Instrumental version, for one with vocals and lyrics please go to
https://soundcloud.com/richsoundz-534267642/an-auspicious-day-oorlab-music

Picture
c.1546 PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FLEMISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Elizabeth I when a Princess c.1546
Queen's Drawing Room, Windsor Castle
https://www.rct.uk/collection/404444/elizabeth-i-when-a-princess

An Auspicious day (instrumental)

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An Auspicious Day (instrumental)

A traditional style blues song. Exploring family relationships.
Lyrics:
She had a hard scrabble life
Her Mother used to drink all day
Her Father never understood the physics of love
And her Sister died of cancer when she was 9
And now everyone that she meets
She ingrains herself deep into their lives
She'll sit with your sick Mother
She'll talk with your Sister all night long
She's the collector
She collecting families

Overcoming the past
That keeps us all down on our knees
She sees my Cousin more than me
She went to visit her ex-husbands parents
In East Lansing
Some people get drunk and dancing
Some people like to collect shiny things
She's a collector
She collects families
She's a collector
She collects families
Because it gives her what she needs
She's the connecting fiber
She grafted onto the family tree
She keeps the peace in the family

The Collector

THERE IS NO LONGER LOVE

I know that I never fail you, that I never forget you
and I'm left alone

Without loving and being loved, my fire went out
And I don't know who I am anymore

It's being alone, singing a song
Let it come out of my heart

Unloved and unloved, I feel so lost
I no longer know who I am



I don't know who I am anymore
There is no more love
There is no more love
Where is my beautiful flower
I want to sing to forget
This distant love...love

And you left me in the lurch
and I'm left alone
Without that love of mine
Without that company

What made my life happy
What made my life happy


Wounded heart
Tell me why you're gone
Without reason and without reason
Love


I don't know who I am anymore
There is no more love
There is no more love
Where is my beautiful flower
I want to sing to forget
This distant love...love

Ya No Hay Amor

Eclectic Collective:

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman–Stephen–guitar solos in first half, mix, and production
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell–keys, including organ and electric piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara–Ken–drums and percussion
Llanpsych–@llanpsych–Tez–Guitar solo in the second half
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1–bass guitar
Surfers like Us - Artur - songwriting, rhythm guitar

This is a song that I passed on to my friend Josh, as a gift. Josh added some bass, and, of course, had to get the rest of the Eclectic Collective involved, too. Ken came up with the energetic, driving beat, perfectly suited for the song. JJ added some really stunning, surfy organ and jamming electric piano. Tez added his signature inspired, powerful lead in the second part. Stephen added his dynamic guitar voice to the first half, and was kind, generous, patient, and talented enough to mix and produce the whole thing.
  We hope you enjoy our third installment of our surf rock series. Cowabunga!

The One (w/Eclectic Collective)

This is a song that JJ came up with on the electric piano and shared with the rest of us. He's done a significant portion of the songwriting for the Eclectic Collective, and always gives us quality songs, to which are easy to add our voices. When he sent it to us, he had a rough bass on there that sounded like Lust for Life. Ken came up with a killer and appropriate beat, which, if you can picture Lust For Life, included a lot of accentuated bass kicks. So, Josh took and went with that, and came up with a funky bass line. Ken and he kicked it back and forth a few times till they linked up. Then JJ added some funky ass organ and trippy retro synth to spice it up.
  Then it was time to send it to the guitarist. Tez laid down some smoking lead solos throughout, with his signature fiery guitar tone and amazing licks. Then Stephen funked it up even more with a fonky-ass wah guitar track.
  Ken produced and mixed this one for us, and what an excellent job he did, too. This was so much fun to create. We all hope you enjoy listening to our jam as much as we did playing it.

Home's Album

Tonkas and Matchbox Cars - by The Eclectic Collective

Original song by Jim Croce, Photo by Linda Straub

Hey Tomorrow (Cover) by-

Glow

Here is a song in the form of a medieval 'calling on' song. With my old friend Gareth on lead vocal and acoustic guitar. 
It is either very late for last spring or a little early for next : )

Photograph for cover by Meric Dagli on Unsplash

Spring (with Gareth)

Lyrics:
Let's hear it for the loners
We don't take up space in your orgy room
I love the people who bring
Joy into my life
They break the light through
I just like to sit home and watch TV
While I watch the world come unglued

I don't stay out until dawn
I fall asleep with the TV on
You can call it the introvert blues
I just use the energy that people lose
In a different way
I stay at home at night
De-stressing from my day
I don't watch television for genuine smiles

I just use the energy that people lose
I booked us a table for 2
In my interior life
in the east wing
With the ocean view
I don't watch television for genuine smiles
I'm just trying to make it through my day
As characters I like
Oh, like, Vinnie Barbarino
And Walter White
I don't watch television for genuine smiles
I like the blue light coming through
While the world comes unglued

I Don't Watch Television For Genuine Smiles

Dear friends,
Goodness must not tire because then evil wins!

They Wait

They are waiting for that tomorrow will be a brighter day
They wish that the daybreak shall be quiet - all days
These small kids are alone and they long for the day when their parents come
to bring them back to their home town
where all of them feel that they are safe

The situation has become worse than it ever has been
and we people in the world must react - all days
we must tell the world leaders that this is no way to rule the world
the future should change direction
to a brighter society for us all

As I understand there are only few
with minds that are distroying the life - on earth
are they filled up with hatred or is it a gread for power
it should not be so hard to change their minds
and thus they may enter paradise

They Wait

Songs from an Anteroom

Ashes (Oak #2)

All music, songs, lyrics and artwork are original, unless noted. No AI used, I have spent a lifetime learning.
Collaborations welcome.
 I advise playing on a good Hi-Fi or at least good headphones, otherwise you will miss all the lower frequencies and  only hear half of the music : )

Spring (with Gareth)

Garddwr Porffor