A night walk in Paris in a little street. That's when you hear piano music coming from a private jazz club inviting you to contemplate the moonlight.

Moonlight Jazz

Cast of Characters:

Jeff Roberts-- @jeff_roberts – bass, seed idea
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– guitar solo, rhythm guitar, arrangement , production, mix, and mastering
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – production, editing, synth bass in the break section
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, electric piano, synthesizer
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – guitar solo
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, percussion, lyrics and lead vocals in the bridge section 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – rhythm guitar, lap steel, vocals and lyrics for the verses, vocal harmony in the bridge
Composition – The Eclectic Collective

 This song began with a bass part that Jeff came up with and shared with Stephen, who had added some fiery guitar and foundational rhythm guitar to it. However, it languished on his digital shelf for many months as two parts, until he recently remembered that he had it. So, he decided to share it with the rest of the group. We were salivating, all of us, when we heard Jeff's bass line, so we began with Ken laying in the groovy drums and the tight, driving percussion, which propels the entire song. Once we had a beat, we decided to edit the part to include the break you hear about a minute into it. Mark took on that task, and deftly added the bass in that section, too. 
  I was up next, and decided to add a rhythm guitar inspired by Talking Heads. Once I had done that, I started hearing a simple, catchy melody in the main verse part, too, so I came up with some simple lyrics and recorded the vocals for that. At the same time this was happening, Ken also came up with some lyrics and a vocal melody for the breakdown part, which he added. After Ken had added his vocals, I added a harmony part on them. I also added the lap slide melody you hear in that section, as well. 
  JJ was next up to bat, laying in the breathtaking organ throughout. He also backdropped a canvas of synthesizer throughout and put in some electric piano too. Tez came along not long after and added the ripping guitar solo in the jam section. Once everyone had added their parts, it was up to Stephen to produce, mix, and master it. He arranged and added some length to it, then mixed it in his usual expert manner.
  This is the first song the Eclectic Collective has done with Jeff, though Stephen has worked with him in the past, and we were all fans of his music, and thus very excited for the chance to make music with him. Hopefully, this will be the first of many.
  We all hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it. If you comment, please share, too. 

Original lyrics by Josh Clary:
The trees talk to each other
They send messages through the breeze
There's magic all around us
If we look for it, we can see
 
Original lyrics by K2 and the Three:
Hey, how you feeling about love and lust
Hey how you dealing with all the lies you trust
We're here to be clear
Not a walk in the dark

A simple woweluja
Simple halleluja

Wowlelujah (Eclectic Collective with Jeff Roberts)

Found What I've Been Looking For

Hammersmith

The Easy Way Is Golden

This is an original song penned by Nat that demonstrates a lasting belief in the spirit of the Christmas season. It celebrates the childhood magic and wonder that too often wears away with the years that bring us to adulthood, and all that it entails. Hopefully this heartfelt message to everyone, young and old, will compel us all to hold on to where the magic came from and what valuable meaning it can always have in our lives. A very Merry Christmas!

Nat Daniels: vocals, piano, bass, percussion
Craig Durgy: vocals, guitar
All music written by Daniels & Durgy
Produced by Nat Daniels / Gentle Rain Records
©2024 Gentle Rain Records

Our thanks to Darkmoon Art for the cover art and to garden-gg for the banner art (Pixabay.com)

Lyrics: I Still Believe by Daniels & Durgy

Ohh it's time.. 
For me to grow up
And let go of Santa they say
My world seems strange  
Is Christmas the same?
Yet all the lights flicker and play

Tell me where do I fit in? 
If this all ain’t real.. 
Tell me why do I still believe?

Oh I still have faith
As the seasons change
That one Christmas night
I’ll hear sleigh bells passing by ..
 
And now it’s time for me to pass on
The spirit of Christmas anew..
The gift of magic, the faith there is more
Belief that a dream can come true

Oh though you’re so very little, 
You’re so very loved
Stay young forever my child… 
    
(Bridge) 
And when you grow up and break through the seal
Remember these moments and that Christmas was real!

As the years go by
I have faith that time 
Won’t dispel all our memories
The love and joyfulness 
Every Christmas gave 
Still lives in you and me
And it never leaves 
As long you still believe…
No it never leaves  
As long as you believe 
Oh, I still believe!

I Still Believe

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- Picture -
Artist Picture. Shejtano
Art Cover Editor. Shyntwirl
Colorist 1. Shejtano
Colorist 2. Shyntwirl

- Music - 
Produccer. Shyntwirl
Programmer. Shyntwirl
Composer. Shyntwirl
Keyboard. Shyntwirl
Bird Sounds. Shyntwirl
Background. Shyntwirl
Equalizers. Shyntwirl
Transitions. Shyntwirl
Fx. Shyntwirl
Looper. Shyntwirl
Intro. Shyntwirl
Outro. Shyntwirl
Reverb & Echo. Shyntwirl
Bells. Shyntwirl
Bass. Shyntwirl
Depth. Shyntwirl
Air Sounds. Shyntwirl

Ambient / Atmosphere / Lofi / Relaxation / Reverb & Echo / Calm / Looper / Background

PROD. Shyntwirl


Shyntwirl - Internal Strunggle (PROD. Shyntwirl)

While sitting around.....

Me as a young boy playing my  Strat. In the studio with my first band Quizzical Smile.
Also the first time for me to be in the studio.

Waiting in Line ( take 1)

An album created by MJC or Metropolitan Jazz Crew, a virtual one-man band consisting of five "members" and Collin, also known as AnkD!

Stroll

Caveat: I explicitly prohibit the use of any material I post for purposes of torture, brainwashing, hypnosis, bedazzlement or any other nefarious activity. This prohibition applies to all governments, corporations, institutions, agencies and individuals. 

“The avant garde is dead. That is its triumph. Let it lie.” - Chris Cutler in “Not As We Choose: Music, Memory and Technology”. (Highly recommended!)

“… there is increasingly less call to exercise an already too rare generosity of aesthetic hospitality.” - Chris Cutler

" Music is one of the great Mysteries. It gives life. It is not a career, nor a business, nor a craft. It is a gift... and a great responsibility. Because one can never know where the creative spark comes from or why it exists, it must be treasured as a Mystery. For the most part I believe creativity chooses you, not the other way around." - John Zorn (excerpt from the liner notes to 'Magick')

“Listen as if you were being told a secret” - Federico Fellini

“Experimental and electronic music was once not-so-benignly tolerated at the margins of western art music, but it has over the last decade or so moved toward a central position as something of the soundtrack of our digital culture. Where it once was merely tolerated it is now more engaged and doesn’t have to apologize to anyone”.  - Douglas Kahn 

"Through technology, voices are amplified and silence is broken. Spaces are shared." – Laurie Anderson

"I frequently hear music in the heart of noise." - George Gershwin

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - 
Malaclypse the Younger in 'Principia Discordia'

“Let us cross a great modern capital with our ears more alert than our eyes and we will get enjoyment from distinguishing the eddying of water, air and gas in metal pipes, the grumbling noises that breathe and pulse with indisputable animility, the palpitation of waves, the coming and going of pistons, the howl of mechanical saws, the jolting of the tram on its rails, the cracking of whips, the flapping of curtains and flags. We enjoy creating mental orchestrations of crashing down of metal shop blinds, slamming doors, the hubbub and shuffle of crowds, the variety of din from the stations, railways, iron foundries, spinning mills, printing works, electric power stations and underground railways.” — Luigi Russolo in 'The Art of Noises' (L'arte dei Rumori)

Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mesmo)
(New Norberian English)

1. lit. in a state of mesmerism, hypnotism; in a trance
2. in a state of bewilderment or confusion, daydreaming; 'out of it'
3. mind bogglingly awesome, spellbinding, captivating

(1) "He swung that watch in front of her face and she got all mesmo"
(2) "When the teacher called me to the board I had just woken up and was still pretty mesmo"
(3) "The new N64 cartridge is totally mesmo, bro”

Banner: The Hearing Trumpet_Leonora Carrington (detail)

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