Love this little instrumental break in the middle and the vocal harmonies on the ending...love the whole piece!

Superbe song et une parfaite réalisation. Joli travail. Bravo Mark.

oh man this one's got the Funk in it Mark!!  (how on earth did I get so far behind in listening to your output)

■概要(Overview)
今回はピアノはお休みです。
鳥になりたいなぁ。良いよなぁ。でも鳥の中でも色々とルールとか合って大変だったりするのかなぁ。
頑張れ、地球！
There's a break from piano this time.
I want to be a bird. That would be nice. But I wonder if it would be difficult for birds because there are all sorts of rules to follow.
Hang in there, Earth!

■歌詞
ハンバーガーをかじって
浜辺を散歩していたわ
そしたらトンビやってきて
ハンバーガー飛んで行った

はやてのように　風をあやつり
獲物を狙っている　トンビ！

優雅に大空を　飛んでいる
翼広げ

いつか私が体を離れる時が来た後はあんな風に
高く遠く太平洋の向こうまで飛んでいきたいな

想いを馳せる Happy Free Flight!
見つけ出せるさ　Wind Rail, Yeah!
遠ざかるトンビ　指カメラで捉えた


海岸沿いの街灯に
トンビが一羽とまってる
さしずめ監視活動ね
あの子のクレープ　危ない

音もたてずに　獲物をさらう
まるで忍者のようね　トンビ！

王者の風格で　空を飛ぶ
風を　読んで

風のレールに身体を預けて　どこまでだって飛んでいきたいわ
はるか遠く　苦しみも　悲しみも　きっと追いつけない場所

夢を見ていた Happy Free Flight!
見つけ出せるさ　Wind Rail, Yeah!
麦わら帽子　投げ捨てて　走り出す

今は飛べない
殻は硬く閉ざされて何も見えないけど
輪廻転生
するには全力で走りぬくしか・・ない！ない！ない！
いないいないばぁ！

いつか私が体を離れる時が来た後はあんな風に
高く遠く太平洋の向こうまで飛んでいきたいな
想いを馳せる Happy Free Flight!
見つけ出せるさ　Wind Rail, Yeah!
遠ざかるトンビ　指カメラで捉えた

■Lyrics (translation)
Biting into a hamburger
I was strolling along the beach
Then came a kite bird
And my hamburger flew away
Like a swift wind, controlling the breeze
A kite bird aiming for its prey!
Gracefully soaring through the vast sky
With wings spread wide
Someday, when my body is set free, I'd like to fly just like that
High and far, beyond the Pacific Ocean
Imagining the dream, Happy Free Flight!
I'll find it, Wind Rail, Yeah!
The distant kite bird, caught through my finger-camera

A kite bird perched on a streetlight along the coast
It's probably on surveillance duty
That kid's crepe looks dangerous
Silently stealing its prey
Like a ninja, the kite bird!
Flying with the dignity of a ruler
Reading the wind
I want to entrust my body to the wind rail and fly anywhere
To a place far away, where suffering and sadness can't catch up
Dreaming of it, Happy Free Flight!
I'll find it, Wind Rail, Yeah!
Throwing away my straw hat, I start to run

For now, I can't fly
The shell is tightly closed, and I can't see anything
Reincarnation
The only way is to run with all my might—no choice, no choice!
Peek-a-boo!
Someday, when my body is set free, I'd like to fly just like that
High and far, beyond the Pacific Ocean
Imagining the dream, Happy Free Flight!
I'll find it, Wind Rail, Yeah!
The distant kite bird, caught through my finger-camer

Happy Flight(いないいないばぁ)

brave

The axolotl named Julio Cortázar watches Julio Cortázar observing the axolotls swimming in the aquarium.
The sister tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/this-is-them-last-version and https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/this-is-us

Here the short background story:https://ambystoma.uky.edu/teachers_materials/axolitbook/AxolotlByJulioCortazar.html
Picture is from Pietro Corrao.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2025)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, May 1

Is this you? *

Surfers like Us ….. composition and all guitar parts 

Hi Everyone!
I am a big fan of cinema which is always an inspiration for my music. 
I especially like the films of the Coen Brothers, David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino, as well as cinema of the sci-fi genre (Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan) 🌟

This is an alternative (and shorter) version of my song from October 2024 called „The Giant's Awakening” 🌔
Hope you enjoy the cinematic vibe of this piece! 😎
Many thanks for listening and any support.
Artur

Desert Road

Hey…. Glad you dropped by. This is a simple, fun banjo song, with an instrumental break that has some mandolin, recorder, homemade percussion, and guitar-bass. It also has some vocal shenanigans. The song is about my time in graduate school, 40 years ago, when I lived off campus in a harmonious hippie house. I lived in the attic with my wife, and there were 4-6 roommates downstairs at any one time. We were all university students, peace loving, free-thinking, socio-environmentally conscious free spirits who became a family of sorts. There were potlucks, guitar jams, gardening, all sorts of ecological endeavors, helping our neighbors out, sharing meals, peace protests, shows and concerts and of course, studying for our classes, among other things. It was a time that helped shape who we would become. There was Joan, who became a professional wildlife photographer, Jack, an environmental engineer, Tim, a social worker, who built a farmhouse and had a large family with the love of his life. Andrea, a founder/owner of a community composting and recycling business, Delilah, an ecological research scientist and me, a laid back science teacher. We’ve kept in touch over the years, and now we are all old people. A lot of that lifestyle, ideology and sense of peace and freedom has stuck with me to this day. Hope you like the song. Mark

Our Harmonious Hippie House

Be true to yourself 🤍 And be true to others
Download: https://scratchkelly.bandcamp.com/track/speak-your-mind
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyhl2Its3pc
Releases May 26th 2025

Lyrics:
There's a storm in my head
There's a chill in my bed
There's a storm in my head
There's a chill in my bed

I love it how you speak your mind
Will you speak it to me?
I look inside and I find
Something I wanna see
With you I can unwind
'Coz it's meant to be
So perfectly designed
It's destiny

Speak it to me
Speak it to me
Speak it to me
Speak it to me

There's a storm in my head
There's a chill in my bed
There's a storm in my head
There's a chill in my bed

I love it how you speak your mind
Will you speak it to me?
I look inside and I find
Something I wanna see
With you I can unwind
'Coz it's meant to be
So perfectly designed
It's destiny

Speak it to me
Speak it to me
Speak it to me
Speak it to me

Speak Your Mind

I wrote this song 15 years ago for close friend and guitarist Elmer Stone. Elmer and I have collaborated on three songs on Soundcloud but this one is purely a tribute to him and the friendship we have shared for the past thirty-plus years.  It is also a memorial for his wife Bonnie who he lost two years ago. She was a core contributor to his music, life partner, and his best friend.
I am indebted to Mike Fox and Axel Meningen for taking my rough demo of the song and making it a broadcast quality production.  Thank you gentlemen for your time, talents, and belief that the song could be more than I could ever make it on my own.  Hear more of their amazing music @michael-fox-925325997 and @axel-m-501052973  
Good Ol' Boy
Lyrics:
He's a good ol' boy with his good ol' toys,
He likes a beer now and then.
He picks a guitar and dreams of going far,
Don't know the how, or the where, or the when.
The boys in the band play as hard as they can.
And they hitch their wagon to the star,
Of this good ol' boy, this good ol' boy.

He keeps house with his wife, the love of his life,
The kids are all grown and gone.
By the gray in his hair you can tell he still cares
'bout the things that are right and wrong.
And the question comes does it get better than this,
A hard days work and a goodnight kiss,
For this good ol' boy, this good ol' boy.

Bridge:
Well it hasn't been easy, no it's never been easy
But he keeps on keepin' on.
And what hasn't killed him he finds a way
To put into a song, 'bout this good ol' boy
This good ol' boy.

Instrumental break, repeat bridge.

He's a good ol' boy with his share of joys,
And his share of the cares of this world.
When it's all said and done, and his race has been run,
And he rests in the arms of the Lord
Of this good ol' boy, this good ol' boy.
Instrumental to the end.

Good Ol' Boy (Mike, Axel, David)

Credits:
Andre (noxpox) ..... synths, bass, arrangement, production, mix and artwork
https://soundcloud.com/noxpox20?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=BCD677A0CE2548FAA4872A48F38E6454&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 

Artur (Surfers like Us) ..... composition, guitar and arrangement 

Hi Everyone!
We both invite you all to listen to our brand new track! Andre added his bass and two synths to my guitar part I recorded in real time with a clean sound! Since the vibe of the track reminds us of the atmosphere of Morocco we decided to call it „Marrakech”. 
So we invite you to surf the streets of the city of Marrakech.
We hope you enjoy our exotic journey! 
Have fun!!! 😎🏄🏼‍♂️
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Please listen to how well Andre handles the bass (synths are his specialty!) This cool guy plays with his heart and feels the vibe of the music! I am honored to play with such people. This goes for all my collaborators!
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Many thanks for listening and any support! 😎
Artur

Surfin’ Marrakech (w/Noxpox)

Cover Art: Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right), portrayed by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855) PD-US
Music and Lyrics Copyright 2025 Joe Stroffolino

Hansel and Gretel were abandoned by their parents in the forest all alone.
They stumbled across a delicious looking candy-coated home.  A cannibalistic witch captured them and put them in a cage. Those were the kind of stories they used to tell children at a young age.

The brothers Grim told stories that were a reflection of their time
There was disease famine and poverty and things were not going fine 
We had to sanitize the stories because our modern stomachs are weak
And you’ll get in trouble if you read a book to kids, and it makes them shriek

Three little pigs were in a brick house trying really hard to survive 
The big bad wolf came down the chimney, fell in a pot of water and was boiled alive.
Cinderella’s stepsisters wanted to marry the prince, but they couldn’t fit into her shoes so they chopped off their heels and toes because they had so much to lose 

The brothers Grim told stories that were a reflection of their time
There was disease famine and poverty, and things were not going fine 
Little Red Riding Hood in the bedroom with a wolf dressed in human clothes.
Wondering why her grandmother had sharp teeth and a snout instead of a nose. Jack climbed the beanstalk, there was a giant who wanted to grind up his bones and make some bread. He stole the magic harp and the hen that laid golden eggs and the giant ended up dead

There’s days when you want to take a sheet of tin foil and stick it in your baseball cap
To keep all those negative thoughts from getting in your head and making you a miserable chap
Did it all start when you were a child, and your mother read you that bed time story that perhaps in retrospect may have been a bit too dark and gory

The brothers Grim told stories that were a reflection of their time
There was disease famine and poverty and things were not going fine 
Now we environmental devastation, nuclear weapons and milk that might have bird flu
Just turn on the news you don’t need a fairy tale to put the fear of God in you
But if you take away all the parts that are dark, sick twisted and gory. 
Do you have anything left that actually resembles a good story.
***
Vocals and backing vocals -  Joe Stroffolino 
Guitars - Joe Stroffolino ( 2 Strumming tracks: Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire and I picking track:Taylor114ce)
Bass, Saxophone, Horns: PG Music Real tracks
Piano andi Strings: PG Music and Native Instruments
Drums: EZ drummer 3
Recorded, mixed and mastered with Logic Pro 11

The Brothers Grim

In another time another place
We measure our progress through our disgrace
And danced in the halls knew who we were
Escaped the race and gave it away

Now we are set and running late
Hard to believe we lived so free
Bent in the way -the branch swings
Caught in the grace of the Byzantines

Mosaic of color helps escape
The beauty of art starts taking shape
Inspiring those from under its wing
this modern world is fleeting 
remembering days of creating
Byzantine dreams run through my head
Sometimes  I live there instead
 Beautiful locks of abstract gold
Perfect icons and frescos 

Living off the dreams of the Byzantines

Dreams of the Byzantines

Cast of Characters:
Cgmaness – open.spotify.com/album/42qOeOxPcclsxwxlPynFfL – Chris – Gretch bass, Guild Pelora electric guitar, SoundStone on a Harley Benton electric guitar, vocals, composition, mix, and production
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – organ
Llanpsych–@llanpsych –Tez– Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Roland Phantom synth
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Gibson Les Paul custom electric guitar

This song began as a mostly fully fleshed out idea from Chris. He presented it to the rest of Eclectic Collective as a bass line with a rhythm guitar chugging the goove. Awesomely powerful groove, but pretty stripped down compared with the final version.

We did this in an odd order this time, for no particular reason. Probably because Chris' bass groove was so strong, Mark was able to first add his ripping organ throughout, inspired by Deep Purple. Tez, again surprisingly, was able to add the fiery solos at the end and the intro, even before the drums were up. Although, we didn't have to wait long for that, because Ken filled them in perfectly, as he always does. Once the structure and rhythm section was complete, Josh decided to add the synth solo in the middle, at the crescendo, which he really enjoyed doing. Stephen came last to the party, but replaced Chris' rudimentary rhythm guitar with a fierocious, but more riff oriented, and less chordy line throughout.

Once it was in the bag, Chris was the natural choice to mix it, since his productions are always top quality, and it was his song to begin with. During the production, he also decided to add the guitar, including the an e-bow like device called a SandStone that sounds a bit like a synth, and vocal tones to the middle and end. He also added the vocalizations you hear in those parts, as well.

This is an example of an Eclecitic Collective song started by Chris, whose music we adore and with whom are always excited to work. His music is all amazing; check out his page if you haven't already. He is also on Spotify, which is where you'll find his new album, which is amazing! We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

The Collective - (Eclectic Collective) song by CGManess

Hey. I am a late bloomer musically. Initially I started on acoustic guitar, then within the last 4 years: Banjo, slide guitar, dobro, recorder, harmonica and singing.  Most of my songs are rough, unpolished, unpracticed, recordings made on an old laptop. Thank you for the love and support, the insights and ideas, the camaraderie and fellowship, Lammbone

Our Harmonious Hippie House

Lammbone

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