Fred's songs 1

October Friends #2

Surfers

Cosmic Keanu DJ Setlist from Comment Jail -- 11 5 22

SOUL LOSERS, A CREEPY INCOGNITA

ⓁichtⒷildⒼestalter Repost Radio

John Dee

The Great Entheogenic Psychonaught

GD Covers

Time Of Stings

Clarion Call

Two Left Shoes

This is a reworking of my previous track 'Meditation' using a wider variety of synths.

Flow

Flow (instrumental)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PzfPAc74g

Zelda

written by James Bracken
w/ Jesse Stayton on lead
from
the kitchen tapes

Hazy Hazey (live demo)

Beulah Land, # #, James Pipkin, Lighthouse Ministries, Sun. 7/24, 2022

Beulah Land ,# #, James Pipkin, Lighthouse Ministries, Sun. 7/24, 2022

Terra Incognita

Days

Nuclear Rain

Dive into the sea.Down,Down,Down,You may see the dark forest.
Dream.Death,Love.
Dark ambient

Symphonic noise ambient

Enjoy!

Dive into deep sea -Symphorest :Dark ambient

just a demo. not done. need lyrics
but is not bad now I like ir
thaaanx for the likes ;)

THIGHt LyricAl Mp3

I passed an old man on the side of the street and everybody passed him by. I went over to where he lay and he began to Cry. He said to me " I once was a young man, i had a house i had a Car, but i had a lot of trouble, i found the answer in a Bar, now nobody wants me they say I'm a liar and I'm a Cheat, now my life is juts this bottle and my home is on the street. They say we are all only 2 pay checks away from Homelessness....

Written, performed and produced by: Johnny Mc Farlane Oct 2022

What Kind of People have we Become?

Music by AudioBake
https://soundcloud.com/audiobake

Additional bass, synth, vocals & lyrics by Cosmic Keanu

Lyrics:
You try to run, you try to flee
But the streets are filled with mutant freaks

Your Mylar suit has sprung a leak
Now head crabs crawl up your feet

My Dystopia! My Dystopia! My Dystopia! Ma-ma-ma my-dystopia!

Everything sucks and it always rains
Zombies roam the streets, looking for brains

Giant rats crawl from sewer drains
Look at them close they have a human face

My Dystopia! My Dystopia! My Dystopia! Ma-ma-ma my-dystopia!

You huddle round a garbage fire
Think you’re cool in your ripped attire

The only food is mystery meat
It’s most likely made of Soylent Green!

My Dystopia! My Dystopia! My Dystopia! Ma-ma-ma my-dystopia!

Drink your Lightning Claw, it’s all the rage
Head in the cloud, mind in a daze

How we got here is now a haze
Wear hockey pads and pierce your face

My Dystopia (AudioBake & Cosmic Keanu)

Experimental Piano. My mother was hospitalized yesterday...

I-The day my mother was hospitalized

happy birthday by YahThabo. .mp3

Solar System Excursions

Asteroids Passing By

Z481

'To Soon To Tell' A mixed genre fusion track passing through various points of my daily journey.

To Soon To Tell

The fantastic percussions of Sonic Kitchen are a complete theme on itsown. I only tried to do my best with synths and programming.
For more Sonic Kitchen: https://on.soundcloud.com/MZw8
For the original theme: https://soundcloud.com/sonic_kitchen/dance-of-the-kingfisher-prototype-1?si=993d5659054a46ad83031cccfd47ddb8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

DANCE OF THE KING FISHER (WITH SONIC KITCHEN)

This is a song by one of my favorite bands that, believe it or not, Chris suggested we do. I really feel like we're kindred musical spirits. His playing on this and his voice are excellent as always. He's on acoustic guitar and the high vocals on this one. He also mixed, produced, and arranged the song. You'll hear me on the bass, synth, slide, mandolin, and auxiliary guitar, as well as singing the two low parts. We decided to do a string of covers back in the summer. If you've taken the time to read this, then please throw out some suggestions in the comments for our next one (or the one after that). 
#gratefuldeadcover

Friend of the Devil by the Grateful Dead  (with cgmaness)

Music & Evil Laughing: Jan Schonander

Sometimes it's good to just go with the flow. For classical fans this is yet another Chopin derivative.

It could also be called "The Post-apocalyptic Celebration Of The Final Victory Of The Vampires"

The Triumphant Yet Somewhat Creepy Shortish Interlude

Lyrics, Vocals & art by IPG1
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1

Watch the process in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6yVuAgZ3P4

Music by Cosmic Keanu

Lyrics:
Kick it!!!—
You never know your abilities until you push your limit
don’t know how to handle shit until you knee-deep in it
we all know the struggle but not the keys to the puzzle
Before it starts to pour it always starts to drizzle
when the floodgates open it starts with a trickle
Is Beatz so hot now I’m about to make it sizzle
Feel it when you hear it—-we’ll That’s been my trend
in 321 it’s hip-hop Zen Zen Zen Zen
3——-2———-1—-

we are all hip-hop the melodies the beat
The rhythm on the track that makes you wanna move your feet
combined effects is the sauce and the force
that replenishes our energies and keep us on course
The spirit that inspires this feeling inside of me
to drop another track and set a beat free
the spirit of the music that won’t be denied
that makes you wanna groove even when you’re tired

take a closer look at operational tempo
just an example —-I’ll try to keep it simple
first I choose a topic ——then I add a beat
if the beat is kicking ————sweet
Then listen to the music ——get into the groove
grab my mic —-sound check——- I approve
Match my topic to the beat line by line
listen to the kick—- and then drops my rhymes
Sometimes a freestyle then I played back
eliminate the bullshit and drop a new track
cause idea to action is where I come from
From concept to execution flawlessly done
now turn up the volume we’re about to have fun
Bob your head to the beat —-dumb Diddy dumb dumb
if you’re wearing headphones then turn them up loud
back to back mega tracks just raining from the cloud
i throw a little swagger on each and every verse
when I’m done they all sound rehearsed

Putting out hip-hop to its highest degree
scrutinizing each track for pure quality
started with nothing and creating pure power
something you can count on in the darkest hour
is the spirit of the music that rocks the nation
so listen up closely to my little narration
An addiction to hip-hop is my declaration
my fixation to music is a total education
rapping to the beat is my only salvation
demonstrating my skills can lead to duplication
escalate into emotional frustration
my devotion to the craft spearheads my destinations
when I rock the beat —-it’s my winning combination
That often leads to total devastation ——and then celebration
it’s a private party —-so here’s your invitation
this track submitted for your evaluation
so let’s continue to rock —-for another generation
this is IPG———- one ——of ——-hip-hop‘s creations

We Are All Hip-Hop (IPG1 & Cosmic Keanu)

Another track done with the remarkable https://soundcloud.com/nakedverse soon to be featured on an unfinished E.P. we are working on. you will always hear it here first. This is a song , a positive outlook about the future of humanity.
Lyrics:-
Are we in the wilderness
As we search for happiness
Is confusion on the menu
As we choose our daily venues
We're bolder and older
And love is something else
The main thing's the right thing to do
It always helps

The twilight between times
Is something to embrace
Before change happens
And everything's replaced
Bye Bye, Bye Bye Youth
Bye Bye, Bye Bye Youth

When life seems to take its toll
And you can't get on a roll
There's a million different people
Having other such upheaval
Who told you , consoled you
That this is all you get
It's time to , define you
Think what you'll create 

The twilight between times
Is something to embrace
Before change happens
And everything's replaced
Bye Bye, Bye Bye Youth
Bye Bye, Bye Bye Youth

It's gonna be so good
Better than before

C'mon out the wilderness
You can find your happiness
With no confusion on the menu 
As you change your daily venues
We're bolder and older
And love is something else
The main thing's the right thing to do
It always helps

The twilight between times
Is something to embrace
Before change happens
And everything's replaced
Bye Bye, Bye Bye Youth
Bye Bye, Bye Bye Youth

Nakedverse/ winkandwoo 2022

Bye Bye Youth

Bye Bye Youth - Nakedverse & winkandwoo

Watch the music video on YouTube :)
https://youtu.be/b5X3LqVr7Vk

Vocals and Artwork by https://soundcloud.com/cosmic_keanu
Produced by HOBOCOP

Lyrics:

Undivided, don’t look away
Or close your eyes

Undivided, do not fall 
for the pretty lies

Undivided, see the truth,
No false, designs

Undivided, don’t be swayed
By fear or desire

Undivided, there’s a reason
Behind it all

Undivided, take what comes
Accept the call

Undivided, come what may
You cannot fall

Be forever righteous
and unbreakable

The way of heaven
flows through it all

Drop all expectations
It will be revealed

Life flows on forever,
Immaterial

Let go of 
all anger

Don’t join issues or make demands

Free from
Pain and fear

A strong foundation
Will help you stand

Calm through any 
danger

It will work out
In the end

Undivided, don’t look away
Or close your eyes

Undivided, do not fall 
for the pretty lies

Undivided, see the truth,
No false, designs

Undivided, don’t be swayed
By fear or desire

Undivided, there’s a reason
Behind it all

Undivided, take what comes
Accept the call

Undivided, come what may
You cannot fall

Undivided, don’t look away
Or close your eyes

Undivided(Hobocop & Cosmic Keanu)VIDEO AVAILABLE🎥

What Do We Need To Touch The Stars

There are times in our life when we  reflect through our thoughts.
Our Souls are the platforms that harbour these thoughts, emotions and desires.
I recently experienced these moments, which inspired this track.
I hope this music will take you through the same journey.
Composition, piano, 
midi (guitar,celo and choir)

our Souls in Solitude

She was a widow South of Memphis way  
In a small town in an outback bay  
She minded her own business  
She asked for no forgiveness  
 
Her husband left his brother’s house  
He left as quiet as a mouse  
One night around midnight  
With the stars shining bright  

Chorus

He was never seen again  
Though he had committed no sin  
He was never seen again  
Seen again
 
Many suspected a dark man in an alley  
Who did not belong in that valley  
Others thought the wife surely was involved  
But the crime was never resolved  
 
There was not proof nor charges pressed  
Though police searched and did their best  
Many said the dark man guilty  
And showed him no pity

Chorus
 
Bridge

Went out West to start a new life  
Lived a life full of worry and strife  
Changed his name and his identity  
Tried to become a nonentity  
  
Thirty years later the body was found  
Laying in some forest ground  
The evidence was irrefutable  
None could argue it was inscrutable  
 
They all knew the wife did the deed  
She hid the body and did it with speed  
But those in the know would not give up  
They were convinced that she was culprit 



Went home and drink some mead  
Forgot about it as she was freed  

Someone many suspected was the culprit  
Was sent to prison because she was it

This song is loosely based on this story:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/widow-charged-three-decades-after-husbands-body-found-beheaded/ar-AAZ6s5e

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/french-authorities-charge-widow-30-years-husband's-body

You can find music by Dave Cooper here:  https://soundcloud.com/warfydave

Never Seen Again (Cooper/Lockhart Collaboration)

So, what do you think of this idea?
Should I develop it further or not?
You can write in the comments which part/idea you liked the most. I am also happy for constructive feedback. I hope you enjoy this little demo/idea.

Was hältst du von diesem kleinen Stück?
Soll ich das weiter entwickeln oder nicht?
Schreib gern einen Kommentar, welcher Teil dir am Besten gefällt.
Für konstruktives Feedback aller Art bin ich auch immer offen.
Hoffe, dir gefällt diese kleine Demo/Idee.

Native Instruments Library 1st Loop (Demo)

This is a song that has been a long time coming. Ken (K2 and the Three [and the Four]) and I have been big fans of Artur (Surfers Like Us) for going on a year now, because of his unique, refined, genre-specific songwriting and excellent playing. We've both been bugging him almost that entire time to share one of his songs with us. So, he finally agreed. This is the result. 
  I posted it and Ken, who added the perfect drums and percussion, was already on board. Then we invited JJ for some dynamic, soulful organ. We then asked Tez to add a lead and mix it for us. He added a killer, tasteful lead, and performed the heroic task of mixing it to all of our liking. I'm on my four string fretless for this one. I wish we could've squeezed Stephen (TexMex Shaman) into this one, but he'll definitely be on the next. We all hope you enjoy it!

Surf Dance (Surfers Like Us with Eclectic Collective)

This is a song that originated with Steve of Steve's Planet. He came up with a really cool guitar instrumental and the vocals, which he is very passionately singing,  while travelling through the primordial forests of Central Europe and shared it with all of us. I added the bass and the electric piano. Tez (Llanpsych) added the really cool guitar parts that sound like orchestral violins. Ken (K2 and the Three, and K2 and the Four) added the perfectly complimentary rolling drums. Stephen (TexMex Shaman) added the awesome, trippy sitar and pulled the whole thing together as an expert producer and mixer. Tez also mastered it. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did making it.

Bird in the Blue Sky (Steve's Planet with Eclectic Collective)

This is a song that was written by the very talented Artur (Surfers Like Us), who is a surf rock master, and delivered to us in the form of a guitar track. I enjoyed adding the psychedelic, yet foundational four string fretless bass. Ken (K2 and the Three and K2 and the Four) boosted the energy level of the song when he blew our minds with his driving drums. JJ (J.J. Terrell) added the wild, dynamic organ you hear throughout. Tez (Llanpsych) brought lightning down from the sky in the solo over the third section. And last, but certainly not least, Stephen (TexMex Shaman) laid down the mind-bending guitar solos over the first two sections. He also produced and mixed it, with a little help from Ken. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as our Eclectic Collective enjoyed making it.

A Time Race (Surfers Like Us with Eclectic Collective)

Cast of characters:
mistermark--@user-432503709--Mark---piano, drums, FX, and composition
Llanpsych--@llanpsych--Tez—electric guitar, production, and mix
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)--@josh-clary-1—four string fretless bass and electric guitar

This originated as just a short piano thing that I (Mark), wrote a while ago after. At the kind request to collaborate on something, I sent it to Josh, who took it into a whole new direction by adding the fretless bass and some delay-heavy electric guitar. That inspired me to add some drums and a few sonic effects. Then we got Tez involved, who added not only the screaming guitar parts in the meat of the song, but also the entire insane 'reverse' coda at the end. Tez also produced and mixed this for us, expertly. This is the first of hopefully many songs I get to do with Josh & Tez - we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve. :)

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Heavy Steps (with Entheogenic Psychonaught & Llanpsych)

Smooth, Relaxing, Exquisite Jazz Classics.

1 - Ennio Morricone - The Sundown
2 - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Take The L Train
3 - Ryo Fukui - I Want To Talk About You
4 - Chelle Nae - Daydreaming About You
5 - Maria Toledo ft Stan Getz & Luis Bonfa - Sambalero
6 - Doky Brothers Waiting In Vain
7 - Chris Standring - Nightingale's Bridges
8 - George Benson - Lately
9 - Bebel Gilberto - Samba Da Bencão
10 - Carmen Cuesta-Loeb ft Bill Evans -  Paralelo
11 -Shirley Horne - Return To Paradise
12 -Stacey Kent - Photograph
13 -Brian Simpson - Summer's End
14 -Charle Byrd - Moonlight In Vermont

Davabs  Jazz 4 (Mellow)

US Blues

Shakedown Street

Cast of characters:
Ross Smithe -- @ross-smithe – foundational piano, synth, arrangement, lead vocals, first vocal harmony, mix and production.
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, drums, and high vocal harmony
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – four-string fretless bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, and lowest harmony in the vocal break

This grateful Dead song has been a favorite of mine for most of my life. So, when Ross and I were tossing around ideas for a Dead song to cover, we landed on this one. Ross, being the superb musician that he is, laid down a skeleton for the whole song on his piano, and added his vocals, as well as some synth that you hear at the very beginning. 
  Once we had a solid foundation to work from, Ken added his raucous main drums. Then, to get the effect of two drummers, like the Dead, JJ added some simpler, back-up drums, too. Once the drums were there, Josh added his four string fretless bass to the stew. Now that the rhythm section was done, JJ added his Brent-like electric piano, sprinkling magic throughout. Then it was time for me to go to work with the 6-strings. First, I added a rhythm guitar, trying to do justice to Bob Weir. Once that was completed, I also got to lay down Jerry's lead part, which I enjoyed immensely.
  After the music was complete, JJ added his high harmony throughout the song. Josh also added the lowest harmony in the a cappella vocal break. Since all the pieces were now in place, it was time for a mix. 
  In the current version, Ross generously did a mix, including some automation, to replace my initial, rough  "audience" mix. This is the better "sound board" version of the song, as mixed expertly by Ross. 
  Our real goal with this one was to have a song we could show our deadhead friends with pride. We hope we did the Dead, their fans, and their music a service by keeping their amazing music alive. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

The Wheel by the Grateful Dead (Eclectic Collective with Ross Smithe)

The Very Best Of

Folsom Prison Blues

Troublemaker

King of the castle

Healer man

Life

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

x singer from ark of the covenant 1985 folk vinyl record

heart body and soul

x singer from ark of the covenant 1985 vinyl record

you got to get around me

"Magic is what we do. Music is how we do it." -- Jerry Garcia

Welcome to my page, my peers, associates, friends, and musical family. I'm a lifelong, multi-instrumentalist musician who records prolifically and joyfully. You'll hear me play guitar, bass (regular four string, and four and five string fretless), mandolin, banjo, keys (piano, organ, synth), lap slide, sitar, and sing on my recordings here. I've been in a few dozen bands in my life, playing everything from bluegrass, jazz, rock, jam band, reggae, funk, afrobeat, Middle Eastern, traditional Irish, singer/songwriter, pop/covers, to experimental/avant garde. 
  Since I found SoundCloud a couple years ago, I've found many talented, creative people with whom to create music. However, in the summer of '23 I formed a band called The Eclectic Collective with some of my favorite musicians I've met through here. It started as a loose collective of musicians and coalesced into a core group of musicians who find other musicians with whom we'd like to make music, then run their songs through our process, and in effect add a full band. That core of The Eclectic Collective includes Tez (Llanpsych), J.J. Terrel, Ken (K2 and the Three), Stephen (Texmex Shaman), Chris (cgmaness), and Mark (mistermark). A couple of other musicians are frequent collaborators, as well, including Artur of Surfers Like Us, and Steve Vervaet of Steve's World. More recently, we've been joined by Carl of The Beautiful Dark fame. 
  The magic of music is amplified exponentially by each person adding to it. So, we really try to add our sorcery all kinds of music from all kinds of artists. Sometimes, we keep it within the group, but a lot of what we do is collaboration with other artists. Therefore these days, 100% of what I do is collaboration, within the group or with other artists on the side.
  I, and we, are also available for hire if you have a song or lyrics and you really want to add bigger instrumentation or a band and good production to it. 
  A small sampling of the artists whom I consider primary influences, and whom you will hear coming through my fingers include Phish, The Flaming Lips, The Grateful Dead, Radiohead, Rye Cooder, Steve Earle, Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, Arcade Fire, Mikey Dread, Yellowman, Purpleman, The Meditations, Michigan and Smiley, Lee Perry, Dillinger, Django Reinhardt, Impossible Recording Machine, The Allman Bros Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Bela Fleck, Les Claypool, Sam Bush, David Grissman, John Prine, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, MMW, Moe., Morphine, Ween, Steve Lukather, Michael McDonald, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, John Scofield, Victor Wooten,  Cannonball Adderly, Thelonious Monk, Flea, Parliament Funkadelic,  Frank Zappa, Prince Paul, Pete Rock, Thievery Corporation, Amon Tobin, Chet Baker, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Carol Kaye, Tame Impala, Mumford and Sons, Japanese Breakfast, LCD Soundsystem, Beach House, Sean Lennon, and Billy Strings, but of course there are many more. I also really like and am influenced by traditional Iranian, Palestinian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Mauritian, Somalian, Egyptian, West African, and Syrian music. I welcome anyone who plays non-western music to contact me for a collaboration, too.
 I'm overjoyed to have found my community on SoundCloud. This is a truly unique forum where everyone is sincerely trying to build each other up. The profoundly supportive and positive SoundCloud community has really opened up an exciting new world of collaboration for me. That is the main reason I'm in the Cloud, actually, to connect with other musicians and make music that I enjoy listening to, and hopefully others do, as well. I am ALWAYS looking to collaborate with interesting musicians, mostly though BandLab, which is where I record almost exclusively. It's a solid, free digital audio workstation hub where you can share recording projects, even if it's not where you make your recordings.
  Everything I do is live instrumental, not programmed, and using no computer beyond my phone. That's not to say that I would be opposed to using that kind of tool, it's just not my preferred medium with which to paint. If you like my music, please share it. If you want to collaborate, my BandLab handle is @bingo_pajama. Feel free to contact me at cornbreadband@hotmail.com, as well, even if you aren't on BandLab.
  If your music is primarily AI, please don't come around my page, as I'm not at all interested in complimenting a machine.
  Here's a link to music I've recorded live with a group of musicians here in Pittsburgh called The Northumberland Street Ramblers.
Check out The Northumberland Street Ramblers on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fU4Me

Friend of the Devil by the Grateful Dead (with cgmaness)

Entheogenic Psychonaut (Josh Clary)