Very creative sound design enhanced by nicely crafted parts and fabulous orchestration. Outstanding rhythm section. A true gem of musical expression. Excellent musicianship, production, mixing, and an overall audio delight!

This work is very good. Great production and arrangements.

Super cool work, full of imagination, and brilliant effects.

Jeffrey George

Took the picture myself while at the beach. Sun and rain, and look at the child that made.

Sunshine and Rain

A bit late for the end of summer, but I hope you enjoy this melancholic atmosphere.

This is a song I started composing in August 2024, with the idea of ​​featuring a real guitar solo, especially at the end. This summer, I approached Chris Grant @chris-grant-554540731 about joining the project. He loved the idea, and what I've included here is the result of that collaboration. His solo made a huge impression on me, and I'd like to thank him for his fantastic contribution. Without that guitar, this song wouldn't exist! Thank you so much, Chris!
If you want to listen to more of his amazing music, please visit his profile: @chris-grant-554540731!

I hope you enjoy his contribution and our song as a whole!

Composition, programming, production and mastering - R.U.R.
Guitar additions and solo at the end - Chris Grant @chris-grant-554540731

To make my part I've used:
DAW: Ableton Live 11 Standard
Instruments:
Spitfire LABS (free): Soft Piano, Bell Swarm, Expressive Strings, Bass Guitar
Impact Soundworks Sheddage 3.5 Stratus Free (NI Kontakt Player)
Drum Loop: 64 Pads Dub Techno Kit groove 01_105 bpm from Ableton's Drum Essentials Pack
Samples: Ambient Crash (Live's Factory Content)
Chris used: Yamaha Revstar guitar and the ToneX Mesa boogie reference signature collection – Mesa Boogie MKIV amp capture

This piece was created without the help of any generative AI.

Cover picture by me, at Grzybowo, Summer 2025

The Summer's End

Summer's End

I was inspired by the recent "No Kings" demonstrations when creating this.

Of Kings and Fools

A song about a magical ritual in a vampire forest near the Zhyzhavka River

https://open.spotify.com/album/137ohjbHlbwNICami2NneS?si=Ay0h5CwQTRi99fjRdJgu0Q

Vampire Forest

Vampire Forest (instrumental)

Cast of Characters:
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick four-string fretless bass, PRS SE semi-hollow body electric guitar, Sigma acoustic guitar, lyrics, vocals, and composition
SunnyBeck-- @sunnybeck — Beck — synth and MIDI composition
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – production, mix, and mastering

This is a love song written about Josh's favorite band, Phish. He came up with the chords on his acoustic guitar, and shared it with the group. This was written with Beck in mind, though, too, as he knew she'd be contributing her magic to this one, too. Even when it was just the acoustic guitar set to a looper beat, she came up with many of the parts you hear throughout. Although, she also readjusted and redid a lot of it, too, throughout the process. Ken was the next piece of the puzzle to jump in. He laid down his perfect drums beats to it in only one or two tries, giving it the groove it needed. After Ken laid down the beat, that allowed Josh to add his bass to the mix, too. It was almost done musically, but it needed a lead guitar, which Josh also put in there. Before it was finished, though, JJ weighed in with his clever organ, which can be heard from about 2:30 on. When it was all wrapped up musically, Josh also sang his lyrics, which are written from the perspective of two Phish heads conversing about the imminent Phish show, which is always a big, exciting event.

Josh has seen almost 70 Phish shows in his life, and he hopes his adoration for the band is evident in this song. This is the second song Eclectic Collective have done with Beck, and we all hope for many more, too. She's a fantastic musician, with a wonderfully deep well of creativity. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by Josh Clary:

Are you gonna meet me at the show tonight
Am I gonna see you at the show?
What songs do you think they’ll play tonight?
I’ve been waiting all year to go

You should check out last night’s set list
The show was packed with killer songs
Is there any one that you’ve been chasing?
I love it when the crowd all sings along

Trey’s been stirring up all the great jams
Page rules the keyboards from his throne
Mike digs the groove so deep and he stands
On Fishman’s beats that shake our bones

Hope you have your ticket for the show tonight
I know these days they’re on our phones
At least now about grass there’s no fight
Light a joint on up the hill and feel at home

Some spun wook is always tripping
Looking for profundity in all the songs
Every now and then they have to just stop spinning
Stare at the lights, and sing along

So I know we’ll hear some great things tonight
Every time I go, my mind gets blown
After in the lot I know I’ll eat a grilled cheese,
Suck on a balloon, then drive on home

Trading Mics for Fish Pages - Eclectic Collective with Sunnybeck

Hey…. So this is a little Blues tune about days gone by in the life of a guitar picker. It is a new version of an old song, with some new lyrics, way more decent vocals (man, I had pushed my gravelly vocals to the limit on the original. Which contained the essence of the moment, but was musically flawed.) Since I don’t have a bass guitar or a drum set, I used my acoustic guitar for bass, and a keyboard for drums. (The keyboard sounds better than me banging on whatever on some of my previous songs.) I am losing the ability to solo on guitar as I age, as can be heard on this, but my big mouth (vocals) are holding strong. The lyrical theme is an amalgamation of two distinct periods of my life. Military service and college in that sequential order. In college, I was walking out to my car in the parking lot, late one night, when I saw these dudes jump out of a dark sedan in the lot. They began smashing car windows and stealing whatever they could. These college dudes coming back from a late night party tried to stop them by yelling, as they drove by, and one of the dudes from the sedan pulled out a handgun and began shooting at them as they went by. Suddenly, a bullet wizzed by my head. I heard it whistle. I just stood there in the darkness, as if my life had just flashed before my eyes, taking it all in. I watched as those dudes jumped back into the sedan and they sped off, tires screeching. They turned onto the access road nearby with their lights off, heading in my direction. I looked and saw a cinderblock within reach and thought to myself that I could easily pick it up, walk over to the road and throw it through their windshield, what being the hero that I am. (That was part of my military training). They had no idea I was there. Hahahahaha…… but I quickly decided now was not the time for such things being a college student as it were. So I just continued walking to my car and ended up hanging out with my college compadres, in the parking lot, as we rehashed the incident while looking at all the smashed car windows and stuff spilled onto the pavement. I was glad I had such an old, beat up looking car, with nothing inside. Anyway, I hope you like this song. Mark

Life Of A Guitar Picker

Dreamy Teardrops

Cast of Characters:
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition, arrangement, and Fender Jaguar delayed, foundational rhythm guitar
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, mix and production
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- production editing
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – electric piano and organ
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass and PRS EG semi-hollow body electric guitar

This song began as a twinkle in Artur's eye a couple months ago. Hey composed it with his Jaguar, as that is the premium surf guitar out there, and shared it with Tez, who invited the rest of us onto the project. 
   Tez, being the first on the boat, added his thrilling guitar fills and solos first. It was kind of odd the way we did this one, in fact, with the melodic/chordal instruments first, followed by the rhythm section. Mark our production tech expert did some alignment for us right out of the gate, too. That said, JJ was next up to bat, adding his magical electric piano and soaring organ.  
  Ken was first up for the backline, adding his driving drums. Josh then finally added his fretless bass to the stew. But before he was done, Josh also added the guitar solo you hear from 1:30-1:55. 
  After it was all said and done, we asked Tez to mix it for us, as he is a master producer and mixer. 
  This is the latest in a long line of surf rock songs of Artur's we've been fortunate enough to get to play with. Hey is the surfingest Polish fellow you will ever come across, and a wonderful, familiar collaborator with Eclectic Collective. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

SURF VIBE  - The Eclectic Collective and Surfers Like Us

A Collision of Events

In every dream home a heartache

Looking forward

Let’s kick off this final month of the year by closing the AI-music chapter once and for all, at least as far as we’re concerned. The die is cast now, there’s no turning back, only moving forward. And we move forward by offering you this playful Chiptune version of our recent "AI Killed the Human Star" (https://soundcloud.com/beatingedge/ai-killed-the-human-star). This time the AI kills Chiptune too! What a world!
See you on Friday with an unusual Christmas song. 🎄🪩
👾All our Chiptune tracks are here: soundcloud.com/beatingedge/sets/8-bit-vibes
©2025 Beating Edge

AI Killed the Chiptune Star (Instrumental - Chiptune)

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh_RMUyF3Ps

The Hidden People of the Forest

The Hidden People of the Forest (Mix 2025)

The Hidden People of the Forest (Mix 2025) & Video Link

Simple times hopefully coming.
 1975 Roselle Dulcimer, 1928 Gibson A2 Mandolin, 1945 Martin 0-18

Redid one I called Simple Times ahead because that track had terrible distortion.

Simple times a'coming

Go Stop get wait stop

The aim is simply to combine diverse interests, influences and see where the ideas and the music lead. 

Apparition is the 5th album in this ongoing experiment and all pieces are available freely on Bandcamp (https://chimeramonde.bandcamp.com/album/apparition).Many are available here on SoundCloud.  I hope you like the sound.

Le but est simplement de combiner divers intérêts, influences et de voir où mènent les idées et la musique. 

Apparition est le 5ème album de cette expérience en cours et tous les morceaux sont disponibles gratuitement sur Bandcamp (https://chimeramonde.bandcamp.com/album/apparition). Beaucoup sont disponibles ici sur SoundCloud. J'espère que le son vous plaira.

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