As  I once heard "I'm not complaining, I'm just making an observation"

© Joe Liberty 2022. All rights reserved

Just Getting By

Now in the land of milk and honey 
In the home of the free and the brave  
It’s a time of feast or famine  and your worth equals your pay 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why
  Work hard all your life but still just getting by
Still just getting by

Well now, do you have or have you not 
Its the question of the day  
And your answer will determine
 If you’re out or got it made 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why
  Work hard all your life but still just getting by 
Still just getting by 
Yea

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The bills they just keep coming  
The prices they all rise
 World you used to know before  crumbles by and by  
The same olds never ending
 But the dream keeps you alive  
Till you finely you realise 
That that dreams a lie

Oh, do what you can hope for the best  
Who knows you might win lotto yet  
Life a gamble and you know it’s true  
When one man wins the others lose 
Your lifes defined right from the start  
So get in line and do your part  
Buck the system if you dare 
But it’s dog-eat-dog so just beware 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why  
Work hard all your life but still just getting by
 Still just getting by 
Sometimes you gotta wonder why  
Work hard all your life and still just getting by
Still just getting by
Bye bye, still just getting by
Bye bye, still just getting by 
Yea

JustGettinBy3

Tim and I continue our musical conversations and the kind of tonal quantum entanglement we delight in. Just letting the changes come in the flow of the music. Listening deeply and letting whatever will emerge, to do so harmonically and gracefully.  Kinda like conscious living itself. 😉

As usual, I'm on the Upright Grand Piano and Tim's manning his Telecaster.

We trust you'll enJOY this second Improvisation from our early August 'Mystic Heart' Session.

© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2022
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2022 Gary Courtland-Miles  & Tim Elliot 2022

Mixed and Arranged by Anomon
Photo of Tim in his Teaching and Recording Studio circa 2010.

Let The Changes Come * feat. Tim Elliot

Pośród zgiełku.Linia życia(suplement) / IIn the midst of the hustle and bustle. Lifeline(supplement)

Underwater you can breath

This is the next in a line of heavy dub songs that Tez and I are releasing. We, or rather Tez, figured out how to create really authentic riddims. So now, it's a bonanza! I really like working with Tez. He's very capable and has excellent musical taste. He is also a certified wizard on the mixing deck. In this song, you'll hear me play bass and organ. You'll hear him play guitar and like I said, the riddim. He also produced it as mixed it. We hope you like it! 

Wurlitzer Dub (with Llanpsych)

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Here's A collab with the amazingly talented https://soundcloud.com/ipg1

Vocals; https://soundcloud.com/ipg1

Production; https://soundcloud.com/rizlix

Here's the original acapella;

https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/random-sightings-vocals-92-bpm

Here's A link to the artwork;

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/hand-face-cartoon-painting-fantasy-5786350/

RiZLiX Ft. IPG1 - No Limits

What a wonderful tune Seagull sent me to collaborate on.  His nylon-string and bass playing is lovely but he asked if I could help with a second guitar voice.  The Taylor JKSM seemed the perfect fit with its sweet steel-string acoustic voice.  The undercurrent of meaning in the song is best described by Seagull himself:
"The song is called Stairway, and I realized that it reflects everyone's climb in life. We are encouraged and taught from birth that we must constantly get better at everything. Better upbringing, better behavior, better education, better job, better pay, better things, better health, better parent, better home, better car and so on...But what is the real goal of all this striving? Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with education hopefully producing better and more understanding and empathetic people, and a safer and nicer society. But.....and I think it's a big but.... as we are obviously being trained to buy all the happiness we need in life instead of experiencing it in a peaceful, healthy and experiential life." 
It is a question of what is ultimately important in our life and are we willing to make the climb to reach and attain it.  Something to ponder while you listen:)
Hear more of Seagull's amazing music @farout-music-studio.

Stairway (Seagull, David and Clara Sorace, vocal)

Je Cours (I Run)

(Original song, mastering, vocals and lyrics by KidOfEarth)⚠️ © Copyright France)
"Tout pardonner" (forgive everything)
I walk alone in the street
I think of you that I lost
will i still be ready to love
and when can I give again?
In the arteries, I sneak
I find a bar where the wine is good
the landlady sees me as fragile
but it doesn't matter, I get drunk more than reason

the sky is clear, the stars twinkle
and I get lost in the slums of the city
through brothels and neon lights
I satisfy... my addictions

I walk alone, I'm lost
I think of everything that is no longer
can i forget everything tomorrow
Will I finally be able to forgive everything?

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The Quest for the Holy Dumpling saga continues! This will be the Smoking Trout's third track from their forthcoming second album. Thanks Jeff, Stephen and Uziel, this was another incredibly fun collab in this awesome series!

Stonerjazz @user-911083679 - Vocals, Lyrics, Drums, Guitar
Uziel @user-455619833 - Vocals, Lyrics, Vocal effects
TexMex Shaman @texmex-shaman - Guitar and Effects (second half)
Tea R. Sea - Synths, Samples, and Production

Lyrics:
The rain the rain, lt finally came, not the rain of May, By the way-
Wet and freezing cold and clean and clear, my dear-
Falling down on my head-
The fire and smoke of summer gone
all cleared away ln a single day,
miraculous, some might say-

The bus broke down along a Pastoral stretch
had to hitchhike lnto town
the wood got wet
the stove lt smoked
the band it choked
And yet, a wheel bearing lt was found
ln a dusty corner on a shelf
ln a Rusty little Town of No Renown-

Still time to make the Date At Joe's Garage ln Sante Fe
where some members of the band await,
Antlclpatllng a packed house
who've come to hear the hit song that's Playln on the radio--

Oh, Stu of the blues
Got the band back together again!
Sink or Swim
Around the Mystery Mobile
Made of mushroom patches
Round the back where we grew ourselves
Just to meander the intergalactic block
With our caravan of travailing home
and the wooden smell of campfire coffee

Oh, the rain, the rain it finally came
not the rain of May
By the way...
Finally
Finally

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Holy Dumpling full playlist (so far): https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/quest-for-the-holy-dumpling

The Land of Zed (Smoking Trout's debut album)
https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

The Rain (Smoking Trout: QUEST for the HOLY DUMPLING #3) w/ Stonerjazz, Uziel, and TexMex Shaman

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