Very good collab, tight, clean performance :)

A great collaboration Mark. Great song….

very nice guys , mark you remind me of neil tennant in this , very cool style

The song is really great, and I like the bass line even more! Fantastic work guys!

Hey Mark man, Rudolpho really set you up with a winner here. Brilliant melodies you find to go over it. Superb performances by both you and him Excellent work, man!

This is just brilliant! What a great collaboration of very gifted musicians!

Very well carried vocal melody Mark, fantastic song writing!  Great job to Rodolfo on the music, provides such a great soundscape for the lyrics and vocals!  Phenomenal work both of you!

A little quickie. I had fun testing Spitfire Originals!: Epic Strings, Epic Brass + Woodwinds and Cinematic Percussions.

© & ℗ R.U.R. 2022

Be Prepared

Lately I've been soaking up dub/neo-dub music thanks to @jonauversen and somehow it had to come out of me ;) A lot help with it I've received from @spitfire-labs and their amazing free LABS library Trumpet Fields which was the main impulse that this song was created at all.

Picture in thumbnail by DALL-E AI (https://openai.com/dall-e-2/)

Dub My Trumpets

My friend and close collaborator @rplanes offered me this great arrangement and the title and theme that he thought might make an interesting subject matter. Initially, I was scratching my head as the topic seemed too vast but then the ideas started to attach themselves to his melodies and I was hooked. Humans en masse appear to be taking wrong-turnings and making things worse rather than better. This is me letting off a little steam with Rod's help. Thanks for taking the time to listen.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Photograph - Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

Reverse Entropy (by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett)
We drift from order to chaos,
Like it’s the norm.
Without a sense of pathos,
To see the storm.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
Or go where you are told.

We let others cloud our vision,
Like they know best.
What happened to our ambition
Never addressed.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
Before we get too old

You have the choice,
When you have the will,
And it’s backed with the,
Knowledge, and fulfilled by skill.
 
We fall for the theorists,
Like it’s gospel.
Go find yourself some realists,
Who’re less hostile.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
While you still have a hold.

We’ve been duped at every turn,
By those we trust.
Without alarm or concern,
Now we are bust.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
If you can still feel bold.

You have the choice,
When you have the will,
And it’s backed with the,
Knowledge and fulfilled by skill.

All our futures are in your hands
With all that it commands
Focus on how it now all stands
Before making your demands.

Reverse Entropy - Continental Collision (by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett)

Takoyaki : Casual cuisine familiar to Japanese people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki

たこ焼きパラダイス(Takoyaki Paradise)

This is the right song for eating or fishing.
Seems safe for outdoor use.
Not tested on bicycles, bananas or crocodiles.
Please write your experiences in the comments to help other users!

Metamorphosae Funki

Chop Suey!

Strawberries
Summerfruit
feels like
orchard music

water mellons
Huckleberries
Peaches, Pineapple, Plums
Apricot
   and quince . . . 
 
I don't need more
to be convinced

Summerfruit in the kitchen
you don't know what you're missing...

songwriting challenge - see
https://discord.com/channels/1031582785799979108/1031582786898890889

Summerfruit

Summerfruit (Kalimba Kitchen Challenge)

The Dog-Eared Book Of Life

It’s a common trait
But I play it close to the chest
I got a losers hand
But with it I’ll do my best

These yesterday looks
They’re now all I’ve got
That and a lottery heart
Were doomed from the start

It’s a dog-eared book
This book of life
It’s words of wisdom faded
In this book of life

It’s here and it’s now
I got it all figured out somehow
You don’t need none of those fancy things
All’s you need is what time will allow

I’ve been born to play a part
These things predetermined
Right there from the start
The lesson in service of the sermon

It’s a dog-eared book
This book of life
It’s words of wisdom faded
In this book of life

The Dog-Eared Book Of Life

Boarded-Up Windows

miss the way she'd look at me.

Official music video | Clip officiel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqHFh2MndM

Produced and arranged by Shane Watt and Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens
Mastered by Fran Ashcroft
Music and lyrics by Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens except for "secretly": written by Len Arran and Skin

Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens: vocals, back-up vocals, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel and percussion
Shane Watt: bass, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, keyboard, programming and back-up vocals
Blaise Watt: electric guitar and back-up vocals

No heart feelings

tinals

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

I've been making music for around 16 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:

Reverse Entropy - Continental Collision (by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett)

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