Elvis is in da house!! haha got to love some live karaoke! cool! 😎

Great vocal interpretation! Love the setting too :) very unique to hear

That's as much fun as I've had in a while (true for the audience, too!). And you know what... you sound fantastic!

Awesome recording of pure fun and joy! :) A pleasure to listen - impressive Elvis skills too!

This is awesome?  Karaoke in Tokyo?  Ee desu ne!

Related tracks: You're So Strange To Me

Well ….. synths, composition

https://on.soundcloud.com/n1u9HxZB74wW7FYv6

Surfers like Us ….. guitar, co-composition

This piece is a continuation of our previous track titled „Deep Ocean”. We invite you to explore the depths of the ocean. It’s a delightful journey, but also a disturbing one. You will find there not only beautiful underwater landscapes, but also dangerous places. Light and unearthly colors pass into darkness. We hope we have expressed all this in our music. Thank you for your time!

Deep Ocean: Exploration (w/Well)

Fevered Mastered

Saw You Dancing In Heaven Last Night

Composed and Performed by Stefano Manotti

A piece inspired conceptually by the Ride of the Rohirrim from The Lord of the Rings. An unexpected turnaround when all seems lost.

"Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Dire deeds awake: dark is it eastward.
Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded!
Forth Eorlingas!"

Lunar Ride

Cast of Characters:

mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark—piano, composition

Mysterious Decibel--@themysteriousdecibel --MD—lyrics and primary vocals

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar

J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –organ, synth

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

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –-four string fretless bass guitar, lap steel 

This was brought to us by Mark, who had written it a while back, but wanted to dust it off and give the Eclectic Collective a shot at it. He recorded it with a keen eye toward collaboration with an electric piano synth with heavy stereo tremolo. We just recently found Mark, and he has proven to be a very creative, passionate, and easy to work with collaborator—all the good things. 
  Mark set it loose to Josh first, who of course got Ken in on the act before anything else could transpire. After Ken added his wildly creative, very skillful drum beat, Josh was able to come up with a suitable bass line. He also came up with the lap slide part you hear with the heavy tremolo. Then they turned it over to Stephen, who added a very psychedelic, electrifying solo at the end. Also, JJ set upon it with a very hooky organ. 
  Last, but certainly not least, MD came up with the lyrics, which are a metaphor for trying to break into the business of music, and delivered his fiery vocals, too. Then, we all realized that the song wasn't long enough for our ambitions, so Ken came up with an idea for the arrangement, and lengthened the song to suit our needs. He also very ably mixed and produced this one for us. We had a lot of fun working on Mark's tune. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it. 

Lyrics (by The Mysterious Decibel):
 
Sometimes when we shout they can't hear us under the flow
Of the rapids

I'm screaming from the other side of the river
A shot to try
can you hear me?
I'm jumping in and swimming straight to you

All I can say is I tried
I tried and I met my own waterfall
A short way down
Did I try hard enough?
Cuz I hit the rocks below just hard enough
To hibernate me without a care
It's all just business and never fair

Away With The Rapids…-Eclectic Collective

“Sunset on Mars”
Lyrics written by Chris Barnett for Questionable Enterprises LLC. © 2023
Music and Production by Michael Gabriel
All Videos from Pexels.com

Facts About Outer Space That Will Blow Your Mind (businessinsider.com)

Flying through space
I don’t know how to feel
I have just seconds to live 
Without the cover you give 

This distance, oh it’s so dark
Your magnetic fields pull me in

Sunset on Mars, Sun sets in blue
I know how it feels, I feel it for you
Twilight pushes through a dusty haze
Trying to filter your light 

How do I live through the night
Now that you’re out of my life
How do I live through the night
I float through a blue Martian sky

Tracing Footprints 
On the Surface of a moon
Could be here millions of years
And that’s how long I will feel

Space isn’t always so cold
Maybe there’s more I don’t know

Sunset on Mars, sun sets in blue
Know how it feels, I feel it for you
Twilight pushes through a dusty haze
Don’t filter your light

<solo>

Space isn’t always so cold
Maybe there’s more I don’t know

Sunset on Mars, sun sets in blue
Know how it feels, I feel it for you
My life pushes through a distant gaze
I will still look for your light 
I will still look for your light 
I will still look for your light

Space Missions

Sunset On Mars

Sunset On Mars (with Unguided Expess)

I am wrapping the year with a cover.  This one here is not really a Christmas song but is the third Muramatsu-Prizeman compositions that I covered.  The song was originally performed by the British boys choir called “Libera”.  It's certainly not hard for you to notice that I struggled with the vocals but I still like to do it.  Please bear with me and hope you enjoy the song.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Merry Christmas everyone.

[CREDITS]
Vocals / Arrangement / Programming :  Michael C. Lynn
Music (composition) :  Takatsugu Muramatsu
Lyrics :  Robert Prizeman
Piano :  Miles Black @Band_in_a_Box
Strings :  Avery Bright @Band_in_a_Box

[LYRICS]
Angel take your wings and fly,
Watching over me
See me through my night time,
And be my leading light
 
Angel you have found the way,
Never fear to tread
You'll be a friend to me,
Angel spread your wings and fly

[Pre-Chorus] 
Voces angelorum gloria,
Dona eis pa-cem
For you're always near to me
In my joy and my sorrow
For you ever care for me
Lifting my spirits to the sky
 
[Chorus]
Where a million angels sing
 In amazing harmony
And the words of love they bring
To the never ending story
A million voices sing
To the wonder of the light
So I hide beneath your wings
You are my guardian, angel of mine

Can you be my angel now
Watching over me
Comfort and inspire me
To see our journey through
Can I be your friend indeed
From all cares set free
The clouds would pass away
Then I'd be an angel too

Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Non album

Angel      (cover)

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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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Blue Christmas (Karaoke in Japan)

(p) & (c) 2023/2024. Taken from the debut album (to be released mid-2024, under the tittle "Rock and Roll Kills").
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Ls4kYAwMN2w
lyrics (Parental Advisory):
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You're so strage to me

you got offended so fast
you're not built to last
you're made of sugar, butter and shit

You think it's only you
you cry like a bitch
your job it's only to abuse

whatever i say is wrong
your life is like a crappy song
no reason to talk to you anymore!

Rock and Roll Kills

You're So Strange To Me

This improvisation started out as a holiday song.  "Musings" are my sketch journal like a painter.  Most are complete songs with some interesting twists.  Thank you for listening!

A Musing #8

Well ….. synths, composition 

https://on.soundcloud.com/n1u9HxZB74wW7FYv6

Surfers like Us ….. guitar, co-composition 

This piece is the final result of our latest collaboration. This time we have the pleasure of inviting you to travel through time and space, and perhaps we can cross that boundary together.
   The end of the year is a time to visit each other and travel. So this will be a winter journey, in snow and blizzard. Perhaps during sunset or even at night... Either way, the doors of imagination have been opened!
    We hope to drift together in melancholy reverie towards the new year. Thank you for your time, attention and your ongoing support. Happy New Year!!! 🌞

Winter Trip  (w/Well)

Ethereal Soundtrack
An abandoned forge is taken over by creatures of the night 
For Shelter and Refuge.

Abandoned Forge

"Jamming w/ Jazz Bass" (Edit: Mastered in iZotope Ozone on January 13th, 2025.)

A little excercise that I finished today. I made this track originally some time ago playing a VST bass, but after I finally got a Jazz Bass recently I wanted to try to play and record something with it, and here we go! 

Played by me using sounds from different VST instrument collections (Rhodes V8 Pro electric piano, Native Instruments Komplete Now collection & Abbey Road 1980s Drums, UVI SonicPass collection). The bass was played by me with a Fender American Ultra Jazz Bass (Cobra Blue). 

Sorry about the mistakes with the bass.. But after I sold my beautiful G&L Interceptor bass guitar in the late 1990's it has now been maybe 25 years since I played bass the last time, and I'm practicing:) 

Especially playing with the correct timing and with right & consistent velocities was really challenging. I also actually played the bass line maybe too loud, so had to do some EQ'ing and stuff afterwards.

Jamming w/ Jazz Bass

01 - UVI - KeySuite - Italian F278 - Mellow Dark 
02 - Spitfire Audio - Woodwind Evolutions - A Simple Start

An Italian Piano

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https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

Blue Christmas (Karaoke in Japan)

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