Symmetry

You can watch the video here: 
https://youtube.com/shorts/tFhTggmdqBE?feature=share

Signal Decoded

Noisy Soundscape with synth random notes. Kaospad in FX.

R&N (14.2)

Cast of Characters:
Joe Stroffolino-- @joseph-stroffolino -- Taylor 114ce acoustic guitar, main vocals, harmony vocals, lyrics, composition
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender HSS Telecaster electric guitar
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Tom Anderson Custom T electric guitar, mix, mastering, & production
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- four string Fender Precision Bass with a plectrum

This song began as one of Joe's catchy songs, originally written with all the instruments. He & SoundCloud musician Michele Ansani wrote the lyrics about becoming a musician. Joe offered this song to Josh who immediately shared it with the EC gang.
Ken went to work first, adding his driving, excting drums. Tez was up next with his clever fills you hear throughout the first half of the song. Stephen then matched Tez's energy with guitar fills in the second half of the song. Then Mark stepped up with his innovative piano solo, using an arpeggiator to get a kind of mechanical sound that matched the AI theme. Finally, one of our resident pros, Stephen, expertly mixed and mastered it. 
This is the first song we've ever done with Joe, & don't expect it to be the last. We all really enjoyed putting it together, in no small part because Joe is such a competent, receptive, & gracious collaborator. We all hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Lyrics by Michele Ansani & Joe Stroffolino
Music by Joe Stroffolino (@joseph-stroffolino)

When I was thirteen I picked up my first guitar
it was my mother's, it only had one nylon string 
I tried to play it like a rock star
I learned to play the Coca-Cola jingle
So I could teach the world to sing
When I was fourteen, I put on six new strings
I learned to play Beatles, I learned a Bob Dylan song
I sounded out of tune but I tried to carry on
At fifteen I wrote my first original tune 
So bad it sounded like it might have been written by a baboon
When I was sixteen, I got a new guitar for my birthday
The metal strings sawed through my fingers 
But I continued to play
And the calluses formed & every day I learned a brand new chord
I was obsessed with that guitar & I never grew bored.
I wrote songs every day & most of them were a mess
But I believed that through hard work, I could achieve success
Malcom Gladwell wrote a book that said it takes ten thousand hours
To become an expert at your craft
(“Chorus”)
But now all it takes is two commands & an enter
And in two minutes you have ten versions of the same damn new song,
You just have to choose the type
folk, rock, rap, pop, metal, jazz, trap or blues.
You don't even need to write the lyrics, 
your push a few buttons let the AI choose.
And people will think your songs are great even though you didn’t write or play a single note.
When I was 20, I did my first concert, it was time
it occurred in a village square
there were four cats all friends of mine
I was still using the plectrum & sometimes I got the chords wrong
at thirty I finally wrote what I thought was a decent song
It had a very well thought out structure
And a catchy vibe & beat
It was overly verbose but when I played it people tapped their feet
In my forties I stopped wasting my time
Work was more fun I was doing just fine
I had a steady paycheck that could feed me 
And the record companies didn’t need me
In my fifties once again my musical juices started flowing
I bought the necessary equipment 
I was eager to get going
I recorded all my strumming & saved it onto my PC
The internet & technology were advancing rapidly
I took those special songs I’d written of which I was most proud
Posted them Instagram, You Tube, Tik Tok & SoundCloud
I asked myself if a tree falls in the forest & no one’s around
Does it make a sound?
(repeat “Chorus”)

AI Sucks (The Eclectic Collective)

Huge thanks to Hendrik, for inviting me to his Live Looping Session - pure joy to play the EWI trumpet here ! @cosmic-ratzzz

Lunatics 222 / Live Looping / Night Excess 3 / Ratzzz & joerxworx

Intermezzo

Painted 150 BPM

Track is downloadable

Explanation is here: https://soundcloud.com/thebeautifuldark/open-collab-2-poem-and-notes


The track is a gift to everyone. I don't own it anymore. This isn't about ownership in this case though so I'd still like you to be honourable with it please whatever you decide that is. Please keep AI away from it but aside from that do what you want with it and ask me for anything you need.

Thanks Musicians and thanks Music 🎶🥳

Let's enjoy life 🧬


Lyrics

Howdy Lads
Let's collab
Be that life of the crab
Join our souls
Grab that fab
Good bye fad

We are thriller
Bad
Beat it mean
Mean don't call our clean
We are new rad
Radiator of light
Music chooses us
Insight

Prescience power
Good self inflicted
They brainwashed us
Now, just positive depicted
Affirmations of inner peace
Spread far out seek

Heal my weak
Be gone my dark
I am good crab
And we have beak
Jurassic birds using waste
Up-cycled love

Trees smile at our taste
To love with haste
Take my power
Combine with yours
Monumental hour
Multi moments

Now spread that clean
Collaboration sees new scene
Scenes of positive Earth only
Scenes ever more you and me
Pea and Peanut pleasure
Sustenance for thankful treasure
Appreciate the simple rings
Frequency of summer winter grins

Fish fins stay on 
The tails tag along
We are but one
Now let's be everyone

Good collab

Open Collab #2 - Download Original Here

Snowfall

Launch Mode

The Machine

You can watch the video clip "Reflection" on my channel YouTube.
All for the sake of experiment. Attempts to master neural engines through practical experience and turn them into works of art.

Signal Decoded

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