The Loss Of An Unknown Friend is an orchestral composition that sets the tone for the WWI-themed game 'No Mans Land.' With its mournful piano and powerful strings, it captures the essence of camaraderie and loss in the trenches.

The Loss Of An Unknown Friend

Created 'Live' on the fly one Saturday night in 75. (2022 Actually, but that didn't rhyme!!)

Track recorded and produced by Cookie Jay at Rose Pro Studio.

D'LeMMo

all instruments: stonerjazz https://soundcloud.com/user-911083679
remix and narration: sonic structures and silent stretches
image: the same collab
info: there are more versions of this canto to emerge from other collab partners. LOOKING FORWARD!

narration: the thirteen canto poem finds its way into sound, a slice at a time

poem / copyright jo richter

How long he stayed, he could not tell.
He worked ferociously, sounding all
existence that had touched upon him into
being: the smell of meadows, the curl of
ripples, the calm that centers in a storm;
the timbre of voices, the straight lines of buildings,
the aloofness of announcers on the radio.
His desk was cluttered, his mind strove clear.


When he did not write, he‘d read up on
the origins of his ancient art: Vergil and Dante,
Marlow and Shakespeare, Homer and Joyce,
Ovidus, Cervantes, Rabelais and Wieland.
He felt the linguistic seeds, blown from foreign
stems, grow filaments deep in his native soil, he
saw them ripen, flower profusely, yielding
their beauty to ever-changing mentalities.


And as his insight widened and he gained
perspective, the rows of encyclopedias
and dictionaries that lined his shelves
slimmed down, as he gave up consulting
English for French and German, these for
Latin and Greek, those for Persian and Sanskrit,
until he only referred to Indo-European roots.
His desk turned clear, his mind became uncluttered.


Eventually, he also slept and dreamt
whenever the veil sank upon him.
Guarded by the spire‘s safe walls, he would
awaken slowly, remembering outlandish
lore, scribbling notes and poems of bizarre
truthfulness and penning recollections of his
archetypal ties. Some of his realistic verse de-
rived from fragments of prolonged poetic trance.


 His muse meanwhile taught him to cook, the
art of mixing individual ingredients to bring about
a taste all of its own that nourishes both mind and
physicality. The painters tend to fixate on surface
and colour, she said, the musicians on timing
the process, whereas the poets never get anything
done, enchanted by words like ‚ginger‘ or ‚yeast‘.
All of their dishes taste awful.

Departure Canto IV with Stonerjazz

Music For Harp, Flute And Strings

Chic Hustler

Pander Express

Original song by Jim Croce, Photo by Linda Straub

Hey Tomorrow (Cover) by-

Cast of Characters:

mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark—piano, composition

Mysterious Decibel--@themysteriousdecibel --MD—lyrics and primary vocals

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar

J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –organ, synth

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

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

This was brought to us by Mark, who had written it a while back, but wanted to dust it off and give the Eclectic Collective a shot at it. He recorded it with a keen eye toward collaboration with an electric piano synth with heavy stereo tremolo. We just recently found Mark, and he has proven to be a very creative, passionate, and easy to work with collaborator—all the good things. 
  Mark set it loose to Josh first, who of course got Ken in on the act before anything else could transpire. After Ken added his wildly creative, very skillful drum beat, Josh was able to come up with a suitable bass line. He also came up with the lap slide part you hear with the heavy tremolo. Then they turned it over to Stephen, who added a very psychedelic, electrifying solo at the end. Also, JJ set upon it with a very hooky organ. 
  Last, but certainly not least, MD came up with the lyrics, which are a metaphor for trying to break into the business of music, and delivered his fiery vocals, too. Then, we all realized that the song wasn't long enough for our ambitions, so Ken came up with an idea for the arrangement, and lengthened the song to suit our needs. He also very ably mixed and produced this one for us. We had a lot of fun working on Mark's tune. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it. 

Lyrics (by The Mysterious Decibel):
 
Sometimes when we shout they can't hear us under the flow
Of the rapids

I'm screaming from the other side of the river
A shot to try
can you hear me?
I'm jumping in and swimming straight to you

All I can say is I tried
I tried and I met my own waterfall
A short way down
Did I try hard enough?
Cuz I hit the rocks below just hard enough
To hibernate me without a care
It's all just business and never fair

Away With The Rapids…-Eclectic Collective

K-Rock and Roll Part 2.5

Come one, come all for the holidays
Come Sally and Suzie and her cousin Ray
I love you all, you’re welcome to stay
But you gotta be gone by New Year’s day
The moon and the stars will be shining bright
Let’s stay up and talk all through the night
I wanna hear all the things that you wanna say
But you gotta be gone by New Year’s day
To see you here truly warms my heart
Almost as much as when you depart.
I’ve known you since God knows when
Since God knows when, you and I’ve been friends
But be forever damned, be forever cursed
If you’re not gone by Jan’ry first.
We’re gonna torch the town in a maelstrom of fun
We’re gonna take off our clothes and moon everyone
And if we’re out of jail by New Year’s eve
Come the very next day you gotta leave
To see you here truly warms my heart
Almost as much as when you depart
I think of you always with love in my heart
Especially when we’re far apart
And if things gotta end may they always end well
And by New Year’s day, you’ll be somewhere else.
Come one, come all for the holidays
Come Sally and Suzie and her cousin Ray
Love you all, you’re welcome to stay
But you gotta be gone by New Year’s day
You gotta be gone by New Year’s day.

New Year's Day

Music : Janne Hennie & PJ Project
Vocals & lyrics : Janne Hennie

I always had to wear the mask on
Pretended to be someone, someone who wasn't me
I was afraid to show myself
Didn't let anyone get to close
Didn't know how to be

But you, saw me for who i am
I didn't have to pretend
You saw the real me
It felt like i had been found
And i could let the mask fall to the ground

I had built myself a wall, of heavy rocks
where no one could get trough
I tried so hard to hide
That i almost forgot that i had you

Oh you saw me for who i am
I didn't have to pretend
You saw the real me
It felt like i had been found
And i could let the mask fall to the ground

When I am with you i feel so free
I can be the real me

Oh you see me for who I am
I don't have to pretend
You see the real me
It feels like i have been found
And i can let the mask fall to the ground....

The Mask W/ Janne Hennie

“Candle”

Music by Monsoon Cortex (@monsooncortex)
Lyrics and vocals by Wild Christopher (@wild-christopher-lyrics)

In the dark of night
Trapped inside my own head
Need to breakout instead
See a flicker of light

My faith ignites 
Keep the candle burning
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright

It's daybreak
Oh the sun it soothes my soul
Daybreak
I think it’s gonna go my way 

As faith ignites 
Keeps the candle burning
It’s gonna be alright
Be alright
Be alright

This life is a life of a thousand possibilities
My spirits ascends to fly 
And I realize the world has a blanket 
It has a blanket of light

This world has a blanket of light
And it’s gonna be alright
Gonna be alright

Things are gonna get better
Things are gonna get better
It’s alright

Photo by flic.kr/p/8ee93Z
Written by Chris Barnett for Questionable Enterprises LLC. © 2016

Candle (with Monsoon Cortex)

Main Genres:  Rock, Blues, Covers and stuff that is A Little Bit Crazy.
Wild Christopher's Alter Ego.

I have had a couple of thoughts on the use of this page from my main page 'Wild Christopher' over the months besides being able to follow more than 2k musicians but I have finally settled on it being used for my newer Rock, Blues tracks, Alternate versions of Wild Christopher tracks, and Covers.  I hope you enjoy these.  

Wild Christopher: https://soundcloud.com/wild-christopher-lyrics

Atlantic Riff (with Rob Mason): https://soundcloud.com/atlantic-riff  

So I guess this is my alter ego's alter ego...

Candle (with Monsoon Cortex)

Wild Christopher (You So Crazy)