A small sip of spring as seen from my studio ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/bl...

Apologies if you’ve just listened to this and didn’t find the story of its creation - this has now been sorted and the full story is now available to consume ~ Bon Appetite! ❤️ॐ

A composition based on the major event of that year as unbeknownst to four-year-old me ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/19...

A glimpse back in time, remembered with closed eyes. ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/ey...

My depression’s severe atm but talking to folk here gives me a sense of belonging which I need to try to hold on to. Making this photo helped my brain-looking for the tiny silver owl hidden in it will help yrs-the botanical fractals will dial ⬇️ stress & yr brain will release dopamine if you find🦉:

Follow our heroine Silja on a journey into the heart of darkness ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/si...

Other work by the Ladybird artists. Cover to ‘Nature Lover’s Companion’ (1949) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Music for a story from long ago -a story available at: drive.google.com/file/d/16Rlc... I hope both story and music bring you joy ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/un...

Music for a small boy lost long ago in a starry heaven ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/a-...

A small song from Silja to encourage rejuvenation everywhere ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/si...

A theme from long ago about love in all its different flavours! soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/pr...

A short composition for every Demeter out there awaiting Persephone’s return … I hope it brings you joy ❤️ ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/de...

A short excerpt from a piece I began in September 2025 exploring the bizarre world of the Anchorite ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/th...

A new composition, the first from the new studio, dedicated to the universal unspoken languages ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/th...

A small film of spring flowers from my garden because we recover from stress 60% more quickly when we look at plants & if we find them beautiful our brains release dopamine, lifting mood. Pause for a few moments to help your synaptic soup 🌿🧠:

My final composition for 2025; may tomorrow be kind to us all ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/no...

A small gift for Yuletide ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/th...

Although it may differ geographically, the journey is always the same, it’s just the definition of home that changes. I hope the minutes of this journey bring you joy ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/th...

A short composition featuring two of my favourite themes which, when combined, produce a third greater than the sum of its parts. soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/ve...

An interlude in Winter; could it be anything else? I hope it brings you joy ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/wi...

Music for Old Souls and Distant places, many lives ago in Leitrim ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/li...

Italian Senator Carlo Calenda: “The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.” “The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”

A song of Winter and the deep, icy sleep; a spell for rest and rebuilding under the new moon ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/si...

An introduction to my friend Yukiko, the snow child, and the stories she writes in the ever-more-chill air ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/yu...

A slow, gentle composition charting the story of my life as a musician and composer, and how I very nearly became a horse ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/dr...

A composition dedicated to the unbelievably brave people of Ukraine, composed in a liturgical style ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/hy...

A new composition & accompanying short story for Autumn ❤️ॐ Music: soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/fr... Story (PDF) : drive.google.com/file/d/1Mrhg...

A few Autumnal notes, falling ❤️ॐ

A short Autumnal canon to celebrate the - albeit temporary - restoration of my studio and my return to composition which, I have to say, is something akin to and as necessary as breathing for me ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/re...

Another repost due to my studio being still MIA; this one being a musical interpretation of the autumns of my childhood; filled with nature tables and beautiful Ladybird Books. I hope you enjoy it ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/a-...

Please forgive a repost; during this enforced silence one of the tracks I listen to most is this. It’s very gentle and easy on the ear and so, perhaps if you’re unfamiliar with it, you could try a listen? I hope it brings you joy ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/th...

It feels very strange to be without a studio for the foreseeable; a large part of me is, if not missing, strangely silent. Why not check out this and many other compositions at soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13 ❤️ॐ

The final few notes for the time being ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/a-...

A revisitation of the piece I wrote for Rachel, Nevada and dedicated to @ellecordova & @twinkletones, and the regulars at The Little A’Le’Inn ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/ar...

Just in case this slipped under the algorithm’s radar ❤️ॐ

A musical interpretation of being under the weather ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/su...

Following reports of unseemly crackling at the start of this track, a beautiful, sleek, and dreamy upload and repost; I hope it brings you joy ❤️ॐ

Music for one of my favourite occupations which is the act of dreaming and then the act of waking in order to write them down. soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/a-...

“The tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings lifted” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Music that tells the tale of my Great Grandmother and the Great Hunger ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/an...

Another of my algorithm-avoiding compositions 🙄

Music for the ghost of a house, remembered in the witching hour ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/au...

#WeStandWithZelenski 💪🇺🇦

A song to mark the changing seasons as each melts into the next before our very eyes ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/si...

Music for all the unknown stories happening almost unobserved at every station, on every train soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/ni...

Gratuitous silliness dedicated to Gerry Anderson, Douglas Adams and the eternally screaming Pavel Mikoyan ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/re...

A small reminder: These are the most recent releases I’ve made but you can access ALL of my music by going to my @soundcloud profile page - the addy is in my profile. I hope the music brings you joy ❤️ॐ

A composition born in the wee small hours where musings and music meet ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/th...

A vocal but unspoken commentary on the state of the nation ❤️ॐ soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/su...

Music for our great green mother 🌏 soundcloud.com/ian-mcl13/ga...