Your Mix 1  -  17 Dec.2024

Freedom

Atmosphere     Prod By Chameleon

What’s going on here? Why is he laughing like that? Bigfoot Beats' new track, "Just for Laughs," raises more questions than answers. The strange faces, the unsettling laughter, and the beat that feels like it’s pulling you into some surreal, offbeat world. Something about it makes you wonder: Is this all a joke, or is there something deeper going on? With its quirky rhythms and experimental hip hop twists, this track keeps you guessing from start to finish. You might find yourself tapping your foot, but you’ll still be asking—what’s really happening here?

Just For Laughs

Cast of Characters:
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic and electric guitar, production, mix, mastering, seed idea
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – verse vocals and lyrics, backing chorus vocals
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, piano, and synth
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, percussion, and backing vocals 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass and chorus vocals, lyrics, arrangement, and harmonies
Composition – The Eclectic Collective
This song began its life as a beautiful guitar chord progression from Stephen. He wrote it with the idea the The Eclectic Collective would bring it to life, which we were all excited to do. First up was Tez, who added the distorted guitar you hear adding the edge to the entire thing. Ken added his lively foundational drums next. Josh, of course seized on that, and followed shortly after with his four-string fretless bass. JJ came along next and added the expressive organ and dancing piano, along with the big choral vocals at the end, which he did with his new synthesizer. 
  Now that we had the music done, it was time for Mark to add his distinct, signature singing to the mix of his original lyrics. Josh decided to come up with some very simple lyrics for the choruses and arranged some harmony parts for them, too, which he also sang. Mark also threw in his voice to the choruses. Ken, too, contributed his voice to the choruses, as well as harmonies and vocalizations throughout the verse. 
  Once the song was in the can, Stephen edited, mixed and mastered it for us, very ably, as always.
  This was a seemingly large project, which took us almost two months from introduction to finished product. It's another good example of the songwriting capabilities of the EC. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Original lyrics by Mistermark:

Watching the city lights getting smaller while I’m looking through my rear view
Leaving it all behind hit me harder than I  thought that it could ever do
Sometimes a man gets lost on the road like a wheel spinning round in his brain
It’s not what you said but it’s in the way you said it
Now it’s stuck in my head and I’m never gon’ forget it
I’m moving on
Away from home
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)
Well home is where the heart is as the saying goes, but my heart ain’t in it no more
But I remember all the times smelling grits in the hall as the morning sun hit the floor 
Old picture frames, and every toy’s got a name, now they’re packed up and stored away
Turning that key for one last time keeps turning around & around in my mind
I’m on the road
Away from home
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)
Now I’m pointing these wheels toward the setting sun
we’re flying straight up ahead like a bullet from a gun
Just you & me kid and this old guitar
we got dreams to dream and we’re gunna go far
Like stars in the sky there’s city lights up ahead
and I’ll keep driving toward ‘em till the day I’m dead
Closing one door just opens up another
there’s plenty of world just waiting to discover
I’m moving on
Another home…
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Away From Home - The Eclectic Collective

Promise, betrayal and revenge.

Dubstep Riddim style (Video clip: https://youtu.be/9fyIinKiRkk)
DAW: Logic Pro X
Synths: TAL Togue Audio Line Noisemaker, Arturia Acid V, 
Apple Plugins: Drums, Apple EQ, Chromaverb, Compressor, Limiter, BeatBreaker
3rd party Plugins: Valhalla Supermassive
3rd party samples

Riddim On The Run

#3978 (87.70% 558 left): Nov. 4 2024: and the rose stands like some boasted beauty of past years (E.H.Coleridge from Sep. 2, 2024) 
Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )
Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years?

Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it.

spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed.
 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff

Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves
https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m

Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. 
https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_

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Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation
https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$)
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I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : )
Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. 
But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit.



######## NEW 28th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"Forest in Moon Light" - the 28th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/CwTVgfDHCn4?si=1QktmBR1FEGA-tQH

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1RxJBVCU5vdt5O6kGUMbnv?si=hLjW3kbTThegEBOjgTHUbw

appleMusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/forest-in-moon-light/1773383143

amazonMusic
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all music streaming services:
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and the rose stands like some boasted beauty of past years - #3978 (558) by chair house 241104

Andy McLean joins me again with his soulful and soaring soprano sax on our original "What's On Your Mind?".  Follow Andy's great horn playing, arranging and composing skills here:  https://soundcloud.com/mcleanaf. 
Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.  

what's on your mind?

Freedom / Paploviante Open Collaboration Offer 
Paploviante: E-Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering
Added electric guitars and final mix by Neno J.
@paploviante-and-friends:
@paul-racle:

Freedom (collab with Paploviante)

SAGAZ

humble attempt on real Clarinet :-) - original track, with a simple backing ....
I'm better on the EWI with the clarinet sound, because I can use the saxophone fingering. But the real thing is of course the challenge :-)

SAGAZ

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