Hendrick’s Reel
The name is a tribute to Hendrick’s Pub in Alphen aan den Rijn, where we used to have a series of lovely Irish music sessions, unfortunately discontinued. I used this tune for a little video. Photo: John Richard.
Simon Oak Tunes
Tune For Iran
While I was writing down this little tune, I received a message from a friend who was visiting Iran and, like all visitor stories about Iran, he reported great friendliness of the people there, so therefore this name “Tune For Iran”. Feel free to learn it and make…
Paper Piles
A tune I made while I actually should have been moving piles of old paper to the side of the road, hence the title. Because it’s a bit jazzy and slow, I wanted to hear some drums, so this is the first time I’ve used…
Super Tuesday
A fun tune, made on Super Tuesday, the day after I published my Anti Trump song on Facebook. I needed something funny after that. Computer output:
Mad Mallard
During a walk through one of Seville’s wonderful parks, my son got chased by a mad mallard. This tune is for the poor mallard. Computer output: I used the tune for this time lapse video of the clouds behind my house.
Everybody Happy On A Sunny Day
Sorry, this is not a spectacular composition, it’s just a funny honky tonk tune, I think, and if it makes one person smile or one child dance it’s been worth the little effort it took me to put it here. I called it “Everybody Happy On…
Sevilla Joy
The joy that I felt after booking a family trip to the historic city of Sevilla, Spain, lead to this tune. Thanks to MuseScore, I can easily write it down and share it with you, without the need for myself to make a perfect rendition. Computer output…
Water Tower
My grandpa was born next to a water tower, so that’s where the name of this new tune comes from. Did you know we have a water tower in Holland that looks like the ancient Irish round towers built near monasteries like Glendalough? And here’s…
Over 5000 Years
This new tune was named after my guess of the time when there will be just a few human languages left in the world. As human contact gets easier, more and more people speak the a few common languages. Let’s not worry too much about how the world looks…
Our Brain Down The Drain
Sometimes I just forget why I gave a tune a certain name. This tune is one like that. Maybe it had to do with the recent neo-Nazi dumb-asses that exposed themselves too often in the news last week. In this case it might be best I forget…