Wonderful track, Robert! :) Great atmosphere :)

Especially original and listenable.  Very nice to my ears.

Great catchy vocal lyric track..great keyboard work..perfectly executed..captivating & passionate harmonization..excellent mix & recording production!

Based strongly on cover version by Lola Astanova, this arrangement for solo piano is surprisingly challenging. I had a great time learning it and mixing it. It's always fun to do music with such a strong reverb vibes...

Children by Robert Miles - Piano Cover

Seesaw

A song about the terror faced by the people in Gaza. The world appears to be turning a blind eye to the atrocities taking place. Malnourished, fear, horror , murder taking place everyday. So much for words of condemnation ! Act now before everyone is lost ! 😡

Ashes of the world .mp3

A track from the concept album Oracles Oath did a few years ago 'The Last Castle'. 

Cold Words

Just because.
My sincere thanks to David Dunham for his generosity in mastering my track. @david-dunhamuser589535203

Rather Strange

Cast of characters:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — Ovation guitar, lead vocals, lyrics, and compostion
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST Chinese gong and VST cello
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – light VST Latin percussion, synth, and piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass, chant vocals at the end 
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — ebow, production, mix, and mastering
This song is the fourth Carl has written and composed with a member of Eclectic Collective in mind. This time JJ is being honored, and we all agree that he deserves it, too. Carl is a wonderful singer, songwriter, composer, and musician, and we're all grateful that he's joined our collective. 
  Here's what Carl had to say about it. "The music for this was a personal song written to myself which I never really released as I was trying to say goodbye to my own ego in the song. From that point of view I have always seen the piece as a great bit of personal therapy for me. None of the original lyrics survived and JJ gets painted by the new words .. But I thought it would be nice to reuse the composition for this. There was no big reason for it only when I decided to start a 60bpm song for JJ on piano .. I started playing Goodbye Ego and the rest is history..."
  We tackled this song like we would any other, though. Mark was first up on this, adding his VST magic in the form of a Chinese gong, as well as the cello you hear throughout. The subject of our adulation came next, with JJ adding not only his hot, yet minimal Latin percussion and essential piano, but moody synth, as well. Ken added his spicy drums after that, and once they were down, Josh jumped in with his four string fretless bass to complete the rhythm section. Josh also added the vocal chant at the end.
  All that was left was for Stephen to mix it all down for us, which he did in his always pro manner. But before he did, he also added some subtle, yet stirring ebow on his guitar. 
  As stated above, this is a continuation of our songs about us. Hope no one thinks it's arrogant. When Carl presents us with these little treasures, it's hard not to run with them, though. Always a ton of fun to make music together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:
Praying hands
Whatever cause
Once our greater good not lost
Bored children create their fun
We shelve French horn for this fine one
"Nice one lads" We read it all!
Vacation taken
To JJ calls
Neighbour to good Mickey Moore
Find Michigan piano pure
JJ calls
Just for us
Love lit up
Just for us
Down the road city of cars
To Howell front deck
Dad and Guitars
We jam that love then tell the world
Love and service human highway knurled
Good bi-product of happiness sought
With Croatian fun to cloud we court
Terrell Terminator in Jungle
Predator for good
Keys like Mr Bungle
Faith in more like we could
He Thanks you
It's lifestyle
Built from a porch
Good collective friend
Keep lighting that torch
Some moments sealed, marked and moulded
Pure intention
Dark blindfolded
Howl from human to Howell good soul
Keyed keystone as collective role
JJ calls
Darkness falls
Love lit up
Just for us
Love lit up
Just for us
Love lit up
Just for us
JJ calls
JJ calls
Just for us





JJ Calls (Eclectic Collective)

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“Love is like dried flowers sometimes. Even though you watch the petals shrink and change colour, you cannot help treasuring them” ― Munia Khan

The sheet music of my compositions can be downloaded from here:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/victor-birkan-sheet-music/3028943?isPLP=1
https://youtu.be/e_-vkT2jRv8


Dry Flowers

Instrumentation and Notes
-Tuning 440Hz A Standard
-Timing 6/8
-Tempo 86 BPM
-Chords // Dm / Fmaj7 / Cmaj7 / G //
-Acoustic Guitar rhythm x 2 each an octave apart
-Two vocal lead runs (Through a tube amp modeller)
-Two Vocal backing runs
-One Electric Piano (Distorted Wurlitzer) run played on keys
-Acoustic Slide guitar and additional acoustic lead line
-Piano
-Improved mix


You are for Sale

You sold your soul
You sold your soul

You are for sale
A ones and zeros drop
Sold connections for free
Just profit of top
This "freedom" is general political control
It highjacks your mindset
This no toll brain of troll

You sold your soul

You have been sold
You are digital gold
Your decisions are bought
Subliminal.votes for bold
With mindless scrolls
"Missed" ads get told
Like it or not
You just got sold

The highest bidder takes digital fodder
Net modern mine
Preys on media lauder
You trust these platforms
You find your friends
Bias confirmed
So you're sold again

Your price doesn't matter
It's collective control
For decisions like Brexit and dumb maga troll
Confirm the fear
Faked accounts appear real
So a senseless "common sense"
You believe and steal

It's easy to change
'Just need to be aware
Of subliminal fake and algorithmic lack of care
Switch off the belief of what you think you know
And you break the poison of bias for show

If you lose your label
You are worthless to sale
If you stop being told
Then all the lies fail
If you trust your eyes, ears, nose and heart
Then you are not for sale
Human priceless art

Ahhh don't you know
You sold your soul
Oh, You sold your soul
Don't you know
That you sold your soul!



This article triggered the song
RTE news : Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale

http://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0918/1534034-data-for-sale/


On a comic side note....
The three fifty is a reference to Chefs parents in South Park 😆
https://youtu.be/tuh8Hip_B3w?si=O6morqK55mLaIb6c
https://youtube.com/shorts/tA71DKh4pLg?si=RqawWJPM3S_3GmGS
I need about tree fiddy

You are for Sale

So, our friend (assuming he really is our friend) is no longer alone at home. The work week is over, it’s been a hard one. Maybe for both of them: for him, and for the woman now leaning out the window. There’s a touch of unease in the air, and it’s not necessarily connected to how things are going between them. Maybe something is about to happen. Or maybe not. The only sure thing is that they’re not interested in finding out.

This is the fourth in a series of eight easy, acoustic, rather short, and deliberately inconclusive tracks, assembled by combining new ideas with reworked older material, adding parts and sounds along the way. This time I struggled to make it to the end, adding and removing, changing and restoring and working to the mix. I probably messed things up a bit (thirty recorded tracks, twenty of them muted...), but never mind.

Part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-1-night
Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-2-dawn
Part 3 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-3-noon
Part 5 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-5-night-again

Composed by Michele Ansani (2025).
All the ambient noises are taken from public sound archives. Saxophone is courtesy by Diamond Hues. Male vocals are mine, female by Spitfire Labs.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, September 19.

In case nothing happens - part 4 (late afternoon)*

Misirlou Fantasia

Although I never been in the music business, I've been a weekend warrior for years .  From  Country to Rock and all forms of jazz & Gospel. PLEASE........NO MUSIC PROMOTERS !

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