A 'Mahlerian pop song' inspired by the shapeshifting raven from the Norse sagas. The bird becomes a metaphor for grief amongst other things...

Lyrics/Music/Vocals: James Cave

'Last night I lay in bed/I couldn't sleep
Tap tap tapping away
A shapeshifter into my room did creep 
Tap tap tapping away
Some tell of shapeshifting souls who still roam the earth
Are they just stories?
This mocking bird will sing
This shapeshifter takes wing
Tap tap tapping away
This broken bird still sings
Don't want to live in your cage...'

Secret Soundtracks: 4 - ShapeShifterV1.0

Composer/Songwriter. Proficient performer of piano, bass guitar, double bass, cello, 6 string , 12 string , drums, triangle (shall I include tambourine too?🤣), vocals, lyrics. 99% of the tracks on this page are original songs. None of my performances on any of my tracks, whether solo work, or collaboration, have any editing whatsoever. Effects and equalization? Of course! But no editing, no software, etc. Quite a substantial amount of these tracks are with The Eclectic Collective. We are like family and have been playing together on a daily basis since approximately March of 2022 as the Eclectic Collective. Before the band bore it's name Eclectic Collective; Josh, Ken, Stephen, Tez, and  CG Maness were doing some occasional collabs. At any given time we are all simultaneously working on about 15 different songs. And when we feel they are done cooking in the oven we release them.  We release a song every week on Fridays at 4AM UTC

Members of The Eclectic Collective :
The Beautiful Dark 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)
J.J. Terrell
Llanpsych
K2 and the Three [and the Four]
TexMex Shaman
Mistermark
CG Maness

(Artwork is by Milan Ivanic - ivanic.uk)

Composer/singer/ based in York, UK. Passionate about new music and collaborative projects