That gorgeous Hammond sound and those slippery moves!

@dan-s-blackard: appreciate that big time Dan:))) Mixing it up a little with the sounds and rhythms

Some Thriller in the beginning, nice tension buildup!

FIIYAH_Man

Cast of Characters:

The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl -- vocals, lyrics, Ovation acoustic guitar, and composition
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and upright piano, and JJ's angels (voice synth)
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass and Collings mandolin
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST fiddle
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Earle Scruggs custom banjo, production, mix, and mastering

This is the latest in our series of songs Carl has written about us. Being as both Tez, a lifelong, and to a lesser degree, Carl are Manchester United fans, Carl siezed on the opportunity to celebrate their shared fandom. Although the lyrics are a little inscrutable to us Americans, we love that football (soccer) fans from across the pond will know exactly what he's talking about. 
  Carl wrote this song on his acoustic guitar, and upon sharing it with us, we weren't sure as to the direction we wanted to take it. JJ threw down first, adding his good-time-sounding upright piano and strikingly beautiful organ to the mix first. He also added the subtle human voice choral synth you hear throughout. Enchanted with Carl's composition, Josh next added his bass and mandolin both in the same recording session, without even closing his DAW. Mark was in right after, adding his friendly fiddle solo as well as fiddle fills throughout. Being as the song is about him, Tez came along shortly after and added the tuneful intro and outro on his guitar. Then, as it was just about to sit for a while, Ken added his very tasteful, perfect drums to the mix, thus completing the rhythm section. 
  Before we put a bow on it, though, Stephen made it back from his week in the Colorado wilderness in time to add his magical banjo to the mix. Speaking of mixes, now it was time for one, and we turned it over to him, our in house pro, to do the honors.
  We all really enjoyed working on this one. It is an example of Eclectic Collective taking one of Carls songs and having our way with it. Always a team effort getting it over the line, but we always manage to do it. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Division Two Champs, '75
Small consolation for '74 cries
Fan wow land psyched
True Red Devil in this life

We fell to Leeds
Last Division 1
We had the Irish
Man, I followed them
McGrath didn't train
A different breed
Golden era
Boozed up greats as seed

Then, we mostly won
But still, these moments to memories shone
Keane's end at Juventus
His team's power won
Beast perseverance
2-3 semi so they march on

Teddy & Ole
Broken Bayern lines
Videos with no YouTube
In sport mad mind

Great from great, Cantona
Flying curve ball martial artist
Old Leeds leech
A la French finest

Man Utd before Glazier fud
Old Trafford dreams
Red Devil blood
A fan forever no matter loss
Good grinding Fergie
Our hairdryer boss

True Red Devil
Hughesy's volleys
Arsenal disheveled
Good Giggsy speed
End to end
Back of the net
Great teen we get
Front of our dreams

True Red Devil
Scars from Aguero
And Barce's better
New cycles please
We've been Malcolmed
Bought like shop
These greedy Glaziers fucking up
Our theatre of dreams

If only for Fergie time
We'd be doing just fine




True Red Devil - The Eclectic Collective

Poème de Mélanie Waldor (1796-1871).

Dors à mes pieds !... Rêve d'amour
Mon souffle, comme une caresse,
Glissera sur le pur contour
De ce beau front qu'avec paresse
Tu reposes sur mes genoux.
Dors à mes pieds, tout fait silence,
Hors la branche qui se balance,
Souple et frêle, au-dessus de nous ;
Dors à mes pieds, tout fait silence.

Sous mes baisers clos tes yeux noirs,
Tes yeux où brillent tant de flammes,
Qu'on les croirait les deux miroirs
Où se reflètent nos deux âmes.
Dors à mes pieds !... Rêve d'amour ;
Je suis jalouse de tes rêves,
Comme du temps que tu m'enlèves
Avec le monde chaque jour...
Je suis jalouse de tes rêves !...

Le soleil glisse à l'horizon.
Pas un souffle, pas un nuage...
Un rayon d'or, sur le gazon,
Reste comme un heureux présage !
Nos riches tapis ne sont pas
Aussi doux que ce lit de mousse
Où, folâtre, ta main repousse
Le brin d'herbe effleurant mon bras.
Dors sur l'herbe, les fleurs, la mousse...

Dors à mes pieds !... Rêve d'amour :
Mon souffle, comme une caresse,
Glissera sur le pur contour
De ce beau front qu'avec paresse
Tu reposes sur mes genoux.
Dors à mes pieds, tout fait silence,
Hors la branche qui se balance,
Souple et frêle, au-dessus de nous ;
Dors à mes pieds, tout fait silence.

Dors à mes pieds !

Child of Nature

Wild Wild West (Night on Earth Mix)

Wild Wild West (Remix 2025)

« La musique est pour les musiciens, le poème pour les poètes, la stupidité pour les stupides, mais l'amour est donné à celle qui le mérite. »
(Sivi le Poète, L'amour)

Aimons toujours ! Aimons encore
Victor Hugo
Aimons toujours ! Aimons encore !
Quand l’amour s’en va, l’espoir fuit.
L’amour, c’est le cri de l’aurore,
L’amour c’est l’hymne de la nuit.
Ce que le flot dit aux rivages,
Ce que le vent dit aux vieux monts,
Ce que l’astre dit aux nuages,
C’est le mot ineffable : Aimons !
L’amour fait songer, vivre et croire.
Il a pour réchauffer le coeur,
Un rayon de plus que la gloire,
Et ce rayon c’est le bonheur !
Aime ! qu’on les loue ou les blâme,
Toujours les grand coeurs aimeront :
Joins cette jeunesse de l’âme
A la jeunesse de ton front !
Aime, afin de charmer tes heures !
Afin qu’on voie en tes beaux yeux
Des voluptés intérieures
Le sourire mystérieux !
Aimons-nous toujours davantage !
Unissons-nous mieux chaque jour.
Les arbres croissent en feuillage ;
Que notre âme croisse en amour !
Soyons le miroir et l’image !
Soyons la fleur et le parfum !
Les amants, qui, seuls sous l’ombrage,
Se sentent deux et ne sont qu’un !
Les poètes cherchent les belles.
La femme, ange aux chastes faveurs,
Aime à rafraîchir sous ses ailes
Ces grand fronts brûlants et rêveurs.
Venez à nous, beautés touchantes !
Viens à moi, toi, mon bien, ma loi !
Ange ! viens à moi quand tu chantes,
Et, quand tu pleures, viens à moi !
Nous seuls comprenons vos extases.
Car notre esprit n’est point moqueur ;
Car les poètes sont les vases
Où les femmes versent leur coeurs.
Moi qui ne cherche dans ce monde
Que la seule réalité,
Moi qui laisse fuir comme l’onde
Tout ce qui n’est que vanité,
Je préfère aux biens dont s’enivre
L’orgueil du soldat ou du roi,
L’ombre que tu fais sur mon livre
Quand ton front se penche sur moi.
Toute ambition allumée
Dans notre esprit, brasier subtil,
Tombe en cendre ou vole en fumée,
Et l’on se dit :  » Qu’en reste-t-il ? « 
Tout plaisir, fleur à peine éclose
Dans notre avril sombre et terni,
S’effeuille et meurt, lis, myrte ou rose,
Et l’on se dit :  » C’est donc fini ! « 
L’amour seul reste. Ô noble femme
Si tu veux dans ce vil séjour,
Garder ta foi, garder ton âme,
Garder ton Dieu, garde l’amour !
Conserve en ton coeur, sans rien craindre,
Dusses-tu pleurer et souffrir,
La flamme qui ne peut s’éteindre
Et la fleur qui ne peut mourir !
Victor Hugo, Les contemplations, 1856

https://www.poetica.fr/poeme-5979/victor-hugo-aimons-toujours-aimons-encore/

Aimons toujours

Marco Lucchi : piano and electric organ

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for the current #disquiet junto challenge
https://disquiet.com/2025/10/09/disquiet-junto-project-0719-riding-on-the-metronome/

piano sketch 2 [disquiet # 0719] 60 bpm

A song about Project Monarch/MkUltra abuse survivor and educator, Cathy O'Brien, who has, and continues to, inspire me with her wisdom, fearlessness, resilience, and enlightened consciousness. I love you, Cathy. 
Instrumental, Production: Oussama Arichi
Lyrics: Nadia Selvaggi & Cathy O'Brien
Vocals, Mix, Production: Nadia Selvaggi
To learn more about Cathy's journey, visit her website: https://trance-formation.com/jan-6/

Cathy by Oussama Arichi & Nadia Selvaggi

Exploring the Blue (Live Jam)

hot summer

Said I wouldn’t reupload but I got a couple requests and that made me feel good so whatever

KISS OF KEROSENE 
last night I saw you in my dreams 
But you were leaving the way you always do it seems
I’m left with haunted memories 
Reminded of my failings 
It’s too late as leaves fall from the trees 

What to do when the heart is broken? 
Head won’t clear and my eyes can’t see 
Well I’ll send this devil back to the wind with a kiss of kerosene 
What to do when the heart is broken? 
Ears go deaf and these lungs won’t breathe
Well I’ll send this devil back to hell with a match and kerosene 

Tie you down in bed ,you wanted more 
Pinched, and bit, and bled, you wanted more 
Slapped your fucking head, you wanted more 
I’m so goddamn tired, you wanted more 
I just wanna hold you in my arms 
I just want you free and safe from harm 
Lie you down in bed, you wanted more 
Now I see you leaving out the door

KISS OF KEROSENE

Perseverance (2022)

Avant-garde acoustic neo soul track with a light rock vibe. Its that something different. Spotify —> https://open.spotify.com/track/0sRoxwub1mZLhbyEt1VcNj?si=fVzrhTKVRwCrJ2fWGfLWrA

Didn't Make Love

DIDN'T I

A Part Of My Story
@darealblackadadon
Everythingmtm.com
@everythingmtm

A Part Of My Story

A Part Of My Story (feat. Romeyo Wilson)

Round II feat. Emily Coy  Paploviante & Lillithe
Backing track - Stone Cold - Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante2/tracks
Vocal: Emily Coy
https://soundcloud.com/freevocals
Sax: Eric Marienthal
Arrangement Vocal, African Kalimba,  and Percussions : Lillithe

Round II   feat Emily Coy   (Prod. Lillithe & Paploviante Collab)

Lyrics, Vocals , Mix > Special Cecilia
Beautifull Music  by Jasonito El Bueno  https://soundcloud.com/jasonito-el-bueno-1
Mixing &  Vocals Recording  > Vince  https://soundcloud.com/vincent-ternest
" WirldWind of Life " Instrumental > https://soundcloud.com/jasonito-el-bueno-1/whirlwind-of-life
Poetical Philosophical Song...
LIFE ISN'T A STRAIGTH LINE
IT'S MORE LIKE A SPIRAL
LINKED CIRCLES THAT BUILD  UP 
TIMES AFTER TIMES

EVERY SEASON IN A YEAR                                              
HAS A REASON TO BE THERE
AS EVERY SEASON .IN THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE
THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE...

SOMETIMES IT'S HOT
SOMETIMES IT'S COLD
SOMETIMES IT'S SUN
SOMETIMES IT'S RAIN
SOMETIMES IS BLOW
SOMETIMES IT'S STORM
SOMETIMES IT'S DROUGHT
SOMETIMES IT'S FLOOD
SOMETIMES ITS SNOW
SOMETIME IT'S FALL....
AND THAN AGAIN IT'S GROW
AGAIN IT'S GROW...GROW....

EVERY SEASON IN A YEAR
HAS A REASON TO BE THERE
AS EVERY SEASON .IN THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE
THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE...

SOMETIMES IT'S NICE
SOMETIMES IT'S SADNESS
SOMETIMES IT'S WISE
SOMETIMES IT'S MADNESS
SOMETIMES IT'S CHILL
SOMETIMES IT'S STRESS
SOMETIMES IT'S HAPPY
SOMETIMES IT'S DISTRESS
SOMETIMES IT'S GLAD
SOMETIMES IT'S SADNESS
SOMETIME IT'S BIRTH 
SOMETIMES IT'S DEATH...
AND THAN AGAIN IT'S REBIRTH.... AGAIN IT'S REBIRTH .... REBIRTH....

EVERY SEASON IN A YEAR
HAS A REASON TO BE THERE
AS EVERY SEASON .IN THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE
THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE ... 

WITH EXPERIENCE WE KEEP GROWING
SOMETIMES GETTING RID OFF OLD SKINS
COMING FRESH WITH A NEW MIND.... A NEW MIND.... NEW MIND....

.IN THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE....THE WIRLWIND OF LIFE ...

EVERY SEASON ...

So much for which to give thanks....

And as always, thanks for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Giving Thanks

A story that continues to evolve & recreate itself

Jazz/Fusion keyboard player, composer and producer.  Marketing, advertising, publishing and sales career.  Originally from Chicago, where I developed a strong appreciation for the blues and classical, and moved to New York, where jazz and the fine arts are so deep.  Key musical influences include Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Zawinul and Weather Report, Chick Corea and Return to Forever, John McLaughlin and the Mahivishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Emily Remler, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Young, Buddy Guy, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire.   Former classical clarinet and piano player.  Unless noted, my music on SoundCloud was composed, recorded and performed using only keyboards.  An avid photographer.  Many covers here are my shots.  To see my photography look for Herbiejazz on Instagram or search for Herbiejazz on Google.  And a big thumbs up to SoundCloud and the SoundCloud community, and so many friends who have joined me to create.  Thank you all.

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Jamie Rhind

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