Azul:  Synths
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master
Michael Kober:  Bass
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Vocals

Original version by Nick Kamen (1962 - 2021). Thanks for your attention!

I promised myself  ft. AZUL

The Way of Youth

Cast of Characters:
Single Use & Recycled -- @user-995867230 -- Bill — acousitc rhythm and lead guitar and composition
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums and percussion
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – synth strings
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — acoustic rhythm guitar, production, mix, and mastering
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and lyrics

This song started as an idea Bill came up with on his acoustic guitar. Having found each other on the Cloud and enjoying each other's music, Josh and Bill decided to do a collab. Bill is a real deal guitarist, who's as prolific as he is skilled. Of course, Josh invited Eclectic Collective to the party, too.
  Shortly after doing so, he laid down a bass part to Bill's skeleton withi his four string fretless bass. Ken followed suit, and after a back and forth, completed the rhythms secion. JJ dug in next, adding the thrilling strings that highlight the high points of the melody. 
  There wasn't a whole lot of room for everyone on this, though, as Bill had the guitar parts nailed down tight. However, after sitting on the shelf for about half a year, Carl came along and added the missing piece with his raucuos vocals. Stephen also fattened up the sound a bit with his acoustic rhythm guitar.  
  Once it was in the can, we asked Stephen to work his production, mix, and mastering magic on it, too, which he came through with, as always.
  This brilliant song almost didn't see the light of day. It sat for what felt like forever, until we decided to revive it. This will not be the last collab we do with Bill, though, who was generous in not only sharing his music with us, but allowing us to do whatever we wanted with it, too. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.  

Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Shifty shire
Ah, redistrict rot
Dividing a country for power by plot
Gerry's meandering
Not thinking of sane
What colourful friends can stop red rain?

With freedom waning
Conversation is paused
A few rich men failing
With solidarity cause
Shift the shire!
At minority we've baulked
That mind inconvenient
New red lines are chalked

State turf wars are on
Ah, redistrict rot
Dividing a country for power by plot
For the rights of the white man
We missing those slaves
So legislate oppression
That skin 'aint red way

Shire (Eclectic Collective with Single Use & Recycled)

Another simple track 😎
Lyrics/Vocals by me
Music made in GarageBand

Thank you so much for listening! 🫶

Lyrics: 

I wrapped myself in self-pity
Heard a heavy ringing bell
Didn't think I could be unwrapped
Hidden walls that never fell..

So many layers of emotions
I knew I had to start
And when the first layer was removed
The rest began to fall apart..

Unwrap-app-ing  myself
Unwrap-app-ing myself

Now my soul is almost open
All the layers taken off
But I have left some walls
In case I don't have enough...

A new story will be written
New layers will come
But with an unwrapped soul
I can wrap myself with love...

Unwrap-app-ing myself
Unwrap-app-ing myself

Unwrap -app-Ing Myself  (Original)

I have come to an understanding as I slip into the current
that I have lost something
that I thought I'd never lose
some permanence I'd think
would be...yet here I am saying again
goodbye identity...it was nice
and I truly love U but I've outgrown the old visage
and the not great scene...and now
I'm alone but I'm serene
and I can hear U on the wind
what do u mean and what's ur spin
but the beauty of this score
is that I don't worry 'bout u anymore
yea... I have surrendered
to the fates
indoctrinated in my strength and faith
and the things I was
and the feels I ignored
yea babe
I may be poor
but my fortune's never late
yet here I am saying again
goodbye identity...it was nice
and I truly love U but I've outgrown the old visage
and the not great scene...and now
I'm alone but I'm serene

I Dont Worry

Complete Unknown

Art : Eric Lacombe

Hey man...I'd say I'm sorry, but you know
I'm kinda sore...cause U quit right before
...the game got called
feels like a bath in salt
cause I got all these open wounds
...festerin in the blues
got me sober in the pain...
and it's not my fault...yea
a bath in salt...
betcha got drawings and battle plans
sink my ship and my guns r jammed
yea...seemed like I was doomed
my life flashin before me...
and gone too soon...and ya know
I'd say I'm sorry...
but U know I'm sore...
cause U quit right before...I could show ur hand
and U lack the sand
cause I got all these open wounds
...festerin in the blues
got me sober in the pain...
and it's not my fault...yea
a bath in salt...
my man...U lack the sand

You Lack The Sand

Sometimes I surprise myself...turning
off the person I was - like I'm clearing
off my shelf...and I feel like I'm saying
goodbye...and it's so heart felt
but I ask myself why?
cause it was a card dealt...
never who I was
but I can hear the buzz...
student daughter wife mother
player...slayer...
trickster...favored
here's a quarter for the phone call...hater
yea later
cause yea that was never all of who I was
and this is where I flip back my hair and shrug
never who I was...
cause I'm a lover
who was a mother...and another and another
living life undercover...
and sometimes I surprise myself...turning
off the person I was - like I'm clearing
off my shelf...and I feel like I'm saying
goodbye...and it's so heart felt
but I ask myself why?
cause it was a card dealt...
never who I was

Never Who I Was

She said she did not know what love was
...if it was not sacrifice
...but what she did or does...ends up a loss
for love, cause she gave up her life
when she could've turned up her light
sacrificed her rights...in service of ur fight
when all she ever had to do...was what she might
cause U see...she was never meant to be
a prize kept high on a shelf
cause she's an empire and her very breath
exudes her wealth...yea abundance
and every mumble rides a rumble
rightin wrongs where she might've
stumbled...but U got her song cause she keeps it humble...sings it all day long
to keep herself untroubled
yea and she's a beautiful sight
and her every mumble rides her rumble

She Keeps It Humble

My eyes that I've kept closed
still see the running codes...
like wine across my screen...in and out
they create a scene, and even...
tho I shine...they weave and roll
yea
and if I am an abstract by design
a livin art form...bustin' at the grind
yea...warm heart 'gainst a wicked mind
and ur wishing I was blind
lie 'bout the bodies...and the martyrs who have died
tellin' me thru tears...but U FAKE cried
and its ok cause I see the inside...
the real ride
a string lookin' to get plucked
a chord I been strummin'
when U SUCKED
and I am the rising motion
the tide of an angry ocean
coming in as lead...for I am the indie sea
yea I am the Indie Zen Sea

Indie Zen Sea or Indecency

I see it in the rearview...but I aim to let it be
cause I understand the wisdom...gonna 
let it be...what can I do now?
watch and see...a witness to history
and how I hate that ur the featured story
the sad sad allegory...yea and I see now
like a movie on a reel to reel
break or jam cause its so surreal
living on a cliffside that's always stormy...
cause...I see it in the rearview...but I aim to let it be
cause I understand the wisdom...gonna 
let it be...what can I do now?
watch and see...a witness to history
yea...what can I do but watch and see
just a witness...gonna let it be
u are the allegory
living on a cliffside that's always storming

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🤟🏼Working on new patterns and techniques in composition, production, and performance of both instrumental(classical/acoustic guitar) and voice- pieces are built (loops and beats)..on BandLab @nyla_k00  and Soundtrap (new)

I have removed the (amp) tag for consistency in distribution- acoustic pieces I perform will be tagged as ‘acoustic’ (apologies for page reorganization)

TBH, I aspire to be a guitar 🎸 but I’ll settle for being able to play competently what I hear when I write...(one day, Alice...to the moon)

I study under Duncan L. Wood and am grateful for his guidance and patience. Most of my influences are Folk/Blues/Indie, but inspiration arrives in many forms so HT to Hip Hop, Rap, Classical, especially Chamber trios. Current tracks are first cuts and I may update them in the future with cleaner versions, thank you for listening as I learn.

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