really loving this bittersweet tune Viv;  your voice really shines as you get in your higher register;  and what a sweet clarinet solo!  @user-247600493

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Wonderful collaboration. What a tasty solo!

What a sweet and unique track with a very comforting Christmas spirit to it indeed. Really nice, creative song GP. Durge

Here is a 'Christmas Carol' version of my song with the wonderful BoxTox https://soundcloud.com/user-247600493 and his clarinet in the middle. Thank you Jonas, for your beautiful playing : )
The sample at the start is The Salvation Army Band playing A Carol Fantasy

The Man In The Mirror

Be good to yourself for just a few moments
at the start and the end of the day
You must live with yourself, for you're the one person
who will never be going away

So don't ever worry
Don't let it bring you down
Please don't get dismayed
You must be you, so be the kind of person
as if love were your sobriquet

Looking in the mirror
These are the words I say, willing myself to be
But I just take no notice, ignoring my good advice
Happiness is not my cup of tea

So give yourself a break, there are more things in heaven and earth
than are dreamed of in your philosophy
That man in the mirror, he sometimes does talk some sense
In this ongoing soliloquy

So don't ever worry
Don't let it bring you down
Don't ever be dismayed
You must be you, and be the kind of person
That has love as a sobriquet

The photo is from Rishabh Dharmani on Unsplash

The Man In The Mirror (Christmas Carol Version with BoxTox)

words and music K. Gennery
image not my own

for Abigail Marjorie Lockhart

Well I dont know why you looked at me that way
Im just an old man with not much going on
Nothing left to give no real reason to live
Yet you fell into my arms

I whispered youre beautiful and you looked at me then smiled
said my worlds a better place with you in it
please stay here with me for a while
Dont go
Stay stay stay

Abby please dont go
Dont you go

The touch of your hand made me understand
that theres life in the old dog yet
Not much I admit but more than I thought
so I thank you so much for the gift

I whispered youre beautiful and you looked
at me in the way that you do
Said youll make a wonderful doctor
if you only just see it on through

Dont go
Stay stay stay stay stay

Abby please dont go
Dont you go
Abby dont go
Please dont go

I love to dream cause
when I close my eyes to dream
the impossible becomes the reallity

life in the old dog yet

The world probably doesn't need another song about a failed relationship, but this one's quite short, and isn't overly bitter or anything.

Vocals and guitars: Gavin Pearce
Harmonies: Brunel Bannister

Our Time Has Gone

Pulled from the archives, Julie Evans brings the Blues to her exquisite violin playing in this cover of the famous Arthur Hamilton song.  I had the privilege of backing her up with acoustic guitar and bass.  Remastered from a cassette tape recorded in 1997.  Thanks to Harvey Twyman for bringing our cover to mind with his own recent and very fine cover @harvey-twyman.

Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) Julie Evans; violin, David; Guitar, Bass

Cast of characters:
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition and foundational rhythm guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–guitar solos choruses, mix, and production
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell –electric piano, synth, and intro composition
K2 and the Three [and the Four]-- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–Guitar solo in the verses
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass guitar
 
This song began with Artur composing the entire skeleton, and recording it against a mechanical beat. He presented it to me, and I immediately shared it with The Eclectic Collective. Ken first replaced the metronomic beat with a real, rocking drum sound. I promptly added my four string fretless bass to it, to complete the rhythm section. Soon after, JJ added his electric piano magic, including a short solo, to the stew. Once the rhythmic framework was laid down, Stephen got to work on the choruses, coming up with solid, melodic lines for them. Then, it was Tez's turn to light up the verses with his monster guitar. When we had it mostly completed, Artur asked JJ if he'd do an intro to it. JJ came up with the whole psychedelic intro in response. 
  When it was finished, we asked Stephen if he would mix it for us, which he did with his typical mastery and attention to detail. We all really enjoy making music with Artur, and have been fans of and collaborators with him for almost a year now. If you like the sound of this song, you would do well to go check out his page, too, as he has a bunch of gems on there. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Tell Me the Truth (The Eclectic Collective with Surfers Like Us)

Somnambulism

From the time i was little child all i ever wanted to do was to play music. Morning , noon and night. When i get a song in my head i cant stop until i get it down somewhere and i know a lot of people just like me so i wrote this song for all of us Bards. Musical magicians, guardians of musical songs and old traditions. I hope you enjoy this one , it has taken me a long time to get it out and record it. 

We are musicians. 
We are The guardians of songs and old tradition 
We are the Bards , the musical magicians 
We are Musician. 
We are musicians. 

We are Musicians. 
We are not lawyers or Soldiers or politicians 
We are the sorcerers the musical magicians. 
We are Musicians.  

Chorus 
Music is all we want to play 
Form the dawning of the morning sun until the closing of the day 
Music is everything we are it’s our life our love our everything. 
We just want to dance and sing 
Music …. we just want to play Music. 
Music ……We just want to play music. 

We are musicians. 
We’re not Soldiers we’re not lawyers we’re not politicians. 
 We are the Bards we are the Musical Magicians 
We not Physicians, we’re just musicians. 

Music is all we want to play. 
Form the rising of the morning sun until the evening of the day. 
Music is everything we are it’s our life our love our everything. 
We just want to dance and sing. 
Music is everything we are. 
Its our life our soul our everything 
We just want to dance and sing. 


Written & Performed by : Johnny Mc Farlane

We Are Musicians

This is messy and rough, more like a demo -- it was all done in my scratch pad context (FL Studio), but then again the subject is messy and rough.

Take You Down

I can take you down
I can bring you right down put your face down to it
I can wait around ready for you

you are free to change your mind
you are free to leave this life behind
there's an open door but you don't go through it

I try to get away clean but you got me in a hold
you put your fingers in my head and I loose control
how will I ever be satisfied

I can help with the pain for a little while
cause you know it really just ain't my style
to let you feel what I'm doing when I'm doin it

got what I need and I need it
where does it end now
now that I've paid with my freedom

I just want to be free from all the craving of the night
hey yeah will there ever be a time when I feel it

Take You Down

Original Composition: Jean-Pierre DUBOIS
Arrangement and piano performance: Debra Buesking

Thank you to Jean-Pierre Dubois for allowing me to play his pieces in my own fashion.  It's a great pleasure for me.

Also thank you to David Dunham for mastering my piano tracks.
 Listen to David's beautiful music here: @david-dunhamuser589535203

Chansonnette Matinale (Arrangement on original music by Jean-Pierre DUBOIS)

You found me down here in my Hell
Know me better than I know myself
   & still you think I’m good
Not put off by this life of sin
Not fooled by this animal skin
   I’ve been hiding in the wood
& the cool, cool mountain springs
From your ah! bright wings.

I should have known, I’ve got eyes to see
Long suspected you’ve been following me
   For a long, long while
& I am led by my fancies round
Of course you know this & so you sent her down
   In your gentleness and your guile
These are sweet, sweet sufferings
And yours are ah! bright wings.

Emissary of your grace
Evidence of a better place
   High above me
Her face without a grin:
A resort town in the off-season
   Heartbreaking & lovely
& of course, of course she sings
Of your ah! bright wings.

Ah! Bright Wings

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All music, songs and lyrics are original, unless noted.
Collaborations welcome, if you think you can add something to any of my songs, want to sing them, etc, please drop me a note
I advise playing on a good Hi-Fi or at least good headphones, otherwise you will miss all the good stuff going on in the lower frequencies. You don't want to only hear half of the music : )

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