https://dominiquelebars1.bandcamp.com/track/le-portrait-de-dorian

"J'ai cru pendant longtemps pouvoir changer les choses
Comme l'ont fait bien d'autres avant moi
Que ce soit par des mots, une idée, un riff de guitare
Je ne crois pas au talent mais à la volonté, car c'est elle qui règne sur le temps
La falaise ne s'érode t'elle pas sous les vagues qui la cogne pendant des siècles ?
Hier, la vie déposait dans nos mains une bien belle page blanche parfumée d'avenir"

Le portrait de Dorian

Kaleidoscope

This track is a collaboration with Untitled Maruarder (New Mexico) @untitledmarauder

A 'bump' was a short instrumental hip hop snippet between commercial breaks on 'adult swim', a vintage tv program in the USA. The bumps brought lofi and instrumental hip hop to a broader audience and are nostalgically remembered by fans of the genre.

Untitled Marauder's creative sampling and lofi beats provide the backdrop for an ethereal mix with lead guitar tone and articulation played with wind instruments in mind.

Photo: Islands off Bali Indonesia, Chris O'Shea

(Adult Swim) Bump - Yesterday Was Like Today ft.SeaShea

Wrote the title phrase on a birthday card and immediately thought  that's a 'song title'.  The first take of the vocal was a loose ramble but I just left it in - it seemed to fit.

Love Our Together Life

That cliché thick and thin about loving all the time
We’re not vascillating over always gotta rhyme
Doubling up in laughter keeps an even keel
And getting to a sweet spot finally it’s real

We drove out to the cliff and back
Now it’s all about giving back

It’s life upon a road with little jobs to do
And a race across the sand to share the view
It’s pouring out the drinks as the sun dips down 
And talking ‘bout the people who we see around 
Love our together life
Love our together life

Back in days of war it was tight in the lip
And the putting up of walls with a face half lit
Cause expectations could never be met
And it takes a lot of years to wind it back to less 

Yeah giving up on hurt and feeling how it was
In the years embryonic burning hot
And the psyche bathed in the songs of the time
But transplanting now to a wiser kind of rhyme

Love Our Together Life

lyrics

The coffee, it gets cold
Where are you?
The days are so perfect
I look for adrenaline
The clouds they look dark now
I think it's gonna rain today
You're wearing my raincoat
And your eyes are gray
You got that familiar look
I know what you're gonna say - gonna say

Well lie to me and I'll believe
If not forever but I will today
We both know it won't work
You can lie to me and stop the pain

Of course you're like old George
And you can't tell a lie
You are what you are, you have principles
Not like this guy
I'm drowing, you're swimming
You say I'll pull you under
I'm getting poor and tired
You're getting rich while I slumber

Well Lie to me and I'll believe
If not forever but I will today
We both know it won't work
You can lie to me and stop the pain

trampolines in barns

I’ll Believe (Acoustic Version)

Orange Crown

Cast of characters:

Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – VST steel pan drums, backup organs (Wurlitzer and B3), vocals, lyrics, composition, production, mix     
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Yamaha Genos 2 electric piano voice and lead organ
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – Epiphone Les Paul electric guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Fender Custom Shop Telecaster electric guitar and mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Fender Precision four string bass

This song began with Mark, who wanted to record an old skool classic Soul song, which he did, singing & playing all of the instrument parts on his own at first. But then, once he unleashed it onto the EC gang for their interpretation, they ran with it in a whole new, almost tropical direction, and it was decided to release 2 versions of the song - this one (the group remix), and the original Soul version (Stephen does double duty on guitar for both versions).

Ken was first up with his vibrant interpretation of Mark's original drum track. Josh was next up, replacing Mark's bass line with a more upbeat bopping take. Once the rhythm section was in place, Stephen found the perfect guitar motif which served as both rhythm guitar, and the soulful lead that suited both versions of the song.

With a solid foundation on which to play, it was JJ's turn to shine, adding his slick, rhythmic and playful electric piano to the mix. Tez added his guitar magic, ripping solo parts in the instrumental sections, and at the end. It was at this point that the decision was made to go with two versions, so Ken added some rhythmic percussion to the mix, and Mark also tested out his newly acquired VST steel drums to emphasize the slight Caribbean vibe that was emerging. With Mark completing mixing duties on both versions, it was now time for Stephen to master it in his always expert way to finish it off.

This was a real team effort,  demonstrating The Eclectic Collective's many different methods of creating music. It was a great exercise in trying to bring about Mark's vision, and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Check out the original 'Soul' mix:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/caveman-soul-mix?in=user-432503709/sets/singing-stuff

Original lyrics by mistermark:

Walking through this concrete jungle
I’m just trying to stay out of the way 
just me and ol’ Rex, my furry companion 
we been fielding funky looks all day
then somebody saw me kicking rocks with my bare toes
he said buddy have you lost your way?
then I sat right down and I started to cry
and this is what I had to say…

I’m a caveman, I can’t catch a break
everybody says I’m so passé 
I’m a caveman, it’s too much to take
I’m ancient history or so they say 

Sittin’ in my man cave watching the clock crawl
there's nothing good on my tv 
my big grubby hands can’t flip thru the channels
i cant even hold a cup of tea
I was chatting on the phone making plans with a lady
a little bit of company
but my date split QUICK when I opened the door
man I wonder what’s wrong with me

I’m a caveman, I can’t catch a break now
the ladies say I’m so passé 
I’m a caveman, it’s too much to take
I’m ancient history or so they say

The big city’s fine but something’s on my mind
I feel a little incomplete
I miss my old club, for rustling up some grub
and the touch of grass below my feet
I’ve been around longer than all your creation, 
like the rocks and trees and streams
I wanna get back home, where forever I’ll roam
even if it’s only in my dreams

I’m a caveman
I can’t catch a break 
everybody says I’m so passé 
I’m a caveman, it’s too much to take
I’m ancient history or so they say

I’m a caveman, 
must be come kinda mistake
everybody says I’m so passé 
well I’m a - a caveman
It’s too much to take
but I’m gunna get back some day

Caveman (the Eclectic Collective mix)

Combining reggaeton style and heavy metal riffs.
Please listen!

Liquid plastic

6 - 1-2025

Banane-

Composed & Produced By: Chivicke 
HomeStudio Productions ©2015
Image: my mom in 1949


I composed this music a few days after my dear mom started her last trip four years ago. I do not know if it has any musical value, but I can assure that it came out of my childhood heart. I wrote it hypnotically in one night. Spontaneously I plastered in this piece the mixture of rage and tenderness that seized me at that moment. I feel a certain intimate blush when publishing it, but all music is born to be heard and that is how it takes its sense.

Elegy for my mom

I am creating alternative rock music based on 70's rock and Latin music.
I'm using Cubase12.

I use Chinese and Indonesian made guitars, I don't need American made guitars!

Zionism is racism
#FreePalestine

Liquid plastic

Mik Kj