Done in the style of one of my all time favourite old bands, Pink Floyd.

Out of the Darkness

Cast of characters: 

Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition, arrangement, and foundational rhythm guitar

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

J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ, electric piano, and synth

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

Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–Guitar 

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass 

 This song is the brainchild of Artur, who composed it on his guitar perfectly for collaboration, and presented it to us with his vision for the entire sound. Ken went first, of course, adding his signature rocking beat to the song. Josh went next, as soon as Ken had laid down the drums, adding his four string fretless bass sound to fill out the rhythm section. 
  Tez came along soon after, adding some foundational ornamentation with his guitar. JJ jumped in right after Tez, and laid in the majestic organ, riffing electric piano, and subtle synth you hear throughout. Finally, Stephen laid his guitar in there, too, which can be heard as a fiery melodic line running throughout. At Artur's suggestion, he also added some amazing, trippy sitar in a couple of spots, too.
  Once all the tracks were laid down, Stephen came through with his always skillful mix. This makes almost an album worth of material that The Eclectic Collective has created from Artur's ideas. We're always excited when he drops a new one in our laps. He wrote this on a sweet rainy day in the Polish summer. 
  We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it. 
  
  We all appreciate your support, and encourage you to share this song if you've read the whole way down to the bottom here

Sweet Rainy Day-Eclectic Collective

The Best of Dave Hoade

Your Love

A simple, catchy song, musically inconsequential, but with some self-pitying and self-indulgent intent. It seems unbelievable, but I had "Bright Eyes", Art Garfunkel's 1977 hit, in mind. Obviously, I have to mention the song by my admired John Watts, for his legendary group Fischer-Z, "Lies", from his album Word Salad, because of its coincidental chorus. It's something that was also on my mind.

Lies Lies

Oneself on fire ver.2 SP(it! Demo take

This is a stripped down version of a song we at Eclectic Collective made a few months prior. Thank you for listening!
Cast of Characters:

Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – back up vocals, organ, production
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric and acoustic guitar, production
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Original piano composition, vocals, lyrics, key grip (no, not really LOL)
Original lyrics by JJ Terrell:
That fog around the mountain

is getting set to rise

pulling these wheels on down the road lord

is pulling my heart right out

If you really love someone now

wouldn't you want it to be a hundred to none?

instead of traveling around with a scorecard by your side

ooooh oh yeah

gonna set you free

ooooh, oh yeah

gonna leave you be
that fog around the mountain
it's like a dream
my heart, it has soon forgotten
a rolling stone like me

looking down that dusty road
sun's beatin' down

pulling these wheels on down the road lord
has got me down
until I see you again.

That Dusty Road (unplugged) by The Eclectic Collective

Butterfly (2021) Anthology CD3 Track 05

Trombones

Enticement

Lights In The Dark

nellstyx - wyntergreen{+irby}

I like to explore making many different genres of music. Music has been a passion all my life.

All original music, composed, performed, recorded and mixed by yours truly.

Out of the Darkness

Blue Scorpion