The lyric just flows, you make it sound so simple but it belies the creativity and craftsmanship that has gone into this song!

I love this! You describe someone I knew in church when I was a kid.... only thing he just couldn't get rich

Love those chords! Great delivery on the vocals and witty lyrics.  👏👏👏👏👏

Clever lyrics, great guitar playing and chords and your delivery is fantastic 👏👏

Some original SCT songs and covers written/recorded after May 2021.

Late Recordings

Singing With Me

Dear Marie
Scott Culver Thomson,
Copyright 2021

 

Check it over
Front to back
While I make some final changes to my
Angle of attack
If you stand right next to me
We could bribe the maître d
And I need you here 
Dear Marie

Check it over
Look inside
There’s a fire in the stove and
There’s a place that we could hide
Pass the bucket up to me
And I will fill the place with steam
But I need you here
Dear Marie

If I showed up unattended
And were I to leave the same
It could lead to speculation on
The reason that I came. 
So to stay above suspicion
That there’s something wrong with me
I need you here
Dear Marie

Check it over
Up and down
There’s a lake out in the woods
Where people sometimes go to drown
We could both go in together
Just to see how it would be
And I need you here
Dear Marie

Dear Marie

Nothing Without You

Vihuela Conchera
Scott Culver Thomson copyright 2021

This song is about a simple guy trying to attract girls  during the Mexican Revolution.  I started to write about an armadillo doomed to  become the body of a musical instrument but this song came out instead.


He rode a caballo
They called him “Garçon”
With jewels on his bridle 
His hair in a bun
Vihuela Conchera 
Hung over his back
Which he’d play
While he sang

[Chorus}
“Cielito Lindo
Come down from that window
We’ll mount my caballo 
Away we will ride 
Right down to the harbor 
With ships in the water 
And one will be ours
And we’ll sail with the tide”

It’s not safe around here 
To be known as “Garçon”
Nor to ride around town 
With one’s hair in a bun
Much less to solicit a 
Wealthy man’s daughter
In song
Like…
[Chorus]

So they hid his caballo
His bridle and things
And took his vihuela
And cut off the strings
Now he sings a capella 
From right on ground 
And they laugh 
At his song

[Chorus]

Now Zapata is marching
The end could be near
The Americans don’t even
Want to be here
The wealthy man turns 
to his daughter and says
“We are done…So

Cielito Lindo,
Come down from that window
And pack up your things 
And be ready to ride
There’s guns in the harbor
The city’s on fire
There’s no time to lose or 
We’re all going to die. "

Vihuela Conchera

Bribery Coast

Better Days

Hypnotist

November Mist (Respirando Una Fitta Nebbia...)

Christian let me sing on his original track i always try to stay true to the feel of the moment and this had such an experimental vibe ,i stayed loose with the form we do hope you enjoy. - https://soundcloud.com/user-872366230
It has been brought to my attention that dear Christian has fallen very ill as i write this and i really hope all his friends can send healing energy and well wishes to him for a speedy recovery , I thank you all 
Kind Regards , Clive.

growing now

Growing Now - Christian Levitan Ft. winkandwoo

SPECIAL CECILIA's INVITATION TO COLLAB

We are one - Special Cecilia

lyrics & vocals: Special Cecilia
1-sound/vocalshredder/arrangement: electroHippie

https://soundcloud.com/user-883466627/we-are-one-vocal-special-cecilia

https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia

oneoneone (Special Cecilia & electroHippie 1 - collab)

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco

Against The Current

6th Street Aural Memory

The epic saga, ‘Land of ZED’ continues! About 1 year ago, Uziel, Stonerjazz and I started a collaborative prog rock style concept album around the concept of ‘Johnny and his Magical Squeezebox’. We’ve been having a lot of fun playing with different styles, breaking all the musical rules, and writing our own soundcloud inspired mythology. 

For the past 3 songs we’ve been working with a new collaborator, Francesca (a.k.a. Zed) who has added a cool new twist to our sound.
And on this track we’re pulling in a fifth artist who contributed an amazing set of lyrics: Jo Richter (a.k.a. Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches). Thanks for joining us!

Check out the whole story (so far) here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed
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Vocals, drums for part 1, and keys by Jeff / Stonerjazz @user-911083679
Lyrics for part 2, vocals, and artwork by Uziel @user-455619833
Synth, drums, mix, and production for part 2 by Francesca/ Zed @zed4209819
Synths and production for part 1 and final overall mix by Terry / @tea_are_sea
Lyrics for part 1 by Jo Richter / Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches @sonic-textures 
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Lyrics:

Pt. 1

the shining stone
deep in the mountains
the golden glow
brought forth by fountains
raising in moonlight
raising in moonlight
the golden note
created a player
weaving the node
to cross the mire
of red-shifting ire
of red-shifting ire
the jet black stone
deep in the mountains
wailing in woe
brought forth steep chasms
sucking up moonlight
sucking up moonlight
night‘s dim vibration
created a slayer
cloaked in delusion
trouble to sire
with red-flaring fire
with red-flaring fire
oh, flyers beware
the world is on fire
oh, walkers beware
of footing the mire
oh, jonny beware
never to tire
never to tire

Bickering bikers boyish bravado..emboldened they sly and Jellyfish Souls.
To Plant a finicky trickity fine bomb.
in the administrational heart of Zed.
in the mountain's monstrous mouthcave
Where Roy resides and cruelty is King.
For fear of ferocoius felines prowling the ring.
Imposed by the iron imposter this fine will ask
each creature looking more than three feet ahead
to forfeit three loaves of of freshly baked bread.
Those that cannot comply will lose the sight in one eye…

Pt. 2

Crystalizing at caverns edge
Mouth all shining as we make our descent
We outta be... weary and beware
Perhaps more troubles ahead?
Guided ourselves past the terrors
Into starlight shifting patterns
Of stalactites in space underground
We out to be wary and beware
Perhaps in this beautiful world
More troubles...
Ahead?

The Administrational Heart (Land of the ZED #9) w/ Uziel, Zed, Stonerjazz, and lyrics by Jo Richter

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE tuned B F♯ B E G♯ B
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
LYRICS:
In the cool of the Arizona morning
There are no words to say
The sun lights up
The eastern sky
At the dawn…….
Of a brand new day

The tumbleweed is turning
Looking to put down some roots
Maybe it’s just my calling
To have dust ……
All over my boots 

I don’t see all there is to see
I don’t hear all there is to hear
There’s light and there’s shade and something in-between
And the distance …………drawing near

I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust  …………. all over my boots

The slow and steady beat
Of these hooves upon the ground
Horse and rider as one
And at peace ………
With that sound

I don’t see all there is to see
I don’t hear all there is to hear
There’s light and there’s shade and something in-between
And the distance …………drawing near 

I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust all over my boots
I’ve got dust  …………. all over my boots

Dust All Over My Boots

I recently renovated this one. An instrumental, with moments where you can tap along, and slower reflective moments. It signifies the ebb and flow of a workday. So I named it Working Day!

Working Day

some songs come into this world a bit depressed........this is one of them, with a bit of light..................thanks for having a listen

Going Down

Another great collaboration with STONERJAZZ! @user-911083679

We considered converting this into a Zed song, but decided it works best as just an extended jam.

The drums were produced with Volca Drum and most of the synths are Minilogue XD. Jeff sent me 3 guitar tracks which are layered here. 2 of the 3 are a bit more subtle and lower in volume.

Thanks as always for listening!

Science Fiction - Stonerjazz & tea are sea

Alt Country/Folky musician-songwriter.  I hope these songs  are amusing.  

I also post the occasional set from Irish trad sessions recorded on cell phone,  though Irish trad is best enjoyed live. 

Thanks for listening.

Hypnotist

Scott Culver Thomson

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