NICE VOICE AND MUSIC I LIKE AND JOY BE WITH YOU ALL!!!!😍😃

This is a tough one to absorb as the arrangement is unusual but the instrumentation and vocals are amazing on their own!

Superb vocal Gianni!! On this classic folk ong!!

Wow incredible harmonization jazz for a stunning vocals by Mark !!

back here again how sweet you both are nice collab!!!,😍😊

The Parting Glass - Open Collaboration Project

When Lee Lucas posted a collaborative version of this song before Christmas https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas/lee-lucas-mark-j-bennett-the-parting-glass, he suggested that I put out an open invitation for anyone to collaborate with the original stem. Of course, I appreciate that grafting any type of arrangement on to an acapella vocal track isn't easy but I'd welcome any approach. This is an Irish traditional song but it may well withstand a modern arrangement. The vocal stem has lots of reverb and echo on it but should you need a drier stem to work with, just message me and I can send a naked version. Also feel free to take some liberties with this should it lend itself in any other treatment. 

I raise my glass to those brave enough to listen to me tightrope-walking and also to those who might consider taking on this challenge. Cheers!


Of all the money that e'er I had
I have spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

A man may drink and not be drunk
A man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl
And perhaps be welcomed back again
But since it has so ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be with you all
Good night and joy be with you all

The Parting Glass - Open Collaboration

"Driven By Dirt" is the 4th in the series of my Lee (Jack Jones) Lucas Project of songs and tunes done with my new toys I got last year. This particular song is by no means new apart from being new to Soundcloud, and is one I wrote back in March 2014 on my acoustic guitar, and even posted a live version of me playing it back then on my YouTube channel here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uks8Q4yif2c

I never really liked the acoustic version, but felt it would be good to do a studio version of it with the new toys, and I have to say it's benefited and sounds much better for it I feel. So much so I certainly think it's the best song I have done in this series so far. 

The song as always has been made as a free digital download @ Bandcamp and can be had here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/driven-by-dirt

Driven By Dirt (Words & Music By Lee Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals - Electric Guitar - Bass Guitar - Played Fills & Drum Machine - Artwork & Production.

Pickup Trucks provided by Freesounds.org.

The lyrics are as follows:

Wake up every morning
to a rainy day
things don't get much better
living on your own this way

Yeah life can sure be hard at times
kicks you in the butt
especially as far as women's concerned
yeah I'm all out of luck

(Chorus)
My baby left me
on that open road
for a driver in a pickup truck
she shot off
down that dirty road

Well things could of been much better
if I made the right choice
but my heart got the better
I never listened to advice

(repeat chorus/lead break)

Well there are many lessons to be learned here
and one will always get burned
I suppose it's happened to so many
when their lives are driven by dirt

(repeat chorus/add lib)

Please find time to leave comments to which are always very well appreciated and many thanks for listening.

Free Download

Lee (Jack Jones) Lucas - Driven By Dirt

When Mark J Bennett posted his a Capella, vocal rendition of this classic song as an open collaboration, I was immediately drawn to his wonderful and heartfelt performance. I then stumbled upon the version done by Matthew Wilson, in which he created a flawless piano accompaniment for Mark's vocal. To their magnificent work, I added some orchestral touches and present the outcome of this three way collaboration here. We all hope you enjoy our collective work. 

To hear more of mark's music, go here: https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett

and to hear more of Matthew's work, check out his page here: https://soundcloud.com/matham-wilsoned

The Parting Glass

This is my input on Mark Bennett's collaboration project "The Parting Glass".  I promised to do it ages ago but was finding it difficult to find the right approach and also match the slight shifts in timing in Mark's lovely original acapella. My version doesn't match the musical standards of some of the previous contributors because I lack their skills, but hopefully offers a different view of the song. To me, this is a song sung by a person who knows he's not coming back, hence the way I have ended it.

The Parting Glass - Mark J Bennett - ft enlimila

My second collaboration with Mark, here the first:
https://soundcloud.com/fugaaa/crazymodernjazzorchestra-crazy-happyness-gianni-fuga-and-mark-bennett
"The Parting Glass" is a traditional Irish folk song written a good few hundred years back, and one that became very popular with the Scots even as far back as the 18th century. It was that popular in Scotland that it may have even inspired the great Robbie Burns to write the poem "Auld Lang Syne" which was put to music and became even a more of a tradition for the Scots to bring in the new year.

My friend Mark Bennett, singing, made an open collaboration:
https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett/the-parting-glass-open-collaboration
I first heard it in the beautiful version of my friend Lee Lucas:
https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas/lee-lucas-mark-j-bennett-the-parting-glass
Here the other versions:
https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett/sets/the-parting-glass-open

It sounded like a beautiful song (I didn't knew this traditional song), so I wanted to try and put the music, suggesting Mark to add some vocal harmony, he once again sang the whole song ...
Here's the result, I hope you like it.

The Parting Glass (Traditional)

Mark J. Bennett - Vocals
Gianni Fuga - Piano and other

The words are as follows:

Of all the money that e'er I had
I have spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

A man may drink and not be drunk
A man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl
And perhaps be welcomed back again
But since it has so ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be with you all
Good night and joy be with you all

Mark Bennett: The Parting Glass - ft. Gianni Fuga

Recorded at home, this is my first set of proper recordings since A Driven Man.

The Parting Glass - with Mark J. Bennett

Piano and Pianocomposition: David Francis Lyle
Melody and words, voice: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you for your beautiful everlasting music Dave. https://soundcloud.com/davelud99/reemember

In The Morning Sky

You And I
making memories
we will safe each other endlessly
when stars fade away
in the morning sky
our garden will bloom forever

you and i
making memories

like the sunlight filters through the trees
like the sparkling water streams
our love forever stay
you and I
when stars fade away
in the morning sky
our garden will bloom forever

In The Morning Sky. David Francis Lyle and Oddrun Eikli.

Guitar and Guitartrack : Leonid Reznik @leomreznik
Melody for the voice and voice: Oddrun Eikli
words and photo: oddrun Eikli.
The text for this song is the photo, and it`s what was in my mind in the moment. 
A Dream.
Thank you so much Leo for your great guitartrack and thank you for sharing music.

Green Is Gold
what we see
and what we feel
Nature`s green is gold

it`s hope
and dreams
in freedom like a wind
gracious moments
in wings wide
yellow bright
rainbows light

blue planet in green life

Green Is Gold. Leonid Reznik and Oddrun Eikli

What will be your legacy?

Shael Wrinch - lead vocals, percussion
Paul Harder - saxophone
Dave Friend - guitars, bass and drums

Life Lives On - Paul Harder/Dave Friend/Shael Wrinch

Mr Lammbone sliding around on this little song.

A beautiful mess. (Feat Mark Lammbone) Stevek

From the upcoming album "Introspezione"
Malvo (Voice)
Simon (Guitars)
Mauro "el Topo" (Bass and Backing Vocals)
Sarkomand (Drums)

Recorded and mixed by Simon

Introspezione

Demone

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” 
Mahatma Gandhi

Me- Original music, Guitar & Bass

Monsters Unmasked

“Eye contact is way more intimate than words will ever be.” 
 Faraaz Kazi

Me- Original music, Guitar & Bass
SOL- vocal loops  https://soundcloud.com/user-48173947
https://soundcloud.com/saltlakrits-1

Photo by Man Ray

Waiting (One look from your eyes)

Video: https://youtu.be/3zilvMwFgnM
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As many things in my life, it wasn't a conscious choice but an accidental coincidence. I just love this song but never dared to sing it. Until last Saturday when I finally did record it, planning to post it later this week. Then I looked at the calendar and was like "Woah?! It's Passover, no way?"

It was a challenge. Not only musically but emotionally as well - I couldn't stop crying in my attempts to sing it. "Many different hallelujahs exist" as Leonard Cohen said himself about the lyrics. I am on my journey to find mine.

"Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) Performed by Milana (Video)

Dear listener, Feel free to leave comments and I'll try to reply.

I've been making music for around 16 years now but because of the wonderfully generous community that is SC, I have learned so much in a short time. I look forward to learning even more by collaborating. 
I suppose my strengths are in lyric-writing and singing. I feel fortunate to have been able to work with some stunning compositions by some very talented SCers.

My very best to you, Mark

Some links to recent Continental Collision streaming sites, etc are available below:

Hello, I am 59 years old.
I love music. Thanks for listening, comments and feedback.
Have a good music trip ..
<i>1% inspiration 99% perspiration (Edison)
"It can not be that you are responsible for the situation you are in, but you will become if you will not do anything to change it"
(Martin Luther King)

Mark Bennett: The Parting Glass - ft. Gianni Fuga

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