Wow, what a great song. I really like your songwriting, great changes, instrumentation and vocals. And last but not least very clever arrangement.

I love it, no words are needed, a marvel of harmonies with the voice and instrumentation.

Surfers like Us ….. composition, all guitar parts, arrangement and mix

Hi Everyone! 
I invite you all to listen to my new song that heralds the coming summer!
Hope you enjoy the classic surf vibe of this piece! 😎🏄🏼‍♂️

Special thanks go to my wonderful collaborators! I am grateful, guys for your friendship, love and great talent !!! 🍀 I hope our „surf journey together” will continue!—————————————
Many thanks for listening and any support!
Artur

Born To Surf

It begins around three thirty
On a Sunday afternoon
Private jets from Zurich
Heralds for the gloom
Summon up the courage
To contemplate the fact
That tonight is a school night
The Monday monster’s back

[Chorus]
You are mine
I will own you
No matter how you try
You can’t darken my sky
I’m occupying Monday
Or at least that’s what I think on Sunday

Long shadows cast by small things
Take a drink to clear the gloom
Delaying the inevitable 
With the spinning of the room
Summon up the courage
To contemplate the fact
That tomorrow’s crawling closer 
There is no going back 

[Bridge] 
I have to fool myself 
Into getting out of bed
Cos the Monday monster’s hungry 
And demanding to be fed

[Instrumental Break] 

[Chorus]
You are mine
I will own you
No matter how you try
You can’t darken my sky
I’m occupying Monday
Or at least that’s what I think on Sunday

Courage from the low countries
Helps to start the day 
Dream a plan of occupation 
As the journey slips away 
Arrival at the temple 
To worship the blind idol 
And realise the fact 
That what you’re doing’s pointless 
And the whole thing is an act 

[Chorus]
You are mine
I will own you
No matter how you try
You can’t darken my sky
I’m occupying Monday
Or at least that’s what I think on Sunday


Occupy Monday

LYRICS

I'm the people pleaser
What can I do for you today?
Today
I'm the people pleaser
Tell me what you need and I'll say
Hey yeah yeah
You need a dime, I'll give a five
You need a lift and I'll buy you a car
I'm the people pleaser
What do you need, I'll make sure
I'll make sure, I'll make sure, I'll make sure

People Pleasing is killing me
People pleasing is wearing me down
People pleasing is killing me
People pleasing is gonna make me leave this town

I'm the people pleaser
I'm scared to say what I gotta say
Gotta say
I'm the people pleaser
Give me what time and I'll plan to stay
plan the day
You need a dime, I'll give you five
You need a lift, I'll buy you a car
I'm the people pleaser
What do you need, I'll make sure
I'll make sure, I'll make sure, I'll make sure

People Pleaser

I heard this one on Carl's profile a few weeks ago now and loved the message and how he was able to express it in song like only he can.  Carl graciously invited me to jump in if I wanted, so I put in some lead guitar trying to match the intensity of his original work.  Turned out great.  Carl is a fantastic artist in so many ways and I was happy to be able to work with him on this.

composition, drums, bass, synth,  rhythm gtr, lyrics, vocals - The Beautiful Dark
@thebeautifuldark

lead guitar, mix - TexMex Shaman

original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Yeah... Meet a musical bear 🐻

Sounds vain,
Bigging up my own brain.
Blame the world,
This status quo
The fake and fucked up reality show
I can't watch artificial grow
Without musical smells to make it go
Life is art and art is life
Fake the steak for a weak minded right
Go live your FUD
Go live in pain
I'll sing real truth!
Soul gain!
From indie to metal to rock to rhythm and blues and jazz...
Human algorithm

Yeah.. I'm liking this musical bear 🐻 😆

Make a style
Be a new way
Create a world that says new day
Create a world that honours history
Where artists spirits expand our mystery
These spirits are sad with your fovia fake
Art 'aint random when a human make!
So regurgitate your souless take
It all sounds the same this AI bake
So grab an instrument and express real heart beat
(Guitars / Samplers / Keyboards / Saxophones... all music that is expressed whether that's banging rocks or playing a harp)

FUCK AI MUSIC
Ask your soul to prove it
Chuck the lazy loser... you!
You lost!
Now hear those waves where life is not a cost...

Waaah

Actual Intelligence - w/ The Beautiful Dark

Cover art: Publicity photo of American television host, Chuck Barris promoting the June 14, 1976 premiere of the NBC reality talent show The Gong Show.

The world can be an unpredictable dog eat dog kind of place full of all sorts of all sorts of people who can get under your skin
Sometimes you just have to smile and nod and keep your feelings to yourself and try your best just to just to take it on the chin
And there’s people who seem friendly, but they’ve got a knife in their hand behind their back
And they’re waiting for the right moment to attack
There used to be a TV show, where you could dance or sing a song
and if the judges didn’t like your performance, they would strike a gong
It sure would be nice if you could walk around with a mallet in your hand every day
And you had access to a gong you that you could strike and make annoying people go away
It sure would be nice to have that kind of power
Amateur performers of dubious talent, trying to win a small prize
Five hundred sixteen dollars and 32 cents, You could see the hunger in their eyes
Chuck Barris hosting on that Burbank stage, he knew the people competing were toast
But he smiled and tried to encourage them and be a good friendly host
The dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years until the asteroid struck
it was like a giant cosmic gong
Mammals arose from the rubble and now humans rule the earth, but we haven’t been around for nearly so long
We’re all just making it up as we go along hoping somebody doesn’t strike that gong
It sure would be nice if real life was more like that old Gong Show
And you could get a large gong attach it to wheels and take it wherever you go
You could follow in the footsteps of Chuck Barris and be your own gong show emcee
And whenever people start to annoy you -you could strike that gong and make them flee
He wrote a book called Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Chuck Barris was one of a kind.

The Gong Show

After Party

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBr8TqD-5JM

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Garden of Transformation (Remix)

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime II

drunk octopus wants to fight you

Loneliness, Turmoil, Love or all the above... The latest from S.Y.B.

Alone in this world you kept your thoughts to yourself
You avoided every girl when you thought they'd hurt you
They wanted to know you and you kept to yourself
You put your love away and you keep it on a shelf

Don't keep dragging me down
You know there's love to be found
If you just look around 
But don't keep dragging me down

Take me out of this material world
And into a new one
Make me keep looking for the elusive girl
The one that's never been found
And every time you've been clowned
By the one that's never been found

It's been a long time since you've been out in the world
I know it hurts you and you're sad about the girls

Don't Keep Dragging Me Down

[Verse 1]
Cricket's game in Antartica 
Break the rules
Not the rules
Ice cold poppies when I sleep
Life on the sea ain't for me

[Verse 2]
Lemon lime from my teeth
Red velvet carpet at my feet
The pale sun stays in the sky
Cricket's game in Siberia 
And it's nice

[Chorus]
Cricket's game in Greenland
Said it's so nice
Cricket's game in Greenland
And it's nice

[Verse 3]
Three kids with a knife
God don't love me
God loves no one
God loves everybody
Yeah

[Verse 4]
The curtains are drawn
But I don't mind
They keep me warm
Yeah
Yeah

[Chorus]
Cricket's game in Mongolia
Said it's so nice
Cricket's game in Kamtchaka
And it's nice

Cricket on Ice.   Lyrics in description

K-HERRING - 1 is a a vet of the Vancouver, B.C. area recording scene.  S.Y.B. is the first solo project after many years in many other projects including....

The Shits, The Toilets, Ego, Drug Evans Experience, This Is NOT Elvis, 
The Wes Project, The Koz  and Security.

Current projects - Scrapping Young Bucks, Doomeastvan,
Ghost of The Enemy

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