https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHDmlr8NCPR/?igsh=bXJ1NXEzZWZsY3l0 Live vocal run here 🎷👌🏽

Wonderful to listen to.... everything about us unifies, although it may not appear that way.

the nostalgeous soundscape with sax and dreamy vocals fit like a glove! well done!

Fantastic track‼️ I love the dreamy vibes❣️

Taffy by The Day Afters is sticky-sweet with a bite—a deceptively poppy track wrapped in liquid guitars, bouncy bass, and a sugar-rush chorus that hits just right. The guitar and bass trade licks in a playful call-and-response, while the lyrics unravel the feeling of being trapped in a world that’s all gloss, no substance—delicious but suffocating. Sweet, addictive, and just a little warped—like candy melting in the sun.

Something More - EP

Taffy

Cast of Characters:

J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell – piano, organ, composition
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Suhr electric guitar, mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- four string Fender Precision Bass

This song began one creative Saturday evening several weeks ago with JJ coming up with it on his organ, piano, bass, and drums. He wrote it with the Eclectic Collective in mind and immediately shared it with the rest of us.
  Ken was the first to jump on it, adding his strong, Masonesque drums. Josh excitedly dove in once he had a beat to play off of. Then, it was time for the guitarists in the band to show off their skills. Stephen laid down the psychedelic, textural guitar you hear throughout, as well as the thrilling solo in the middle, starting around 1:25 and ending around 1:50. Tez did his best Dave Gilmour impression, adding rest of the fiery lead solo you hear throughout, as well. 
  Once it was in the can, we needed a mix, of course, and Stephen was kind enough to work his magic on the production.
  This is a perfect example of a JJ seed that took bloom with the EC. We all love working on his songs. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Desert Moon Flower  - The Eclectic Collective

Cast of characters:

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick four-string fretless bass, PRS semi hollow body electric guitar, seed idea

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

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Yamaha Genos 2 organ

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–  Tom Anderson Custom T electric guitar

Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – Squier Custom Telecaster electric guitar processed through a Line 6 interface to sound like a synth, mix, and production

Eclectic Collective -- composition

This song started around the New Year holiday, when Josh was playing around with a looper beat on his bass. He came up with the bass line and structure for it before turning it over the the rest of the Eclectic Collective to work with. 
  Ken was first up, giving the beat its due as a real drummer, and making it his own, expertly, as always. JJ was up next with his dynamic, lush organ, propping up the groove and adding sonic flavor throughout. Stephen came through after JJ with his foundatoinal, gritty, groovy guitar. It was sitting there ripe for a melody at this point, so Josh heard and added a melody vaguely inspired by the Simpson's theme and added it with his electric guitar. Tez wrapped the whole thing up with the exciting "synth" part you hear in the middle with his custom Tele, which he processes through a Line 6 interface.
  Once it was in the bag, Tez did the honors of producing and mixing it for us, and he did so exactly as we wanted it.
  This is an example of a song Josh started with a groove and set loose on the rest of the band. It is also a good example of what happens when we're all moving towards the same vision. We hope you enjoy hearing this song as much as we enjoyed

Sugar Britches-Eclectic Collective

We are pleased to present track 7 from our latest album, 'Haunting One Seven,' full album available on Bandcamp, we hope you’ll enjoy!

outstation.bandcamp.com/album/haunting-one-seven


Haunting One Seven

A Deity Looks After Me

This is the first and only take, I started strumming the chords and the boys joined in and nailed it. Dave Toolan is playing the bass for a change, Leon Carter is playing guitar, Jonny Rabbs is playing harmonica,Jim Sanders is on the drums and I'm singing.

Original artwork by my good old friend Adam Glover.
~
Lyrics

An eye for an eye
A tooth for tooth
A life for lie
but here’s the truth
You get what you give
And you’ll reap what you sow
So live and let live
It’s time to let go

By taking revenge
you reload the gun
that murdered your father 
and will murder your son
How do you like it?
This merry-go-round
Every generation
fresh blood on the ground

Jerusalem
The City of Peace 
Violent devotion
never to cease
while the scriptures are clear
there’s one Golden Rule
Treat your neighbours
as you’d have them treat you

Forgive Israel
Forgive Palestine
I’ll forgive yours
and you forgive mine
If you want to be safe
don’t intimidate 
Hate begets hate
and grace begets grace

Mitzvah goreret Mitzvah
~

I’m not Jewish or Muslim and I don’t know enough about the history or complexity of this conflict to confidently say whose more right or more wrong (and what I think or say makes no difference anyway) but I do know I’ve been watching and reading about this vicious cycle of violence from afar all my life. It’s such a hopeless bitter tragedy, any dream of forgiveness and peace seems naive - well, forgive my naivety…

An Eye For An Eye

This is the only live-recording I can put on here from the first album of Stytz Syndicate.
Line Up:
Stytz                             : guitar/leadvocals
Michael Roth                : harmonicas/vocals
Günther Reger             : saxophone/vocals
Claus Wengenmayr     : keyboards/vocals
Benno Richter              : bass
Jörg Schäfer                : drums
Lyrics                            : Pee Gee
Album Cover-Painting : Joachim Scheffler

Many people in the audience that night became teary-eyed hearing this song. 
The band gave it their absolute best and Stytz sang with heartbreaking intensity.

Our Love´s Come To An End          Stytz Syndicate

Original demo. No mixing.. no doctoring. Probly 25 years ago..,my voice is really high.. the chorus is dumb… I sounded happy and awake. Rare moment…

Lyrics: blah blah Babbity blah.. yeah yeah same old shit different day.. same old van rusting away

Yay!!

same old place

Mahan Mahan -- @mahan-mahan — Mahan — Washburn acoustic guitars, composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- vocals, vocal harmonies, lyrics, four string Warwick fretless bass, Collings mandolin, and Korg piano, Roland Phantom VST strings, and arrangement 
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Earl Scriggs custom banjo, mix, mastering, and production
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – mellotron, sound effects, editing production

This song began with Mahan writing a chord progression on his acoutic guitar in hopes of doing something different than his usual punk influenced raucous experimentation. He shared it with Josh after they found each other on the Cloud a couple months ago, and discovered they liked each other's music. Originally, Mahan asked Josh if he'd add some vocals. So Josh, thinking that was as far as he was going to go with it, came up with the lyrics, vocal melodies, and harmonies. Then Mahan encouraged him to add some more parts, if he wanted. So, Josh laid down a piano, mandolin, and bass part to go with it. At that point, it was sounding like a much bigger production than what either of them had accounted for. 
  That's when Josh got the rest of the Eclectic Collective involved. First in was Ken, who added his awesome drums to the mix. Josh and Ken went back and forth a couple of times, as they usually do when trying to dial in the rhythm section. Tez jumped in next with his dynamic electric guitar solo at the end. Then, Mark came along and added the cool, proggy melotron at the end, too, as well as did some expert editing. At this point, it sounded so big that Josh decided to add the symphonic strings you hear throughout, too.
  Once it was in the can, we turned it over to Stephen who not only mixed it brilliantly, but also added a trippy banjo you can hear in the second to last section. 
  We had so much fun recording this, in no small part because Mahan is such a brilliant and desirable collaborator. He really set us up with some magic, and we ran with it. All of his music is exciting and worth a listen on his page. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by Josh Clary:

I've been high
And I've been low
Been making plans 
For when I go

Time moves by painfully fast
Everything goes and nothing lasts 


We're only here for a very short time 
You live your life and I'll live mine 
Might as well have fun
Might as well go for a run
Hug my kids, my wife, and folks
Before I go x 2

Into forever dreamless sleep
Wish I had a soul to keep
Time’s like water in my hand
Can't stop the clock's 
Relentless plans
 
When it all comes ‘round
I don’t let it get me down 
‘Cause in the end, 
I won't make a sound
This life is very short 
And we're all very small
Everything’s in motion 
On this spinning ball 
Time flows only one way
I wish it were not so
I’m busy making plans for
When it’s time to go
Take the time to wonder
Make time to wonder 
Wonder at it all.

Wonder - The Eclectic Collective with Mahan Mahan

Lyrics:
Everything clicks like clockwork,
I can hear it all around.
Never been one for stealing,
I just found it on the ground.
I just found it on the ground.
Moments blur together seamlessly,
I forgot to choose a side.
Comatose, you're somewhat reeling.
Got a dagger in your eye.
Can't you stop what you're doing?
Words Jumbled up; you lie.
Words Jumbled up; you lie.
Collecting all the reasons,
You never ever try.
Let the wind blow you over,
Or let the sun get you dry.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fabricating all your feelings,
makes me laugh and then I cry.
Wonder what it is you're dealing,
Will it live or will it die.
You're staring at the ceiling,
I just found it on the ground.
I just found it on the ground.
Moments blur together seamlessly,
I forgot to choose a side.
Comatose, you're somewhat reeling.
Got a dagger in your eye.
Can't you stop what you're doing?
Words Jumbled up; you lie.
Words Jumbled up; you lie.
I just found it on the ground.
I just found it on the ground.

On The Ground

Saxophone by joerxworx

https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx



Lyrics

Two words
Us all
One voice

One love the call
Your choice

I’m with the birds
Dissillusioned
But with hope

New verse
Curbs the confusion
‘Clears the throat


Cruel Creed
The cryptic lier feed
Talk to choke

Two words
One love
Your choice

Any day now
We’ll all decide
Hope must survive
Any day now
We’ll all take time
To look inside and help someone out



Recently I think I've realised that if we became a race of people that are positive and observe each other instead of control... We'll be evolving... I've also considered we just need to be this for ourselves as individuals and great.. Einsteins perfect mind world made for 'me' appears and all is fine! But that's head in the sand. Of course we can feel a perfect world... Doesn't make it the real world 

We can't quite see that utopian observer state for humanity yet... There's too much division! So let's amplify that love around the hate in whatever way we can for the greater good. I believe the greater good is us partaking in evolution. We follow that... Or something fitter replaces us

One Love

dawn

Welcome

Instagram & YT here:

https://www.instagram.com/beautifuldarkmusic/

https://youtube.com/@thebeautifuldark?si=dulHWhSQkccjqEzv

My YT sucks. IG has plenty of living room live videos and other waffle...

ALL this music is FREE from ai. All created with ACTUAL INTELLIGENCE & DECADES of GRAFT learning music and making songs.... I strongly feel we need to amplify this in the face of lazy creativity POISONING people's minds.... Anyways...

Thanks SoundCloud!

I am truly greatful for this platform. That we get to share our music and absorb the endless talent and get inspiration from that is really amazing.

I love engaging with other artists so please feel free to hit me up. Once you are human (and didn't type your music on ChatGPT) I'm up for listening to your stuff and giving you good feedback with my taste set aside. I think that's important and very rewarding if you approach reciprocating your engagement with other artists by leaving your taste aside for the listen. Review the human. Remember they are exactly the same as you, grinding it to make art so I believe that's the most inspiring way to approach this place.

Unless you are an already established artist you will get nowhere on SoudCloud without engagement. It takes a bit of learning to sift through the AI bullshit and sidestep the shitty sales bots but find the humans, listen to their creations and engage... And you are getting the same back. Its that simple. You have the best critics you could possibly ask for... Your fellow musicians! Your peers. Opinions that can really matter.

I have had untold inspiration delving into other styles I would have dismissed and I have absolutely had huge amounts of that abundance of angles absorbed in my own music. It almost makes me want to try all the styles I listen to instead of saying... I hate drum and bass... Give it a shot. Every style has its merit and genius behind that creation.

After poking different ways this is now how I approach a session. Listen, Like(Unless it's tripe AI or something I hate - very little gets the hate label for me now) Then create a playlist for that artist and begin building a list of songs you've listened to / liked by them and that's a permanent reference for you for them. Its easier to remember them this way and keeps things organized for you when keeping track of what material you've covered by them. This list can also be reposted making your like more valuable to all. I'll tend to alternate between new and old tracks. Its a good way of gauging evolution of artists and weeding out some messers. I also like reactivating the feelings of old tracks in the artists by sharing the first upload and highlighting how long it's been there. Gives you a good gauge of dedication and believe level etc... This way you definitely listen to less artists but the quality of your interactions is arguably improved because of the deeper digs so I think it's more rewarding artistically and less robotic then just delivering a multitude of likes...
At the beginning my goal was... get people to me to spread myself. Now priority one is absorb as much of your creativity as possible... The recipeocatoon just happens itself then... So you get upgraded as a musician better because your in study mode and your own music grows maybe more organically both in skill and presentation...

My own tunes are mainly about existence and I aim for them to be an honest reflection of what I've discovered and what's important to me now..I hope you enjoy them. They can be intense and sometimes take a while to play with balanced emotion but they are  always a blast to make 🔆

Create or Die 🧬

10,000 hours to master something I've heard!

 Well I'm still trying to master music and I know I and nobody ever will. But I'm well past 10,000 hours of enjoyment making it. Here's to the next 10,000 hours 🫶🏽🔆🧬🎶

Just be the good YOU 🤝

One Love

The Beautiful Dark

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