Very 80s kind of new wave feel to the vocals and melody, reminiscent of some of your influences, Ken! This is a slightly different flavor for you guys, always cool to see how you continue to evolve. You guys are like a machine putting out great tunes as quickly as you do!

Ya'll just keep on making great music--No exception here--nice to see some new wave added to the portfolio--:):)

Awesome tune Ken! I loved it! Great lyrics and vocals. Great retro 80's vibe, love the rhythmic changes!👍😎✌🏼

love your drums on this, thx so much for collabing... :)

Nice collab and of course excellent drumming, Ken!

amazing you could piece together something so complete and smooth with so many cooks in the kitchen..great lyrics as well

dark folk / lo-fi / gauzy 
James Bracken cut his teeth as a sideman lending his soulful vibrato and rhythm playing to Ian Hilmer’s Stagefright, an alternative string band from southern MN. The band performed extensively regionally, steadily gaining grassroots momentum circulating live bootlegs but never releasing an album, which ultimately ended the band and each of the members went on to front their own project.  

Several hundred bar gigs later a fortuitous connection with Rochester producer Fires of Denmark led to a productive series of recording sessions documenting Bracken’s expansive catalog and tracking a brand new batch of songs set to be released as Echo Messenger.

From the Mountaintop (acoustic)

From the album "Cairn" (2024)
Featuring Pete Toigo on bass.
Watch the music video:  https://vimeo.com/914503413

Ship on the Horizon

Inka binka ball of 
Ink is in the water 
There’s got to be a ship on the horizon

Cause here on the island 
It’s cold and it’s violent 
There’s got to be a ship on the horizon

The children they say it 
In their rhyme games they play it 
There’s got to be a ship on the horizon

Mother nature’s got the ocean 
Put on your boots you’ve got the notion 
To splash in the rain 
I know you want to
Jump in every puddle of water

Tsunami is brewing 
It could be our ruin 
Don’t let it sink that ship on the horizon 
Look up in the sky now 
Children learn to fly now 
You can up and fly right off this island 
Inka binka ball of ink is in the water 
There’s got to be a ship on the horizon

Mother nature’s got the ocean 
Put on your boots you’ve got the notion 
To splash in the rain 
I know you want to
Jump in every puddle of water

Inka binka ball of ink is in the water 
There’s got to be a ship on the horizon

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Ship on the Horizon

This is a song for Mary. 🎵 It's a song about living in the beauty of the present moment and conquering the inner demons that haunt our minds. 🔥 Letting go of old beliefs and embracing magical adventures. 🌟✨

~~~~~~~

I start to feel
The spirit rhyme
You come to heal
Always sublime

I learned to hear
The flowers grow
To disappear
Along the road
You don't compare
You calm my soul
You take me there
Down the rabbit hole

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
All the demons are imaginary
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
All the demons were imaginary

And our world
Condemned by their rules
With their madness
No one is a fool
Only with sadness.
And opening eyes
Like sand in their clocks.
We still improvise

The NOW WON in the Mary land of wonder
No future, no past, no drama, melodrama,
Enjoying the real view of going under
In the Mary, Mary land of wonder.

A warrior plays along
With peace, inside the soul
And there's nothing wrong:
With no flags and no time
No needs, no borders
No space and no rhyme
No system disorders
No stars under the sun

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
All the demons are imaginary
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
All the demons were imaginary

Instrumental

The NOW WON in the Mary land of wonder
No future, no past, no drama, melodrama,
Enjoying the real view of going under
In the Mary, Mary land of wonder.

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
All the demons were imaginary

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
All the demons are imaginary

And the demons, they ain't living in the mirror


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Lyrics, Vocals & Drums by @melakki
Bass Guitar, Synthesizers & Artwork by @boolapp-goro
Mix & Master by 2:45
Recorded & Published by 2:45

Mary

@juswel: Original Bed composition, bass, drums and guitars
@elephantpr: Vocals, lyrics and Backing vocals
@gotchi Orchestration and Horn Section
Concept, production and Mix by conover
© 2018 Conover/Labarca/Welin
Mastered at Abbey Road Studio by Alex Gordon
www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/alex-gordon
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Hazy mornings with you
Everything’s gone downhill

We’ll cruise through the stars
Just making up together
This beautiful collision

I know you know I’d do anything
Cause you care and I do
You and I so beautifully collide
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision

Just a last time then I’ll disappear
All of our tainted years

We’ll cruise through the stars
Just making up together
This beautiful collision

I know you know I’d do anything
You care and I do
You and I so beautifully collide
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision
This beautiful collision

Mastered at Abbey Road Studio by Alex Gordon
www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/alex-gordon

The Conover

Beautiful Collision Conover/Labarca/Welin/Gotchi

Auteur : Ze Scott (https://soundcloud.com/jerome-scotto-di-vettimo)
Compositeurs : Ze Scott & Bribinvoile (https://soundcloud.com/bribinvoile)

Crédit photo : Stéphane Badoud / Le Journal du Nord de l'île (https://www.jdnio.com/)

Paroles : 

Et je reviens toujours au crépuscule
Comme les vagues lentes viennent et reculent

Même océan, mêmes étoiles
Mêmes coques de noix au fond avec leurs voiles

Je suis gardien d’une tour d’un bout de monde
Fouettée par les bras sortant des eaux profondes

La brume avance, la lune brille avec peine
Lorsque la houle et les vents se déchainent

Le seul repère sur un plan agité 
Rassure les marins gorgés d’humidité

Que m’est-il arrivé, c’est bien ma chance
Une bourrasque m’a fait basculer, je pense

On a oublié jusqu’à mon existence
Et toujours je veille sur la lumière intense

Au point du jour, rempli d’embruns salés
Je descendrai les marches et m’évanouirai
Prendre mon repos diurne sous les galets

Gardien d'une tour d'un bout de terre

Gardien D'une Tour D'un Bout De Monde

The Answer my friend, is blowing' in the bed

fiberglass

Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan Cover )

DAW Reaper - Drumpc Boss Dr rythme Dr3  - VCLT Mic - Electric pianoRoland RD88

Message to … you know who

I saw you prudently observing me
From a distance, patiently,   waiting to see
Approaching me
Not to upset me
Carefully, you wanted to know more about me
How long did it take before i noticed you

I asked you what brings you to me

You were a stranger, came out of the blue
Men or machine or something in between 
Who are you
like a magnet  You’re attracting me  like a magnet
You said like a magnet you’re attracting me  
asked so many questions
Your intrest was flattering me 
But an answer you never gave
Nothing you trust, nothing is safe
You said you’re like a magnet, I can not resist
like a magnet attracting me
I can not resist
And…
I’m under your skin
So what happened
You entered my brain and you couldn’t get out
 You couldn’t escape
You couldn’t get out
And I’m under your skin
So what happened
I’m under your skin
I’m the lyrics and the song in your head
You entered my brain and you couldn’t get out 

I’m  under your skin
I’m the texte you can’t forget
I’m in your ears
I’m the texte you can’t forget
maze
I’m in your ears
I’m the texte you can't forget

So try to fight it, because
You’re defeating me
I’m depleating you
Stop this obsession, stop it stop
it’s depleating you
It’s defeating me
Message to my stalker
Fight it
It’s taking your energy
Fight this obsession
Fight
Like a magnet, 
You couldn’t  resist
You asked so many questions
Nothing you trust, nothing is safe

So what happened….etc…
You’re in my brain
I am the song in your ears
I am the texte   you can’t forget

MESSAGE TO ..... YOU KNOW WHO  (remastered)

A cover by any other name is an interpretation…Great idea by Chris! Thanks to Stephen for awesome guitars!!

Cosmic Keanu: vocals, key orchestra, mix, cover art

Tex Mex Shaman: guitars 

K2 and the Three: drums/ bass guitar

Don’t You Forget About Me( Simple Minds Interpretation)-Cosmic Keanu/Tex Mex Shaman/K2 and the Three

Cast of Characters:
xian3-- @xian3 – Christian -- vocals and lyrics
Holger Engel—bass, seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark-- electric piano
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)-- @josh-clary-1 – guitar and four-string fretless bass
 
This song began with Christian's friend Holger Engel coming up with a melodic bass line and sharing it with him to use as a seed stem for a project. Having collaborated successfully with him before, Christian thought of Josh and decided to pass it along to him to see what he could build with it. Josh was excited to work on another of Holger's creations. His bass line was in a high octave on the instrument, so Josh added a similar, complimentary bass line on the low octave to give it some heft. He invited Ken onto the project, and after doing their little rhythm section give and take, Ken laid down some powerful, yet tasteful drums. Mark was brought in next, and added some very fitting, wonderfully melodic electric piano, which he added in the choruses. Josh also asked JJ to add some electric piano to the verses and synth to the whole thing, which he did in a very mind-bending syncopated way. Josh then added some guitar to the high end to thicken things up a bit.
  We then sent the finished product back to Christian to add his thoughtful, inspired lyrics and signature vocals to his song. This is what Christian had to say about how the lyrics came about. 
  "[Being an avid reader], I came along the sentence, 'We write and make art to show our wounds to the world,' reading an interview with Paul Auster (1947-2024). He died earlier this year, yet his novels are legendary. There was talk about creativity, manifoldness and what the personality consists of. 
  "I can’t remember where that interview was and basically I wrote the lyrics around this sentence attributed to him. 
  "I quote another writer, Goethe (1749-1832), with a famous quotation from "Faust,“ 'Two souls, Alas, housed in my breast...' That points in the right thematic direction in my opinion.
For sure the lyrics also contain other layers of meanings, much more personal…
I am also happy about the title of the song 'We Are Many'. I think Tez came up with it. I was unsure for very long, what’s the name of that song… :)"
  After we had it in the bag, we asked mix-master Tez to produce and mix it, so what you hear is also his creative vision for the project. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
 
Original "We Are Many" lyrics by Xian:

1
To me it seems very obviously
That my I is not a unity
Rather a bunch of personalities
I got a problem with multiplicities

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“ …

2
I am no self-contained identity
Cut off by other possibilities
No border guards set up at the boundary
Enforce the claim to exclusivity

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“…
„I“ writes and makes „art“
To heal the wounds of the heart

3
„Two souls, alas, housed in my breast…“
We hope, that if we do confess
To get rid of this fallacy
And collect the splits of personality

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
I write and make „art“
To heal the wounds of my heart

out
There is
A consolation in round things
There is
A consolation in round things 
A consolation in round things
Oh, ohh,
„I“, „I“,
Oh…

We Are Many-Eclectic Collective

Words and Music by Roger Hoffman
Arranged by A. Laurence Lyon

Vocals and Instrumentals by Layna Claunch

Consider the lilies of the field
How they grow, how they grow
Consider the birds in the sky
How they fly, how they fly

He clothes the lilies of the field
He feeds the birds in the sky
And he will feed those who trust him
And guide them with his eye

Consider the sheep of his fold
How they follow where he leads
Though the path may wind across the mountains
He knows the meadows where they feed

He clothes the lilies of the field
He feeds the birds in the sky
And he will feed those who trust him
And guide them with his eye

Consider the sweet, tender children
Who must suffer on this earth
The pains of all of them he carried
From the day of his birth

He clothes the lilies of the field
He feeds the lambs in his fold
And he will heal those who trust him
And make their hearts as gold

Consider the Lilies

Sung better!

Cheesy Russian guitar removed from the start and replaced with distorted electric! Way better...

The heavy breathing is my pea brain attempt to be in solidarity with the humans in fear of getting bombed and shivering and the people that have to bear the cold winters there, fighting... So damn sad

I wrote this around the start of 2024 not long after meeting a family who had driven from Ukraine, Mariupol to Ireland for refuge. Their family and ours were buying Christmas trees at the same time and I noticed the reg and swooped in for a little welcome. I had followed as close as isn't depressing the war but that was a dagger and I'd say the biggest thing that spawned the tune. 

The contrast of their life and mine was a great perspective even if I only saw them for 30 secs...

The outro is a bit different. It takes a few of my favourite artists and sheds their light on the situation. In my head I am saying, ok here are a group of people that I love for their music and if they were in charge we wouldn't have this mess... A pipe dream of course but one worth singing about as aligned with the knob end causing all this He needs a good bit of real soul to stop this shit show on Ukraines land. Also artistically it connects loads of my inspirations to the idea I think now subtlety enough to work and makes it super powerful in my head anyways. In my head I'm using all their power too to help stop this shit! In the song and in my head! But I'm mad!... Wait I'm even more mad.... eh em... what if all the artists heard it and said ahhh that's average..m we should all help him out... Might need to replace Jeff.& a good few others but sure we could think of something plenty of soul out there... 321 and you're back in the room...

But the war is mad... So balance and all that jazz! Still feels so strange that it's happening there in 2024... I really hope Ukrainians get the peace they deserve and all their land back with as little more pain as possible for everybody 🕯️🇺🇦

Love you Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🕊️🙏🏻🙏🏿🕊️🙏🏻🕊️

Lyrics

Earths yeast on the rise
Now our skies are burning
And our sons and daughters are learning
To kill or die in that hell fire

Why? What is this greed formed from a creed…
Don’t you see no one here gets freed
The autocrat just fogs the lights
Here’s some inside

So its less yeast
For our beast out east
Should we make friends?
Hell no he’ll just do it again
This time,
We won’t cry
One man to purge
Put in his p45

Why? What is this greed formed from a creed…
You see no one here gets freed!
Don’t you see no one lights

Where’s your inside?
Bold Barman buddha
Raged Reznor razor
Voiced Vedder flutter
Mind Morrison mutter
Yearned Yorke photo
The Bat for Lashes show
Harvey’s hints, bravo!
Perry’s got to know
Jeff the real devine
Good Winter fell in line
Layne went for all time
Bowie left the king of pine

For peace
From all land
We watch Ukraine transcend
Come on  Russia, Don't pretend...
Where's the revolution my friends


Original song version here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/wvQpJ

YEast 🙏🏽🕊️

Music for those who like music ...eclectic and varietal-in search of the perfect balance of rhythm melody harmony lyric and audio using garageband iphone
     I play guitar and drums and the rest... I’m also singing... a drummer and writer, and arranger by past diy profession... never got to record at leisure, until discovering GarageBand... this is all done on iPhone...awesome app!... leave a message if you can...
    I’ve been told I’m not doing myself any @ favors by singing.. don’t really care!🤩
Trying to write my own “ white album” a la The Beatles “, ha!😎🙏👍🤩🍺 homepage pic taken on bus, summer 2019, Niagara Falls, Canada…or Grand Canyon , 2022… or Hilton Head Island, SC 2023…or my downstairs bathroom, ha!…depending on mood, ha!!!… 
    If u don’t like, I don’t mind…. But thank u for the listen!!!… my first name is Kenneth ( go by Ken). Music for the beginning of the end…. And a new beginning….🙏 I rarely unfollow anyone….Can’t listen to everyone and everything, but if I follow…. U have stuff I dig…. And sometimes SC glitches, and removes them!? Message me, and I will re follow…
     I try to mix for my truck speakers… not always successful, but you can try to hear what I am trying for… AC/DC pop mixes, ha!🤣🤣🤣… starting to realize that I am in my own tree… might be sorry if you follow me, but might not!

Proud member of the Eclectic Collective! 

Second account is K2 and the Four

Here’s a link to my Beatles cover band! No longer playing with these awesome musicians, but I had a ton of fun, for 10 years!!! They continue on with a better drummer!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn4JvtHzHkI&t=669s&pp=2AGdBZACAQ%3D%3D

We Are Many-Eclectic Collective

K2 and the Three

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