Mood Exhibit - Closer to Vast

The Smoking Trout collaborative is back with another installment in The Quest for the Holy Dumpling (follow the whole story here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/quest-for-the-holy-dumpling). This time Stephen/TexMex Shaman partnered with me on the production, and we're featuring Nadia Selvaggi who also joined us on 'amanita muscaria'. Thank you Jeff, Uziel, Stephen, and Nadia for another awesome creative experience, this one was a trip to work on!

Stonerjazz @user-911083679 - Vocals, Lyrics, Drums and Bass
Nadia Selvaggi @nadiaselvaggi  - Vocals, Spoken Word, and Operatic parts
Uziel @user-455619833 - Piano, Strings, and other acoustic sounds
TexMex Shaman @texmex-shaman - Guitar, Effects, Production
Tea R. Sea - Synths, Production, and Final Mix

Lyrics

Get on the bus get on the bus, Get on the bus wlth us
c'mon c'mon get on the bus
There's Gus, who drives the bus and he does Everything for us
He's got the peddle down--

and all the band and larry mary sid and johnny too and that's to jjust to name a few
and all of you who have the eyes and ears to hear and see-
all of us are on that bus Telepathically
so you had better be ln the vicinity of the bus
whose designated destination ls infinity and all points ln between

Believe you me, there ls no comfort or relief ln Clarity
Truer words were never spoken and even though we're all broken
here's a little token of the love l'm feeling for the instant beauty of the moment

Everyone ls psychedelic from those purple Mlcrodots
Fuel ls burning under stars so bright
on the bus, 10 feet off the ground
blacktop slippin under us at half the speed of light

Now lt comes flowln down, lt washes over me
something l can hear, but l can't exactly see-
Cans are Blarin, l'm just starin
hearin things we can't believe
music soothin, lt's not Taxing so relaxing
making music with some friends of mine
making noises so Delightful-
on the bus, where betrayal ls the only thing
that's not allowed

Come along, you're all lnvlted to rlde the bus wlth us
get on the bus get on the bus
c'mon get on the bus
don't make a Fuss
Just get on the bus

(Spoken word samples are readings from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe)

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To hear more from the Smoking Trout, check out our first album, The Land of Zed soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

Get On The Bus! (HOLY DUMPLING #4) w/ Stonerjazz, Uziel, TexMex Shaman, Nadia Selvaggi

On May 5, 2023 The head of the UN World Health Organization declared “with great hope”  that we are at an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency, stressing that it does not mean the disease is no longer a global threat.

"In the memories of those who live through them, the grim days of plague do not not stand out like vivid flames, ravenous and inextinguishable, beaconing a troubled sky, but rather like the slow deliberate progress of some monstrous thing crushing out all within it’s path. No, the real plague had nothing in common with the grandiose imaginings that haunted my mind."
adapted from La Peste, (The Plague) by Albert Camus, published in 1947.

vocal, polymoog and dance macabre orchestration by naldo

La Peste, a Danse Macabre

Merry-go-round

Chapter 148 of 266
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Taffeta 148

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Summer In The City 2

Mick mac on drums, Big Pharma on Guitar and bass

Firetwerks Demo 1

Park Meditation (For three guitars)

Mysterious Decibel--@themysteriousdecibel--MD—lyrics and vocals

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman–Stephen–foundational guitar in first half, solo in the coda, mix, and production

J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell– piano and composition

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

Llanpsych–@llanpsych–Tez–guitar solo and fills in the main section

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1–mandolin, four string fretless bass guitar

This latest Eclectic Collective song was probably the most collaborative in a true sense as we've yet released. The song began with Josh trying to piece together a couple of ideas that he'd come up with on the piano. He sent his ideas to JJ, who took out a connecter section that Josh had no intention of making anything of, and turned it into the body of the song. He returned the song to Josh complete with a signature JJ Terrell climactic coda. Then Josh added the bass to JJ's piano, with some help from the always solid drums from Ken. The way it usually goes is that Josh comes up with a scratch bass line to accompany the song, then Ken adds drums, then Josh goes back and adds the bass to fit the beat. Sometimes they go back and forth, but not this time so much. 

  Then, Stephen added the foundational guitar in the first section, and came up with the idea for the coda. Josh added some mandolin to the coda, too, after which Stephen redid the guitar in the coda to make it very dynamic and part the clouds. Tez finally came along and added the fiery solo and the charming fills in the main section. Most of this time, MD had been working on the narrative lyrics and refining his melodic vocals. Finally, Stephen put it all together for us and mixed it in his expert fashion. 

  We hope you enjoy the thrill of the climax, and also get a chuckle out of the lyrics, which are included below. 

  Let me tell you 'bout a dancer yeah!
A mysterious one
She dances to the decibel
She's a A shape shifter from the stars
She doesn't cast no shadow
The light makes things bizarre
She'll mold a new soul in you
And get your grandmother too
She'll bleed you from afar


It's an Early time and a late night
On a mothership deep in flight
Yeah!
It's an Early time and a late night
When the grays are seeing white!

Yeah, you know what I'm talkin' about 

Oh baby you caught me off guard I think it's gonna be a early time and a Late night

Hubba bubba max
Hubble space snacks
I'm playing galaga 
Waiting for climax
It didn't take long
A few setbacks

One and done in the black hole
With the Shape shifting of my gun
The time was short but the blast quaked
It was all over before it begun
The frown Came over her like a storm cloud dropping down torrential rain
The frown came over me some time later when the little fetus from Mars slopped onto the terrain

It's an Early time and a late night
On a mothership deep in flight
It's an Early time and a late night
When the grays are seeing white

{Get that thing away from me
Stay on your home planet}

Just One minute altered my universe
My reputation outside of the earth
Flys away in a hearse
Now I'm just the minute man of the cosmos
With an infant out there somewhere they call him... space Frankenstein that's what she knows

It's an Early time and a late night
On a mothership deep in flight
It's an Early time and a late night
When the grays are seeing white

Early Time Late Night - The Eclectic Collective with Mysterious Decibel

Have you ever been in a crowded Room and yet felt so totally alone. This song is about not being perfect, not being the best at anything and wishing a particular person that you really like and admire would just once see you. 
"See me"  is dedicated to all us Less than amazing people who are mostly invisible to the movers and shakers of todays high achieving societies, we   just want to be seen.
Written and performed by : Johnny Mc Farlane 2023   Lyrics below 


See Me 
 I’m not a perfect man in Anyway, I’m not 6 foot tall and I can’t play. 
Basketball or Baseball or football or any type of Ball 
In fact, I don’t pay any sport at all. 
I’m the star that broke the Camel’s back. 
I’m a boomerang that won’t come back. 
I’m a song that’s lost it Melody. 
I’m a symphony without a key.
I’m a raindrop that won’t leave the sky. 
I’m a teardrop that just won’t cry. 
I’m a stubborn mule that just won’t go. 
I’m a snowflake and I don’t want to Snow. 

Chorus 
But there’s a light that shines in everyone. 
Its there for all the world to see. 
Well, I found my light and its as bright as it can be. 
I don’t care about the world I only want you to see me, see me. 

I’m an Eagle who won’t hit the Sky.
I’m afraid of heights I don't want to fly.
I’m a star that just won’t shine. 
And I can only count to 9. 

I pass you every single day. 
You always look the other way. 
But I live and pray that maybe you’ll look my way. 

And I believe that there’s a light inside of everyone. 
Its there for all the world to see. 
Well, I found my light and its as bright as it can be. 
I don’t care about the world I only want you to see me, see me. 
To see me , To see me 

They say that sticks and stones will break your bones 
But Love will only break your heart 
Oh God how true this is , if only you could see 
If only you would look my way and see me 

Well  I believe that there’s a light inside of everyone. 
Its there for all the world to see. 
Well, I found my light and its as bright as it can be. 
I don’t care about the world I only want you to see me, see me. 
To see me , To see me

See Me

This one sprung from the mind of eddyoffline when he sent the cool reggae guitar line over.  we’d talked about doing another jam to follow up ‘Reggae-ish’ and this is it. 
Enjoy 

Lyrix :
Hi. Get high
Lalala
Keep on Walkin
Don’t look Back

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