🎵 What a deeply moving and introspective piece! Your voice carries such emotional depth and authenticity ✨ The guitar work perfectly complements the soul-searching journey in your lyrics 🎸 Love how the arrangement gives space for every word to resonate 💫 The production brings out all the subtle nuances of this exploration 🌟 A beautiful musical walk through the landscapes of the soul ❤️ Pure alternative excellence that makes us reflect! 🎵

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Sea of Clouds and Haze (from "Demon Slayer")

Sea of Clouds and Haze (from "Demon Slayer") (Cover)

This is an experimental Song - written and recorded as a flow - in 15 min
The Effekt are Mixtaped with voice in a 2nd Session

More Purple In The Sky

Walking On The Surface Of The Soul

Every day feels the same
I don't see anything new
Sometimes I feel like
I'm stuck in a time loop

I didn't want things to be this way
I really tried to change, to do things differently
But everything keeps leading me
Back to this same scenario

It's hard to do things differently
When everything stays the same
It's hard to persist when everything
Everything is falling apart
It's hard to pretend to be okay
When nothing is okay     

It's hard to pretend to be okay
When nothing is okay
Everyone claims to know
What I'm feeling

Everyone pretends to care
But the truth is, it's not like that
I don't want to repeat myself
But here I am, in this same scenario

It's hard to do things differently
When everything stays the same
It's hard to persist when everything
Everything is falling apart
It's hard to pretend to be okay
When nothing is okay  

Everyone pretends to care
But the truth is, it's not like that
I don't want to repeat myself
But here I am, in this same scenario

It's hard to do things differently
When everything stays the same
It's hard to persist when everything
Everything is falling apart
It's hard to pretend to be okay
When nothing is okay

Hard to Do

Cover
You started Laughing - Supertramp - Rick Davies -1975

When you're in heaven what you gonna do?
You're gonna sit around a cloud and say
"Hey what a lovely view"

Is there a reason why you're like you are?
Is there a reason you'll be leaving?
Is my love out of season?
I wouldn't mind but to me that is treason

You started laughing
When I held you in my arms
You started leaving
When I told you of my charms

I was in love with you
And then you said we're through
And then I said boo hoo

Was my tie not on straight?
Was it something I ate?

You Started Laughing

👀 Subliminal Video - https://youtu.be/FPCCWZ-n6bA

Subliminal – A Deep Dive into the Unconscious Beat
"Subliminal" is more than just a track—it's an experience designed to tap into the hidden layers of your mind. Combining immersive synth textures, and meticulously crafted basslines, this EDM release creates a hypnotic atmosphere that feels both cinematic and intensely physical.
Inspired by the idea that music can influence us below the surface, "Subliminal" weaves tension and release in a way that feels both instinctual and electrifying. It's the kind of track that sneaks up on you.
Whether you're deep in the mix, moving through the night, or just craving a sonic escape, this track invites you to surrender to the rhythm and explore the space between sound and sensation.
Thanks ChatGPT !!!

As Vincent Van Gogh once said :-
Thank you for lending me your ear and if you like the sunflowers don't forget to repost, like and follow.

Subliminal

A haunting cinematic ballad exploring themes of unrequited love and silent observation. This melancholic composition weaves together rich piano melodies, ambient strings, and minimalistic electronic textures to create a deeply emotional soundscape. The narrative follows someone watching their beloved find happiness with another, capturing the bittersweet pain of loving from the shadows.

Not me

After completing the song, I found a noticeable spread between the highest & lowest notes.  So I had a hard time with the vocals.  I could have altered the notes to fit the voice but in the end I decided to go with the original.  Please bear with my singing.

The lyrics is extracted from a lengthy poem I came across on the web.
In the end, perhaps the plot doesn't make much sense anyway.  So let's assume it's just for the sake of making a song.   See what you think.

Thanks much for stopping by.

[CREDITS]
Music / Vocals / Programming / Arrangement :  Michael C. Lynn
Lyrics  :  Neruda / Merwin
Electric Guitar Solo :  Dave Cleveland @Band_in_a_Box

[LYRICS]
The memory of you emerges from the night around me
The river mingles its stubborn lament with the sea

In you the wars and the flights accumulated
From you the wings of the song birds rose

Cold flower heads are raining over my heart
I made the wall of shadow draw back,
Beyond desire I walked on

You swallowed everything, like distance
Like the sea, like time,  in you everything sank
In the childhood of mist my soul, winged and wounded,
In you everything sank

The happy hour of assault and the kiss
and spell that blazed like a lighthouse
I raise my song to you

I don't know how you could contain me
in the earth of your soul, in the cross of your arms

You girdled sorrow, you clung to desire,
sadness stunned you, in you everything sank
This was my destiny and in it was the voyage of my longing,
In you everything sank

.... Solo break....

You swallowed everything, like distance
Like the sea, like time,  in you everything sank
In the childhood of mist my soul, winged and wounded,
In you everything sank

You girdled sorrow, you clung to desire,
sadness stunned you, in you everything sank
This was my destiny and in it was the voyage of my longing,
In you everything sank
Ah haaaa

In You (Everything Sank)

This tune began with just the upright bass & flute part that were inspired by an old song that I liked a lot by an English Jazz trio called The Herbaliser. Beyond the basic A - B - A arrangement I couldn't really think of much else to do with it, so I enlisted a couple blokes from the Eclectic Collective to help flesh it out. Namely Stephen (@texmex-shaman), and Chris (@hiddenhands-760647700).

Stephen added the trippy high pitch reverse guitar effect, and the sick bluesy lead guitar in the middle section (thus the title, Blue In The Middle). He also lent his mastering skills to great effect on this one. And Chris added some delightfully dark atmospheric backing guitar parts and effects, as well as the Portishead influenced drum track. I was then inspired to add the background echo guitar sound in the middle section, the vocal sample near the end, a bit of percussion and minor sound effects. All my parts were played on keyboard except the vocal sample (from Garageband) and the flute, which I played live. 
Thanks guys for bringing this to life, and hope folks enjoy this trippy little ditty.

Image art designed and created using ChatGPT 4o.

Blue In The Middle (with CGManess & TexMex Shaman)

moonlight lemonade.....
Une petite chanson sans prétention
un air d'été acidulé
à siroter sous un palmier (ajoutez du rhum et une feuille de menthe)
image: Vika Glitter

citronade au clair de lune By Zitou Itou & Blackcat

MISSING YOU  (From Open Collab Paploviante)
Backing Track:
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/turn-of-time-open-collab-offer
Vocals Leslie (Ghosthack) Missing you
Lillithe:  Mix, Arrangement and Production

Missing you (From Open Collab Paploviante)

The Way

Light In The Dark

Light for Peace 🕊️

We build bridges, no more walls,

Rich hands, no more fists.

We listen, we learn anew,

And let go of what splits us in two.

Peace in the hearts, peace in the world,

A light that illuminates all darkness.

Peace in the hands, peace in the face,

We go together – into the common light.

We sing songs without limits,

Share dreams, without fears.

The earth laughs when we forgive,

And opens paths, big and small.

Peace in the hearts, peace in the world,

A light that illuminates all darkness.

Peace in the hands, peace in the face,

We go together – into the common light.

No matter how far, no matter how close,

We are one, we will realize that.

And every step we take today,

Raises new hope.

Peace in the hearts, peace in the world,

A light that illuminates all darkness.

Peace in the hands, peace in the face,

We go together – into the common light.

Licht für Frieden 🕊️

Lyrics: David L. Graham
Music, vocal, instruments & mix: PJ

Had Love A Time Or Two

J’AI RÊVÉ DE VOUS
VOUS M’AVEZ RÊVÉE
ET PUIS ON S’EST RÉVEILLÉS

WAS I IN YOUR DREAMS LAST NIGHT
YOU WERE IN MINE SO I FIGURED I MIGHT
COS WE ALL DREAM OF EACH OTHER
YES WE ALL DREAM OF ONE ANOTHER
ALL WILL BE FINE LAST NIGHT YOU WERE MINE

I’LL BE IN YOUR DREAMS TONIGHT
YES I’LL BE AROUND SOMEWHERE AFTER MIDNIGHT
COS WE ALL DREAM OF EACH OTHER
YES WE ALL DREAM OF ONE ANOTHER
AND OUT OF SIGHT AT NIGHT WE REUNITE

WE ALL DREAM OF EACH OTHER
YES WE ALL DREAM OF ONE ANOTHER
AND BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON SHINING BRIGHT
TONIGHT YOU WILL BE MINE

WE WERE FRIENDS WE WERE FRIENDS

DREAMS (Lyrics) + Barbara Browning vocals

Jens Christian Grün (Jens Gruen) - geb. 1965, in Ulm-Söflingen
Guitar, Vocal, Keyboard - Piano
Selfmademan -  autodidaktischer Musiker seit 45 Jahren

War im Gospelchor - Langenau und bleibt ihm treu…

„Musik muss Spass machen - darf aber auch gerne mal Traurig sein“
Zitat vom Balladenmann - der schon immer nur Ballade kann … nicht ganz ernst gemeint

Seit 2014 an Parkinson erkrankt. 
Mag seine Parkinsongruppe, seine Therapeuten,
jegliche Art von Musik - Live oder von Konserve -
SWR1 und seinen Marcello. Arbeitet gerne mit der
Nachbarschaftshilfe „gemeinsam“ zusammen.

Die Musik von Peter Maffay, Smokie, Mark Knopfler  und Queen hat mich schon immer begleitet und fasziniert. Ich entdecke gerade die klassische Musik für mich….. und mache immer weiter ..

Meine Haupt-Instrumente sind:
Stimme - na ja - manchmal scho …
Willis Klavier - Landshut - 1980 - Deutschland
Roland V-Piano - Japan
Tanglewood Acc Sundance Pro - UK
Framus Texan 5/196 - 1964 - Deutschland 
Kirkland Acc - US
Resch Mellotron - MD4000D - Sweden
iPad 
Korg iS40 - Japan
Roland SC8850 - Japan
Roland JV800 - Japan

Immer wieder Montags:
Yamaha C5 (made in England) - pausiert

Walking On The Surface Of The Soul

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