i love this , its like a suade song with a sniff of u2 and the cure , sung like a true rock god jim , excellent

Very well done, amazing layers and arrangements. Loving this Jim! Great stuff :)

Fantastic song man... very artistic & well thought out! Do you by chance paint, aside from making music?! I like observing art... so this track strikes a chord with me Jim. Nice trippy sound f/x & like that outro! :)

Dunno how I missed this gem...beautiful track, Jim

Have a merry christmas and a happy new year!! Thanks for all your great music and all your support! <3

Psychedelic Christmas

Texte Français & Google traduction

LES IMPREVUS MALENCONTREUX

Les imprévus malencontreux
Qui sèment le mal tout autour d’eux
Viennent bouleverser par leurs venus
Certains des jours et même plus
Sortent de l’ombre et des buissons
Nous jouent des tours à leurs façons
A faire des maux, pétrir nos cœurs
Partant de rires, on passe aux pleurs.

Les imprévus malencontreux
Nous font souffrir, font de leur mieux
Voudraient nous voir sur une image
Noyant nos yeux dans un naufrage
Passent à l’acte sans prévenir
Nous faisant mal, malin plaisir
Sans faire passer comme indolore
Ces coups de l’âme contre nos sorts 

Les imprévus malencontreux
Nous rongent,
Et à cause d’eux
On songe,
A ce pire, l’angoissant,
De se dire à nouveau c’est quand….

Les imprévus malencontreux
Faisant du mal tout autour d'eux
Viennent nous voir de temps en temps
Nous faire savoir tout simplement
Qu’ils peuvent d'une manière
Nous faire du mal, nous mettre en l’air
Et que seul’ment s’ils le souhaitent
Nous laisseront des jours en fêtes.

Les imprévus malencontreux
Nous rongent,
Et à cause d’eux
On songe,
A ce pire, l’angoissant,
De se dire à nouveau c'est quand….

Les imprévus malencontreux
Que cherchent-ils contre tous ceux
Qui veulent vivre tout simplement
De grands bonheurs qui durent au temps
Pensant à chaque fois que tout bien
Vivant nos jours et leurs lendemains
Jetant les doutes à tous les vents
Pour que l'amour reste bien grand.

THE UNFORTUNATE EXPECTATIONS

Unforeseen events
Who sow evil all around them
Come to upset by their arrivals
Some days and even more
Come out of the shadows and the bushes
Playing tricks on us in their own ways
To cause pain, to knead our hearts
Starting with laughter, we move on to tears.

Unforeseen events
Make us suffer, do their best
Would like to see us in a picture
Drowning our eyes in a shipwreck
Take action without warning
Making us hurt, evil pleasure
Without passing it off as painless
These blows of the soul against our spells

Unforeseen events
are gnawing at us,
And because of them
We think,
At this worst, the distressing,
To say to yourself again when….

Unforeseen events
Doing harm all around them
Come see us from time to time
Just let us know
That they can in a way
Hurt us, put us in the air
And only if they wish
Will leave us days of celebration.

Unforeseen events
are gnawing at us,
And because of them
We think,
At this worst, the distressing,
To say again when is it….

Unforeseen events
What do they seek against all those
Who want to live simply
Great happiness that lasts over time
Thinking every time that everything is good
Living our days and their tomorrows
Throwing doubts to all the winds
So that love remains great.

LES IMPREVUS MALENCONTREUX

Rodolfo https://soundcloud.com/rplanes gave me this piece and title to write a lyric around. I was drawn to man's not unnatural obsession with the cosmos from the earliest days, through using it to navigate the world and gain power, to now potentially using it as a last ditch escape from our polluted and depleted home. I particularly enjoyed this song as I get to sing in Spanish and also a good proportion of this song is instrumental. So sit back and let this journey wash over you. Many thanks to Rodolfo for all his great work and a special thanks to you for listening. Mark

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Me - Vocals and lyrics

Southern Star by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett

It’s written in the stars,
When seen from Earth,
Venus… even Mars.
Whatever it’s worth.

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Is that ‘Pie in the Sky’? 
Take the bait,
Maybe just a lie,
Trust in fate?

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Es la clave,
Del rumbo del destino
Del rumbo del destino.
(Southern star, it's the key from the course of destiny)

Man’s knowledge and skill,
Charts land and sea.
In order to fulfil,
Destiny			
 
The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Celestial sphere,
Obscured now by,				
Tears and fear.
The end is nigh.		

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Sin la clave,
Nos niega el destino
El curso del…
El curso del	destino
(Southern star, without the key, fate denies us the course of destiny)

 
Need and hunger, 
Has our innocence
Rent asunder, 
By its wickedness
 
The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Escape to stars.
Throw right off of your
Shackles and bars.
We need to endure.

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Sin la clave,
Nos niega el destino
El curso del…
El curso del destino
(Southern star, without the key, fate denies us the course of destiny)

Southern Star - Continental Collision (Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett)

There are forests on Earth that endure extreme winters, places where temperatures can reach up to -40/-50C.
They are called Taiga 
Plants and animals go into hibernation hoping they have stored enought nutrients to survive another extreme seasson.
A once thriving forest full of beauty, sounds and colours turn in to a deadly , almost lifeless , colourless and soundless frozen desert.
Life`s clock seems to slow down to a halt while hours turn to days , days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months.
Until the first sun rays strong enough to stop the ice and snow`s  deadly grip ,appear..
Like an explosion...Life`s clock speeds up while the forest heart beats faster and faster, the forest is awaking along with its inhabitants..
Spring returns ...Life begins ....again...

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Photo by Bernat Rangil , Bernat is a wonderful photographer with an incredible eye for beauty.
He has a wonderful heart, after I spoke to him he gave me permission to use his work as cover for my new piece. Visit his site, it will bring you a smile.
https://pixabay.com/users/bernat-848806/

Taiga

See The Sun Arise

Indie rock. Music, lyrics, vocals. D. k. A. Spencer Backing vocals. Cosmic Keanu

LOOK DEEPER INSIDE

I don’t want no pain today
All I can do is sit and pray
Hope these blues will go away
Forget about the things you do
And the words you say

Always been there, you know it’s true
Did the things a friend should do
Always on your side, I defended you
No matter what they said I believed in you

You’re so cold and ungrateful
Disrespect me like a fool
You think that you’re untouchable
Have you lost your heart and soul

Always been there, you know it’s true
Did the things a friend should do
Always on your side, I defended you
No matter what they said I believed in you

Look a little deeper,
Deeper inside
Share your secrets
Please don’t hide

Don’t play Dr Jekyll
And Mr. Hyde with me

Look a little deeper,
Deeper inside
Share your secrets,
Please don’t hide

Don’t play Dr Jekyll
And Mr. Hyde with me

Look a little deeper,
Look a little deeper,
I believed in you
I believed in you

Look deeper inside. (Backing vocals) Cosmic Keanu

In the Mood For Love feat.Shamoozey, Emily Coy & Paploviante
Backing Track: Paploviante 
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/remember-paploviante-open-collaboration-offer
Vocals and Lyrics : Shamoozey
https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/11846/in-the-mood-for-love-100bpm-blues-acapella
Vocals and Lyrics : Emily Coy
Freevocals – Emily-coy-trust-us-free-acapella
Lillithe: Mix and Production

In the Mood For Love feat. Shamoozey, Emily Coy & Paploviante

I Got A Bone To Pick With You

Art Expressed in Music – Goya's Visions
January 2024
Duration: 3:30
Listen to the Playlist: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/art-expressed-in-music-i
Remix of Córdoba, by Isaac Albéniz, with original composition.
Painting: section of the Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro (completed 1821 – 1823), painted on the plaster walls of Goya's house and later transferred to canvas.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30th, 1746 – April 16th, 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker  He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.  His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th and 20th century painters. Goya became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 and this early portion of his career is marked by portraits of the Spanish aristocracy and royalty.  Although Goya's letters and writings survive, little is known about his thoughts. He had a severe and undiagnosed illness in 1793 that left him deaf, after which his work became progressively darker and pessimistic. His later easel and mural paintings, prints and drawings appear to reflect a bleak outlook on personal, social and political levels.  In 1807, Napoleon led the French army into the Peninsular War against Spain. Goya remained in Madrid during the war, which seems to have affected him deeply. Although he did not speak his thoughts in public, his feelings can be inferred from his “Disasters of War' series of prints.  Other works from his mid-period include the “Caprichos and Los Disparates” etching series, and a wide variety of paintings concerned with insanity, mental asylums, witches, and religious and political corruption.  His late period culminates with the “Black Paintings” of 1819–1823, applied on oil on the plaster walls of his house, the Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man) where, disillusioned by political and social developments in Spain, he lived in near isolation. Goya eventually abandoned Spain in 1824 to retire to the French city of Bordeaux. Following a stroke that left him paralyzed on his right side, Goya died and was buried on April 16th, 1828 at the age of 82.
For piano, guitar,oboe d'Amore, english horn, heckelphone, bassoon, virtual voices, tubular bells, timpani and percussion.

Art Expressed In Music - Goya's Visions

EXPLORERS

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Hi everyone.

After three weeks sick, he seems to be starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel (That's what we say in Spain...).

My precious kidney stones have prevented me from focusing on songwriting and my commitments to some friends here, and will continue to do so for a while...

But my spirit regains energy and that's why I leave you here a composition from almost 8 years ago that I don't remember having published before.

It is one of the most complex electronic parts ever made.

It's true that I remastered it a few years later in my second mixing studio......yes, in my second car with BT.

I hope you like it, while I hope to expel two of my beloved stones from the four I have had since the last month.

Greetings.

Paco. ; )



Image by BIGPT in Pixabay.

DAW. Music Studio 2
Hardware. iPad
Mix. By car
21 Tracks of native instruments from MS2 and the Xewton forum.
16 tracks of kv331 Synthmaster

Explorers

Art Expressed in Music – El Greco's Passion
February 2024
Duration: 3:00
Listen to the Playlist: soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/art-expressed-in-music-i
Painting: View of Toledo 
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos (October 1, 1541 –  April 7, 1614) most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek”), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.  El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete).  In 1570, he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of of the Venetian Renaissanbce.  In 1577, he moved to Toledo Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings, such as “View of Toledo”.  At the time, Toledo was the religious capital of Spain and a populous city.  In Toledo, he was the tenant of a complex consisting of three apartments and twenty-four rooms.  It was in these apartments, which also served as his workshop, that he spent the rest of his life, painting and studying. He lived in considerable style, sometimes employing musicians to play whilst he dined.  During the course of the execution of a commission, El Greco fell seriously ill, and died on  April 7th, 1614 at the age of 73.  El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries, but finally found appreciation in the 20th century.  El Greco is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism; his works were a source of inspiration for painters like Picasso.  He is best known for tortuously elongated figures and often fantastic or phantasmagorical paintings.  El Greco discarded classicist criteria such as measure and proportion. He believed that grace is the supreme quest of art.  El Greco regarded color as the most important and the most ungovernable element of painting, and declared that color had primacy over form.
For strings, piano, trumpet, skiddaw stones, virtual instruments, sound effects and percussion.

Art Expressed In Music - El Greco's Passion

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS
Composer / Producer / LILLITHE 
Logic x pro
HEADPHONES


Are You Ready For This / Free Download

I was watching The Voice and I heard a country cover of this song that made me want to sing it as well.  I do not own the rights to this song.

Against All Odds (Cover Inspired by #TheVoice)

Mixed & Mastered @ Byron Audio Lab, Carrboro, NC.

2017 Stereo Era Records




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no giving up, no giving in to this
no holding out bout hanging up on old ideas
you were brought up with

turn the lights on 
start at ten and count to zero
then/ i'll find new heros


no backing up
youre running out of ledge
still holding on to old days so tight that youve run out of oxygen
turn the lights on 
start at ten and count to zero
count to zero

Chorus 
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if something inside of you still wont adhere...
and days of the past still weigh you down--
find something beside/ inside yourself that you hold dear
or gimme a call and ill come down


im on my way (x3)

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still running from your old life back then? keep looking forward till see what you couldnt manage to find then 

turn the lights on 
start at ten and count to zero
  
youre spinning out
but youll still pretend
still holdin on to old days so tight that youve run out of oxygen

turn the lights on 
start at ten and count to zero
count to zero


if something inside of you still wont adhere...

and days of the past still weigh you down--

find something beside yourself that you hold dear

or gimme a call and ill come down

im on my way (x3)

Start at Ten and Count To Zero

slowed and reverb version of my original 'theres a place'
Inspired  writing about the place I grew up...
Vocals and all guitars - Me
Piano - Joe Hernley
Drums - Jim  Ebersol 
Lyrics and painting art - Michele Louthan 
mixing and mastering by Kurt of ClubFungus @clubfungus ! Special thanks to Kurt, for all help and amazing work! :D Check out Kurt's Music Mastering services here: http://subwav.com/music-mastering-services/information/

Lyrics: Feel the warmth of the sun beat down see the colures burst smell the air hear the meadow sounds its pure and unrehearsed

*And there’s a place like you’ve never seen before there is a place where your hopes and dreams can sore freedom and serenity still walk hand in hand

Blazing passion diminishing fears my eyes are open wide listen with your heart not your ears let your senses ride

*
Life seems right full of love not freight my soul seems clean and new days at end so bring on the night cause with sunrise comes morning dew

*
Spotify Listen - https://open.spotify.com/artist/40KProKMFULGb6uW9Bjns5
iTunes linking - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/david-lee-louthan/id1179368215
Google Play  link - https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/David_Lee_Louthan?id=Ab6irb7rytrelenvi6yoe4j2o3a

There's a Place

There's A Place (sped up 2023 tik tok mix)

Here is a track taken from my new album beyond the illusion which is out now on spotify  https://open.spotify.com/album/0B9NFZtmo0iXRi6ss8HaNF
amazon https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Illusion-Jim-manser/dp/B077SNR268
itunes google play apple music 
written and recorded by jim manser @averay road studios bristol uk

Paint It On Your Soul [taken from beyond the illusion out now]

superWAV is the Indie Electronic Rock project of the siblings Anne and Volker Wichmann, currently based in NYC and IBK. Having played together in a Stoner Rock band, they now produce their own version of Indie Rock – sometimes with beats and experimental elements, sometimes energetic Psychedelic Rock. 

And check out these amazing artists:
https://soundcloud.com/shadowpainter
https://soundcloud.com/samprock
https://soundcloud.com/clubfungus
https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents
https://soundcloud.com/pacman-mic-mastery
https://soundcloud.com/david-louthan
https://soundcloud.com/time2cclear
https://soundcloud.com/mrinal-desai
https://soundcloud.com/mrsrhymes

Music producer and filmmaker 
Making and producing original music I hope you enjoy these songs that I make  
Music is creative freedom and artistic expression

Paint It On Your Soul [taken from beyond the illusion out now]

Jim Manser

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