Sounds fantastic! I especially love the build-up here!

these strings are so vibrant and elevate the mood so much. really digging this composition and how it progresses

This is very nice, Mark.  Beautfiul track!

Gorgeous work, Mark - it stands alone very nicely.

Your beautiful string arrangement has so much potential to inspire melodies to go with it,but it can stand alone too! The melody that came to me I called Mood Strings .I hope you find it a suitable one.Loved playing to a string section,thankyou for making it possible

Such ethereally beautiful, glorious atmosphere... Thank you very much for this magnificent composition!

Gorgeous strings on the pick up theme! Wow XOXOXO

Arrangements/Mix/Mastering :  Xan CASTEL & Philippe SEGUINARD
Compositeur :  Philippe SEGUINARD
Auteurs Mélodistes :  Jérémy et Romain TORRES & Guillaume DULER
Chants :  Chloé Kenza ELLOOK (CKenza)Jérémy et Romain TORRES & Guillaume DULER
Guitares :  Philippe SEGUINARD  Saxophone et Djembé : Jérémy TORRES
Mao : Xan CASTEL https://soundcloud.com/xan-castel
                                 https://soundcloud.com/johncastel
Choeurs : TRIUMVIRAT  https://soundcloud.com/user-460262747-508718205   & JIM
Lyrics : 
Passons nous le ciel et l'essentiel
Pour un deal d'elle et il au pluriel
Mélangeons nos gènes à bout de draps
Effaçons les frontières de nos doigts

Apporte ton style
Qu'importe ta ville 
Enfants de Gaïa
Nés sous le même toit
Apporte ton style
Qu'importe ta ville
Frères et sœurs de ça
On a le même toit

Au volant de nos ailes soulevons
Des montagnes d'erreurs et de questions
Dérivons nos continents en s'aimant
D'amours différentes intenses aimants

Apporte ton style
Qu'importe ta ville 
Enfants de Gaïa
Nés sous le même toit
Apporte ton style
Qu'importe ta ville
Frères et sœurs de ça
On a le même toit

Il t'en faut trop pour être bien et bien trop peu pour être soûlé
J'ai le smile la tête sous l'eau, tu fais la gueule sous l'soleil 
Après quoi cours tu ? Pourquoi appeler les coup durs ?
Stop, arrête toi deux minutes, ne vois tu pas tes menottes ?
Contemple ce qui t'entoure, et rends la pareille, 
Connecte toi à autre chose que ton foutu appareil 
On est tous les mêmes pourtant chacun sort du lot
C'est chaque petite goutte qui fait grandir le cours de l'eau
Main dans la main c'est mieux que d'en venir aux poings
Nous sommes tous dans le même camp, ok, marquons un point 
Personne ne gagne dans une guerre
La paix est bien plus forte que nous, 
Et était là avant tout
Elle restera après notre ère

Les trésors de la vie sont sous nos yeux 
Tout dépend ta vision des choses
Les erreurs qu’on commet sont des portes vers un avenir sans faute 
Aie confiance en l’univers 
Aime la vie et ceux qui t’entourent
Et si jamais tu te perds 
Suis l’instinct et apprécie la route 
Depuis que j’ai compris ça je vis comme un roi ou comme un chat 
j’apprécie chaque moment
Tout seul ou auprès des miens 
sous le froid la pluie, sous l'soleil des tropiques
La tristesse le malheur la joie, la paix sont des grâces de l’univers car au fond je suis toujours habité par ce feu sacré 
Qui embrase mon âme 
L’amour dans nos cœurs à jamais 
Laisse jaillir ta flamme 
tu brilleras pour l’éternité

Glissons sur nos vagues à l'âme à l'unisson
Un seul monde une même moisson
Marchons sur nos traces d'avants d'ailleurs
Sur les sables émouvants de nos peurs

Apporte ton style
Qu'importe ta ville 
Enfants de Gaïa
Nés sous le même toit
Apporte ton style
Qu'importe ta ville
Frères et sœurs de ça
On a le même toit
© Triumvirat & Jim  Mars 2023

Le Même Toit ( Triumvirat & Jim ) Feat CKenza

Another isolated track of a previously uploaded tune, in this case the strings section. Here's a link to the original full piano & strings version, with the description.
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/lives-of-our-days-piano-strings

And here's a cool version where the talented 'Big Al From the Grove'  added some sweet guitar to the strings:
https://soundcloud.com/user-543408605/lives-of-our-days

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

lives of our days (ISOLATED string section)

As the summer is finally falling upon us, please enjoy a warm dock rock tune that will serve as the canvas for a very exciting collaboration with none other than Maeki Maii from CollabHaven Records!

Immense thanks to David Featherstone for his sweet and luscious lead guitar licks as well.

Necessity [Instrumental]

Just an old man getting crazy with his looper pedal

Do Like You Wanna Do

I am hugely grateful to Stefan Kraft, an incredibly talented musician and composer, for enriching my music with his stunningly beautiful arrangement & orchestration. It has been a great honour and pleasure for me to collaborate with Stefan.

You can hear more of his wonderful music here: @stefankraft_music.

Thank you very much for listening —  we do hope you will enjoy this piece!

Credits:

Piano: Anastasiya Ihnatovich
Arrangement & orchestration: Stefan Kraft


The video made by Stefan for our music is available via the following link:

https://youtu.be/BFBwKQEJkTY

All (Ft. Stefan Kraft)

This one started as attempt to do some abstract pop. It evolved into a place somewhere between pop and jazz, at least to me. There was a time in the late sixties where the harmonic language I use here developed. Songs like Being Alive, by Sondheim, Wichita Lineman, by Jimmy Webb and others used a combination of 6th's 11th's 9's and suspended cords to create this floating feeling. It's basically some version of stacking 5th's, harmonically. I'm generally a thirds guy. A big third sounds so good on a bass, think "Walk On The Wild Side". Daphnis et Chloé Suite n°2, by Ravel, most of Jobin's work and Giant Steps, by Coltrane would be mastery of stacking thirds, in my opinion. In fact Daphnis et Chloé, Suite n°2 is one of my favorites and one that dazzles me still. It's funny though. Because this type of approach, the 5th's I mean, in popular music, was only prominent in the late sixties to mid seventies I tie it emotionally to childhood. I was born in 1968. I could go on but I think that's enough. Thanks for listening and indulging my thoughts.

Painted In Pastels

D-Vague Recollection

https://soundcloud.com/chris-grant-554540731?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=CC8B406DC04C4DAD8C8ACCBB55CC806C&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

TRAVIS (Ft.Chris Grant)

Cast of characters:

Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition, arrangement, and Fender Jaguar foundational rhythm guitar

J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ, envelope synth and vocals 

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

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass and vocals 

Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez– Fender Stratocaster electric guitar

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–Fender Nashville Telecaster electric guitar, sitar, mix, master, and production

This song began its life in Poland, where our resident surf rock specialist, Artur, composed it on his giutar. He is a brilliant composer and expert player, so we're always glad to receive music from him. 
  Artur gave it to JJ to start the project, so JJ was first to the trough here, adding his breathy, moving organ throughout. Ken came along shorly after to give the song its heartbeat, adding his triumphant drums. As soon as he had a beat to play to, Josh added his four string fretless bass to the mix, completing the rhythm section. 
  Now it was the other guitarists turn to take a whack at it. Tez was first up, adding the magical the first and third solos, in the verse sections. He also lit up the intro and outro sections with some dynamic guitar solos, as well. Stephen went last, filling in the second and fourth solo sections in the choruses, as well as a textural guitar that you hear throught most of the song. He also added the exotic sitar you hear in about the middle.
 Once we had it in the bag, we asked Stephen to produce it for us, which he did in his always trained, professional manner. 
  This is the eighth song we've done with Artur over the past about year and a half. We adore his music and him as a person, too. If you dig this song, you should hop over to his page and have a listen in case you're not already familiar. He loves surf music, and wanted to note the passing of surf rock legend, Brian Wilson this week. Wilson was more than just Pet Sounds, although that album is top class. He was a surf rock pioneer, who influenced a whole genre of music; a genre that's near and dear to Artur's heart. 
  We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Original lyrics by Surfers Like Us:
We all live between Sun and Moon
Love and Peace
That's all what we do

———————————
In Memory of Brian Wilson 🍀
(1942-2025)
———————————

A big THANK YOU goes to everyone of The Eclectic Collective! Thank you all for this piece and our 8 tracks together! 
It was a pleasure and an honor to work with you! The journey goes on....

Surf’s Up! 🔆🎸🏄🏼‍♂️
    Artur

Between Sun and Moon (w/The Eclectic Collective)

Mark says - 
In the 5 years I have been working with Rod, I have been encouraged to reach as far as my experience allows me to, with complete support at all times. So far we have completed 11 songs and have experimented with several others that made for a great learning curve for me, with several more at other stages of development... Watch this space, however as we are methodical and patient, therefore it may take some time to get them off the ground.

The subject matter of this song may be based on a different scenario but it is also a token of my gratitude to my inspirational collaborator and friend Rod, who has given me much confidence to rise to the ambition of his musical creativity and meticulous arrangements. Thank you all for giving this song your time.

Rod says - 
This song was conceived a long time ago to be sung in Spanish, but Mark did a magnificent adaptation with his English lyrics, and the meaning is 100% faithful to the original spirit, even though he hadn't heard the original song in Spanish. Technically, there are three voices together, consolidating a multi-vocal performance. The synth sounds emulate my old analog and FM synths, and the guitars were routed through an old console to achieve the vintage sound I was looking for.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - @rplanes
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Image by Douglas Corrance

Thank You (Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett)

I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been here in my life.
I know I don’t need to draw you a diagram,
Thank you for being there all this time as my wife.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
 
No need to show me all of your gratitude,
I already know how much you show that you care,
When you were prepared to move to my latitude,
Then I was convinced I was ready to share,
My life with you whatever it threw at the both of us.
I know that it’s true, no matter what you care to say.
I’ll always need to express all of my thanks to you 
This will always be true on that I swear.
 
I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been in, in my life.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
Then I was sure that I was ready to share,
My whole life with you, whatever that meant for the both of us.
I know that it’s true, whatever you say.

This song on Continental Collision's own cloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-517923604/thank-you

Also available on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/5pfvPjop9XCJPrVL9a60U0

Thank You - Continental Collision (Rodolfo Planes & Mark J Bennett) on Spotify

Songs From The Wounded Heart
Release Date: 01-01-2015
© 2015 Keith Richie

Songs From The Wounded Heart is a deeply personal anthology—an emotional tapestry woven from sorrow, memory, and quiet resilience.

Spanning more than a decade of composition, this collection features both new works and reimagined, re-mastered selections from my earlier catalog. Now presented in high-resolution 24-bit audio, each piece has been carefully preserved and enhanced to reflect its original emotional weight with greater clarity and depth.

From the mournful ambience of Harrowing Emptiness to the delicate piano-led reflection of Jake's Theme, and the poignant stillness of Weeping Angels and Candles, each track serves as a sonic elegy—an outlet for grief, healing, and remembrance.

This album is not merely music. It is a refuge for the wounded. A balm for those navigating loss. And a quiet reminder that there is beauty even in brokenness.

🎧 Listen on your favorite platform:
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