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Tail of the Dragon

L'envolée

Horse like me

Repeating Pattern

Cast of Characters:
Cgmaness – @hiddenhands-760647700 – Chris – acoustic guitar, synth, and composition
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- vocals, lyrics, mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four string fretless Warwick bass
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – piano, B3 organ voice, synth sax, and JJ's angels (voice synth), Lucky Man style synth
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– master and production
This song started as a project that was begun on his guitar and synth, then shelved by our master songwriter, Chris. He always gives us magic to work with, and as soon as he shared this one with the rest of Eclectic Collective, we all jumped on it.
Mark heard his part first, and set about writing some great lyrics to sing with his solid, inimitable voice. His lyrics are about a hypothetical future where we've turned to technology in search of human connection, only to realize that it has only isolated us more, and that we really already had that connection to begin with. The narration is from a future perspective, like all this has already happened, and its speaking to us from the future, almost like a warning.
The rhythm section was still absent, though, but not for long. Ken added his groovy, perfectly in the vibe drums to it next. Josh, of course followed soon after, now that he had drums to work with, by adding his fretless four string bass to the song. Now that it was sounding like a well rounded piece, Tez came through with some thrilling guitar solos that you hear throughout. JJ first added some piano, B3, and sax to the song, then later completed it with his psychedelic synth and divine voice synth that provides the "choir" you hear in there.
Now that it was all in the bag, Mark spent considerable time and effort mixing it, then turned it over to our resident pro Stephen for the mastering.
This is one of our favorite songs we've ever done, and it reminds us all of both Pink Floyd and King Crimson. This is a great example of what the team is able to do with a really solid, yet open musical seed, provided by a master composer. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.
Original lyrics by Mistermark:
The wind by the seashore, the wash of the waves
the sand on your skin and the glance that you gave
the sounds of the carnival we left it all behind
there were words left unsaid at the back of your mind
how could I have been so blind?
It was so long ago now it’s just you and me
it seems I've forgotten the way you like your tea
the house becomes quiet as the guests head for home
the garden’s been gathered and the kids are all grown
on their own
“The robots will help” they said “it’s better this way”
“there’s no need to work and there’s more time to play”
our leaders assured us we’d never go poor
and nobody questions the truth anymore
but what did we do it all for?
Our science sustains us like fine works of art
but are we closer together or farther apart?
we’re each on an island alone on the sea
the ocean between us expands rapidly
is this where we wanted to be?
It was so long ago now it’s just you and me
it seems we’ve forgotten the way it used to be
machines tried to help us but something went wrong
the future we wanted was here all along
The wind by the seashore, the wash of the waves
the sand on your skin and the glance that you gave
the sounds of the carnival we left it all behind
there were words left unsaid…





Faded Fortunes (Eclectic Collective)

e guitar improvisation

A Deceptive Smile

Gentle piano with a jazzy warmth, evoking comfort, ease and quiet joy.

Morning

I welcome a collaboration with the vocal
Current voice Ai generated

Souls United

I completely forgot why I made this in the first place. Hmm...
Anyway, this time I only sampled songs by Radiohead, let's just hope my namesake doesn't find out.

†ॐ

Remix by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Samples taken from music written and performed by Radiohead (York, Greenwood (x2), O'Brien & Selway), in order of appearance:
1. How I Made My Millions
2. Electioneering
3. Coke Babies
4. Meeting In The Aisle
5. Lotus Flower
6. Lozenge of Love
7. Idioteque
8. 2+2=5
9. A Reminder
10. Kinetic
11. Lewis (Mistreated)
12. Faithless The Wonder Boy
13. Trans-Atlantic Drawl
14. No Surprises
15. Just
16. Talk Show Host
17. Everything In Its Right Place
18. There There
19. My Iron Lung
20. The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy
21. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
22. Where Bluebirds Fly
23. Pyramid Song
24. India Rubber
25. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
26. Million Dollar Question
27. Worrywort
28. Melatonin
29. Airbag
30. Exit Music (For A Film)
31. Fake Plastic Trees
32. Motion Picture Soundtrack

Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Collage artwork by broadacre.

Ok, i'll say it for you

OK, i'll say it for you

I should do more visual artworks but find myself playing the guitar instead .... basic influence and reason to buy a guitar many decades ago was english folk baroque style of Renbourn/Jansch. Actually met John Renbourn some years ago and he asked me why I didnt pick up my own folk tradition? ... yes why not... apart from that music is music.

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