Quite emotional, the beginning & end are so far apart, yet so close. Another fine one James, and you've got a wonderful folk-like voice.

Really beautiful song and very tender lyrics James! great vocals! Good job!👍😎✌🏼

Thank you, Jonathan @jonathan_beckenstein for your encouragement, the beautiful guitars you contributed here, and for the thoughtful and satisfying mix job!

Upon This Sea 
Janine Levinson 2023
Guitar and Mix: Jonathan Beckenstein

I don’t get tired, but I get weary   
Feels like my faith abandons me
And from the storm I have no shelter    
I have no boat upon this sea

I don’t feel bad, but I can feel hopeless      
And I can walk, but I lose my feet
I am strong, but I cannot carry    
I have no boat upon this sea
 
Upon this sea   
Upon this sea   
I tread a lifetime 

I am the spring that you will drink from
I give you life and cool your brow
You will not drown, but you will perish
And next to me you will lie down 

Upon this sea  
Upon this sea 
I tread a lifetime

I don’t get tired, but I sure get weary
Feels like my faith abandons me
And from the storm I have no shelter
I have no boat upon this sea

Upon This Sea - with Jonathan Beckenstein

Heat In The Streets

New song written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - Glen Granthem
Lyrics - David Cooper

All instruments - Glen Granthem
All vocals - David Cooper

From the new album The stories that we tell:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdGD8gSUC4gYRKKk6GT2dVYW4p86DcLx8

Lyrics by David Cooper:

Watch me go now
Keep an eye on me
Watch me go now
Just running free

Watch me go now
And see me run
Watch me go now
Like a bullet from a gun

Chorus

I know you want me
That much I see
Just keep on giving
And hold on to me

Break

Watch me, Watch me go now x 3

Watch me go now
I’ve seen the light
Watch me go now
Running into the night

Chorus

Hold on to me 
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Just keep on giving and hold on to me
Just keep on giving and hold on to me

Hold on to me (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

5. Hospital Windows- our grandson was born in early 2024 in Berlin. We had an emotional visit to the hospital to meet him. As I was enjoying the celebration of meeting him I suddenly reflected on less joyous visits to hospitals with my close family, especially my mum, in recent years and wrote these lyrics on the plane home. My thoughts are with everyone going through those difficult times. In relation to the birth, I am a very excited grandpa! Mastered by RCD Audio. 

Hospital windows 

An emotional reunion, then welcoming young Hugo to this world of ours 
Hugs and celebration 
Relief it all went well
Then sitting on the bed, 
Kissing his sweet head
Overcome with joy! 

Hospital windows, 
How many times have I
Sat there looking out 
Tears in my eyes
Facing tragedy and grief
Blinking in disbelief 
At the pain, the coming loss?
But not today, no not today
I’m looking out of this one and 
It’s about our celebration
About this celebration

I remember her distress, having just received the news that she’d been fearing 
The obvious conclusion 
To the life she’d led
Sitting in the chair
Feeling such despair 
The worst of days

not today, no not today! 

Hospital windows, 
How many times have you
Sat there looking out 
Reeling from the truth
Facing tragedy and grief
Blinking in disbelief 
At the pain, the coming loss?
But not today, no not today
I’m looking out of this one and 
It’s about our celebration
About this celebration

Here I am
Just feeling joy and love
But I know that in this building, above me or below me, will be some poor soul will be gazing
Out of their hospital window
Wondering how they’ll cope

Hospital windows, 
How many times have I
Sat there looking out 
Tears in my eyes
Facing tragedy and grief
Blinking in disbelief 
At the pain, the coming loss?
But not today, no not today
I’m looking out of this one and 
It’s about celebration
About this celebration

James Whiteman copyright 1 March 2024

Hospital Windows

Cast of characters:
-Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick four-string fretless bass, Roland Phantom 6 synth, vocals, lyrics, arrangement, composition
-J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ--  Yamaha Genos 2 and Yamaha MoXF8 
synth, organ, electric piano, and vocal harmonies
-Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – clavinet     
-Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaser through a VST synth FX device
-TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–  Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, Fender Acoustasonic acoustic guitar, Gibson Earl Scruggs Mastertone banjo, mix, production, and mastering
-K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion

This song started when as a vague idea Josh came up with while listening to Lionel Richie's All Night Long followed by Michael McDonald's song Sweet Freedom. He wanted to create a song that uses that same basic structure because those are both perfect pop songs in his opinion. He came up with a rough structure on his bass and piano before enlisting the help of his team of musical superheroes. 
  Ken was first up to bat, adding his magical drums and helping Josh find a groove on his bass. Ken later added the hand percussion that adds a spicy drive to the song, too. Next up was Mark, who added the funky clavinet in the second half. Stephen threw down after Ken, adding some foundational guitar to the stew. He also added the awesome banjo you hear trickling throughout. Very shortly after, Tez came through with the trippy guitar solo at the end. JJ followed with the breathy organ that lifts the whole thing aloft.
  Now that we had a solid foundation to work with, Josh added the synth "horn" part in the middle, as well as the vocals, including the third harmony part in the choruses. JJ added the fifth harmony part in the choruses soon after. He also added the synth hooks throughout and synth solo at the end. Not stopping there, he also added the electric piano intro, with Ken's drums, and Stephen, who added the electric guitar in that part, as well.
  Now that the whole thing was in the can, it was time for a mix. One of our resident production experts, Stephen, did the honours, as well as the mastering. 
  This is an example of everyone in the Eclectic Collective adding just the right puzzle piece to form the bigger picture. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it. 

Original lyrics by Josh Clary:

Got a little baggie
Got a tank of gas
Now what I need from you 
Is to light a fire under my ass

Let’s put down our phones
And turn up the tunes
By now you know there’s nothing 
That we can’t get up to

Wherever we go 
That’s where I want to be
Just as long as 
I know I have
You there with me
Because
I’m down for anything (x2)
And you know that’s true
You know that’s true

Whatever you wanna do
Whatever we get up to 
I’m down for anything
Anything

With you I love to eat
But I never want to sleep
Because I don’t want to miss out 
On spending any time with you

When I hear you laugh
Or get excited with a gasp
You make my heart feel like
I just ran a lap

Let's go on a run 
Or figure out some fun
Or jump in the car and drive to where 
The ocean meets the sun

Chorus repeats/Chorus reprise

When you hit me with those eyes
You know you hypnotize me
And just when I think you won’t 
You can still surprise me 

We’ve done it all before
Now let’s go do it all some more
Every day is a reward 
When I feel like I just scored

Down For Anything (The Eclectic Collective)

Probably the most processed song I've done

Lyrics

Stand up straight and open your eyes
Can't be sure someone won't die
Things are gonna get wild around here
It's about to hit the fan
You're about to lose your mind

Soon you won't be mine
Soon you won't be mine
Soon you won't be mine

Cause I've had it up to here
Can't take anymore
I've had it up to here
Can't take anymore
Cause I've had it up to here
I can't take anymore
I've had it up to here
Can't take anymore

Soon you won't be mine
Soon you won't be mine
Soon you won't be mine

Days and weeks I remember
The good times that we had
Now you've lost your mind
I'm packing my bags
You're gonna lose your mind
Can't take anymore
You're lose your ever loving mind
You're gonna lose your mind

Soon you won't be mine
Soon you won't be mine
Soon you won't be mine

I've had it up to here
Can't take anymore
Can't take anymore
I've had it up to here

Up To Here v2

There Was A Summer 		Murray Edmunds  2025

The winter snow melts upon on a window  
I stay inside, shelter from the cold 
Now I’m reflecting on the past, not the future 
Must be a sign of getting old

The TV news was melting into sorrow 
I switched it off, and so to bring some light
I pore through photos that remind me of the high times
When everything seemed right

So I gaze on summer days
And on the good times we knew 
And feel again as I did then 
When summertime, was slowly passing through

Are these the days of basking in the twilight?
Is this the lull that comes before the storm? 
Were those the best of times, forever left behind us  
When we were safe and warm? 

No more to gaze on summer days?
Or will the sky return to blue? 
Will summer then come back again? 
A summertime, slowly passing 

There was a summer 
A perfect summer 
A summer of a lifetime 
There was a summer 
An endless summer 
There was a summer of a lifetime

And in the days of living in the memories
I find these ways to reunite with you
And relive former glories captured by the camera
In precious times we knew

And so I gaze on summer days
And reminisce on what felt true 
And smile again as I did then 
When summertime, was gently passing 
 
There was a summer 
A perfect summer 
There was a summer of a lifetime 
There was a summer 
An endless summer 
There was a summer of a lifetime 
There was a perfect summer 
A magic summer 
A summer of a lifetime 
Felt like an endless summer 
A perfect endless summer 
A summer of a lifetime

There Was A Summer

Tyger Tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes
On what wings dare he aspire
What the hand dare sieze the fire

And what shoulder & what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart
And when thy heart began to beat
What dread hand & what dread feet

What the hammer what the chain
In what furnace was thy brain
What the anvil what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp

When the stars threw down their spear
And water'd heaven with their tears
Did he smile his work to see
Did he who made the Lamb make thee

Tyger Tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry
 

Words by William Blake (1794)
Music by Jack Strange

Tyger

I truly hope you all enjoy.
 -  love .... Forsaken 

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I’m a singer/songwriter from Guildford, Surrey, England. I started writing songs when I was 12 on a piano but really got into it when I started playing the guitar at 13/14. As with so many of us, career and family became the priority and I stopped writing over a 30 year period. Now I’ve retired, I’ve finally got time to write and record again and I love it! 
I play everything on the songs and record on my MacBook on GarageBand. Still learning! 
I hope you enjoy the songs and thank you in advance for any comments and feedback. 
James

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