You have a fresh sound. Excellente collab. Keep up the good work, my friend.

Nice sound bro, great vocal, nice atmosphere.

love the writing, and the singing and all the rest of it!

strong vocals, great guitars , awesome collab !!

Haunting classical/bluesy guitar. Wow. And great vocals too. You have a powerful vocal presence, Al. :)

Charming, bluesy/moody piece of music, my friends. You have a gift for choosing great songs to sing to, Al. This is wonderful. :)

THE SEA WAS WATCHING US

© Joe Liberty 2023. All rights reserved.

KnowingTheknownUnknowns

Led by the nose to your ordained goal
Trained to heal and fit the mould 
Deterred to look beyond the fold
Where the known unknowns truths be told

Oh to burn the flame of life forever bright
To bring the nameless dark into the light

Well blow me down
 
Yeah
Uh-huh 
Knowing the known unknowns

Break

Ah to gaze on what we yet dare to know
To ponder the secrets of the dark unknown unknowns

What we see is what we know
What we know is all we see
Behind the veil of society
Lie the unknown knowns, naturally

Oh to burn the flame of life forever bright
To bring the nameless dark into the light

Well blow me down

Yeah
Uh-huh 
Knowing the known unknowns
Knowing the known unknowns

KnowingTheKnownUnknowns

Kirk (Kirk's Trax on SC https://soundcloud.com/kirk-evans-604267716) has created some wonderful compositions which I discovered recently. A few e-mails were exchanged, ideas were explored, and a process was set into motion, all leading to the smooth jazz song that is presented here - Love Is.  

My starting point for inquiring about collaborations is simply the answer to the question, "Does the music make me feel like singing?"  Kirk's music ticked that box and so we began the process of getting to know each other, and learning to trust each other's sense of next steps.  I asked about Smoke Rings (https://soundcloud.com/kirk-evans-604267716/smokerings) as a song I'd like to explore vocals and lyrics with. Kirk sent a pre-mixed lo-res file for me to do what I do: hear how it needs to go for a vocal-friendly structure. So, after a little cut and paste and adding some vocal melody ideas, I sent a mix to Kirk. At this point, you never know what the other musician's reaction is going to be, so you have to be prepared for the plug to be pulled after a, "What did you do to my perfectly good song?" reaction.  I was pleasantly surprised that Kirk wanted to work on his bed tracks and facilitate a smoother final integration of voice and music. So, he edited his original tracks and sent along individual instrument tracks, which I placed into my working file, with additional instrumental flourishes and a vocal from me resulting in the song below. This is just another example of the joy and work involved in a collaboration. The joy is hearing a song through someone else's eyes (or ears). The work is finding a pathway that is agreeable to everyone involved, and going through iteration after iteration so everyone is satisfied and pleased with the result. Kirk was easy to work with, and that always bodes well :)

The lyrics, which usually, for me, come from an open mic, pressing record as the song plays, and trusting that intuition to get the ball rolling. The final form is seldom far off the mark from the original improvisation, and that was the case here. Once the vocal melody was established, the form of the message was relatively easy - 2 verses, each with a focus on a three-syllable rhythm to demonstrate the contrasting qualities of Love (Elusive and Effusive - I love alliteration). 

* note - the art for the song reflects the elusive quality  as a scrabble tile game of chance, while the roses in the background relate to the effusive quality of romantic expressions ;)

Smoke rings, the instrumental, became, Love Is - a lounge lizard,  crooner song. 

Kirk Evans - music
Terry Wigmore - additional synth, strings, lyrics, vocals and production.

 Lyrics:

V1
Oh love, love is so elusive,
So hard to see in a heart,
that's been battered and bruised by the dark

Oh love, love is so elusive,
Like water that flows through your fingers then  it's gone,
All gone, all gone

Instrumental

V2
Oh, love, love is so effusive,
It can bubble and glow
doesn't care who knows,
Playfully smitten, carefree and driven

Oh love, love is so effusive
It begins to take hold and won't ever let go
Of your heart -

Love Is

elegy

Welcome to the Club. Ft Lioness Pinky🇯🇲

Here I Come

This is the instrumental version of the song 'Authenticity'. I think it's a good template for a new remix. Therefore I make it available as an open collab offer.

If you want to remix and publish it, please tell me, mention me in the description and in the title. The title name and cover picture can of course also be changed. 

120 BPM / WAV-File 

Cover Picture: pixabay.com

Remixed by @lillithe: https://soundcloud.com/lillithe/my-way-omcb-offer-open-collaboration-blackout

Remixed by @ricochet8888  https://soundcloud.com/ricochet8888/blackouttom-rico

Blackout - OMCB [Open Collab]

This is the story about a Blade of Grass....

Copyright Nat Daniels 2023
Written, Performed, Produced by Nat Daniels. 
A Blade of Grass -  by Nat Daniels

There’s a blade of grass , stuck on my shoe
It weathered many storms 
And bathed in sunny hues
But it never saw the sun 
Like I saw it in your smile 
And it never saw a kiss so sweet
Like a gentle breeze 
‘till you moved your lips on mine ..   

Chorus:
It had lead a simple life 
‘Till I tracked it through your door
It was happy and content 
Now it’s torn in knowing more
For it never knew what people do
And that love can be so beautiful 
Like Yours and Mine 

2. 
So that Blade of grass boarded a train
And it crossed a sunny border in the pouring rain
It had traveled all the world
Seeing splendour in all things
But the little grass would trade it all 
To be there with you .. 
It would be her only wish.

Chorus:
Now it’s resting on a shelf, 
By those worn and travelled shoes
And it longs to glide on wings,
In a journey back to you
To relive the dream ..  
Of Me and You
On a starry hill that’s made for two 
.....  Made for Two

There’s a blade of grass, next to my shoe
And it knows a fairy tale 
Of a night so deep and blue 
If it only had one wish 
It would wish to be a star
And to lead me back into your arms 
And to smile on us from a far..

Blade of Grass

Blade Of Grass - Nat Daniels

Tex Mex Shaman (Stephen)--rhythm/ slide guitars/ riff/ mix and post production--@texmex-shaman
Llanpsych (Tez)--lead guitar--@llanpsych
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)--bass guitar--@josh-clary-1
J.J. Terrell-- Piano/glockenspiel--@j-j-terrell 
Mysterious Decibel--lead and high backing vocals--@themysteriousdecibel
K2 and the Three (Ken)--drums/ cowbell( I had the fever)maracas/tambourine/ woodblock/ low harmonies--@k2andthe3, and @k2-kara

This is a cover from Paul McCartney and Wings, from 1975 album, Venus and Mars, and this album was supported on their 1976 Wings over America tour. They always opened with Venus and Mars/Rockshow
     Ken sent Josh and Tez an email a few months back, about maybe covering this awesome rocker, after we released “Hello World." Before responding, Ken reposted his cover of "Richard Cory," a Simon and Garfunkel cover, sung by Denny Laine and Sir Paul on the Wings Over America triple live album. Stephen commented that “Rockshow” was one of the first songs he learned on guitar. Ken said, “Well, here’s your sign!" He freaked and invited Stephen to immediately contact Josh.
     We finished everything but the vocals by early June, but were stuck on lead vocalist. Several of the collective gave it a go, but nothing sounded right. Then came a late game idea. We had all been following and fans of The Mysterious Decibel for quite some time, so we asked him if he'd be interested in singing it. He was game, and really delivered what so many could not. He is a new, welcome addition to our mix. You'll also hear Stephen, who also accomplished the herculean task of mixing and producing this song, very ably play the entire song on the guitar, with Tez playing the ripping leads. 
  We hope you enjoy our labor of love that has been an entire summer in the making.

Rockshow (Eclectic Collective)

Paul Grunill plays Outstation's cover version of Hawkwind's Assault and Battery/The Golden Void on his 200th show of The Last Outpost, Harborough FM

Assault and Battery/The Golden Void

Outstation's Hawkwind cover on Paul Grunill's 200th radio show, The Last Outpost, on Harborough FM

I'm very happy I could create lyrics and vocal for the instrumental track of the Great https://soundcloud.com/dusboblaze

Instrumental is available here ->
https://soundcloud.com/dusboblaze/the-last-day-instrumental


It's time to make amends
I wanna clean the mess I've made around
time to make amends
cauz' we're those to blame
for the disaster we're bounded to now

It's so sad to see the waste
to think about our responsabilites
the ashes flutter on the ground
the embers still lit
my will to heal
is strong and appealing

it's time to make amends
it's time to pay the debt
it's time to clean my soul
with the rain outside
fresh, that falls on me
the warmth of the hearth is still felt
as a reminder

the warmth is still felt
embers will burn if you touch
and if you mess with them
you will re-ignite the fire

So go make amends
and pick up what's left
of the rubble

Now, it's time to make amends
wanna take my responsabilites
I wanna do it for me but also for others

Collabs

Make Amends (The Last Day)

Make Amends (The Last Day -  Dusboblaze)

I do, without knowing.
I  do it for fun, not for fame so,
ALL PROMOTION PROPOSAL WILL BE BLOCKED AND REPORTED AS SPAM
because it annoys me...



Also part of 
https://soundcloud.com/blending-altitudes with https://soundcloud.com/sonicrider
and
Off Grid with https://soundcloud.com/mahan-mahan



https://soundcloud.com/sleeplesscollective

Make Amends (The Last Day - Dusboblaze)

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