One track mind
One straight line
No way past
Walk this path 

And if you scream would someone care?

You could call this drowning 
In a pool of twisted fate
Then one day you find this
Is a life that you create

Blood stained hands 
Falling sands 
Can’t now stray
It’s too late

And what you see now is not real

You could call this drowning 
In a pool of twisted fate
Then one day you find this
Is a life that you create

You could call this drowning 
In a pool of twisted fate
Then one day you find this
Is a life that you create

Lyrics - Thomas Booth-Robinson
Music - Thomas Booth-Robinson

© all rights reserved 2024

Twisted Fate

Santa Ain't Coming (piano)

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Lyrik: (The English translation is below the German lyrics)
In der Dämm'rung dieser Zeit
Wo die Farben sanft verblassen
(sanft verblassen)
Spür ich eine Müdigkeit
Die sich nicht in Worte fassen
(nicht in Worte fassen lässt)

Doch ein Kribbeln tief in mir
(tief in mir)
Flüstert von verborgnem Licht
(von verborgnem Licht)

Erhelle das Morgen mit dem Heute
(mit dem Heute)
Jeder kleine Funke zählt
Lass die Hoffnung dich begleiten
(dich begleiten)
Bis der neue Tag erwacht

Kleine Zeichen überall
Sonnenstrahlen durch die Wolken
(durch die Wolken)
Freundlichkeit im Alltagsgrau
Lässt die Seele wieder horchen
(wieder horchen)

Und die Musik beginnt zu klingen
(beginnt zu klingen)
Trägt uns fort aus dieser Zeit
(aus dieser Zeit)
Lässt die Herzen wieder schwingen
(wieder schwingen)
Macht uns für das Neue bereit

Erhelle das Morgen mit dem Heute
(mit dem Heute)
Lass den Mut dein Führer sein
Jeder Schritt in diese Weite
(in diese Weite)
Bringt mehr Licht in unser Sein

In der Dämmerung erwacht
(in der Dämmerung)
Eine neue Melodie
(neue Melodie)
Die uns sanft hinüberträgt
In ein helleres Morgen
(helleres Morgen)

English translation:
In the twilight of this time
Where the colors gently fade
(gently fade)
I feel a tiredness
That cannot be put into words
(cannot be put into words)

But a tingling deep inside me
(deep inside me)
Whispers of hidden light
(of hidden light)

Illuminate tomorrow with today
(with today)
Every little spark counts
Let hope accompany you
(accompany you)
Until the new day awakens

Small signs everywhere
Rays of sunshine through the clouds
(through the clouds)
Kindness in the everyday gray
Lets the soul listen again
(listen again)

And the music begins to sound
(begins to sound)
Carries us away from this time
(from this time)
Makes the hearts vibrate again
(vibrate again)
Makes us ready for the new

Illuminate tomorrow with today
(with today)
Let courage be your guide
Every step into this vastness
(into this vastness)
Brings more light into our being

Awakened in the twilight
(in the twilight)
A new melody
(new melody)
That gently carries us over
Into a brighter tomorrow
(brighter tomorrow)

Erhelle das Morgen

I was just plucking the harmonics on the guitar - converted to midi and played back on a few different instruments. Serendipity! This was 11 minutes when it first emerged so think yourselves lucky!

Revolver

Misty Hills (Remix)

Composition and Sampling collage by Synline.
Photo by Walkerssk

Veils and Shadows

Enjoy the summer!

#Voices puzzled together from various samples. 

Sommerhit

Cast of characters:
Jonathan Beckenstein — @jonathan_beckenstein — acoustic guitar, composition

Cgmaness – @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris – bass, vocals, and lyrics

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

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Roland FP-10 piano and Collings mandolin

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Tom Anderson custom T slide guitar, production, mix, and mastering

Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – harmonica, edited fiddle samples, and jaw harp

This song began when Jonathan wrote it on his acoustic guitar several months ago with the intention of developing it into a larger song. When Josh approached him about doing a collaboration, Jonathan thought this one would fit the bill. I should say at this point how much we all admire Jonathan and enjoy his music. On the unlikely chance you aren't already familiar with his music, I suggest you go hop on his page and check it out. 

  All that to explain the level of excitement that ran through Eclectic Collective when Josh shared the project with the group. Chris was first to jump on it, coming up with his intricate bass line even before Ken added his moving drums, although they went back and forth a couple of times to create the rhythm section. Josh jumped on right after that part was complete, adding his mandolin and piano to the mix. Steven was next up, adding his howling slide throughout. Last, but certainly not least, Mark came up with the driving harmonica and twangy jaw harp, and the raspy fiddle, adding them all to complete the instruments. 

  At this point, we had a pretty good instrumental song on our hands. However, Chris decided to give it the extra kick by adding the vocals, the lyrics for which he wrote himself. Our multitalented drummer, Ken, added the vocal harmonies shortly after, too.

  Now that it was in the bag, we needed some production for it. So, we turned to Stephen, who mixed and mastered it in his always expert fashion. 

  This song is a real treat for everyone in the band, as I mentioned earlie. We are all very grateful to Jonathan for sharing this song with us, and had a wonderful time helping bring it to life. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by cgmaness:
 Come on now let's break a leg,
We've got it made in the shade.
One more day, go out and play.
I guarantee we've got it made.
Oh, we've got it made.
Happy to be with my friends today.
Fill up your drink whatever it may take.
I guarantee we've got it made.
~Gibberish~
Don't need a reason,
Or wait for the seasons to change.
That's what I claim.
Go out on this limb with me,
And realize, we've got it made.
We got it made in the shade.
Can't you see we got it made?
Oh, we've got it made.
Happy to be with my friends today.
Fill up your drink whatever it may take.
Can you believe that we've got it made?
Come on now let's shake a leg.
We've got it made in the shade.
Don't need a reason,
Or wait for the seasons to change.
That's what I claim.
Go out on this limb with me,
And realize, we've got it made.


We've Got it Made - (Eclectic Collective w/ Jonathan Beckenstein)

File Update 3: Added Electric guitar

File Update 2: Added cello and viola sections throughout

File Update 1: Bass / Piano and more solid vocal delivery in... Its just spinning plates


Money really is the route of our evil. In this song I made a nice connection with Earth having never really had anything to do with money. It doesn't give a shit what we do but it will cycle and change to rebalance based on what we do...

Money is really the poison of our spirits. Or at least because it's so attached to materialism then way too many of us wake up and go asleep and in-between.. just work for money...

We've created this amazing. tool called AI which we are being sold as making our lives better.. ok how? There's enough money in the world to feed everyone... we now have this amazing AI to do all that work... So where's the lifestyle shift coming from towards the greater good. It's bullshit because the top 1% of the capitalistic shit heap will benefit from AI and people won't unless we demand that. Meanwhile most get tunnel visioned programming it with LLMs making it easier for that top 1% to manipulate the situation...


Where are people doing whatever they want more with their own lives... Not seeing enough of it yet but I'm hoping we get there... Like poisonous ideas latch on quickly... Positive ones should too when enough people latch onto them and project that. We learn empathy from each other according to emotional intelligence experts so maybe we have to stop projecting how fucked the world is and start amplifying the little bits of light that make it amazing and give us a future ♻️

A Spirited Collective

brave

A Higher Path

Writing songs about relationships, real or imagined.

Welcome to the Doonesbury Band. A complete library of all our songs finished and under development - outtakes, studio recordings, early versions - everything, why not - See you on the road

Recent albums:
Slow Down (You're on Creek Time)
Joe's Bench. 
Christmas Blues with The Doonesbury Band

Original Singles:
Slow Down
Sailing Away
Moma, I'm Home
Where's Joe
and more see soundcloud

Gerald Shaffer Bio.

Founder of the Doonesbury band Gerald is a Canadian musician and writer, producer, and performer. He is 56 years old and lives a rural life in roberts creek bc with his family.

His songs are alternative rock - inspired by southern blues, english blues, rock and roll, trance and 70's 

Today Gerald produces his own music under the Shaffer Music label. He sings and  plays keyboard, guitar, harmonica

For live performance bookings or sync work please email gjshaffer@gmail.com 

demo tape on request

all music on this site is protected under international copyright protect and may not be used without written permission from Gerald Shaffer of Robert's Creek BC gjshaffer@gmail.com 
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