James Hawken

James Hawken

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James Hawken episodes

  • Wishful Longing
    This piece is a sonic yearning. A delicate piano forms a foundation for one instrument in isolation. This is a viola, its sound shaped to represent the dichotomy of pain and calm in the acceptance of never attaining one's desire, an inner wailing. The piece is one of mood rather than form, the piano arrangement ever restless in shape and dynamics, the wistful, distant, melancholic tone of the viola giving a sense of wishful longing.
    4 min
  • You Got A Day!
    This is a bit of fun! A funky, bluesy jam to the drums of Emily Dolan Davies. 'You Got a Day' celebrates the fact that you got a day! I know for some people having to live through another day may not be a great prospect, but at the moment of recording I felt joyous that I had another day, another day free of the chains of addiction and mental health struggles. If I can do it, you can too!
    4 min
  • Summer Piano (Dawn Garden Ambience)
    0400, a Summer's morning in my garden, the 'dawn chorus'. I've taken my last release 'Summer Piano Improv', raised it an octave and added an evolving, evocative, ambient arrangement. The two compliment each other to envoke a calm, grounding start to a day. Both meditative and emotionally stimulating the piece encourages the imagination and, with a satisfying coda envokes a sense of peace and completion.
    5 min
  • Precious Time
    The James Brothers is a live project, mainly playing covers. This track is very popular with our audience and gets them on the dance floor. We're fans of a lot of Van Morrison's work, my favourite being 'Tupelo Honey', so we try to include his songs in our sets. We decided to share our version of this song on streaming platforms in the hope others may also enjoy it.
    4 min
  • Summer Piano Improv
    I sit at the piano. I let my fingers be the conduit between feelings and the piano. I record the experience. The result is an improvised solo piano piece full of expression, dynamic range, melody and emotion. It's a 'one off', a unique performance captured for an audience to listen and imagination to be stimulated. It's difficult to say what artist it's similar to, it's personal to me, but possibly Ludovico Einaudi or Philip Glass.
    4 min
  • Judas Iscariot Blues
    It focuses on the dilemna some of us face at times, the choice we make and its consequences. It involves betrayal, greed and remorse leading to the ultimate conclusion. The story is based around Judas's betrayal of Jesus but could resonate with anybody today. It acts as an allegory. I imagined The Band and Bob Dylan getting in the studio and knocking this out in one take, I wanted to create that 'live', rough feel.
    4 min
  • Ease Your Day
    Solo piano piece written especially to calm and soothe. Chill and relax to the tone and expression of the playing. An easy arrangement sets up mellow vibes to 'Ease Your Day'!
    3 min
  • Dance With You
    Song written and performed by Jim Ryan and James Hawken, The James Brothers. Duo based in S.E. Cornwall.
    4 min
  • Kres - A Piece for Meditation
    I was asked to create music for meditation, this is it. I chose a very simple melody over a repeating chord pattern with emphasis on an ambient/vocal sound to create a human like medatitive sound. There are subtle changes as the meditation proceeds but the emphasis is on a calm, relaxing and cyclic ambience. The idea is to generate a peaceful mood of wellness within the listener.
    6 min
  • Achill Island
    A story told to a son by his father about how he met his mother with the backdrop of an island on the West coast of Ireland. A footstomping country influenced song.
    5 min

About James Hawken

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Born and raised in the clay villages of Cornwall, I first sat on a stool at a piano aged 7 and started classical training. At 12 or 13 I started teaching myself to play modern rock/pop piano and by…