I couldnt think of a title. I wanted a mellow, lazy feeling with a full-bodied sound, puntuated by flutes (birdsong) and with the promise of rain in the tinkling harp and ice rain synth sounds. Yes, it is all synthesised sound except the piano, but that is all I have to work with - Cubase and mixcraft- alas, not real musicians.

A Happy New Year wish for South Africa. A new nation rising from the old. Peace, love and prosperity for all!

This is a short musical history of South Africa. At first just the indigenous sounds of the Kalimba and birds, then the English horn announces the arrival of the colonials, then the South African parliament announces its arrival with trumpets and horn-blowing, then the last part is a combination of all voices joining together (western and african instruments) in a glorious celebration of a new nation. The last voice is the voice of nature once again in the sound of thunder and rain. Of all voices, Nature's is the most permanent and powerful.

I designed this track with a movie in mind- a search is out for criminal elements. Helicopters comb the area. They are found, caught and jailed for life in the end!!

I used Alesis midi on this- piano was the main inspiration. I wanted to get the laid-back jazzy feeling of Christmas summer holidays with cocktails by the pool or a beer in hand round the braai- Island style. There is a little hint of something oriental about halfway through- perhaps floating down a canal in Thailand? Wherever you are, can you hear the ice tinkling in the glass near the end of the piece! Or were they Christmas bells?

A track that I made with Mixcraft and downloaded loops from Soundbible. I used some of the tracks I had made in "Mellow days" but added rainfall and cricket sounds for the onset of winter.

Mellow days by Vivienne Claire King

Did a course in Berklee with Ableton Live. This was the result using tracks from Mixcraft.

My first project with Ableton 9 live

For youth long lost. by Vivienne Claire King