Stephen Godsall
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SOU'WESTER! A sodden landscape
Early 2024 has been exceptionally wet in England - rain, wind, mud and fallen trees all over the place. That sort of weather comes from the South West here, hence the oilskin hat known as "Sou'Wester". Such weather has a certain charm - but maybe not for months on end. This unsettled music in 7/4 time reminds me of our sodden Spring. You'll hear mandolin and ukulele themes over very squelchy electronics.
I was cycling to work one day in the days before Goretex and cycle helmets. It was pouring with rain so I wore a sou'wester with an oilskin cape. As I passed a girl sheltering at a bus stop she started to laugh - laughing so much that she was bent double - then she pointed at me and said simply "Sou'wester!"
Hi, I'm Stephen Godsall and I'm a composer/multi instrumentalist from Dorset, England. Thanks for watching and please subscribe to help grow my channel.
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Відео

JIMI HENDRIX with MILES DAVIS? Purple Guitar, Kinda Blue Trumpet
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People often say “If only Jimi and Miles had got around to recording together” so I wondered “What if they had? What might it sound like?”. This is my attempt to answer that question, although it uses new technology, because I'm sure Jimi and Miles would never have stood still. For anyone interested in the technicalities, I used granular synthesis, vocoding, a little AI and a lot of luck to cre...
QUANTOCK FANFARE
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The Quantocks; a range of heather clad hills on the coast just East of Exmoor. That's where this music began life and the film is of the local landscape, including Halswell Park where we rented a cottage. It's quite a long piece but the only notes I actually played are in the first 17 seconds. From there I used sequencing software to turn them upside down, backwards, forwards, gated and arpeggi...
WHEN A RICH MAN HAS THE BLUES
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Does he feel as wretched as a poor man - or indeed a poor woman? Few of us have been in both situations so it's a rhetorical question. The title came to me first then I wrote some lyrics, then the music. It was surprising to find the title hasn't been used before. The first tune I wrote didn't quite work so I started again. At first it was arranged in a Gypsy jazz style and performed with my ba...
IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE
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Electronic music has moved a long way in the last 35 years; this piece combines technology from both ends of that timeline. The sound source is a Yamaha CX5 music computer which I used to assembled a fugue with 12 different voices. This was then developed, treated and tempo modulated with recent plug-ins from Reason Studios, particularly Objekt, Mimic, BV-X Vocoder, Alligator and Synchronous. T...
WE FREE KINGS
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From my EP Winter's Child, available on Bandcamp; stephengodsall.bandcamp.com/album/winters-child This arrangement borrows from the very different versions by Roland Kirk and Barbara Dennerlein. Photos of some favourite places - Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, West Pennine Moors, Snowdonia, Scottish Highlands, Dorset, New Forest - by some of my favourite photographers including Angela Nield, St...
GLAMOROUS GRANNY
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From the EP "Winter's Child" on Bandcamp; stephengodsall.bandcamp.com/album/winters-child Sheet music also included. A friend told me about his experiences on dating apps for mature romantics - after that I couldn't resist writing this song! It features the surprisingly unusual combination of acoustic and banjo ukuleles, plus three types of ukulele percussion. Hi, I'm Stephen Godsall and I'm a ...
WINTER'S CHILD: EP preview
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Hope you enjoy this preview of my seasonal EP, available on Bandcamp; stephengodsall.bandcamp.com/album/winters-child Track 1 "I wonder as I wander" - folk carol arranged for guitar and string quartet 2 "Winter's child" is a newly written song inspired by the story of the same name by Angela McAllister 3 "Hitting the slopes" celebrating the fun of Winter sports 4 "Glamorous granny" a new song f...
I WONDER AS I WANDER - Happy Christmas 2023
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Based on a folk tune collected by John Jacob Niles in 1933. Niles was visiting the town of Murphy in Appalachian North Carolina. He came across a fundraising meeting held by evangelicals who had been ordered out of town by the police. A young girl sang one line of the song but refused to sing any further until she was paid for each line. Niles completed the carol by writing words for three vers...
WELSH HIGHLAND: Britain's finest narrow gauge journey?
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Here's a musical portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway, combined with film of a luminous journey along the line in June 2023. I've tried to evoke the clanking, creaking, wheezing and whistling of the trains as they change tempo with the gradients and turns of the route. Hi, I'm Stephen Godsall and I'm a composer/multi instrumentalist from Dorset, England. Thanks for watching and please subscri...
Happy Birthday '23
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Each year I try to do a new arrangement of "Happy Birthday" to greet friends and family. For 2023 I've come up with a ska version, coupled with some film I took one perfect day on the Welsh Highland Railway. All the parts are played on a Roland GR55 guitar synth, including the drums. Hi, I'm Stephen Godsall and I'm a composer/multi instrumentalist from Dorset, England. Thanks for watching and p...
UKULELE FORMS '23 album trailer
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Over the past couple of years I've been exploring different idioms and voices for improvised ukulele. This album brings together all the tracks from my EPs "Ukulele Forms" volume 1 and 2 with four additional pieces. It's available to stream and buy at stephengodsall.bandcamp.com/album/ukulele-forms-23 I hope you'll enjoy the range of acoustic, electronic and percussion sounds conjured up by thi...
THE GREENWOOD TREE
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Here's the final track of my "Ukulele Forms" project, available on Bandcamp; stephengodsall.bandcamp.com/album/ukulele-forms-23 The aim was to create an English flavour but without any obvious use of folksong, or Elgar/Vaughan Williams/Britten type idioms. The title is a reference to Thomas Hardy and the stunning photography by Steve Hogan is all of scenes in Dorset which Hardy would have recog...
SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST - featuring Laura Taylor and the Godsall brothers
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We wanted to try a different arrangement of this wonderful song by Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf, with more of a 6/8 drive, bluesy piano and tremulous guitar. Laura has been singing this since she was with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Rick Godsall, piano/bass, Andrew Godsall drums and Stephen Godsall guitar/bass. The film features some stunning New Forest shots by Bramble and Beach photog...
BLUE TIDES live at Ringwood Meeting House
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Recorded in January 2023 at our favourite venue, hope you enjoy this short selection with some of our favourite songs. Hi, I'm Stephen Godsall and I'm a composer/multi instrumentalist from Dorset, England. Thanks for watching and please subscribe to help grow my channel.
BLUE TIDES Live 2023
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BLUE TIDES Live 2023
NEW FOREST WINTER
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NEW FOREST WINTER
WINTER'S CHILD
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WINTER'S CHILD
THE BATTLE OF BEAULIEU - jazz riot in the UK
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THE BATTLE OF BEAULIEU - jazz riot in the UK
LET ME BE LONELY | Flute and guitar duet
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LET ME BE LONELY | Flute and guitar duet
JIMI HENDRIX ELECTRIFIED: What if Hendrix had stuck to ukulele?!
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JIMI HENDRIX ELECTRIFIED: What if Hendrix had stuck to ukulele?!
UKULELE FORMS Volume 2 trailer: A misty fusion
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UKULELE FORMS Volume 2 trailer: A misty fusion
KINGDOM OF THE HORSE : a New Forest idyll
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KINGDOM OF THE HORSE : a New Forest idyll
THE TWILIGHT OF THE HOME ORGAN: a duel between electronics on the blink and a resurgent ukulele
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THE TWILIGHT OF THE HOME ORGAN: a duel between electronics on the blink and a resurgent ukulele
WHITE OR BLACK? | New Jimi Hendrix track
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WHITE OR BLACK? | New Jimi Hendrix track
BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN | Laura Taylor and the Godsall brothers
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BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN | Laura Taylor and the Godsall brothers
THE STARS DISPLACED: EP preview | 4 speculations on what JIMI HENDRIX might have done next
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THE STARS DISPLACED: EP preview | 4 speculations on what JIMI HENDRIX might have done next
SHOPPIN' by Connie Lush | Played by Blue Tides
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SHOPPIN' by Connie Lush | Played by Blue Tides
A MISTY FUSION | Ukulele echoes of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, in 7/4 time
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A MISTY FUSION | Ukulele echoes of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, in 7/4 time
JIMI HENDRIX: CLIMATE ACTIVIST | New song 2022
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JIMI HENDRIX: CLIMATE ACTIVIST | New song 2022

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @thetangleedgelegacysoffici3348
    @thetangleedgelegacysoffici3348 8 годин тому

    Keith Altham is the name of the journalist/author that interviewed Jimi on September 11th 1970.

  • @jtkeen1852
    @jtkeen1852 6 днів тому

    🎼🌊🎸🎺🌚🌍🪬😎 RIGHT OFF ! Now ‘scuse us as we kiss the sky 🎶🙀✨🗿🤯🫠

  • @KistoDreams
    @KistoDreams 23 дні тому

    That was beautiful. I always get a slight melancholy from Whistler's work and you captured it.

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall 23 дні тому

      Thanks - me too and I think that's what makes him a surprising artist

  • @NathanThePrezPretlow
    @NathanThePrezPretlow Місяць тому

    So this is electric heaven Jimi so this is where you been hanging out since 1970.

  • @maru6771
    @maru6771 Місяць тому

    New Jack Johnson🎸🎺

    • @jtkeen1852
      @jtkeen1852 6 днів тому

      Right Off !!! ✨🎶🎸🎺🌚🌍🐉 ‘scuse us , as we kiss the sky 🤯🔥🎶👂🏽

  • @andrewbrimmer1797
    @andrewbrimmer1797 Місяць тому

    Jimi was great with Lonny youngblood too

  • @theChrisCroft
    @theChrisCroft Місяць тому

    Amazing - the two coolest guys ever

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall Місяць тому

      Thanks Chris, I thought you might like it!

  • @PaulMansellukulele
    @PaulMansellukulele Місяць тому

    ha what a fun piece, very clever indeed

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall Місяць тому

      Thanks Paul, it was fun to do - very tempting to continue with an extended mix......

  • @palitsalagivickers4588
    @palitsalagivickers4588 Місяць тому

    Miles was working with Jimi,teaching him Jazz and theory.He said that he picked up on it very quickly.Too bad it never went further cuz Jimi needed another scene outside of the hard rock world.

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall Місяць тому

      Very true - it think they could have helped each other combine jazz and electronic music and that would have been dynamite!

  • @Xilla-posseLgendary
    @Xilla-posseLgendary Місяць тому

    BS, STOP USING JIMI HEMNDRIX FOR THESE BOGUS CLIMATE CHANGE LIES, CLIMATE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHANGING, SO STOP THE LIES

  • @JoeBruyn-st1og
    @JoeBruyn-st1og Місяць тому

    my mom and dad saw miles davis on thier first date at the lighthouse wow the stories they told

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall Місяць тому

      If that was wild, imagine if JH was also involved!!

  • @randyrowland6744
    @randyrowland6744 Місяць тому

    Miles was a genius. Jimi....is anyone even listening to him gonon and on spewing that childish babble? Unintelligent, pseudo hippie dumbassery at it's zenith. Idiot was on drugs...what is there to say?

  • @randy_highers
    @randy_highers Місяць тому

    Definitely avant-garde...but..would it sell ?

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall Місяць тому

      Good point! But as Miles said "So what?"

  • @kencutter1094
    @kencutter1094 Місяць тому

    This is wild I dig it It truly is like a jam session Jimi holding down; a anchor; with recognizable riffs And Miles riffing on top With Jimi philosophy about music 🎶 and his approach Peace ☮️ n serenity

  • @mcintoshkid
    @mcintoshkid Місяць тому

    this is so bad,,,thumps down,

  • @mikethompson848
    @mikethompson848 Місяць тому

    Sweet, Hard work. Nice.At least someone has ideas. Thanks

  • @timemnemic5308
    @timemnemic5308 Місяць тому

    Special music from a lovely special person that lets you float carefree through our universe.

  • @carromacumba
    @carromacumba Місяць тому

    🔥 Excellent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🔥

  • @arthurcassa312
    @arthurcassa312 Місяць тому

    Sounds like a mix of up from the skies off axis.

  • @tarotguitars1110
    @tarotguitars1110 Місяць тому

    "i didn't come here to eat" - miles davis

  • @DaveHogerty
    @DaveHogerty 2 місяці тому

    nice.

  • @catherineconner3925
    @catherineconner3925 2 місяці тому

    I’m black and I’m proud of it! Say it loud

  • @POPINEWRECIPE-eg1ri
    @POPINEWRECIPE-eg1ri 2 місяці тому

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  • @vincentrizzi4929
    @vincentrizzi4929 2 місяці тому

    If only........

  • @neilyatesjazz
    @neilyatesjazz 2 місяці тому

    I like it!

  • @Xilla-posseLgendary
    @Xilla-posseLgendary 2 місяці тому

    not true, there is a jimi hendrix mile recording name ship passing trough

  • @johnbowman476
    @johnbowman476 2 місяці тому

    Cool!

    • @michaelbingham4505
      @michaelbingham4505 2 дні тому

      The most creative source of sounds,information,& understanding available. The Black minds.

  • @jimichild
    @jimichild 2 місяці тому

    This is an experience...I dig it

  • @jimichild
    @jimichild 2 місяці тому

    This is ridiculously creative my friend!!!!! Where did you get the isolated trumpet sounds??

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall 2 місяці тому

      It took a lot of doing, hence the use of granular synthesis and vocoder - literally hundreds of sources!

  • @alvioantonio3499
    @alvioantonio3499 2 місяці тому

    Jimmy tua voz e impressionante Jimmy o melhor guitarrista do mundo 🌎.

  • @alejandrodamiano333
    @alejandrodamiano333 2 місяці тому

    Amo la sua musica❤ peccato che se ne andato così giovane.....????? Questo mi rattrista

  • @anthonynorris2624
    @anthonynorris2624 2 місяці тому

    Raw hess amazing 😍 nothong can be better

  • @danielferstendig
    @danielferstendig 2 місяці тому

    Big bertha should've been in thomas and friends

  • @thejimiproject62
    @thejimiproject62 2 місяці тому

    Nobody

  • @catherineconner3925
    @catherineconner3925 2 місяці тому

    Hey Jimi. I’m light dark and everything in between

  • @Ariccira28
    @Ariccira28 2 місяці тому

    Song - Jimi Hendrix with Stevie wonder on drums - I was made to love her cover (Stevie wonder cover wit Hendrix on guitar)

  • @clarencetrice4442
    @clarencetrice4442 2 місяці тому

    this is the 1ST time ⌚😊 I heard this song JIMI knows which way he wanted the song 2 go and it shows JIMIS musical 🎶 😊 side of his talent as a music producer JIMI had alit more control over his music 🎶 😊 2 wards the end I can say its a same JIMI isn't still living 2 day U can never get all of that music 🎶 😊 back IVE would've like 2 seen all of the music 🎶 🎉 and the songs JIMI could've made through the years until 2 day that surely would've been more than cool or neat it would've been more than awesome 😊🎉 keeping playing your music 🎶 😊 always more than just a feeling when the music 🎶 😊 is in the groove w guitar 🎸 bass and drums 🥁 😊 it's all groovy w the music 🎶 😊😅🎉 😂😊 that should've been made peace ✌😊 JIMI I always enjoyed your music 🎶 😊 the true blues music 🎶 😊 is your 1ST and true calling it will always be a part if your heart ♥ 😊 and soul 😊😊 yes U could play rock and roll music 🎶 😊😅🎉❤😊 peace ✌ 😊 JIMI 😊🎉 OMG 3 13 2O24

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall 2 місяці тому

      So true - the guitar playing was so ground breaking that people often missed his wonderful songwriting, singing and production!

  • @katebloggs8243
    @katebloggs8243 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant, and captures TRUTH. Amazing feat using the technique you did. Thank you thank you. So inspired. I hope you have already done tons of these.

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall 2 місяці тому

      Another 4 on youtube, and one to come soon featuring Jimi with Miles Davis!

    • @katebloggs8243
      @katebloggs8243 2 місяці тому

      @@StephenGodsall Thank you! I’m super looking forward to the Jimi Miles thing!

  • @operatorenabla8398
    @operatorenabla8398 2 місяці тому

    Seems really fake

  • @alexsiqueira9536
    @alexsiqueira9536 2 місяці тому

    sou fa de jimi hendrix

  • @rolandparker766
    @rolandparker766 2 місяці тому

    is this Frank Zappa??

    • @StephenGodsall
      @StephenGodsall 2 місяці тому

      No Frank Zappa involved but I guess JH and FZ working together could have been a bit like this

  • @andrewsliwa669
    @andrewsliwa669 2 місяці тому

    All I can say is Bravo!

  • @daves6851
    @daves6851 2 місяці тому

    Nicely done!

  • @JarrodJohnson-py2ks
    @JarrodJohnson-py2ks 3 місяці тому

    What in the hell is this ????

  • @morrisalanisette9067
    @morrisalanisette9067 3 місяці тому

    This sounds like if jimi lived and played with frank zappa in the 80s

  • @ryanmasta2395
    @ryanmasta2395 3 місяці тому

    The best ever and always will be ☝️

  • @alvioantonio3499
    @alvioantonio3499 3 місяці тому

    Jimmy o clássico de todos os estilos musicais toca muito guitarra 🎸.

  • @domenickverderber4852
    @domenickverderber4852 3 місяці тому

    Its the spell check on my phone that spelled jimi wrong. I dont about you but I started listening to jimi Hendrix in 1967 on wrpi college radio near Albany NY. My brother went to Woodstock and saw Hendrix play. I was still in school so my mother wouldn't let me go. I had all his records and saw him in the movie theater. I dont need you to tell me jimi Hendrix, I know more about Hendrix than you'll ever know. I have a Hendrix shrine and a gold record of "are you experiance" on my wall. I send a pic, but there's no way to send one on this site. Its still hard to hear the dialogue of jimi.

  • @PatBly-zb3dk
    @PatBly-zb3dk 3 місяці тому

    Gotta smoke some organic or be a a bi-lingual Mulatto like me 😅😂🎉

  • @paulwoodward6555
    @paulwoodward6555 3 місяці тому

    I was just thinking of raindrops when they appeared on the screen.