A playlist full of tracks created by the writers, musicians and producers of our music community, "The MusiCollective" - this is the September 2022 edition, marking our 1 year anniversary! For old times' sake (and to bolster the track numbers) we've also thrown in some tracks from the 2021 edition (https://soundcloud.com/themusicollective/sets/tmc-records-september-playlist) for good measure.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this. We have a mix of complete recording newbies, seasoned pros and everything in between. All as incredible as each other. 

The MusiCollective is a community of people that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (@tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgUPAkshXrqaB3yjG3Npa5lZVMs2uqxgzYX77DeZb8HHCYpA/viewform?usp=sf_link

TMC Records - September 2022 playlist

Losing my invisibility outside The Landsdowne in Primrose Hill

Cool Old Man

Jimmy the Rocket

TERRILEE

Nothing that I want to tell you
Keep the dreams inside my head
Leave the flying to the angels
Crawling through the dirt instead

Where’s the final destination?
Help me find it if you can
I got tangled in my own skin
I don’t know where we began

We tumbled from the cliff together
Plunged into the icy lake
Soon you swam back to the surface
Left me drowning* in your wake

You thought I’d always follow
The truth’s for you to swallow down
When you look over your shoulder
You might find I’d rather drown
Than chase you

Drown

SMCF

Had this one kicking around for ages driving me mad, so decided to give myself a deadline to finish and post it - and here it is!

This Island - demo

A song about loneliness and alienation, about feeling alone in a city full of people

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Watching the faded smiles
See these actors walking asleep
Like lifeboats stranded on the ocean
Floating alone

But down here in the dark
In this theatre of the cold and alone
No more hidden scars
Step out of the wings
Into the unknown

Look in my eyes
See how they shine bright
Watching our dreams take flight
As we sparkle and shine

Searching these darkened streets
For some trace of meaning
Lifeboats on the ocean
Tracing footsteps back home

But down here in the dark
In this theatre of the cold and alone
No more hidden scars
Step out of the wings
Into the unknown

Look in my eyes
See how they shine bright
Watching our dreams take flight
As we sparkle and shine

Lifeboats

Buy on BandCamp

A song about liking someone and not telling them, and not at all dwelling on that many years later...


Verse 1
So… Here I go again
Not saying the words running through my mind, that it’s you I’ve wanted all this time and
No… I cannot get myself to say it
To your face when I’m with you these words just seem so out of place

Chorus
And I’m lying to you and lying to myself,
Deep down I know nobody else can make me
Feel - quite - like - this - I - can’t - help – it
All I see is visions of you looking through me
Like you never knew me

Verse 2 
And hey… it’s far too late to let it show
Now I’m in orbit all around you 
And your mates, and I am bound to keep a
Straight… face while you fall in love with someone else and 
Parade her past me, and surely it’s plain to see that I am

Chorus
Lying to you and lying to myself,
Deep down I know nobody else can make me
Feel - quite - like - this - I - can’t - help – it
All I see is visions of you looking through me
Like you never knew me

Bridge
And I’m not dwelling on the fact
That I never got to tell you that
I liked you from the very first time we met
How pathetic I held it back for all these years
So cheers to frozen fears and cold regret
About the things I should’ve said to you
When I could like I was always mad about you
And here’s to never seeing you again
To never being more than friends, 
Holding hands on the beach or the middle of the street, you’re out of reach and I still

Chorus
See those visions of you looking through me
Like you never knew me
Looking through me
Like you never knew me

Never Knew Me (demo)

Lost Then Found (demo)

Selva Oscura (A Dark Wood)

Music Only Knows (Haiku song)
Words and music by Ell Freeman

Starlight through the leaves
On twilight paths unwinding
Music leads the way

Firelight through the trees 
Smoke and embers spiralling 
Music starts to play

And in the darkness
I will leave my path behind
Who cares where it goes
And where we’re walking
As I take your hand in mine
Music only knows

Daylight through the leaves
Nighttime revelries recede
Where has music gone?

Dew has doused the fire
Ashes where the flames once played 
Sing a sombre song

But in the darkness
I will leave my path behind
Who cares where it goes
And where we’re walking
As I take your heart in mine
Music only knows

Singing through the trees
A bracing autumn breeze brought
Music to our lips

When time comes to part
Following separate paths
We sing in our hearts

And in the darkness
I will leave my path behind
Who cares where it goes
And where we’re walking
As I take your heart in mine
Music only knows

Music Only Knows

Blame the winter

The MusiCollective is a community of musicians that get behind each others' projects, for example by helping with songwriting, arrangements, recording and production. It is a continuation of TGS Records (https://soundcloud.com/tgs-records) which started as a lockdown project and has been snowballing new members in ever since. If you'd like to join us, get in touch by emailing themusicollective21@gmail.com or filling in this short form: https://forms.gle/yhyjNKzWGidVCZgN9