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“Join The Good Fight”

Women and children first
It’s the wail of the siren’s call 
Hide in the secret 
passageways 
Built inside the walls

Stand up strong against these 
foreign invaders
Don’t know if these barriers hold
Believe and speak of better days
This will feed our souls

How long have we waited
How dark is the night
Give us the power for persuading
The world to join the good fight  

Violence unabated 
What are the children to learn
History repeating 
Watch the world as it burns

Red rain from the sky
Run when you must
Red rain on the sidewalk
Turning our homes into dust

CHORUS

Standing strong
We will make it
These barriers will hold
We believe in happier days
Believe it deep in our souls

How long we waited
But there is light in the night
Given our power for persuading
The world has joined the good fight  

And just now 
It’s almost over
It’s the relief
That’s in sight
And once
 it’s really over
Will we learn this time

Written by Chris Barnett for Questionable Enterprises LLC. © 2023
Music by Unguided Express

Join The Good Fight

A simple tribute to the four seasons of the year, reminding us of their wonderful aspects, such as the sound of fallen leaves or birdsongs, but also storms and terrible forest fires.

Artwork by Sara G. and Ricardo N.
Nature sample sounds from freesound.org

Um cenário de 4 estações

Cape Town

Two Steps Ahead (Remix) by Jeamland & joerxworx

AudioBookPlug reading 'Zima Blue' by Alastair Reynolds

Zima Blue

On a personal note, working with this group of fine fellows is joy and a continuing learning experience for me. The original basic piano melody here has gone through several 're-births', appearing in a number of my other songs. But this version with the EC gang is definitely the most... recent   ;)
Kidding. 
It's actually like a totally different piece of music, where these guys flexed their masterful musical muscles to take it to a place I would never have imagined on my own! Fantastic job guys, really. 

These are a couple other versions based on the main piano theme:
   - Harp of My Dreams - reprise (2022): https://on.soundcloud.com/Kb17j
   - Elementus: https://on.soundcloud.com/NxFm8

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Cast of Characters:
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark—electric piano, composition
Mysterious Decibel--@themysteriousdecibel --MD—lyrics and primary vocals
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –organ, synth
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums and percussion, arrangement, production, mix
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four string fretless bass guitar, lap steel 
This was brought to us by Mark, who had written it a while back, but wanted to dust it off and give the Eclectic Collective a shot at it. He recorded it with a keen eye toward collaboration with an electric piano synth with heavy stereo tremolo. We just recently found Mark, and he has proven to be a very creative, passionate, and easy to work with collaborator—all the good things. 
  Mark set it loose to Josh first, who of course got Ken in on the act before anything else could transpire. After Ken added his wildly creative, very skillful drum beat, Josh was able to come up with a suitable bass line. He also came up with the lap slide part you hear with the heavy tremolo. Then they turned it over to Stephen, who added a very psychedelic, electrifying solo at the end. Also, JJ set upon it with a very hooky organ. 
  Last, but certainly not least, MD came up with the lyrics, which are a metaphor for trying to break into the business of music, and delivered his fiery vocals, too. Then, we all realized that the song wasn't long enough for our ambitions, so Ken came up with an idea for the arrangement, and lengthened the song to suit our needs. He also very ably mixed and produced this one for us. We had a lot of fun working on Mark's tune. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it. 

Lyrics (by The Mysterious Decibel):
 
Sometimes when we shout they can't hear us under the flow
Of the rapids

I'm screaming from the other side of the river
A shot to try
can you hear me?
I'm jumping in and swimming straight to you

All I can say is I tried
I tried and I met my own waterfall
A short way down
Did I try hard enough?
Cuz I hit the rocks below just hard enough
To hibernate me without a care
It's all just business and never fair

Home's Album

Away With The Rapids (with The Eclectic Collective)

All of the people throughout history
Who used the earth so thoughtlessly
Now there’s not much left for us at all
Cause our shortsighted ancestors dropped the ball

A hundred years ago the experts predicted
That we would ruin the earth
But the people persisted 
If we could turn back time and do it all again
Maybe this time the earth would be our friend

What a terrible awful mess we’ve made

The old people speak with a gleam in their eyes
Of childhood memories and clear crystal skies
They say that once the sky was blue
And children played upon the land

A hundred years ago the experts predicted
That we would ruin the earth
But the people persisted 
If we could turn back time and do it all again
Maybe this time the earth would be our friend

What a terrible awful mess we’ve made

They made such a mess such a godawful mess
I hope they at least had a good time
They lived so large off the fat of the land 
And now it’s payback time 

Our ancestors were shortsighted and now their children pay
Awakening each morning to greet the tainted day
Gazing out across an endless barren plain
No more amber waves of grain

If we could turn back time and do it all again
Maybe this time the earth would be our friend

What a terrible awful mess we’ve made

They made such a mess such a godawful mess
I hope they at least had a good time
They lived so large off the fat of the land 
And now it’s payback time

If We Could Turn Back Time

Ain't Nobody Like You

Following a recent study of musical chords,I focused on the Phrygian cord structure and its suitability for Eastern music styles.
Hence my first attempt at this unique musical style .
This is very different to my usual selections and compositions.

Eastern Flavour's

In day light
All we ever and always
See is blue

My one flight
Will be higher than either 
Lies or truth

Home! Home!

By day light
All hope ever believed
May fall through

See us through

Father, can you take it away?
Sister, can you kill it today?

Light Clothing

Scrivere musica non è facile.
Amo tutti coloro che ne hanno la capacità. 
Io lo faccio da una vita e creo tutto da solo, con esiti altalenanti.
Del mio hobby lo sanno in due al mondo (2 su 8 miliardi non è male n.d.r.) 
Per questo brano, invece, ho avuto la fortuna di essere seguito da una guida inaspettata: Lucio Dalla che si è manifestato bacchettandomi fin da subito😀
Per completezza dell'informazione, in quei giorni avevo  ascoltato a rotazione maniacale "Dalla" e "Lucio Dalla". 
Il testo del brano ripercorre questa insolita collaborazione avvenuta una sera a casa mia, nel 2022.
Il risultato è "Lucio, come stai?"
Ho suonato le chitarre, programmato la batteria e cantato.
il basso è suonato da Alessandro Bracco.
Il pianoforte è di Alberto Formichella.
Registrato nello studio di Alessandro Bracco.
Spero che questo omaggio possa piacere.

Grazie per l'ascolto.



Andrea

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