AB Playlist 030 Part 1

Cast of Characters:

Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST Middle Eastern instruments (Duf Drum, Daire drum, Darbuka, Riq, Qanun, Zurna horn, Ney flute, strings), female vocal sample, 'ululation' (high pitch yodel), mix, composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Custom fretless 5-string bass
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and lyrics
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – saz, shakuhachi, and synth
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken — cymbals and Chinese percussion
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — traditional gourd-body sitar and mastering.

Josh had the idea of doing a traditional Palestinian song, as he is an avid fan of their music. He wanted to raise awareness of this music and tie it to the idea it may cease to exist as a living musical tradition sooner than later. Everyone in the band was immediately on board with this idea, and set about to make it happen.
Mark, who is an expert percussionist, composed a typical traditional Middle Eastern style drum pattern, together with an Arabic scale melody, played on the Qanun (a kind of zither). To that he added the instrumental 'Zurna' solo in the middle, various other traditional instruments, and even sang the high pitch yodel sound at the end. Josh found this pattern fascinating, and added his five string fretless bass to the it shortly after. Carl jumped in very shortly thereafter, and came up with some really amazing vocal melodies, as well as wonderfully prescient lyrics. He even learned more than several phrases in Arabic, which he sang in there, too. We were all very impressed by this, of course.
JJ was next up, adding his magical, melodic, and exotic saz, shakuhachi, and synth to the mix. Ken threw in next, adding his perfectly timed brass and Chinese percussion to the mix, too. Last, but certainly not least, Stephen recorded his subtle, exotic, traditional sitar to the piece.
Once we had it all recorded, we turned it over to Mark for a mix, as the whole thing is really his baby. Stephen mastered it, though, as he is our resident professional producer.
Our hope is that this song inspires you to dig into Palestinian music, and through that, you experience a taste of the magic and the beauty of that region, despite suffering victims of war are experiencing there. But most of all, we hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:
Sisters and brothers
Daughters and Sons
We would give you food
But the road is blocked to sun
Proud Palestine
Brave brethren
Our hearts are with you
Our souls are weeping
Inhumane blockade of bread
Pains collective minds
We want gone this dread
Let's find our kind
Please be strong
As we right this wrong
Hope prays that day will not be long
We pine with your God
To find a normal truth
Where your kids can grow and learn good youth
Sisters and Brothers
Daughters and Sons
We are with you Palestine
Sending love through song
The eye sees but the arm is short ( العين ترى والذراع قصيرة )
We are in the same boat ( نحن في نفس القارب )
Winds do not blow as the ships wish ( لا تهب الرياح كما تشاء السفن )
Being alone is better then being with someone bad (أن تكون وحيدا أفضل من أن تكون مع شخص سيء )
What is hidden is more then what has happened ( ما هو مخفي أكثر مما حدث )
Every problem has a solution ( لكل مشكلة حل )
Good intentions count for as much as good actions ( النوايا الحسنة لها نفس أهمية الأفعال الحسنة )
All is well that ends well ( كل شيء على ما يرام إذا انتهى بشكل جيد )



Oh My Darlin' Palestine (Eclectic Collective)

Industrial drums with noisy ambient and sax solo

1 - C

Memories

Inspired by Clara Wieck Schumann's Scherzo No.1 in D Minor Op.10 
She steps through time and dimensions beyond our comprehension

Relative Time

The world is on fire: acapella

inspired by Hega's Beyond empires 
Here's my tribute to Hega, known from his beautiful soundscapes.

See link 
https://soundcloud.com/hega76/beyond-empires?si=8fd97d3189374b419502b70c334ea2e9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Lyrics : The world is on fire
  
I’m afraid that our society 
is giving  up on democracy
Political leaders without philosophy
Everything selling even our privacy

the apps on your phone 
a real danger zone,  
tracking your networks 
Intruding your home
      
People like robots, no longer aware
The world is on fire
But we don’t care

World is on fire

I wrote this one about a best friends struggling relationship,  He put up with a lot before he passed. 2025 October 
Features my Vox organ .
 I live in the " Real World  " lyrics by Glenny G
What's the matter with the car your driving it seems to be running fine 
"Fine Fine Fine Fine "
Why complain about the place your living it's just for doing time
" Time Time Time Time "
I can't worry about your mental state , I'm sick and tired of trying
" Bye Bye Bye Bye "
In just in case you can't relate ,  inside I feel like dying " I feel like crying "
But I'm working on me even though your walking out
I live in the real world not the one all filled with doubts 
So don't lay it on me girl cause I know what I need
 I live in the real not alone in fantasy
What's the matter with this watch I'm wearing it must be running slow
" Time time time time "
I thought I had so much more to do but I need some place to go
" Fun Fun Fun Fun "
Cruising down the lost highway it seemed to be where I'm bound
" Bounce Bounce Bounce Bounce "
I'm satisfy me a real soul someone who wont let me down
 " Wont Let me down "
Cause I'm working on me even though I'm running free
I live in the real world not a lone in fantasy
So don't lay it on me girl cause I know what I need
I live in the real world not alone in fantasy
I'm gonna take a long vacation and write myself a  sad sad song
Shake loose all this aggravation , heal my heart up oh so strong
I live in the real world . I live in the real world , I live in the real world
I LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD >>>>>>>>>>>>>

I live in the " Real World " !

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Hammond B3 Electric Organ solo. Vibraphone solo. Trumpet solo. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Acoustic Stand-up Bass. Hammond B3 Electric Organ with Bass Peddles. Baritone Saxophone Background. Trumpet Background. Horn section, Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone. Acoustic Full drum kit set. Percussion Timbales, Cowbell, Zildjian 22" Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Cannery Row

Double Eagle Bluez

Bird

I've been hearing so much AI music on SoundCloud lately that instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon, it's pushing me in the other direction where I want to do more songs with just me and my guitar.  
This is a live version that I played straight through from start to finish which I am using as an audition song for the Tucson Folk Festival.
And if you're curious, here's a link to a YouTube video of me singing a different version  the song live (iPhone recording). https://youtu.be/qMe4Uh39uhY?si=jBvf8uvDZQyDgiVg

Elvis in the 1970’s in his jumpsuit and his cape.
Some say he didn’t really die he just decided to escape.
Over the year’s there’ve been sightings like Bigfoot and UFO’s.
Of Elvis shopping at Walmart dressed in ordinary clothes.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not.
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot.
If Elvis was still alive, he’d be approaching the century mark.
He’d be a tired old hound dog - would he still be able to bark.
If he put on a pair of blue suede shoes and he tried to shake his hips.
And he strummed his guitar on a street corner would people give him any tips.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot
There’s day’s when you feel like you’re trapped in a routine 
And you’re going through the motions, and you want to start fresh and clean.
Somewhere between 1968 and 1977 Elvis took a detour and he ended up in Heaven.
It’s nice to imagine that maybe he was sick of sick and tired of all that fame.
And one day he just decided to retire from playing the game.
If he sang that song love me tender, would it till make the young women swoon.
Or would they stare at him with curiosity like at the zoo when you see a baboon.
If he put on the black leather costume that he wore in 1968 
And he played the same set list would people still think he was so great?
Elvis in Black leather in 1968 strumming his guitar he looked so good
And his voice was really great.
At the top of his game in perfect form he could have stopped right then
He could have walked away - still would have still been a rock and roll legend
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot.
They say it’s good to be king – but sometimes maybe it’s not
When you’re coasting on your past glory and now, you’re lukewarm instead of hot

Lukewarm King (Acoustic Live Version)

Smiling Grass

Smiling Grass (Mix 2025)

My Parallel Universe (Three Photons Oct 2018)
Written in C# Phyrgian mode. Cheers, TJG. 

it's a parallel universe
it's what I believe
you and I staring out at space
you're staring back at me

we're light-years apart
and I've traveled so far
just to find you!

I think I was shaken 
by the light in your eyes
I must have been taken
for a beautiful ride

we're light-years apart
and I've traveled so far
just to find you!


it's a parallel universe


It's a parallel universe
it's what i believe
you and I staring out at space
you're staring back at me


we're light-years apart
and I've traveled so far
just to find you!

just to find you

just to find you

My parallel universe

Following a very rewarding collaboration with Keitonie (The Second Revelation:  https://soundcloud.com/kcm069/the-second-revelation-w-keitonie ) I thought I would push my luck and ask him if he would be interested in another collaboration, this time with a third guitarist ... I had in mind Andrew Borderick, a songwriter and guitarist for whom I have the greatest respect.   When I put the proposal to Andrew his enthusiasm quite blew me away.
	My idea was to highlite and contrast our three distinctive guitar soloing styles … Keitonie's rhythm and blues, Andrew's progessive rock, and my own melodic freestyle.   For the project I chose a piano boogie I'd written some years ago while in pursuit of a diploma in music (I got the diploma in spite of the song).   It's main use since then had been as a piece for jam sessions.
	The tracks laid down by Keit and Andrew were perfect for the exercise.   I hope you enjoy the excitement and fun of this Soundcloud jam.   I certainly enjoyed every aspect of it.

	Keitonie's SC site:  https://soundcloud.com/keitonie 
	Andrew Borderick's SC site:  https://soundcloud.com/andrew-borderick 


Lyrics:
	keep off the grass, if you smoke that trash
	keep off the grass, your mind won't last
	keep off the grass, and you can bet your arse
	keep off the grass, you should keep off the grass

	walk your walk, but stick to the track
	if you step on the lawn, wrong way: go back
	don't cross that line, keep off the grass
	if you can't read the sign, it says keep off the grass

	you can walk the dog, but keep off the grass
	you can do the boogaloo, but keep off the grass
	you can twist and shout, but keep off the grass
	and do the tango too, but keep off the grass

	walk your walk, but stick to the track
	if you step on the lawn, wrong way: go back
	don't cross that line, keep off the grass
	if you can't read the sign, it says keep off the grass

	if you smoke that trash   your mind won't last
	and you can bet your arse   you should keep off the grass

Autobiography of a Lab Rat

Keep Off the Grass

free download

Keep Off The Grass W Keit And AB

LIKE YESTERDAY Re-Mastered Aug 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Mastering by Soundcloud Aug 2020
Copyright AB Music 2018/2020 All rights reserved

ANOTHER DAY IS OVER
A SIMPLE DAY ALL OVER
SO DEEP IN THE NIGHT, I WISH TO STAY

I'M WAITING FOR A NEW DAY
LIKE YESTERDAY A NEW WAY
THE DAY WAS SO BRIGHT, WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY

I LOVE YOU LIKE YESTERDAY
I WAS FALLING EVERYDAY
I COULD STAY, LIKE YESTERDAY

SEVEN DAYS I LOVED YOU
AND SEVEN NIGHTS I WANT YOU
I DREAM IN THE NIGHT, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU
(break)
DAY BY DAY I'M FALLING
AND EVERYDAY KEEP WALKING
THE DAY WAS SO BRIGHT, WHEN I'D HEAR YOU SAY

I LOVE YOU LIKE YESTERDAY
I WAS FALLING EVERYDAY
I COULD STAY, LIKE YESTERDAY

LIKE YESTERDAY

Neli CoKo - Love Song (Open Collab)
https://soundcloud.com/neli-co-ko/neli-coko-love-song-open-collab

Music, Mix and Bass  Paploviante 2018

Love Song - Neli CoKo

Hello Soundcloud, thanks for the Listens, Likes and Support. Im from Melbourne Australia, I have been playing guitar for many years now and played in two bands during the 80's & 90's (STOLEN CAR original) & (STORM cover),both bands never released any material. Since 2010 i have been writing songs and tunes and recording them in my music room (3rd Bedroom), i play Guitar, Bass, Keys, BFD2 Drums(programmed)and Vocals on all of my songs which i class as Demo's, I love all types of music but Hard Rock, Rock to Alternative appeals to me most.
ALL SONGS POSTED ARE SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE OWNER.
Thanks again to everyone listening out there in the world, always looking forward to new material on Soundcloud,
Character Picture By, Rianna Borderick 2017
All artwork by Andrew Borderick
CONTACT : andrew@netec.com.au
Regards 
Andrew Borderick. (March 2017)

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

Love Song - Neli CoKo

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