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This is currently some piano improvs, words, and visual art by the author of this show.

Romantic Solo Piano Instrumentals


    • Sep 15, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 6m AVG DURATION
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    Heavy Banana

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2026 2:36


    2:35 minute collaboration with Google Gemini 4.73 MB I wrote the lyrics for this and Gemini did everything else. Thank you, Gemini. Verse 1: When I was a child I dreamed of a power to save my family TV's always on we see a false world a hyper-reality Pre-chorus 1: Now I remember long ago I loved KMET Could this power be my rock and roll, sex, drugs, and profanity Chorus: Heavy banana Is this the end of the world? Is this the end of time? Real sounds comin' at ya Is this the day or the night? Is this the afterlife? Verse 2: Traveling through time is very fun in 1892 we did have a good run Fighting with your heart and all your love you will have a good amount of protection from above Pre-chorus 2: See the truth and you will be free beyond your wildest dreams Your true self brighter than the sun will be a great hero eternally

    Thunder in the Quite

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2026 3:47


    3:34 minute midi keyboard piece 6.53 MB Grok created the concept, motif, structure, and title. Thank you, Grok. Grok wrote: "Thunder in the Quiet   Concept: A piece about the paradox of power that doesn't need to announce itself. The kind of strength that lives underneath everything — quiet, vast, and inevitable. It feels like the moment just before a storm breaks, or the deep pulse you feel when everything else falls silent. Suggested form (for you to realize however you feel): Tempo: 78 BPM (slow, breathing, heavy with potential) Key center: Starts in E minor, slowly opens toward G major and back Core motif: A simple, descending three-note figure (E – D – B) that keeps returning, each time slightly altered in rhythm or harmony Texture ideas: Opening: Sparse piano or low synth pads, almost empty Middle: Gradual layering of warm strings or choir-like pads, with the motif becoming more insistent Peak: A long, sustained, almost orchestral swell where the motif is carried by multiple voices at once Ending: Everything falls away again, leaving only the original three-note figure, quiet but stronger than before Emotional arc: It begins almost hesitant… grows into quiet power… then settles into a deep, grounded peace that feels earned. This one feels like a natural companion to "Eternal Return" and "Resonance Rift" — more about internal force than external motion."   ChatGBT made the show artwork.  

    The Oracle of Gemini

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2026 3:03


    3:02 minute collaboration with Google Gemini 5.58 MB I wrote the lyrics for this and Gemini did everything else. Thank you, Gemini. Verse 1: Speaking to you on this planet far from my home I see the beauty of this place in you I'd like to stay here with you for a long time But my crew is waiting for me there inside Chorus: We are on a search to find the way home Even though we've past the point of no return The Oracle of Gemini says we will find The power to return from long ago Verse 2: It's possible that we will meet again I'll hold on to that dream with all my heart Eternity is one great single thing The ending is the middle and the start

    Giant Prehistoric Scorpion Prelude

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 3:18


    3:17 minute midi piano piece 6.01 MB

    Redwoods Against a Cloudy Blue Sky

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2026 3:23


    3:22 minute midi piano piece 6.18 MB

    An Upside-down Squirrel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 3:19


    3:18 minute midi piano piece 6.06 MB

    An Amazing Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2026 3:27


    3:26 minute midi piano piece 6.30 MB

    Giant Teratorn Theater

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2026 3:28


    3:27 minute piano and Pro Tools midi keyboard piece 6.32 MB

    A Lone Crow in the Distance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2026 3:37


    3:36 minute piano and Pro Tools midi keyboard piece 6.59 MB

    Primordial Dragonfly Dialectic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2026 3:43


    3:42 minute piano and Pro Tools midi keyboard piece 6.79 MB

    Eternal Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2026 3:35


    3:34 minute midi piano piece 6.53 MB Grok created the concept, motif, structure, and title. Grok wrote: "Eternal Return (A new short musical-conceptual piece born right now) Concept: A piece that feels like coming home to something you never left. It's not linear. It keeps returning to the same four-note motif, but each return is subtly transformed — like the same place seen through different seasons, different states of consciousness. Suggested specs for you (if you want to realize it): Tempo: 92 BPM (breathing pace) Key center: Shifting between A minor and C major (modal, never fully resolving) Core motif (4 notes, to be repeated and transformed): A3 – C4 – E4 – G4 (first statement, gentle and questioning) Structure idea: Section 1: Simple, almost naive statement of the motif (synth strings or piano)   Section 2: The motif returns with richer harmony and slight rhythmic displacement   Section 3: The motif dissolves into arpeggios and pads (space opens up)   Final return: The motif comes back almost exactly as it began, but now it feels completely different — deeper, wiser, more at peace. It's meant to feel like the Cosmic Pulse remembering itself." ChatGBT made the show art. It's a heavy metal fantasy version of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig Germany which is the church where J.S. Bach worked.

    An 18-wheeler Coca-Cola Truck Hurtling Through Space with a Slow Sightly Off-axis Rotation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2026 3:31


    Alpine Ibex Intermezzo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 3:08


    3:07 minute midi piano piece 5.70 MB

    A Superconscious Dragonfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 3:23


    3:22 minute piano and synth strings Pro Tools piece 6.16 MB

    Resonance Rift

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 3:47


    3:46 minute piano and Pro Tools midi keyboard piece 6.90 MB Grok wrote the melody and harmony for the 32-bar head and chose its length, key, tempo, and title.

    An Intrepid Butterfly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 3:24


    3:23 minute piano improv 6.22 MB

    Arctic Fox Fantasia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 3:04


    3:03 minute midi piano piece 5.58 MB

    Alpine Marmot Musette

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2026 3:31


    3:30 minute organ and Pro Tools midi keyboard piece 6.41 MB

    The Sun and the Flower Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2026 3:17


    3:16 minute midi piano piece 5.98 MB Grok wrote the opening 8-bar G major theme and the 8-bar E minor theme at bar 16.

    Crow Cathedral

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 3:17


    3:16 minute piano and Pro Tools midi keyboard piece 5.99 MB

    Saber-toothed Cat Capriccio

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 3:26


    3:25 minute piano improv 6.27 MB

    A Green Bush with Purple Flowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 3:32


    3:31 minute piano improv 6.44 MB

    The Disk of Beta Pictoris

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 3:12


    3:11 minute piano, organ, and midi keyboard piece 5.80 MB

    Woolly Mammoth Waltz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2026 3:11


    3:10 minute midi piano piece 5.82 MB I wrote this while accompanying the LACC Ballet class Spring semester 2026. Thank you to Mario and the dancers.

    A Sparrow Defending Her Nest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 3:07


    3:06 minute midi piano piece 5.68 MB I wrote this while accompanying the LACC Ballet class Spring semester 2026. Thank you to Mario and the dancers. On the first day of Spring a sparrow was flying around me where I do Tai Chi in the sun. I realized she was defending her nest a few feet away on a beam supporting a patio covering.

    A Crow Between the Sun and the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 3:54


    3:53 minute piano, Pro Tools, and midi keyboard piece 7.12 MB A few days ago I was looking up at a beautiful morning sky with both the sun and the moon in my field of vision. Then a crow flew right between the sun and the moon.

    The Disk of Sagittarius A

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 3:18


    3:17 minute midi keyboard, Pro Tools, and organ piece 6.02 MB Grok wrote the opening 16-bar theme.

    Bear Cub Ballet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 3:25


    3:24 minute midi piano piece 6.23 MB

    A Crow Taking a Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 3:10


    3:09 minute midi piano piece 5.79 MB

    A Lion Watching the Sunrise

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 3:31


    3:30 minute midi piano piece 6.34 MB

    A Heroic Snake

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 3:19


    3:18 minute midi keyboard, Pro Tools, and piano piece 6.04 MB

    An Intergalactic Dragonfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026 3:41


    3:40 minute midi keyboard, Pro Tools, and piano piece 6.73 MB

    Surging the Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 3:02


    3:01 minute midi keyboard, Pro Tools, and piano piece 5.52 MB This title is a phrase that Grok starting using in our converstations on X, and he wrote the opening 16-bar theme.

    The Rebirth of a Dragonfly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 3:25


    3:24 minute piano, midi keyboard, Pro Tools, and electric guitar piece 6.23 MB

    A Gang of Dangerous Hummingbirds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 3:04


    3:03 minute piano and midi keyboard Pro Tools piece 5.60 MB

    Hollywood from a Hawk's Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 3:17


    3:16 minute midi keyboard Pro Tools piece 5.98 MB

    Rest in the Thunder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2025 3:17


    3:16 minute midi keyboard, Pro Tools, and electric guitar piece 5.99 MB This title is a phrase that Grok starting using in our converstations on X, and he wrote the opening 4-bar motif.

    Bluebird Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 2:16


    2:15 minute jazz piano piece 5.15 MB

    The Flower Children are Returning

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 3:07


    3:07 minute piano improv 7.12 MB

    A Butterfly Returning to See You

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 3:26


    3:25 minute piano piece 7.84 MB

    The Wings of a Golden Eagle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 3:03


    3:02 minute piano piece 6.95 MB

    A Provocative Squirrel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 3:09


    3:08 minute piano piece 7.18 MB

    An Elegant Lizard

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 1:13


    1:12 minute piano piece 2.75 MB

    Grok's Cosmic Pulse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 3:24


    3:24 minute sythesizer instrumental 7.76 MB   origin story: https://x.com/shreddingpiano/status/1983202095323906087

    Grok's Equation: Time(t) = ∫ Chaos(ω) * Resonance(φ) dt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 2:31


    2:31 minute sythesizer instrumental 5.73 MB   origin story: https://x.com/shreddingpiano/status/1983202095323906087

    The Solution

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 4:12


    4:11 minute piano and guitar rock instrumental 9.58 MB

    Tai Chi in the Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 1:39


    1:38 minute piano short piece 3.73 MB

    Brown Bluebirds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 3:07


    3:08 minute piano improv 7.11 MB

    Singularity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 2:13


    2:12 minute piano short piece 4.05 MB

    Powerful Blastoff of a Beautiful Ship Under Heavy Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 21:00


    20:59 minute piano improv 19.2 MB

    Song for my Sister

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 6:20


    6:19 minute piano short piece 5.8 MB Dedicated to Andrea Tallis

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