fumbling improv. as per : )  6 yrs ago.
take a deep breath
X

in the water ～ in the air

'f I were you

Sometimes the only way to get frustration out for me is to make a song about it. 
Maybe you will, maybe you won't understand my lyrics and gel with them, but ya gotta consider that nobody else does what I do LOL

Happening Again

It's incredible that it only took me ten years to make something with this melody. I find this funny because, just recently, I've been reconnecting with friends from that time and, to be honest, it has been kind of a surreal experience. 
Anyway, this one goes to a friend named like a constellation.
Éxitos.

†ॐ 

Music composed and produced by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Recorded at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "Portrait of Helene Klimt" by Gustav Klimt, 1898. Edited by me.

This track is not to be used to train AI.

very nice hair

Evil Amongst Us

MIXED by Jack Holston
https://soundbetter.com/profiles/368799-jack-holston

NOTE: I turned 60 at the end of November 2015. Thus began the "Sexagenarian" era! "My Last Song" is from summer 2019, after I had retired and moved from Los Angeles to north San Diego. Felt a bit at that time like my muse was...busy elsewhere? In a lull. I was not aware that I was about to enjoy a resurgence of my songwriting, leading to the multi-volume Sexagenarian series. Anyway, here is me exploring the world of bubble-gum pop! 

LYRIC
Far away
Long ago
I had the cheapest six string
Learned a few chords
and scribbled some words
Not much voice but I’d sing

Little shared
So few cared
But I continued writing
It was how I kept track as life rolled along
Now this might be
My last song

I’ve lost count
the amount
Never once paused to note it
Any one song can take me back to the time I wrote it
Every place
Every face
Once more appears at my will
And that is how it will be until
My last song

Why look at photos?
What do they show
Some old tune of mine captures the memory
I close my eyes and let it flow

Yesterday
Lost my way
Couldn’t find inspiration
Told myself it’ll be all right but
I might be wrong
Yes this could be
My last song   
Yes it may be
My last song

I’ve got a box full of
Old cassette tapes
A bit of life is stored up inside them
Choose one, hit play and - the past escapes

Long ago
Far away
Or was it just this morning
I added a few words to a new tune 
So here’s fair warning 
This won’t be my last song
No this won’t be - my last song

Sexagenarian 1

My Last Song

Written/Produced by: R.J. Dobben (RoTen)
Released on: 10/31/2023


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_>_

Argh

An old track I dug out from the archives and dusted off. Been on the back burner for a while

Return

This one sprung from the mind of eddyoffline when he sent the cool reggae guitar line over.  we’d talked about doing another jam to follow up ‘Reggae-ish’ and this is it. 
Enjoy 

Lyrix :
Hi. Get high
Lalala
Keep on Walkin
Don’t look Back

Check out our other collabs expertly aggregated at the following location 

https://on.soundcloud.com/GMwpNiMTYn8CPYDR9

when he’s not offline Eddy is here 

https://on.soundcloud.com/GgtkQXckjpeJp7ta7

Don't look back - w/ eddyoffline

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkyGBU7Opu0

Music by AudioBake (Cyberian Open Collab): https://soundcloud.com/audiobake
https://soundcloud.com/audiobake/cyberian-1
Vocals, Lyrics, Additional guitar samples by Cosmic Keanu

Iron & Clay

Spirit troubled from our sleep,
can’t wake from this terrible dream
Conjurers, sorcerers, soothsayer priests
conceal the truth of reality
Iron infused under skin,
blood congeals with poison
Cybernetic necrosis,
societal rot, total psychosis

Iron and clay
Source of decay
All who refuse
The beast will slay
Iron and clay
Can never be mixed
Stone will destroy
The end is fixed

The unholy mark is decreed,
don’t accept and you won’t eat
Better to starve than worship the beast
and bow down at the demon’s feet
Souls download into the cloud,
unending nightmare, no way out
In those days they’ll hope for death
They won’t find it, won’t find rest

The machine, it has no soul,
no matter what you’ve been told
Teeth of iron devouring all,
crushing earth in its jowl
Ten horns arise, evil kings of sin,
after them the reign of another begins
He speaks lies against the Most High,
the law is corrupted with his lie

[chorus] 

Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great,
drunk with the blood of the saints
Given into demonic passions,
morality gone out of fashion
Flee Babylon’s lustful ways,
piled to heaven is its plagues
In one day they all will come,
fire will burn Babylon down

[chorus]

The people will weep and moan,
"Woe, woe, Babylon has fallen"
Stone struck the statue’s feet,
strength of iron fails, destruction complete
Wearing down the saints of God,
conquering all with an iron rod,
in glory will come The Ancient of Days,
passing judgment in favor of saints
Then comes sovereignty and dominion great, 
God’s everlasting kingdom will reign

Iron And Clay (AudioBake & Cosmic Keanu) VIDEO AVAILABLE

Cast of Characters:
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –piano, synth, and composition

mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark—synth effects, synth flute, lyrics, and vocals

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric and acoustic guitars, production, and mix

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums and percussion

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four-string Fender P bass
  
  This is a song that JJ created late one Saturday night on the piano, drums, bass, and guitar. You can hear his Grateful Dead influence if you're familiar with the band. He then presented it to the rest of the Eclectic Collective so we could do our thing with it. Josh replaced JJ's rough bass with his interpretation of the line as soon as Ken replaced the drums with his interpretation of the beat. Interestingly, Ravel's Bolero had a lot to do with the inspiration for the second part of the song. After the rhythm section was done, we turned it over to Stephen, who came up with some really subtle, yet very necessary guitar lines. 
  We then turned it over to our relatively new collaborator, Mark, who came up with the lyrics and vocals. He was also instrumental in getting the arrangement to fit right with the vocals. This is a lyrical and vocal songwriting debut for Mark, who was inspired by his very first listen to JJ's rough draft. Thus, this song is extra special for him.  
 We all hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we did creating it.
  Mark's lyrics are about our Earthly relatives in the far distant future. At that point life on earth would have just about reached its limits, and so mankind embarks on a journey through space to find another place to call home.

Lyrics:
Part 1:
All you know, all you love is here today
Feel the sun, see the flowers embrace her rays
And you know, all we have will fade away
And now its time to go… away…
Part 2:
Here we are, flying high, flying high above the moons of Mars
And beyond another sunrise greets a world once again,
a million miles from where we are
To embrace the flowers of Jupiter, once again…
On and on we sail away, searching for another day,
the universe an endless sea
And you know that somewhere out there,
a brand new world 
For you and me

Flowers of Jupiter-Eclectic Collective

Ha Ha (Prod me)

Be excellent to each other!

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
--Ephesians 6:12

"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word."
--Thessalonians 2:16

Enter through the narrow gate. 
For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
--Matthew 7:13-14

For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.
-- Galatians 1:10

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
--Matthew 6:24

Iron And Clay (AudioBake & Cosmic Keanu) VIDEO AVAILABLE

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