Just what I needed to hear. Good Christmas to you all.

SPROUTS!Sorry - great version-real emotion coming through

@edm_worldwide_yesterday: Very kind of you...thanks so much from all!

A bit late listening but while hearing this beauty, I wish all of you at Core Arts a wonderful 2017!

@rado-rock-instrumental: From everyone here at Core Arts, many thanks, Rado!

What a cozy little tune. Brings about feelings of joy. Those harmonizing violins though!

outsmoothingly

This track has strong elements from africa and south america giving it that samba/ salsa / stroke Afro-Caribbean feel to it. Wanted to create a track displaying cutural sounds from my upbringing as well as using sounds heard from neighbouring cultures. Giving you that getaway holiday feeling mixed with a more modern futuristic sound which comes in towards the end of the track giving it that twist and change in mood of the song.

A Song From Africa

I stubbled across the knightrider type sample for this track and just played around with the loops until before i knew it i was cooking something real exciting. This track has a lot of different elements to the track which helps build suspense to the track. i used different tools in this track such as fading, where  a particular loops is gradually brought into the track starting from a low level, slowing coming in until the sounds reach the same level as the rest of the sounds in the track. i also used some sound effects in the track incorporating howling wind which added to the track as that part of the track changes with the track starting to build its self up again. i like to bend the rules in life so why can't I do it with my music lol.

Bend The Rules

This track was in my early stages of my beat making which I was just really playing around with the loops and ended up creating this track. i like to look at this track as a progression track as to where my beats were at then compared to how much more structured my tracks sound now. Still proud of the track as it showed from early how i was and still am finding my own sound as well as pushing and challenging the conventional boundaries of set genres hence the title of the track, boundaries.

Boundaries

This was influenced from my older sister listening to all her rnb music in her room as a younger boy with that typical eighties / nineties flow feeling. this would often make me reminisce to a part in my life where I was a some point in time happy with my life. This was also a task to see if I could come across softer in my delivery of a track while still maintaining that hip hop era.

NYC To LDN

Taking you back to them old school methods where you make a gd old fashioned loop and let the lyrists ride the beat some of the best music is formed this way and sometimes off the dome if captured in real time. Had element of American aspects of it using some Brooklyn kits and bass as in my younger days they were the ones that were coming off all the dope rhymes.took me right back to my days when you were young dumb and reckless.

Down in the dirt

With this beat i took my time on the arrangement and construction of the delivery and timing as into when certain chops and changes happen aswell as what instruments are playing alongside each other. At the beginning of the track its got a little 4 bar intro where the tune plays back on itself before coming in with the main chorus to start the tune off. There are jazzy themes and elements of the blues in the this track which catch you at times if you are paying attention. I hope you like the beat if you like subrscribe and check the rest of the of my beats out. Enjoy!

Jazzin With The Blues

I made this track to thinking in my mind i want to make a soulful house tune. When I first starting making beats the tracks that I was initially first making were funky or house tunes. Then I began to learn more as i kept making beats then learned about how to set the tempo of a track which really changed things in my beatmaking skills. Basically as I have been making a lot of rap beats recently I wanted to have a bit of variety in my catalogue of beats so i opted to make a house track this time around. With this beat I used a keyboard to build the main base of the track then incorporated the rest of the track with loops to give the track a more fuller effect. Be sure to let me know what your responses, feel free to drop a comment, or a like and share. Enjoy!

Feel the Vibe

After hearing the down in the dirt original track over again i then began to think i could of done more too the track. Please take the time to listen to the track as i feel i have totally transformed this track from a dark gloomy sound to a much more upbeat faster tempo track. I also sped up the tempo to give it a more jumpy skippy feel so i feel this track will and should get a better response and feedback. Keep following and any comments will be taken on board.

Down In The Dirt Remix 85bpm

“Disco Chants for Palestine (Beats To Accompany A Protest March)” is exactly as the title implies: protest chants in support of Palestinian liberation set to music.  
     I put this together for two reasons: 
     First, a mate told me how she always finds the “Free Free Palestine” chant playing on Repeat in her head, but unlike a pop song that you can hunt down and then play and rock out to, protest chants aren’t usually stream-able.  It’s not easy to match your inner jukebox to an outer one with a chant.
     The other reason is that frequently at our London protests, folks show up with these awesome, giant Sound Systems on their bicycles… and they may blast really dope beats, but I always find it slightly frustrating that the beats aren’t in sync with the rhythm of the surrounding protesters’ chants… so basically everybody throws each other off rhythmically.  This might be a way to get the crowd in sync! 
     
     This first release of “Disco Chants for Palestine” is the Kris Cirkuit remix! Her beat here was originally part of an as-yet unreleased remix of our “Every Step You Take Is A Migration” single, but I found it the perfect beat to record chants to.
     Also provided is the a cappella version… for sound systems and DJs and producers who wish to make “Disco Chants for Palestine” fit their genre of choice.  I’d like support for the liberation of Palestine to be on every dance floor on the planet… so make it Grimey, or make it Grindcore, make it Bossa Nova or a Barnyard stomp.  It’s downloadable at Soundcloud and is 128 BPM.  Then let us hear it!

    Two different karaoke versions are at Soundcloud, too: one if you want to lead the chant, one if you want to respond to the leader.

Disco Chants For Palestine (Beats To Accompany A Protest) - Kris Cirkuit Remix

Johnny Minstrel, The Prav: vocals, music
JE: lyrics
God: convincing him to sing it.

This song is about the many Vietnam veterans who came home from that unpopular, ugly war to nothing with all the same problems soldiers have after returning from war but often got no help or sympathy. It was the dead who were honored with a wall, not those who survived.

My good friend Johnny Minstrel (Pravinand Maharaj) was kind enough to put this one to music. I think you will agree his special talent was ideal for this song.

Please check out another song featuring Edro...Dry Bones: https://soundcloud.com/edro-1/dry-bones

Lucky

It was the last stand for Lucky
He was walkin’ in a haze
Dark clouds were looming
Gone were the sunny days

He came back from the war
Shells exploding in his head
Pools of blood in his eyes
He couldn’t forget the dead

All these years
Since the burp gun boomed
He’s been swatting flies
In a greasy little room

Everyone calls him Lucky
He survived an RPG
That rained from the sky
All the way from the sea

Chorus
Lucky lived to dwell
In the horrors of his plight
But he never forgot
Why he chose to fight
God and Country
He answered the call
Kept his name
Off the honored wall

He came back to nothing
And nothing in between
All he had with him
Was a dusty canteen

Lucky’s road was winding down
And he didn’t have a care
He was ready to unhitch the horse
And stow the plowing share

One day an angel came
Paved the road that sang the blues
And Lucky found his youth
Put on his dancing shoes

Soldiers are sometimes forgotten
Until they’re dead and gone
Yet they live in our midst
And are sung about in song

Chorus
Lucky lived to dwell
In the horrors of his plight
But he never forgot
Why he chose to fight
God and Country
He answered the call
Kept his name
Off the honored wall

Lucky (featuring: Johnny Minstrel)

Vocals and guitars - @welcometotheamericas / Kim Göransson
Bass, beats, keys, and mix - @fatpockets / DMonroe

Written by Kim Göransson

my hot air balloon - dancing queen (fat pockets rmx)

It was a blessing to work with this group of amazingly talented artists. 
It is a blessing to be a part of this fabulous SoundCloud community.
I am blessed to be alive.
Giving thanks for it all. 

May this song touch your heart. 

Mark Rodriguez: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/marcusrodriguez33
She's Excited: Lyrics, Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/she-s-excited
Gordon M: Bass, Synth
https://soundcloud.com/gordon_m
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production, Arrangement 
Russell Sinfield at the Chaos Cookhouse: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Michael Simonis: Art

Lyrics:

And now I'm staring at the crossroad
Tossing coins and trying to break the code 
Divine connection for the download 
Divine erection and now source is flowed
I would have thought by now the way of Tao would show me how to clear the dust 
Grasping at stardust as dreams go to bust 
Lusting for clarity and staring at hope 
Wishing to give her the thrust
When the ball and chain is me  partnering mistrust 
It's all a projection 
Leading me down the path of misdirection 
I chant my mantras to my inner light to light my soul bright 
Write down my ways that arn't right and burn em at night 
I light my soul bright my spirit ignite 
Invite my holy might to see what's right to my truth's site 
you gotta fight for what is right inside of you

Life can never figure out where to go
But I know deep inside your soul
You know what guides you
Fight for what you know is true inside of you 
and you will too
see you were the answer 
to the question

so many voices inside my head
should i listen to them all and sing along or just play deaf
so many mantras to cross the mind
but still i've this vague feeling that i'm more declined than refined
so should i walk this path to climb up a hill that someone else heaped up for me just to keep me still
or can i walk my path, sitting on a rim, and listen to the wonders without and within

You are now listening to the sounds of inspiration
the sound motivation
visualization
real life perspiration
of people doing their thang
living their dream 
aspiring to great heights 
keeping the spirit of humanity alive
and bright to lighten up all our lives ha

Something simple as a dream and some inspiration
A little heart, a sudden spark, and some motivation
Place it together to head to your destination
Know that you ego will never give you confirmation

Mark Rodriguez, She's Excited, Gordon M, and the Couch King - You Know (What Guides You)

A beautiful track from Mike that I really enjoyed playing with. His open collaboration is here. Thanks for your guidance and lovely music, Mike
https://soundcloud.com/mike-spring/many-years-open-for-collaboration
All other instruments. .Mike
Electric guitar. .Nick

Jackson through POD on neck single coil pickup

Be good
Nick

Many Years - MIKE SPRING And Spade♤

“Be the flame, not the moth.” 
 Giacomo Casanova

Me- Original music, Telecaster, and Bass

Tele Tango

Mary's Boy Child
1st Violin - Aung 
2nd Violin - Chris Brierley
Bass - Solomon
Keys - Sam Wilkinson
An uncharacteristically mild December morning in Hackney. Here at  Core Arts, logs burn on an open fire, stockings adorn the mantelpiece and baubles hang from the tree.... let's just hope nobody mentions sprouts!!
Hope you enjoy this Christmas offering.  Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked and reposted over the last year.  It means the world to us all.
Merry Christmas, one and all!

Mary's Boy Child by The Core Arts All Stars

The Love story of 13th century Persian poet Rumi and the Dervish Shams of Tabris.

Love Is On Our Side (the Ballad of Rumi and Shams)

at the senfschool you can learn a lot,
be yoursenf!
The Whales Are Coming!!!!!!!!!!
youtu.be/HnQbYqjhOto

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