@rado-music-box: Thank you from Jörg and i :)) Glad you enjoyed this sax/clarinet version :))

Your tag Afroklezmerfunk is the perfect description

An irresistable mixture: The beautiful, melancholic melodies of Klezmer (have to think on Hava nagila, Helveno Shalom and others), underlined with subtle funk; The change of the soloists make it even more interesting, applause to you all

Wonderful triumvirate of sounds and a truly magical journey...

Added to https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan-instrumentals/sets/more-great-instrumentals

Magnifique ! J'adore le dialogue entre vos instruments ! Quel beau voyage, merci :-) ))

Collabs with Jörg

Full band collaboration/cover of the classic Bob Dylan tune "When I Paint My Masterpiece". This wonderful tune has been covered by a myriad of artists, including most notably The Band and The Grateful Dead. I had a basic skeleton arrangement in mind that I wanted to flesh out (kind of more Grateful Dead style), so I turned to my  international partners in crime to make it happen: Mario (Italy)- Guitars; Fiz (Italy)- Sax; Fabian (Argentina)- Bass; Craig (US)- Drums. I'm on Vocals, keys, and mix. Definitely had a jammin' good time!

When I Paint My Masterpiece (Full Band Collaboration)

DRUMAX No. 72 // ELECTRIC STORMS // Dance of the Electrons ...
@joerxworx // Composition, Instruments, Arrangement, EWI Synth, Mix
@docfritz // Rhythm Design, Brilliant Drums & Percussion, Cover Design
© 2025 | DRUMAX PROJECT | All Rights Reserved

ELECTRIC STORMS

DRUMAX No. 72 // ELECTRIC STORMS

This is like a musical journey in David Krakauer's most awesome musical universe, an adaptation of "Kickin it for you"  from his last album ancestral groove,  inspired from the live version of Coutances festival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNZ-R_-c4iM)..and extracts from the full concert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbLN8ZM62AA)
I am very happy to play along/dialog with Jörg  whose sax play is just so beautiful and soulful. Please visit his wonderful creative musical universe. (https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx)

Hope you enjoy the ride !! (please fasten your seat belts  ;-)
Sax : https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Rythmic samples (flute, sax, funky guitar , bass, drums) from Cubase.
Clarinet Bd (and A !), jamming guitar, mix : Steph (https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn)
A SC version of this song (merci David !) : https://soundcloud.com/david-krakauer/kickin-it-for-you-krakauers


Kickin  It For You  (David Krakauer) - with Joerxworx

“Labyrinthine - for Violin and Piano" was completed in August 2025 in Fairview, TX. Performance time is about 16 minutes. Printed and electronic copies of the score and parts will be available soon from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com. The work is in one movement.

About this recording:
The engraving and virtual recording were produced using Dorico Pro 6. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered.

Performance notes:
• Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
• There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
• Hairpin pairs indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.

The meaning of "labyrinthine" in this work:
•    Complex structure:  The term "labyrinthine" is used to describe compositions that have a complex, intricate, and difficult-to-follow structure, like a maze.
•   Intricate harmony:  Some pieces labeled "labyrinthine" feature dense harmonic systems that can be challenging for the performer to learn and understand.
•   Sense of searching:  The term can also describe a piece that creates a feeling of searching or wandering, as the music seems to pursue an elusive goal.
•   Resolution:  Despite the initial complexity, these sonatas often have a sense of logical development that eventually leads to a resolution or a clear conclusion. 

Contact information:
Robert John Brooks, Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2025

Labyrinthine - for Violin and Piano

*Listen w Headphones

Trauma Roller Coaster / Part2
Rewire your brain! Switch off your phone, switch off your television😉
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info / Docu Material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRb1sbuCNWA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KUVhACw3Dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOjMQT5dvN8

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Intro sample
Movie Firestarter (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCRen85hQ7Q

Soundcloud sample

Quick on the Drawing 6:23
@pieter-rotthier
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Remixed by LS/2025.

TRC #2

'killing myself to live'

something spontaneous until the next.

scotty: acoustic pearl export drums (recorded on phone voice recorder), fender squire 3/4 bass, epiphone casino, lyrics, vocals.

I want to turn off but it's so hard off turnin'.
So, instead I'll keep on drinkin' and burnin'.

Killing myself to live.
No one else to forgive but myself
for this torture. Self inflicted.

Now I'm licking my wounds,
yet have nothing to prove.
And I can live with myself
knowing I'm in my groove.

killing myself to live

Tracks in order here:

Listen to Contemplation, a playlist by The Beautiful Dark on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/aqD3ZVbtA7pXQ6LBKC
_______________________

Tempo 2.75 BPM
432 Hz
_______________________

Candescent
Objectivist
Nature
Tantric
Evolved
Mind
Please
Light
Air
Time
Innate
Vital
Easel


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That's the contemplation album complete. 6 tracks all 8 mins and this track is just words ad-libbed using the letters of the word contemplative as an acrostic like guide


that's enough contemplating for now 😆🕺



Note on the tempos. So I started track 1 with a tempo of 22 BPM. A nice slow tempo allowing for a variance of being able to imagine different metrics whilst listening to the instrumental piece.
To get a variance through the album over and above that then I halved the tempo and did tracks at 11, 5.5 and 2.75 BPM

This is also a nice way of getting different in time responses from using delays and reverbs within the DAW. I wanted to retain the 8 mins per track so I used 4/2 timing and 4/1 timing for the half and quarter speeds respectively. This made it easy to lock in the 8 minute lengths with different tempos and adjusted timings

That's another thing worth learning. If you want to do very slow tempo stuff and your DAW like logic doesn't allow decimal place BPM, you can change the timing of the bar to get you count at the decimal BPM thats less then 10. This allows for being exactly in time with a wider array of faster tempos and not just ones that are divisable by whole numbers

For example

22BPM 4/4
11 BPM 4/4
5.5 BPM 4/2
2.75 BPM 4/1

It's an extra little nugget for allowing some clever timings and getting slightly different results or allowing for the option of symmetry with a wider array of timings as mentioned above

Contemplative #6

New track that I wrote recently.  A song about mistaken.identity.  Hope ya all like it.

I Went For A Walk.mp3

It Starts Here 140 BPM

Cast of Characters:
Cgmaness – @hiddenhands-760647700 – Chris – organ, synth, effects-heavy guitar, initial drums and bass, and composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – Warwick four-string fretless bass, PRS SE semi-hollow body electric guitar, vocals, and lyrics
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – piano
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST bassoon and harpsicord   
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – production, mix, and mastering

This song began with Chris composing it with his synth, guitar, drum pad and bass. Like many of his songs, it was pretty well formed before the rest of the group got a hold of it. This song was part of a load of songs he shared with the rest of Eclectic Collective all at once. We've been picking them off one by one, though, as we're always grateful to Chris for sharing his magic with us.
  The odd sound of the rhythmic melody, which uses chromatic walks, immediately caught Josh's ears. It struck him as something the Doors might have come up with. So, he set about replacing Chris' simple bass line with something fancier, as well as coming up with the lead guitar for the whole thing, and the lyrics and vocals, as well. Josh was really taken with this one, and heard all kinds of parts in it almost immediately. Ken went to bat next, adding his innovative, John Densmore-like drums to it, replacing Chris' initial rhythmic idea. JJ came next and added the essential piano you hear throughout. After that, Mark found a place for his amazing bassoon/harpsicord solo in the middle. But before it was all over, Chris also added some doubled vocals, too, to actualize the lyrics, which are about two friends taking an acid trip together. 
  After it was all laid down, we asked Tez to mix it for us, which he did in his expert fashion, as always.
  This is our latest song composed by Chris, and we love working on his music. If you dig this, you should pay his page a visit, too, as it's full of diamonds. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it. 
Original lyrics by Josh Clary:
Come take a trip with me and together we will see
Into the end
Of time
That you are also me 
And I am also you
We’re in the soup
And in a loop

Underneath your skin 
You’re the same as I
Yet we strive  
To divide
If you want to blur the lines
Just dislodge yourself from time
Let’s fly
Let ego die


We’ll discover what is hidden,
And know why it’s forbidden 
So hold tight 
To what’s right
Just come along with me
And together we can see
Use the light 
Of night

You are also me and I am also you
It’s true
We’re in the stew
I am also you and you are also me
Just look inside 
And see
  
Just feel your temples squeeze
And put your mind at ease
And tune in
To my vibe
You can come along 
Just listen to the song
And melt 
With me

Down and down we go
We should take it slow
Unless we can’t 
We’re all ants
 I knew that we’d have fun
I knew you were the one
To do this with
Now we’re a myth

We could go all night 
Until the sun is bright
It’s a long 
Long ride

You are also me and I am also you
It’s true
We’re in the stew
I am also you and you are also me
Just look inside
And see

You Are Also Me (The Eclectic Collective)

VERSE 1
Tearing down the walls that I put up in my heart
Living all the dreams that had faded at the start
Burning down the bridge that trapped me in the past
Running to a place where freedom rings at last
 
CHORUS
It’s you, you’re the reason why
I do love the seasons and 
I Love the way you make me feel
I do
 
VERSE 2
Letting go of burdens I’ve been dragging for so long Learning from the echoes of the times I got it wrong Reaching for the moments that I never thought I’d claim Stepping into rhythms that are calling out my name
 
CHORUS
It’s you, you’re the reason why
I do love the seasons and 
I Love the way you make me feel
I do, it’s you 
 
BRIDGE
Just who you are completes me
You make my life so easy
Just wanna fall in love…
 
CHORUS
With you, you’re the reason why
I do love the seasons and 
I Love the way you make me feel
It’s you, you’re the reason why
I do love the seasons and 
I Love the way you make me feel
I do, you’re the reason why
It’s you, you’re the reason why
It’s you, you’re the reason why
It’s you 

You’re The Reason

This track has been possible thanks to the help of artists from USA/Russia/Germany/France on the base of a simple base track with leading ideas of giving tribute to French authors/composers Maxime Leforestier and Claude Nougaro's wonderful melodies (see links herebelow) supporting awareness on important issues at their time ...and nowadays still it seems .... Further melodic routes were found by all through musical interactions ... 
I feel I owe so much recognition to these great artists who understood my first musical ideas ...and pushed them to a height I would never had imagined :)

@kat330 for her singing (I love her idea of evoking native americans incantations)
@joerxworx whose sax is so soulful and who plays so well with other instruments (clarinet in particular which he understands and plays very well ;-)
@project-managers-trio : (Igor) for his amazing satrianesque/pagesque guitar solos 
@jules-keys-1 : for his amazing duduk play (armenian oboe)
https://soundcloud.com/johnbodi : for fantastic classic/jazzy colors added with the piano
Wonderful graphic image from : JT Lindroos


I'm the one behind all this, I play all other real (including rythmic guitar and my brother's old trumpet ! ..) or vst instruments ..; I  have been so happy to mix everyone's inputs 
Steph
@ddjohn

Places we were born : 
-  in the village of Salem in a land called Indiana (Kathleen "kat330" )
- in the small town of Nizhnie Sergy,  South Ural mountains area (Igor)
- In Köln, one of the major European metropolitan areas, located on both sides of the Rhine River, in southeastern Westphalia (Jörg)
- John was born in Szeged, the "city of sunshine", in the Great Southern Plane, on the banks of river Tisza.
- Stéphane was born  in Lyon, between Paris and Marseille, in the Rhône-Alpes region,  where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge 


 OUR sources of inspiration : 
Claude Nougaro : 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63woek9vzc 
Maxime Leforestier 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dJQEF4cSk
Led Zeppelin : www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ed98_le…n-kashmir_music
The Beatles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVf5Cr4M-F8
Joe Jackson (at the very end ! !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDAkmfoAgA
Joe Satriani 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0WVU3tXBE

and my SC friends Barry and Chris !
https://soundcloud.com/chris-pendergraft/love-star-ep-ft-the-inconsistent-jukebox

Born Somewhere (Né quelque part)- feat Kathleen, Igor, Jörg, John &  Julien

When  you experience hectic public transports (vive la RATP !) , wait for substitute buses under cold rain,  and finally miss your plane , there's only one thing that can make you happy : think of the famous Soul Train Show ! (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Train)
That's what happened to me this week :)) Hope you enjoy this bluesy funky ...kind of rocky (?) one ;-)

I'd like to thank https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund very much for the dowloadable drum part https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund/go-go-beat which inspired me as well and which I used for this track. What a groove :))

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lyrics (well ...so to speak ..;-)

Slow Train 
I'd rather be in the soul train 
Cold rain
I'd rather be in the soul train 

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There has been a great show on french TV (ARTE) on Soul Train presented by Aline Afanoukoé (in the picture)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4-lOw24Y8

*****
We had a wonderful (virtual !) jammy session with my friend Jörg on this one  with his fabulous sax : Check it out ! ;-) https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx/sax-on-soul-train-by-ddjohn-special-wind-instrument-jam

Soul Train Blues

Wonderful take Jörg just did on https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/wide-open-jam! 
Sax : https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

Wide Open (blacks Seeds) - Jam With Jörg (WIP)

Passionate Musician & Sound Explorer Clarinetist (classic & jazz), guitarist, and home producer—my musical journey is all about creation, improvisation, and connecting with fellow artists. From jazz manouche to electronic experiments, I embrace all forms of music and love blending genres.
🎤 On Stage & In the Studio
•	2025: Concerts with the band Catimini (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1416649306133283&set=pcb.1416649352799945)
Concerts with the TDB of Veneux les Sablons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoF7mwm60t0)
•	2024: Featured on UK’s SoulRootsRadio ( after 1 :14 @ https://www.mixcloud.com/SoulRootsRadio/dj-murzi-the-murzi-show-64/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOqA_5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4rznifwfxQVuqJtHt1DnYnFQxAqt2b7rZ0cj3ux89HfVZkklGSzSFGaGi9s_aem_5NIKjvG7RqcEdEzvAeN9cQ) 
•	2023 : Performing as clarinetist for OPPF (Orchestre Philharmonique du Pays de Fontainebleau) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AxNVZJVqQ
•	2022: Proudly inducted as an Official Lunatic71 after collaborating on Skyline with Cosmic-Ratzzz  on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn)
•	Collaborations on SoundCloud since 2013: From jams to finished tracks, like my tribute to Georges Brassens (https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Ddjohn%20%E2%80%93%20Les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra) or Mountain Songs (clarinet on Take Cripple Club https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download) or in reggae mode  (https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW?flow_ctx=a0564696-da34-4b8f-88e4-d25761e2a0f5%3A1765666094)
🎛️ Producing at Home I craft my music using Cubase, mixing acoustic instruments with electronic textures. 
🌍 A Musical Community SoundCloud is my playground for sharing, discovering, and connecting. Thank you for listening, your kind words, and your support—it means the world to me.
🔗 Influences & Projects:
•	Inspired by the Beatles, Supertramp, Django Reinhardt, Georges Brassens, 80’s music and everything in between.
•	Played guitar on Ain’t No Sunshine by Chris Pendergraft (Bandcamp)
💬 Let’s Collaborate! Hit me up for gigs, projects,or just to talk music!

Kickin It For You (David Krakauer) - with Joerxworx

DDJohn

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