Well, my good friend Paco dropped me a note to say he had a piece of music to which I might like to try and add something, were I so inclined.  Always a good day when that happens.

Now, I can't honestly recall the precise sequence in which the neurons fired inside my skull to yield the result we have here, but we are where we are as they say.

Don't go looking at me for rationale.

Thank you, Paco, as always my friend, for inviting me to come out to play, and for mastering the end result in the midst of untold techno-horror grief.  I hope your DAW world resolves itself very soon.
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Socrates at Sundown

I lie bewildered, here, in my sphere of cubes,
On crushed silk cushions sprawled.
I sketch the cool Palladian dudes
In charcoal, on Aleutian walls.
They think I know what thoughts are theirs,
And beg to trade their graceless airs, 
But I left them there to climb their stairs
Ever downward through Athenian halls.

They say my knowledge is remiss,
The diabolical's back in town.
Seems ignorance is bliss
For this philosophical clown.
I'm seeking emptiness of mind,
That's where I hope to find
That old, old friend of mine,
Socrates, at sundown.

My associate, Plato knows the game
Survives through pretty dialogue
He suffocates but bestows his shame
On city states whose statutes fog
The heads of people in their ranks
Attentive on the Eridanos banks
Dispensing death by way of thanks
As justice shreds its cogs.

Deep mental grasp of social structure
No need to ever write it down
Accused outcast for youth's corrupture
Where the bleeding of democracy is bound
To seek the causal end of time
Of Aristotle and Nietzsche's kind
The men of Athens rendered blind
Killed that old, old friend of mine,
Socrates, at sundown.

Socrates At Sundown (with MidiSound)

Light Bridge

No Other

This song started as an idea David and I came up with to do an afrobeat song together.  So David came up with this banger of a bass line and drums track and sent it to me. I added some guitars, electric piano, and organ. I then excitedly sent it to Mikey to add the sax, which I consider to be a key element of afrobeat music, and which he always does so well. David's version is much more drum and bass heavy. Please have a listen to both so you can hear how they both sound. I really had a good time making this song. David produced and mixed both versions, and what a fun thing it is to hear my instruments integrated into an elrctronica song by such able hands.

Under the Baobab Tree (with David K. A. Spencer and Mikey McFaffington)

A third in a trio of songs between me and Steve’s Planet…asked Josh along for the fun…sent it to Tez for an outstanding mix!
Steve is belting it out and playing all guitars. Josh plays bass,organ and piano and sings high harmony, I, of course played drums and percussion and sang low harmony… hope you dig a swampy blues!
#Steve’s Planet #Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary) #Llanpsych # K2 and the Three #K2 and the Four

Better Than Nothing-Eclectic Collective

Lu Bu（?〜199）

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Bu's heroic performance stands out.

However, he betrayed his father-in-law, Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, and wandered the battlefield.

Cao Cao hesitated about how to deal with Lü Bu, but Liu Bei decided to decapitate him.
At the end, he is said to have cursed Liu Bei, saying that he was the most untrustworthy person.

Check out the music video for the song here!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b44tdUvV9V0

在《三国演义》中，吕布的英雄表现尤为突出。

然而，他背叛了岳父丁原和董卓，流浪沙场。

曹操犹豫如何对付吕布，刘备却让他决定处死吕布。
最后说刘备是最不值得信任的人。

「人中有吕布，马中有赤兔」
This means that “among men there is a hero named Lu Bu, and among horses there is a great horse named Red Rabbit”.
意思是“人中有英雄吕布，马中有大马赤兔”。

吕布 迷宫战士＜Lu Bu  Labyrinth Warrior＞mp3

Po prostu biegnę dalej(Epitafium dla miłości) / I just keep running(Epitaph for love)

Window to the afterlife

Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared
Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared

I see the window to the afterlife
A little glimpse of you and I
I'm in the hallway of the chosen ones
It all works out in the end

Days goes by ticking away 
in the dim moonlight
All those wasted years being shy
All in my gut, all a lie

Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared
Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared

Danger sets in on our prideful sin
We'll never be the same again
I'll set my watch an hour ahead
It all works out in the end

Help me see this to the end
I'm failing over and over again
Help me see this to the end
Better days for us ahead

Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared
Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared

I'm in the hallway of the chosen ones
It all works out in the end

saving up the things

Remember When It Mattered

Je pense que le titre dit tout, avec ces montées de chaleur extrême.

I think the title says it all, with those extreme heat rushes.

10 Degrees above!

10 Degrees Above!

Ahhh, nothing quenches the thirst like a glass of cool, clean water.  Of the things we take for granted this might be near the top of the list, but shouldn't.  Fresh water is a primary resource for civilization.  Ancient Rome knew this early on building a vast water system for moving and storing water.  Our municipal leaders are often occupied with securing and maintaining a supply of fresh water.
This is Seagull's first of three trilogies that look at this natural resource and the peril it faces unless it is managed wisely.  The song list is as follows:
"Snowdrop" by Peter and Seagull
"Meanders" by Dan-DT
"Drip by Drip" by Thommo, Seagull, Ed, Peter, and David
This is also the soundtrack for Seagulls poignant film on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7213NwSJ3A
Here you will find the fantastic musicians I share this adventure with:
Contributing vocalist. Clara Sorace
From France - Dan-DT: @dan-t-3
From Canada - Ed Cunningham: @westtracksmusic
From Sweden- Seagull @farout-music-studio
From England_ Thommo @thommo_tunes
From England - Peter: soundcloud.com/user-264930040/tracks
The text for Peter's poetry and lyrics can be found on the Youtube video. The posting of the lyrics here would exceed Soundcloud's description limit.

The Water Planet Project (part 1) Seagull, Peter, Dan-t, Ed Cunningham, Thommo, David

Releases Infos:
Leohnart - Blue Monkey EP
artist : @leohnart-officiel
Remix by : @nat-barrera
Label: @cosmovisionrecords
Stream/Download : fanlink.tv/bluemonkey
Release Date : August 8th, 2025
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Cosmovision Records proudly presents Blue Monkey, the latest sonic journey from French producer Leohnart — an artist celebrated for his finely crafted downtempo soundscapes that walk the line between introspective depth and subtle power. This 4-track EP is a deeply personal exploration, rich with emotion and imagination. A true nature lover, Leohnart draws inspiration from the simplicity and stillness of the natural world — a place where he nurtures his creativity and reconnects with his artistic essence. To expand the vision, Blue Monkey also features a stellar lineup of remixers: Jonas Fasching (Germany), Nat Barrera (Argentina), Atemporal (Mexico), and Dvniel (Mexico) — each offering their own unique sonic interpretation, adding fresh layers to this evocative musical journey.

Leohnart - True Colors (Nat Barrera Remix) [Cosmovision]

"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