Lest we forget, please remind us we are still valid.

https://youtu.be/dLLddlqKIHc?si=wT5hmEY_W3Fp5ZvI 

This is my attempt at performing this song in a single take with just me and my guitar (Taylor 114 ce)
Also to compare and contrast, here’s a  link to a more polished full band version of this song that I recorded with the help of the Eclectic Collective 
https://soundcloud.com/josh-clary-1/ai-sucks-the-eclectic?si=67d29d363d2a419dacbf860fa471165e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Many thanks to SoundCloud musician Michele Ansani  https://on.soundcloud.com/A24Cig19AVNqQmCk8 who's lyrics inspired me to write this song and collaborated with me to help bring this song to life.
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Lyrics
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 as the calluses formed and every day I learned a brand new chord
I was obsessed with that guitar and I never grew bored.
I wrote songs every day and 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 and expert at your craft
And now all it takes is two commands and 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 and 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 and 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 and saved it onto my PC
The internet and 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 and SoundCloud
I asked myself if a tree falls in the forest and no one’s around
Does it make a sound?
But now all it takes is two commands and 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 like your songs even though you didn’t write or play a single note.

AI Sucks Acoustic Live Version

Cast of characters:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — VST orchestration, vocals, lyrics, and compostion
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums, percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass, Fender Precion four-string fretted bass, and Roland Phantom synthesizer
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– Tom Anderson Custom T model electric guitar
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – VST string arrangement
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitrar, mix, and production

 This song began as a musical letter written, composed, and sung by Carl to Eclectic Collective. Carl and Josh had been sniffing around each other's pages, admiring each other's work and collaborators. So Carl reached out with this friendly, uplifting song, as a gift to the band. 
  Ken was first in line, adding his awesome, driving drums to give us a heartbeat to build upon. Josh came along next and completed the rhythm section with his trusty four-string fretless bass. Stephen was next up to bat, adding his dynamic raspy guitar, which almost sounds like an electrified fiddle. Next up, Mark followed with his trippy synth and powerful strings to add to Carl's original composition. 
  We had it pretty much done sounding, but wanted to spice it up a bit, so we came up with the idea for a coda. Josh added his bass and synth for it, and Tez came up with the thrilling guitar part of it, as well. Tez also added the thrilling guitar intro, too. 
  Once it was in the can, we asked Tez to mix and produce it for us, which he did in his always expert fashion.
  This is the first song EC has done with Carl, but we know it won't be the last. We all admire him for his creativity, proficiency, and prolificacy. His page is worth a stroll, too, as it contains a lot of gems.
  We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark: 

Hey Collective Seeds,

Let's work things out across that water
There's a cable under sea,
We can send all sorts of...
Music/Words/Sounds - It's insane!
Look Lads,
That's life in the fastlane!

So it's ones and zeros
Mine and yours and theres
We are all heroes...

Watching the fire,
From a distance we're warm
But not from their mire,
From this musical charm.
It's a bonfire,
An inferno.
Earth got plenty to turn off...

So we can sing to love
And we can play for more dove.
Let's combine our powers. Collective!
A Paddy/Yankee toasted sandwich

Tex festival streak
Psyched for more free
K2 to peak
Mistermark chimes ' found life fought
Give, You Entheogenic Psychonaught
Collective lands
Psyched for more free

I got to experience the best behind the track writer on SoundCloud above. Amazing Josh, showing the TLC way man...

TBD's thoughts...
The Collective. Earth gets fixed when we become a true collective. When we love each other for what we are unconditionally. A collective that doesn't have left and right or at least doesn't judge people based on their beliefs. It's acceptance... The final battle for the greater good. Maybe I'm just a drama filled ball of whatever... But in my heart this is a taste of what we need on planet Earth right here and I'm proud to be part of it. It's love that's all. Love that will cancel our the fake horrible energy challenging our mission.
Take that love 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿 Let's grow it 🔆

Dear Collective

Ken (K2 and The Four) beats and composition
Tez (Llanpsych) guitars, bass and mix

This track started off with a percussion stem called Magneto that Ken created for the Eclectic Collective track 'Come and Get Me'. It was in the mix but not prominent. Tez thought it had a dubtechno vibe and ran with that idea - remixing, adding FX and industrial bass and psych guitars. This is the result - hope you like it :))))

MAGNETO

This is also a remastered song that derives from another song already proposed a few months before ... I also hope that this version also like the previous one .....💥⚘




https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CQAvZMr57OA&feature=shared


https://open.spotify.com/track/1RNxlEmLnNeDub2f9eVxh3?si=GW1JI7M1RgmUDhHTZ3UUsQ&context=spotify%3Atrack%3A1RNxlEmLnNeDub2f9eVxh3


https://music.apple.com/it/album/alien-invasion-remastered/1814108762?i=1814108764&ls


https://music.amazon.it/albums/B0F8GNPYT2?marketplaceId=APJ6JRA9NG5V4&musicTerritory=IT&ref=dm_sh_UJonj0yA0L7u85tgd9nAhNF6D&trackAsin=B0F8GZ49PZ

Alien Invasion Remastered.mp3

This was my third time working with the Eclectic Collective on a track. Unlike the other couple of times that were based around ideas that I came up with, this time I was just along for the ride! I was happy that Ken reached out and invited me, figuring I could help add some 80s style synth nostalgia to this fun piece. 

Cast of characters:
K2 and the Three [and the Four] -- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, acoustic guitar, song and vocal melody composition
Joseph Shenton -- @joseph-shenton -- lyrics
Gaz Brownie — @user-755327533 — Gaz — vocals, vocal harmonies, and lyrics
one man verity show – @one-man-verity-show – Scotty – electric guitar intro
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Les Paul Custom electric guitar, mix, production, and mastering
Llanpsych–@llanpsych –Tez– Epiphone Les Paul electric guitar
Tea R. Sea @tea_are_sea -- Terry – low synthesizer
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – Fender Precision bass and high synthesizer

This song began a few months ago as an idea Ken had to make the quintessential Gen X song. He structured the chords, beat to appeal to anyone of a certain age group, of which most of the folks in the band are a part. He even played wrote it on his acoustic guitar and came up with the vocal melody, which Gaz put a shine on for the final version. Once he had the form of the song down, he tapped the incredibly talented Joseph Shenton to write the lyrics. Gaz not only superbly sung four part harmonies for this, but the came up with the lyrics for the break parts, too. 

When he first envisioned it, Ken thought it would be fun to invite as many musicians as we could onto it. However, for whatever reason, it stalled out and sat untouched for a couple months, with just Stephen's foundational guitar, Scotty's thrilling guitar intro, Terry's lush, low end synth, and Josh's bass to hold it down. Then, Ken had the great idea to invite Gaz to sing it for us. His awesome vocal track inspired us to heat up the kiln again, and put some real effort into bringing it to life. On that note, Josh redid his bass part to match Ken's rocking drums, as well as added the high, melodic synth you hear throughout. Tez came in last with the fiery guitar fills and solo, which you can hear throughout, as well. 

Once it was all in the bag, we tapped Stephen to produce and mix it, which he did in his always pro manner. 

This is the first collab Eclectic Collective has done with Gaz, but we all hope it won't be the last. He is one of the finest singers on the Cloud, and we're honored that he would sprinkle his magic on this song with us. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by Joseph Stenton:

Where were you on those days gone by
Were you out by the tracks where the lone train whistle cries
Or kicking up rocks on those dusty roads of dirt
Or skating on streets paved with gold
Or wrestling upon the grass beneath endless sky

On days gone bye
On days gone by
To be back there again
For all its lows and for all its highs 

Where were you on those days gone by
Were you tugging at the stars too
In an attempt to release their light
Bonded by hours
To a brotherhood we believed would never die

On days gone bye
On days gone by
To be back there again
For all its lows and for all its highs 

Where were you on those days gone by
From within this dull petrification of time
Comes a crystalline memory
Of those long lost moments, now born free 
Of come what might, come what might be

On days gone bye
On days gone by
To be back there again
For all its lows and for all its highs 

Where were you on those days gone by
With a tape in the walkman
Playing the soundtrack of passing time
To these moments of our lives
That once burned bright but never died

On days gone bye
On days gone by
To be back there again
For all its lows and for all its highs 

Generation X - with Eclectic Collective ft. Gaz Brownie

Endless Dreamer

Lyrics:

I see you in my dreams
Can't let your memory die
My heart's torn at the seams
Still asking myself why, why did we fall apart?
You left a mark on my heart
Thought we had forever, now it's just a scar
Sitting in silence, alone in the dark.

Tell me why we're through
Why did you say goodbye?
Can't stop missing you
It still hurts inside

The things you used to say
Haunt me day by day
Your laughter in the air
I turn, but you're not there
Was it all just a phase?
Feelings lost in the haze

Tell me why we're through
Why did you say goodbye?
Can't stop missing you
It still hurts inside

Was it a love for a season
Or just a fleeting reason?
I wish we could go back
Before our hearts cracked

Tell me why we're through
Why did you say goodbye?
Can't stop missing you
It still hurts inside

You called me late last night
Said you're lonely, but that's not okay.
You wanna make it right,
but I've moved too far away.

Turns out I’m doing fine
Since you left, I’m finally free.
All this time I thought I'd cry
But alone looks good on me.

Now I know we're through
Glad that you said goodbye.
No more missing you
Got you out of my mind.

Now I know we're through
I finally healed inside.

Heal

basement

SOUNDCLOUD WITH YOU
V1
Just when I thought I had no friends
No friends I could count on
Just when I thought I was doomed to outer space
There comes this song

[Chorus]
There’s many places I could be
Facebook, Tik Tok, X and YouTube
But there’s no better place to be
Than on SoundCloud with you
SoundCloud with you

V2
Just when I thought my songs sucked
There you were with a heart
And the kindest words I thought I’d never hear
Now, nothing can drag us apart

[Chorus]
There’s many places I could be
Facebook, Tik Tok, X and YouTube
But there’s no better place to be
Than on SoundCloud with you
SoundCloud with you

V3
Hand on The Rock, Toney Wright
Magi©ian, Child of Nature to name a few
Smiling Grass and Little Man
Don’t know where I’d be without you, yeah

[Chorus]
There’s many places I could be
Facebook, Tik Tok, X and YouTube
But there’s no better place to be
Than on SoundCloud with you
SoundCloud with you

Ooooh-ooooh, Ooooh-ooooh...

[Chorus]
There’s many places I could be
Facebook, Tik Tok, X and YouTube
But there’s no better place to be
Than on SoundCloud with you
SoundCloud with you
SoundCloud with you
SoundCloud with all of you..oooh-oooh
SoundCloud with you.

© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

SOUNDCLOUD WITH YOU

Skyward Drift

"Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance..." Thaaaaaaaanks Wikipedia...

Music can deliver a form of Shamanism to us in my pea head opinion. Joining me in this track is TexMex Shaman from Texas in the good old USA.

Connect here: https://soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman

Stephen is an incredible human, musician, artist and producer and made this the way more polished piece it is with his wonderful lead guitar and mix and master skills. I just handed him my splat and he made it the five pointed star it is with more Actual Intelligence from a human being brain. Nice one bro!

Lyrics

Yeah... Meet a musical bear 🐻

Sounds vain,
Bigging up my own brain.
Blame the world,
This status quo
The fake and fucked up reality show
I can't watch artificial grow
Without musical smells to make it go
Life is art and art is life
Fake the steak for a weak minded right
Go live your FUD
Go live in pain
I'll sing real truth!
Soul gain!
From indie to metal to rock to rhythm and blues and jazz...
Human algorithm

Yeah.. I'm liking this musical bear 🐻 😆

Make a style
Be a new way
Create a world that says new day
Create a world that honours history
Where artists spirits expand our mystery
These spirits are sad with your fovia fake
Art 'aint random when a human make!
So regurgitate your souless take
It all sounds the same this AI bake
So grab an instrument and express real heart beat
(Guitars / Samplers / Keyboards / Saxophones... all music that is expressed whether that's banging rocks or playing a harp)

FUCK AI MUSIC
Ask your soul to prove it
Chuck the lazy loser... you!
You lost!
Now hear those waves where life is not a cost...

Waaah

This project is one of multiple styles of the same song. The more fake bs skip to result splats I hear from ai typers the more I want to try and upgrade what goes into my own real music. Sir Isaac's 3rd law says what we need to do with that poison! So for me thats the only positive so far from ai music... It inspires me to make it the insignificant random arrangement of plagiarism it is... Sometimes I go soft in my head on some ai typers... but they need to have that reckoning with the technology as individuals too.. They robbed all of our musicians work and they're probably going to steel all of ours here eventually too... Like social media, for me from a creativity stand point it just adds to the general limiting of our abilities and desire to develop skills being happy with some heroine result instead of a grind to get there... If ai artists were honest with themsleves, listen to what they make and what every other complicit plagiariser makes... It's the same fake sounding music! Who are you inspiring with that? Usually as far as I can tell the individuals artists ego and thats it... It's the indifference towards the artists that taught it without permission... Thats the real shallow Merovingian in the system and the people that feed it. Piano/Keyboard - two directions... left and right. My tip... start there

Imagine a bank with all the cash. It's everyones cash... Then some dude comes along and builds a bank beside it and prints the same amount of cash and says! Look at me I have all the money lets play here.. If your head is poisoned by money too... thats not fair obviously... what ai companies have doen to artosts is worse. They took their fucking souls and will now profit on them for years to come because of the lack of political will to regulate or stop big corps doing this bs. It's too late to save the soul of their art fully but we need to get it reigned in fast

Actual Intelligence

I waited a whole year for the Sun to move along and rise behind that little tree. It happened today on 19th May 2025. Just off to the right there are raging gorse fires threatening homes that fire fighters are struggling to put out for nearly 20 hours I believe.. 2 hours after this photo it rained and its full cloud cover... Thanks Universe

Actual Intelligence

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