☺️👌.....🙏🫶..............In-go  !!!      end!!!

Dream team in action. Fantastic song, performed with much love and care. Great, great post.

Back on this one again, and the piano is so catchy! Unforgettable!

I somehow missed this one Mark. I think it's really special. A musical treat! Your lyrics are brilliant and insightful. So glad I scrolled down for this!!!

Dear Mark, what a magnificent collaboration! Your singing and interpretation are perfect!

Fantastic songwriting! So much good music here Mark and Co!

dark folk / lo-fi / gauzy 
James Bracken cut his teeth as a sideman lending his soulful vibrato and rhythm playing to Ian Hilmer’s Stagefright, an alternative string band from southern MN. The band performed extensively regionally, steadily gaining grassroots momentum circulating live bootlegs but never releasing an album, which ultimately ended the band and each of the members went on to front their own project.  

Several hundred bar gigs later a fortuitous connection with Rochester producer Fires of Denmark led to a productive series of recording sessions documenting Bracken’s expansive catalog and tracking a brand new batch of songs set to be released as Echo Messenger.

From the Mountaintop (acoustic)

Music and Lyrics Sifu Chris Blake
Lyrics Hilde Svendsrud

-  Happy New Years Eve!

When Tom approached me with this piano melody, the initial arrangement and the title to which he hoped I’d add lyrics and vocals, I thought it was almost unnecessary as the piece already said everything required. Shortly afterwards, Jussi had added sublime guitar which offered a hopeful balance in the mood. Knowing what Tom was referring to without discussing it openly I wrote these words from a similar position of experience. I contrasted the first verse of a woman at her peak with the second verse of a woman in decline to heighten the emotion. I found that the spoken word approach allowed more emotion to flow from both the music and the words. Tom had the great idea to ask Hidefumi to complete the song with a phenomenal solo. Thank you to everyone who helped make this come together, and a very special thanks to all of you for listening.

Music composition, piano and other instrumentation - https://soundcloud.com/tom-r-gnier
First guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/juswel
Lyrics and vocals - https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett
Final guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/boon-suzuki

Image of a painted door in Funchal, Madeira - Douglas Corrance (https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCorrancePhotographer)

She knows just what it feels like now.
I think she’s losing it, I think she’s losing it. 
When she is almost ready, 
She will lose her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Then she’ll lose herself in herself and then she’ll be free,
To be what she wants, what she wants to be.

She knows not who she feels like now.
I know she’s losing it, I know she’s losing it. 
As if she's gone already, 
She has lost her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Already lost herself in herself and now she’s elsewhere,
Knows not what she wants, nor who she used to be.

She's Losing It - Tom Régnier/Jussi Welin/Mark J Bennett/Boon-Suzuki

Music,Lyrics & Vocals: Power Death Panther Claw
Mix and Production: dj baubau

   Power Death Panther Claw - Mr Urinator
       https://soundcloud.com/powerdeath/mr-urinator
   Power Death Panther Claw soundcloud:
       https://soundcloud.com/powerdeath
MR URINATOR
Another day of high school madness
Teacher calls to come in front of class
Girls are giggling, boys look evil
Everybody is an asshole, everybody laughs

Later on the way to toilet
Every lesson, every break
3 guys wait behind the corner
Sweatbox, kicks you have to take

Call me Mr. Urinator
I am here for soul castration
Call me Mr. Urinator
Bring it on to my damnation

Another day of high school madness
Pushed the head to toilet bowl
Urine taste and strangulation
Break my body, break my soul

No more toilet, no more bully
Fuck yourself, don’t call me names
Pissface, Mr. Urinator
No more suffer, no more games

Call me Mr. Urinator
I am here for your predation
Call me Mr. Urinator
Brace your brain for urination

Another day of high school madness
Wait behind the toilet door
Lurking ambush, turn the tables
Kick the bully to the floor

Push his head into the toilet
Hear him suffer, hear him cry
Whack the lid against his head
Watch him bleed and watch him die

Watch his brain squeeze in the bowl
Get your dick his brain to pee
Call me Mr. Urinator
Now I’m avenged, now I’m free!

Call me Mr. Urinator
I am here for soul salvation
Call me Mr. Urinator
Brace your head for your damnation

Power Death Panther Claw & dj baubau - Mr Urinator Rmx

Music Is All Around Us

A song we composed using the free and open source LMMS DAW, Reason Compact and our Korg microKey midi controller, which features the character Riven Halfwaye from our game/story series in progress called Parallel Tales.

It's meant to sound disturbing, chaotic, experimental, science-fictionesque, and was inspired by the Aperture Science Soundtrack if it had more phonk and hip hop elements.

About Riven: A genius scientist antihero coping with living with insanity in a dystopian world. He would do anything for the one he loves.

Here's the character's main theme song which features Tot. on drums:
https://soundcloud.com/archmageband/riven-halfwaye-w-tot-on-drums-instrumental

Riven is Rob's character, drawn by Masha.
The background optical illusion pattern is from Canva.

Synth work by Masha Solo (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses)

Plug ins used in LMMS:
HOME Arp by Surreal Music
Phonk Bass by Mastartiq
Bonechimes by Hans Jinneman (maximumharp)

We're making this one remixable according to Creative Commons as long as it's not commercial. It would be fun to hear what people wish to add to it. If you need the stems, don't hesitate to ask in a DM or email.

Realm III [Instrumental Prologue]

Temporary Chemical - Instrumental

When It's All Said And Done

Words and Music Dave Rose
Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums and Clavinet

A song for compulsive liars who happily spiral downward in a web of deceit. It usually catches up eventually.
Lyrics
You’ll need a glimpse of brilliance to lie your way out of this 
Cos by your own high standards 
You’ve created quite a mess 

So why don’t you try the truth 
You might even find it suits you 
Or is that whole idea just lost on you 

So a glimpse of brilliance is what your gonna need
To convince yourself and everyone else 
Of this web of deceit

So why don’t you try the truth 
You might even find it suits you 
Or is that whole idea just lost on you 

What goes round you it comes around 
And what goes up must come down…..

Glimpse Of Brilliance

Ethereal

Maggy Had a Way
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[instrumental]

Maggie had a way
She could put you in your place
Such a tiny, lovely face
but of pity, not a trace

What she wanted she expected
Things had to be her way
If she felt she was neglected
You were instantly rejected

Maggie did not share
Others had to wait in line
She would take all that was there
She was always there on time

[instrumental]

It was always a surprise
She was so tiny, seemed so nice
But the boys she kept in line
With a snarl she made them whine

Maggie always loved my wife
The two of them so much alike
To my wife she was her life
When she left, oooooooooooooohhhhhh 

Ohhh, when she left
Well Claxton stepped in
And ever since that day
He is all there is ever been

[outro]
Maggie had a way
she could put you in your place
Such a tiny lovely face
but of pity, not a trace

[instrumental]


Maggy Had a Way

Performed and produced by
Brian Kenneth Swain
June 10, 2025

The Blessing

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:

She's Losing It - Tom Régnier/Jussi Welin/Mark J Bennett/Boon-Suzuki

markjbennett

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