Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone so. Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano Rhythm. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Godin Electric Guitar Rhythm. Horn Section, Trumpet,  Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones. Trap Drum kit Full set. Percussion Congas, Bongos, Cow Bell. Ago go Bells. Zildjan 22" Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Cannery Row

Beal Street Junction

Varios sintes y voces sampleadas para generar esta canción rompepistas

manu005

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)

This is my rendition of an old, irish folksong. 
My instrumentation:
irish bouzouki
greek bouzouki
acoustic guitar
harmonica
electric bass

Danny Boy - Irish folk song

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, electric piano, drums, synth sax, synth bass, composition and arrangement 

Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – guitar 

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– guitar, production, mix, and mastering 

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

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – lap steel  

This ripe piece of funk started with JJ essentially composing it on the e. Piano, organ, drums, synth sax, ands synth bass. He had the Eclectic Collective in mind when he did so, though. 

JJ actually is playing his drum kit on this one, so funkily that we decided to keep his drums in there. That didn't leave a whole lot of room for Ken to get in on it, but he managed to add a really cool ehru part. The ehru is a two stringed Asian violin with a distinct high percussive sound. J

J's bass line was so well played and solid, we decided to keep it in there, too, which also left Josh searching for a place in the mix. He decided to go last with the lap slide to anchor the foundation of the blues idiom. But he did that after Stephen and Tez cast their spells on the song with their magical guitars. 

Tez can be heard with the trippy, delay-heavy staccato lines, and Stephen with the silky smooth crying blues lines throughout. 

  Of course, every great song needs a great mixer and producer, and we're lucky enough to have Stephen to do the honors on this one for us.

  This song represents The Eclectic Collective at our funky finest, and we always enjoy and appreciate when JJ starts a song for us. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it. 

  If you really dig it, and have read the whole way to the bottom, please consider sharing this, too. We all appreciate your ears and support.



  ok

Sly Willy Blues - (The Eclectic Collective)

Smile (Charlie Chaplin Cover)

Another section for this longer piece of mine that may or may not get finished 🤪

Trials Of Love Part 4 (demo)

morning coffee

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

Far Out Among The Stars * Instrumental

Itchin like a bug bite it sting like a knife
I dont rap or sing but i wanna write a song
I wanna fight but i know thats its not right
Everlong my love for u foreverstrong
Strawberry fields rainshower 
With the glass co
Range rove in the backwoods we gon tear it up
Icegloves unfortune with the winter
Kildeer chirpin hard imma get the feelin rite
Flip fone gothman see him in the treetops
Elevate skeleton why i see him in the sky
Look down so upset sometimes i just wanna cry
Gothed out wish i was slick as that
Cutthroats like a fish catch em in the springtime 
River goth get my fishin license
I dont wanna be a devil i just want you my side

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

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