Everything is  just right. I love your singing and style, Beautiful track! 😊

A playlist full of tracks created by the writers, musicians and producers of our music community, "The MusiCollective" - this is the April 2024 edition, featuring both new songs and a couple of oldies from the last few years.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this. We have a mix of complete recording newbies, seasoned pros and everything in between. All as incredible as each other.

The MusiCollective is a community of people that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (@tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQL…wform?usp=sf_link

TMC Records - April 2024 playlist

Here you are a rough mix from a pair of jam sessions around dbdonlon's interesting bass and drums track: https://soundcloud.com/dbdonlon/dance-of-the-echidna-mp3
He would work on a better mix, but I had so much fun that I wanted to share it asap !!
I recommend use of headphones once again !!!

dbdonlon: original idea, basses and drums
E-Ruizzo: guitars

Dance of the Echidna (with dbdonlon)

Demo 9 of songs from my songwriting group. The prompt was "new bookshelf energy", a song about the new year. Enjoy! 

photo by Jenn Seguinot (Thru Jenn’s Frames Photography)

New Bookshelf Energy 

I want that new bookshelf energy
A new version of me 
Where the top’s been dusted off 

I want that new year energy
Where I feel suddenly 
Like I am not lost 

In the blink of an eye
The click of a hand
I will feel firm 
Where I stand

Just after midnight
Its time for goodbye 
To things I did not like and
Hello to who I am 

I want that new bookshelf energy
Some more space to breathe
And rearrange as I please 

I want that new year energy 
Where I feel happy 
And I know what I need 

In the blink of an eye
The click of a hand
I will feel firm 
Where I stand

Just after midnight
Its time for goodbye 
To things I did not like and
Hello to who I am

So hello to who I am

New Bookshelf Energy (demo)

Stefano Manotti -  Endless Road

Performed by Stefano Manotti

Written by Stefano Manotti

All rights reserved ©

Arrangement and mixing : Giulio Carmassi (ex Pat Metheny group)

Executive production and mastering : Paolo Schianchi and OmniaMusica Recording Studio


The wind of hope
Rushes through the night 
Like a swift bird passing by 
And a love light shines 
Silver in the distance
Where fatigue and sadness leave
And a need appears

I’m waiting to meet you 
On an endless road
With a free wind blowing even more

And you are a stranger
You are one of those
That could help inflame
inflame my soul

Now sadness plays the blues 
Without notes or beats
With a strong desire to erase 
Blank faces in the street


What you perceive 
Has just cooled inside
But the past, like a dream
Will always warm your cry 


I’m waiting to meet you 
On an endless road
With a free wind blowing even more

And you are a stranger
You are one of those
That could help inflame
inflame my soul

Endless Road

Some reflections on how life changes

If you try to find me I might not be the same
It might seem like a stranger's stolen my old name
And if I try to see the young man I once was
Well he is just a memory now, that memory's lost
Everything changes bye and bye
Everything Changes, and so do I

If you have a lover, someone you hold tight
They might be forever, it might just be one night
And if they choose to leave you, as one day they might
Time rolls over them, you'll be alright
Everything changes, you know its true
Everything changes and so do you

Times winged chariot oftentimes I hear
He is changing everything, that much is clear
Tides rise and fall as the moon pulls the sea
The earth is spinning everything, including me
Everything changes, can't you see
Everything changes and so do we

If you try to find me I might not be the same
It might seem like a stranger's stolen my old name
And if I try to see the young man I once was
Well he is just a memory now, that memory's lost
Everything changes bye and bye
Everything Changes, and so do I

Everything Changes

Honey (in A Poison Cup)

An old song I wrote ages ago basically about the mixed feelings that can come with unexpectedly running into someone from your past. It's a rough one take demo which I meant to redo but several years on I still haven't so might as well share as is even though the accidental "maywe be" bit always does my head in :)

Lyrics:
Verse 1 & 2
So now you’re looking at me across the room, and I can tell your Heart skipped a beat as well, was it 
Part of your plan to walk all over the ending again
That I had settled for?

And now you open your arms all of a sudden, next thing I
Know you pouring all of your charms over me
Again and talk to me like we’re old friends, 
Don’t you agree this is a little bizarre?

Chorus 1
Why don’t you fly back up to your cloud in the sky 
where you’ve been hiding out 
from all the horrors of your mind when you’re high as a kite
Sooner or later you’re bound to come down.

Verse 3 & 4
I haven’t seen you for ages, and to be honest, 
I’ve been through all of the stages, this is the oddest
By a mile, what’s up with that funny smile on your face, 
I thought I’m dead to you?

Somehow I can’t help but feel it’s all just in my head now, 
Oh this is rather surreal I thought it’s all been said and done,
Now you’re here, do you expect me to cheer
Suddenly I’m really mad at you.

Chorus 2
Why don’t you crawl back down into your hole in the ground 
Until the coast is clear
And drown your sorrows and fear when you’re down and out
Sooner or later I’ll see you up here

Bridge
… So now you’re looking at me… (I thought I’m dead to you)
… And my heart skips a beat… (I’m really mad at you)
… Cos here you are… (do you expect me to cheer?)
… With your open arms… (is the coast really clear?)
… And that funny smile… (maybe we could sit…)
… And talk for a while…

Chorus 1 & 2
Before crawl back down into your hole in the ground 
Until the coast is clear
And drown your sorrows and fear when you’re down and out
Sooner or later, I’ll see you up here

Before you fly back up to your cloud in the sky 
where you are always hiding out 
From all the horrors of your mind when you’re high as a kite
Sooner or later you’re bound to come down
Sooner or later I’ll see you around…

Sooner Or Later - demo

“Dawn”
Dreamy LoFi track from Eastern LoFi Lab.
Cover photo: Arpad Kajel www.facebook.com/arpikirandul

Dawn

Our version of The Telescopes' Songs Of Love And Revolution, music and lyrics by Stephen Lawrie.

Songs Of Love And Revolution (a metal version)

A Portuguese Cyrano, how would he be?

I have an older version (not published here in SoundCloud) with a faster tempo. Here I tried to slow it down to see if it still works.


Nascido para vencer,
senhor do meu nariz.
Mas tu podes crer:
Nunca serei nada neste país
à beira-mar plantado.
Já não escapo do meu fado.
Só me resta ser feliz.

E as melodias, e os sonhos desta arte
seguem-nos,
seguem-nos por toda a parte.
E ao partirmos com as lembranças,
com o talento, com a esperança e o sentimento
de uma nova madrugada,
é um novo dia, cheio de versos, de poesia,
e a suave companhia de umas tágides anafadas.
E as doces brisas, e os furacões da sorte
levam-nos
levam-nos para além da morte.

Porque a vida eterna é esta:
Que te conheçam a ti só
por único Deus verdadeiro
e a teu filho, a quem enviaste.

E, ao repousar na terra,
os corpos unem-se às raízes
e as vidas áridas e estéreis
crescem lindas e felizes.

Nascido para vencer, senhor deste país.
Mas tu podes crer: Nunca serei dono do meu nariz
na face mal plantado.
Já não escapo do meu fado.
Só me resta ser feliz.

Nascido Para Vencer (2024)

Available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ELJfDSS9O5slDeGvDW7sl

Other streaming platforms:
https://emubands.ffm.to/lifeworthliving

Lyrics:

I’ve been chasing dreams around 
but I haven’t found
any reason to go on
all my hope is gone

I’ve cried so hard but it’s no use 
I’ve tried and tried but it’s too hard 
(to make life worth living)

There’s no one in my home 
So I’m going to die alone 
and soon I’ll be gone

I’ve cried so hard but it’s no use 
I’ve tried and tried but it’s too hard 
(to make life worth living)

I throw my hands up, I throw my hands up 
and walk away
I throw my hands up, I throw my hands up 
and walk away
(I gotta I give up)

I don’t want to stay and feel this way 
I’m gonna throw it all away
I can’t stand the pain

I’ve tried so hard but it’s no use 
I’m not going to try anymore 
(to make life worth living)

My body’s just a cage
to keep my soul from running away 
it doesn’t want to stay
so I’m gonna set it free today

My body’s just a cage
to keep my soul from running away 
it doesn’t want to stay
so I’m gonna set it free today

I throw my hands up, I throw my hands up 
and walk away
I throw my hands up, I throw my hands up 
and walk away
I’m gonna give up

Ah-hah, ooh, state your name and business 
Ah-hah, that’s manners
Ah-hah, state your name and business 
Ah-hah, that’s manners
(How do you do, how do you do, how do you do) 
Ah-hah, state your name and business
(How do you do, how do you do, how do you do) 
Ah-hah, that’s manners
(How do you do, how do you do, how do you do) 
Ah-hah, state your name and business
(How do you do, how do you do, how do you do) 
Ah-hah, that’s manners

Life Worth Living

Cherry Picking

Words and music by Mark Lanegan except the first 1:18.

One Hundred Days (Mark Lanegan Cover)

遊蘭 Bamboo

The MusiCollective is a community of musicians that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (https://soundcloud.com/tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: https://forms.gle/yhyjNKzWGidVCZgN9

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