Percussion Mantra - Open Collab

Combines different styles, kind of jazz and film soundtrack. Rhythm is driven by bass and keys, with a stack of guitar overdubs.

City Life

Growing tired of the liars and the cheats, the deceits of the elites….
Self-unaware at the Vanity Fair -the highest possible priority to saying words
Sow what you reap, bullshit is cheap, selling out to the dragging feet, of the elite
Slipping away, save it for a rainy doomsday, making hay, on the way
Sinking deep in the shadow of the valley of time, bluff on the causes of crime

Video: https://youtu.be/185DOo7AGxE

Conscience

UNE ROUTE QUI DÉROUTE À CIEL OUVERT
L’AUTOMNE QUI S’ÉTONNE D’ÊTRE DÉJÀ L’HIVER
DANS LE NOIR OÙ SCINTILLENT LES YEUX JAUNES D’UN CHAT
LA FILLE SE DÉSHABILLE SE GLISSE SOUS TES DRAPS

ET MOI 

UNE ROUTE SOUS LA VOUTE INTERSTELLAIRE
LA LUNE QUI S’ALLUME AU CLAIR DE LA TERRE
LA FILLE SE RHABILLE ELLE NE REVIENDRA PAS 
HEY MEC RAMASSE TES BILLES ET PUIS MEC OUBLIE LA
 
ÇA BRILLE LÀ-HAUT ÇA SCINTILLE MAIS ÇA N’AVEUGLE QUE TOI
LE SOLEIL EN BAS RÉSILLE ME CASSE LA GUEULE DE BOIS

UNE ROUTE QUI DÉROUTE À CIEL OUVERT
UN CAMION QUI CAMIONNE À TOMBEAU OUVERT

UNE ROUTE 71 (Lyrics)

Thistledown

Oh it's a rainy day, turning my heart upside down

Raindrops, raindrops, pitter patter all over this town

It's just a day, just a day

But these blues are bringing me down

It's just a day, another day

Blown away like thistledown


And what are we to do, is this deva vu

Cos I think that i've been here before

And it's all the same, with another name

We don't get what we have asked for

It's just a day, another day

These blues are bringing me down

It's just a day, another day

Blown away like thistledown

It's just a day, a rainy day

These blues are bringing me down

It's just a day, another day

Blown away like thistledown

Thistledown

Vocals / Lyrics / Cover Pic: Tam Jennifer @teejaymusicasides
Drums: Jens Fehrensen
Music, Guitars (Strat, Jazzmaster, Les Paul), Bass (P), Mellotron (Redtron), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5YWPBuW94bnh2Mu3R0fsip

======= Lyrics =======

I’m spinning around
Trying to find my sound
When you look at the stars
You’ll see in my mind
And I’m missing you so much baby
Been alone on the road just lately

Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road
All alone
Oh oh

I’m humming a tune
Written just for you
When you open your eyes
You’ll quickly realise
That I’m missing you so much baby
Been alone on this road just lately

I hope as I go go 
Go with the flow
When you know you know
So don’t take it slow
Cos I’m missing you so much baby
Been alone on this road just lately

Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road
All alone

Been alone on the road just lately
All alone
Been alone on the road just lately
All alone

Been alone on this road
Been alone on the road
Oh oh

Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road
Been alone on the road

©Tam Jennifer, Jens Fehrensen & Bonetender 2022 All Rights Reserved

Alone on the Road

Alone On The Road (with Tam Jennifer & Jens Fehrensen)

This is my first track working with my new hardware synth, the Arturia Microfreak! It's my second major synth purchase, and it has lots of interesting routing capabilities(a bit of a semi-modular design based around a digital matrix system). I know I'm barely scratching the surface with it on this track, which also features the trusty minilogue xd and lots of vst instruments such as the Animoog Z and the Arp Odyssey.

Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (CC BY 2.0)

Ocean Currents

IN CASE YOU FORGOT ME, I WANTED TO SAY MY NAME AGAIN, HELLO MY FRIENDS, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU ALL WELL.  THIS IS A DEEEEEEEEP DUBBBBBBBBBBY ONE FOR YOUR MIND AND I HOPE YOU CAN GROOVE OUT TO THE GALACTIC FUNKDIFIED REGGAE BOOM BAP HEREIN....BIG LOVE TO YOU ALL AND THX FOR KEEPING ME INSPIRED AND PUSHING THE MUSICAL LIMITS!!  BIG UPPP BIG LOVE....ROOTS!!!

MY NAME IS ROOTS DUBMAN

Lest go for a walk along a beautiful Beach, surf running, birds singing, feel the cold sand beneath your feet, feel the freedom hear the world as it really is. Come walk with me on a beautiful beach in County Wexford, Ireland. Feel the freedom that only nature offers. 
Written and performed by: Johnny Mc Farlane 2022

Percussion Mantra - Open Collab

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