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Hidden Gems 2024-05

Shock the Algorithm

Related tracks: Club of Lost souls (collab with Neno)

Related tracks: Go Easy On Yourself

Related tracks: Official Duties

Vihara Gamage

written and performed by Jim Manser
production by Russ sinfield
watch the lyric video on Jim Manser youtube.com
https://youtu.be/FP3GEvRdm54?si=-b8zYplTqAzY_TW8

I wrote this song about a year ago and was inspired to write the music after my uncle passed away who was a big part of the 1960s underground and psychedelic music scene in london ,the hippies of that time would frequent a place called the ufo club where they would drop acid and watch such acts as the early syd barrett era pink floyd and many other upcoming music stars of that time.
This song is a bit introspective as well as all things must pass like the music it was an end of an era [jim 2023]

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End Of An Era [watch the video on youtube]

Written, performed and produced by Richard Brown
A huge thank you to Kym (AKA Bluebird) for the female vocals on this track!

Lyrics:

When you feel defeated
and you feel like giving up
When you're lost and tired
and you forget who you are

Rest, Darling rest
Don't forget, you were there
to raise your head in a scene of red
in such despair, you were there
The first Baby's breath

When your will is to begin
Where the daylight marks the sky
When you've traveled weary
and the road weighs down your heart

Rest, Darling rest
Don't forget, you were there
to raise your head in a scene of red
in such despair, you were there
The first Baby's breath

Don't forget you've got a lot to give...

Born

┃Pitakavare┃පිටකවරේ┃Live Sinhala (Vocal & Guitar) Cover by Vihara Gamage┃Age 13┃Vihara Gamage Live Sinhala (Vocal & Guitar) Covers┃15.02.2024┃

Singer        : Sanjeew Lonliyes
Lyricist       : Attidiye Pugngnarathana Thero
Composer : Sanjeew Lonliyes

┃Unedited Live Sinhala (Vocal & Guitar) Cover by Vihara Gamage┃At the age of 14 ┃15.02.2024┃

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┃Pitakavare┃පිටකවරේ┃Live Sinhala (Vocal & Guitar) Cover by Vihara Gamage┃Age 13┃15.02.2024┃

Taken from the upcoming debut full length album (planned to be released March 1st - "Rock and Roll Kills").
(p) & (c), 2024.
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80YWaTAt8Gc
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lyrics:
We've been through a lot, a lot of shit
now it's time to fight, fight against
against this depression and evil vibe
this is the time we will take over our lives

We've been submersed deep deep down
we've lost our faith into this evil town
we have to get back, get back to our own feet
we had enough, enough with this shit!

and now we have our head up high
we know what it's true and never dies
and now we step up with god's command
we won't take it anymore, not get stuck into the sand

It won't take forever just to reach our dream
it won't take forever to delete the bad scene
it won't take forever to hold your hand
it won't take forever to the promised land

it won't take forever to live again
it won't take forever to face the sun
it won't take forever, it won't take forever!

Rock and Roll Kills

It Won't Take Forever

Just You And I

Small Song

A song about holding on to not moving on
Some moving pictures (and words) here - https://youtu.be/yqiJaQpJBsM 

Lyrics Part 1
Don’t go holding on to all of your failure
Not if you wanna reach for success
And don’t bite down on regret too soon
Because you might never get to forget
All the times when we were flailing 
And the lives when we were flawed
And all the chances that we gave up so willingly
Just so we could run away from those doors

Meanwhile losers keep on losing their time 
Yet still always they’ll find it to waste
Stuck holding onto that hopeless hope
Just to give themselves a kick in the face
So for the times when we were flailing 
And the lives when we were flawed
To all the chances that we gave up so willingly
Just so we could run away from those doors
Back then
We never thought about before
Wishing we could swap for before

We ran to choices that we chose to choose from
In indecision we were always so sure
But you can’t keep on fighting circles
Cos nobody wins a victimless war

We know we gotta make ourselves our own saviours
And go find new ways to believe
Yeah let’s stand up to always being stood up
By all of life’s cruel fate histories 
So bye to times when we were flailing
Au revoir to lives when we were floored
Ciao to Chances that we gave up so willingly
Just so we could run away from those doors
We ran to
Choices that we chose to choose from
In indecision we were always so sure
But you can’t keep on fighting circles
Cos nobody wins a victimless war
The answers not to go on just live out our lives
We must forgive not forget about before
Let’s step up to the plate and feed on love
Not gonna let us die on this floor
Cos if we don’t make love our law
We’ll never learn not to fall
We’re gonna die on this floor
Yeah if we don’t make love our law
We’ll never learn not to crawl
We’re gonna die on this floor
We’re gonna die on this floor
We’re gonna die on this floor
Gonna die on this floor
We’re gonna die on
We’re gonna die on
Gonna die on
Not gonna die on

Lyrics Part 2
Let love be our law
Let love be our law 
We’ll never forget before
But we must let love be our law
From empty ashes we burn
All life’s lessons we learned
We’ll never heal that hole
Always part of our soul
Let love be our law (never forget) 
Let love be our law
Let love be our law (never forget)
Let love be our law

The Floor (holding on)

My first DAW song!
I enjoyed very much doing this song?
Can you also enjoy it?

Under Pressure
In this world of expectations where success is a decree
All the pressure from everywhere can easily break you and me
Schooling us with numbers and facts, who care is’s breaking our backs
All the promises I must keep still hunt me in my sleep
In this circle of demands the pressure still expands

Education should be the key, but if the pressure breaks me?
What if I cannot break free?

You think when I smile I’m shinning so bright, but deep within there is a fear I can’t fight
All the pressure closing on me, expectations, how to be free?
How can I handle the wight before it is too late?
The obligations are so strong, where do I belong?

Success is what we strive for, but I wonder if there’s more
Expectations are everywhere,  all the pressure I have to bear

Under Pressure

mistermark-- @user-432503709 --Mark-- horns and shakers
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– guitar, production, and mix
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ—organ
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, vocals, composition, and mix
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez– guitar 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four-string fretless bass 
This song was written by Ken and a dearly departed friend and former bandmate named Chris Bennett about the latter's divorce that he was going through at the time when their band was also breaking up. Ken had a good demo of the two of them fleshing it out, which the Eclectic Collective used as a template for the song. Josh was first to add his unique slide bass line to the song. Next up was Tez, who added the fiery solo you hear at the end. Stephen came in not too long after with the rhythm guitar, complete with the intricate fills you hear throughout. Around the same time, Mark added some really innovative, genre-bending horns and shakers to it. Ken then completed the song with his stellar vocals. 
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer, so Ken turned it over to Stephen for an objective mix, although Ken was still heavily involved in the process, too. This is the first time Ken has sung lead for an EC song, and we were all very impressed with his skills on this one. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.

Original lyrics by Chris Bennett:

I once believed in happy ever after
Now I’m convinced by tears instead of laughter
There’s not much good inside that’s left to do the things for my survival

If I relied on you to make it better
I’d die a 1000 times, before we get together
All that is bad inside will rise back to the top
With your arrival

Burn down the doorway
Run down the hall
Scream out my name
But I may never hear you, never hear you
Drive down the highway
Until you’re gone
I may never hear you call

I still believe that someone’s always watching
Each time I turn around, I never hear them talking
All that is bad inside will never fade away with your arrival

Burn down the doorway
Run down the hall
Scream out my name, but I may never hear you
Never hear you
Drive down the highway
Until you’re gone
I may never hear you call

Na Na Na  Na Na Na
Na na na

Happy Ever After - (Eclectic Collective)

Music by Paploviante
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle

Lyrics & Vocals by Cosmic Keanu

Back to You (I'll Find the Way)

Every time we break away
I feel blue,
just thinking of you

Can’t hide away
from the pain,
feel it night and day

Heart weighs heavy 
on my mind,
thoughts are unkind

So much trouble 
there to find,
I can’t unwind

Only one thing
on my mind,
silence on the line

Without you, 
I can’t rest
It’s meaningless

I feel so lonely I could die
Without you

In the dark my mind plays tricks on me 
you set me free

And when I call out your name
I feel eternity

Has it been a year or just a day
Time’s gone away
Time’s gone away
Time’s gone away

I’ll find the way
To get back to you

Wait there for me,
I’ll be there for you

I’ll find the way
To get back to you

I’ll find the way
To get back to you

I feel so lonely I could die
Without you

In the dark my mind plays tricks on me 
you set me free

Every time we break away
I feel blue,
Just thinking of you

Can’t hide away
From the pain
Feel it night and day

Without you, 
I can’t rest
It’s meaningless

I’ll find the way
To get back to you

Wait there for me,
I’ll be there for you

I’ll find the way
To get back to you

Back To You (I'll Find The Way) Paploviante & Cosmic Keanu

Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber
Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber

You used to get in your car and you’d listen to nineties grunge
But now you turn on talk radio and you absorb it like a sponge
There’s a guy on cable news who says the things 
you were afraid to say out loud
But now you shout them out in polite company
and it makes you feel so proud.

Living in an echo chamber surrounded by people who agree with you
And you’re not interested in hearing any other point view
You used to believe that issues were grey
 but now you see things in black and white
You used to live and let be but now you just want to fight

You say cut taxes for the rich and it’ll trickle down to you and me
And when they sing the national anthem, you’d better not take the knee
You think electric cars are foolish and gas stoves are your God given right
And when you turn on your lamp to read Atlas Shrugged it better be an incandescent light 

Every single second of every single day
you’re walking around muttering that things are not okay
The pundits on the cable news
 say we’ve reached the point of no return
We’re in a downward spiral 
and we’re goanna crash and burn

Living in an echo chamber surrounded by people who agree with you
And you’re not interested in hearing any other point view
You used to believe that issues were grey 
but now you see things in black and white
You used to live and let be but now you just want to fight

Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber
Echo chamber, You're living in an Echo chamber

Echo Chamber

Fireflies

When It's Too Late

I read somewhere that we are made of the same basic matter as the universe and the stars, we are a lot more that Flesh & Blood we are made from pure light. I tried to get a feeling from this song hope it came across. 

Johnny

Club of Lost souls -revisited (collab with Neno)

Some new acoustic guitar stuff is under construction, but meanwhile here’s a very different beast, called 'Relentless'. About the relentless assembly line of life.

Relentless

"A Love Like No Other"

Recollections of flowing memories from when you entered my life
Your long black flowing hair & those beckoning eyes that still call me
It was obvious that we were never through which is why I returned
And in this world, who could ever say they knew of romance like this?
A Love Like No Other

Am deeply sorry for the pain I caused from an addiction that destroyed me
You were always the one & I struggled to cope with all I could not say
As time slowly passes by, I know in my heart you will be back in my arms one day
A Love Like No Other, a girl that gave me a reason to smile
A Love Like No Other, the connection of two souls that become one

Shane Beck (The Last American Poet)

1 - A Love Like No Other - Shane Beck

This is not about anyone in particular just a story..thanks for listening

Don’t be afraid, it’s only shadows
The distant sounds, are merely echoes
It’s all a dream nothing can hurt you here
You’ll feel your heart begin to heal

There is no rhyme or any reason to be found
We will in time get our feet back on the ground
So promise me

Go easy on yourself Take some time to breathe
It’s natural to feel the way you’re feeling
Just remember who you are,
You are light that’s made from stars
And in the dark you’ll go on gleaming
Shine on for you, shine on for me
And know that you are loved

It seems unfair how different lives unfold
Those with no cares do as they please
While we are here with such a heavy load
More than we could bear brought down to our knees

But what we’ve had is so much more than they will know
So dry your eyes, there is someone here to hold you!

Go easy on yourself Take some time to breathe
It’s natural to grieve the way you're grieving
Just remember who you are,
You are light that’s made from stars
And in the night you’ll go on gleaming
Shine on for me, shine on for you
And know that you are loved

Go Easy On Yourself

GREATEST HITS

I’m blowin’ notes streetside in a horn section   
Blown garbage and coppered boots all gone tangling. 
You’re Bixby’s Bridge above Kerouac’s canyon.  
Way above the ruts in your trending fashion      

You’ve been playin’ me your greatest hits.    
But I need from you something ordinary (Like)           
Falling vacant down a slip               
What capture’s me is the fragmentary - humanity

You’re all coiff n pressed jeans uber-reaching
Gripping on to a scene and about it beseeching
You’re jetting over Miller’s Big Sur resident shack
History is nothing but a scratch on your back

You’ve been playin’ me your greatest hits. . .  
But I need from you something ordinary (Like)           
A eureka moment guilt trip               
What capture’s me is the fragmentary – humanity

What was I just a birthright the right side of the tracks
But egalitarian ideas caught you in a trap
Trying to show a social conscience don’t come naturally
Such a handbrake on life’s beckoning verdant tapestry

You’ve been playin’ me your greatest hits. . .  
You’ve been playin’ me your greatest hits. . .

Greatest Hits

this track is really just revisiting an older tune from around 2022 that started off with just the opening electric piano part, and experimented with different synth pads and an arpeggiator. The updated version adds a few newer synth sounds to the mix. It's really still fairly experimental, and I may try another alternate version at some point. 
The image was designed by me and created with Chat GPT 4o
The title is kinda lame so if you have any suggestions drop 'em in the comments  :)

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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Dark Arpeggiator / Electric Twilight

Déclin

Vidéo : https://youtu.be/RVOcoq2FZPA

Texte : Sanzen
Chant : Baie des Anges
Musique : Alain Illos

J'ai retrouvé le goût, 
la force de vouloir.
 Revenu des confins, 
des ciels brouillés...

Voleur de mots,
je me suis enfui
En quête de fleurs rares, 
de plages où je languis.

Et j'invente un pays
qui me ressemble.
Fait de soleil et d'océan. 
De parfums qui embaument

J'ajoute mes mots,
aux voix qui psalmodient. 
Enfin, je sens ce que je suis.
 La divine comédie...

Et j'invente une vie 
qui me ressemble, 
un paradis.

Revenu des confins,
voleur de mots, amoureux... 
Je sais qu'il est trop tard,
 pour être heureux.

Et mon âme en déclin 
et mon coeur fatigué. 
Et les soleils mouillés
 et les plus rares fleurs

Et j'invente une vie 
qui me ressemble,
un paradis.
Voleur de mots, 
enchantent mon âme...

Déclin avec Baie des Anges

┃Cups - Song┃When I’m Gone┃Live English (Vocal & Guitar) Cover by Vihara Gamage┃Age 14 ┃Vihara Gamage Live English (Vocal & Guitar) Covers┃15.07.2024┃

Singer          : Anna Kendrick
Lyricists       : A. P. Carter, Heloise Tunstall-Behrens & Luisa Gerstein 
Composers :  A. P. Carter & Luisa Gerstein

┃Unedited Live English (Vocal & Guitar) Cover by Vihara Gamage┃At the age of 14 ┃15.07.2024┃

Disclaimer : The following audiovisual is strictly meant for promotional purposes. The original copyrights are solely owned by the company or the original artists or record labels. We do not wish to make any commercial use of this audio or video, which is intended to showcase the creativity of the artists involved.

┃Cups - Song┃When I’m Gone┃Live English (Vocal & Guitar) Cover by Vihara Gamage┃Age 14┃15.07.2024┃

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Horns, Slide guitar, Guitar, Keys and FX, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering.
If you have the time.... Please repost!

Tell Me Why

JIM ANDERS _ Haut

Can you take your own advice?  In an embarrassed junk yard I heard someone saying..."Maybe we’ll find that sometimes you’ll know things I don’t know and maybe even giggle, and sometimes I’ll know things that you don’t know, and have to smile cause I can’t help it, and you won’t know why.  And the things that each one of us know are the same things, just at different times".

Vacation People

Big revamp of a song I wrote a few years ago , moral of the song is do not pray for rain ! Me , Axel and Andrea have a cracker out on the 4th of October , then me and Dave Cooper on the 11th , just finished a belter with Charlotte , loads in the pipeline again . Now , a little tale for anyone having trouble with Soundclouds 2fa ( two factor authentication ) if you are trying to monetize your songs . I spent almost a week tearing my hair out , I couldn't sign in , but I think I've found the answer . If your codes keep getting refused , switch your automatic time/date on your mobile off , then on again , it'll sync everything , a reset was all it took to get my codes accepted , such a simple thing that took me 6 days to work out for myself as the Help Centre didn't once respond to my problem ! And make sure you copy the back up codes in case it all goes wrong again . I hope this helps anyone who is having the same issue as I had , solved it by chance , no help was available !

No Album

The Flood

Track 7 from the album, 'In The Pink', by Robin and Hilary Bailey (digital re-master 2006), (c) 1986 Robin Bailey

Little Green

Born with the moon in Cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who've made her
Little green, be a gypsy dancer

He went to California
Hearing that everything's warmer there
So you write him a letter and say "Her eyes are blue"
He sends you a poem and she's lost to you
Little green he's a non-conformer

Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow

Child with a child pretending
Weary of lies you are sending home
So you sign all the papers in the family name
You're sad and you're sorry but you're not ashamed
Little green have a happy ending

Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow


	Joni Mitchell - 1970

	Arranged by Robin Bailey  xii1986

In The Pink

Little Green

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