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The Beautiful Dark

The Beautiful Dark

Howdy, Welcome to TBD. All these creations are made by hard work and years upon years upon years of practice and trying to explain this world and the human condition to myself in the process through poems & songs. Thanks for all of your wonderful support. Peace and Love to Everyone, 🫛 What playing music does to your brain🔽 https://youtu.be/R0JKCYZ8hng?si=KJt33NWjUo63ieAm A nice David Bowie Interview🔽 https://youtu.be/JRtZc_Nmo5w?si=1g1Wag87NdEumAc4

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00:04:35

Tahitian Moon (Porno for Pyros Jam)

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/30

Jam of the 'Porno for Pyros' song 'Tahitian Moon' off the album Good God's Urge My boat's capsized, it's gonna sink to the bottom I can see the lights on the shore getting farther away I don't know if I'll make it home tonight But I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon I came out here tonight to look for my friend I don't know if I'll ever get to see him again I don't know if I'll make it home tonight But I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon One last time under the Tahitian moon The sea is

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00:04:23

Wash (Bon Iver Jam)

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/30

Jam of the 'Bon Iver' song Wash Climb Is all we know When thaw Is not below us No, can't grow up In that iron ground Claire, all too sore for sound Bet Is hardly shown Scraped Across the foam Like they stole it And oh, how they hold it Claire, we nearly forfeit I, I'm growing like the quickening hues I, I'm telling darkness from lines on you Over havens fora full and swollen morass, young habitat All been living alone, where the ice snap and the hold clast are known Home We're savage high Come We

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00:03:55

Jah Work (Ben Harper Jam)

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/30

This is a jam of the amazing song 'Jah Work' by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals off the studio album 'The Will to Live' Lyrics Tell me do you really know Your brother man Cause a heart speaks louder Than a color can And why would you even Shake a man's hand If you're not going To help him stand Jah work Jah work Jah work is never done Every man's actions Belong to he If prepared for thereafter To each his destiny Some people believe And some people know Some people deceive And some people

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00:04:57

The Matrix of Drama

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/30

Ibanez track 2 Check out Dave Orestes 1 on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/KaRIV6vVmmxiZB6V4O This song is dedicated to Gave. I wrote the lyrics straight after a nice chat on a previous tune. Cheers man I'll do this description properly all I'll say for now is the pic is where our TV is permanantly at the moment. In a corner, unused. I've finally become that dickhead Dad that controls every second of screen time my kids get. They can't understand it as very few of their friends face the

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00:03:54

Just One

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/29

Just got a loan of a 5 string Ibanez bass off my next door neighbour. It's been sitting in his attic for 6 years.... So lucky man... My own bass is a 60 euro 4 string Harley Benton which gets amp modelled for an acceptable sound so I feel like a kid at Christmas with this thing to play with for a while! Schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet..... A low B string. Went straight for that baby open 🕺🏽 Thanks Universe! Lyrics One point of view One set of eyes One pack of nerves feeding prize One

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00:03:56

Climate Change

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/28

My daughters Alma & Matilda and my son Ted join us here and they say all that needs to be said to all the grown ups in the room... We got this guys don't you worry 🫡 Climate Change "It's my world I'm Alma Let's fix it" Roger Roger Alma Howdy hornets Arrived from Asia Say hi to vineyards Warmer future saviour New jelly fish seas To beach in November Not long ago Frozen balls remember We could listen to lies We could listen to oil We could listen to money Then our future we spoil Let's listen to

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00:04:34

01 No up, no down

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/27

This song was written in the year 2000 and peruses the up's and the downs of life and the lyrics were lasered to someone in particular I'll keep to myself :-) Lyrics Pleasures the time and place where lies And all the minds that you forsake roam free Treasure the climb, In your face, For in time no one will look to embrace just what you will be Present the lines to race against the short burst wonders of this musical grace Now that's reality Some decent from a higher place could result from some

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00:05:07

03 The Collapse

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/27

This song was about the tragedy of the twin towers attack and written in 2001. RIP to all the victims 🤍 Lyrics Tell me this.. Do we know about your fundamental ways? You kind of miss .. Our way of life and way of strife, it kind of pays! Where is the bliss, In this collapse, in this relapse of olden days and olden ways Now you've gone and made unsure tomorrow With what we here no one knows what to follow Try let your feelings flow and then swallow these lines Tell me this... Why have you gone

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00:03:43

02 All Time

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/27

This song was written by my wonderful soul filled cousin, Lucy Stapleton Drums: Sean Norgrove Bass: Colin McCann Guitar: Peter Evans Vocals: Lucy Stapleton Guitar: Carl Culliton Lyrics and Original Composition: Lucy Stapleton Arrangement: Ammeca Soul

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00:09:59

Standing Waves for Thoughts

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/26

Tempo 7.5 BPM (Achieved with a timing of 4/2 @ 15 BPM) Let me explain the pic... So my Son Ted called it The Fork Circle .. What a name haha. Good man Ted 🧬 It has all solfeggio frequency tuning forks which were gifted to me by my Auntie and Cousin when they found out I was looking into the alternate musical scale. Thanks Ann and Andy, love you guys 🫡 The wood is from a pallet my next door neighbour was throwing out and there are 1000 colouring pencils chopped up into 2cm lengths and glued

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00:04:00

The Pineal Gland

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/25

Check out Walker on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/THOtpFO0iSwUAEAf9M This song was seeded by wonderful UK artist Walker and a chat we had on a previous track. Thanks a mill buddy 🫡 Tuning 432Hz A Frequency Focus 963Hz (Sine wave B6 & Tuning Fork) Tempo 963bpm Timing 32/1 The 963bpm is an attempt to get the rhythm resonant with the tuning and frequency in focus... Hertz=Wave cycles per second so should align them given BPM is aligned to a minute making them divisable or at some level, in

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00:07:45

Mind Microscopic 🫡🐀🤍

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/24

Dedicated to the little Shrew our cat Yoda just killed playing with it in the garden. I saw it's last breath man. RIP Shrew, sorry buddy...Lyrics written last night... It's wasn't meant to be about the Shrew but I suppose the best Shrew ever is the perfect representation of what it is about... All of us and everything as equal (🌌=🐀)=Future So say a 🫛 The song is 99.9 bars long to pay homage to Sir Shrews final moments... Mind Microscopic Tell us a story One of life Paint it with pen Word

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00:05:42

JJ Calls - (Eclectic Collective)

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/22

Cast of characters: The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — Ovation guitar, lead vocals, lyrics, and compostion Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST Chinese gong and VST cello J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – light VST Latin percussion, synth, and piano K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass, chant vocals at the end TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — ebow,

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00:05:18

The Old Mill

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/21

Craanford Mills, Co. Wexford, Ireland. Est. 1610 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ub1vGBcc6o Tuning Open C - 444 Hz A The Old Mill Great wild grains Human tamed grass For thousands of years Ground sustenance passed We priced this grind in Latin d To Craanford mills History we see Destination for read news The illiterate learned in kiln room Tools of health from hard French stone Great gears of life Good kids to hone Great milestones carved Celtic design Our base stone still Upper runner

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00:04:21

🪶 Back from the Dark 🪶

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/21

https://youtu.be/kvtYjdriSpM?si=wEhB7cw4ZWrOnYv7 This Jedi inspired some of the thinking in this song. A fabulous TED talk. Pea head Padawan thanks you, Anthony Metivier - A proper Jedi Master 🪶 This is the final track in the Jedi themed album. In this track I'm thinking of how Vader turned back. I'm considering how ObiWan becomes that all powerful influence even though he's dead. Maybe when we die, a pure intentional spirit of sorts is whats left in the grievers head becoming that light. If I

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00:03:36

Through the Mill

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/19

Through the Mill a poem by Aaron (@audiodisciples) Love past Love present Love dance Love sing Love friend Love foe Love grass Love field Love old Love young Love Dad Love Mum For one day soon the day will come One day we wake in suns full beam We start to flow and grow in life's stream Through seam and stream into river fall We travel slow we learn to crawl Through play and share we learn to love Guided by the God above Through the mill Through the mill The years go slow then speed and fly As

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00:04:19

Collective Fascists

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/19

When in doubt for studio TBD... Set it to insane on the Line 6 Spider amp head... Yeahhhhhhhh ❤️‍🔥 Let's go scum! You'll all be dead soon and we'll write about you and move on! In Ireland we call that dinnseanchas. That's where society learns properly from life with the help of music, poetry and literature and in turn nurturing a conscientious collective! Here's another pea head grain of sand for that collective love we will all find when we stop these evil human beings crushing our behavioral

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00:05:10

🪞You Reflect Perfect 🪞

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/17

The bass line in this drew blood! Schweeeeet. This is always a good sign as generally you are wearing your finger a slightly different way. I think that's true here for my bass playing. I'm not a well versed bass player but getting there finally with it 🧬🎶 Tempo of 161 BPM borrowed from Sit Down Stand Up by Radiohead which is track 2 off the album Hail to the Thief "Go home, look in the mirror and give yourself a kiss" Damien Dempsey (Popular Irish folk artist) I saw Damien perform live in

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00:05:43

Paranoid Android (Radiohead Jam)

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/17

One shot... I used to be able to get this way cleaner 20 years ago but I think I'll maybe cover this and 2+2=5 when TBD hits the stage at some point...'Radiohead' are hands down my favourite band ever. 'Blind Melon' second and 'War on Drugs' third! Absolute legends the lot of them

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00:05:21

The Founding Fathers

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/08/17

DAW version with medley USA ending... I'm a year early 🤷🏽‍♀️ The Founding Fathers (Soon) 250 Years since founded George invented honesty and on hearts he pounded A deity this military man Found independence for declaration Where are the mothers? Your Lionesses... To a country of men the truth confesses You stuck with George Man of many tooth First president for country that found youth He led convention for constitution You learned he didn't lie Begin fake institution Where are the

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