All posts by Mike Howe

I am an ecologist and a composer of guitar based instrumental melodies signed to the Real Music label in California. I like to write about my work, music and nature conservation and how it all comes together. I try not to write about things I don't know much about.

‘The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness’. John Muir

March 31, 2024 Mike Howe 1 Comment

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This ambient guitar soundscape attempts to capture that feeling of awe that we feel in the quiet, magnificent forest.

Cyfnos

February 3, 2024 Mike Howe 7 Comments

Cyfnos is a Welsh word for twilight or dusk. In this acoustic guitar recording I’ve tried to capture the sense of intimacy and belonging inspired by the cover picture, which I took of a moonrise on a calm, cool evening on the west coast of Wales. Releases on 2nd February 2024 wherever you get your music.

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Out and about…

January 18, 2024 Mike Howe 3 Comments

Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire on a cold winter evening

Introducing my latest single ‘Paths’

December 9, 2023 Mike Howe 8 Comments

…. ‘a rich, spacious arrangement fusing ambient electric guitar with pure sounding cymbal, producing a deeply relaxing, moving soundscape’

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Hours

August 11, 2023 Mike Howe 6 Comments

I took the cover photo whilst sitting in the morning sun next to the River Seine in France. Later it made me think of Virginia Woolf (look her up if you don’t know why and are curious), and so I named this song after the film starring Nicole Kidman, who gave an amazing performance.