Almost on a daily basis I am told by one Soundcloud user after another that my music is crap, that I have zero talent....what do you think? Are they right, or is it a case of sour grapes? And do you think I take it to heart :) No! What's heartbreaking for all of us is....WHEN NO ONE LISTENS!

MY MIND HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN

Welcome

https://soundcloud.com/tengos-trail/sealed-off

Sealed Off - Tengo's Trail - Sunday Jam-Collab

Trumpet / Jahn Neu

Ladies and gentlemen. The first test composition for my new album Electric Flower.

My new trumpet mute and Synth in the lead!

Moonrise ( Mute )

Bury it in a tin and let strangers dig it up and wonder. Slow fade again

Christmas Fade

Just "Takin' It Easy" while playing Breedlove Acoustic-Electric and decided to record Instrumental SongShot. Eagles-inspired insanity. ;-) For anyone that enjoys creating and sharing music, have fun and keep it real. Do your best, even when it's just sharing a simple contemporaneous mix of a song sketch or idea. Some will like it, some won't, so what? Next. Life is short. Be true to yourself. Nothing wrong with "promoting" certain projects and songs, but we all know Numbers are simply 'Just Numbers' and don't, necessarily, always define success on SoundCloud....or anywhere else, really. Mostly all depends upon what we each define as "Success" for each of us. ;-) Cont'd Best Wishes to all! Thanks to anyone that listens and shares their comments. Always genuinely appreciated. "YOLO KOKO"!....As Quincy Jones used to say, You Only Live Once.....Keep On Keeping' On! :D))))

Sunny Beaches Abound

JamEagles AcoustaTronic SongShot

JamEagles AcoustaTronic - Original SongShot

Losing interest

A cover of the Alev Lenz song Laura for the Spitfire recompose competition

Laura (Alev Lenz Cover)

1st Track from The Guiltless, October 2020 release by Softlands.  Recorded at Shadowbear Studio, CT.  Mastered at Black Knoll Studios New York.

Change Or Die

01Nov20

From my lastest Bandcamp album ' Strexagos'
https://bosonspin.bandcamp.com/album/strexagos

:D

Boson Spin - Gradvaria

Herbie Hancock is one of my greatest musical inspirations, a giant of the 20th Century and still going strong.  This original composition Raindrops, is a look back at his playing in the mid '60s, when he was in his early 20s and playing and recording with the second legendary Miles Davis Quintet.  The ensemble was exploring modal jazz, pushing the boundaries of jazz harmony, taking things in and out of scales using chromatic dissonance, and setting the bar as high as it has ever been.  In this band, Herbie often used extended single note soloing, similar to Miles' trumpet or Wayne Shorter's tenor saxophone, creating a mood and image similar to Impressionism in art.  

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.  Be well and safe - it's a dangerous time across the world.

Raindrops

DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!
I don't respond to musicians that just add numbers, and i don't respond to musicians that just click the like button, because it doesn't prove they actually listened.

It is a myth that unsigned music equals inferior music; the only way we can blow that myth out of the water is to do it together!
DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT! And support musicians that support you!

MY TUNES ARE ALL ABOUT CREATING ON THE FLY; NO COOKBOOK, NO RULES, NO PREPARATION, NO PLAN; IT JUST HAPPENS!

FORMULA THINKING AND BOUNDARIES PUT EXTREME LIMITATIONS ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS; TRUE ART CAN NOT BE PRODUCED WITHIN A RESTRICTED SPACE!

I DON'T BREAK DOWN BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BOUNDARIES IN MY WORLD TO BEGIN WITH!

MUSIC MUST CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, AND THE ECLECTIC APPROACH IS NOW THE ONLY WAY FORWARD, BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL GENRES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED!

CREATING WITHIN A SINGLE GENRE, THEREFORE, RESULTS IN REGURGITATION, REPETITION, AND MEDIOCRITY!

And way too much emphasis is placed on production value; actual creativity and diversity are taking a back seat! Inventive lyrics also rarely get the credit they deserve. This indifference to the talents that actually set musicians apart plays into the hands of a money-minded music industry, signing our own death warrants!

SUPPORT: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!!! FAIR EXCHANGE!
FAIR EXCHANGE: Listen 4 Listen, Comment 4 Comment, Share 4 Share!

Almost on a daily basis I am told by one Soundcloud user after another that my music is crap, that I have zero talent....what do you think? Are they right, or is it a case of sour grapes? And do you think I take it to heart :) No! What's heartbreaking for all of us is....WHEN NO ONE LISTENS!

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP: THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE WORLD instrumentals

SEVERAL MUSICIANS HAVE SUGGESTED I'M A IN A GENRE OF MY OWN, WHICH HAS TO BE THE ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT FOR A MUSICIAN!

MY APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN, LET WHATEVER WANTS TO COME OUT, COME OUT; NO PLAN, NO BOUNDARIES, NO FORMULA, AND ON THE FLY! 

With so many people making music--literally tens of millions--there is a serious overcrowding problem, creating a wall of white noise; to stand out from that background, a musician must bring something very different to the table :)

HOPE THE DAY EVENTUALLY ARRIVES WHEN INNOVATION ONCE AGAIN REPLACES REGURGITATION, BUT, IN THE MEANTIME, IMITATION AND REGURGITATION CONTINUES TO GRAB THE AUDIENCE, WHICH IS BAD NEWS FOR THOSE OF US WHO INJECT OUR REAL PERSONALITIES INTO OUR TUNES :)

I COME FROM ONE OF THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT PLACES ON THE PLANET, CREWE! NO BAND OR MUSIC, OR ANY ARTIST REPRESENTING ANY OF THE ARTS, OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE EVER CAME FROM CREWE, AND I KIND OF LIKE THAT; A CREATIVE GIANT EVOLVING FROM A TOTALLY STERILE ENVIRONMENT :)

MY MIND HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN

AMPHETAMINE ORCHESTRA