Always an incredible blast to work with the great @texmex-shaman !

On our collabs I'll often come up with an idea and send to him, but on this one he sent me an idea that was already pretty well developed and I just added a few analogue synth touches. Really like the flow and vibe he constructed on here, it was great fun to work with.

Firstly - w/ TexMex Shaman

Seems it is the violent ones, the "crazies" the hateful that are always on the news. Focusing all the media attention on them gives us the impression that this is the norm..this is mainstream..Those with empathy/common sense are pushed aside and seem too silent in all this.
I believe there is more good than evil, it's just that evil is louder and more noticeable but not addressing it head on,,not providing a meaningful counter punch puts everything at risk..Benign neglect is never benign.

lyrics
I know you're out there
Just like me
A pit in your stomach
A tear in your eye

We think all people are equal
No reason for all not to be free
We can't understand why others are so hateful
We can't see why it's so hard to agree

We go to sleep with the moon in the sky
We wake up to the same sunrise
Only to see our nightmares come true

Bag of garbage on the road
Plastics in the sea
Tossed by lazy selfish people
Claim they do it because they're free

Drones and bombs flatten cities
Destroy schools hospitals and homes
In the name of God and country
But what God do they follow
And in which country do they live

I know you are out there
I know you care
You think you are safe
In your quiet space
You've been silent too long
If you wait any longer all you love will be gone
Then it really won't matter at all, will it

So let's stand up and say what has to be said
Let's get up and do what has to be done
"All men are created equal"
"Treat your brother as yourself"
Empty meaningless words 
Unless you put them in a song
Stand up
And sing it out loud

Stand up and sing,I know you're out there

yeah...coming back to life
The connection between classic and modern...there is so much in common to discover ;-)

Amazing Habitat

1年半くらい前からピアノを練習しています。
「これなら弾ける!!ジャズ・ピアノ」という本に載っていた、北島直樹さんが編曲した「Moanin'」にチャレンジしました。これは昨年録音したものです。
ちょっとミスっています(^^;)
ここを発表の場にして、もっと上手くなっていきたいと思いますのでどうか応援してください(笑)

I've been practicing piano for about a year and a half.
I tried ``Moanin''' arranged by Naoki Kitajima, which was featured in the book ``You Can Play This! Jazz Piano''. This was recorded last year.
I made a little mistake (^^;) 
I would like to use this as a place to make presentations and become even better, so please support me (lol)

Cover - Moanin' (Arranged by Naoki Kitajima)

Cast of Characters:
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell –electric piano, synth and original seed 
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–guitar, mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]-- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez– Guitar
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –five-string fretless bass guitar
The Eclectic Collective – composition

 This song began with JJ, as many of our songs do, who composed the outline on the keys, drums, and bass. He then let everyone else in on it immediately. Ken was first up to bat by laying his always cunning drums in there. After he had a beat to work with, Josh used his tree trunk of a five-string fretless bass to complete the rhythm section. Soon after, Tez and Stephen both laid their magical guitars in there. Once we had it all in the can, Stephen used his powers of production to give us a great mix.
  This one came together relatively quickly, which is a good sign that we're all enthusiastic about what we're creating. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Mellow Travels (The Eclectic Collective)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cvQKcm2u9s

Quintessential Embrace

Pass Go

D'avoir mis son âme dans tes mains
Tu l'as froissé comme un chagrin
Et d'avoir condamné vos différences
Nous ne marcherons plus ensemble
Sa vie ne bat plus que d'une aile
Dansent les flammes, les bras se lèvent
Là où il va il fait un froid mortel
Si l'homme ne change de ciel pourtant, j'ai rêvé
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
Au souffle du vent
S'élevait l'âme, l'humanité
Son manteau de sang
J'irai cracher sur vos tombeaux
N'est pas le vrai, n'est pas le beau
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
À quoi bon abattre des murs
Pour y dresser des sépultures
À force d'ignorer la tolérance
Nous ne marcherons plus ensemble
Les anges sont las de nous veiller
Nous laissent comme un monde avorté
Suspendu pour l'éternité
Le monde comme une pendule qui s'est arrêtée
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
Au souffle du vent
S'élevait l'âme, l'humanité
Son manteau de sang
J'irai cracher sur vos tombeaux
N'est pas le vrai, n'est pas le beau
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
Au souffle du vent
S'élevait l'âme, l'humanité
Son manteau de sang
J'irai cracher sur vos tombeaux
N'est pas le vrai, n'est pas le beau
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
Au souffle du vent
S'élevait l'âme, l'humanité
Son manteau de sang
J'irai cracher sur vos tombeaux
N'est pas le vrai, n'est pas le beau
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
J'ai rêvé qu'on pouvait s'aimer
J'avais rêvé du mot aimer

Rêver (Cover Mylène Farmer)

„Worte des Wasserfalls“ (11.05.2024 )

Diese Komposition entstand so ca. 2015 aus meiner frühen Schaffensphasen.
Die ersten kompositorischen Versuche mit virtuellen Instrumenten eine musikalische 
Klangwelt entstehen zu lassen.

Ein kleiner Fluss in den Weiten des Dschungels wird von Flussbiegung zur Flussbiegung immer reißender bis er vereint in die Tiefen eines Wasserfalls wieder zu einem ruhigen Fluss wird.


Vielen Dank für Eure geschätzte Aufmerksamkeit.
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Musik :  Björn Cloppenburg  Alle Rechte vorbehalten
Foto	:     Björn Cloppenburg
Es wurden für dieses Projekt virtuelle Instrumente von Logic Pro verwendet




“Words of Waterfall” (May 11, 2024)

This composition was created around 2015 from my early creative phases.
The first compositional attempts with virtual instruments were a musical one
to create a sound world.

A small river in the vastness of the jungle becomes more and more rapid from river bend to river bend until it becomes a calm river again in the depths of a waterfall.


Thank you for your valued attention.
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Music: Björn Cloppenburg All rights reserved
Photo:  Björn Cloppenburg
Logic Pro virtual instruments were used for this project

Words of Waterfall

Not What You Think

Alien Brain Abduction

lyrics.
My baby likes a bad girl
My baby wants a sad girl

With his foot on the pedal 
My baby’s heavy metal

He's got metal
Tattoos n
Cool shoes

Running wild in the town
Running wild on my mind

He's the coolest
Let me lose it

Dancing round naked 
Like I got no shame that’s the truth 

Dancing round shameless
Cause he got my name tatted too

Two times on his ribs 
And his heart is all in he the glue

He's watching me grooving 
He's loving me moving I’m the view

My baby got it bad
My baby likes me mad

Hit me up
Break me out

Run away 
I can’t stay 

I gotta to get away.

Away from the town
Where my dignity bound 
To my youth 

No proof in the news
Got my palms tatted too 
With my truth 

With my dignity low
And my sanity high
I get loose 

Getting high in the shade
Pack my problems away
I consume 

My baby got a mad girl
My baby got a sad girl







heavy metal girlfriend. 
by grizelda
beat by Producer Thomas.



Feeding the algo with words, words, and more words.

I had this beat for a minute.
couldn't sleep last night
wrote this cute lil number
recored it today and also posting it today 
because I love it.
 after recording the highway man 
I was like omg can I get my voice that high again.
yes. yes I can.

my fav lines from this song:

Two times on his ribs 
And his heart is all in he the glue

I'm the view

Away from the town
Where my dignity bound 
To my youth 

With my dignity low
And my sanity high
I get loose 

xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoox

who needs a chorus?
who makes the rules?

I don't have formal musical training
music is the first language 

 a pre-chorus or chorus ??? where? why?
unless it happens naturally but I just let the words pour out 
of my soul, however they choose to form.

rules are mostly guidelines anyway. 

is this enough words to feed the algo?


I don't have a poem to go with this song.
I haven't written any poems in a long time.



Heavy Metal Girlfriend

Recorded in Hamburg's Windrose Studio for Vertigo label, 1972.
ODIN are:
Stuart Fordham - drums
Ray Brown - Bass
Jeff Beer - Hammond
Rob Terstall - guitar

Rêver (Cover Mylène Farmer)

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