Freaking polyrhythmic perfection percussion! The alliteration really rolls right round !!!😁… lovely, Mark!!! If I never record anything again, this one will always be one of my favorite pieces!!! !!!🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

This pared back version has tremendous focus, and I like that.

Neat idea to put this out to highlight just the rhythm section, impressive! There is so much going on but it's all very cohesive

A short but generous dose of feel-good energy! 🎶

I would love to Boss's Nova my guitar to this one

Once in a while, I'll be posting short excerpts of songs I've done, either isolating on a single track like just vocals or a specific instrument, or a short section like a bridge or a solo. This is just a spot to keep all the isolated tracks in one place. I'd love to hear examples from other folks too!

Isolated tracks

back when I was recording the John Denver song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with the fine gentlemen in The Eclectic Collective, my 8 yr old daughter loved the song so much she began singing it ALL THE TIME. This is a quick little recording of us harmonizing the chorus. Pretty amazingly expressive singing for a youngster if I do say so myself! 

Here's the full recording with The Eclectic Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/take-me-home-country-roads-eclectic-collective?si=124fd64d50bb42bca0caa9b197a975c2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Country Roads  (daughter & dad harmony)

excerpt of the song "Clyde's Glide", isolating just the horn section with some percussion (shaker & claps). The horns are played by me using VST instrument through my keyboard. had a lot of fun with this!

Here's the full song, where I'm joined by some friends from the Eclectic Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/clydes-glide-bl-mastered

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

Clyde's Glide (ISOLATED HORNS)

Light & Darkness Impro Jazz 18/07/24

Some People

Once in a while, I'll be posting short excerpts of songs I've worked on, isolating a particular section like just vocals, sound effects or, like in this case, a horn arrangement (something I'm trying to learn more about these days).

This is the closing chorus section of one of my favourite songs I've done, Pick Me Up. This section features a sax solo, accompanied by a horn arrangement (trumpet, sax, trombone), with a bit of organ, bass and drums. All horn sounds are VST instruments, from Acoustic Samples (great company for high quality instrument sounds).

And here's a link to the full song; thanks for listening!
https://on.soundcloud.com/NvLvbJNAFqMABMpf6

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

Pick Me Up (FEATURED HORNS)

Occasionally I'll be posting short clips of an isolated track or focusing on a specific section/detail in a previously uploaded tune. In this one, it's a funky little breakdown that appears in a couple other songs. 

The clavinet & drums were previously used in 'Scaing the Riverbank' by the Eclectic Collective:
https://on.soundcloud.com/whFBfyetPMdsMwMKA

and the vocal part was used in 'Splice of Life':
https://on.soundcloud.com/qNCfidQ5RwG2JRkK7

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

funky clavinet & vocal breakdown (FEATURED SECTION)

https://soundcloud.com/sky-latte?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=489805AD050746409FF39D7C5220E8C9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

GANSURINGA (Ft.Sky Latte)

Changes - A Pop Rock Journey of Embracing the Unexpected

Sometimes, the best moments in life come from the changes we can’t control. Changes is a high-energy pop rock track that captures the beauty of embracing life’s unpredictable shifts. Built on four distinct hooks—an intricate dual guitar strumming groove and three vocal motifs—this song is all about letting go, moving forward, and discovering something amazing along the way.

🎸 The Story Behind Changes

This song was born from a live demo on Jacktrip, where I was showcasing my typical composing workflow. The foundation started with a layered acoustic guitar collage using the Ample Guitar plugin, setting the stage for the opening vocal line to naturally emerge. As the track took shape, an unexpected but magical moment happened—Solaria’s vocal scat, a spontaneous addition, became a defining element of the song.

At its core, Changes reflects the personal and creative growth that occurs when we surrender to the unknown. The rhythmic interplay of the two acoustic guitars represents the duality of change—sometimes harmonious, sometimes conflicting, but always pushing forward. The vocal hooks, carefully woven into the arrangement, act as guideposts through the emotional landscape of the track, echoing the ebb and flow of transformation.

Solara’s vocal scat wasn’t planned—it simply happened in the moment. This unfiltered expression perfectly embodied the essence of Changes: the beauty of spontaneity and the surprises that come when we trust the creative process. In that sense, Changes is more than just a song; it’s a testament to the way music, much like life, evolves beyond our expectations.

🌤 A Visual Journey

The music video for Changes brings its themes to life with "concrete abstract" imagery—clouds drifting in the wind, forming fleeting pictures in the sky, only to disappear and make way for new ones. This visual metaphor highlights the impermanence of moments and the joy found in experiencing them while they last. Just as the sky is constantly shifting, so too are we, and rather than resisting, we can choose to move with the change.

The color palette of the video reflects this free-spirited energy, incorporating warm, nostalgic hues that evoke a happy, flower-child feel. It’s a visual representation of the optimism and liberation that comes with embracing life's twists and turns.

🎶 For Fans Of:

If you love Fleetwood Mac, classic rock, or progressive rock vibes, you’ll feel right at home with Changes.

✨ How Should You Feel?

Energized. Uplifted. Ready to take on whatever comes next.

🔗 Check Out More Music:

🎵 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/eric-schultheiss-ioniate📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EricSchultheiss

📢 Join the Conversation:

Don’t be afraid of change. We can only get better by making a change. Let me know how Changes resonates with you in the comments!

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#PopRockVibes #FleetwoodMacStyle #EmbraceChange #FeelGoodMusic #GuitarGroove

Changes (Demo 20250218)

'Awakening From Winter' A mixed genre track really that I've called 'Alternative Fusion' Leaving the sleepinees of Winter and awakening to the brightness and rebirth of Spring. 

Sleeping Warriors

Awakening From Winter

I had so much fun getting the chance to let loose a bit in the percussion department on the latest song by The Eclectic Collective that I decided to post a short mix with just the isolated percussion. I'm joined here by Ken who's keeping on the steady with his perc work too, as well as Josh who is playing both the bass & rhythm guitar here. 

Here's the original song with the full EC gang playing (see description for full details):

Meet The New Bossa
https://on.soundcloud.com/kJpFgfnEE95H84U66

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

meet the new bossa (ISOLATED RHYTHM SECTION)

another piece of film music.
do you know that feeling when you're walking down a lonely street late at night and you feel like you're being followed? 
You turn around, but there's nothing there, but a bad feeling remains. 
Don't listen to it on your way home!

creepy creek "chasing"

This is what comes from a coolish April night under a full moon, on the back porch with a banjo in a weird tuning, while the dogs loaf about the back yard.

April Moon

Another example of a previously uploaded song where I'm just isolating one instrument in the mix, this time the vocal track, with a bit of organ backing. Just some fun hootin' & hollerin' in the closing chorus section. And here's a link to the full song with the details, which is still probably one of my top two or three fave things I've recorded. 
https://on.soundcloud.com/KDuTKXBd2dyfYjnKA

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


Pick Me Up (ISOLATED vocal chorus)

Nanbar

cherries in the garden

This is an acoustic Jam. I'm feeling out the songs at the moment as I need to evolve these to a one person live set until I have an actual band to project the full versions. So live TBD will probably begin life as an acoustic set soon enough...

Studio version here:
Listen to As Ones and Zeros by The Beautiful Dark on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/O5Gv2eneb117VyTEhq

The new.somg image represents how I have changed as a person since writing the song. When I wrote the song I was trying to promote my music in the cesspit that is Instagram and the original song image alludes to those frustrations. I enjoyed it immensely but I don't think it's a part of the internet that should be amplified right now. It's broken and I can't see a way to fix it without governments legislating limitations on it and I don't think that will is widespread enough amoung world leaders... So for now I've disconnected myself from the matrix that it is...

Lyrics

I am a one
I am a zero
Bits battered together
Build my binary hero

Wait, what's that...
That's not me
Look! I'm normal and arguing and trying and failing
But IG gots me covered
To them I ain't faking
I am a one
I am a zero
I make binary sum I am a hero...

I'm an adult
I can see
I can type
I'm mostly free
Yet still I chose just me me cause
The suffering turned off
Good head in sand
Bad luck you all
For I've got shorts and reels and all

Frozen
I'm fed this light
Rectangular and bright
My fingers move
It 's zoned me in
Now swipe swipe swipe
Like good merry men times 10
again and again and again and again and again

I'm a human
I can feel
I can search
I have mobility
Yet I escape in cause
The suffering turned off
Good head is Grand
Lets have a laugh
Chuck head in sand


Laughs are great
Gotta lift that spirit
But time needs make for suffering
Earth prisoners
The ones we skip because we're grand
Too hard to watch nor lend of hand

The'yre voiceless, toyless, bombed and bulldozed.
Yet love and heart and survival nurses their rose
More dove is your attention
Intention for prevention of that black
Collecting moral muse
More conscious how you choose

I am a one
I am a zero
Bits battered together
Build my binary hero

Yay more mistake...
Meet another jewel AI can't make...
With Human I assimilate
Machine to lift that heavy weight!
Brain and head and heart and bond how we create

meet the new bossa (ISOLATED RHYTHM SECTION)

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