WOW, Thank You so much! I didn't expect this song to reach 1000 plays. ❤️

Happy New Year Everyone! 
It's been a bit of a crazy and dark year, but...
It's a joy of being here listening to Your music and share with You mine for the entire 2023. I'm looking forward for Your next Year music. 

This is my newest, one evening project. I'm posting this as an experiment ;) This is me as I am, playing live in one take, then edited it a bit... It was a total improvisation... The piece developed as I played it. Apart from the background music, nothing was thought out. What came out is what came out ;)
It was a test of my new keyboard Nektar Impact GXP61 which I got for Christmas from my mom. Sorry, my left hand really feels like wood ;) But now I have a reason to make it move and play... And this was pure fun to make :) 

Thank You kindly for listening and I hope you like it at least a little bit!

This is small project in which I've used only 3 instruments: Spitfire Originals Epic Brass + Woodwinds - Woodwinds Live, Originals Media Tool Kit - Piano and VSL Free Celestial Strings.

On the photo is my "gear": old - on my desk and new - on the drawer shelf :)

Let's Rise the Glass Again

Let's Rise the Glass Again (improvisation)

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Slide guitar, Guitar, Keys, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering.
© 2025 Lyrics And Music 

If you have the time.... Please repost!

In My Soul

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)

A go at Pink Floyd's eternal favourite. Apologies to the afficionado's there is no guitar solo at the start; I tried one, but it didn't sound right.

Wish You Were Here (cover)

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No Siempre

Windswept moorland - isolated beauty with derelict sanctuary for stopping by out of the worst.....
Trios of tenor saxes and flutes swirl around a solitary clarinet with beats and bass.

Pic. 'Filter Cottage' (on a fine day) Hallam Moor (NM)

WILD HAVEN

Devil's Return

... kind of jam with choir :-) ... my choir is two VSTi instruments :-D
so all instruments by me. Title could also be "far outside" - but concerning mind and soul it is almost the same ;-) ... enJoy !

Deep inside

Sparkles (2018) Anthology CD3 Track 04

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

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)

markjbennett