this was going to be a disco type song, like love is in the air, but it did not sound right with a dance beat, so stripped out all of that, added a 12 str and toned down the keyboard. the vocals will prolly get a do over next week

You don’t have to smile at me when you pass me on the street
You don’t have to cross against the light so we might ‘accidentally’ meet
You don’t have to ask my friends if i still live alone
Or tell my folks you said to say hello
You don’t have to be so kind

You don’t have to come up to my table in a restaurant
And put your hand on top of mine and act so familiar while we talk
You don’t have to find any reason to spend time with me
Or send me little notes I’ll always keep
it’s gonna make me lose my mind

I’ll only fall in love
I’ll only think of you
I’ll only lie awake and wonder, if you’re thinking of me too
I’ll only act a fool
And I’ll want to marry you
It’s all cause of you
You’re too good to be true
I’ll just fall in love

Please don’t ever let me hold you close beneath the starry skies
Pde give me any reason to look deep into your eyes
And if i should ever start to wonder what my life would be
If you were always next to me  I’ll blame you, 
For making me feel this way

I'll Only Fall In Love

You woke yourself today with a sadistic glow 
With the cruelest of intentions that nobody can know 
When the lights go out, the dirty deeds will commence 
And the fight for survival will begin again 

Bring your torch, set the fire 
All the lies you’ve conspired 
No way back from the choice that you made 
I’ve seen what you are 
You can hide it no more 
All I want is to survive the day 

Gave me some false hope in the dark 
But I still know what you are 
And now I can’t forget the harm
The bloody mess that you’ve caused 
You sucked the blood from me 
And tried to watch me drown 
In a cave, we’ll decay
There’s no good to be found 

The glowworm, it squirmed 
And then I watched it turn
And then I watched it turn…

Glowworm

Cast of Characters:

David Marconi — @david-marconi-917184705 — electric guitar, bass, foundation synth plus midi percussion and assorted traditional voices, production, mix, and composition
Elpiverse — @elpiverse — Elpi -- vocals, vocal composition and production
Ron Lewis — @ron-lewis-779503933 — synth 
TexMex Shaman --  @texmex-shaman –Stephen– sitar and mastering
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – talking drum
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- synth flute and ambient synth
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 5-string fretless bass
AliasZen (Elpi's husband) — artwork (created with the help of AI)


This song began with David, who wrote it on the guitar, synth, and bass over a programmed beat he created. He and Josh met more than two months ago and decided to do a collaboration, based on mutual enjoyment of and respect for each other's music. Dave had this song pretty much fleshed out, although it was still a skeleton when he offered it to Josh, who, of course, got the rest of the Eclectic Collective involved. 
  Dave asked us all to compose our own parts for the song, so we all got to work right away doing that. We all realized that the first order of business would be to get a real beat on this, so Ken accomplished that task with some dynamic, Eastern inspired drums and percussion, which he plays throughout the song. JJ then stepped in and added his best eastern flute magic. Stephen was next with the perfect-vibe sitar you hear in the first two sections. 
  Josh came next to add his five-string fretless bass to the mix, augmenting David's high, staccato bass with his deep, low tone bass. Then, for the third section, where David's Gilmore-esque guitar solo resides, Josh drops out, allowing for Dave's awesome bass playing in that section. However, Josh does come in again towards the end, in the final section, too. Also, in that section, Tez dropped an augmented, harmonic, electric fire, complementary guitar part. Then, David's frequent collaborator and friend Ron added some well blended, ethereal synth to the first section, too.
  Once we had the instrumental parts pretty much laid down, we began to discuss getting a woman to sing on this, as David was inspired by The Great Gig in the Sky, by Pink Floyd, and we all agreed. Who we found to do it actually blew all of our minds. JJ, being familiar with her music, contacted Elpi first, and we were all lucky enough that she agreed to do it. Having heard Mediterranean music all her life in Greece, she tapped into what her husband said were her "ancient Greek roots," for her spectacular vocal performance. She finds all the modal notes and places them perfectly throughout her sections. 
  But before we were done, Mark came through with some really striking talking drum parts in the first two sections, too. Once we had everything in the can, David took over, both with some masterful editing and production, and with the balanced, dynamic mix. The mix was a formidable task, but he did it with considerable skill, also taking everyone's opinions into account, which is a talent in and of itself. When he was done with the mix, he turned it over to Stephen for the mastering, which the latter did to everyone's satisfaction, as always.
  This is the first song the Eclectic Collective has done with David, Elpi, and Ron, and we all hope it's the first of many, as we welcome them into the EC family. They all have some wonderful music on their pages, too, so do yourself a favor and check out all of them, as well. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

TheSiege (David Marconi, Elpiverse, and Ron Lewis with Eclectic Collective)

Ocean (Short version).mp3

Beyond Laniakea and the Supercluster there lies The Great Wall...apparently its only 10,000,000 light years across...  I think I'm running out of space...
I asked chatgtp how long it would take to travel that far in the fastest human built machine and it came up with this:

The fastest human-built machine so far is NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which reaches speeds of about 430,000 miles per hour (700,000 km/h) when slingshotting around the Sun.

Let's break it down:

Distance: 10 million light-years = 5.88 x 10¹⁹ miles
Speed: 430,000 miles per hour
Time: Distance ÷ Speed
Time = 1.37 x 10¹⁴ hours
= 15.6 billion years

So it would take the Parker Solar Probe roughly 15.6 billion years to travel 10 million light-years, assuming it could maintain that speed (which it can't).

That's longer than the current age of the universe (around 13.8 billion years).

My head hurts...

The Great Wall

Mats Original 1

Jag mår bra. X ( 1994 ) Eddy Mango - Margareta Theorin ( Eddy )

Secret Agent Hvaldimir

Eternity

TURN ME INTO A MESS MACHINE (Mighty Boosh tribute) - Steven Vellou & AudioBake

Flora Pines

Magical Thinking

A storm threatens her as she leaves, but she fights back against it and finds her way to happiness

A Passing Storm in Her Eyes

Searching for the tune that will end this obsession. 
Pronounced "doop".

Diolch am wrando!

Terima kasih telah mendengarkan!

듣기 주셔서 감사합니다!

Thanks for listening!

អរគុណ​ដែល​បាន​ស្តាប់!

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