"Lord Lead Me Home"

back when I was recording the John Denver song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with the fine gentlemen in The Eclectic Collective, my 8 yr old daughter loved the song so much she began singing it ALL THE TIME. This is a quick little recording of her singing the chorus. Pretty amazingly expressive singing for a youngster if I do say so myself! 

Here's the full recording with the Eclectic Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/take-me-home-country-roads-eclectic-collective?si=124fd64d50bb42bca0caa9b197a975c2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Country Roads (daughter sings chorus)

DESILLUSION     (translation after the French text)
Chant : Karine 
Paroles et musique : Alain Illos 

ON SE LAISSAIT GUIDER PAR LE VENT
AU MONDE PERDU DES REVES D'ENFANT
ON REVAIT
QUE L'ARRIVÉE D'UN PERSONNAGE
QUI PARTAGERAIT SES PRINTEMPS
POURRAIT BRISER TOUS LES SERMENTS
ET QU'ON NE VERRAIT PLUS SOUVENT
LES NUAGES

ON SE LAISSAIT PORTER PAR DES ERREURS
DES MESSAGES FLOUS DE NOS RANCOEURS
ON SENTAIT
QUE LA ROUTE SERAIT COURTE MAIS BELLE
A CONDITION D'Y ACCEDER
NE FAIRE QUE DES CHOIX PERSONNEL
MONTER LES MARCHES POUR ACCEDER  
AUX NUAGES

DES FLOTS DE SENTIMENTS
DES DESILLUSIONS DES PEINES
PARFOIS UNE LUEUR SOUDAINE
NOUS PROMENE
D'UN BOUT À L'AUTRE D'UNE VIE.

Desillusion

WE LET OURSELVES BE GUIDED BY THE WIND
TO THE LOST WORLD OF CHILDHOOD DREAMS
WE REVEALED
THAT THE ARRIVAL OF A CHARACTER
WHO WOULD SHARE HER SPRINGS
COULD BREAK ALL OATHS
AND WE'D NEVER SEE
THE CLOUDS


WE'D LET OURSELVES BE CARRIED ALONG BY MISTAKES
BLURRED MESSAGES OF OUR RESENTMENTS
WE FELT
THAT THE ROAD WOULD BE SHORT BUT BEAUTIFUL
AS LONG AS WE GOT THERE
MAKING ONLY PERSONAL CHOICES
CLIMB THE STEPS TO REACH  
TO THE CLOUDS

FLOODS OF FEELINGS
DESILLUSIONS SORROWS
SOMETIMES A SUDDEN GLOW
PROMISES US
FROM ONE END OF A LIFE TO THE OTHER.

Désillusion  avec Karine

Llanpysch mix of Innerkey's epic track Pen Lyn. Listen to the original track here https://soundcloud.com/innerkeydj/pen-lyn?si=fd476a0970384cf2a5a28cd280939f14&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Rob composed this a couple of years ago after we'd been on holiday to the Llyn Penninsula, North Wales. Inspired by the wild beauty of Pen Llyn's north coast, this track captures the sound and spirit of the ocean crashing into the land. Photo taken from the cliffs at Traeth Tudweiliog.
Rob - Composition, original mix and production,beats and  synths   
Tez - remix and guitars                          

The Cat and The Sea - by RS Thomas
'It is a matter of a black cat
On a bare cliff top in March
Whose eyes anticipate
The gorse petals;

The formal equation of
A domestic purr
With the cold interiors
Of the sea's mirror.'

Pen Llyn - with Innerkey

Cast of Characters:

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass

Mysterious Decibel-- @themysteriousdecibel  --MD—effected vocals

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, trippy synth

Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and seed idea 

Composition – The Eclectic Collective

This song began about half a year ago, as part of a three song set that Ken started with some really cool beats. Josh was first to the trough for here, laying in his fretless bass groove to complete the foundation and give it some tonal direction. 

Stephen came next and laid in the really trippy textural guitar that you hear throughout. JJ was next with his serious, no joke organ playing, which sets the mood for the whole thing. 

Last, but not least, Tez joined by adding some really cool accent guitar throughout.

  Of course, every great song needs a great producer, so we tapped Stephen to do the honors on this.

  We had originally made this and the other two song with the intention of having The Mysterios Decibel and his friend Modes About Me sing on them. However, life got in the way, so we sat on them. Finally, MD let us know that he wasn't able to complete the project with us, much to everyone's, including his, disappointment. However, MD did lay down a rough vocal demo for us, which Stephen very ably processed to sound almost like another instrument in there. So, we're releasing this song as a tribute to them both, with gratitude, especially to MD for all the great work he's put in with us. If you're not familiar with either of them, do yourself a favor and check them out. Modes about me is at  @modesaboutme and the link to The Mysterious Decibel can be found in the link in the cast of characters above. 

  This is an example of what it sounds like when the whole band composes a song together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Mysterious Modes  - (Eclectic Collective)

UnBoxed October 2024
Original song, vocal performance and recording by the wonderful Hanaa @hanaamusic
Reimagined and embellished by Out of the Box 
Image : Hanaa

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

OUT OF THE BOX / HANAA - Rock With You

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Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco

Autumn Tears

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Wilderness

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K G G - Arctic Express

requiem for my beloved mother2

I'm probably going to delete this one, it ended up way too long. It was definitely fun to write, it's in double drop D and it's like a minor diatonic scale(I think) so it wasn't as easy as just going on auto-pilot with the major pentatonic. Anyway I guess I'll see if anyone is brave enough to sit through a 5 minute song to see if I should pull it down or not. Thanks for listening!