Very good song 🤩 I love a lot your unusual change chord's

the minor/Major switch is working very well here and the guitar tone is ragged in the best way on top of that hard beat

Insp. Clouseau

Sheet Music by Joseph Kosma
Piano version arranged by Jose M Armenta
No copyright infringement intended, all rights to this song go their owners.

Autumn Leaves

Blin

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)

Glad to be part of the team !
🐞 T. Schmitt - Guitar
🐞 Lofi Menta - Bass ... @user-672449547
🐞 joerxworx - Saxophon & EWI
🐞 Ratzzz - Keys im Fuchsanzug ... @cosmic-ratzzz

Lunatics 248 / The Lucky Strike

Welcome to the second track in the Amor Vincit Omnia Triology. I hope you will all enjoy it. Thank you for listening.

Amor Vincit Omnia

Amor Vincit Omnia No. 02

Memories

The Human Condition

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)

1
哦！你今在何处，
天天奔波又忙碌，
却是虚空、虚空、
虚空的生活！
你曾追求过万物，
却是不能得饱足，
总觉得里面缺少、
缺少些甚么！
 
你需要耶稣！宇宙之主！
你需要享受祂的丰富！
你的心虽比万物都大，
祂却能够、
能够使你得着满足！
2
哦！你确是自足，
世上一切你都有，
还是不觉、不觉、
不觉得满足！
你的工作有成就，
学业也可以自负，
但是在你的深处、
深处仍缺如！

https://www.hymnal.net/cn/hymn/ts/820

需要

Tell me again how you don’t care; you know it is a lie.
Maybe you were just unprepared, but why’d it make you cry?
You can blame the circumstances, the moon, the stars, the sea.
There’s just one thing you can’t blame; you can’t blame it on me.

You accused me, said I didn’t try; I know I did my best.
I played a game of checkers with you; you were playing chess.
Looking back, it’s clear to me, I was never in the game.
You point that finger anywhere you like, but I won’t take the blame.

Right isn't wrong, and wrong is never right.
You were so sure, and you wanted me to try it.
I was so sure it was just an oversight.
I didn’t care enough to put up much of a fight.

INTRUMENTAL

Right isn't wrong, and wrong is never right.
You were so sure, and you wanted me to try it.
I was so sure it was just an oversight.
I didn’t care enough to put up much of a fight.

Tell me again how you don’t care; you know it is a lie.
Maybe you were just unprepared, but why’d it make you cry?
You can blame the circumstances, the moon, the stars, the sea.
There’s just one thing you can’t blame; you can’t blame it on me.

You Can't Blame Me

My band Nickel and Steel's debut album out now.  Preview a few tracks at Nickel and Steel's SoundCloud page:  https://soundcloud.com/nickelandsteel

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