Intriguing and compelling music ! Thanks!!

Cast of characters:
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Taylor T5z acoustic guitar, Tom Anderson Custom T electric guitar, Gibson Earle Scruggs banjo, Eastwood MandoCaster mix, mastering, production, and composition
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Fender Precision four string bass, played with a plectrum 
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – harmonica, jaw harp, timpani, hambone percussion, and production editing     
This song began with Stephen, who recorded it on his acoustic guitar and bass to a programmed drum track a few months ago. We were all thrilled to work on it, even though it sat in BandLab as a project for almost a month before Stephen separated the tracks, thus allowing us to trickle in our parts. JJ was first to jump on it, because he could before the tracks were separated, as his part is completely his idea. He added the organ that really set up the entire sound of both dominant sections of the song. 
  Ken was first up to the project once the tracks were replaceable, making the wild, driving beat his own. Inspired by both JPJ and Michael Ivins, Josh laid down his bass line, trying to match Ken's energy. Last, but not least, Mark jumped in with the rumbling timpani. He also added the flavorful harmonica, and unique jaw harp you hear throughout, as well. Finally, Stephen also got the idea to add the hambone percussion at the very end of the song, which we all consider a treat, and after showing us how it's done, Mark volunteered his percussion skills to give it a go. Stephen wasn't done, though, and still had some magic to sprinkle. He went in and added the howling electric guitar you hear prominently in the second main section. Also, he added the tempting intro with his acoustic guitar and electric mandolin. 
  Once it was in the bag, we thought it appropriate for our master mixer Stephen to put it to bed, which he did in his always expert manner.
  This is a gift from Stephen to all of us, and you, too. It took a lot of teamwork to make the dream work, as always for Eclectic Collective. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.


Country Ham (Eclectic Collective)

"Politically motivated globetrotting singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn. It’s “Call it Democracy”, a song as taken from his 1986 album World Of Wonders.
Cockburn had spent the 1980s making albums and writing songs while also making personal trips to points on the map where the negative effects of Western economic policy was making the most impact in that era. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund continued their “aid” to Third World countries, lending them the funds to manage their economies effectively (read: in line with Western corporate agendas) in exchange for turning over their right to self determination in support of private interests. This was, and is today, generally done by way of huge rates of interest on loans that are designed to never be paid off. Certain people might say this is nothing less than economic imperialism. 
It helps that he had direct experience with the effects of what he’s singing about, traveling to where the effects could be felt the most personally. Bruce Cockburn has written about this kind of political and economic maneuvering for a good chunk of his career by now, doing just that. All the while, he’s made music that is noted for its dynamism, high levels of musicianship, and for its value as pure performance while doing so, never letting a message get in the way of the art.
That’s what is more than evident here on this tune, a song driven by his machine gun stream of lyrical protest that touches on dirty deals with tin pot leaders, the machinations of big business, the poor cast aside, and lots of money to be made at their expense. But, it’s the rhythm of those words and the musical drive behind them that makes this song sing. The lyrics are less the sermon, and is almost like a percussion line on this song. Cockburn’s guitar solo weeps with bitter anger at a world gone wrong, as wondrous as it is. This is an important thread to follow in his music, particularly from the early ’80s and into the ’90s; that a sense of outrage at the world is fed by single moments of profundity and well-being, contrasted with the bigger picture of injustice and suffering.
With that understood, this song demonstrates another aspect of Cockburn’s approach to songwriting, too. By this time in his career, the quasi-mysticism undercurrents to his writing had taken on some pretty strident political characteristics. The single observations of beauty and transcendence which informed his early work are still there. But, they are put into a relevant context to what’s external to them. His interest in spirituality and his sociopolitical impulses are often cited as the two poles in Cockburn’s music in general. But, I don’t really see them as poles so much as I used to, being a pretty long-term Cockburn fan by now. The dichotomies between politics and spirituality, and between nature and civilization are the engine of his creative output. They are inextricable elements of his work.
In this song, the lines “The only response to the deification of tyranny by so-called developed nations/Idolatry of ideology” certainly bears this out. With this song, we get the language of both the spiritual and the political, and the veil between the two are lifted; “deification”, “tyranny”, “idolatry”, “ideology”. This is all to say that Cockburn is not just a political writer for politics sake. A song as strident as this one could not have been written if Cockburn didn’t have some vision for a better world, at least partially informed by a conflicting worldview to that of the “dirty MFs” mentioned in the song. After all, the album off of which this song comes is called World Of Wonders, with many other songs celebrating the delicate beauty of the world in its fine details, balanced against the hardships which happen in it. “Call It Democracy” is not a cynical song, even if it’s an angry one."    The Delete Bin
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Image: Polina

Call it Democracy-Bruce Cockburn (Cover)

Towdo

My Lyrics
AI Melody
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Going through the motions.
Barely aware of the world.
Can't even brave a thought.

I am lost without myself. 
Myself.
Plodding along course not my own.
Built from remnants and cast adrift.
A derelict of a life not lived

The years all melt into one.
Gone are the beginnings and endings.
Somewhere in there I existed.
 
Lost my soul before I was born.
A bargain I never had to make.
Just the shell of a person, 
Hollowed skin made of paper,
No energy to punch my way

I am lost without my heart.
My heart.
Plodding a course not of my own.
Built from remnants and thrown adrift
A derelict of a love not lived.
 
I am lost without myself.
Myself.

Lost Without Myself

Sh - as in Shawn

🎧🎶Un texte sur le délicat sujet des abus et des violences, Simone de Beauvoir dit qu'il faut donner des os et de la chair aux personnages fictifs, mais quand la réalité dépasse la fiction, que reste t'il à imaginer ? Retour sur une époque antérieure en reflet à celle d'aujourd'hui...⋆｡°✩ (Le texte fait plus de 4000 caractères, je ne peux pas le publier.)
🎧🎶 A text on the delicate subject of abuse and violence, Simone de Beauvoir says that fictional characters must be given flesh and bone, but when reality surpasses fiction, what's left to imagine? A look back at an era that mirrored today's... ⋆｡°✩(The text is over 4000 characters long, so I can't publish it.)
Date de publication : 21 Avril 2025

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Tokiomoto

Vocals and lyrics by Special Cecilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialceciliacappellas

Music, production and art by Cosmic Keanu (not AI)

Sweet Escape or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI (Feat. Special Cecilia)

jazzy ambient with a tenor sax improvisation in one go / image: John Fowler on unsplash

Infinity

Felix is Sleeping

image: Tumisu (pixabay)

Paroles (poésie pas facile a adapter en français):
Poussière sur une lettre qui n'a jamais été envoyée
rêves d'un cœur merveilleux
les lamentations des rues sont pavées d'or
comme des pierres tombées
Elle a quitté la maison mais ne l'a jamais retrouvée
Les étoiles à travers la fenêtre de la maison  font une carte sans lignes
Elle a poursuivi son ambition,  a couru, 
mais à court de temps
murmures de promesses, de ruelles et de pistes
elle est née pour errer, destinée à perdre, destinée à perdre
ambition perdue sous l'autoroute
panneaux s'estompant comme son fantôme perdu dans les pins
elle a chanté demain mais ne savait pas que hier dans un monde d'illusions elle s'est égarée

Lost ambitions By Zitou Itou & Albert Paule

We are very open to collabs.
#AltRock   #Folk & Singer-Songwriter  #Instrumental   #Piano   #Indie.   Welcome!

Sh - as in Shawn

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