Curtains in the Wind

I-Floating Kiss

This is a poem written by my nephew(Adam) on 9/11/2001 @ 7:46 AM. My brother(Brian) sent it to me and thought I might add some music to the poetry.
Some background on the fateful dark day in American history.....

"The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the third into the Pentagon (headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field (Present-day, Flight 93 National Memorial) during a passenger revolt. The attacks killed 2,977 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in history. In response to the attacks, the United States waged the global war on terror over multiple decades to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations, as well as the governments purported to support them."         Wikipedia

Lyrics:
Oh, blackest of days, hear you people
Blood will saturate the ground
Desecrated by those who are evil
It will engulf all our souls
Ours and theirs alike
Those of the lost in evil

Soft your eyes and innocent the tears
                                                   That will cleanse our spirits
                                                   Spirits of the just, the loving
                                                    Who touch life, who live life
                                                    Long the ground in unrest
                                                    Will lie barren with graves of those that pain

                                                    Until the tears are fully shed
                                                    To consecrate this ground
                                                    Where flowers may grow
                                                    Even then, years hence
                                                   With questions forgotten
                                                   And answers still without




    
  
                                             What then shall I tell the children
                                             Who only see life in the purest form
                                             Eyes and hearts untainted
                                             What future lies in darkness
                                             What future lies in the dirt
                                             What future lies in the dirt

                                             I will tell those young of hate
                                             Conceive only love
                                             Christen your generation
                                             Your name shall be the change
                                              Remember the souls so innocent
                                              Lost in the tides of hate

                                              Let your prayers sound 
                                              Until heaven and hell echo
                                              Sounding with truth and love
                                              Evil then will have no voice
                                              Triumphing shall be the compassionate
                                              Who felt life so deeply
     All souls shall rest in peace.  And as we grow, we will create a future that is love.




Music by Len Bennati FM Folk 2025
Lyrics/Poem Adam Bennati 2001
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Image: Reynaldo #brigworkz Brigantty

Black Day

Cast of Characters:
Cgmaness – @hiddenhands-760647700 – Chris – acoustic guitar, drums, lyrics, vocals, and composition
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ and piano
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four string fretless bass
This song started all the way back in October, when Chris came up with lyrics and a vocal melody to go over his acoustic guitar composition. He also added the drum beat that carries it along, and contrasts Josh's bass part, which he added next. JJ came along shortly after and added his twinkling piano and ambiance thickening organ.
We had all these parts down, but for some reason this sat on the shelf for a few months. Finally we decided to dust it off. Chris mixed it for us expertly, as always, and we decided to put a ribbon on it.
This is an example of Chris's brilliant songwriting, shared with a couple of other musicians who are mutual admirers of his work. This is also a trio within the Eclectic Collective family, as we sometimes do side projects with different iterations of the group. We all hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by cgmaness:

Let the night tuck you under,
When you feel you can't go on.
When you want to be happy,
I will be what you want...
And, it's you that makes me happy.
When I'm down on my bad sign.
Washing out all the tie-dye from the blue sky.

Let the Night (The Eclectic Collective)


You can lose your heart
And you can lose your mind
You can lose your job
And all the friends you find

And if your house burns down
At least you're still around
Don't give up on me now
We're living in a dreamer's nightmare
Dreamer's nightmare

And you can lose your soul
You can lose your way
You can lose your faith
And lose yourself to pain

And if the world's ending
And if the sky falls down
I know you'll still be around
We're living in a dreamer's nightmare
Dreamer's nightmare

I'm in a dreamer's nightmare
(Nightmare)
This is a dreamer's nightmare
No one said it'd be easy
But you and I
We're meant to survive
We'll make it out alive
(We'll make it out alive)
We are in a dreamer's nightmare
(Dreamer's nightmare)

And If one day we lose it all
And everyone sees us as fools
I know you'll still be around
We're living in a dreamer's nightmare
Dreamer's nightmare

You put your mind to something and they call you crazy
But maybe
It's meant to be
Do you believe in fate?
Do you believe in things that were meant to be?
Do you believe in destiny?
Well
Let me tell you

We're living in a dreamer's nightmare
(Dreamer's nightmare)
We're living in a dreamer's nightmare
(Dreamer's nightmare)

That's what they said
Oh
They don't know the hell that you bled
(It's the dreamer's nightmare)
Keep dreaming
Never stop dreaming
Just keep dreaming
They don't know the hell that we bled
(It's the dreamer's nightmare)
Keep dreaming
Never stop dreaming
Just keep dreaming

[Instrumental Outro]

Dreamer's Nightmare

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Spreading the Love

Fine spreader of love
Singer of peace
Suture of silence
Bring us relief
Pure Padwans pine
The freest of free
The purest of chimes
Oh teared melody

Melancholy of lung
Taught by the One
Real Kim of the Sun
Pitches that stun
We are born to one world
We have this one time
Mixed pressures of freedom
Censure some rhyme

The notes say it all
Emotion delivers
Oh loudest of call
Harmonies send shivers
It matters not distance
'Transmutes all cruel creeds
Through light it finds air
To make new love seeds

'Makes tip of this pen
Subconscious love dove
It's sharing of caring
Fine teaching good glove
Angelic alive
Life beyond just material
Song spreading of love
Real human soul aerial

Under pressure we prove
Pure human condition
Small session admission
Makes the best life fission
The mightiest mission
Makes humble this ground
Whole Earth finds the power
Of cosmos with sound

Resonance right
Feed brightest if light
An atlas for world
With no map and no fight
It's our existence
Through wise acceptance
A picture of today
With little expectance
Spreading of love
We need no funds
Our capital is dove
Where soul of Earth stuns


Instrumentation

-Yamaha Grand Piano played on keys
-Spanish Tremolo Guitar
-Ovation Acoustic 2 x Picked lines
-Boarding Area logic pad played on keys
-Airways logic Pad played on Keys
-Several improved vocals delivered by pea head


As our garden Robin looks east. Here's to Love bringing peace to planet Earth. No doubt our dear Robin would want the same for their family and themselves too 🌎

Spreading the Love

Here's a flashback from my past that's still in the present moment!
 
Somehow, I just Know you'll love this one! :-D

This was the first thing to come out of my opening improvisational set at 'The Light House Pub' on Saturna Island as I let my fingers do the talkin' on December 16th 2015. 😎 

 I was playing my Kawai ES7 Digital Stage Piano, and everything just flowed!

So... my friends and Listeners, here's a taste of what can emerge 'outta the Blue' when my Muse just wants to come out n play!  😉


© Gary Courtland-Miles 2015 - 2025
℗  Gary Courtland-Miles 2015 - 2025

Azjio *

Arrival of Winter

Cast of Characters:
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass and Fender Stratocaster
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – electric piano 
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- percussion, VST flute, and production editing
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl --  vocals and lyrics
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — production, mix, and mastering

This song began more than a year ago, when Josh created a song out of a looper beat with his four string fretless bass. It sat on the shelf until a few weeks ago, when he shared it with JJ, who was in creative mode one Saturday evening. Josh had actually forgotten that he'd added a bass line to it, and thought he was just passing on a looper beat for JJ to play with. 
  However, JJ heard it, and was so excited that added his magical electric piano part, making it sound like a real song, instead of just drums and a bass. Ken also heard some magic in here, because he came up with his own brilliant beat to replace the looper that was used in for the seed. Mark was next to throw in, adding the striking drum pattern breakdown, and the thrilling flute solo, as well. Tez came in shortly after, adding his thrilling guitar to the mix. After everyone had added their parts, Josh came back and added two guitar parts, the simple low end line, as well as the high strumed triads. At this stage, Mark did some editing, as it is in his skill set, and made it less dense and easier to listen to. 
  Now that the song was musically complete, out newest member, Carl, dropped the amazing vocals you hear, singing his original lyrics. After Carl was done sprinkling his magic in it, we needed an able producer to bring out the magic of the recordings. Good thing we have a trained producer to do the job in Stephen, who mixed and mastered it superbly, as always. 
  This is Eclectic Collective's first fore into the afrobeat genre, although a few of us are really big fans already, and Josh has a few other originals in this genre buried on his page, as well. As always, we all enjoyed the process of hearing this one come together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:Juice our Jah
Chalice of chime
Shooting star
Great rhythm
There's blood in the brine

Suture Sun
Grand heaven high
'Some clan gone cruel
Needing collective eye

Eclectic host
Hoist our hale
Mused healing feast
Musical breeze as gale

Afro beat
Oh melody sweet
Beat afro
Show us where to go

Kalakuta Kingdom (Eclectic Collective)

Cast of Characters:
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass and Fender Stratocaster
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – electric piano 
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- percussion, VST flute, and production editing
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl -- vocals and lyrics
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — production, mix, and mastering

This song began more than a year ago, when Josh created a song out of a looper beat with his four string fretless bass. It sat on the shelf until a few weeks ago, when he shared it with JJ, who was in creative mode one Saturday evening. Josh had actually forgotten that he'd added a bass line to it, and thought he was just passing on a looper beat for JJ to play with. 
  However, JJ heard it, and was so excited that added his magical electric piano part, making it sound like a real song, instead of just drums and a bass. Ken also heard some magic in here, because he came up with his own brilliant beat to replace the looper that was used in for the seed. Mark was next to throw in, adding the striking drum pattern breakdown, and the thrilling flute solo, as well. Tez came in shortly after, adding his thrilling guitar to the mix. After everyone had added their parts, Josh came back and added two guitar parts, the simple low end line, as well as the high strumed triads. At this stage, Mark did some editing, as it is in his skill set, and made it less dense and easier to listen to. 
  Now that the song was musically complete, out newest member, Carl, dropped the amazing vocals you hear, singing his original lyrics. After Carl was done sprinkling his magic in it, we needed an able producer to bring out the magic of the recordings. Good thing we have a trained producer to do the job in Stephen, who mixed and mastered it superbly, as always. 
  This is Eclectic Collective's first fore into the afrobeat genre, although a few of us are really big fans already, and Josh has a few other originals in this genre buried on his page, as well. As always, we all enjoyed the process of hearing this one come together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Lyrics

Juice our Jah
Chalice of chime
Shooting star
Great rhythm
There's blood in the brine

Suture Sun
Grand heaven high
Some clan gone cruel
Needing collective eye

Eclectic host
Hoist our hale
Mused healing feast
Musical breeze as gale

Afro beat
Oh melody sweet
Beat afro
Show us where to go

Kalakuta Kingdom-Eclectic Collective

- Composer and musician that loves synthesizers and SoundCloud.
- Makes music on iPad.

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