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Alan Hamilton - Composition, All Instruments, Arrangement and Production
'Dusting Off The Red Dust 2' is a remix of the earlier version. I just wasn't happy with the mix, so remixed the track and here it is. Far clearer and dynamic than the earlier version. Apologies for this re-post, but it had to be done.....
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How long have you been playing?
I've been playing for 66 years and began at the age of 5
What was the first concert you ever went to?
The first major concert I went to was in Newcastle, England, in 1964. It was a Buddy Rich big band concert and it blew me away.
What are you looking for from Fandalism?
As I mainly work alone these days, It will be good to hopefully interact with fellow musicians. So although I am looking for nothing really from Fandalism, I look forward to meeting and exchanging thoughts with some like minded people.
What gear do you use?
I have many instruments in my project studio, which is based around an analogue desk and Cubase. My keyboards and modules are mainly Roland, Korg, Akai, Emu and Yamaha. I also have many soft synths, including Mini Moog. I dont have a favourite as they all have their time and place in my music.
Who was your biggest musical influence growing up?
My first main influence was McCoy Tyner who was playing with Art Blakey at the time. I heard him on the radio around the early sixties and new that from that moment on, I should practice more. Which I did and got my first paying gig in a ballroom in Glasgow, Scotland, shortly after.
Are you in a band? Have you been in bands?
I worked as a freelance keyboard player from my late teens until I was around fifty. Over the years I played solo, worked with many rhythm sections, MD'd for caberet artists, toured with many bands,worked pubs, clubs, ships, played on many recording sessions,(mainly in London) and played most, if not all the big caberet venues across the UK in the eighties and nineties. Also lots of TV and radio work around the same time.
If you could jam with anyone, who would it be?
If I had the choice to jam with anyone, I would choose amongst a very difficult choice, Joe Zawinul. He was an inspiration to me whilst alive and equally so now. Both as a person, musician and composer.
What's the biggest audience you ever performed to? What's the smallest?
The biggest audience I have ever performed to was just over 5000 in the Royal Albert Hall, London. The smallest audience was playing to no one in an empty pub.
You're stuck on a desert island and only get to bring one album with you. What do you pick?
Okay, this is a hard one to answer. But I'll plump for Heavy Weather by Weather Report. a) because I have never tired of listening to it.b) because I greatly admire every player on it. c) This one album spans many of the musical genres that I aspire to and love listening to.
I can't upload from Soundcloud anymore. So I would just like to say thank you to all the amazing musicians, composers and songwriters that I have met here on Fandalism. I am truly thankful to have shared musical journeys with a few of you and shall return for a listen occasionally. If Fanda decides to upload from Soundcloud in the future, perhaps one of you would be kind enough to let me know. Meanwhile, good luck to all and a huge thanks for the support and inspiration that I have received from many of you. If anyone is remotely interested in what I will be doing in the future, I'm on Soundcloud and Reverb. Nation.



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'Alone On The Merrick' is Jazz Fusion track inspired by 'The Merrick' which is a hill in the Galloway Forest in Southern Scotland.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Life Signs' This is to celebrate the incoming year and seasonal changes and the promise of "NEW LIFE" or in this case "Life Signs"....




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'A Symbolic Gesture' is a Jazz Fusion/Rock instrumental.




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'Where Are You Now' is a Jazz Fusion track inspired by the demoralizing state of affairs for live musicians and bands.




Alan Hamilton
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'Wax On Wax Off' is a Jazz Fusion track inspired by the film 'Karate Kid'




Alan Hamilton
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Dwarfs Elves and Dragons is a Jazz Fusion track.........




Alan Hamilton
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'Pictures of a Dreamer' is really a Soundscape and contains various genres......




Alan Hamilton
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'Damage Control' is a Jazz Fusion track




Alan Hamilton
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'Darker Shadows on the South Side' A wee Latin Jazz track to help Brighten these Darker days.......




Alan Hamilton
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'Microcosms of the Macrocosm' A straight ahead Jazz Fusion track....




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Yes 'n No




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'Goat Fell' is a Fusion track inspired by the beautiful and scenic area of Arran. A Western Isle of Scotland. Goat Fell itself is the mountain featured in the images and is a sight to behold on a clear day.




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'When Will the Penny Drop' Is a simple laid back Jazz Ballad.




Alan Hamilton
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'Feels Like It's Gonna Rain Today.' has various elements so is mixed genre..........



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'Twelve Spokes-Twelve Ways Part I The Idea' is as the title suggests, Part One of my new Twelve track concept album. The concept is based on the idea or analogy of the cartwheel. Where the cartwheel has twelve spokes and with each spoke representing a way or path to the centre. As all the ways/paths differ from each other in respect to the individual disciplines involved, then so too are the tracks. The whole album is available in all the usual streaming and download sites (iTunes etc) if you would like to get it. Meanwhile thank you for listening to the first track on the album 'The Idea'




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'Dancing Forests and Singing Sands is a Jazz Fusion track with a hint of Latin.....




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'Star Flight Express' is a Jazz Fusion track that started out life called 'Shape Shifting'. I sent the track to Melani asking if she might be interested in putting some vocals on top. Thankfully she liked what she heard and as a result we now have 'Star Flight Express' .




Alan Hamilton
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'After Midnight' is a ballad that I wrote the music for some years ago and put on the shelf until I found the right person to write the lyric and sing the song. That person is Mauricio Garay, whom I met through Fandalism.com. This is our second recording together and it is my absolute pleasure in putting this song up today. It was a real privilege working again with Mauricio and to say that I enjoyed would be an understatement.
Music.....Alan Hamilton
Lyrics.....Mauricio Garay
Vocals....Mauricio Garay




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'Unicorns & Tin Men' is a Jazz Fusion track featuring the fabulous soloing of Brice Cross....




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'Rattling the Cage' is a Latin Jazz track....




Alan Hamilton
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'Sunday Morning On Neilston Pad' is a Jazz Fusion track and featuring the superb soloing of Brice Cross......Although being a vegetarian for over 40 years now, in my teens I would rise around 3am and walk the 10 or so miles over the hills to Neilston Pad .Here I would shoot ducks. Task completed I would walk back with duck in back pack and this would be Sunday dinner. Neilston Pad is in Southern Scotland. I'm so glad that I saw the light 40 odd years ago.




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'Cheeky Sparrow Cantata' Is a Ballad and dedicated to our beautiful sister Janice Zamb. Vocals, lyrics and melody by our very own super talented Melani Cholie. Whom it's been an absolute pleasure to work with and share this musical journey......




Alan Hamilton
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'Out Of Bounds' is a Jazz Fusion track and features the wonderful soloing of Brice Cross on Guitar......




Alan Hamilton
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'The Energy of the Sparrow' is a Smooth Jazz track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Talking the Talk' is a Smooth Jazz track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Hallucinations and Other Realities' is an Alternative Rock track.........




Alan Hamilton
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'Blue Skies and Passing Clouds' is a Jazz Fusion Track.......




Alan Hamilton
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'Drifting Into Deep Waters' is a Jazz Fusion track.....




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'It's a Sair Fecht' translates from the Old Scots as 'It's a Hard Life' and this piece is my reflection of that.....




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'Black Ice Melts too' is a Jazz Fusion track.....




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'Bossa for Bessie' is posted elsewhere as Bessie's Bossa. The reason for this change of title is that Youtube in all it's AI wisdom blocked the original video from being processed. Reason given was my contravention of their new child guidlines. However the video above is unchanged from the original other than I changed the title. So work that one out? Also through this incident I have become aware of how easy it might be, to be associated with unscruptulous child videos. So then how much faith should we be putting into Artificial Intelligence deciding who passes and who doesn't and for what reasons? An interesting scenario and not likely to go away either. Anyway, Bessie was my fiend and companion for 15 years. Arriving at my door as a stray dog and staying for all those years as her own choice. So this is my tribute to her and the wonderful memories that I have of her.



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The Hidden Hand is a Jazz Fusion track and features Brice Cross (Guitar)




Alan Hamilton
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'Acquiescence' is an Ambient track and is a reflection of my feelings regarding the "lock down" ....




Alan Hamilton
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'The Outer Sanctum' is a Jazz Fusion/Smooth Jazz track.......Featuring the excellent playing of Brice Cross (guitar)...And a real priviledge and pleasure it was to have Brice play on this track.




Alan Hamilton
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Analogue Warrior is a Jazz Fusion track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Sleep Walking In Broad Daylight' is an Alternative Rock track inspired by the various experiences we might or might not be aware of as we walk through our "average" day.




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'The Disintigration of Electromonk' is a Jazz Fusion track inspired by the loss of use of my right Pinky......




Alan Hamilton
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The Hunt For Sawney Bean is an Alternative Rock track inspired by the antics of the infamous Scots cannibal.....Sawney Bean and his cave dwelling clan.




Alan Hamilton
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'The Matrix Within' is a Jazz Fusion/Rock track




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'Heating The Cauldron' is a Jazz Fusion track..




Alan Hamilton
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'Enticement' is a Jazz Fusion track....more Jazz than Fusion.




Alan Hamilton
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'Who Upset The Walrus' is a mixed genre Fusion track......




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'So Many Truths' A Jazz Fusion track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Mysterious Vaults' is a Jazz Fusion track




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'In The Shadows' A mixed genre track of Jazz/Fusion and World (Asian) elements.....Thanks for liste... read morening...




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'Can't Find It' I had to remix this track as there was some distortion on the low end of the track I previously posted..However it is fixed now and should prove to be a more enjoyable listen...Thanks for your patience on this one and as ever I am most grateful for any feedback.....




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'Who Stole Your Scone' is an instrumental Jazz Ballad.




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'Why Not' is a bright Jazz Fusion track.....




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Another Time Another Place Is a mixed genre track of Jazz, Fusion and World Music....




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'Expansion and Contraction' is a Jazz Fusion Ballad.....




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'Monkey Steals The Peach' is a Latin/Jazz/Fusion piece and is inspired by a Kung-fu posture of the same name....




Alan Hamilton
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Tempting Fate is a Jazz Fusion track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Swimming Against The Current' Is a Jazz Fusion track.......




Alan Hamilton
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'Five A Day' is a Jazz Fusion track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'An Epoch Of Incredulity' is a Jazz Fusion track and featuring Brice Cross on guitar.......




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'The Flag Bearer' is a Jazz Fusion track.




Alan Hamilton
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'A Penny For Your Thoughts' is a Jzz Fusion track.......More smooth Jazz.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Mint Humbug' is a jazz fusion track and is dedicated to my dear and supremely talented Fanda friend and musical brother...Clive Davies....So this then is a salute to his imagination and creativity, his humour and last but not least, his formidable playing skills.....and of course his never ending supply of SUNBEAMS.....




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Tighten The Knot is a Folk Rock track with a Scottish/Celtic flavour....




Alan Hamilton
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Humbug is a lively jazz Fusion track......




Alan Hamilton
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'Gravitational Pull' is a Jazz Fusion track....




Alan Hamilton
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A Fortunate Encounter III is a lively Jazz Fusion track.......




Alan Hamilton
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'An Inner Smile' is an easy listening smooth jazz track......




Alan Hamilton
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'Swimming In Red Dust' is a lively Jazz Fusion track......




Alan Hamilton
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'Slipknot' is a mixed genre track combining elemants from various styles.




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'Limited Action' is a Jazz Fusion track and was inspired by the need to test my limitations working with a broken wrist.....Hence the title....I recorded left and right hand piano parts separately, using only my right hand. So quite an enlightening experience really, but obviously you will be the judge and jury of the end result. Thanks for listening. Alan




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'Rounding The Square' is a Jazz Fusion track....thanks for listening.




Alan Hamilton
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A I In The Room is lively Jazz Fusion track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Arisaig' A beautiful part of Scotland and one of my favourite spots. So then, a soundscape for some lovely pictures of Arisaig.




Alan Hamilton
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'Lateral Movement' is a Jazz Fusion track....




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'Microcosmic Orbit' is a contemporary Jazz Fusion instrumental track. The Microcosmic Orbit referred to here is a
Chi-gung practice. The track is a reflection on the
movement of internal energy during this practice.
Alan




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The Liquorice Man is a Jazz Fusion track dedicated to the wonderful Liquorice plant of which I am a huge admirer......




Alan Hamilton
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'Terraforming' is a Jazz Fusion instrumental....




Alan Hamilton
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'Locked In Where' is a Jazz Fusion instrumental.




Alan Hamilton
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'Inside Out' is a Jazz Fusion instrumental track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Teeth & Horns & Fusion' is a Jazz Fusion Instrumental and is dedicated to Mr Wynn Schaible, who suggested the title for the piece...




Alan Hamilton
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"Hiding In Plain Sight' is a Soundscape or Easy Listening instrumental track.




Alan Hamilton
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'And The Pendulum Swings' is a contemporary
Jazz Fusion track.




Alan Hamilton
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'Who's Pulling The Strings' is a Jazz Fusion instrumental......




Alan Hamilton
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'Some LIke it Here' Is a Jazz Fusion instrumental track




Alan Hamilton
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'For The Love of Mike' is a Jazz Fusion instrumental......When my old granny was annoyed by something or someone, she would often say "Oh! fur the luv o' mike" here is a wee light hearted jazz fusion track inspired by that thought....




Alan Hamilton
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'Plasticised Planet' is a Smooth Jazz track.....




Alan Hamilton
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'Moving Mountains' is a Jazz Fusion track....




Alan Hamilton
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Easy Does It There (Feat). Mauricio Garay. Special thanks to Mauricio for his excellent lyrics and superb Vocal. Mauricio was also responsible for the Cover Art and his vocal production. Music: Copyright©2019 Alan Hamilton/Music/Maybole Lyrics: Copyright©2019 Mauricio Garay/Music




Alan Hamilton
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'Through The Mangle' is Jazz Fusion track....




Alan Hamilton
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'Time Poor With Much To Do' A musician got in touch with me through Revernation and made a comment that he was "time poor". It struck a chord (no pun intended) with me and this is the outcome......




Alan Hamilton
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'Blue Lights And Thunder Clouds' is mixed genre track with a hint of fusion??????......




Alan Hamilton
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'Coming Off The Plateau' is a Jazz/Fusion track




Alan Hamilton
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'Throw Of The Dice' is a Jazz Fusion track.




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