Inspired by a dear friend who deserved a long holiday. Hope you enjoy this 4-minute invitation to relax and daydream.

An original composition, no AI,  written digitally MIDI to DAW. 

VST instruments: Synth guitars with echo and reverb, bass, harp, cellos, and "sailing" sounds with Latin and hip hop beats at a very chill 65 bpm.

Wrote a demo of this track in December 2022, but updated the track in February 2024 after adding “sailing" audio. 

Three of the five AUDIO files in Sailing Barcelona were recorded live of improvised water sounds — such as splashes caused by my cupped hand pushing through a bathtub of water or tapping a large metal bowl of water with metal spoon to simulate the pinging of rigging on a sailboat’s aluminum mast. Plus, I imported AUDIO of birdsong, wind, and wind chimes  recorded live in ATL via iPhone on the 8th and 28th of February, 2024. Sailing Barcelona offers a partially-manufactured ambience, but one made by a human.🤗

COVER ART is original CGI by SUNNYBECK created using the DaVinci app for AI-generated original images and the artist’s CGI designed into a composite in Photoshop.

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Sailing Barcelona

Lamentation

Need Your Love So Bad (Acoustic Live)

Lyrics and Vocals by FRAWSTAKWA
@frawstakwa
Produced by Chief Red Squirrel, Cosmic Keanu

Ambush Of Tigers (FRAWSTAKWA & Cosmic Keanu)

Around the time I turned 50, a couple years ago, we got a nice electric piano and I promised myself I would try to learn to play boogie style piano. After a few recordings of much shorter and simpler attempts, this is about as far as I got, after about half a year.

This tune was used as the basis for a longer, heavier version I did more recently, building other instruments around it. Here's that 'expanded' version...

https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/backroads-boogie?in=user-432503709/sets/album-the-goods

...but I always meant to include the original solo piano version. now I did.  :)

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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Boogie Piano - 12x4 (original piano solo)

05/10/2024

Accidentally On Purpose

Ian Greaves

A Product Of The Funk

mistermark-- @user-432503709 --Mark-- horns and shakers

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– guitar, production, and mix

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ—organ/ keys

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, vocals, composition, and mix

Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez– guitar leads

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four-string fretless bass 

     This song was written by Ken and a dearly departed friend and former bandmate named Chris Bennett about the latter's divorce that he was going through at the time when their band was also breaking up. Ken had a good demo of the two of them fleshing it out, which the Eclectic Collective used as a template for the song. 
    Josh was first to add his unique slide bass line to the song. Next up was Tez, who added the fiery solo you hear at the end, and solo spot! Stephen came in not too long after with the rhythm guitar, complete with the intricate fills you hear throughout. Around the same time, Mark added some really innovative, genre-bending horns and shakers to it. JJ added some sublime organ and piano! Ken then completed the song with his stellar vocals. 
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer, so Ken turned it over to Stephen for an objective mix, although Ken was still heavily involved in the process, too. This is the first time Ken has sung lead for an EC song, and we were all very impressed with his skills on this one. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.

Original lyrics by Chris Bennett:

I once believed in happy ever after
Now I’m convinced by tears instead of laughter
There’s not much good inside that’s left to do the things for my survival

If I relied on you to make it better
I’d die a 1000 times, before we get together
All that is bad inside will rise back to the top
With your arrival

Burn down the doorway
Run down the hall
Scream out my name
But I may never hear you, never hear you
Drive down the highway
Until you’re gone
I may never hear you call

I still believe that someone’s always watching
Each time I turn around, I never hear them talking
All that is bad inside will never fade away with your arrival

Burn down the doorway
Run down the hall
Scream out my name, but I may never hear you
Never hear you
Drive down the highway
Until you’re gone
I may never hear you call

Na Na Na  Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na

Happy Ever After-Eclectic Collective

Walkin away, walkin away from myself 
Walkin away, walkin away from the rain in 
my head 

This life is just drainin 
Don’t want to try anymore 
This brain in my head 
Well It’s filled with locked doors
The keys that I need
I can’t seem to find 
And though I keep on searching 
The path..ain’t in my mind 

Walking away, walking away from myself
Walking away from the rain in my head

Everyday, the road seems to turn
And everyday, I can’t seem to learn
I’m sorry for me, the person I am
Well I’m walking away, far away from him 

Walkin away, walking away from myself
Walkik away, walking away from the rain in my head 

Tell me I’m wrong,
Tell me I’m right 
I sleep through the day, and cry through the night 
My heart it ain’t black, but my eyes they are gray
This demon inside, doesn’t want me to stay  

So I’m walking away, walking away from myself
Walking away, walking away from the rain in my head

Walkin’ away from myself

Truth Is Stranger Than Non-Fiction

Busting Through Criminal Cases

Been unhappy with the vocal version, so I thought I would post this without the vocals.

As We Go Along-Instrumental

I didn't choose this obsession it was chosen for me unknowingly.
Lucky me no regrets.

Accidentally On Purpose

J.Rivas