https://open.spotify.com/track/3dPaPD819h1OuFm9C5Goga?si=YXojaSYFSQSYE7lS3uG05A&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1
http://www.continental-collision.com
https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/the-route-to-tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiidrWf6sM&list=OLAK5uy_mC-35nmJO3s19Cjj5Aet7UP0XGkLu3ido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moo0YwEYPM

Music, piano, bass, guitar solo and programming drums & synths: Rodolfo Planes (@rplanes)
Lead & backing vocals & lyrics: Mark J. Bennett
Backing vocals: Cecilia Mastropasqua: @cemastro
Rhythm guitar: Gonzalo J. Ares: @gonzalo-julian-ares

Featuring backing vocals by Cintia Galeano 

Image (view of Edinburgh from Gullane, Scotland): Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

This was my third collaborative song with Rodolfo, which we started in 2020. The original instrumental piece he gave me sounded like determined optimism and at that particular moment the pandemic made its way into anything I wrote although the beauty of the song is that anyone can bring their own interpretation to its meaning. Its original title was ‘Camino a Mañana’, that I translated as ‘The Route To Tomorrow’ - I guess I liked the alliteration - even though it was a bit of a tongue twister to sing.

I instantly loved the rhythmic punch of this track and recognised early on that it would require a punchy lyric and vocal. Initially I sung the harmony vocals that Rodolfo devised, but as we later developed into the band ‘Continental Collision’ it made sense to draw on all of the talent available in Ce and Gonza, and here introducing Cintia Galeano. Huge thanks to my wonderfully gifted collaborators, you helped make this song shine. I was stunned (as always) by Rodolfo’s attention to detail, his glorious guitar solos and particularly the drumming throughout. Although I might not add to the instrumentation personally, Rodolfo always encourages me to give him feedback. I am particularly fond of this collaboration and each time we work together I learn so much more. Hope you enjoy it too and many thanks for listening. 

Finding the way,
To get through night and day,
Is just too much.
Making your way
Once more through the fray,
Without losing touch,
Is too much,
For me, yeah.

Waiting in line, 
With no hint of a sign,
Is just too much.
Pretending I’m fine 
Knowing that you’re not mine,
It’s too, it’s just too much,
For me,
All of the time.

This is the route to tomorrow,
Beg, steal or borrow,
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow.
This is the route to tomorrow,
That I have to follow,
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

I’ll be OK, 
Whatever they say,
I can take it.
Know I can’t stay,
Gotta get me away
From here.
Before it gets too much for me, here.

I can survive,    
I might even just thrive.
If I make it.
I’m still alive,
Watch me as I arrive,
At the other side of all this pain and sorrow  

This is the route to tomorrow,
Beg, steal or borrow,
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow.
This is the route to tomorrow,
That I have to follow,
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

The Route To Tomorrow - Continental Collision (featuring Cintia Galeano)- Now on Spotify!

Into Your Heart / Night Rain

My last song of the year! Was lovely to write this at my piano yesterday. And lovely to have it mastered by my lovely Sander. @wane-of-summer
You’re the best....😊❤️❤️❤️❤️🎶

Happy new year everyone! ❤️

WHAT WOULD I SING...(acoustic piano/vocals)

Promise of rebirth

Many of us can see the manipulations of fear based mind control, we will see the light but we just have to hold our position!

 Molti di noi possono vedere le manipolazioni del controllo mentale basato sulla paura, vedremo la luce ma dobbiamo solo mantenere la nostra posizione!

Promise of rebirth

https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/infatuate-the-adorned

Mood Exhibit - Infatuate The Adorned

World Gone Wrong

Sunrise with the bariste
One more latte please ;-)
ThreePhotons.com
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#almostjazz
Ab major/ F Aeolian mode
a lot of flat 7ths, 6ths, and 9ths. 
Written by TJG Jan/2022
Inspired by my study of Charlie Christian's work. 

Mix 1: January 20, 2022
Thanks to Jeff and Rene for feedback on the early draft. 

Recording and Production Notes:

Software: Pro Tools

Microphones: 
Shure KSM44 (close mic on amps, hi-hat, cajon)
AKG xls 414 and Neumann TLM67 room mic

Guitars:
Rhythm: Gibson ES335
Lead: Gibson ES335
Bass: Fender squire

Percussion: 
Hand crafted DIY ;-)
I'm not a drummer - just trying to pull off the minimum here
Pearl Cajon Mach 2 – with brushes
Pearl Hi Hat with Zildjian symbols - with brushes

Mixer: a very old API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. I used an input and output transformer to give some additional harmonics. Hope you like it.

FREE PHOTONS

Sunrise with the bariste

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714 CE in Open G Tuning (capo'd at the 3rd fret.)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography
LYRICS:
Oh this life under the stars
I am weathered, I am worn
But these trade winds blow
And guide me home
Breathe in breathe out
No complications
I take my chances
When the dice are thrown

I’m thankful for the turning of the tide
Watch the waters flow and cast my fears aside
But there’s a time ………to take the strain
And the sun ……………….will rise again

I have no answers
To my questions
Though I wonder 
At the magic of it all
The hourglass
Tells its story
As these grains of sand 
Gently fall

I’m thankful for the turning of the tide
Watch the waters flow and cast my fears aside
But there’s a time ………to take the strain
And the sun ……………….will rise again

Oh this life under the stars
I am weathered, I am worn
But these trade winds blow
And guide me home

The Turning Of The Tide

I've created a Synth version of this Chopin classical waltz, synthesizer arps, distorted phased viola and a solo muted soft piano create an eerie sequence …. This track works beautifully as a calming background or a beguiling vision of a hi-tech future.

Spotify

The Electric Waltz in A minor 17 Chopin

Lovely to write at my real piano again. Big thanks to my lovely and talented Sander for this lovely mastering job. @wane-of-summer
❤️😊🎶🎤🎧🎹🎼🎵❤️

FOR THE RECORD...(acoustic piano and vocals)

music - guitar and synths - Petri Tuonenlehto of Lapin ihmeellinen luonto
vocals - johns of soundboard tinkerers
produced by soundboard tinkerers march 2020

all those little things [Petri and johns - original]

tree tops
with budding leaves
water drips
from ice tips
a flower falls
drifts on the breeze

all those times
times you say
all those little things
let them come my way

a feather falls 
through the swirling air
circles round
going everywhere 
going down to ground
back home again

ground crawls
alive with one
pebbles rollin round
on the move again
a sprout rises up
smiling on the sun

every day goes by
in through you
all those little things
let them come my way
 
from tree tops
shining with leaves
water drips
from icy tips
a feather drops
drifts on th breeze

all those little things
little things


lyrics - johns of soundboard tinkerers march 2020

All Those Little Things - 2020 vision [Petri and johns - original]

soundboard tinkerers Chapter 2: 

see also soundboard tinkerers
and soundborders repost