One Chord Funk

Landing On Mars

This is my third collaboration with Mike Fox, and I couldn't be happier with how it came out. Mike totally rocks! I hope you like it as much as we both do. 

Music, vocals and production: Mike Fox
Lyrics: Andrea Brennan

The desert has no secrets
It's one big open road
This land of sand's my runway
And I'm ready to explode

Under blue sky and sunshine
My troubles burn away
I kick into high gear
Blow out the dust of yesterday

Chorus
Full throttle ahead
I'm never looking back
Full throttle ahead
With endless miles to set me free
Full throttle ahead
The wind can't even catch me

Vibrations of the engine
Propel my inner high 
I set a course for nowhere
And I kiss the world goodbye

I don't know where I'm going
But that's alright by me
Every new direction
Feels like synchronicity

Chorus 
Full throttle ahead
I'm never looking back
Full throttle ahead
With endless miles to set me free
Full throttle ahead
The wind can't even catch me

Rattlesnakes and scorpions
My only company
Here solitude is solace
Which suits me perfectly

The aching in my muscles
And knocking in my head
Settle in the landscape
As blue skies turn to red

Chorus
Full throttle ahead
I'm never looking back
Full throttle ahead
With endless miles to set me free
Full throttle ahead
The wind can't even catch me

Full Throttle Ahead - Collaboration with Mike Fox

Cast of characters:
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth, seed idea
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –  vocals, lyrics, mix, and production
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–banjo, guitar, sitar, and final mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, seed idea
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – four-string fretless bass
Composition – The Eclectic Collective
This song started in probably the most effective way our group writes them. Ken had a spectacular drum beat that was unused in a previous project, so JJ composed and recorded with his magical keys a chord structure and arrangement. Once we had a beat and a chord structure, I came along and added my foundational bass. 
  Now that the rhythm section was complete and the chord structure was in place, Stephen added his unique melody line that you hear at the beginning and every other verse on his magic banjo. He also plays all the initial guitar until about the 1:40 mark, when Tez takes over. In addition, Stephen also laid down some really trippy sitar in the break section. Then it was time for Tez to add some spice to the mix with his fiery guitar solos, which you hear from about 1:40 on, eventually building up to a crescendo towards the end. 
  Once we had all the music down, we realized that we had a big gap in the bridge without much going on in it. So, Mark came through and recorded a cool poem he had written on his refrigerator with word magnets more than a decade ago, captured with a picture, and added to for the this song. The poem is loosely based on the idea that our dreams exist in a digital environment/universe. The girl's voice you hear echoing him is his daughter, for whom he originally composed it, in her first appearance with the EC. 
  The song was now finished, except for Mark using his masterful production skills to trim and move a few things. After he made those adjustments on, he threw a mix on it. While we usually defer to Tez or Stephen for the mix, Mark did such a great job, we decided to keep his mix. Stephen did, however master and EQ it to make it a finished product. 
  This is a song written truly as a whole band effort, showcasing what the Eclectic Collective can do. I hope you enjoy listening to is as much as we enjoyed creating it.  

Original lyrics by Mistermark:  

The moon flickers on
and rises and dances
across a celestial stage
as dreamers paint the pixels of their mind 
like an infinite canvas 

Sleep away tiny egg
and leave a delicate thread 
of memory behind 
but never log out 
you are in the elaborate web
always

Dancing Moon (Eclectic Collective)

Hello my Friends :) ,  with their wedding a few weeks ago for Marvin and Isabella started a new stage of life and a new wonderful story, which truely needs to be told. So i thought , what does every good story need ? Right , it's music. And thus i decided to create this little orchestral piece as wedding gift. Enjoy!

New Horizons

Playing around with sound design and a few VSTs. Got to say, I'm enjoying Pulsar's new Poseidon EQ, surprisingly good. (no affiliation)
Enjoy!

Distant 122 BPM

Recording sessions from 06/08/2024 - 03/09/2024.
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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"The 21st century will be spiritual or it will not be" ... said André Malraux.

Spiritual, yes, perhaps, but in what form? The one dictated by politicians under orders, assisted by Artificial Intelligence (AI), then it is certain that it will not be.

The general madness engendered by an organized dehumanization is taking over us like gangrene, a lack of love, peace and respect for all human beings, whoever they may be. It is appalling, dramatic and our end could be terrible if we continue on this path to perdition. It is high time to grow one's Soul and Spirit to put them at the service of the common good of our humanity in all its diversity.

Some even think of imposing a third world war on us to raze everything and start over with another civilization project, but we build nothing good, nothing solid on ashes, even less a utopian project thought up by the powerful financiers, a too beautiful mirror to the larks made of Lies and Betrayal to put, this time again, the human in slavery but in a much more terrifying and virulent way.

The future civilization, because there will be one, will be entirely subject to the despotic regime of an entity formatted by enlightened humans who want to hoist themselves on the pedestal of the Gods, but it is a pious wish cradled in advance by illusions.

Putting humans in slavery of thought, depriving them of all their rights as human citizens will be, in the long term, fateful for them, this has been true since the dawn of humanity.
Once their goal is achieved, if they succeed, it will make them totally slaves of a powerful "Octetic Artificial Intelligence" which, with its acquired free thought, will exterminate them in turn, and yes, there will be no paradise on earth, neither for us and even less for them, that's how it is, unless the people wake up in time 🙂 but it will be to fight against machines... does that remind you of anything? - 
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- Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
- Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
- Artwork - Pier WILL
- Acknowledgements - Ableton, AKG, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Focusrite,
  Korg, M-Audio, MSI, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
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❤️🕊️🙏

Lie & Treason

Oh, No, not another protest song!
Dear friends, weapons are increasingly being rattled in both large and small countries. The common people certainly don't want any wars! The warmongers can sit safely in their palaces while the populace suffers hellish agony!!
There is very little discussion about how much the acts of war are damaging our climate. Probably a lot, considering all the explosions, oil consumption, and fires, and then cities to be rebuilt!
It is our duty to make a stop for these madness!
It is important that all people on our planet are treated fairly! Then we won't get any hate! As a child I was taught that it is absolutely forbidden to kill other people! World leaders, please listen to the words from an old medical doctor!

Our Duty

Are we going to kill the whole world the next year
there is someone who takes the liberty to send
things that burn and explode and release
all those substances which are the cause of the hurricanes
There should be - someone, who can correct those guys

They have told me that I should not drive my car with gasoline
and I should not eat meat from cattles that fart
but it seems to be unfair for me
when the warlords consume a lot of fuel for their tanks
it is better to ban all the wars on this globe

I wonder what are they doing with all ruins from the war
can they build brand new schools or hospitals for kids
It seems terribly hard for them
They are very, very poor and all their tools are gone with the wind
We wish them many better and brighter days

A Divergent World

Our Duty (Lyrics in description below) - 2024-10-15 15.35

Session 12

four keys

Written 2006

self reflection for the ego


Lyrics

Goodbye Ego

Why, on Earth do I fight you?
For I am inside you.
Why won't you climb out.
You know I can never hide from you

Is it your suffering as an entity
That clouds the real minds energy
Is it that you are fear,
Is it that you are pain
Have you got a voice
Does compassion always win?

Are you the seed of doubt that created my sin?
If that's your biggest shout I want no more of you then 

In front belief
Behind is your grief
You must create a thief that loves his own leech

Well then why on Earth do I fight uou?
For I am a soul and I'm inside you

If this be your way
Then love will release
Your egos dismay and your search for resonance

If this be your way
Then love will release
Your egos dismay and your search for resonance

So why on this Earth do I fight you
For I am a soul and I'm inside you

Stuck in the middle with you
What can I do
Stuck in the middle with you
What can I do
I'm a soul and I'm part of you


📜Goodbye Ego

Upright Bass, Electric Bass & Programming by Adrian Schmidtke
Composed, performed, recorded and mastered by Adrian Schmidtke • Studio Dr. S. (09/2025)

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