Name: Aeolus, Thanks For Nothing by Jim Combs - Composer, Keyboardist and Guitarist in Jim Combs Fusion
Duration: 6 min 46 s
Description: I have always loved the story of Odysseus and Aeolus. A story that shows us why we need patience and vigilance! This song features Walter Yones on vibes and Gabriel Rever on percussion.

You know your way around composing and producing. Fantastic work here. Love this synth lead (3:15). Happen' tune!!! Great change-up at (4:25). Love walk-out endings on happen' tunes. 😄⁓Rebecca

killer track again jim , love this fusion style of yours , and that bass , wow , be back for more jim combs :-)

Ooooh what is that - a bass?! Love it whatever it is!

Superb composition and great playing, wonderful sounds and production.....marvellous.

Jim Combs Fusion

At Sixes And Sevens had several revisions. Originally, the opening of the piece was in 6/4 and the remainder of the song was in 7/4 (thus the title) but i didn't like the 6/4 feel. I decided to stay in 7/4 for the entire song (pretty much).

At Sixes And Sevens

Memoirs of the Twentieth Century – The title comes from the 1733 novel by Samuel Madden, considered the first of English literature to ever feature time travel. I wrote this to be the first song on the CD and was the last I song wrote for the project.

At the completion of my project “Waiting”, I decided to start on another project immediately. I’m not sure whether it was my turning 60 or the fact that 2020 was a year that had me wishing for another time, but either way I found myself drawn to stories of time travel. 

I did not begin the Keepsakes project with the idea it would be a concept project/CD, but it does seem to feel like one. It Just proves how much your writing is influenced by your situation, whether you realize it or not.

Memoirs Of The Twentieth Century

After viewing the photograph of Nikola Tesla sitting on a chair in his Knobe Hill, Colorado Springs laboratory it made me wonder what the night sky must have looked like in 1899 while Tesla was performing his experiments. The photo also reminded of the James Whale's 1931 Frankenstien movie's lab designed which included Kenneth Strickfaden's movie machinery prop, his own Tesla coil that he called the Megavolt Senior. The marvelous bass solo is performed Stefan Pavlov and vocals by Volodymyr Chyzhovych. The intro has an actual recording of a Tesla coil charging.

Moonlight On Knob Hill

I have always loved the story of Odysseus and Aeolus. A story that shows us why we need patience and vigilance! This song features Walter Yones on vibes and Gabriel Rever on percussion.

Aeolus, Thanks For Nothing

Hi, I have used both my Alhamra guitar and my Furch guitar here in this version. Acustic recording which is a bit difficult since all noise can be heard!

Dear friends, the temperature in the north varies unusually much this year. Meter-high snow melts down from persistent rain and then it freezes again. Catastrophic for people and animals living there.

It is raining in the North

It is raining in the north today. m m m m
and it is so strange
since we are used to see the snow coated mountains there
when the winter is here and the animals are taken 
with surprise this day
it is so hard for them to find the trails that they own

When the temperature goes up and down m m m m
at first the snow will melt
and when the cold returns the fields are covered with ice
to a very hard shell and it’s hard for the reindeers
to reach their food
and a lot of animals will die on this strange winter day

The conditions are changing. m m m m
since the sun warms up
all our great oceans and much water will rise to the sky
and all water fall down in incredible amounts
in different places on earth
it is so hard for folks to handle these new conditions on earth

Approximate translation into Swedish

Det regnar i norr

Det regnar i norr idag.
och det är så konstigt
eftersom vi är vana vid att se de snöklädda bergen där
när vintern är här och djuren är tagna
med överraskning denna dag
det är så svårt för dem att hitta de stigar som de äger

När temperaturen går upp och ner
kommer snön först att smälta
och när kylan kommer tillbaka är fälten täckta med is
till ett mycket hårt skal och det är svårt för renarna
att nå sin mat
och många djur kommer att dö denna märkliga vinterdag

Förutsättningarna förändras.
eftersom solen värmer upp
alla våra stora hav och mycket vatten kommer att stiga till himlen
och allt vatten faller ner i otroliga mängder
på olika platser på jorden
det är så svårt för människor att hantera dessa nya förhållanden på jorden

It is raining in the North version two

Eduanis Zerquera -Nostalgia

Stephanie Barbutova:  Vocals
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass, Keys, Vocals

This is an old DROWNING DOLPHINS classic from the 90s, released on the mini LP "Tears never shed". Lyrics by Hauke Meyer. Thanks for the attention!

Don´t try to understand
This simple sentiment
I tried and had to fail
And this is not a tale

Do you believe in hate?
You surely will – just wait!
Do you believe in love?
You should believe in hurt
I know it sounds absurd

Are you looking for goodness?
Come to the other side
No matter what you try –
Here you´ll never find it

Are you heading for good times?
Come to the other side
No matter how long you wait
Here you´ll never find it

Do you believe in hate?
You surely will – just wait!
Do you believe in love?
You should believe in hurt
I know it sounds absurd

Are you looking for goodness?
Come to the other side
No matter what you try –
Here you´ll never find it

Are you looking for goodness?
Come to the other side
No matter what you try –
Here you´ll never find it

Are you heading for good times?
Come to the other side, come to the other side

Dolphin Records 1993 (Hauke Meyer / Dirk Taubenheim)

Forever

Other Side   ft. STEPHANIE BARBUTOVA

February's First Flower - Το Πρώτο Άνθος Του Φεβρουαρίου

Alright, It's Ok

open for collab…

www.WowApp.com/w/frawstakwa

#frawstakwaforyou

think 164bpm #frawstakwapella…

MAjIK 5

A little test, in an unusual style for me.  At first I just wanted to explore Abbey Road drums, and the inspiration did the rest. Logic Loops - Arrangements and Production  :  Pascal Basso  https://soundcloud.com/pascal-basso
Un petit essai dans un style inhabituel pour moi. Au départ je voulais juste explorer les batteries Abbey Road , et l'inspiration à fait le reste .  Boucles Logic - Arrangements et Production : Pascal Basso .

Joky Funky 🧚‍♀️

In August 1877, Asaph Hall of the U.S. Naval Observatory conducted a systematic search and discovered two satellites, or moons, of Mars within a few nights of each other. Hall named the moons Phobos and Deimos, after the two sons of Mars who were his chariot attendants and constant companions. However, this was not the first time that the existence of these moons had been theorized. Almost three centuries earlier, in the early 17th century, astronomer Johannes Kepler had also proposed the idea of two moons orbiting Mars. This was due to a secret coded letter received from his colleague Galileo Galilei. Both Galileo and Kepler were influential figures in the field of astronomy, and their contributions are still celebrated today. 

When Galileo sent his coded letter, Kepler was eager to solve it and feel validated in his theories about Mars. The letter was written in Latin and contained a word puzzle for Kepler to decipher. Despite his best efforts, Kepler's interpretation of the code was not entirely accurate. He rearranged the letters to read 'be greeted, double-knob, children of Mars,' and believed this confirmed his theory. However, the actual solution to the puzzle was a playful joke from Galileo, not a scientific revelation.

This song is part of the project Analog Buildup.

Special thanks to Percussionist Reinaldo Ocando for his work on the bongos.

The Children of Mars

This started as a small synthesizer electronic piece but it wanted to be a larger number so now it is. This features Mannuel Trabucco on soprano sax.

Analog Buildup

Written, performed and engineered by Stephen Morden.
Rendered as a 7 piece fusion band--drums (machine), keyboard bass, keyboards, 2 rhythm guitars, 2 lead guitars.

Racelessness

the tone that you've taken
is leading you down
down to the depths Abaddon

and this pitch that you've been pitching
this pissing of my pain
how dare you say my name out loud

so solumn as you swear
at my brain i allow
for as long as you sit in Abaddon

for my stitches I'm stitching
my soul to sustain
where's your pneuma now?

still I wish you well

if you've nothing left to tell me
i'd like to move on
to a place higher than Abaddon

keep your treacherous trenchings
and tidings to yourself
what more will you have when i'm gone?

aligning your minding 
mine's eye you will find
binding you to Abaddon

consciously waiting here
ready for my baiting
a simple slight to steal my song

still i wish you well

the premise of your power
my pen points to you
are you dying to see Abaddon?

as i lie in my tethers
you think that you hold
your power permit you have pawned

today is a blessing
this moment i sit
though i know you're there Abaddon

I can laugh at your comments
and lacking of wit
spewing your seeds you've spawned

though i wish you well
still i wished you well
still i wish you well

Abaddon

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus.

The music industry (like many things) has changed greatly since I bought my first 45 record (Green Eyed Lady) at my hometown record shop in 1970. It would be very easy to lament over these changes (and I have.) However, with change comes new opportunities, and thanks to websites/apps like Soundcloud we musicians and composers have the opportunity to to be heard as never before. So thank you Soundcloud and thank you for visiting my page. - Jim Combs

Bio
* Born 1959
* From Southern New Jersey, USA
* Instruments: Guitar (jazz & classical), Bass, Piano, Voice 
* Influential LPs/music (not all and in no specific order): Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Miles Davis - Nefertiti & Sketches of Spain, Larry Coryell – Spaces, Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Pat Martino – Consciousness, Return to Forever  - Romantic Warrior,  Chick Corea - The Leprechaun, Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow,  Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures, Santana & McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender, ELP – Trilogy, Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Yes - Close to the Edge, David Sancious - The Bridge, Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish, Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled, Journey – Journey,  Rite of Spring & Petrushka – Stravinsky, Don Quixote - Richard Strauss, La Mer - Claude Debussy, Pavane pour une infante défunte & Daphnis et Chloé – Ravel, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta - Bartok ,  Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar, Jerry Goldsmith - MacArthur, The Omen, Planet Of The Apes (1968), Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing & The Bermuda Triangle.

Aeolus, Thanks For Nothing

Jim Combs - Composer, Keyboardist and Guitarist

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