Great theme. A cool rocking tune. What a fun and wonderful collab!

nice guitar / work , love the lyrics mate

wow crazy about this! I'm a guitarlover,  but on top like a layer of ceam, you add that wonderful soul-funk voice

Lovely song for a road trip  - - - -  - - - - - - - I like the groove change on the chorus, very hovering  - -- - - - - ; - -- - - - - - - ) )

a few songs where I take a turn at the singy part, either the lead, or backing harmony, or just a little noise here & there.


Playlist photo by John Curley; iPod Photoshopery by me

Singy stuff (songs with my voice)

Deseos desde la arboleda JAM

Deseos Desde La Arboleda (jam)

an excerpt of the intro of a song written by my good friend Dyniss from back in the day when we were in a band together (lead vocal - Dyniss, harmony - me). It's a good example of our vocal tandem when we sang together. 

Here is a cover of Dyniss's band covering "We Can Work It Out", with me on vocal lead: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/we-can-work-it-out-with-dyniss-vocal-mark?in=user-432503709/sets/singing-stuff

Here is a medley of Dyniss tunes recorded from our rehearsal sessions:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/dyniss-ditties-bestest-bits?in=user-432503709/sets/compilations

For more about Dyniss, visit http://dyniss.com/

Live in the Studio

Less Than Me (intro harmony / song by Dyniss)

I think this was the only cover tune we did back in my band days playing with my great friends Dyniss, Morris, and Alex. Here I take a turn at lead vocals with Dyniss on harmony. This is a ‘live’ version recorded in Dyniss’ studio (I believe in one take), though we performed it live on stage often.
Them wuz some good ol' times.

Dyniss Band members:
Dyniss - acoustic guitar, backing vocal
Mark - keyboard/accordion, lead vocal
Alex - 6 string fretless bass
Morris - Drums

Written by Lennon, McCartney

We Can Work It Out (cover; vocal mark)

My grandma's favourite song. that's papa on guitar, me taking a turn at vocal. I also do a pretty lame job trying to strum accompaniment while dad plays the middle solo. Originally recorded around 2014 with my phone mic, I also recently (in 2024) used AI tools to isolate the vocal & guitar into separate tracks so I could better adjust the balance. happy with the result. 

This song’s got a lot of meaning in our family. About as close to a perfect country song as it gets for me. 

(written in 1946 by Fred Rose. covered by the likes of Hank, Roy, Charlie, Elvis, and of course, Willie.)

Here's one other song we did together around the same time: 
- Back Home Again: https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/back-home-again-cover-take-2-collab-with-dad 

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve. :)
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Voice Memos, country

blue eyes crying in the rain (cover, with Dad)

I decided to use nylon strings on the two electric acoustic guitars I own. One day, after purchasing it online and overcoming some challenges, I dozed off for a while. Then I suddenly got up and started playing the blues, intending to tune it. I thought it wasn't that bad, so I just recorded it using a microphone. Since it's an electric acoustic guitar, it has a pickup, but I decided not to use it this time. The decision was made that it might be better to record with a microphone to take advantage of the tones of the nylon strings.

A7/D7/A7/A7
D7/D7/A7/A7
E7/D7/A7/E7

Winter Night Monologue - A7 blues

Winter Night Monologue - A7 blues  (SOLO) with a gut-string guitar

Arrite... dusting this one off again for another year.
First, to answer the question I know everyone wants to know about this one - "Is that your real hair?!?" 
No. No it's not.   😎 
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I lived in Japan for a year between 2002-2003 doing the teaching English thing, and made some good friends at one of the schools I worked at. We sometimes went out for Karaoke (of course!) and on one such night around Christmas I took a turn to sing one of my faves - Blue Christmas, the Elvis version. 

This is a live recording of me that night. The exuberant reaction from the group is partly due to the fact that I was/am normally a pretty quiet & reserved fellow, especially in crowds, and they were both shocked and seemingly quite impressed by my getting up to sing Elvis, and by how much I apparently sounded like him. 

I could translate some of what they're saying here, but you'll get the idea. For example though, the word "Sugoi" means "Cool!". In another spot, someone walks into the room mid-song, and another person says "hey hey, this is cool, it's Elvis!... watch this..."
See what you think.  ;)

Happy holidays everybuddy!

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Blue Christmas (Karaoke in Japan)

An allegory about seeing for the first time what's always been in front of our eyes ...  Timed with the celestial occultation

The Dream Reel EP

Clarion

Dad & me making music together. took us over 40 years but we did it! This was recorded around 2014 or so I think. 

dad - acoustic guitar
me - voice

We tried this in 2 takes. The 2nd take had a bit louder, stronger sounding vocals, but the singing wasn't quite as subtle and soulful as this one, which is the 1st take. Even with the funny botched ending, this was always my preferred of the two versions. Unfortunately the vocal recording on this 1st take was too quiet (gotta find a better way to record singing than in the basement with my phone mic!). But after looking for years for a way to bump up only the vocals, I finally made use of one of the many AI tools popping up these days for isolating instruments from audio recordings. The tool I used is called 'Splitter AI / vocal remover', but there are others out there. Finally, I was able to isolate the vocals & guitar into separate tracks and make the voice  louder. 

(Song by John Denver)

I'm happy to be sharing these examples of my family making music from back in the day. :) Here's the other song we did around the same time. This is a very special song in our family, and I was super glad I got to sing it with my dad playing.  

Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain: https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/blue-eyes-crying-in-the-rain?si=29d81db0b84147ab9c54e6a0062a498f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Back Home Again (cover - take 1) [collab with dad]

CAST OF CHARACTERS: 
>TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic and electric guitar, production, mix, mastering, seed idea 
>Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – lead vocals, vocal harmonies in chorus, lyrics
>Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar 
>J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, piano, and synth 
>K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, percussion, vocal harmonies (verse & chorus)
>Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass, vocal harmonies in chorus (including chorus lyric & arrangement) 

Composition – The Eclectic Collective 
This song began its life as a beautiful guitar chord progression from Stephen. He wrote it with the idea the The Eclectic Collective would bring it to life, which we were all excited to do. First up was Tez, who added the distorted guitar you hear adding the edge to the entire thing. Ken added his lively foundational drums next. Josh, of course seized on that, and followed shortly after with his four-string fretless bass. JJ came along next and added the expressive organ and dancing piano, along with the big choral vocals at the end, which he did with his new synthesizer. Now that we had the music done, it was time for Mark to add his distinct singing to the mix, and original lyrics based on what Stephen had in mind for the song. Josh decided to come up with some very simple lyrics for the choruses and arranged some harmony parts for them, too, which he also sang. Once the song was in the can, Stephen meticulously edited, mixed and mastered it for us, very ably, as always. This was a seemingly large project, which took us almost two months from introduction to finished product. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it. 

Original lyrics by Mistermark:

Watching the city lights getting smaller 
while I’m looking through my rear view Leaving it all behind hit me harder 
than I thought that it could ever do Sometimes a man gets lost on the road like a wheel spinning round in his brain It’s not what you said but it’s in the way you said it Now it’s stuck in my head and I’m never gon’ forget it

I’m moving on Away from home (Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Well home is where the heart is as the saying goes, 
but my heart ain’t in it no more But I remember all the times smelling grits in the hall 
as the morning sun hit the floor
Old picture frames, and every toy’s got a name, 
now they’re packed up and stored away Turning that key for one last time 
keeps turning around & around in my mind

I’m on the road Away from home (Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Now I’m pointing these wheels toward the setting sun we’re flying straight up ahead like a bullet from a gun Just you & me kid and this old guitar we got dreams to dream and we’re gunna go far Like stars in the sky there’s city lights up ahead and I’ll keep driving toward ‘em till the day I’m dead Closing one door just opens up another there’s plenty of world just waiting to discover

I’m moving on Another home… (Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Away From Home (The Eclectic Collective)

Il y a des moments imprévus, où le temps s'arrête , suspendu comme un rêve.       Ces doux instants qui caressent le coeur et l'âme et restent gravés à jamais. There are unexpected moments, when time stands still, suspended like a dream. These sweet moments that caress the heart and soul and remain etched forever 💝✨

Sexi Taxi Slow 💞✨

12th Street Groove

You can use this track for whatever you want or need. 
I’ll appresiate your colaboration in my profile. 
Thanks !!

Away From Home (The Eclectic Collective)

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