Musique/Music : Julien Morency

It's kind of funny how surprising it can be when you have no real plan or specific idea when creating music.  Now I realize how this track can sound like 80's in style....though a fan of this style I never was, but I must admit I always love experimenting with these kind of sounds & instruments ;)

C'est parfois surprenant ce qu'on peut créer comme musique quand on a pas de plan ou d'idée précise.  Cette pièce sonne un peu années 80 ou dans ce style, pourtant j'ai jamais été trop fan de cette époque.  Par contre j'ai toujours aimé essayer et bidouiller ce genre de sons et instruments ;)

Neon

Acheter/Buy

This song was written in Nov 2021 during a composition challenge, in a limited time (4 hours). At this time, it was obviously a very small part of it, blurred in reverb, not mixed and sung in only one shot. 
After some digging and mixing, I'm pleased to show you here the entire song. As usual, my voice is not supposed to be definitive here. I just want to show the intention. Any collaboration proposal with a singer is welcome.

* Richard Gonfrier* copyright ©. 2023

Never Say Goodbye

The painting is ‘The Course of Empire’ by Thomas Cole (1801 – 1848).

Say a prayer and don’t despair about the cost of living crisis 
Cos life’s not fair and they don’t care about the rising prices 
The millionaires and billionaires wield their wicked powers
they own the shares, they don’t pay the fares, they’re not working longer hours

  They contaminate, discriminate, and revel in their sleaze 
  the permafrost is lost, but we still have the wage freeze 

the bankers are all bigots, experts in exploitation 
oil tankers and their frigates reeking eco-devastation
while we reimburse the nurses with the joy of food banks 
and the curse of empty purses and our hollow huge thanks

  You’ll find that it’s impossible to get paid any less
  can’t save no money saving lives for the NHS

The CEOs who freely chose to bolster their careers 
They’re mosquitoes in tuxedos bloodsucking profiteers 
who smoke cigars with glowing hearts, toasting market forces  
They’re Oligarchs, they’re greedy sharks, they’re feeding on the corpses

  The ambulance abandoned us, so now we need a hearse
  Yes the times they are a-changing… but they’re changing for the worse

I blame the vloggers and the bloggers, I don’t “like” and I don’t “subscribe”
All that scrolling and a trolling, through soundbites and diatribes
and we fixate on the clickbait that seems to be hell-bent 
on dictating that the content fuels our discontent 

        All the species being ghosted, wiped out like dinosaurs
        While we’re busy being offended, and fighting culture wars

Shopaholic fashionistas with their selfies and their memes 
And reams of influencers beat us senseless by extremes
it’s a trash-bag full of hashtags, rubbish flowing in our streams
algorithms causing schisms and addiction to our screens

        We’re the masters of our destiny, but it isn’t as it seems 
        Who’s pushing who’s buttons? Are we slaves to the machines?

Narcissistic mystics with their conspiracy theories
Going viral in a spiral of Netflix mini series
And woeful social media, where profiles are a deepfake
It’s a form of schizophrenia, like a hollywood remake

      We make a virtue of our vanity, embracing the absurd
      with virtual reality, to replace the real world

Cost Of Living Crisis

A Song for the Victims of Leonard Lake

somewhere up in the hills you see from Fool's Bay
a junk packed yard 'round a house
where no one ever stays
rusty machines, the smell of dump
and a door in the ground
half way beneath the porch, sugar
if you're strong enough to bear 
you'll hear an eery sound

that's wehre he made them stay
where he came to see 
how someone fades away

stairway down to hell
shortcut to paradise
it's where you swim in shabbiness
and drown in Mister Lake

that's where he made them stay
where he came to see 
how someone fades away

a big man and a sad man
a list of things they'd expect
don't hide behind those words, sugar
but you where strong enough to kill
whatever dreams they'd pet

that's where you came to stay
a place you'd never see
unless you went that way

abandon
understand
stop counting
beats so deep

abandon
all your 
all your
or you'll
understand

stop counting 
stop seeing
stop hoping

Lake Song

Angels on the higher plane, just doing what they do, their job.

Realm Of The Angels (2007) Judith vocals

Le Parfum

Lyrics:-
Can you feel it coming
Somethings gonna happen
Can you feel it coming
Somethings gotta happen
Have a little patience
It's the art of waiting
For all good things to come
Have a little patience
It's the art of waiting
For all good things to come

Can you feel it coming
Have a little patience
It's the art of waiting
For all good things to come
Somethings gonna happen
Have a little patience
It's the art of waiting
For all good things to come

winkandwoo 2024

The Art of Waiting

The Art Of Waiting

This song is about waking up after a surgery. Dizzy but happy. 

Written, performed and recorded by Neli CoKo, 2024, all rights reserved. 

Thank you for listening :)

Original Photo by Cottonbro Studio https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/gesundheit-behandlung-hangen-kunststoff-6191530/

After The Surgery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Crzj_E_Gk

In search of Reason

Cast of characters:
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition, arrangement, and foundational rhythm guitar
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–electric guitar, composition, mix, and production
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic guitar
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and electric piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]-- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass 
Mistermark --  @user-432503709 — Mark — production engineering

This song began its life all the way over in on the other side of the pond, where our frequent collaborator, Artur wrote it on his electric guitar. Being a fan of surf music, he composed this awesome piece with The Eclectic Collective in mind. He shared it with the group through Tez, who was first to respond to Artur's guitar with his own, creating a psychedelic base of sound for the rest of us to add to. 
  Ken was up next, laying down his always exciting drums and percussion. Josh, of course, followed straight behind him, now that he had a beat to play to. JJ came soon after, laying in his ethereal organ and dancing electric piano. Last, but not least, Stephen laid in a really trippy acoustic arpeggio based acoustic guitar part to kick it to the next level.
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer. But before we even started the song beyond what Artur and Tez laid down at the beginning, Mark deftly separated Artur's basic beat from the music. Amazing what technology can do these days! For rest of the production, we tapped the very talented Tez to do the honors, which he did perfectly.
  This song marks about half a dozen we've done with Artur. We're all big fans of his unique surf rock sound, and jump at the chance to collaborate with him. If you like what we've done here, you should check out his page, as it's loaded with gems in the same strain. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Flow of Life (Surfers Like Us with The Eclectic Collective)

Hollow   (W Drums)

Singer songwriter based in the Hudson Valley NY

Music on streaming: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/phenomenon/1717372189

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IDMbTOQl9Qo0w3SPGk9Vv?si=pj8PpHqcTF-8jUOHCg_oJg

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Hollow (W Drums)

Michael DAgostino Phenomenon @phenomenon_rocknroll

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