Music & Lyrics by Gelow Foster

I love EVERY Gelow song... this one struck me when I first started surfing the clouds. Surreal lyrics in a cry for nature and an outstanding structure. The BIG challenge was to maintain the energy that he puts into everything he does.
You'll understand ALL if you go here : https://soundcloud.com/gelow-foster
Cheers Sir Gelow for playing the collaborating game with me.
Thanks also to https://soundcloud.com/thomasbrunkard for guiding me through it when I was "slightly" lost :) !

Spiders 
Who cares ? Not them 
Whispers 
Who plays that game ? 

Is that so ? 
Is that so ? 

Who cares ? 
Who dares ?
To overtake rules with funny eels 

Who cares ? 
My friends 
A silly red ant on a table wine
A sparow and owl are in the red 
My optician jokes with funny moles 

Is that so ? 
Is that so ? 

Who cares ? 
Who dares ?
To overtake rules with lazy bees

Who cares ? 
My friends 
My grandfather's swan is a renegade 
He traveled as well on a butterfly
My grandmother, so ? She's a mohican

I ask the poor and the frog on the tree 
and they both answer so ?
We are just dancing with Helen of Troy 
Snobbery ? Is that so ?

Is that so ? 
Is that so ? 

Spiders 
Who cares ? Not them 
Whispers 
Who plays that game ? 

After the snow we read a book 
After the Pole 'bout rock and roll 
I ask the poor and the frog on the tree 
And they both answer so ?
We are just dancing with Helen of Troy 
Snobbery ? Is that so ? 

Is that so ? 
Is that so ? 

mOag w/GelOw fOster - Is that sO ?

Sands Of Time

Jeremy J Saks - The Sands Of Time

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

Stark

©2020 Daniele Turani | Written and performed by Daniele Turani.

Classic Rock Instrumental Guitar. From the 2020 record "Anything Goes". All guitars and bass recorded with Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX III.

Daniele Turani: guitars, bass, drums programming.

Photo by Jeremy Bishop https://unsplash.com/@jeremybishop

Anything Goes

Isolation

Listen on Spotify

The Change is here.  It's continues to be such a long road ahead, but we've now seen remarkable progress in upcoming vaccines for COVID and a new president has been elected in the US.  We're feeling a change.
Joining us on this original are the superb guitarists Stephan Lipinski and Daniele Turani, with whom I have created a whole lot of music.  Beautiful players who inspire me and others around the world.  But the key addition on our track is Los Angeles composer, producer and piano and keyboard player extraordinare, Brian McDonald.  He's such an incredible musician, who makes a living creating music for advertising and movies, and reworked the entire original, changing the structure, adding his wonderful piano and synth work, and turning this into something really special.  Follow these exceptional musicians and recording artists:
Brian McDonald:  https://soundcloud.com/brian-mcdonald
http://brianmcdonald.com
Stephan Lipinski:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
Daniele Turani:  https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani
http://www.danieleturani.com

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Feeling A Change - Stephan Lipinski / Brian McDonald / Daniele Turani / Jamie Rhind

Brain Damage

Hej, I present my new humble composition :-) .... the awesome public domain photo is just right to illustrate my feelings to that track, showing some beautiful folks "Having fun at rollerskating rink of Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois" at ~ 1941 !
The drum vst, by the way, is the free "Line of Legends" ... in this regard this track may be dedicated to all Jazz Legends !

ballroom

Check out Harry Jacobson's pro guitar work on our funk fusion original, On The Edge.  Harry's a senior faculty member of the National Guitar Workshop, teaching advanced students across many styles of play.  I love what he's done with his rhythm playing, his fills and his superb edgy and bluesy electric guitar soloing - contributing so much to the syncopation, groove and sound here.  Follow Harry's superb SoundCloud recordings and playing:  https://soundcloud.com/harry-jacobson.

On The Edge - Harry Jacobson / Jamie Rhind

Revised Version of an Original. Lyrics, Music Creation, Production, Instruments, and Vocals by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Records & Production - 2021.
Misty Morning Sunrise © - 2021
Riff Beach - Original – (RiffWerx)
Peeking through our bedroom window
It’s a Misty Morning Sunrise
Light wrapped in golden glow
Shines like your loving eyes
Just like your sparkling eyes 
Love must come from within
Or, it can’t shine without
Being here with you, My Love
Well, you know that’s what Love’s about  
Yeah, that’s what Life’s all about 
(Chorus)
You know it’s a brand new Day 
Embrace its new surprise 
Good things headed our way 
In the Misty Morning Sunrise 
In the Misty Morning Sunrise
Misty Morning Sunrise 
We could just dive right in
While it hovers all around 
The air it feels so thin
Don’t quite know where we’re all bound
Who knows where we’ll be found?
(Bridge)
We started a little fire 
As yesterday slipped away
To be filled with such desire 
It’s a blessing I heard you say
So, don’t let it get away
No, don’t you let it slip away

Sunny Beaches All Around

Im Not Human

Im not human

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