Cool Song! great original vocal voice too~ dobro in photo  nice ~ was at the bar the other night : )

i like your style , how you multi your vocal 😎

Great catchy vocal lyric track..great guitar..perfectly executed..captivating & passionate harmonization..excellent mix & recording production!

adventure playground

Cast of Characters:
Cgmaness – @hiddenhands-760647700 – Chris – acoustic guitar and composition
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and lyrics
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – piano and organ
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh — acoustic upright double bass
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken — drums
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — mix, mastering, and production

This song began its life in rural Arkansas, when Chris came up with it on his acoustic guitar. He genreously shared it with us along with a treasure trove of songs some months back. This one's time has come, though. 
  The first one of us to pounce on the project was Carl, who immediately heard his melodies, and added them with the skill and passion he's known for. JJ came in next, adding his beautiful piano and dreamy organ to the song. Josh went next, still reveling in the new upright, and added it to start the rhythm section. Ken very skillfully matched Josh's groove and added his drums soon after to complete the rhythm section. If anyone has any idea how hard it is to add drums to an acoustic tune that's already recorded, you'll appreciate Ken's work in here doubly, because he got the swing down perfectly. 
  All that remained was for Tez to juice it up with his trademark thrilling guitar solo. When it was finally complete, we asked Stephen to mix it for us, which he did in his always pro way. 
  This is just the latest, but not the last, song written by Mr. Maness. We all love his music, and consider it among the best on any of our pages. This was definitely a team effort, though, as the song was simply an acoustic guitar part when we got a hold of it. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we all enjoyed creating it. 
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:
Lyrics for behind the track

Plateau of proof
I see a tree made root
Holding the fort
Great above and below tree sort
 
Graced level ground
Purge the pedestals
We found the sound

Elevations
Grounded revelations

Oh very best incline
Move us forward in time
Good golden ratio curve
Paint our lives
Give nerve

Graced level ground
Purge the pedestals
We found the sound

Elevations
Grounded revelations

Oh very best incline
Move us forward in time
Good golden ratio curve
Paint our lives
Give nerve

Plateau of proof
I see a tree made root
Holding the fort
Great above and below tree sort
Graced level ground
Purge the pedestals
We found the sound
We found the sound
We found the sound

Elevations (Eclectic Collective)

I still play the Keyboard with "one finger searching" :-) so the skills here in this 8 minute improvisation are less musical than motoric :-D .... yet I try to follow a rule ;-)

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‘Grey’ is the eighth studio quality Grey Hounds song to be released on SoundCloud. Just when the rain clouds part and the Sun shines through, a rainbow appears full of hope, but there's never a pot of gold is there?

Grey

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“Almost Home”

exploring F minor in the studio with a new method
beats - erica synths lxr-02
bass - moog matriatch
strings - moog muse, zen delay pedal
lead sequence - sequential take5
harp, bassoon, horns - ableton 

kibo symphonic mix

„Freiheit ist der Atem des Lebens."

These words were written by Jesuit priest Alfred Delp with his hands bound in a prison cell in 1945, shortly before his execution. A man who, in the face of death, wrote not about fear, but about freedom.

This song does not tell the story of a person. It tells the story of a feeling: the path from inner confinement to free breathing. From walls of thoughts to bare feet on wet grass. From silence that is a cage to silence that is space.

For all those who are currently stuck in their own confinement, whether it be pressure to perform, self-doubt, fear of the future, or the question: Who am I when no one is watching? The answer lies in breathing. In letting go. In the courage to face yourself.

Freedom is not something you possess. It is something you do. With every conscious breath.

Breathe. You are allowed to. You are free.

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Diese Worte schrieb der Jesuitenpater Alfred Delp mit gefesselten Händen in einer Gefängniszelle, 1945, kurz vor seiner Hinrichtung. Ein Mann, der im Angesicht des Todes nicht über Angst schrieb, sondern über Freiheit.

Dieses Lied erzählt keine Geschichte eines Menschen. Es erzählt die Geschichte eines Gefühls: den Weg von innerer Enge zum freien Atemzug. Von Mauern aus Gedanken zu barfuß auf nassem Gras. Von Stille, die ein Käfig ist, zu Stille, die Raum ist.

Für alle, die gerade in ihrer eigenen Enge stecken, ob Erwartungsdruck, Selbstzweifel, die Angst vor der Zukunft oder die Frage: Wer bin ich, wenn niemand zuschaut? Die Antwort liegt im Atmen. Im Loslassen. Im Mut, sich selbst zu begegnen.

Freiheit ist nichts, was man besitzt. Sie ist etwas, was man tut. Mit jedem bewussten Atemzug.

Atme. Du darfst. Du bist frei.

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🎵 Chamber Folk Duett
🎹 Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Cello, Violin, Soft Percussions, Acoustic Bass
✍️ Text & Musik: VTmusic (Viktor & Edeltraud Trncik)
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Lyrik: (The English translation is below the German lyrics)
Mauern aus Gedanken
Türme ohne Tür
Jeder Atemzug ein Kampf
Gegen das Gewicht in mir

Erwartungen wie Ketten
Die sich enger zieh'n
Stimmen die mir sagen
Du musst funktionier'n

Doch da ist ein Riss im Grau
Ein Lufthauch unterm Spalt
Eine Ahnung tief in mir
Die flüstert: Du bist nicht aus Basalt

Das Herz ist nicht für Käfige gemacht
Es schlägt für mehr als Angst und Nacht

Ungeschminkt unperfekt
Und doch bereit zu geh'n

Freiheit ist der Atem des Lebens
Ein Fenster das sich öffnet weit
Kein Besitz nein ein Geschenk
Das ich mir selbst verleih'

Atme ein
Atme aus
Ich darf sein

Manchmal fall' ich zurück
In die Enge in die Nacht
Doch ich weiß jetzt wo das Licht ist
Das in mir selber wacht

Ich war dort doch ich bleib' nicht
Das Erinnern macht mich stark nicht schwach

Freiheit ist der Atem des Lebens
Der erste Morgen nach dem langen Gefangen
Barfuß auf nassem Gras zu stehen
Und wissen: Ich bin mehr

Ich bin lebendig ich darf sein
Von niemandem kleingemacht
Auch nicht von mir allein

Atme!
Du darfst!
Frei!  Frei! Frei! Frei!

English:
Walls of thoughts
Towers without doors
Every breath a struggle
Against the weight inside me

Expectations like chains
That tighten around me
Voices telling me
You have to function

But there's a crack in the gray
A breath of air under the gap
A feeling deep inside me
That whispers: You are not made of basalt

The heart is not made for cages
It beats for more than fear and night

Unvarnished, imperfect
And yet ready to go

Freedom is the breath of life
A window that opens wide
Not a possession, no, a gift
That I give myself

Breathe in
Breathe out
I am allowed to be

Sometimes I fall back
Into confinement, into the night
But now I know where the light is
That watches over me

I was there, but I'm not staying
The memory makes me strong, not weak

Freedom is the breath of life
The first morning after a long imprisonment
Standing barefoot on wet grass
And knowing: I am more

I am alive, I am allowed to be
Not belittled by anyone
Not even by myself

Breathe!
You are allowed to!
Free! Free! Free! Free!

Atem des Lebens

Csquared is a collaboration between ct burcham and chris wagler - lyrics written and performed by chris wagler

Meanderer - Csquared

Coping Mechanism Failure

I strongly believe we need to be awake to all peoples needs in society but like most things humans embark on, the extreme elements make us lose sight of the goal and the good intentions become counter intuitive. Woke left and right ideology and their extreme views tend to taint the good intentionality institutions try and seed with inclusivity and diversity. What happened to the center ground where most of us exist! We get it slightly wrong and then the whole mindset becomes a joke with a target on it's back instead of rationalising where we have fucked it up and fixing it!

This is a dig at how the woke extreme left gave rise to a woke extreme right and both extremes seem to want to establish unrealistic normals in society. Maybe we can't be fully awake unless we are tuned to the full spectrum of ideas and maybe that is what will allow more sensible normals flourish for larger cohorts of society

I'm going back to sleep!

_________________________________

Stolen Identity

It's no joke
Raping the minds brush stroke
All heaven is lost
In woke at all cost
Rise of the right from this know better blight
Unblended perspective
Limited reflective

Attack our sports
Infuse indentity
Diversity report
Fail to feel somes' certainty
Acidity
Melting the middle
Tone deaf
To one side
You lose humanities riddle

Woke is the joke
Extreme sides killing our hope
Phobias amplified with foggy eyes
We can't change the world with a truth imposed
Go make new love to expose

Diverse is different
Not a choice we repeal
It's one we observe
Can we understand that real...
Will we roll in captivity?
See incompatibility
Through stolen Identity
You lost what was meant for me

Woke is the joke
Extreme sides killing our hope
Phobias amplified with foggy eyes
We can't change the world with a truth imposed
Make new love to expose

It's here we find average
It's here great glows
Here religion dies and woke loses flows
Human nature can be explicit
Art evolves with thought old & illicit
Wade to the deeps
Sometimes there's receipt in deceit

Woke is the joke
Extreme sides killing our hope
Phobias amplified with foggy eyes
We can't change the world with a truth imposed
Make new love to expose

16 March 2026

Stolen Identity

Oregon Coast Dwelling Storyteller and painter  With an  Explosive And Wild Case Of AdHD.  These are just home recordings of my original tunes. This is one fucking weird midlife crisis. Thanks for stopping by “Songs are to bend  thoughts so thoughts  can not bend us” https://www.instagram.com/volcanic_jade?igsh=dTU0azFoNnRnbTA0&utm_source=qr

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