I've removed a few tunes, because I won't support musicians who take sides in disputes; I despise mob mentality!
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To draw a straight line between NO LISTENS and the quality and substance of music is unadulterated, simple minded, rank stupidity, so don't be discouraged, if no one is listening to your music, it's likely because the right audience can't FIND your music!
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The internet is now so FLOODED with music there is more chance of finding a needle in a haystack than the right audience finding your creations, but let's keep doing it for the love it anyway! 
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Perhaps the time will come when those just seeking fame and fortune will wise up and drop out of the race, leaving the field clear for those motivated solely by passion, and perhaps prospectors, tired of being spoon-fed, fired up by curiosity, thirsty for authenticity and invention, may one day dig up those gems of yours, so KEEP ON KEEPING ON, let passion guide your creativity!
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@StevenVellou

SUPPORT gathers MOMENTUM when RECIPROCATED vol 2

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? volume 4

During the early days of Myspace, Soundcloud & Reverbnation there was a great vibe going on among we musicians, we were enthusiastic, we reached out, supported one another, actually took time to listen, leaving one another encouraging feedback, so I sometimes wonder, WHERE ARE THEY NOW, are they still making music?

It's easy to overlook the value of support from fellow musicians; ok, so it doesn't achieve the desired effect, but it can give you a little boost, provide the incentive to keep it going!

Many more volumes with this theme to come, on here and on Reverbnation, so if you haven't been added yet, you will be.
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WE BENEFIT FROM POSTING ON SOUNDCLOUD THE MOST WHEN WE FOLLOW BACK, LISTEN AND LEAVE FEEDBACK

Who should we follow back? The Soundcloud users who don’t just follow us they actually listen and leave feedback, makes sense, right. So why does it make sense, because they are the ones actually supporting your music, they are the ones that raise your profile and feedback is FREE hype, it advertises your product, it tells new arrivals to your page that your music is worth listening to, that’s what I mean when I say we ALL benefit.
These platforms actually end up failing BECAUSE we don’t maximise their potential in this way, a follow serves no purpose if we don’t follow through, and if we don’t follow through others don’t follow through either, we all become wary of giving support because we know only a very small number will do the same for us.
So how does this affect these platform, activity slows down eventually grinding to a halt, once that happens platforms like Soundcloud could end up going out of business, eventually there will be no platforms left for us to FREELY post on, the day will arrive when the ONLY way to post our music is to PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE, so you see being PROACTIVE not only benefits you and I it ensures the survival of platforms like Soundcloud; ok, so it doesn’t deliver in some of the ways we’d like it to, and including reaching an actual audience, but it’s a whole lot better than nothing at all!

WHERE ARE THEY NOW volume 4

DERIVATIVES OF PUNK aka VEGAN ABORTION

So this poor Rhodes has been having a hard life with me... not very compatible with tramway and train, standing in a room where normally nobody is, having been used as a stand for all sort of things... and the cat has been doing crazy stuff with it, too.

Digged it out, cleaned it, fidgeted with this grrr sustain pedal for some hours, welcome back my friend!

The Liberation Of Rhodes Island

Recorded some 40 years ago using a four track cassette deck.
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Anyone seeking authenticity, imagination & personality, in creativity should explore unsigned music; that's where my faith in the future of music lies!  UNSIGNED MUSIC isn't inferior to SIGNED by any stretch of the imagination! Look past the illusion, find out what you're missing!

MAD HALF HOUR

An experiment in solemn ambience. All hardware.

Psychic Cosmology

Fixed some parts from the preliminary mix, restructured, additional mastering applied..

This is part of the Myth Wave collection, see the "buy" link for the free-to-download album on Bandcamp...

Mnemosyne (factual mix)

I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME THE WAY I THINK OF HER 
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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AS VISIONS GO
SHE’S EVERY COLOUR AND SCHEME
SHE IS THE WHOLE SHOW
SHE OCCUPIES EVERY DREAM
SHE IS THE PREQUEL
THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SCENE
THE PERFECT SEQUEL
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME 
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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SHE ONLY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THE PLACES I’VE BEEN
AVOIDS THE WHEN AND THE WHY BY BURYING THE SHAME
PREFERS TO THINK OF ME THE WAY SHE WANTS ME TO BE
OBLITERATING EVIDENCE OF WHAT I BECAME
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TO BREATH IN HER COUNTRY
TO MINGLE, ENTWINE
SHARING HER JOURNEY AS SHE SHARES IN MINE
TO TASTE EVERY THOUGHT
TO DRINK HER LIKE WINE
TO BASK IN HER SUNSHINE
TO KNOW SHE’S ALIVE
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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AS VISIONS GO-GO
SHE’S EVERY COLOUR AND SCHEME
SHE IS THE WHOLE SHOW
SHE OCCUPIES EVERY DREAM
SHE IS THE PREQUEL
THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SCENE
THE PERFECT SEQUEL
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
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SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL MIND
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT SOME TIME
TO GUESS WHAT SHE’S THINKING
TAPPING INTO HER SPINE
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BEING ONE STEP BEHIND
SHE CONFUSED ME WITH RHYME
MY REASON DEPARTS
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH MOONSHINE
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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AS DEVAS GO
SHE IS A HOMECOMING QUEEN
HER PEERLESS BEAUTY
THE CAPTIVATOR OF DREAMS
SHE’S MOTHER NATURE
MUCH MORE THAN MERE OBERON
HER NAME IS RAPTURE
SHE RADIATES LIKE THE SUN
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I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME
THE WAY I THINK OF HER
I HOPE SHE TAKES THE TIME
TO READ THE SIGNS
TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

I HOPE SHE THINKS OF ME (The Way I Think Of Her)

Pennsylvania

Sidewalk

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb5nfV0iNgM

Music & Production by Hobocop: @metrocityrecords

Vocals & Lyrics by Cosmic Keanu

Rise, Samurai!

Surrounded by chaos, 
Heroic demise
It’s time – time to rise
Our names will live forever,
Forever out of time
Live for today
Join the final fight

Rise, samurai!
Blades slash through lies
As the bullets fly
Ignite the city of night 
This is our fight
There’s victory in death
If you know when to die

We walk the razor’s edge
With death by our side
We will never be alone
Forever out of time

Rise, samurai!
Tempered by our trials
With steel in our spine
Never bow to fear
Our names will never die
Ignite the city of night,
Join the final fight!

Video

Rise, Samurai! (Hobocop & Cosmic Keanu) 432Hz Edition

A big Thank You to The Neighbor for playing this wonderful solo guitar

The picture shows an excerpt from:
After Andy Warhol, Sunday B Morning „The Scream - Green“ (after Edward Munch), 1967, printed later

Everything Liquifies

in
While only one wimper
Flies all the time
First still very, very fast
Then it settles down the line

In the meantime…		(2)

1
Some billion ys must have passed
Since we had that start
Since we saw at last
That we can fall so hard
In times of peace 
We treat the insane, 
While in times of war 
They govern us again

In the meantime
Everything liquifies

ref
It is revolving in the ether
It drains in the simple brains -
No or, no either
(or what of it remains)
Just drops into the simple brains

2
A decrease of viscosity
In former bound aggression
And the social cohesions
The glacier anyway
Everything liquifies
Is carried away 
By the great maelstrom
Tell me, 
Was it the same yesterday ?

In the meantime
Everything liquifies

ref
It is revolving in the ether
It drains in the simple brains -
No or, no either
(Or what of it remains)
Just drops into the simple brains

out
Like the sweetest sweetie, ahh
Like the ultimate candiest candy 
Sweet as can be...

Everything Liquifies (ft The Neighbor)

No Hiding Place

OUTSIDE THE BOX OUTSIDE THE BOX
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I THINK IT’S TIME FOR ME TO GO
TO LEAVE BEHIND THE WORLD I USE TO KNOW 
LIVED OUT THIS LIFE WITHOUT A FACE
THIS MAN IS CURSED TO LEAVE NO SHADOW
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EXISTING NOT OUTSIDE THE BOX
EXISTING WELL BEYOND THE FRINGE
SOMETIMES THE MIND AHEAD OF TIME EXISTS 
OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX
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VISIONARIES DON’T BELONG
THE PEOPLE THINK THE RIGHT ARE WRONG 
THE IMITATOR STEALS THE SONG
RECEIVES THE PRAISE FROM EVERY TONGUE
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TO GO UNNOTICED IN YOUR HOME TOWN
YOU’RE NEVER UP, YOU’RE ALWAYS DOWN
IT HURTS TO THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS
YOU SHOULD BE HIGH, BUT THEY ALWAYS BRING YOU LOW
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YOU TRY TO SPEAK, THEY TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY
YOUR DREAMS ARE BLEAK, SEEMS POINTLESS WHEN YOU PRAY
TO DIE A DEATH THE END OF EVERY DAY
YOU TRIED YOUR BEST, THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
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SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I’M POSSESSED 
EACH TWIST OF FATE IS ONE MORE TEST
A MAGNET FOR THE WHOLE WORLD’S HATE 
SEEMS SOME OF US WERE NEVER BLESSED

I'M OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT'S OUTSIDE ALL THE BOXES

I'm on the lookout for musicians who understand the best way to get MORE support is to give it!

If I come and listen to your stuff and leave feedback will you do the same for me? I’m not looking for follows and likes, which achieve nothing on their own; I’m talking #GENUINE listens and GENUINE feedback!

GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY (MAKE THE BED)

Why swap support, swap genuine listens, feedback and shares?

We are all competing with tens of millions of musicians; to say it’s overcrowded out there is a huge understatement, and it’s that overcrowding that makes it so difficult to reach an audience—it’s exactly like searching for a needle in a haystack, and who has the time to do that!

That’s why the support of other musicians is so important, that’s why the respect, the hype, the acknowledgement must start with us! When we are so dismissive of each other’s talent, why should a listening audience treat us any differently!   

When we disrespect, dismiss and shun each other’s talent and music, what we are saying to the world is, we don’t waste our time listening to the tunes of unsigned and independent musicians because they are inferior to those signed, established, musicians—it’s negative advertising!

If we are to have any chance of breaking the stranglehold of a mercenary music industry, if we are to have any chance of convincing a potential audience that our music is , more than not, actually superior to signed music, more inventive, more innovative, more creative, more imaginative, and a whole lot less formulaic!

Music has come a long way, it’s never been so diverse, so it’s ridiculous that people are forced to listen to formula conveyor belt music, high on production, low on substance! Listeners have no idea they are being spoon-fed scrag ends; they belief the myth that signed means superior—well I’ve heard enough unsigned music to know that just ain’t true….but we’re never going to prove that as long as we continue to treat each other’s music as though it were worthless! 

Musicians With Vision

THIS IS THE WAY YOU'RE MEANT TO FEEL

I describe my Vegan Abortion​ tracks as Gothic Funk​  Fusion because that's what it is, Funky Gothic Rock with a Post Industrial Punk feel to them!

If you listen and leave feedback I will do the same feedback. 

It's listens and feedback that bring more listeners to our pages, which is one reason why we all need it!

SICK WORLD WITH A HEALTHY REFLECTION

MY MIND HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN

(GEAR) EVERY PUNTER IS A FIX

I RECOGNISE PALESTINIAN, AND MY OWN CREATIVE, SELF-DETERMINATION! I do it my way, you should do it yours!

I'M SANE BUT MY MUSIC ISN'T!
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Feedback is the difference maker on Soundcloud because it keeps your tune in circulation, keeps it on the radar; no feedback and it disappears from view! It also serves as hype, if visitors see you've received lots of feedback it's more likely to arouse their curiosity! The more proactive we are the better Soundcloud gets!
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DON'T JUST LIKE, LISTEN; DON'T JUST LISTEN, COMMENT; DON'T JUST COMMENT, SHARE!
I don't respond to musicians that just add, or just click like buttons, because it doesn't prove they actually listened!

PLEASE RETURN THE SUPPORT; I desperately need it too :)
Without RE-POSTS Soundcloud will eventually die a death!

If UNSIGNED MUSICIANS don't learn to be more PRO-ACTIVE, and start exchanging support, the day will come when all UNSIGNED MUSIC SITES will die a death! Visits to pages will stop, and the listens will dry up--there won't any kind of audience left at all. Music sites become IMPOTENT when the musicians using them wait for the mountain to come to them, so be PRO-ACTIVE, exchange support, return the support, for your own sake! IF UNSIGNED MUSIC SITES die a death most of us will die a death with them, so do it for yourself--take my word for it, our survival, the incentive to continue creating tunes is dependent on MUTUAL SUPPORT!

Activity has been declining on Reverberation for some time now, and Myspace, which was buzzing during the first few years, is now useless! All music sites will eventually go the same way if unsigned musicians don't drastically change their attitude about EXCHANGE SUPPORT!

DON'T WAIT FOR THE MOUNTAIN TO COME TO YOU....IT DIDN'T COME TO MUHAMMAD SO IT WON'T FOR YOU :)

GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY (MAKE THE BED)

NO PIGEONHOLE MUSIC