Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

Sometimes you go to a dark place.

WRETCHED BEGGAR

Ooooo….
Ooooo….

I don’t want you
I don’t need you
Why don’t you 
Why won’t you
Why can’t you
Get out of my way 
It’s my way

All you do
When I’m in your arms
All you do 
To twist and turn me
All you do
To look the other way
Alll you do
To ignore me

I should leave you
I can’t bear you
Why don’t I
Why won’t I
Why can’t I
Get out of my way 
Gotta be one day

A little devil in my mind
Poking me with his red hot trident
White smile on his face
I feed him 
I feed him
That fat little bastard
I’m gonna get the wretched beggar

All I do
To forget myself
All I do
To erase myself
Never do
Anything I used to
Never do
Anything I want to

Better for you
Better for me
I think we
I believe we
I hope we
Get out of my way 
Never better than today

Wretched Beggar

we listen to our music and stare at the silver screen
that’s where we got all our wisdom
but we haven’t learned a lesson yet,
no we haven’t learned a lesson yet oh no, oh no

records and concerts and flowers and dope
love-ins and blue jeans and politics and hope
meditation yoga and non pollutant soap, oh yeah
it all loses meaning when you’re crazy and broke
it all loses meaning when your crazy and broke oh no

it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
oh yes i swear now that i’m aware now
oh yes i swear now i say a prayer now

we listen to our music glued to the colored sets
we pretend that we don’t care at all
but we haven’t learned a lesson yet,
no we haven’t learned a lesson yet oh no, oh no

communes and stereos and women’s rights,
it all loses meaning in the new moonlight
dance in the clubs to the lazer lights oh yeah
it's all or nothing, which one is right
its all or nothing, which one is right oh no

it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
it’s just the time now to sing the rhyme now,
oh yes i swear now that i’m aware now
oh yes i swear now i say a prayer
..........
written & sung by eddie angel
produced and recorded by kid otari
drums by greek god yannis alfiers
keyboards by guillaume
guitars & additional vocals by naldo

Recorded on Otari MX5050 8-channel 1/2" tape at the Laundry Room, Oakland California

Silver Screen 3.3-4 44k EQ'd

Silver Screen

Rodolfo Planes offered me this great arrangement and suggested the title of 'Professional Liars' as a starting point. I changed the title to Career Liars as it scanned better with the melody and although we didn’t discuss the subject closely we both had our own ideas who these usual suspects might be. You all may also have your own choices other than these potential ‘Comeback Kids’. 

This was first written in 2022, but has developed gradually over the last two years with Ce Mastro’s spectacular chorus harmony arrangement lifting the song to astonishing new heights, then lastly Georg’s additional sax work giving a renewed energy and power. Thanks to everyone for their valued collaboration on this. Thanks for taking the time to listen.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - https://soundcloud.com/rplanes 
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals and chorus vocal arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/cemastro 
Georg Boehme - Sax solo and fills - https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/career-liars

 Career Liars by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett

How are you ever able to live with yourself? 
What do you really care about? 
You can cope just as long as you’re not left on the shelf, 
Hear me out. 

Are you ever conscious of the harm that you do?
 Or is all fair in love and in war?
And there is no depth that you and your crew won’t sink to. 
We’re done for.

Career liars, 
Truth deniers,
Big high flyers,
 Falsifiers.

Making all of your deals with your old cronies,
I think that is all that you’re good for. 
Nothing is ever sincere coz you’re real phoneys.
 Show them the door. 

Lying for a living, as long as we’re forgiving,
 We’ve been truly hood-winked this time for sure.
 We’re learning a lesson about the true cost of living 
Now we’re all poor.

Career liars, 
Truth deniers,
 Big high flyers, 
Falsifiers.

Career Liars - Continental Collision featuring Ce Mastro & Georg Boehme - Now Available on Bandcamp

EL ALCAZAR  (2024)

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Theme exclusively made with native Music Studio 2 instruments.

Composed during the year 2015 in my walks in this monument of my city.

 It is the oldest palace in use in Europe with 1,000 years old in its oldest part, and it is full of history that you can feel.

I wanted to capture the beauty and grandeur of the site where Game of Thrones was filmed (In the series it is the Palace of Dorne).

In this and final revision, the wind instruments have been further enhanced in certain phases to further mark the melody.

It is one of those places that say you have to see before you die.

Hardware. iPad 
DAW. MS 2

23 Tracks with only native instruments.

Mix. My ear.

As always, grateful for your comments.

Paco.

El Alcazar (2024)

Here's a collab with the exceptionally talented https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa

The original vocal can be found here

https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa/lemme-show-you-whats-1


Cover art created at https://www.canva.com/

FRAWSTAKWA X RiZLiX - Lemme Show You

Luscious analog machines adding more to what was previously mostly digital. And the guitar patch just sounds so much better than the keys of the previous version.

The Blossoms (more analogue version)

This song I wrote for my wife back in 2004, around the time of that we first met, one of many love songs that I have written for her. She is the love of my life and we've been married for almost 20 years. She's a big supporter of my music and videos and I love her dearly! It's a simple song, written in the Doo-Wop style of the 1950's but it's very dear and near to my heart. The video is personal, with a lot of home movie clips, but I would love to share it with everyone and hope that you all have a life partner as special as she is to me. I love you mi amor!🥂💖 {P.S. There will be clips of me in the video with her, so viewer BEWARE! I want to apologies twice in advance for my vocals and my appearance!😂} 

https://youtu.be/FS5VIoTfbzg

“MY ANITA"

MY ANITA,     
ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE'RE WORLDS APART,     
IN YOUR HANDS YOU HOLD MY HEART,       
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE,             
      
MY ANITA,     
IT'S NO MYSTERY TO ME,      
IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO ME,     
FOR IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS, 
     
SOME WILL CALL IT DESTINY,          
OR SOME FOOLISH FANTASY,          
SOME WILL SAY I'VE LOST MY MIND,            
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME,           
SOME WILL LAUGH RIGHT IN MY FACE,          
CAUSE YOU'RE A MILLION MILES AWAY,          
BUT I'LL JUST CLOSE MY EYES CAUSE I BELIEVE IN, 
          
MY ANITA,     
WE'LL BE TOGETHER SOMEDAY,      
LOVE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY,     
AND THIS I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN,     

MY ANITA,     
MIRACLES DO COME TRUE,            
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU,     
I'VE FINALLY FOUND MY HOME, SWEET, HOME.            

BY JIM VALDES © 2004

ODDS & ENDS

"MY ANITA" [Video - https://youtu.be/FS5VIoTfbzg]

Lyrics and Vocal :Janne Hennie
Music made in Garageband

Lyrics:

I will give you a chance
To find out if this is romance
Or am I just wasting my time
Tell me, will you ever be mine?

You have to find out
What you want
What this is about
So make up your mind now
If you don't love me, ill go 

What do you do?
What do you do?
what do you do?
What do you do?

mmm

So make up your mind now
If you don't love me ,ill go

I aint gonna crawl
Pride and stubbornness  
I got it all
You will only get one chance
To find out 
If this is romance

what do you do?
What do you do?
what do you do?
What do you do?

mmm

You will only get one chance
To find out
If this is romance..

What do You Do?  (Original)

Do you like this voice? then follow this path:
https://soundcloud.com/wildsilencez?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Méditations Poétiques (poetic meditations) By Zitou Itou & Wildsilences

Mediterranean Connection (For three guitars)

JIM ANDERS_ Ende

Dear listener, Feel free to leave comments and I'll try to reply.

I've been making music for around 15 years now but because of the wonderfully generous community that is SC, I have learned so much in a short time. I look forward to learning even more by collaborating. 
I suppose my strengths are in lyric-writing and singing. I feel fortunate to have been able to work with some stunning compositions by some very talented SCers.

My very best to you, Mark

Some links to recent Continental Collision streaming sites, etc are available below:

Career Liars - Continental Collision featuring Ce Mastro & Georg Boehme - Now Available on Bandcamp

markjbennett