A marvelous colaboration between you both.  Really lovely track.

Love both of you and this song is to no surprise outstanding! I even felt some flamenco intonations in your vocals, Annie :)

stunning musical arrangement by Dan. He really has a sense of movement, and drama...and sets a wonderfully intoxicating sound stage for your vocals to deliver the message...liked hte surge in the flamenco styled middle...what a gorgeous song, so well performed, recorded and produced!! :)

Such a wonderful piece, congratulations Annie and Dan!!

I like the vocal / music balance. Excellent mix.

2020|06 - The Composer's New Music Playlist.

Pulling us under

First of all..a big thank you to Hubert Stytz for all those years we struggled together going thru  the ups and downs of the crazy Musicbizz.. remembering both big time and disappointments ..
...Here is a highlight I' d like to share with the Community.
Better use Headphones!
https://youtu.be/VX3YcSspQU8?si=PRnoM3XpMYON0gbh
https://youtu.be/9Qp9gJsElNk?si=LTv5nqo0XoYFY38w
Hubert Stytz (g/voc)/Frank Fischer (b)/ Günther Reger(perc)

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IF ONLY I COULD
Music, all instruments, vocals ;  Hubert Stytz
Lyrics : Pee Gee
This  rough-demotrack is a very personal one... raw, heartfelt, direct... simply structured .. deeply emotional....better use Headphones !!  ...the last of my works  I can put up on the cloud featuring songwriter Hubert Stytz , my friend and collab partner for a long long time...thank you Hubert and all the fabulous musicians who supported us for many years !


If Only I Could

I wake up completely paralyzed
Wasted from an endless night
Dream pictures fading on my mind
I try to bury them deep inside

All my plans are build on sand
Almost leading me to a dead end
Sometimes you treat me like I´m not there
It hurts so much but you don´t care

If only I could...stop the cold inside of you..if only I could..stop the cold...
If I could fill your heart with love

IF ONLY I COULD....IF ONLY i COULD....
FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE !

.....Ohhh  hypnotized..
By a hot flirt with your eyes
Then you turn your back on me
Playing and teasing with your beauty

I want to walk you out in the morning dew
Lay down my loving thoughts for you
I cannot quit you...though I need a break
You put a spell on me  that I can´t escape

IF ONLY I COULD...IF ONLY i COULD...
FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE !

If only I could...stop the cold inside of you...if only I could..stop the cold........

IF ONLY i COULD...IF ONLY I COULD...IF ONLY i COULD...
FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE....la la la laaa..la la la laa la laa

la la la laaa ..IF ONLY I COULD..la la la laa la laa...

iF ONLY I COULD...la la la laaa...

If Only I Could  / Hubert Stytz / Pee Gee

Sleep

I did this about a year ago -- posting again because I reworked it a bit, and I just really like the tune. The 2nd & 3rd verses were inspired by a fellow SoundCloud member's life events. 

Is it There

one two three four five six seven
all good children go to heaven

is it there
is it right there by your side

while you were sleeping
a summer rain fell through the night
(hear the sound of the falling rain there in the night)
and the taste of bitter dreams became sweeter
with the gentle sound in your mind
(knowing that soon the sun will rise leaving the night behind)

is it there to remind
that everything will be alright

I put down the page knowing there was no turning back
I watched her breathing in the sacred arc of life
I wandered alone in a hallway lit by an exit light

so much time when you were young
didn't feel the pendulum
now the saturnine faces of the ones we love
you wonder why

if I could have anything that I could keep safe and never undone
I would hold you in this fragile moment in the september sun
it means everything to have you near me





Is it There

Nowhere to go

Balloon Licking

I've been hearing so much AI music on SoundCloud lately that instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon, it's pushing me in the other direction where I want to do more songs with just me and my guitar.  
This is a live version that I played straight through from start to finish which I am using as an audition song for the Tucson Folk Festival.
And if you're curious, here's a link to a YouTube video of me singing a different version  the song live (iPhone recording). https://youtu.be/qMe4Uh39uhY?si=jBvf8uvDZQyDgiVg

Elvis in the 1970’s in his jumpsuit and his cape.
Some say he didn’t really die he just decided to escape.
Over the year’s there’ve been sightings like Bigfoot and UFO’s.
Of Elvis shopping at Walmart dressed in ordinary clothes.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not.
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot.
If Elvis was still alive, he’d be approaching the century mark.
He’d be a tired old hound dog - would he still be able to bark.
If he put on a pair of blue suede shoes and he tried to shake his hips.
And he strummed his guitar on a street corner would people give him any tips.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot
There’s day’s when you feel like you’re trapped in a routine 
And you’re going through the motions, and you want to start fresh and clean.
Somewhere between 1968 and 1977 Elvis took a detour and he ended up in Heaven.
It’s nice to imagine that maybe he was sick of sick and tired of all that fame.
And one day he just decided to retire from playing the game.
If he sang that song love me tender, would it till make the young women swoon.
Or would they stare at him with curiosity like at the zoo when you see a baboon.
If he put on the black leather costume that he wore in 1968 
And he played the same set list would people still think he was so great?
Elvis in Black leather in 1968 strumming his guitar he looked so good
And his voice was really great.
At the top of his game in perfect form he could have stopped right then
He could have walked away - still would have still been a rock and roll legend
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot

Lukewarm King (Acoustic Live Version)

Venus In Furs

Cast of Characters:

J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ, synth and composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – custom five string fretless bass and PRS SE semi-hollwbody electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Sunnybeck-- @sunnybeck — Beck — synth and MIDI composition
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson custom T model electric wah guitar
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and lyrics
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – production, mix, and mastering

This song began as a looper beat that Josh created in BandLab. He does that often to start an idea. However, this beat sat on the shelf for almost a year, until he shared it with JJ for one of his Saturday night music sessions. JJ put an arrangement on it with his organ and bass. Josh quickly replaced the bass idea with his own version of it, though.
Now it was Ken's turn to replace the dull looper beat with something alive and organic, which he did in the most creative and solid way possible. We had a skeleton now, and it was time to share it with Beck, with whom this is Eclectic Collecitive's first song. She added her magic via the synth you hear sprinkled throughout. Stephen weighed in next with his funky wah guitar.
It was almost done at this point, but of course, we wanted Carl to add his greatness to it, as well, which he did by writing and singing some compelling vocals. He took the working title, which Josh came up with having just read The Odyssey, and wrote a whole song about it!
Once it was all laid down, we asked Tez to do his expert work with the mix and production, which he did perfectly, as always. We're very lucky to have two very talented producers in the group, and grateful to Tez for ironing this one out for us.
This is, as mentioned, the EC's first go round with Beck, and we couldn't be more thrilled to work with her. Not only is she a skilled, creative musician, but she is a delightful ray of sunlight to work with, too. We have another collab with here we plan to release in the coming weeks, as well. There will be more to follow. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark
Hold on dear crew
Cruel winds fly north
Our tenth foul day
Land found fresh worth
Untameable sea
We survived people
Ashore
Fresh water
Food
Lessen our feeble

Three of company
Greet these inhabitants
Find what land lends their habitance
Trio arrive and find not hurt
Then found local food
Good offering flirty

Three watered mouths by nicest taste
Who needs home
We stay
No haste
Love lotus buds
Don’t mind the captain
Let’s stay and munch this tuck of trapping

Captain bemused All aboard!
No more shall eat this food mind sword
What of home!
What of love!
Weep not dear three
Cold turkey tough

Smite that sea
Hold tight your oars
Now heave to Ithaca
South-westwards
Bye Lotus eaters
Trip like land
Love lesson lives
Myth mystery scanned



Isle of the Lotus Eaters (Eclectic Collective featuring SunnyBeck!)

Collab with the one and only Uwe: https://soundcloud.com/wust

Ym Grunt

Pno1

Electronic and orchestral slow composition about lost hope written as a competition entry

Lost hope

So excited to present my third collaboration with the wonderfully talented @danarchx (Dan van den Berg)! I sent this idea of a song and he turned it into this new beautiful composition with my original vocal melody. His guitar playing and musicianship are second to none and I’m so grateful he took the time to create this gorgeous composition! 😊🎶🎤🎸

HEART ON MY SLEEVE

Won’t try too hard
Won’t try at all
Won’t try to fight 
Won’t try at all

Oh on my Sleeve
Oh on my Sleeve

Don’t have to try
It’s easy
When you’re near me
I fly...

I’ll keep wearing my Heart on my Sleeve
On my Sleeve ... On my Sleeve
Oh, on my Sleeve

Don’t have to try
It’s easy 
When you’re near me 
I fly...

When Hearts belong on Sleeves...

Ooh...

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Data:
Original idea, vocal suggestion and melody by Annie Smart
Vocals by Annie Smart.
Lyrics by Annie Smart.
All music, arranging, harmonizations, percussion programming, bass and guitars by Daniël van den Berg.
January-February 2020
Guitar: Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015
Recorded using an Apogee MiC.
Percussion arranged with samples from Sampletank and Amplitube.
Mixed in Auria, masterered in Auria and Final Touch.
Cover image photo editing by Dan van den Berg

Heart on my sleeve (by Dan van den Berg and Annie Smart)

Leabhar Aisling

Prism Library

A female composer, singer, musician, pianist, piano teacher, choir leader (Heart of Scotland choir), song writer living in Bonnie Scotland! I have grade 8 piano with distinction and an LTCL piano diploma. On band camp too! 
I also have a duo with the wonderful @wane-of-summer
Follow us @user-949559825 (Passion Arcade) 💕
I teach online piano and singing via video if anyone is interested just message me!

Eric Schultheiss stands at the vanguard of contemporary composition, forging a unique path that bridges the rhythmic drive of global percussion with the infinite possibilities of digital sound. As a composer, percussionist, and educator, Schultheiss is acclaimed for his hybrid electro-acoustic works—pieces that fuse the organic pulse of drums with orchestral richness and the sonic innovation of modern electronics.

Rooted in a Southern California upbringing steeped in progressive rock, classical discipline, and the improvisational freedom of jazz, Schultheiss draws on a vast tapestry of influences. His music channels the off-kilter accents of Stewart Copeland, the lyrical intensity of Neil Peart, the storytelling depth of Peter Gabriel and Sting, and the progressive artistry of Genesis, Dream Theater, and Spock’s Beard. This synthesis results in compositions that are as intellectually rigorous as they are emotionally evocative.

Currently, as Head of Percussion Studies and Electro-Acoustic Composition at the Middle Tennessee Conservatory of Music, Schultheiss is an outspoken advocate for the DAW as a true instrument. In his hands, digital workstations become canvases for sonic experimentation, allowing for real-time orchestration, microscopic precision, and the layering of polyrhythms and timbres that would be impossible with traditional notation alone. He champions technology not as a shortcut, but as an authentic extension of the composer’s voice.

Signature works such as Lights Twinkle—a Christmas percussion-ensemble piece blending Japanese Taiko, harp, and haiku-inspired vocal textures—showcase his ability to unite tradition with innovation. Airidea’s Journal explores the dialogue between structure and freedom through dance-driven percussion and atmospheric synths, while As You Sleep and Terminal Memory reveal Schultheiss’ penchant for ambient soundscapes, introspective melodies, and cross-media collaborations. His compositions have been commissioned for film, dance, and multimedia productions, performed by leading ensembles, and praised for their intricate interplay of rhythm and resonance.

As an educator, Schultheiss is dedicated to shaping musicians who are not only technically skilled but also creatively fluent in both acoustic and digital modalities. At the Middle Tennessee Conservatory, he mentors young composers in hybrid techniques, polyrhythmic structures, and DAW-based workflows, encouraging them to embrace technology as a creative partner. His influence extends beyond the classroom, as he helps students gain visibility in the digital era and equips them to thrive in an evolving musical landscape.

Through his relentless curiosity, innovative spirit, and commitment to artistic growth, Eric Schultheiss is redefining what it means to be a composer in the 21st century. His work is a testament to the power of bridging tradition and technology, and to the limitless frontiers that await those willing to explore them.

Heart on my sleeve (by Dan van den Berg and Annie Smart)

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