Liquor Is Quicker

Written, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Kyle Bolan
Art by Kyle Bolan

Ain't Got Time For School

Cast of Characters:
Steve's Planet-- @steve-vervaet —Steve—acoustic guitar, vocals, lyrics, composition/arrangement

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–electric guitar, production, and mix

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ—organ and piano

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and rhythm guitar

cgmaness-- @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris -- electric guitar

Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–electric guitar

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – five string fretless bass

This song was written by Steve on the acoustic guitar. He passed it along to Ken, who added a sturdy rhythm acoustic guitar, as well as his always solid, dynamic drums to it. In short order, Ken got the rest of the Eclectic Collective together on it, starting with Josh, who added his five string fretless bass to complete the rhythm section. Next up was JJ, who's keys, both organ and piano, can be heard livening the whole thing up. Then came Tez with his fiery ripping guitar fills.

We were all blown away, though, when Stephen added his equally ripping guitar fills as responses to Tez's parts. It really sounds like the two maestros are having a conversation. Not to be outdone, Chris sprinkled some of his magical guitar to fill in the spaces, mostly at the beginning.

Of course, we needed a competent producer to pull the whole thing together for us, especially with all the different voices in the stew. That person was Stephen, who was able to wrangle all of us and make it sound coherent, like the expert producer he is.

We all really enjoy working on Steve's songs, although it's been a few months since we did one together. It's been proven many times before that if,you start out with something good, and you end up with some thing great. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Original lyrics by Steve Vervaet:

I hope we ever meet x2
I hope to see you again
I hope to see you smile

I hope to be your friend x2
Hand in hand, hand in hand
Once again x3

I hope you shake my hand
On the boulevard
Gazing at the stars, gazing at the stars
I hope you ever be, a part of family

A comfort zone for me x2

To be around in everything I found
Please, please love me, forever being around
Hope you ever be, a part of me
Hope to touch your eyes, I hope to touch your love
One day you’ll see that you belong with me



Hope we ever meet (The Eclectic Collective with Steve's Planet)

The axolotl called Julio Cortazar watches the aquarium observers (including that one who resembles Julio Cortazar). The sister track ('This is us') here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/this-is-us
Here the short story: https://ambystoma.uky.edu/teachers_materials/axolitbook/AxolotlByJulioCortazar.html

Picture is from Pietro Corrao.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2022)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, May 20

This is them (draft)*

Books of Worries - Tome after tome Remix

It's Time To Start Running 

Composed By Ryan S Gibbs Jr 
Recorded @ Studio B

UNFLATION

Killing Spree

Violence (ft. Cxlxstical)

Operator

une sorte de chill un peu jazzy, pour  toutes celles et ceux encore capables d'admiration face à la beauté simple des choses, comme l'ombre bleutée d'une forêt un soir d'été, qui fait songer à un trait légèrement dessiné sous l'œil pour mettre en valeur la couleur d'un iris : les Grecs ne s'y étaient pas trompés : le mot  "cosmos" , qui signifiait le monde et la parure, nous a donné tout à la fois la cosmologie et la cosmétique : et si cette ombre bleutée était alors la parure du monde, peigne bleutée dans  sa chevelure ( la forêt) ou léger liner pour son œil ( le lac et son miroir) ?( c'est amusant de voir quelles pensées s'invitent à l'écoute de son propre morceau, lorsqu'on en devient le premier ( et parfois le seul) auditeur )

L'ombre bleue

domino (lovely piano)

Crumbs of Soul

Hello! I’m a university professor of history who enjoys playing guitar and piano/keyboard, and occasionally composing — unpretentiously, just for fun.
Most of my recordings (made with a KorgD8, Audacity, and more recently Reaper for MIDI and the Spitfire Audio libraries) are entirely homemade and decidedly imperfect.
My music includes old songs (all written back in the last century; here I’ve only shared the ones I’ve reworked in recent years) as well as both old and new instrumentals — usually in several versions, some of which eventually disappear because they’re simply unlistenable.

Thanks for stopping by and giving something a listen; in the description you’ll often find explanatory notes or translations of the lyrics.
Here I’ve discovered a community of talented musicians and songwriters, and plenty of beautiful music to enjoy. Whenever I like, comment, or repost a track, it’s always the result of attentive listening. For the same reason, I’m not interested in trading empty “likes” without real engagement, and I won’t reply to messages from would-be promoters — follower counts don’t matter to me in the slightest.

By popular demand (well, actually just my daughter’s — she insists it’s the “cooler” platform), I’ve finally started putting some of my music on Spotify too...

Update (2024, September 9). Completed the "AI & (fake) songwriting project". Here: https://soundcloud.com/mick-hansan 

P.S.: A prayer, a humble request to those who publish songs: use the description area to make the lyrics available... This would make listening to them more complete and enjoyable!

I've posted some 'live' homemade performance here: https://www.instagram.com/michele_ansani/