So this poor Rhodes has been having a hard life with me... not very compatible with tramway and train, standing in a room where normally nobody is, having been used as a stand for all sort of things... and the cat has been doing crazy stuff with it, too.

Digged it out, cleaned it, fidgeted with this grrr sustain pedal for some hours, welcome back my friend!

The Liberation Of Rhodes Island

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Youtube: https://youtu.be/JEJt0uJjFiA?si=GrJb6KrC4BZvRDxe
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Apple: https://music.apple.com/de/album/what-really-matters/1754673856?i=1754673857
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Lyrics:

Another day, I'm running fast
Chasing shadows that don't last
Important now, or so it seems
But will it matter in my dreams?

Time slips away, like sand through my hands
Stress builds up, as life's clock demands
But in this race, what do I gain?
When all I feel is this strain

We're caught up in the moment's hue
(Moment's hue)
Forgetting what really matters, what's true
(What matters, what's true)
Wasting energy on fleeting things
While life's real melody quietly sings

Deadlines loom, notifications chime
I'm a slave to the present time
But years from now, will I recall
These urgent tasks, so pressing, so small

Breathing deep, I start to see
The bigger picture of who I could be
If I let go of the daily grind
And focus on peace of mind

We're caught up in the moment's hue
(Moment's hue)
Forgetting what really matters, what's true
(What matters, what's true)
Wasting energy on fleeting things
While life's real melody quietly sings

What if we paused, took time to reflect
On the path we're on, the life we select
Would we choose differently, rearrange
Our priorities, make a change?

We're caught up in the moment's hue
(Moment's hue)
Forgetting what really matters, what's true
(What matters, what's true)
Wasting energy on fleeting things
While life's real melody quietly sings

So let's listen close, to that gentle refrain
And find what truly eases the pain
(Eases the pain)
In life's grand story, not just today
What will matter, when we're old and grey?

What Really Matters

Billie Eilish's song "What was i made for" Darkified!
Vocals by Astrid Solvrid

Lyrics:
I used to float, now I just fall down
I used to know, but I'm not sure now
What I was made for
What was I made for?

Takin' a drive, I was an ideal
Looked so alive, turns out I'm not real
Just somethin' you paid for
What was I made for?

'Cause I, I
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try
I don't know how to feel
But someday, I might
Someday, I might

Mm, mm, ah
Mm, mm, mm

When did it end? All the enjoyment
I'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriend
It's not what he's made for
What was I made for?

'Cause I, 'cause I
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try
I don't know how to feel
But someday, I might
Someday, I might

Think I forgot how to be happy
Somethin' I'm not, but somethin' I can be
Somethin' I wait for
Somethin' I'm made for
Somethin' I'm made for

I Used To Float 2024

Music performed, produced, mixed, & mastered by Thomas Mierkiewicz 4/8/25
Vocals & lyrics by Kate Stanton

Grief You Felt

There’s no shame,
& there’s no cure,
Oh, for the grief you felt.
The only way out is through.
You must feel the pain,
Oh, with the grief you felt.

I will help you.
I’m here for you.
I will go down,
Sit you through it.

The weight is heavy,
So let me carry it.
Very slowly, in the silence,
Don’t let it break you,
’Cause it gets lonely.
Let the light in.

The heart’s been broken,
I have been there, and you can do it too.
There’s no shame,
& there’s no cure,
Oh, for the grief you felt.
The only way out is inside your mind.
Oh, for the grief you felt.

(Violin)

Yeah, there’s no shame.
There’s no guilt
For the grief you’ve held on to.
It’s time to build again. Start anew!
Oh, with that grief you’ve felt,
You understand it,
’Cause you’ve been through it.
Your heart is open,
Wider & wider,
With more compassion,
& desire,
A bond that only sorrow forms.

Oh, with that grief you felt,
That grief you held on to.

Grief You Felt (Lemonbrew & Kate Stanton)

Cast of Characters:
Joe Stroffolino-- @joseph-stroffolino -- Taylor 114ce acoustic guitar, main vocals, harmony vocals, lyrics, composition
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Epiphone Les Paul electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- four string Fender Precision Bass, and Roland organ
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– Tom Anderson Custom T electric guitar, mix, mastering, and production

This song began when Joe, feeling a bit nostalgic, wrote the lyrics and composed it on his acoustic guitar. He recorded it and sang it with expert harmonies, then decided to share it with Eclectic Collective. We were all very excited to get work on our second song with Joe, as we all admire his songwriting.
First up was Tez this time, oddly enough. He was able to identify all the fill spots and light up the solo without the rest of us even adding anything yet. Next came Ken, who usually goes first, adding his steady grooving drums and tasty percussion. Once the drums were down, Josh completed the rhythm section by adding his fretted bass. He also worked out an organ part to give the whole sound a bit of thickness. Also adding some thickness and texture, Stephen added a clean electric rhythm part, as well.
Once we had it in can we asked Stephen to mix and produce it for us, which he did in his always expert fashion.
This, as mentioned, is Eclectic Collective's second song with Joe, and we all enjoyed bringing it to life with him. He's a wonderful collaborator and an all around good dude. Do yourself a favor and go check out his page, which is rich in great songs. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Original lyrics by Joe Stroffolino:

If you find yourself in trouble and you think you've lost your way.
Here's hoping that you find a path to a better day.
I sure hope that you're happy. I'm wishing you the best.
I hope you find what you're looking for as you continue on your quest.
I hope you find all the answers to all those questions vexing you.
I hope you can find a way not to bite off more than you can chew.
I sure hope that you're happy. I'm wishing you the best.
I hope you find what you're looking for as you continue on your quest.
You spread your wings and you flew so far away from me.
I hope that you're enjoying your new reality
All those places that you said that you wanted to see.
I hope they're as good as you expected them to be.
I want you to know that you hold a special place in my heart.
I think about you often even though we are apart.
They say that when you love somebody sometimes you gotta be willing to let them go.
You gotta let them spread their wings and fly wherever the wind decides to blow.
I sure hope that you're happy. I'm wishing you the best.
I hope you find what you're looking for as you continue on your quest.
I hope that you're happy. I hope that you're doing well. I sure hope that you're doing swell.You spread your wings and you flew so far away from me.
I hope that you're enjoying your new reality

Hope That You Are Happy (Eclectic Collective with Joe Stroffolino)

Written, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Kyle Bolan
Art by Kyle Bolan

Enfranchisement

Janela

No signs no way out
Scream it loud but hear no shout
Lost in the maze shadows play
Running circles night and day

The maze runner .mp3

Update: Added bass keys and simple melody lines (one with delay) throughout. Kind of nice not having my keyboard and needing to write with a piano roll instead. It's interesting

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An ever fruitful comment chat with these geniuses seeded this song. Thanks Sponges 🫶🏽🔆


Lyrics

We are Sponges

Absorbsion of ancient
Greatest grandparent of sentience
Gold for unicellular adaption
Our evolution has complicated caption

Life's headline still written in bold
Hugging sea beds dearest calm unfolds
You took a niche as filter of deeps
Shown trees the way
Future air sees less weeps

We simulate you
Clones clever dished cleaned
Laws of attraction
Life's feather get preened
To most you're inanimate
A useful tool
Though cleaning Earth's flatulence
So breathe we do

I am a sponge
I see your clever
Good structured spicule
Consistence forever
Flagellated cells force filter some demons
We are good sponges for myriad of reasons

Mycelium of sea
Set toned fungi land
Pioneers of proofed evolutionary stand
You paved the path
Way of the net
Multicellular attractor
Filter us from death

Perifora hermaphrodite
Bedded 3D paintings
Beating Edge of our Earth
Give us galactic gravitational girth
Truth for the start absorb my heart
Lessons of love listing light from all start

We are Sponges

Rosalía - Reliquia (Celestial Remix)

Two Souls in Different Skies

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I Used To Float 2024

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