Only really had a chance to hear Carl’s vocal tracks in the ‘making of’ stage, and what you came up with for the sound on this is fantastic! Really enjoy the bright dreamy guitar tone, which I think JJ’s synth subtly helps with too.  Love this one a lot. Brilliant stuff.

Excellent work, Stephen 👏 Dreamy ethereal sound ✨  Love the awesome acoustic vibe 🫶😀✌️

It is so amazing the transformation this song took when Carl came in with these awesome vocals and then your mixing and mastering just blew it over the top!! Love everything everyone did and you really made it all shine brother!! 😌🙏🏻

Hey Stephen man, can't tell how impressed and pleased I am with your final mix. I've gotten a few comments on my page, too, about how outstanding this mix is. Very grateful to have you on the team, brother man, whether it's on your favorite playing stool or in your comfy chair behind the board, you always come through with extraordinary work. Always an honor and a pleasure, bro.

The musical highlight of the week is on my screen. All I have to do is turn on the mixer and your magical sounds will fill the speakers. As usual, I won't have to adjust the sliders much because the work is so well done. Okay, I'm ready. Are you ready, guys? Play, friends. I'm listening. 👏💥

Cast of Characters:

Single Use & Recycled -- @user-995867230 -- Bill — acousitc rhythm and lead guitar and composition

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

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

J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – synth strings

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — acoustic rhythm guitar, production, mix, and mastering

The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and lyrics

This song started as an idea Bill came up with on his acoustic guitar. Having found each other on the Cloud and enjoying each other's music, Josh and Bill decided to do a collab. Bill is a real deal guitarist, who's as prolific as he is skilled. Of course, Josh invited Eclectic Collective to the party, too.

  Shortly after doing so, he laid down a bass part to Bill's skeleton with his four string fretless bass. Ken followed suit, and after a back and forth, completed the rhythm section. JJ dug in next, adding the thrilling strings that highlight the high points of the melody. 

  There wasn't a whole lot of room for everyone on this, though, as Bill had the guitar parts nailed down tight. However, after sitting on the shelf for about half a year, Carl came along and added the missing piece with his raucuos vocals. Stephen also fattened up the sound a bit with his acoustic rhythm guitar.  

  Once it was in the can, we asked Stephen to work his production, mix, and mastering magic on it, too, which he came through with, as always.

  This brilliant song almost didn't see the light of day. It sat for what felt like forever, until we decided to revive it. This will not be the last collab we do with Bill, though, who was generous in not only sharing his music with us, but allowing us to do whatever we wanted with it, too. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.  

Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Shifty shire
Ah, redistrict rot
Dividing a country for power by plot
Gerry's meandering
Not thinking of sane
What colourful friends can stop red rain?

With freedom waning
Conversation is paused
A few rich men failing
With solidarity cause
Shift the shire!
At minority we've baulked
That mind inconvenient
New red lines are chalked

State turf wars are on
Ah, redistrict rot
Dividing a country for power by plot
For the rights of the white man
We missing those slaves
So legislate oppression
That skin 'aint red way


Comments

stonerjazz

Single Use & Recycled

Little Man

🎸 𝗝 𝗜 𝗠 🎙

h a r a

Entheogenic Psychonaut (Josh Clary)

J.J. Terrell

SUNNYBECK

mistermark

Indigo Remy