenges this year: Hazy days of Summer, New Orleans, Jubilee Music, 'Furniture Music' as inspired by Erik Satie. Ambient background music.December 21, challenge: a composition or arrangement conveying a mood, emotional state.Autumn challenge '21: a hora using a Klezmer scale, Winter: a piece inspired by a book.May June: an arrangement in a particular style of another composer or genre.Challenge for Jan/Feb Carnival, March/ April American presidents.October - November : Autumn LeavesJuly - Septembber A Sea CompositionApril- June Time passingTask for Feb / March: composition about the animal world.January: an ICY composition.Nov / Dec: A Latin tune. Task for September / October: Music with a poem as a

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  1. Burmese Lullaby (trad) - Chris Crick

    The sun is gone The nestlings sleep Flower petals have closed The moon has risen So sleep little one, sleep. Guzheng and shakuhachi used to re-imagine this traditional lullaby.

  2. Three Score and Ten - Kevin James

    Three Score and Ten - Kevin James by Tunesmiths

  3. Feel the Light, Warm in the Glow - Ken Patterson

    Feel the Light, Warm in the Glow - Ken Patterson by Tunesmiths

  4. Feel the Light - Tunesmiths

    Feel the Light - Tunesmiths by Tunesmiths

  5. Step into the Light - Kevin James

    The track is about living up to your potential.

  6. Candlelight - Chris Crick

    Candlelight - Chris Crick by Tunesmiths

  7. Refractions - John Edwards

    Composer: John Edwards. Musicians: Mariana Trench, Mehitabel Bracegirdle

  8. Derelict - Chris Crick

    Derelict - Chris Crick by Tunesmiths

  9. A Rendezvous - Ken Patterson

    'A Ladies Lyric' as John Shuttleworth would say - a tale of Whitley Bay in the 60s

  10. Farewell.

    Farewell. by Tunesmiths

  11. Whitley Bay in the 50s - Kevin James

    Whitley Bay in the 50s - Kevin James by Tunesmiths

  12. Swing du Train Bleu

    composed by John Edwards. The glamourous pre-war Blue Train linked Paris and the French Riviera. Played by Roland "Smokey" Bacon, Mitzi Tumbledova, Atahualpa Robinet, Nicholson Dimes, Mariana Trench.

  13. Trains of thought... - Chris Crick

    Trains of thought... - Chris Crick by Tunesmiths

  14. Chhuk Chhuk Chalti Rail Gaadi - Ken Patterson

    Memories of a trip around the world including a rail trip up to Darjeeling - only the train times didn't suit our itinerary so we took a Range Rover full of about 20 people up a road that was falling away in sections. But the main events of the day in the town were the arrivals of the steam…

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  15. Steam Train Memories - Kevin James

    Steam Train Memories - Kevin James by Tunesmiths

  16. Fifty Years Ago Today - Kevin James

    My big moment was moving up to Newcastle 50 years ago, moving from being a primary school teacher in Scunthorpe to being an Advisory Teacher of Drama working in over thirty Newcastle primary schools - Very different, very exciting, very scary! The song tries to capture that mix of fear and...

  17. Of the Island - 04:09:25, 14.23

    Of the Island - 04:09:25, 14.23 by Tunesmiths

  18. Back in Havana - Ken Patterson

    In response to the composing task: 'Write about a memorable occasion'. I was in Havana in 2009 and found it entrancing. we stayed at Mulata Mary's Casa particulares with a roof terrace than looks out on to the main roundabout and the river fortifications: I recommend it and Mary's welcome.

  19. We'll Be Back - Ed Wood

    We'll Be Back - Ed Wood by Tunesmiths

  20. Life on the Geordie Shore - Ken Patterson

    A reflection upon NE England's past and present values and self image.

  21. The World Still Turns

    The focus of this song is the Durham mining community with my grandad and grandma as the main inspiration. The tune is borrowed from a version of "The Water is Wide". The image is by Bill Brandt. He rose like stone / into the rain. His breath a ghost / his boots a chain. He broke his loaf without…

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  22. We Built These Ships

    Celebrating shipbuilding on the River Tyne

  23. Mangshi - trad. Chinese arr. by Chris Crick

    In the soft heart of Mangshi, as the light of day melts into the warm breath of spring evening, the square comes alive. Here, in the centre of town, time seems to loosen its grip. Children, elders, teenagers, lovers — all drawn into the same gentle current — move as one, their steps a quiet...

  24. St Vincents Boys Home

    A sad remembrance of my time in an orphans home 60 years ago

  25. Running the Tide - Ken Patterson

    In the 1st Stockton Riverside Festival in August 1988, I was playing trombone with Pineapple Agogo Streetband. We boarded a fishing trawler decorated with a giant lantern Sun, and headed up the Tees river with the tide astern. The boat turned through 180 degrees and sailed on the spot against the...

  26. L'Horta de la Font

    Composer: John Edwards

  27. Flying

    Childhood Memories

  28. Sycamore - Ken Patterson

    A response to the Sycamore Gap Tree's fate.

  29. McPolicier - Ken Patterson

    A sketch using Logic Loopery

  30. Bother on the Bergen Ferry - Chris Crick

    Bother on the Bergen Ferry - Chris Crick by Tunesmiths

  31. Valiant P.I. - Kevin James

    Imagime a private detective series called 'Valiant P.I." This is the theme tune.

  32. Jack in the Green - Ken Patterson

    In the '90's I put together a project with fellow Tunesmith Chris Crick and Folkworks in Breckenbeds School, Gateshead. We told the tale of a valley of bracken and green invaded by the Victorian railway mainline from London to Edinburgh. The Brecken Man we made was a symbol of unspoilt landscape....

  33. Green Blues - Chris Crick

    A minor blues improv (attempting to play) in the style of Peter Green.

  34. Our Green & Pleasant Land (Nothing is Forever)

    The song is about not getting complacent.'Nothing is Forever'.

  35. Dark Matter - Chris Crick

    Dark Matter - Chris Crick by Tunesmiths

  36. Gingerbread Cottage - John Edwards

    Composer: John Edwards. Musicians: Al Dente, Sally Pimento, Atahualpa Robinet, Mariana Trench, Mitzi Tumbledova.

  37. Achill Sound - Chris Crick

    In the west of Ireland, Achill Island faces out to the thunderous Atlantic. The island diverts just enough of the waves to create a short stretch of relative calm between itself and mainland: Achill Sound.

  38. Get Up! - Chris Crick

    Get Up! - Chris Crick by Tunesmiths

  39. When the Cat's Away - John Edwards

    Composed by John Edwards. Mandolin: Nicholson Dimes. Guitar: Marianna Trench. Ukulele: Annette Curtin. Percussion: Carrie Oakey. Bass: Atahualpa Robinet. Mbira: Esau M Cumming.

  40. Interlude: The Modernists - John Edwards

    Composed by John Edwards, performed on National Reso-Phonic Estralita Deluxe guitar.

  41. Midnight in the Garage of Good and Evil - John Edwards

    Composed by John Edwards. Played by Nicholson Dimes, guitar; Aristide Trebuchet, guitar; Atahualpa Robinet, bass; Carrie Oakey, drums

  42. Fade to Blue - John Edwards

    Composer: John Edwards

  43. Coming up for Air - John Edwards

    5/4 time jazz piece, composed, arranged and directed by John Edwards. Musicians: Sally Pimenta, mandolin; Jude Despree, tenor ukulele; Nicholson Dimes, guitar; Al Dente, bass; Esau M Cumming, percussion.

  44. Rev Toodle-oo - John Edwards

    Parson's Farewell was published in John Playford's The English Dancing Master, 1651, and previously as a Bourrée by the German composer, Michael Praetorius in his dance collection, Terpsichore, 1612. I have updated it to the swing era for mandolin and guitar.

  45. Sandstorm - John Edwards

    Sandstorm - John Edwards by Tunesmiths

  46. Frost Fair - John Edwards

    1 - Skaters, 2 – Flurry of Snow, 3 – Bells, 4 - Fandango. Composer, John Edwards. Arranged for acoustic guitar and tenor ukulele. During the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th-18th centuries, rivers such as the Thames could freeze over for long periods, creating space for new commercial and…

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  47. Silver Swan - John Edwards

    Theme: machines. Composer and arranger: John Edwards. Musicians: Mbira - Esau M Cumming, Marianna Trench, Annette Curtin. Tenor ukulele - Stradella Schweingarten, Midas Welby Spring. Guitar - Nicholson Dimes.

  48. Tarantella delle Onde - John Edwards

    Tarantella of the Waves.

  49. Gooseberry Jam Blues - John Edwards

    Composer: John Edwards. Performed by Nicholson Dimes, mandolin, and Calixto Trebuchet, National Reso-Phonic guitar.

  50. East Coast Blues - John Edwards

    I composed this guitar rag in the tradition laid down by the piedmont ragtimey style country blues pickers, like Blind Blake, in the 1920s.

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Tunesmiths is a collective of composers who each month write a piece of music in a genre chosen by members on a rotational basis.New Challenge for the summer '23: a piece inspired something in the news.April / May Challenge: a cover version with a new arrangement.Previous challenges this year: Hazy days of Summer, New Orleans, Jubilee Music, 'Furniture Music' as inspired by Erik Satie. Ambient background music.December 21, challenge: a composition or arrangement conveying a mood, emotional state.Autumn challenge '21: a hora using a Klezmer scale, Winter: a piece inspired by a book.May June: an arrangement in a particular style of another composer or genre.Challenge for Jan/Feb Carnival, March/ April American presidents.October - November : Autumn LeavesJuly - Septembber A Sea CompositionApril- June Time passingTask for Feb / March: composition about the animal world.January: an ICY composition.Nov / Dec: A Latin tune. Task for September / October: Music with a poem as a

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