Love the balance in the mix.  Nicely clean.

Hey, Mark and Cintia, great job on the vocals. This tune is very smooth, melodically, harmonically and you both did a great job.

Hi Mark. It's been a while so I have a lot songs to catch up on! :) The instrumentation and production on this are unbelievably good! Great lead vocal too - and the three vocals coming together on the chorus are super smooth. Love this.

Some solid Steely Dan vibes being channeled in this one -- very well performed on counts.

Charming write-up. So is Continental Collision kinda an evolving band idea resulting from these collabs?

All things considered, these lyrics work perfectly for the pandemic... and the years that followed. 'It's just too much' should be the new motto of today. Haha. All in all though, a charming and upbeat song that provides a sense of playful hope amidst the chaos. Great guitar solos. :)

Section 7 Jeremy J. Saks - Section 7

An all fresh and new experimental bit, even though it's technically a new take on a pre-millenial song of mine. Here's the video that we are pretty stoked about: https://youtu.be/NODyGroE2D4

it's kind of an atmospheric piece.

lyrics:

give me love to kill the hate
give me hate to kill the lie
won't you dare to change your sides
turn the darkness into light

when it's fierce and then it comes
change will twist and turn it on
find a mind - declining heart
push and pull until it's gone

this I know is mine
the song of six to nine
we could but spill the wine
run further down the line

here, now, mine, so fine

can you hear the death bell ring?
can you feel the scorpion sting?

here, now, mine, so fine

❤️ @Bandcamp

Love Hate Lie

October Rain

Rodolfo Planes @rplanes : Bass, Guitar Solo.
Pichy Sotomayor : A Guitar, E Guitar, Orchestration.
Picture: Su Sotomayor
Original song ©2021 Pichy Sotomayor

October Rain

October Rain (Planes / Sotomayor )

https://open.spotify.com/track/3dPaPD819h1OuFm9C5Goga?si=YXojaSYFSQSYE7lS3uG05A&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1
http://www.continental-collision.com
https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/the-route-to-tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiidrWf6sM&list=OLAK5uy_mC-35nmJO3s19Cjj5Aet7UP0XGkLu3ido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moo0YwEYPM

Music, piano, bass, guitar solo and programming drums & synths: Rodolfo Planes (@rplanes)
Lead & backing vocals & lyrics: Mark J. Bennett
Backing vocals: Cecilia Mastropasqua: @cemastro
Rhythm guitar: Gonzalo J. Ares: @gonzalo-julian-ares

Featuring backing vocals by Cintia Galeano 

Image (view of Edinburgh from Gullane, Scotland): Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

This was my third collaborative song with Rodolfo, which we started in 2020. The original instrumental piece he gave me sounded like determined optimism and at that particular moment the pandemic made its way into anything I wrote although the beauty of the song is that anyone can bring their own interpretation to its meaning. Its original title was ‘Camino a Mañana’, that I translated as ‘The Route To Tomorrow’ - I guess I liked the alliteration - even though it was a bit of a tongue twister to sing.

I instantly loved the rhythmic punch of this track and recognised early on that it would require a punchy lyric and vocal. Initially I sung the harmony vocals that Rodolfo devised, but as we later developed into the band ‘Continental Collision’ it made sense to draw on all of the talent available in Ce and Gonza, and here introducing Cintia Galeano. Huge thanks to my wonderfully gifted collaborators, you helped make this song shine. I was stunned (as always) by Rodolfo’s attention to detail, his glorious guitar solos and particularly the drumming throughout. Although I might not add to the instrumentation personally, Rodolfo always encourages me to give him feedback. I am particularly fond of this collaboration and each time we work together I learn so much more. Hope you enjoy it too and many thanks for listening. 

Finding the way,
To get through night and day,
Is just too much.
Making your way
Once more through the fray,
Without losing touch,
Is too much,
For me, yeah.

Waiting in line, 
With no hint of a sign,
Is just too much.
Pretending I’m fine 
Knowing that you’re not mine,
It’s too, it’s just too much,
For me,
All of the time.

This is the route to tomorrow,
Beg, steal or borrow,
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow.
This is the route to tomorrow,
That I have to follow,
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

I’ll be OK, 
Whatever they say,
I can take it.
Know I can’t stay,
Gotta get me away
From here.
Before it gets too much for me, here.

I can survive,    
I might even just thrive.
If I make it.
I’m still alive,
Watch me as I arrive,
At the other side of all this pain and sorrow  

This is the route to tomorrow,
Beg, steal or borrow,
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow.
This is the route to tomorrow,
That I have to follow,
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

The Route To Tomorrow - Continental Collision (featuring Cintia Galeano)- Now on Spotify!

Composed & produced by: Chivicke
HomeStudio Productions ©2021

Catharsis

Music, Guitars, Vocal: REKHA IYERN [Fe] https://soundcloud.com/rekha-iyern-fe
Music, Lyrics, Organs, Bass, Drums, Vocal: Jan Schonander @thegats

The origin to this song is a guitar track by REKHA. I added som organ, synth bass and a keyboard played drum track as well as wrote lyrics and sang the underlying male vocal. REKHA finished it all off with the lead female vocal. This is long, but we do hope you enjoy listening.  And for all of you smokers and ex-smokers, you know what I'm talking about at the end...

FLAMES OF MY DESIRE

I can see 
I can feel
I can see you
I can feel you
Without you
I can feel you
Without you
I can be

I can see where you are
I can see where you’re going
I can see where you’ve been
I can feel what you want
I can feel what you need
I can feel your attraction
A chemical reaction
I can be your one and only fire
Your singular desire
Throw oil on the fire
Feed the flames of my desire
The flames of my desire

I can love
I can love
With you
Within you
I can be

I can drown in your scent
I can love your body
I can feel your reaction
I can lose my head
Be your one and only fire
Your singular desire
Feed the flames of my desire
Flames of my desire
Flames of my desire

I light up a cigarette
Open my window
I let out the steam
Signs and tells on the floor
The glow
The embers
The flames of my desire
The flames of my desire
The flames of my desire
The flames of my desire

Flames Of My Desire

Flames Of My Desire | REKHA-IYERN [Fe] 🎸🎤

YT video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdu_8RM4sFA

Last Call (YT video link in description)

The more I learn, the more I've become fascinated by the mysterious and elusive nature of consciousness and the creative process. Ideas that flow freely one day become elusive the next, and when and if they resurface, they've usually gone through some kind of evolution not of my making. This piece has been a long time in gestation, evolving and shifting as I've played around with various patterns and transitions.

Crystal

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) December/2021.
Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

"A crazy dream" like that of imagining
that this new year will finally be the right one.
I remain a conscious optimism, and I send you
my positive vibes through this new song.
Happy New Year 2022 to all!

Un rêve fou comme celui d'imaginer
que cette nouvelle année sera enfin bonne.
Je reste un conscient-optimiste, et je vous envoie
mes ondes positives à travers cette nouvelle chanson.
Une excellente nouvelle année 2022 à tous!


---Like a crazy dream---

I feel my soul beat,
I feel my heart beat,
joy wins me,
now a light blinds me,
light of freedom,
she sets the tone,

like a crazy dream,
like a wave of love,
like a crazy dream,
like a cry of love...

Like a crazy dream

Composé, réalisé par Jacques Lemaire alias idematoa, Décembre 2021 via Studio One.
Free Download  https://idematoa.bandcamp.com/track/horizon-2022
Un grand merci à DarkWaterBlue (Douglas)https://soundcloud.com/user295849933 pour sa patience et ses retours sur mes brouillons musicaux !

Horizon 2022

I have had the great pleasure to collaborate on this funky composition by The Furico Music Team.  
The Furico Music Team https://soundcloud.com/user-596493783

If you want to know more about the process:
https://furicomusicteam.blogspot.com/p/ascending-stairs.html

Listen to the live version: https://soundcloud.com/user-596493783/sets/leaked-live-fmt1

https://soundcloud.com/user-596493783/neither
This track was one of the first of theirs that I had heard.  Love to dance to it.

Original Version
User-596493783 – Ascending-stairs

The Windscale Blues Experiment https://soundcloud.com/windscaleblues
This piece https://soundcloud.com/windscaleblues/apparition?in=suzanne-ledwith/sets/characters really makes me feel like a character in a Black n White movie.

Ascending Stairs ft. The Furico Music Team & The Windscale Blues Experiment

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

I've been making music for just around 12 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 Route To Tomorrow - Continental Collision (featuring Cintia Galeano)- Now on Spotify!

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