SITTING TOGETHER

We can sit together, watch the sun shine through the window,
or stay in bed with the curtains closed.
Read to each other from a book of poetry,
anything you want to do is good with me.

I’m happy to give you all my time,
sent on the wings of a dove.
As long as I’m with you, you know I’m fine.
Sitting together in love.

We can get up, cook us something good to eat,
or wander to the cafe at the end of the street.
Drink a margarita or a cup of tea,
anything you want to do is good with me.

I’m happy to give you all my time,
sent on the wings of a dove.
As long as I’m with you, you know I’m fine.
Sitting together in love.

I’ve been without you once or twice,
never did like it from the start.
In the dark I had to turn on the light
without you I just fall apart.

I’m happy to give you all my time,
sent on the wings of a dove.
As long as I’m with you, you know I’m fine.
Sitting together in love.

We can go walking in all kinds of weather,
or stay home and watch a silent film together.
Laughing and dancing as our ideas unfurl,
planning how we are gonna take over the world.

I’m happy to give you all my time,
sent on the wings of a dove.
As long as I’m with you, you know I’m fine.
Sitting together in love.

Sitting together in love,
Sitting together in love,
Sitting together in love.

Sitting Together (acoustic version)

Art Expressed in Music – Vincent's Imagination
December 2023
Duration: 2:50
Listen to the Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/art-expressed-in-music-i
Painting: The Starry Night (cropped)
Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life.  Only one of his paintings was known by name to have been sold during his lifetime.  In the aftermath of the December 23rd, 1888 breakdown that resulted in the self-mutilation of his left ear, Van Gogh voluntarily admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum on May 8th, 1889.  During the year Van Gogh stayed at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, the prolific output of paintings he had begun in Arles continued.  During this period, he produced some of the best-known works of his career, including the “The Starry Night”.  Van Gogh had the subject of a blue night sky dotted with yellow stars in mind for many months before he painted the picture.  Some of the elements, such as the mountains in the distance and the existence of the village are true to the view van Gogh would have seen from his window; meanwhile, many other parts, such as the church, are imagined.  Van Gogh wrote to Theo: "It would be so simple and would account so much for the terrible things in life, which now amaze and wound us so, if life had yet another hemisphere, invisible it is true, but where one lands when one dies." "Hope is in the stars," he wrote, but he was quick to point out that "earth is a planet too, and consequently a star, or celestial orb." He stated flatly that “The Starry Night” was "not a return to the romantic or to religious ideas."  On July 27th, 1890, aged 37, Van Gogh shot himself in the chest.  The shooting may have taken place in the wheat field in which he had been painting, or in a local barn. 
For stings, piano, celeste, organ, bowed chamber bowls, tubular bells, virtual instruments, sound effects and percussion

Art Expressed in Music - Vincent's Imagination

Cast of characters:
Tea R. Sea @tea_are_sea -- Terry – Synthesizers, beats, composition, production, and mix
The Mysterious Decibel -- @themysteriousdecibel – MD – First vocals and lyrics 
Llanpsych–@llanpsych –Tez–Electric guitar
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Electric guitar, mix, and production  
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, lyrics, and vocals at the end
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1–five-string fretless bass

This song began with Terry sharing an intriguing Eastern sounding synth and minimal beat with Ken, who added a really solid beat to bring out the strong rhythm of the song. Once they had a solid foundation and skeleton, they shared it with the rest of the Eclectic Collective. Josh added his five string fretless bass in a dubby line that was inspired by Tez's hot skank part.  Stephen came up with the shocking dynamic lift towards the end, and Tez piled on to light it up. Then MD got a hold of it and wrote and sang some of his trademark, fun lyrics and vocals in the first part of the song. Ken, not to be left out of the melodic experience, added the vocals at the end. 
  After we all had everything in the can, the Texas Tea combo of Stephen and Terry produced and mixed the whole thing down. This wasn't their first rodeo mixing a project together, and it really shows in the end quality. They also have several duo projects up on both of their pages that are worth checking out.  
  We think the end result is reminiscent of Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation, two big influences on a few of us. We all hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Lyrics by MD:
Time again and on, and on, and on, we fall in slumber
Dreams never wait
Ashes to ashes we all fall down 
Ooooo Circles break
Ashes to ashes we all fall down
When we wake
When we wake
Is this a new Simulation?
When I wake
When I wake

Lyrics by Ken:
Feed the fire or the flame goes out

Coherent Fire - The Eclectic Collective with Tea R. Sea and The Mysterious Decibel

Pop track based around Alleys Ghost Hack Vocal
Music and production myself with Arturia's Magic sound pallets

After

F-Self-Punishment

UnBoxed March 2024

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Blindfold Test #2

Gary and James 
Jumped on a train
They wanted to escape
The pouring rain

Ran from school
Ran from mum
The guilt and the anger
Afraid of what they become

The train slowly left the station

Didn’t mean to
Didn’t mean to
They looked at each other 
But no one cares no one bother

The train slowly left the station away from the peril

But deep inside something grew
A bigger plan that no one knew
Maybe tomorrow maybe this afternoon 
Doesn’t matter but soon

Gary and James
Not the brightest flames 
Wanted so bad
To do the right thing
But didn’t know what their actions would bring

The train slowly left the station

Interstellar Spectacle

This song I wrote with MiLu Lotus, it's a variation off one of her beats. I made it 80's retro sounding with Big Hair Guitars and vocals. You need to check MiLu's music out her on SoundCloud channel, she has 3, they're really great! This song is basically a warning for everyone NOT to fall in love online, got out and get to know these people. They may be lizard aliens from another world, or even from this world, we never know anymore, do we? I produced a video for this song that is futuristic and fantastic, it's a MUST watch if you like this song. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/_bw1lBqVDPo
Make friend and have fun online, but never, never, fall in love online, don't do it! Cheers! 🥂

“LOVE ONLINE”

I MET HER ONLINE YESTERDAY,
HER POETIC WORDS BLEW ME AWAY,
I WAS SET ON FIRE A HUNDRED TIMES,  
YOU SHOULDN’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,              

THE MIND PLAYS TRICKS ON YOU IT’S TRUE,
WHAT’S OLD AND STALE BECOMES BRAND NEW, 
I’VE HEARD IT SAID A THOUSAND TIMES, 
YOU SHOULDN’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
       
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, (don’t do it)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, (no you shouldn’t do it)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
HEARTACHE IS ALL YOU’LL FIND,  
     
THE WAY SHE WROTE EACH LINE WAS COOL,
I WAS SWEPT AWAY LIKE A FUCKING FOOL, 
BREAKING HEARTS SHOULD BE A CRIME,
YOU SHOULDN’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,   
  
I GUESS IT ONLY GOES TO SHOW,
DON’T TEXT STRANGERS YOU DON’T KNOW,       
LONELINESS CAN BLOW YOUR MIND,
YOU SHOULDN’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,       
      
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, (don’t do it)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, (no you shouldn’t do it)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
HEARTACHE IS ALL YOU’LL FIND,  

[BRIDGE]

WRONG IN A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS,
CAUGHT UP IN LIES IS WHAT THEY SAY,
DON’T IGNORE THE WARNING SIGNS,
YOU SHOULDN’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
     
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, (don’t do it)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, (no you shouldn’t do it)
DON’T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
HEARTACHE IS ALL YOU’LL FIND,  
DON'T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
DON'T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE,
DON'T FALL IN LOVE ONLINE.

BY JIM VALDES & MILU LOTUS © 2024

ODDS & ENDS

"LOVE ONLINE" (Feat. Music By MiLu Lotus)

Dragon Ball Super - goku vs Caulifla Theme

チャットGPTとの共作曲２曲目「Monsoon Meditation（モンスーンの瞑想）」です。強風をイメージさせるドラムの逆回転っぽい音を左右に振っています。ベースは瞑想っぽく、ステップで入力した淡々とした感じにしました。メロディの流れと音色が少し東洋的です。

This is "Monsoon Meditaion" (Monsoon Meditation), the second song co-written with Chat GPT. The sound is a reverse rotation-like sound of the drums, which evokes a strong wind, swinging from side to side. The bass is meditative, and I made it look light and unobtrusive, inputted in steps. The flow and tone of the melody is a bit oriental.

「アジアの風景」シリーズ
作成方法：「アジア的な有機感があり、映像を喚起する」テーマで架空のエレクトロニカ曲のタイトルとコードをChatGPTにいくつか考えてもらう。面白そうな曲を５つ選んで、曲の尺は３分で統一したコンセプトアルバム

Asian Landscapes" series
Method of creation: Ask ChatGPT to come up with several fictitious electronica song titles and chord under the theme of "Asian organic feel and evocative images. Select 5 interesting songs and create a concept album with a unified song length of 3 minutes.

Monsoon Meditation

My Favorite Musician
Adrian Belew, Akiko Yano, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Arovane,The B-52's, Basement Jaxx, The Beach Boys, The Beatles,The Beatniks, Billy Joel, Boards Of Canada,, Bob Dylan,Bob Marley & The Wailers, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson,Bryan Ferry, The Buggles, CAN, The Cardigans, Carnation,The Carpenters, CASIOPEA, Cyndi Lauper, Daniel Lanois, Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden, David Bowie, David Sylvian, Devo, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Dionne Warwick, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, ELLEGARDEN, F.O.E, FAIRCHILD, Feldberg, The Films, FISHMANS, Flipper's Guitar, GONTITI, HAPPY END, Hajime Tachibana, Haruomi hosono, Hall & Oates, Hiroshi Takano,  hi-posi, Holger Czukay, Howard Jones, The Jackson 5, Janis Ian, Japan, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Keiichi Suzuki, Kenji Endo, Kim Hiorthøy, King Crimson, Kicell, Kraftwerk, KukiKodan, Little Feat, MOONRIDERS, Mute Math, Neil Young, P-MODEL, Passepie, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Perfume, Perrey & Kingsley, Peter Gabriel, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Plastics, The Police, Prefab Sprout, PSY・S, Queen, Qujila, RC Succession, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sadistic mika band, Scritti Politti, Sheena & the rokkets, Shi-Shonen, Shugo Tokumaru, Simon & Garfunkel, Sly & The Family Stone, Sotaiseiriron, Split Enz, Stevie Wonder, Sting, SUGAR BABE, Tama, T.Rex, Talking Heads, Tears For Fears, Telex, They Might Be Giants, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, U2, UNICORN, XTC, Yasuyuki Okamura Yellow Magic Orchestra, Youssou N'Dour, Yukihiro Takahashi, 10cc

Monsoon Meditation

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