From the 2nd King Dodo EP “Ants in the Toffee” released 25/11/23

KING DODO - LEARN

Song by The Ginger Twins
vocals/synths - Brian Beethoven

Lyrics:
Moving forward in time
But backward in my mind
And the things that you say
Aren’t productive anyway
Dissolving – every day
Imploding – fade away
Retrograde love, retrograde love, retrograde love, retrograde love
Elation fades away
And resentment’s here to stay
The path that guided us
Is now a maze of misplaced trust
Dissolving - every day
Imploding
Imploding
Retrograde love, retrograde love
Imploding – fade away
Retrograde love, retrograde love, retrograde love, retrograde love

Retrograde Love

"How could you have been so indifferent to my suffering, How could you have said you loved me so dearly and the next day treat me with such inhumanity, Nothing excuses your cold silence, it's proof of how cowardly you are, your hands were all over me, just the time to cage me..

Heartless (remix Sans Coeur)

Heartless (collab Audiobake)

Insomnia is the fourth single from the album, Awaken The Androids, by Arcane Synthetic.


Insomnia

When I sent Mike Fox the acoustic track never did I think in my wildest dreams that he would produce such a mix  of sounds.
The brief was a modern pop track in the realm of Louis Capaldi / Ed Sheeran that sort of thing.
And what I got was an amazing piece of nostalgia 70s Chic  v 80s club which I actually bloody loved.
Just shows that it’s best to trust the process and let these outstanding musicians/producers do their thing . 
It’s such fun collaborating with different people and listening to their different take on things.
Mike is an excellent songwriter himself and you can always pick the earworm in his work.
Big thanks to Mike he was a pleasure to work with and a real gentleman.
I hope you enjoy it guys as much as we did making it.


Give each other up 

V1 
Your love for me is out of practice 
We got somewhere lost in all the traffic 
Im getting prickly now in the hustle 
Im sorry if I ever caused you trouble 

Chorus  
We  can fail at what we hate 
And we can fail at what we love
But doesn’t mean we should give each other up


V2
Why don’t we never seem to make it to desert
Your the sweetest thing  i don’t deserve 
I always new how to make things better 
Now I’m just that storm in your weather 

Finish on a double Chorus

Give Each Other Up ~ Fox & Brownie

When She Stepped Through The Door

Poetry, vocals, and drum machine by Jeff a.k.a. STONERJAZZ. 
Check out his page for more in this series and lots of other great poetry! @user-911083679

Jo Richter a.k.a. Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches produced and performed all of the music on Pieces of the Sun. He also contributed modulated vocals and awesome low-end experimentation on Sublime. Look him up for more amazing soundscapes and poetry @sonic-textures 

I produced and contributed most of the instrumentation for Sublime and Giant Ball of Gas

SUBLIME

Everything you say and do, there is a watcher watching you
the silent witness standing there with stars and spiders in her hair-

There is a place inside my space that opens up from time to time
and it's Sublime yeah it's sublime

But i can't stay there all the time
though i want to real bad
i'm sure it would be fine

i guess i can't keep living this crazy life that i been living all these years
my body's saying oh no oh ,no no no no--

69 times around the Sun and workin on another One.......

PIECES OF THE SUN

Hey everybody, let's come together
let;s find the pathway, let's find the path way
let's try to remember the purpose of which we are meant for
Hey everybody let's come together
Let's meet in the clearing where cookfires are burning
and spirits are yearning for things that are real.

I'd like to find a song to sing that would fix everything
I'd like to like to love the world again, like I did way back then.
Here's some news for everyone, We are all pieces of the sun
We're all Luminousity-
We are all absolutely free.

GIANT BALL OF GAS

Just out here in the middle of the void
Spinning fast around a giant burning ball of gas
that's hurdling thru the deepest darkest space
meteors and comets are Zooming by at breakneck pace
The situation seems to be a little bit precarious
some might even say Nefarious.

how can it be that tragedy can sometimes be
almost hilarious
Stupidity it seems to be the order of the day
yet here we are and here we go
onward out like warriors without a clue
and everyone will play their part
of this i'm sure, l know it's true!!

Anthology VI: Sublime / Pieces of the Sun / Giant Ball of Gas - w/ STONERJAZZ & Jo Richter

Cast of Characters:
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark--sax (VST), organ, tremolo guitar chords (synth), harmonica, composition, production, mix
Mysterious Decibel--@themysteriousdecibel --MD—lyrics and primary vocals
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– second electric guitar solo, and mastering
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –piano and electric piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four string fretless bass, first electric guitar solo, rhythm guitar comping 

This is a song started when Mark came up with its architecture, recorded in a  slower, more laid back version on his own. However, he wanted a more souped up version with solos in turns. 

So, he turned to The Eclectic Collective to fill in the pieces. He originally had solos in all the parts which he laid down on the keys, and he had some lyrics, too. However, once he heard The Mysterious Decibel's excellent lyrics and vocals, the song totally changed the direction and the vibe, for the stellar. 

But MD didn't start the whole thing. As happens sometimes, even without Tez on this one, we still needed to clear out some space to let everyone have their say. So, Mark went in and lengthened the song mechanically. Once we had a final form, Ken, as always, came up with the foundation for the song, allowing Josh to add his version of Mark's bass line. 

Then, after MD gave us the vocals to form the song, we got down to adding the solos. JJ first added his thrilling opening piano solo, as well as the electric piano solo right after the first verse, which Mark is also playing a VST sax solo in, as well. Then Josh added his guitar solo, which is the first of the two, with a very clean tone. Right after that, Stephen added his fiery solo, which follows right after with a more overdriven tone. Finally, Mark stepped back in and added his killer harp solo at the end. Of course, it needed to be mixed well, too, so we turned to Stephen for that important role, once again, which he fulfilled expertly.  
 

This past Tuesday, we released a fun little series of interviews over a compilation of some of our favorite musical moments. If you want to hear our voices and some of our thoughts about music, check it out. I realize it's a big ask at twenty minutes, but you might really enjoy it, especially if you follow us, and have been for a while. It's a celebration of all of our work over the past almost year together in various forms. This song was supposed to be a showcase of all of our skills, except Tez isn't in on this one. He'll be on the next one, though, for sure.
  We hope you enjoy this jazzier side of the EC as much as we enjoyed making it. MD's lyrics are about a psycho killer artist who hides clues about his murders in his paintings. 
Original Lyrics by The Mysterious Decibel:

Some might say he's crafty and planned.
With a shade of black and a brush in his hand
Some might say the world is his oyster
But no Pearl lays inside just a conjuring blur

He'll paint you a murderous scene
With the blending of  sin all between pigments of green
He's a shady fella Who hides behind the canvas!
I spy something with my little eye
This art might show just where he died

Will you find it?
The secret
Some freak shit
are you so sure you'll really wanna Keep it ?
The secret
Are you so sure you'll really wanna keep it?
Ahhh a little secret
Are you so sure you'll really wanna keep it?
It'll haunt your mind like it does him too
He's a swifty one he'll come for you!
The secret
The secret
The secret
Are you so sure you'll really wanna keep it?

I spy something with my little eye
This art might show just where he died

His art might show
might show
might show
just where he died

A Brush With Death -  (EclecticCollective) w/ special guest mistermark

“Dancing in the distance”

おくつきは並びたれどもうつし世に相ひ逢はざりし吾子三人はや
木下利玄 (1886-1925)
出典：『木下利玄全歌集』五島 茂 編　岩波文庫

The graves of three brothers and sisters are side by side. They have never seen each other in this life.
Rigen Kinoshita(1886-1925)
Source: “Complete Collected TANKA(Japanese Short Poem) by Rigen Kinoshita: editing by Shigeru Goto”　Iwanami Shoten Publisher

Art work: RondellMelling via Pixabay

Dancing In The Distance

Impromptu Piano Arpeggio With  Violin

My friends with the "Muse and Method" creative challenge have issued another prompt. This time the topic is "March".

This track was built with two samples from my personal collection of field recordings. The 4-beat rhythm loop is the percussion section of the Shawnee Mission North High School marching band, recorded at the Overland Park Fall Festival in 2011. The horn sound is an air horn on an antique steam tractor, recorded at the Northwest Michigan Engine and Thresher Show, Buckley, Michigan way back in 1989 and played back through a keyboard sampler.

The Marty Street Hi-Steppin' Boogie

Guitarist, songwriter , sound engineer , music video maker.
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LINKS

Video playlists for EPs 

Ants in the Toffee EP2 playlist 


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWsK4mZxwf1JFWbHFhqHqy4xWm3dz_-w7&si=T_TGioKQvCpmabb6

Fleas in the Coffee EP1

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL612ABE5967DC3096&si=5hQazzEKyGmxcD9k