Red Change

rotary phone

Cast of Characters:
Cgmaness – @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris – acoustic guitar, drums, lyrics, vocals, and composition
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ and piano
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four string fretless bass
This song started all the way back in October, when Chris came up with lyrics and a vocal melody to go over his acoustic guitar composition. He also added the drum beat that carries it along, and contrasts Josh's bass part, which he added next. JJ came along shortly after and added his twinkling piano and ambiance thickening organ. 
  We had all these parts down, but for some reason this sat on the shelf for a few months. Finally we decided to dust it off. Chris mixed it for us expertly, as always, and we decided to put a ribbon on it. 
 This is an example of Chris's brilliant songwriting, shared with a couple of other musicians who are mutual admirers of his work. This is also a trio within the Eclectic Collective family, as we sometimes do side projects with different iterations of the group. We all hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.  
  
Original lyrics by cgmaness:

Let the night tuck you under,
When you feel you can't go on.
When you want to be happy,
I will be what you want...
And, it's you that makes me happy.
When I'm down on my bad sign.
Washing out all the tie-dye from the blue sky.

Let the Night (Eclectic Collective)

Negative Expansion

This is an ethereal rendition of The Beautiful Chaos We Live In to immerse yourself in. It may seem like a cheap way to produce more songs but this version speaks more to me than the original version. I like slow undulating melodies and with this version I do exactly what I like in the works of others who make slow and chill (almost meditative) songs. I have done a similar thing on my first album. I like what Tomasz Bednarczyk produces and he also uses recurring themes (or perhaps even the same song) and slows it down to make it sound ethereal and immerse the listener with his (slow/slower) songs so I thought, “why not?". I really like how this one turned out.

The Slow Unravelment Of The Beautiful Chaos We Live In

tired cypher

A gentle  improvisation. It is the most honest way for me to express myself and the way I feel. My music is like my diary. Everything is played for a reason. I have realized that every day is a good day, I have learned. Don't let even one day slip through your fingers unnoticed. Make each day count toward your growth as a human being - who you have become over time while ever-changing. I have been writing music for more than 50 years while as a piano teacher and musician. I have created a lot of history. But time isn't infinite. No one knows how many days they will have, so make each day count.

Every Day is Beautiful

I made this track on my old electronic piano - programmed rhythm: Acid Jazz. I experimented by here and there making a part double of the recorded rhythm and change the pitch of the drum... in that double.

As usual i used effects on my voice and layered ...(sorry i can't help doing that haha).

Very simple lyrics,  but bottom line: we are living so fast that we don't notice it's going bad with the people around us, or even with ourselves.... 
We ask polite: "Are you OK?" but never want to hear "it's not OK?"
In this sick society we can have an important role to play to make a difference for someone.

Lyrics 
Not OK...


Are you OK

Nobody will know, nobody will see
You're not OK

NO Way
Did you notice, she is
Did you notice that she's not
She's not OK

Not OK...

Music Video
https://youtu.be/VVq9ABMeMUg?si=Yz4nlHTe0lcONl0O

Me making this song
https://youtube.com/shorts/m5IetqUBjYk?si=DIRr5xGDv7O92941

Listen to my album on Spotify 
https://open.spotify.com/album/0YYp9DKFRY0bElayeKXxji

I Don’t Mean To Do You Like That

instrumentals of love

_Sultry eyes._- By Suno & Matthew F. Blowers III.mp3

Im going to be moving some things around soon so tracks might disappear

i think ill probably keep the 'my grey leaving' ambient-shoegaze stuff here and move the other demos and random stuff (as bin/thorn) over to Nina as it has unlimited upload space, and has free streaming
(https://www.ninaprotocol.com/hubs/bin-thorn)

tired cypher

my grey leaving & bin/thorn