Great gentle playing and vocals. Relaxing and thoughtful

Very nice composition, so well performed and recorded!

I really love the vibe here and the minimalist approach. Great vocal mix too!

Amazing work..love the vocal and guitar interplay..beautiful

magnifique! et merci de m'avoir orienté vers MingMonk. excellent collaboration.

Shock the Algorithm

Drifting

Home recording of Chris and Jonathon Brenner. Yes we are actual brothers.

Mean Old World

Inorganic Beings by Per Bronco Karlsson. The lyrics are a few quotes from Carlos Castaneda´s novel The Active Side of Infinity.

Inorganic Beings

All rights reserved, (c) & (p) 2023.
Taken from the upcoming full length album, by Shock the Algorithm (PTBR mid-2024)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/R6xz2BumOPs
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lyrics:
Another day goes by
another war inside my head

another trace of fear
but i never won't give in

Another night passed by
another midnight washed my sins

but i will face the day
no i never won't look grim


You said go and face your demons
don't let another day get wasted!

Death is the enemy, Death is the enemy oHhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh
Death is the enemy, Death is the enemy oHhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh
Death is the enemy, Death is the enemy oHhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh


Another year goes by
another book of memories 

and time doesn't wait
doesn't wait for no one

and don't you look away
you have to stand on your own feet

no matter what will come
you have to get your shit together


fight the good fight
fight the good fight

Rock and Roll Kills

Death is the enemy

C'était un grand plaisir pour moi de chercher l'histoire pour accompagner cette belle musique passionnée de MingMonk.
Merci beaucoup, mon ami!
https://soundcloud.com/mingmonk
Composition originale: https://soundcloud.com/mingmonk/maria-sans-voix
Such a pleasure finding a story for this beautiful, passionate music from MingMonk. Thanks so much, my friend!

Maria - MingMonk (+ltp)

Seagull surprised me with this lovely song as a gift for my 70th birthday, featuring his playing on acoustic guitar, and likening our friendship and musical comradery to a "walk in the morning dew".  I was beyond honored:)  Then the thought occurred to him, "what if Ed, Dan, Peter, and David joined me on my walk?"  Peter's words set the stage comparing our friendship (and lasting friendship in general) to fine gold "hewn from so much more than mere common ground"  Ed's gorgeous electric guitar defines the melody, Dan's synths and Clara's vocals add depth and emotion, and I get to decorate an already beautiful production in the left and right channels.  It is now a magnificent 70th birthday gift, enriched by my musical bond and friendship with these fine artists, and one I want to share with you dear listener.  Be blessed as you walk with us "in the morning dew":) 
More of their amazing music can be found here:
Seagull: @farout-music-studio
Peter: soundcloud.com/user-264930040/tracks
Dan-DT: @dan-t-3
Ed Cunningham: @westtracksmusic
Seagull has also created a lovely video to celebrate our walk together and invite you to join us there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbapIXADdg
Peter's introductory poem:
A tempered bond of ether gold forged from trust in seeming kin
Blenched of ore hewn from so much more than mere common ground
Metallicised, a like of kind that cannot tarnish, ne’er to rust, it’s strength, atomic, set within
And so my grateful thoughts are due, my friend, to you, as one where empathy is ever found
To crystallise a state of mind as if from walks in morning dew as bright new days begin.

A Walk In Morning Dew (Seagull, Ed Cunningham, Dan-DT, Peter, and David)

Credit to Overdrive, who took a simple song with simple lyrics, worked around the chaos and created something of pure magic. Taking what nobody else heard and making it into a reality. This song came to life, representing exactly how I felt when I wrote it. I’ll forever be grateful for this simple act of grace and amazing talent. Thank you Overdrive for everything!

Step Up

In music, the term “arabesque” refers to a highly ornamental melody whose free unfolding expresses a slowing of time within the composition. Unlike the straight line, which is the most direct path from A to B, the curving movement of the arabesque creates an effect of circular phrases that conjure perpetual melodies. Debussy referred to "arabesque" as a piece of music with exquisite detail and clear repetitions of ideas and artistic balance. This term is used for various kinds of melodic, contrapuntal, or harmonic ornamentation. Several composers including Claude Debussy and Robert Schumann have used this term as a title for compositions. The term "arabesque" is taken from the Arabic art and architecture which was very ornate. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

Arabesque

Arco Iris- Ariel en Bicicleta

This is my new single. It’s about accepting life’s challenges, working through them and then using that learning to adapt and survive.  I’ve posted an earlier version here before but it’s remixed and mastered (RCD Audio). 
I hope you enjoy it. Take care. 
James
Lyrics:
My Uncertain Steps 

As a boy, I was scared of the sea
With my family, on a beach in Normandy, 
a French boy told me the ghosts of drowned sailors grab your legs and dragged you down
I wouldn’t go in! 
Too naive and trusting! 

As a teen, I was all over the place! 
Always confused, just didn’t know which way to face
Too many temptations, suggestions and thrills, distracting and wild
Couldn’t think straight 
Couldn’t concentrate! 

It was always their demands and directions 
Had to meet their dreams and expectations 

My uncertain steps
No confidence 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps 
At my own pace
(My way) 

My wreckage of a life, with this chaotic love
Constant demands, you can never do enough 
Mix in the bullies, the twisters and those egos too
It pulls you apart
Breaks your heart 

I’m seasoned, I now know this path
One crisis avoided, another starts 

My uncertain steps
More experienced 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps
At my own pace 
(My way) 

And now I expect to see the worst
In everyone and everything I know
Just know how it is, but feel I can somehow 
see it through

(outro) 
I’ve got friends (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve lived and learnt (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve got you (for my uncertain steps) 
I’ll get through this (my uncertain steps) 


James Whiteman copyright  18 January 2024

My Uncertain Steps (Single version)

Another example of a previously uploaded song, but with just one track isolated - the horns. The original, full song was performed by the Eclectic Collective, and written & sung by our multi-talented friend Ken. This is a condensed version of the horn section I had written for the chorus, which includes VST trumpet (x2), saxophone, and trombone.  Here's the original, full version of the song:
https://soundcloud.com/k2andthe3/happy-ever-after

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

(image created using ChatGPT 4o)

Happy Ever After (ISOLATED horns)

Original composition and drum programing by Neno J.
Electric guitar Yamaha SG, recorded directly using multi effect Hotone Ampero 100, Bass guitar Ibanez
May, 2025.

Colorful feelings

CRIME TIME 

As I come deeper in my thoughts
Pronouncing reality's dark hopes
Not just how we can live it
But as well how were doomed to believe it
Taking time just as an answer
Has it been you that has the dancer
The dancer that flies in the air
The air of thoughts to connect our fair

As i went now deeper, in my thoughts, having a sipper
Pronouncing reality's dark hopes, oh my shit i mooving backwards

Is it time that has the answer or is it you that has the dancer
The value of the thought into timefull space
The value of its meaning as it gives its brace

And now Feel, Time to Heal
And now Bow, To the Show

So come on friend don't be an amend
So come on friend don't be an amend
So come on friend don't be an amend
So come on friend don't be an amend

So come on friend don't be an amend
Cross your soul with a thought as you breathe to your goal (x2)

And now that you are in your face, forget about this tree
Smoke comes from this road, of this universal dream (x2)

CRIME TIME

Whistle Before You Die – by Manug Mirage

The whistle is the last thing you hear.
It’s not a song. It’s a warning.

A slow, hypnotic horror piece that turns a playful melody into a killer’s lullaby. Minimal, cold, and dripping with tension.

AI-assisted composition: Lyrics, concept, and mood by Manug Mirage. Arrangement inspired by psychological horror sound design. Generated with the help of AI for sound layering and atmosphere.

© 2025 Manug Mirage. All rights reserved. This is art.

Whistle Before You Die

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais
(Serge Gainsbourg)
Album "Vu de l’exterieur” (released in 1973)
Cover version

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Et tes larmes n'y pourront rien changer 
Comm' dit si bien Verlaine au vent mauvais 
Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Tu t'souviens de jours anciens et tu pleures 
Tu suffoques, tu blêmis à présent qu'a sonné l'heure 
Des adieux à jamais 
Ouais je suis au regret 
D'te dire que je m'en vais 
Oui je t'aimais, oui mais 

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Tes sanglots longs n'y pourront rien changer 
Comm'dit si bien Verlaine au vent mauvais 
Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Tu t'souviens des jours heureux et tu pleures 
Tu sanglotes, tu gémis à présent qu'a sonné l'heure 

Ouais je suis au regret 
D'te dire que je m'en vais
Car tu m'en as trop fait. 

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Et tes larmes n'y pourront rien changer 
Comm' dit si bien Verlaine au vent mauvais 
Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Tu t'souviens de jours anciens et tu pleures 
Tu suffoques, tu blêmis à présent qu'a sonné l'heure 
Des adieux à jamais 
Ouais je suis au regret 
D'te dire que je m'en vais 
Oui je t'aimais, oui mais 

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais 
Tes sanglots longs n'y pourront rien changer 
Comm'dit si bien Verlaine au vent mauvais 
Je suis venu te dire ue je m'en vais 
Tu t'souviens des jours heureux et tu pleures 
Tu sanglotes, tu gémis à présent qu'a sonné l'heure 

Ouais je suis au regret 
D'te dire que je m'en vais 
Car tu m'en as trop fait.

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

Much of my music is FREE TO DOWNLOAD.
Love this space, wherever it is, and the amazing sounds of humanity. Happy to mix my music with yours, if you have an idea or no idea : ) -- if you would like to remix, remake, redeem any part of anything here, let me know.   ~ 

These are the wonderful musicians I've been lucky enough to work with so far on SC:

MOON DUST - https://soundcloud.com/petri-kiviniemi
Oorlab - https://soundcloud.com/oorlab
Kamikami - https://soundcloud.com/kamikami-sc
Spökpappa (The Ghostfather)- @user-805491886
Cycle of Hands - https://soundcloud.com/cycleofhands
Wane of Summer - https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer/tracks
Ami Dreamer - https://soundcloud.com/ami_dreamer
Bonetender - https://soundcloud.com/bonetender
Shrowd ($ad)- https://soundcloud.com/avercoffee
Terry Wigmore - https://soundcloud.com/user-536194718
JBeAt {to my own drum} - https://soundcloud.com/jbeattomyowndrumindiepop
joerxworx - https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Koma Gaeshi - https://soundcloud.com/koma-gaeshi
letterfounder - https://letterfounder.bandcamp.com
Dean Massicotte - https://soundcloud.com/deanmassicotte
..dusboblaze.. - https://soundcloud.com/user-430072946
Don't kill butterflies - https://soundcloud.com/dontkillbutterflies
Arma Ignifera - https://soundcloud.com/herronsound
Nicholas Ridiculous - https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies
Rhiannon's Liquid Soul - https://soundcloud.com/bre-cabin
MingMonk - https://soundcloud.com/mingmonk
ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț - @solacestreet
arse-myth - https://soundcloud.com/learningtoplay

Maria - MingMonk (+ltp)

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