Original song,  music made in Garageband  (And with some help from a good friend)  😊

Lyrics:

When you spoke to me
I just turned away
Didn't know where to look
Or what to say

When you said Baby hey
Please speak to me
I froze, couldn't find the words
it was bad to see

I am just not the one who speaks out loud
Iam just a quiet girl in a loudly world

Should i speak for you?
Or should i do it for me?
should i just close my eyes and set you free?

Or should i be true
With what i already knew
That you're my only one 
And i love you

I need to find a way
the right words to say
I can't go on like this
day after day

I will be true to you
And to myself
I need to open up so you can love me too

I will speak for you
And i will do it for me
I will not close my eyes
I will be free

I will be true to you
And what i already know
That you're my only one
And i love you so

Na na na na na na....

Speak        (Original)

Out of Focus

Home

Following the white line in the centre of the track
Head strong running forward 
Heart tries to turn back
Billboard on the road 
Claims we’re crying out for help 

Smoke outside the windshield, factories whizzing by
Old steel mines of rust
Old towns lost in time
I believe the redwoods, I believe the pines

So come on, tell us a story
One where we can take a drive
So come on, mesmerise me
And occupy my mind all night

Been living, on the road
Through my twenty something with the same backpack in tow
Once marched to all the travellers tunes
But I know I’ll miss the trees when I find a place called home

But come on, tell us a story
One about the mystery of life
So come on, hypnotise me
With the neon glow from your taillights

Highway Stories (Demo)

Cast of characters:
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth, seed idea
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –  vocals, lyrics, mix, and production
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–banjo, guitar, sitar, and final mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, seed idea
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – four-string fretless bass
Composition – The Eclectic Collective

This song started in probably the most effective way our group writes them. Ken had a spectacular drum beat that was unused in a previous project, so JJ composed and recorded with his magical keys a chord structure and arrangement. Once we had a beat and a chord structure, Josh came along and added his foundational bass. 
  Now that the rhythm section was complete and the chord structure was in place, Stephen added his unique melody line that you hear at the beginning and every other verse on his magic banjo. He also plays all the initial guitar until about the 1:40 mark, when Tez takes over. In addition, Stephen also laid down some really trippy sitar in the break section. Then it was time for Tez to add some spice to the mix with his fiery guitar solos, which you hear from about 1:40 on, eventually building up to a crescendo towards the end. 
  Once we had all the music down, we realized that we had a big gap in the bridge without much going on in it. So, Mark came through and recorded a cool poem he had written on his refigerator with word magnets more than a decade ago, captured with a picture, and added to for the this song. The poem is loosely based on the idea that our dreams exist in a digital environment/universe. The girl's voice you hear echoing him is his daughter, for whom he originally composed it, in her first appearance with the EC. 
  The song was now finished, except for Mark using his masterful production skills to trim and move a few things. After he made those adjustments on, he threw a mix on it. While we usually defer to Tez or Stephen for the mix, Mark did such a great job, we decided to keep his mix. Stephen did, however master and EQ it to make it a finished product. 
  This is a song written truly as a whole band effort, showcasing what the Eclectic Collective can do. I hope you enjoy listening to is as much as we enjoyed creating it.  

Original lyrics by Mistermark:  

The moon flickers on
and rises and dances
across a celestial stage
as dreamers paint the pixels of their mind 
like an infinite canvas 

Sleep away tiny egg
and leave a delicate thread 
of memory behind 
but never log out 
you are in the elaborate web
always

Dancing Moon-Eclectic Collective

2024

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Liquid

chateau snow

22.08.24 Underneath The Space

This Poem Is Haunting Me
I said
I'm a writer who doesn't write
A lover who doesn't love
A bird that doesn't fly 
a fish dont swim

I'm a King in my own imagination
but a pauper in my lonely mind
My heart begs for your invitation
but pumps its own blood out of time
 she said said
I have rhythm for misinterpretation
and a predilection for the past

I speak to G-d
but never in meditation
she says don't whisper words
than can be...

I am a mutation
of the amalgamations of your mind
I am unstuck
now I just have to remember

remember how to rhyme...

remember how to rhyme

when the time comes to now

Your soul will be stretched as skin above a tower of love and you will be played like drums dripping sounds of power

when the space 
comes to now

your heart will sing songs inscribed on the inside of your arteries that you couldn't have known you know

As I watch the past

I will find the courage to finally dance

to the music
you make for me

to the music
you make for us

to the music
we make
for you
 
I will dance
when you tell me
you love me

did i ever tell you?

i love you

Panacea

Burn

Welcome to my experimental drops in the SoundCloud; strictly non-commercial fun 🌱 just play me …  I compose, play and produce by ear.

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