checked out the wiki site this time. wtf . i wish i hadnt

excellent lyrics!! Archimedes principle...ie I'm not sure there's a place to stand where one is not part of the problem  I've made plans to become a being of light but still in the works...

How could this song not be so eclectic with such great collaborators. Great dynamic throughout, sounding thrilling and must have been such a huge if satisfying undertaking Marquis. So glad I caught this one, albeit a little late. Bravo to you all.

Production is just insane! Awesome collaboration

Drummatic!! Very vibe of MJ "They Don't Care About Us"! And I don't only mean drums, the citizen/human position! All with purpose, to the last note, or I should say pretty Anne's roar :)

Cool sound great track good job.😎🎶👌

this rhythm and music here makes my whole body smile.

"He will bring life to the dead, hope to the living, and for him, the gate will open."

Track art by Reverence.

Deathgate

Bandcamp

Im Fake feat. Chi

As the old Soviet joke goes, “In the Soviet Union, we know what the future holds. It’s the past that’s always changing.”      (lyrics below, after the song description)                                             
                                                     ****************
In this small, quaint college town, the town-gown relationship, for most of the 150 plus years since the college’s founding, had been productive.  The town benefited economically,  & students appreciated the town's charm, history & heritage.   Often on sunny days, classes of students would visit the park at the downtown square, brought by their history professors to learn not only of the town's history, but also about eleven young local men lost in America's Civil War, memorialized by the modest statue of a lone soldier, who had stood like a sentry at the the park's entrance since 1905.

But times change, don't they...
                                                   ********************

More Americans died in the American Civil War than in any other war in our country's history, including each of the World Wars.  In my song, the word "Daughters" references the Daughters Of The Confederacy, a women's civic group formed in the 1890's by daughters (and wives & nieces) of men lost in that war.  The attached picture is the inscription on the base of a statue of a uniformed soldier, standing in a park in Dallas, Georgia, a small town 30 miles northwest of Atlanta.
                                                            



Lyrics....
My name is McKenzie, and Jenkins and Embry,
And eight other names you still hear in these parts,
For over a century, I stood quiet at the entry,
On East Main into Lafayette Park,
A plaque was engraved, told why I was placed,
On those gardened grounds,
In this Small American Town.

Commissioned in 1905,
By the Daughters for fathers who died,
I was erected to honor eleven so bold,
Not a single one knowing he’d never grow old,
On these boys account I’d forever stand proud,
Stand sturdy & stout,
In this Small American Town.

The kids from the college on Heritage Hill,
Would hold class in the park’s warm sunshine,
They learned of this cruel war we waged with ourselves,
How 600,000 had died,
And of eleven from here just about their age,
Small farmers & blacksmiths & craftsmen by trade,
None fought for cotton, not one owned a slave,
And they learned why the Daughters placed me on that mound,
To keep those boys’ memories around,
In this Small American Town.

But enlightened new students don’t meet in that space,
Through new glasses old wars just don’t look the same,
Now scholars say men who went off to that war,
Fought not out of duty, but hate,
I feared I’d be forgotten by Heritage Hill,
Yesterday’s soldiers, obscure battlefields,
But alas, rearranged history determined my fate,
                          **************
Wise men have long warned of changing the past,
Of purges & vengeance & iconoclasts,
Then one fateful night there was smoke rolling down from the Hill,

Quickly surrounded by torches of fire,
Cursing & spitting & rage in the air,
Rope round my shoulders, a cheer by the crowd,
I came crashing down to the ground….
                         **************
An uneasy quiet in the town since that day,
Hushed conversations about how things have changed,
But up on the Hill it’s all smiles & goodwill,
For it’s the 2nd weekend in May,
Ceremonial speeches, awards all around,
Uncles & aunts & parents in town,
To watch the sweet children who torched & burned me to the ground,
Be awarded their caps & their gowns,
In this Small American Town.

Small American Town

Morning Walk

"I Am A Rock" (P. Simon) 
performed by
James Nesser

An unplugged version of the Simon & Garfunkel classic.

I Am A Rock

"I Am A Rock" (Unplugged)

Artemis (Get Ready)

We wish every musician here on SoundCloud a Wondrous and Creative 2024!

❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

Here are the Liner Notes for this CD.

In the depths of musical exploration, where genre boundaries dissolve and creativity reigns supreme, emerges Shekinah Fire – a dynamic collaboration between improvisational pianist Gary Courtland-Miles and guitarist Tim Elliot. With their debut album, "Beyond Belief," they invite listeners on an exhilarating journey through a fusion of classical, jazz, and orchestral improvisational music.

Over the course of the past year, Courtland-Miles and Elliot have forged a partnership grounded in mutual trust, an unspoken agreement in spirit, and a fearless willingness to 'fall off musical cliffs together.' The result? Over 40 unique and passionately crafted compositions that defy categorization and transcend conventional reference points.

At the heart of Shekinah Fire's music lies a palpable sense of wonder, freshness, and authenticity. Each track unfolds with an undeniable sense of spontaneity, guided by the duo's intuitive connection and shared musical vision. Whether navigating intricate melodies or delving into soul-stirring improvisations, Courtland-Miles and Elliot infuse every note with heart and soul.

Recorded at "The Living Room" in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, "Beyond Belief" captures the raw energy and excitement of Shekinah Fire's live performances. Using only one stereo microphone, the album preserves the intimate atmosphere of the room, inviting listeners to immerse themselves fully in the magic of the moment.

Through a blend of electric and acoustic pianos and guitars, Courtland-Miles and Elliot weave a sonic tapestry that is as captivating as it is transcendent. Each composition is a testament to the duo's boundless creativity and unwavering commitment to artistic exploration.

So, dear listener, heed the call to adventure. Let go of preconceived notions and surrender to the spellbinding allure of Shekinah Fire's "Beyond Belief." For in the realm of music that is 'beyond belief,' there are no limits – only endless possibilities waiting to be discovered.

   🎹 🎶 🎸

Photo: Aurora Over Iceland 2023

Music © Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023
           ℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023

Edited and Produced by © Anomon


Noyes for this Track

Here's the 'abridged version' of Beyond Belief. Part One, so to speak.

As with most of our improvised music, it starts where Belief gives way to the Experience of Being in the moment and engaging in Deep Listening.

We trust you'll enJoy this latest of the 'musical conversations' Tim Elliot and I delight in whenever we have the chance.


For the full version go to : 
https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/beyond-belief

Full Liner Notes are there.



© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023

Beyond Belief *

PACMAN*ft - Wild Christopher - Evanesce (Westfront Production)

Production & Mix @westfront
Vocals & Lyrics @pacman-mic-mastery
Vocals & Lyrics @wild-christopher-lyrics
Cover art @time2cclear

*PACMAN*AKA*PAC* Lyrics...

As long weeks burrow, trapped in this circle. No one will understand, as i get the gun, and grip it with my hand. They think were hypercondriacs, we stay isolated, sedated, hard to look at a are faces in the mirror.
Days pass, months years, held captive in a room gone manic. As thoughts evanesce, just trying to hope for the best. As i lay in my bed, with the gun against my head. What did i do to deserve this! Do i seem to serve a purpose!
As the precipitation drops from the sky, on to my window. I see the condensation form into face. As my room fills up with a haze, i hear the words saying son you'll be ok. What is your name!
I promised you'll be saved, you just got to have the strength. I know grandma i wish you were here today.But i'm always here son watching you in every way. I'm just perplexed grandma, I know you are son, but i'll be here every step of the way. Then a blanket of darkness covered her face. I love you grandma.

Wild Christopher Lyrics...

Someone cares for you.
Someone hears you and is near you.
Someone’s there and someone cares for you
Always.

We appreciate you listening!

PACMAN*ft - Wild Christopher - Evanesce (Westfront Production)

Dope AF Third Eye Shine t-shirt now available with the Third Eye Shine and Star Beings single by DismissedFit & the Couch King on Bandcamp!!!

Much love to my wife who is the source of so much of my lyrical creativity, she rocks that 3rd Eye Shine!!! 

Huge shout out to Mark Rodriguez for kicking off and inspiring this track with his super soulful production work. Big thanks to Arkestar for surprising me his remix which inspired the overall concept behind this track. And thanks to DisMissedfit and Treez of the 505 for their sick AF vocal contributions, love it! Much gratitude to all for allowing me to take your pieces and get creative wit it! 

And of course, massive thanks to Russell Sinfield for all the many many hours mixing and mastering this track and putting up with all my requests!!! Big ups!

Mark Rodriguez: Guitars, Bass, and Production on the original 3rd eye shine
https://soundcloud.com/marcusrodriguez33
Arkestar: Horns, Synth, and Production on da remix
https://soundcloud.com/ocean-of-tunes-presents
DisMissedFit: Lyrics and Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/dismissedfit
TreeZ of the 505: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/audrianna-walker-2
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Arrangement, and Production
Russell Sinfield: Arrangement, Production, Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Wizardshoes / Ill Dub: Art Work  
@ill-dub-productions
@wizardshoes

Lyrics: 

Couch King
I see you fawning over our fern in the morning
you make her feel like a queen 
I see the early light dawning on you and your warming
my heart let’s sage each other and get real clean 

I feel you meditating in our bed in the evening 
gotta take time for the divine 
I feel the evening light setting on our day what a blessing
you are let’s get high and open up our mind

time to open up our mind 
it’s the third eye shine 
it’s the third eye shine 
time to open up our mind 
Let the third eye shine

I wake up early in the morn and turn the fireplace on
To warm my soul before I roll
Honor my life and feel whole
With time to be in the present of 
The moment 
Meet the sacred
Take a breath 
Get awakened 
We don’t need no green to get faded 
let go of being frustrated and feel elated
I scroll through my gratefuls let go of my hatefuls 
Let love in I am faithful and see that I have a plateful
I thank God for this abundance as I take my first glance at you for the day 
we often get for what we pray
and we often deep down mean what don’t say
you bless my life everyday in ways that I don’t even realize 
so I take this time to try and open up all my eyes 
and take count before the sunrise to recognize 

Treez of the 505
Posativity, Flowin through my inner me
Leaking out my fingertips,I'm glowing with this energy
Got it from my centering,sitting in the chi ring
I see things, dream things, i am being (Huah)
Power from the inner self, strong will, good health
Worry not about the wealth, good work always sell
Keep your mind fresh, never bet on a wishing well
Never take a left when you think you gonna fail
Blessings in abundance,I'm third eye struttin
So much passion, really somthin,like a light show 'bove me
Rocket blastin to the stars cuz we talkin to the universe
Love reach far, ain't no limitaton finna quierrl
Be a pearl in the light
Be a beautiful wit your shine
Go girls and guys
get down on the third eye shine

Get Your Shirt Here

Mark Rodriguez, Arkestar, DisMissedFit, TreeZ, Russ & the Couch King - The 3rd Eye Shine

This track is available for purchase on Bandcamp at:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/track/valley-of-the-drums
All money will go to She's Excited to support her art. 

Almost every song I post started ages ago. I remember writing the lyrics to this song in the gym I go to during summer vacation. Good times. The lyrics were initially inspired by my family's continual attempt to live consciously to better the planet and better our personal health. I pretty much don't buy anything, so that is one way I help, lol. Gotta try to leave the spirit and the planet better than when we came. When doing some further research on the topic I learned about the valley of the drums. You can read a little about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Drums

I love collaborating on music. This is one of the reasons why I still primarily engage with SoundCloud. The other reason I am still pretty much only here is I love this community. You all are the best. I would miss you all too much. Thanks Anne and Russ for making lots of music with me. I love working with both of you. 

Music, Lyrics, Vocals & Production: She's Excited
https://soundcloud.com/she-s-excited
https://she-s-excited.bandcamp.com
Lyrics & Vocals: the Couch King
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Mix and Master: Russ Sinfield
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Lyrics:

We're all living in the valley
Of the drums

Detox 
This worlds gone to plastic
Get it in a box
My liver in a casket 
Off gassing 
We're locking up the gasses 
Consuming 
It's all going to waste

We're all living in the valley
Of the drums

Formaldehyde yeayea
We're soaking it up
Yeayea, Yea, Yea
Polyurethane foam 
We're soaking it up
Yeayea, Yea, Yea
Phthalates, yeayea yeayea
We're soaking it up 
Triphenyl phosphate, yea
We're soaking it up
Yeayea, Yea, Yea

Detox to retox 
Retox to detox
Retox and retox 
Detox to detox 

Now your Energy efficiency 
Is 
Slowly killing me 
I
Turned my house green 
But 
The green house effect is all we're seeing
Brainwashing 
Off gassing
It's that new car smell were inhaling 
Dying 
Slowly from the lies they are selling 
Manufacturing 
Cheap Artificial ways of living 
We no longer know what we're breathing
Inhaling 
Genetically modified ingesting 
It's the new American sickening 

Run, run, run, run, run

Cars are running
Slice of heaven
ACs are running
247
Your nose is running
Burning eyes
Isn't it funny that we're running out of time
Fuel, air, water, sand, land

Top dog's cunning
Minister's cunning
Senator's cunning
Yeah, their cheekiness is stunning
We're running out of time
Fuel, air, water, sand, land

We're all living in the valley
Of the drums

We need a purification ritual

Volatile organic compounds

She's Excited, Russ Sinfield & the Couch King - Valley of the Drums

This song is part of a bigger project. I really like making sets like “The Couch King Sofa Barn” and “The Horror Host” but they take a long time to make and I don’t think SoundCloud loves the long song format. A number of us are almost finished with another song in this project. I am excited to hear how the whole thing turns out. Massive thanks to everyone presently involved and all my future collaborators in these crazy visions. I hope everyone is having fun on the cloud. I feel like this can be a very fun time for the SoundCloud community as we have all matured and know ourselves in relation to music better. 

This song got started when another rapper first asked me to collaborate with him. He sent me a beat, but I tend to want to focus on original music from our community so I asked Joerxworx if he wanted to work on a beat with only horns in a New Orleans marching funeral band style. Joerxworx agreed and provided me with massive horns to work with! The other rapper was no longer interested by now in working with me so I asked Jon Lock if he wanted to join in and fortunately he agreed, cause I love his funky soulful vocal stylings! Russell did an amazing job mixing and mastering my sloppy drums and the rest of the track to perfection. I was also very fortunate that Wou-Wou & the Wormling was willing to collaborate on art work for this track, fully completing the spirit of community collaboration!

Everyone in our SoundCloud community rocks, don’t you think?!?!  

Joerxworx: Alto, Tenor & Bass Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Jon Lock: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals and Production and Art
Russell Sinfield: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Coloring on original illustrative art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Lyrics:

More slay
Wack MCs are getting slashed 
It ain’t easy being wack these days 
Ya get gnashed 
Lyrically grinded up 
Like left overs you get trashed 
I’m Hannibal lector on the mic 
While your rhymes are just ruff and ashy I be like
It puts lotion on its rhymes or else it gets the hose again
Then you get skinned with the precision of my pen 
Call me wolf and you play the hen 
When your all cooped up and shut in by major trends
I’m feral 
Escaped into the underground   
Where all ill MCs and beat makers find their proving ground
I don’t want to rap 
Without any scars
I don’t want to rap if can’t chop through the bars before 
Going out like ronin for the culture that’s been stolen 
Bandit pillaging MCs take heed 
To the master lyricism swordsmen  
 
Oh
I’ll make your heart go faint
Think your resistant until you aint
Close your eyes, move your feet
Here comes the rapture
I am your man
Close your mouth and drop your plan
There’s no need to fake it
Big daddy’s gonna make ya
Dance, twist and shout
Pull up those pants and take you out 
poetry and word play
Take you to the dance floor
Place my hand on the small of your back
I give you a joke and take a smack 
Sit your ass down and eat your snack
Marvel at the verbal fancy footwork 

We came to train to take back the reign from the wack  
We came to hone our skills on a ill horn track
We came to bring the reals and show the people what they lack
All wack MCs you best watch your backs
We bring the rhymes 
And we bring the beats 
And we bring good times
Cause we bring the heat
And we bring the noise 
Yea we bring the noise 
Lets all make some noise 
Lets all make some noise 
Come on 
Make, make some noise 
Let’s all
Make, make some noise 
Everybody
Make some noise
Make some noise

Joerxworx, Jon Lock, Russell Sinfield & the Couch King - Training Day

I have many nice things to say about your music, but SoundCloud keeps deleting my comments unless they are very short :-(

I still love this SoundCloud community ❤️ 

Music Is Elation / Plastic Inevitable 

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.com

For mixing and mastering visit: 
Russell Sinfield at: 
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Bitzone at:
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone

She's Excited, Russ Sinfield & the Couch King - Valley of the Drums

Couch King Presents

Recent comments

lil' spaceman

Kenny Hultqvist

Sam Prock

🅼🅾🅾🅳🆁🅰🆈🆂

Related tracks