Thanks! I spent most of my life playing unplugged that I'm only now getting a hold of "tone"...now that I'm pretty deaf 🙃

I certainly did enjoy this! Terrific guitar-based rock instrumental. Fab!

MIDISOUND -https://soundcloud.com/sonido-reflexivo
Wrote me this fabulous track to write vocals for , we both do hope you like it 😁
What are they feeding your mind
How are they seeding your kind

Illusion machine
It's bigger than you and me
Illusion machine
The demon's behind your screen

Why do they need you so much
When do they get in touch

Illusion machine
It's bigger than you and me
Illusion machine
The demon's behind your screen

Midisound/winkandwoo - 2024

Illusion Machine

Illusion Machine - Midisound & winkandwoo

Fatigués de ces monstres ordinaires que l'on voit dans les faits divers ?
J'aimerais qu'on ne me mélange pas à certains individus qui pour moi sont tout sauf des hommes
C'est ce qui m'a inspiré cette chanson.

(translated below)
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J'aimerais effacer ces 'mâles'
Des photos de mon genre
Mais qui désigner responsable   
De ces monstres, des loups qu'on engendre

Je ne suis pas cet animal
Qui prend, qui tue, qui viole 
Je ne crois pas cette loi fatale
Qui imposerait la camisole 

Moi je vis libre et sans geôle
Etre un homme n'est pas un rôle
Ni plus, ni moins
Qu'une femme : un être humain

Moi je vis libre et sans geôle
Etre un homme n'est pas un rôle
Essayer d'être bon
Un être humain

Pourquoi les tyrans seraient des hommes
Et les bourreaux des garcons
S'il n'y a que nous sur le podium
Ce concours est celui des cons

Mais quel étrange apprentissage
Archaique et si pauvre
Qui valorise et encourage
D'être fort de dominer l'autre

Moi je vis libre et sans geôle
Etre un homme n'est pas un rôle
Ni plus, ni moins
Qu'une femme : un être humain

Moi je vis libre et sans geôle
Etre un homme n'est pas un rôle
Essayer d'être bon  
Un être humain
x2

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I'd like to erase these males
From the photos of my kind
But who's to blame
For these monsters, the wolves we breed

I'm not that animal
Who takes, who kills, who rapes 
I don't believe in this fatal law
That would impose a straitjacket

I live free and unrestrained
Being a man is not a role
No more, no less
Than a woman: a human being

I live free and unrestrained
Being a man is not a role
Trying to be good
A human being

Why should tyrants be men
And executioners boys
If it's just us on the podium
This contest is for assholes only

But what a strange apprenticeship
Archaic and so poor
Which values and encourages
To be strong and dominate others

I live free and unrestrained
Being a man is not a role
No more, no less
Than a woman: a human being

I live free and unrestrained
Being a man is not a role
Trying to be good
A human being

Etre Humain

From the "Pre-Unit Twins" project

A Song about Love Lost

The Pre-Unit Twins

When Love Is No More

When Love is No More

Started in 2022, this was pulled from "the Vaults" after a long period of inactivity. This piece started with the opening guitar "riff", and the rest grew around it. as usual, not perfect, but it has its moments.
All Instruments & Drum Programming by me. I hope you enjoy! 

Another Path

This is just a short sample of a blending test of the cool sounds on the mellotron instrument I use in GarageBand. If you’re not familiar with how a real mellotron works, it’s worth checking it out! Here's a very informative demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD8gH7kYxs

The acoustic guitar is played using a VST guitar on keyboard.
The mellotron sounds are:
  - flute / strings blend
  - cello / strings blend
  - male / female choir blend
  - boys / female choir blend

Here’s a crazy song of mine where I’m using the mellotron is a really ominous chorus (Cut 2: "The Chase"):
https://on.soundcloud.com/mHrSTfwtJ2xxo7s5A

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

mellotron choir (SOUND DEMO)

MJ-Brewer wrote this one and I was happy to help out with the guitars, mandolin and mix.  You might know the singer if you've been on SoundCloud a while, it's the one and only lil' Reks aka REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

Lead guitar, mandolin and mix  - TexMex Shaman
Rhythm guitar, composition, arrangement and lyrics - MJ-Brewer
REKHA - IYERN [Fe] Lead Vocals & Harmonies)

Music/Vocal Design & Arrangement (All Lead & Back Harmonies) by
REKHA - IYERN [Fe]


Hope - Lyrics by Mark Jackson

Well I hope someday that you know how it feels to be lost going nowhere
Well I hope someday that you know how it feels to see the people stare
I’ve been stripped of my pride, my heart opened wide
Lord knows what’s inside but I hope someday to find it
I must confess, I’ve been so stressed, my life is a mess
You know I don’t even seem to mind it

Well I hope someday somebody comes to save me, but I doubt they ever will
I hope someday somebody comes to save me, just take me away from here
I shouldn’t lie it’s so hard to try to say goodbye you know everybody needs a friend
It’s a crazy thing what the bad times can bring, a birds broken wings, it’ll never fly again

Well I hope someday that people will say that I did I did my very best
I hope someday that people will say I always, I always seem to make them laugh
Through sickness and health, poor times and wealth, each hand that I’m dealt, I always try to stay the same. Through thick and through thin I bounce back again, I lose then I win, and I’m always ready to play the game

Oh yeah, hoping things will be fine someday
Hoping things will be fine someday
Hoping things will be fine someday

Hope

Hope - w/ MJ-Brewer and REKHA - IYERN  [Fe]

Heart Of The Matter

White

Please watch my new video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/pd4vN0HOOXI?si=Nhq2Nnm7PSCD3SvQ

The survival of earth is in our hands for now and future generations.  We have been given life on this planet and everything we need to survive.  Bless the ground we walk on, the sun and universe, the air we breath and all living things... animal, mineral, and vegetable.  Be grateful to everyone who is fighting the fight to save our planet... and above all, promise to do one thing each day, however small it is, to make a difference! 

Jennifer L. Jones
Music Dreams Productions
March 25, 2025

Ode to Earth

“Pages” 📖 turns my life into chapters — inked memories, torn edges, quiet rewrites, and the next steps waiting ahead. Every beat flips to a new page, carrying the past while moving into what’s coming. Growth, change, and motion in sound. 📖✨💫

#️⃣ #Pages #NewChapter #SoundtrackOfLife #EmotionalWave #DreamyVibes #JourneyMusic #MusicDiary #EtherealEnergy

Pages

all for fun, experimental and still learning new things. all feedback truly welcome! I had been putting off finishing this one up for a while, and still couldn't seem to get exactly what I was going for, but here it is!

Ensaurious

*Updated mixes on my YouTube channel. See Link below.
Composer/Singer/Multi-Instrumentalist. Interested in Rock, Pop, Progressive & Film Score composition. Open to Collaboration. All music self-performed & recorded at home (unless otherwise indicated). I DO NOT USE PITCH OR TIME CORRECTION! Please Follow, leave a like &/or a comment. I live in a bit of a vacuum & your feedback is greatly appreciated 😉.
Influences Include: Kansas, Boston, Alan Parsons, Rush, Pink Floyd, Toto, Ambrosia, Queen, Vertical Horizon, Frost*, King's X, Paul Carrack, Genesis, Journey, Dixie Dregs. Kevin Gilbert, Larry Carlton, Del Amitri, Todd Rundgren, Spock's Beard, Special EFX, Michael Mcdonald, Jellyfish, 10cc, Andrew Gold, The Babys, Barry Manilow, Christopher Cross, Mike Post, Gamma, ELP, Neal Schon, Stephen Sondheim, Styx, Boz Scaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Dan Fogelberg, ELO Jude Cole, Lifehouse, Mike + The Mechanics, Wyndham Hill.....

I am Not a traditional guitar player. I've never learned another player's work, preferring any repetition or homage to be completely subconscious at most. The same can be said with my keyboard work.

Due to the complexity of many arrangements, I use a LOT of Stereo Imaging. Therefore, I recommend listening in stereo, as things may sound a bit muddy.

*All Music & Lyrics (C) Doug Takacs. All rights Reserved.

https://youtube.com/@dougtakacsmusic?si=ZTZqLt6wkY1Zsvqd

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