This song is about political predation I started to see, beginning in the US, around 2000. It got far worse, in my estimation, around 2010. It's a song I had bouncing around in my cluttered mind for years, but never actually sat down and flushed out until 2010. Or so? I dunno. The final lines "don't place blind faith in black snake politicians" is an overt reference to fossil fuel corporations, their corrupt relationships with politicians in the US and abroad, and corporate capture of the US government. I got the idea from the indigenous legend "Prophesy of the black snake." Pipelines and oil trains, the visible signs as literal power is amassed and America literally divided. Americans, literally divided. Political power isn't as easy to see, but t's just as destructive. More so.

at any cost

they will prey upon your sympathy
they will tear our bands apart
and they will break your back, your will, your brain
so they can take whatever they can gain

they'll see you dead to keep in power
you're just opposition to devour
why are you loyal to the cowards?
sweet liberty turned bitter, sour

is that the cost? (x3)
is that too high?
too high now

it doesn't matter much what happened here today
cause if it don't make the cover page...
they want you to forget the things they did and said
so they can do it all again another day

when blood is spilled for their desire
and they have all that they require
they'll tell you "freedom's cost" is higher
take honest words back from the liars

is that the cost? (x3)
is that too high?
too high now

don't place blind faith in black snake politicians
they'll make you so afraid, can't even pay, pay attention

https://splatmusic.bandcamp.com/track/at-any-cost

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Will It Be Fate | T-Bone Gregory

Contemporary classical music for synphony orchestra, choir and piano (no electronic, no effects).

Not a sonata in the classical sense, rather a one-movement symphony in classical sonata form.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonata_form
www.de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonatensatzform
The tritone is considered a dissonant interval (3 whole tones or 6 semitones pitch spacing). But ultimately it is only our dualistic comparative intellect that judges this. In the absolute, in the divine, these distinctions should no longer exist. The natural beauty in the seemingly imperfect can be more beautiful than the artificially perfect.
In this piece there are countless of tritone intervals. Listen and feel...

Instruments
Strings: 1. Violins, 2. Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses
Brass: Trumpets, Horns, Trombones, Tubas
Woodwinds: Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Contra Bassoon
Percussion: Xylophone, Timpani, Cymbals, Piatti, Wood Block, Vibraslap
Choir & Piano

Created and conducted by Kapellmeister Krause

Inspired by...
...a concert by the British composer Rebecca Saunders in the Philharmonie Berlin.
soundcloud.com/rebeccasaunders
www.rebeccasaunders.net
...the Wabi-sabi concept from Japan, which is closely related to Zen Buddhism. A big thank you to https://soundcloud.com/bigpapashonan for bringing this to my attention.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
www.de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-Sabi

Painting by Stefanie Holtz (lovely thanks)

Tritonus Sonate

The lead track from the upcoming album "Another Sky"

Another Sky

It's been nearly a year since I posted my first open collaboration, Earth and Sky. I've been meaning to give it another try and decided this experimental industrial downtempo piece would make an interesting offering to see if anyone might be inspired to adapt or remix? I'm dusting off the old Korg Volca Drum that I used on tons of tracks last year but haven't incorporated into any recent stuff in a while.

Stems can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12b2biJGg5dL2gATthvgI6CXVbzxxw8-x?usp=sharing

And we've got at least one response, woohoo! Here is a playlist that I will continue adding to: https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/social-fabric-collaborations

Please message me and let me know what you come up with if you decide to work with this one. Thanks and happy experimenting!

111 BPM and the key is more or less in A minor.

Social Fabric (Open Collaboration)

This composition is an old traditional Finnish folksong. It is mostly known as a very popular christmas song.
I played it with my 8	-string Electric guitar. Middle section is pure improvisation. 

No Onkos Tullut Kesä.wav

You tried to do the right thing. You tried to make the world a better place
But somehow you kept falling Somehow you kept falling flat on your face
Now you’re down but you’re not out cause you’ve learned what it’s all about
And you’re not going to make that same mistake again
Oh no

Now you’re sorry so sorry -  sorry for doing the right thing
So sorry so sorry you won’t make that mistake again. 
You won’t make that mistake again. You won’t make that mistake again

You tried to take the high road you tried you4 best to be an honest guy
But then you found out quickly, that those who took the low road passed you by

You used to believe that if you followed the rules and you kept your nose clea that someday you’d be successful and living the American Dream.
You used to think that Karma would catch all those people who did you wrong. But all those people who kicked you down are still going strong

Now you’re sorry so sorry -  sorry for doing the right thing
So sorry so sorry you won’t make that mistake again
You won’t make that mistake again. You won’t make that mistake again

Will It Be Fate | T-Bone Gregory

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