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Song with a mysterious message

Caravan

High Wire Wild Christopher & Unguided Express

Written by Pete
Pete-lead guitar, rhythm guitar,backing vocals,bass
Paul-Drums,rhythm guitar
AJ Harms-Lead vocals

Troublemaker

I Start At The End

Yamaha Tenor Saxophone
Mahalo Flying V Ukelele
Addictive Drums
Kontakt
Komplete Kontrol
Xpand2!
Mercury 4
Quadra

Chuck a ey

Chuck a uey

A simple, rather loose, jazz ensemble, and a simple message.
It seems as though the social and political turbulence is much like trying to paddle your own canoe - it's going to get rough and it will feel as though hope is lost, but don't stop and don't despair. Hope Floats.

The song was originally intended as a relationship muse, where two people are supposed to be paddling, together, in the same direction, but the boat keeps turning 'round and 'round. It takes courage to realize you can only control your own paddle and how you use it. It can be overwhelming and daunting, at times, and you may be inclined to abandon ship: don't.

Uploaded one week into the Trump 2.0 Administration

Lyrics:

I got my paddle in the water, 
I'm paddling with all I've got
The bow is sinking slowly, 
Glanced off a rock.
And i'm startin' to sink down into the water
Losin' myself in the current,
Goin' down, down, goin' down,
Lord help me I'm goin', goin' ,goin',  down

(instrumental break)

I got a bucket in the water
I'm bailin' but it's not enough, no.
The water's slowly risin'
And I'm runnin' out of luck.
And I'm startin' to sink down into the water
Losin' myself in the current
Goin' down, down, goin' down,
Lord help me, I'm goin', goin' down,
I'm goin' down.

Jazz Collaborations

I've Got My Paddle in the Water

Try It
You Deserve it
Circle the sauce 

A1 Never knows when it's time to stop

Studio B

Negative Outcome A1 Project

Music: Composed, written, mixed, mastered, and performed by: Matthew May

Lyrics: Written, performed, mixed and mastered by The Mysterious Decibel

Watch out!
I'm the joker card 
Not exactly your saint Bernard
This chemical and me have too much chemistry
But you keep on leaving me
I'm a stalker
You're a teaser
When I find you
You're a pleaser
Stimulation get inside of me 
You're number one
I'm a winner at the count of three

A little bit of this and a little bit of that
would never be too much
We go from STAR to RATS 

OOOOOO I'M FEELING GOOD
WHOOOHOOO JUST LIKE I SHOULD

Dopamine is all I need 
So let me pop that dopa seed!
That Dopamine is all I need
So shoot me right up to speed! 

Dopamine is all I need 
So let me pop that dopa seed!
That Dopamine is all I need
Watch out!
I'm feeling good!

Dopamine

The latest track from my Not Completely Useless project. I tend to think of it as a low-key one for me - still quite a bit going on; Sonic Youth-style triplet feel intro, bass grooves, organ, touches of syncopation and a change of pace for the outro... there's just not as much guitar heroics as usual.

This one is about missing my kids when I was away at a festival. And my eldest daughter - then 6 I think - wrote the lyrics for the chorus.

Empty

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Gary Reeves: Lead Vocal
Terry Reeves: Spoken Vocal
Hans-Michael Albers: All instruments, Arrangement & Production

Video: youtu.be/4t-H-HHpQ20?si=_reTvkVVmF73vkRi

I was walking down Mare Street, Hackney
Climbing boots and back pack on
Looking for a song of mountains
I had climbed them many times before
Challenge may help to find another door

I’ve climbed arduous N.H.S mountains
Planted flags a'top of wedlock peaks
Hung upside down on magical fountains
With my muscles springing major leaks
My heart is growing smaller by the week

Stood and pointed at hours of darkness
Winds of silence a challenge of their own
Worn out boots a testament to distance
But the misery of counting my toes alone
Sixty three feet behind me as it goes

I have loved being a man of mountains
I hope many will profit from my deeds
I will try to climb just one more mountain
Slide down the other side to save my feet
At the bottom I'll need brand new cleats

This was written over 10 years ago as a George Formby style (Google the name if you’ve never heard of him) ukulele song - a mildly amusing message to Gal to let him know that I was fully aware of the mental health difficulties he was having and that I would always be there if he needed me.

Over the years, we spoke often about the song but nothing much came of it until Gal suggested slowing the tempo and giving it a kind of shuffle beat. As it was about him, I thought he should definitely sing the lead vocal, which I think works rather well. (*Vocalist’s note: It would help if I could still sing…)

You’ll find many personal references to Gal’s life in the lyrics. At the time it was written, he was 63, literally a fatal age for men in the extended Reeves family and he wasn’t having the best of times himself, still wrestling with the grief of a marriage break-up alongside the loss of his big brother and closest friend less than a year before. But even with all of this going on (and not always out of choice) he found there were plenty more mountains to climb.

The transition of the tune from Formby to Albers is a story in itself but suffice it to say that Hans somehow managed to transform it into this rather poignant opus.  He has also made a beautiful film to accompany the piece (see link above). All in all, it testifies perfectly to the reason why Gal’s cleats are somewhat care-worn...and he still has many mountains yet to climb.. (Terry Reeves)

MOUNTAIN MAN - CRIPPLE CLUB

Mr. Right
Vocals: From Music Maker
Paploviante: E-Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Picture, Mix and Mastering
Picture made with Swift Publisher
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Mr. Right-Paploviante

Face Of The Angel Wild Christopher & Unguided Express

Keith needed to get some stuff out and needed to wail away on his guitar, singing his heart out. I rode his coattails through the concrete. 

King of the Concrete Jungle
Lyrics:

King of the concrete jungle
As far as he could see
Across the road and down the street
As far as the distant tree


Paved with puddles and historical dirt
A field of broken tiles
The Lord of darkened corners
Can see for miles and miles
 

(CHORUS)
NOW ALL AROUND IS CONCRETE
AND GREYNESS WINS THE GREEN
THE KING OF THE CONCRETE JUNGLE
WEEPS FOR YOU AND ME…YOU…AND ME


 Singing from his lamppost
A branch without a tree
The sweetest notes you would ever hear
But no honey for this bee

 
Mouth open to the heavens
Warm sunshine from deep within
Blue skies he used to soar in
Clear waves he used to swim

 (CHORUS)

(INST BREAK)

(CHORUS)

note from Keith:
"This was inspired by a lone blackbird, singing his heart out from the top of a lamppost. (The branch without a tree)  I remember that behind 'his' lamppost there used to stand a beautiful Maple tree...long chopped down to make way for more car-parking space. There's not a single tree left standing down our road now...not one"

Note 2:Terry likes the social/political application to life in the 21st c. , always ready to see a moral to all of Keith's tales. ;)
 
Wigmore: synths, percussion, production
Allen: guitars, bass, lyrics, vocals

King of the Concrete Jungle

This is the first and only take, I started strumming the chords and the boys joined in and nailed it. Dave Toolan is playing the bass for a change, Leon Carter is playing guitar, Jonny Rabbs is playing harmonica,Jim Sanders is on the drums and I'm singing.

Original artwork by my good old friend Adam Glover.
~
Lyrics

An eye for an eye
A tooth for tooth
A life for lie
but here’s the truth
You get what you give
And you’ll reap what you sow
So live and let live
It’s time to let go

By taking revenge
you reload the gun
that murdered your father 
and will murder your son
How do you like it?
This merry-go-round
Every generation
fresh blood on the ground

Jerusalem
The City of Peace 
Violent devotion
never to cease
while the scriptures are clear
there’s one Golden Rule
Treat your neighbours
as you’d have them treat you

Forgive Israel
Forgive Palestine
I’ll forgive yours
and you forgive mine
If you want to be safe
don’t intimidate 
Hate begets hate
and grace begets grace

Mitzvah goreret Mitzvah
~

An Eye For An Eye

A bit of a progressive rock workout about the loss of innocence. Features some lyrics written by my then 5 or 6 year old daughter, and her reading out those lyrics at the end.

Everything Good and Nothing Bad

Cast of Characters:
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick four string fretless bass, Sigma acoustic guitar, PRS SE semi hollow body guitar, composition
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – VST horns - trumpet, bone, & sax, latin drum ensemble, and editing production
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Production, mix, and mastering

This song began in the dead of winter on a cold night with Josh sitting in his studio with his acoustic guitar playing along to a looper beat. He loves Bossa Nova music and wanted to write a song in that style. Of course, he wrote it with the Eclectic Collective in mind.
Josh also came up with the bass line to the looper, but changed it once Ken weighed in with his perfectly suited drum kit. Ken also added the solid percussion keeping things tight. Then JJ got involved and laid down that wonderfully melodic organ part you hear in there. Josh, having not laid down a lead guitar part yet, used JJ melodic idea for the first verse, too, because it's so strong. Mark was last to the table, bringing several really stunning parts that added a lot of depth to the whole thing. He's responsible for the horn arrangements that joins in from JJ's organ around the middle, those funky percussion flourishes and fills, and then creating that percussion breakdown near the end, playing everything you hear in that break. 
This is an example of Josh exploring a less typical type of music, and it being picked up on and carried through expertly as a group unit. We all love bringing in different influences in the EC, and this fit the bill. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

And here’s a short excerpt of the the rhythm section with all the percussion action more isolated:

https://on.soundcloud.com/z7WcB9VvfZWHgAUu8

Meet The New Bossa (The Eclectic Collective)

Vocals and Lyrics - Ten De Vils
Composition - Uli Stonedigger

https://soundcloud.com/uli-stonedigger/destiny original instrumental version

https://soundcloud.com/ten-de-vils

Destiny - Ten De Vils mix

So my good buddy Ten de Vils ( Tom ) created and performed some really cool vocals on my track Trust !

Trust – (Never day)

I saw his silhouette
and I knew it was done
away from you and the dreams
back to the clear reality

you have used the shelter of darkness
to remain unseen in the shadows
undercover secret lover
I can't stay
see you on „never day“


I was too good to you
way too kind from the start
now that he left you
you wait for the „never day“



https://soundcloud.com/ten-de-vils

https://soundcloud.com/uli-stonedigger/trust

Trust (Never day) - Ten de Vils

Voix et texte : Cécilia
Musique : Steph Ouna

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