Really welldone..authentic performance for sure..great work my friend

Hey Mark man, this is not what I expected from your description in the email. This sounds like Tom Waits, not stereotypical circus music. Love the vibe, and the theremin in here. Your guitaring, especially the slide, is a real treat, too. What I think I dig most of all are the creepy, story-telling lyrics. Perfect musical vibe for them, too. Wish we would've had access to this for Halloween. Hey brother man, outstanding work here!

most evocative of the theme, that slide certainly set the mood. Great thinking and collaboration

I could probably write a short story on how everything on this track, sounds amazing.. and perfectly fits together..so, Mark and Remnants.. astonishing! Astounding! Befuddling madness! Absolutely top notch in every aspect!! Yes! A bit envious of yer talents and vision.. yes I am!💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🏆🏆🏆🏆🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏

Awesome spookiness! Great sfx, amazing atmosphere, fun storytelling, Mark, and your vocal delivery 👏 And Bill’s slide guitar 👏 Reminds me of a vintage radio show  production 👏 but also suitable for film, video 😀

Hey cool Mark, I love the slide guitar!  Ha your description of this piece is great, yeah really cool and creepy approach, I'm digging the results, great imagination!

Ahhh Nice and creepy and that slidey guitar is just perfect for it:)

Creative excellence and a great listen. Love the story and narration. Wonderful production and thoroughly enjoyed.

Nice and unsettling! Just like carnies after the carnival closes. ...and I think I know this cast of characters.  Some true evil there!

This is something I've had in mind for a while, and was planning to put it out for Halloween, but I'm really slow.  It's a macabre spoken word thing about a travelling circus that's a little 'off' in dark and unsettling ways that you can't quite put your finger on. Originally I thought it would sound good as an old timey Delta Blues with acoustic guitar accompaniment. But since I can't play, I enlisted the help of a fellow Soundcloud artist whose music I admire, Remnant60 (@remnant60). It just so happened Bill had previously posted a guitar track that he left open for collaboration. I downloaded his track, but it was left on the shelf for a while, until this came along, and I thought it was a perfect fit. 
It kind of borders on the edge of creepy cool and just hokey. But it's a fun bit of storytelling, and I'm grateful to Remnant60 for letting me tinker with his wicked slide guitar track. 
I strongly recommend listening to this with headphones for the full effect. 
Hope you dig it!

ARTISTS
Remnant60 - acoustic slide guitar
Mistermark - vocals, lyrics, evil laugh!, sound effects, all other instruments 
                      (played on keyboard): cathedral organ, pump organ, toy piano, 
                       worn tape piano, mellotron, percussion, musical saw

image designed with ChatGPT and Photoshop

LYRICS
A travelling circus creaked into our little town
They set up in Duggart’s field by the old burying ground
A ramshackle lot ‘neath the moonlight’s glare
With their trinkets and their theatre, put on an evening affair

Chorus
From village to village and from town to town
When the circus came they put their stakes deep in the ground
They promised spectacle, laughter and mirth
The travelling circus, the greatest show on Earth

Inside the big top it was crowded and hot
Everyone was kept waiting whether they wanted or not
Something in the tent corner was circled by flies
And I noticed a bruise under the flower girl’s eye

(Chorus)

The horses were skittish when they caught sight of a whip
And a big toothy grin was painted over the clown’s lips
The ringmaster never looks you quite straight in the eye
From the moment you enter he starts waving goodbye

(Chorus)

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