In this song, I wanted to ask the question, "We've reached Mars and established a base there, what now?". Perhaps more than a little bit inspired by how we, back here on Earth, tend to let the short term commercial benefits win over long term benefits of preservation and conservation.

This is the final song in my Mars saga, so with this, the journey is complete. I'll be doing some touching up on the first songs, and eventually put them out properly as an album, so stay tuned!

Lyrics:

Staring out at this untouched land
Imagine what may come here
So take my hand
As we venture forth
The first of many more
That will be coming here
To share this world
But to what end
Will they come for knowledge or for gain...
So take my hand
And join my prayer
That we will make the right choices now...

Standing at the crossroads
With our eyes towards the future
And I wonder how it will be
In the end

Will they come and mine him dry?
Strip him bare just like they always do
Yeay, will they come to soil his lands?
Take away from him, all that he is
Or will they come to hear his words?
To listen to the stories he can tell
So take my hand
And join my prayer
That we will make the right choices now...

Standing at the crossroads ...

Onwards

DE TIJD VOORBIJ (BEYOND TIME)

This is the wonderful piano instrumental https://soundcloud.com/mirandashvangiradze together with:
Lyrics, vocals, Fender Jazz Bass guitar and hand played percussion (castagnettes, tambourine, djembe, Swedish Viking drum) by me.
I wrote the lyrics in my native language (Dutch) and translated these into English below. If you want to listen to other tracks with the two of us visit the set http://soundcloud.com/mike-spring/sets/get-to-know-with-miranda/

(BEYOND TIME):
Did you think I had not noticed
When you looked at me
Your glances lank, sneaky
It was just like it seemed

Do you come along to the other side
Come on take my hand
And put your feet in the sand
And close your eyes

We are beyond time today
We need nothing
An eternity together
The wind, the water, the sun, the sand
We walk side to side – hand in hand

Nothing can tempt us now
Except you me
Or I you
What is more beautiful than the playfulness 
Of the NOW
And that I feel you (feel you)

Say, what came to mind just now
When I looked at you
It was because of your smile
I did not evade

Will you go with me to a restaurant
Come on get dressed – let us go
And become the lady of the night
In my company

We are beyond time today
We are bound to nothing
We do only what we like
On wind, beside water, over land
Floating winged hand in hand

Nothing can tempt us now
Except you me
Or I you
What is more beautiful than the playfulness 
Of the NOW
And that I feel you (feel you)

We are beyond time my love
We are beyond time, beyond, beyond

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

DE TIJD VOORBIJ

Dacht je dat ik niets zag
Toen je naar me keek
Je blikken sluiks, stiekem
Het was zoals het leek

Ga je mee naar de overkant met mij
Kom pak mijn hand
En steek je voeten in het zand 
En doe je ogen dicht

We zijn de tijd voorbij vandaag
We hoeven niets
Een eeuwigheid elkaar
De wind, het water, de zon, het zand
We lopen zij aan zij – hand in hand

Niets kan ons nog verleiden
Behalve jij mij dan
Of ik jou
Wat is er mooier dan de speelsheid van het NU
En dat ik je voel (voel )

Weet je wat ik net dacht
Toen ik naar je keek
Het kwam door je lach
Die ik niet ontweek

Ga je mee naar een restaurant
Kom kleed je aan - laten we gaan
En wordt de dame van de nacht
Met mij

We zijn de tijd voorbij vandaag
We moeten niets
Doen alles graag of niet
Op wind, langs water, over het land
Gevleugeld zweven hand in hand

Niets kan ons nog verleiden
Behalve jij mij dan
Of ik jou
Wat is er mooier dan de speelsheid van het NU
En dat ik je voel (voel )

We zijn de tijd voorbij mijn lief
We zijn de tijd voorbij, voorbij, voorbij …

De tijd voorbij - Mike Spring & Miranda Shvangiradze (see description)

This is my contribution to the now closed open call
 of a great project by Paul Amlehn
(https://soundcloud.com/paul-amlehn)

noxpox - Realm Of Anti-Logic

Energy Outburst

"The Line"

(v1)
Why you go and make pretend
That you were my friend
When all this time 
You  were keepin' score

How's it feel to live a lie
And tell me that I'm wrong
How you gonna testify
If you never sang the song

(p/c)
Don't know what's been goin' on
Inside your head
All the time you spend alone
Has left you with a deficit

(Ch)
It's hard to know the line
But you crossed it the last time
I ain't got no more time
For you

(v2)
Life has its ups & downs
One day it can turn around
I ain't never said 
I'm better than you

You've got me at the precipice
It's a stupid way to get your kicks
I think I've done
All I can do

(p/c)
Don't know what's been going on
Inside your head
I think it's time for me to fly
Don't need your recompense 

(ch)
(ch)

The Line

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco

Dreams In A Blender

Obscurity

Roberto B (@mgxloop and @volt5000) and I are glad to present "I Can Breathe Again", as track 3 in our new collaborative album of 2022.

The track was created in collaboration on 22 January 2022 (initial mix and recording in GarageBand and Logic Pro by Alex M) and 23 January 2022 (subsequent additions and final mix and recording in MAGIX by Roberto B), and posted here on SoundCloud on 23 January 2022 (by Alex M).

The artwork cover for the track uses an oil painting by Roberto B of 21 January 2022, and was cropped and annotated with text by Alex M (in Mac OS Preview) on 23 January 2022 - in coordination and agreement with Roberto B.

Thank you for our collaborative music, once again, Roberto!

Duration: 9:35 minutes

I Can Breathe Again - Roberto B & Alex M

WITH YOU

Roberto B (@mgxloop and @volt5000) and I are glad to present "20 Days", as track 7 in our collaborative album in progress since the start of 2022. We hope you'll enjoy it, as much as the preceding tracks from this album we already posted here.

The track was created in collaboration on 14, 19 and 20 February 2022 (initial and subsequent mix and recording in GarageBand and Logic Pro by Alex M) and 21 February 2022 (further and final additions, arrangements, mix and recording in MAGIX by Roberto B), and posted here on SoundCloud on 22 February 2022 (by Alex M).

The artwork cover for the track was created by Alex M on 22 February 2022 (in Tayasui Sketch in Mac OS), then cropped and annotated with text by Alex M (in Mac OS Preview) the same evening - in coordination and agreement with Roberto B.

Thank you so much, Roberto, for this dreamy and jazzy ambient collaboration of ours!

Duration: 7:24 minutes

20 Days - Roberto B & Alex M

Excited and honoured to work, once again, with my good friend Bastacho (https://soundcloud.com/jeffrey-colon-3) on our second collaboration - Spring Melody.
Bastacho: Alto & Soprano recorders
Electrometis: Original composition, master mix

Hopefully getting some better weather coming soon, so we thought a Spring theme would be nice. Had fun with this one!
Thank you for listening ♥

Spring Melody

Spring Melody (feat. Bastacho)

thisi is my challenge for Acoustic and Electric mixed music creation.

Modular synth:Nebulae2 Disting2
Mic :Lauten audio Clarion

Enjoy! and Please follow me!!

Nebulae -no Answer:for acoustic Violin and modular synth /experimental/free download /Follow me!!!

Netherlands based singer-songwriter/guitarist/composer/sound engineer.
headphones recommended

De tijd voorbij - Mike Spring & Miranda Shvangiradze (see description)

MIKE SPRING