When Lee Lucas posted a collaborative version of this song before Christmas https://soundcloud.com/lee-lucas/lee-lucas-mark-j-bennett-the-parting-glass, he suggested that I put out an open invitation for anyone to collaborate with the original stem. Of course, I appreciate that grafting any type of arrangement on to an acapella vocal track isn't easy but I'd welcome any approach. This is an Irish traditional song but it may well withstand a modern arrangement. The vocal stem has lots of reverb and echo on it but should you need a drier stem to work with, just message me and I can send a naked version. Also feel free to take some liberties with this should it lend itself in any other treatment. 

I raise my glass to those brave enough to listen to me tightrope-walking and also to those who might consider taking on this challenge. Cheers!


Of all the money that e'er I had
I have spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

A man may drink and not be drunk
A man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl
And perhaps be welcomed back again
But since it has so ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be with you all
Good night and joy be with you all

The Parting Glass - Open Collaboration

© ℗ Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded at Deadline Studios, Leicester
Photography: Thanks to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography

Some Day Soon

Cruel Cruel World

Like a lot of us these days, I have some extra hours on my hands. While looking to amuse myself at this most unamusing time, I made this. I hope it cheers you, too, and provides a few minutes pleasure. That is all it is for.

This music is also my version of whistling past the graveyard. One of many versions.

Please stay healthy. And let us be strong, and pick each other up when one of us is down.

Lockdown Cocktail

The Guy That Stalked You Has Become The President

Spooky Forest

"Feast At The Country" is a dancing suite for woodwinds-quintet I began to compose in 2019 and finished now.
The instruments are flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon.
The five parts are
0:00 Einladung zum Fest (invitation to the feast) (bourree)
2:22 Taenzchen (little dance) (waltz)
4:25 Galopp
6:13 Auf ein Glas, Gevatter (let's drink, bro) (polonaise)
7:12 Nach dem Fest (after the feast) (pavane)

Midi-realisation 07/2020

pic taken from pixabay (morris-dancers-3492788_1280)

Fest Auf Dem Lande (Tanz - Suite in 5 Saetzen, comp. michael spielmann)

An old track, (quite a few years old), very badly recorded...

The dragging of the day
as the salt sea wails
against a white and endless sky
impaled again

Roaming, floating 
I don't know why
On a ragged tide now
As mad gulls fly

Scorched to the depths now
A small town wails
and old mistakes
that have been made
wade down again

Floating, roaming
I don't know why
Adrift on a ragged tide now
As mad gulls...cry...

Mad Gulls

Date de publication: 29/09/2020
Musique, arrangements, claviers, mastering: Cyril MENDEZ

© Cyril MENDEZ 2020, All Rights Reserved.

Troisième souffle

We proudly present our 19th Lunatics Jazz collab ! with big thanks and appreciation to my friend Cosmic Ratzzz !
>> tenorsax by me - all funky goodness, groove 'n stuff, mix 'n master by C.R. <<

Veröffentlicht von: Deutsche musikalische Hilfsmittel Gesellschaft.ev aka https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz

Catzebriolon // Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx / lunatics 19

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Relaxing

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQQmjnTSqHI

Celestial Canvas

Double Harmonic

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:

The Parting Glass - Open Collaboration

markjbennett