It sounds so amazing, really awesome collaboration!

Absolutely fantastic Mark and IPG1! This, I should think, could be really hard to pull off, but man you guys nailed it! (PS. Followed your listening instructions - loud is good!)

Great arrangement. Very interesting iterration of Ian's rap. Nice collab!

Awesome collab, my friends! Powerful, highly original beats and powerful, on point lyrics/vocals from Ian. Hits the bullseye : )

Do I hear some Godley and Creme in here?  Love how this drives.

It's just not funny anymore, the conspiracy theories..the hate filled blogs and social media posts..the absurd rhetoric that passes for political discussion these days
It is hard enough for people to get along as it is (for reasons that are not clear to me) but this background noise is making it impossible to survive.

To quote John Prine "it don't make no sense that common sense don't make no sense no more"

lyrics

superman is made of steel
batman has his batmobile
spider man is fast as lightning
yea their powers are really frightening
but there is one who tops them all
Someone more powerful I can't recall
Someone with no thoughts at all
we call him stupid man

super eyes that can clearly see
to the tip of his pointed nose
super ears that clearly hear all the voices in his head
nerves of steel.no remorse no sense of fear at all
since he doesn't;t know what he's got
he is not afraid to lose it all

there is no truth he can't defeat
by stomping it with his feet
there is no lie that's so far gone
that he can't embrace and sing its song
lizards in the White House
democrats drink baby blood
the moon's not. real its a laboratory
the earth is as flat as can be

King Kong pounds his mighty chest
Godzilla roars out his fiery breath
but stupid man can top them all
he bellows out his rage to all
cause someone told him this was bad
and someone told him that was worse
he doesn't take the time to think
his eyes are shut so he doesn't blink

don't bother him with truth or facts
things for trivial pursuit
He 's busy saving the world from everything that's not like him

so fight on fight on stupid man
until there is no one left but you
then you can learn to fear yourself
and bring an end to this crazy talk

Mighty stupid man

A remixed oldie. Warning: The lyrics of this song contain depictions of interpersonal violence and suicide. That said: Hello… Glad you dropped by. Since I have been busy gardening lately, I haven’t been on SoundCloud all that much. But today… June 17th, it has been cold and rainy, with some snow (yes, snow!) predicted for tonight. So I have tarps and covers ready to go, to cover the frost sensitive plants. Years ago, when I first posted songs here, my exuberance often blinded me to just how bad those songs were. So I ended up posting and deleting songs all the time. Once a dude asked if I was using a mic, as the ‘white noise’ machine hiss of the HD was unbearable. He said it in the kindest of ways. I did end up getting a mic and also did a song thanking him. Other times, I used to introduce my songs with a deep, drawling voice. That was hilariously comedic. Another dude laughed so hard when I was first learning to sing. I posted a song with me warbling from baritone to high falsetto…. OMG. Later, I laughed too. People here were graciously patient and kind as I struggled to learn music way back when. Unlike a friend’s parents who chased him in an effort to take away his banjo and he never played music again. So thanks for bearing with me, as I test out vocal harmonies that really don’t work, or just wing a song, with no rhyme of reason. Or when I rant and howl about this or that. Because that kindness has allowed me to explore music in a way I never would have before.  Mark

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Hip Hop fans on Soundcloud are likely to have come across the prolific talent of Ian Greaves (aka @IPG1). Ian's smart & slick vocal tracks are widely used in collaboration by other artists, as I've done here with one of his more popular lyric tracks, "Modern Times".  

On this collaboration, all lyrics are written & sung by IPG1, and most of the music is performed by me, with the exception of the sampled vocalization in the middle bridge and ending, and a few minor sound effects here & there. The beginning starts off normal enough, but the middle section takes a bit of a left turn before I 'go off' on the synth in the second half. I kind of enjoyed working the sliders on the live synth performance.   ;)

HUGE thanks to IPG1 for his generosity and helping me put together what is effectively my first hop hop tune, originally composed as an instrumental track. The lyrics are a topic close to my heart too, so really enjoyed being able to add my 2 cents in a way. 

Here's the link back to IPG1's original vocal track; please give him a listen!:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/modern-times-vocals-150-bpm

And here's a link to the instrumental version, which was composed first before adding Ian's lyrics:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/modern-times-instrumental

I don't gotsta tell y'all this would be best played loud with headphones.   ;)

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Modern Times - The Digital Age (Hip-Hop collab with IPG1)

Waiting

I showed the world just who I was
The world replied with a shirk and a shrug
And a laughing refrain and a 'what was your name again'
Please oh, please, consider these burnt offerings

I worked the stages all up down the coastline
Been loved, been murdered, been lauded and still I
Search for the part that forever defines me
Please oh please, consider these burnt offerings

Oh my vanities
These songs I sing

I did not look to no one 
I did not study art
I did not look to books
I'm illiterate
The story I told is my story alone
Please oh please, consider these burnt offerings

Oh, my vanities
These songs I sing

In workshops and gardens, I tarried and toiled
My masterpiece there in sweat, grease and oils
And it's there for the ages in granite, on pages
Please of please consider these burnt offerings

I showed the world just who I was
The world replied with a shirk and a shrug
And a laughing refrain and a 'what was your name again'

Burnt Offerings

Our Dog

This is where I venture far out :-) .... a layer cake of wild keyboard improvisation, followed by an equally wacky keyboard-bass accompaniment, topped off with a VST trumpet blown on the Akai EWI. And it's all very extended. But interesting things happen ;-)
All that is based on virtual drums ....

Epic Chaos

It was once called Beautiful False Hope - Astray, or something like that, a warning to those who want to depart the earth with the fallen ones.  As in this: They are lying to you.  You're just a food source.

Astray (another evolved version of something prior)

The sky turns gray and the winds howl loud
The ground shakes under this heavy shroud
I stumble
I fall
But still I rise
A flicker of hope beneath these skies
Beyond our eyes
A plan unfolds
A mystery vast
A story told
In every tear
In every trial
God’s wisdom walks the extra mile
The storm rages on
It blinds my sight
I cry out in the thick of night
Yet somewhere deep
A voice speaks clear
“Hold on
My child
For I am near”
The path is dark
The way seems lost
But trust is born in what it costs
Beyond our eyes
A plan unfolds
A mystery vast
A story told
In every tear
In every trial
God’s wisdom walks the extra mile
The mountain stands
The valley deep
But faith will carry where we leap
A love so fierce
A hand so kind
His power reigns beyond the mind

Modern Times - The Digital Age (Hip-Hop collab with IPG1)

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