The flowers that I send you, are not uprooted. They are the notes that inspire me.

FLOWERS I SENT TO YOU

Recorded In Modesto, Ca.    Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Trumpet solo. Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano Rhythm. Godin Nylon acoustic Guitar Rhythm. Horn section, Alto, Tenor Saxophones Background. Trumpet Background. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Drums, Full Trap set. Percussion Zildjen 22" Crash Cymbal, Timbales, Cowbell, Open Hi-Hat, Congas.

Bewidered

Groovesville

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4a0AVcipX8

Brian Butts - Synth, Guitar, Arrangement, Master Mix https://soundcloud.com/brian-butts-565934842/capillary-waves-feat-cosmic-keanu
Cosmic Keanu - Vocals, Lyrics

Capillary waves
Treading ether
Mind echoes
Ripple on

Form perception
Senses clean
turn inward,
Source is seen

Thoughts entangle
looking back
what came before
fades to black

Lost in thinking
separate mind
To this moment
We are blind

Captured by
Conflicted mind,
What we seek
Is what we find

When we let go
Our will is free
The Gordian knot
Is cut clean

The Way is shown,
The Truth we see
The Life unending,
We are free

Video

Capillary Waves (Brian Butts & Cosmic Keanu) VIDEO AVAILABLE

This is another tune I worked on last week when I was kidnapped, er, when I collaborated with Josh and his band of maniacal musicians.    These guys GIT R DUN I tell you . This one evolved lots just in the few days we worked it up.  
This is June Bug

June Bug  - (Eclectic Collective)

'Tamandua Feast' is an ambient track following on from the evacuation from my raised beds of the ant colony which had set up home there and munching my veggies. Escaping from a dreching in Peppermint oil, which they hate, they are now faced with an anteater called a Tamandua. This sitution arises from the title, which was suggested by our good friend and SC colleague, José F Castro https://soundcloud.com/jfcpetruscastrus.

Conundrums Without Answers

Tamandua Feast

Light Breeze

I’ve Got Time / feat. Emily Coy 
Paploviante: Bass, Music Composing, Mix, Picture and Mastering 
Vocals and Lyrics:  
Emily Coy free Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/freevocals/emily-coy-ive-got-time-free-acapella

I've Got Time - feat Emily Coy

3rd recording of this song which an African American producer contracted off Broadjam for a year but nothing was delivered. In the last few years I changed the structure of it to suit playing live - with the 2 chords in the chorus on repeat we can drag the ending out in an extended jam - easy money! So this is that version recorded as a studio track this week


Dream Destination 3

Dudes are asking where to go                           
If you gotta choice to go                                   
Where to go where to go                                   
Somewhere funky with ya beau                        

Hey wait up doll n tell me honey 
What is your dream destination?                       
Where in the world you wanna go?                   
We’ll I’ll tell you babe just what I know           
My dream destination it’s you right here           
My dream destination it’s you – anywhere        

Some are junkies for the city
London Paris they’re not picky
I say nah I’m gonna park it
In a wasteland like the arctic

Chorus

Mate he say oh come on please                        
It’s Amsterdam and find the sleaze
Not for him that lovin armpit                            
He wanna have a lovin junket 

Me I wanna go dig deep
Find your soul and feel the heat
Be taken on a dreamy ride           
I don’t care where we reside

DREAM DESTINATION 3

On the Sitar: Walker, https://soundcloud.com/user-329901696

On Guitar/Weissenborn/Vocal: Yours truly.

Stay The Course II: https://soundcloud.com/nathaniel-ehrnman/stay-the-course-ii

As The Bluebird Flies

Stay The Course

Stay The Course (Aug. 2023)

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Harmonica Solo. Steinway Acoustic Piano solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Fender Electric Bass..Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Gibson SG Electric Guitar Rhythm. Horn Section, Trumpet, Alto, Tenor, Bari-tone Saxophones. Trap Drum set full kit. Percussion, Tambourine, Cowbell, 22" Zildjen Ride & Crash cymbal.

Release me

Niners Minor

Cast of characters:
Stoner Jazz--@user-911083679—Jeff—vocals, lyrics, and original stem

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman–Stephen–overdriven guitar, production, and mix

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

Llanpsych–@llanpsych–Tez–electric clean/effects guitar 

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1–four string fretless bass and synth           

This song orignated with Jeff, who wrote a poem, which he set to a beat and a key with some very cool vocal processing. He sent it to me, and I added the bass and the synth lines. I had to, of course, got the rest of the Eclectic Collective involved. Ken came up with a solid, distinct beat, based loosely on my first take. I then redid my bass line to match up with Ken's drums, which is the way they seem to work best, sometimes going back and forth like that several times until they're locked in. Then, Tez and Stephen each added very distinct, supportive guitar tracks to fill it in. Tez comes through with the very Strat sounding bells ringing throughout. Stephen really shines with his textural tremolo playing throughout, as well as the rocking end. He also produced and mixed it expertly, as always. 

  This is the first time the Eclectic Collective has collaborated with Jeff, although both Josh and especially Stephen (as part of the band, The Smoking Trout) have made music with him before. We really enjoyed making a song based on his vocals, and Jeff is a welcome addition to our sound anytime. We all really enjoyed making this one. We hope you enjoy listening to it.

Lyrics:


Naked Shoulders
l like the way the sun lights up
the naked shoulders of the Early morning
ln the Desert where we met-
ln the shack down by the muddy
where you said you waited
while l rambled on about the time
Youth and Sex and Beauty-
When the Real Revolution was the Music-

Slitting quietly and thinking
while the melancholy has lt's moment
letting longing linger longer than lt should
Took a little tumble ln the Bumble
when l got older
always just a little lucky
ln the middle of disaster
no longer sure lf l'm the spell or l'm the caster
only knowing that my feet are made of plaster-

Even though lt's getting late, even though lt's getting late
l'm still standing at the gate
hoping for a bit hoping for a little bite hoping for a little slice of Nlrvana Nlrvana-

Verse 2
You know lt's harder than lt looks
even though l read some books
l'm ln love with my Delusion, Naked and inviting
lt whispers sweetly ln my head and says
You're gonna live Forever, even though l'm almost dead-

Everything that came before
comes knocking at the back-stage door
demanding parts ln the production of the play-

What makes you think you have a choice?
The Director Said
you don't have to memorize the dialogue
the script ls ln your Head--

Naked Shoulders (Stonerjazz with Eclectic Collective)

COMPOSER - PRODUCER - MUSICIAN
I PLAY BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS
IN THE BAND „4NO1“
(ALL STYLES, SINCE 1992)