Having just lietened to this at Oddrun's page, I said: How ambitous, how imaginative, and how moving (if only this could be). And yopur voices, all of your voices, so appealing and so effective. Great work, all!

I think our friend Peter has had too much tea, or perhaps too much whisky ....but you have to admit he has a great sense of humour.  I've already commented on the various contributors' pages and I'd like to reiterate how pleased I am to hear this band of old boys in this very special, masterfully-crafted arrangement, and to salute Oddrun's magical voice ....

A piece that is out of the ordinary ,the  voices are magnificent 👍💜💜

Magnificent production your Honor, very beautiful production and magnificent voice of Oddrun👌

Ah, a wonderful operetta... great performances, hahaha Mammon drinking prison hooch. Perfect Lady Humanity, Lord Mammon and who better than The Judge, ferreting out sophism, and upholding fundamental ethical principles of moral law. What fun to listen to this....

fantastic work with your voices, so effective Great work Here..!  ""

Similar to R I.P.  A bit of fun with a Dylanesque type blues.

A Little While

Featuring the maestro that is Jamie Rhind! Originally written in Jan 1999 and re-recorded to mark the turn of 2024, showcasing Jamie's sublime laid back keywork.
Jamie Rhind - Piano solo
Andy McLean - Soprano saxophone, EWI, Keyboards, Bass, Drum programming, Composition

New Beginning (feat. Jamie Rhind)

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Slide guitar, Guitar, Keys, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering.
If you have the time.... Please repost! .........Also Link to Video below.
Video: https://youtu.be/B_7cJXsGLWs?si=DMFdXgbov5SWRT92

A Foolish Heart / Video link in Description

This Rain piece is the next level of my piano pieces I think.....

Rain

I have literally nowhere else to put put this
Updated ending cause I hated it 🤷‍♀️

Dinosaur Bone

Song by Robert Burns
Vocals and Instrumentals by Layna Claunch

My love is like a red, red rose
   That’s newly sprung in June
My love is like a melody
   That’s sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lad
   So deep in love am I
And I will love thee still, my dear
   Till all the seas gang dry

Till all the seas gang dry, my love
   And the rocks melt with the sun
I will love thee still, my dear
   While the sands of life shall run

But fare thee well, my only love
   But fare thee well awhile
And I will come again, my love
   Though t'were ten thousand mile

My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

Thanassis - Drums
Kostas - Acoustic Guitar
Bill Barek - Lead Guitar
Effie - Bass
Christos - Vocals, Lyrics

Breathing in a sea of violence,
Dealing with my fate with a consiouss eye,
Swimming by my anger to silence,
Its a stepping stone to what you shall live,
Met you in a day of weakness,
That i am alone with nothing to quest,
Give me now your only forgiveness,
Make me feel blessed that i found you now,
Swimming all my pain in your madness,
Swimming just above the thought of your hopes,
Playing all around with your sadness,
Can't you feel in this role that am not alone ,
Travelling in your sea of badness,
Shore to shore sacred by my holy oath,
Do you want to feel my godness,
Do you want to feel my breath in your core.

Enjoy One Breath!!

ONE BREATH -JAMMING WITH FRIENDS

JIM ANDERS _Jetzt

Twirling

Moon Shadow

The Trial
A Pico-Operetta for our Times

International Cast:

Lady Humanity - Oddrun Eikli - Norway, vocals and lyric on the last song; @oddrun-eikli
Lord Mammon - Peter - England, All poetic lyrics in the operetta, except the last song; soundcloud.com/user-264930040/tracks
The Judge - David Dunham - USA, nylon-string guitar in the song for Lady Humanity's defense; @david dunhamuser589535203
Music & Production - Seagull - Sweden, compilation, mixing, sound effects, and acoustic guitars in last song; @farout-music-studio

Here you can download all poetic lyrics: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/37k203an5c…5u74dp2i&e=1&dl=0

Synopsis

Following unprecedented worldwide growth in human conflict, an emergency plenary session of the United Nations was convened late in 2023, tasked with finding new approaches to defuse global tension and ease conciliation. Recognizing the abject failure of extant UN jurisdictions and powers, and in a radical restructuring of the international legal and security framework, that session established a new UN institution to sit alongside the International Court of Criminal Justice. The International Court of Moral Justice was formally incorporated into the UN Constitution on 1 January 2024.

The foundations of this infant organization and those of the UN itself were shaken when it was revealed that the inaugural case to be heard by the ICMJ was to be a private prosecution brought by greed (Lord Mammon) against the defendant, mankind’s innate sense of humanity personified by Lady Humanity

In papers lodged with the court, the protagonist, Lord Mammon has asserted that the fundamental basis for human misery, the creation of discontent, thence envy and hence conflict, is to be found exclusively in false moral goodness and self-righteousness borne of a misplaced sense of benevolence. The human race survived and thrived, he states, not by moving at the pace of the slowest, or sharing resources with the weakest, but by taking and keeping, for the self alone, much more than is needed for basic subsistence, this being the singular route to strength, individual contentment and thus tolerance of others.

In reply, a broken and demoralized Lady Humanity has been compelled to present her own defense after failing to secure funding for a legal team to counter the advocates ranged in front of Lord Mammon. The case for the defense rests solely on the premise that good comes from within and cannot be created from nothing. So whilst she may try to bolster the moral cause in her work, she increasingly finds that the human souls she sees have no humanity in them whatsoever for her to strengthen, nothing to work with and as such, concedes that she has failed, but denounces the notion that it was for want of trying. Devoid of resources, supporters and allies of any kind she single handedly has held the fort against the self-perpetuating, self-reinforcing massed ranks of Mammon.

The Lord Chief Justice of the ICMJ along with his bench of associate judiciary adjourn proceedings to consider their findings and in the final act, return to deliver their verdict.

The Trial - A Pico Operetta for Our Times

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

The Trial - A Pico Operetta for Our Times

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