Fantastic lyrics and arrangement as always.

Beautiful song, and I love the arrangement.

Very nice song with some lovely arrangements and vocals !

Nice piece of songwriting/performance so endearing  to listen to with a clear production . Great job Phil 👍

A really great song Phil, great songwriting. Johnny

fantastic song Phil, great lyric, another beauty

Nice shot of nostalgia with a fine bed of music

To and From Silver City

DUSTY

This is an instrumental made throughout the sound processing of one single vocal sample. All the sounds elements in the song are created by me, starting from the same single sample. Because of it, the song is called "Atomo"

Atomo

Fall

"Fall" EP

Where The Unfortunate Dwell (Unfortunation)

Simply because I was born at a lucky time and in a lucky place I have never been obliged or forced into direct involvement in any of the cruel conflicts that have happened and are happening in the world. I find myself continually aware of this and grateful for it. This song is a kind of lament, I suppose, for those far less fortunate than myself.

The River Ran Slow

We thought we knew everything
Everyday was a spring
We didn’t know pain, we didn’t know change
But a change was to come
Yes, a change was to come
It came with a lie
It came from the sky
It came with a bomb

But how would we tell?
How could we know?
When our hearts were young
And the river ran slow

Watching darkening skies
Through rose coloured eyes
Hearing the sound that was shaking the ground
Well a pen or a gun
When all said and done
It comes to the same
When it comes to the blame
So why did we have to run

But how would we tell?
How could we know?
When our hearts were young
And the river ran slow

Flow sweet river flow
And blow gentle winds
Sway sweet willows-o
When will we dream again?

But how would we tell?
How could we know?
When our hearts were young
And the river ran slow

When our hearts were young
And the river ran slow

Phil Riley
October 2022

The River Ran Slow

With Big Love and Respect for The Marshall Tucker Band! Vocals, all instruments, and production by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Studios.  Big Thanks to The Most Wonderful Riffanators! ;-)

Sunny Beaches

Can't You See - JaMix

Can't You See - JaMiX Version

Hey music friends, this is my very first open collaboration. I've been meaning to to do one for a little while now but was waiting for a track to come along that has enough open space for additions but that can also kind of stand on it's own. I thought this one fit the bill. It's a minimal beat that I created using the Volca Drum with just a few melodic lines produced in Korg Gadget. One of the lines is accentuated with the Minilogue. I hope a few of you will be inspired to try working with it!

Feel free to use the elements in anyway you would like--  just the drums, just the melodies, or any combination. I would appreciate a reference to my artist name and ideally a link back to the original track. Please send me a link to anything you make and I'll add it to this running playlist... https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/earth-sky-open-collaborations 

You can download the stems here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10rahX42DUUsbSinXgjcOSckqJY5kXupo?usp=share_link

BPM = 59.5 (or 119)
Key is E minor.

Earth & Sky - OPEN COLLAB

Chapter 126 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

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The TAFFETA Albums are available for free on Bandcamp.
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Taffeta 126

TAFFETA | 126

This track was developed based off a poem written by the same name and the emotiveness evoked from within it. In the semblance of life, there are crackles "spackling" the loveliness of the everyday. 

When we experience things in life, it is always wise to remember all of whom we are, deep within us. When we do this, the easier it is to keep everything else in an appropriate perspective... remembering everyone and everything are simply... energy. We are merely the vessels in which energy is processing through each life cycle in the physical three dimensional world. 

We can get caught up in the man made constructs, verbiage, judgments, etc. and permit them to disrupt the flow of our energy... or we can allow the energy to flow to us, through us, and then... beyond us. We can choose to absorb it, ask it to be returned to the sender, or (as we've chosen to begin as our own practice...) ask it to simply be returned to the earth for transmutation into the growth medium for something lovely, BEautifying, and helpful to the earth and for the potentiality of enrichment for all. We hope you enjoy this piece as much as we enjoyed creating it.

This piece was produced in the 432HZ range so please do not drive or operate machinery while listening to this track... and listen to the track through wireless headphones at a lower volume to receive the optimum effects. As always, we thank you for taking some time for yourself and your self care... with our music.

Transparent
Copyright: 2023
Author/Artist: Rainier Daze
There are some who treat 
Hearts and minds like their toy
Who think they are subtle or coy 
With their ploys. 

You do not understand 
Things permanently etch into our brain…
Think we don’t remember names
Merely because we didn’t previously entertain.

Make believe your games 
Aren’t totally apparent
But, let me assure you,
What hurts the most is…
You’re ridiculously transparent.

You couldn’t be any more transparent.

What hurts the most is…
You’re ridiculously transparent.

Transparent

To quote Josh
"This is a song that began as a bass line I came up with on my four string fretless over a looper. I shared it with Ken (K2 and the Three [and Four], Stephen (Tex Mex Shaman), and Tez (Llanpsych) through BandLan, which we're all on. Ken came up with some perfect drums, as always, to prop up the whole thing. Tez added some killer guitar solos, which you can hear more towards the end, with the ripping tone. Stephen then came in and added the talk box guitar and wah guitar that you hear playing the hook more towards the beginning. It's my first song ever featuring a talk box, and I'm amazed with the part he came up with. It's a major line against my minor bass line. I love how it sounds! Stephen also was kind enough to mix the beast for us, which turned out to be a herculean task. But he was up to it, and a fine job he did, too. It was an honor and a pleasure to work with these guys. We all hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it"

High Noon - with Entheogenic Psychonaut (Josh Clary), K2 and the Three, and TexMex Shaman

Neonfarbene Dschungelstadt

I started musical life a long time ago now in local folk clubs in the midlands - I think I was 16 when I did my first gig just solo. Over the years I knocked on the door of a 'proper' musical career but never got further than the hall! I had a single out on Polydor in '76 with a band called 'Kites' and Pete Townsend of The Who signed me up to his Eel Pie Publishing Company. I bounced about a bit and finally got another single out on EMI with a band called 'The Dots' and a deal with Virgin Publishing in '82. It reached the dizzy heights of number 96 in the charts but for some reason we never got a follow up. Ah well.. When The Dots expired I hung up my guitar and didn't really play again until the autumn of 2006.  I team up with an a couple of pals for duo and trio stuff and am actively seeking to get my new repertoire of 'folky'/'Americanary' songs out to see if I've got an audience (however small and select!)

The River Ran Slow

Phil Riley

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