Today, we have also picked some new flowers!
Dear friends, today we celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary and my dear wife picked these flowers this summer!
See the video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mDQ-E12Jg3E?si=hBAUsltcCYtQCzEl

A Walk in Nature


We walked to the mountains - just to see how there is
we saw the animals and the flowers which grow on the way up
to the top covered with snow - the air is so clear and the snow is so white 
it is easy to see why the people want to stay
It is so wonderful to walk down this trail

We walk along the rivers - we admire all the trees       
which border still-flowing magic of water in the stream
and perhaps there are lovely birds - who live their quiet lives independently of
us people with eyes  filled with great wonderment
It is so wonderful to walk down this trail

Today we picked some flowers - on the fields near our home
it was refreshing for my wife and I saw on her face
that she’s happy this lovely day - and most of the sorrows have left our souls
and this evening we can go to bed with a smile
It is so wonderful to walk down this trail

In Swedish:
En promenad i naturen
Vi promenerade till bergen - bara för att se hur det ligger till
vi såg djuren och blommorna som växer på vägen upp
till toppen täckt av snö - luften är så klar och snön är så vit
det är lätt att se varför folket vill stanna
Det är så underbart att gå längs den här leden

Vi går längs floderna - vi beundrar alla träden
som gränsar till stilla rinnande magi av vatten i bäcken
och kanske finns det härliga fåglar - som lever sina lugna liv oberoende av
oss människor med ögon fyllda av stor förundran
Det är så underbart att gå längs den här leden

Idag har vi plockat lite blommor - på fälten nära vårt hem
det var uppfriskande för min fru och jag såg på hennes ansikte
att hon är glad denna underbara dag - och de flesta av sorgerna har lämnat våra själar
och i kväll kan vi gå och lägga oss med ett leende
Det är så underbart att gå längs den här leden

A Walk in Nature (it's our 50th wedding anniversary)

A punk rock cover of my favorite rockabilly singer, Eddie Cochran. I found this recording from 2016 while sorting through my old stuff and thought you might enjoy it! Listening back to it, I was surprised at the energetic way I sang. It's funny, back then, I never imagined I would be writing songs in English like I am now!

Cut Across Shorty (Eddie Cochran Cover)

Cast of Characters:
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark-- VST sax solo, harmonica solo, organ, tremolo guitar (synth), composition, arrangement, mix
Mysterious Decibel--@themysteriousdecibel --MD—lyrics & vocals
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– second electric guitar solo, and mastering
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –piano and electric piano solo
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four string fretless bass, first electric guitar solo, rhythm guitar comping 

This song originated with a slower more Jazz oriented track Mark had previously written ('1 For The Money, 3 For The Blues' https://on.soundcloud.com/BtSS4). However, he wanted a more 'suped up' version with solos turns, so he turned to The Eclectic Collective (EC) to fill in the pieces by replacing some of his solos with their own. Mark had some lyrics in mind too, however, once he heard The Mysterious Decibel's excellent lyrics and vocals, the song totally changed the direction and the vibe, for the stellar. 

   Once we had a basic structure, Ken, as always, came up with the rhythmic foundation for the song, allowing Josh to add his version of Mark's bass line. Then, after MD gave us the vocals, we got down to adding the solos. As more EC members jumped on board with new parts, Mark kept lengthening the song, moving the solos & vocals around until it's final current arrangement. JJ opens the song with his thrilling piano solo, as well as the electric piano solo where he joins Mark on VST Sax right after the first singing verses. Then Josh added a melodic and very clean toned guitar solo with a very clean tone - the first of the two guitar turns. After that, Stephen added his fiery guitar solo with a more overdriven tone. After one more vocal verse from MD, Mark stepped back in to close it out with his nasty harp solo at the end. After Mark handled the mixing on this song, we turned once again to Stephen to take care of the final sound production and mastering, which he fulfilled expertly.  

  We hope you enjoy this jazzier side of the EC as much as we enjoyed making it. MD's lyrics are about a psycho killer artist who hides clues about his murders in his paintings. 
-Original Lyrics by The Mysterious Decibel:

Some might say he's crafty and planned
With a shade of black and a brush in his hand
Some might say the world is his oyster
But no pearl lays inside just a conjuring blur

He'll paint you a murderous scene
With the blending of  sin all between pigments of green
He's a shady fella who hides behind the canvas!
I spy something with my little eye
This art might show just where he died

Will you find it?
The secret
Some freak shit
are you so sure you'll really wanna Keep it ?
The secret
Are you so sure you'll really wanna keep it?
Ahhh a little secret
Are you so sure you'll really wanna keep it?
It'll haunt your mind like it does him too
He's a swifty one he'll come for you!
The secret
The secret
The secret
Are you so sure you'll really wanna keep it?

I spy something with my little eye
This art might show just where he died

His art might show
might show
might show
just where he died 

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Side Note:
This past Tuesday, we released a fun little series of interviews over a 20 minute medley of some of our favorite musical moments. If you want to hear our voices and some of our thoughts about music, check it out! You might really enjoy it, especially if you follow us, and have been for a while. It's a celebration of all of our work over the past almost year together in various forms. This song was supposed to be a showcase of all of our skills to accompany that medley, except Tez isn't in on this one. He'll be on the next one, though, for sure! 
Thanks for listening!

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All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve. :)

Mark's Album (post-2020)

'A Brush With Death' Blues (with The Eclectic Collective)

My dear Wivresse wrote a beautiful text on one of my old tracks. May her poetry rejoice Malacath !

Orc Poetry of Metal and Fire (Wivresse & HyLGZ22)

Imagine a phone call. Two people close to each other take turns speaking. Not everything reaches their ears, but they feel the positive vibrations. Love is more than words! It is mystery. That's more or less what this song is about!!! Hope you enjoy my new surf track 😎🎸

Mystery You

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Paploviante: E-Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering BPM 128
Free Download
Feel free to adding something !
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!

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Japanese famous nursery rhyme
Composition: Shinpei Nakayama
Guitar Instrument arrange by Toshi

黄金虫

Nueva

Cast of Characters:
The Mysterious Decibel-- @themysteriousdecibel –MD-- vocals and lyrics in the choruses
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– guitar, production, and mix
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –piano, synth sax 
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums, acoustic guitar intro, and vocalized tones at the end, verse lyrics and melody, composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four string fretless bass, vocals on the verses

This is a song that originated with Ken several months ago. He wrote the whole thing on piano, guitar, and drums and presented it to the rest of the band. Of course, everyone was very excited to add their spin to it. 

Josh added his bass part first, as the foundation. Ken also left his catchy original guitar intro as it was. Then JJ added his dynamic piano part, which ended up being both foundational and stylistic, along with the sax that you hear in there, too. Stephen added his solid foundational guitar to it, too, soon after. Then it sat, stalled out for need of some vocals. Of course, we asked TMD to add some, which he did in grand fashion for the choruses. All that was left were the verses. Ken wrote lyrics, and gave Josh an idea for the melody, so he sang the verses to wrap it up. Of course, we asked Stephen to produce and mix it for us, which he did so well, as always.

  We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed making it.

Homeboy - (Eclectic Collective)

An open collab with the amazing Paploviante And Friends!  From the original track I slowed it (Belgian New Beat style!) re pitched and added several layers of noise, strings and assorted weirdness. Christina Lindberg's voice guides us through the world of Swedish Mushrooms as well from her rare video Christinas svampskola! 
Original track is here!
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/obfuscated-open-collab-offer

PAPLOVIANTE And FRIENDS - Obfuscated (Christinas Svampskola Mix)

Turn Around

Thanks much for 815980 Plays, 43392 Likes, 26920 Reposts, 10222 Comments and 7243 Downloads since 2016 !!!
Explanation to my open collabs (You see it in the title or the description):
The track is downloadable as a mp3 or wav file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!
If you want the track different ...contact me!
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Unfortunately there are always people who use my open collab tracks, but don't have the decency to like the original track or to repost and comment...shame on them!
I will not support such collaborations anymore, no matter how good they are!

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PAPLOVIANTE and FRIENDS