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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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00:04:24

Time

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/11/09

Time (Night mode)Indefinite tick Indefinite tock Here time is forever Kept with a clock Wound to watch Defined count With Sun we plot Evolving amount Events of future, Present and past A pulse we know Of us will outlast Eternity of theory state Just four letters of metered fate It is in mind One linear line Before imaginary After death Still signed Assumed to be Till both extremes Conform all mass To timeless beams Continuum Cycled Remote controlled No time when mass just photon too

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00:06:00

Real or Fake

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/11/08

Real or Fake (Remastered) -Additional vocals added -Mix improved -Remastered This is meant to be a messy song to try and get through a song celebrating its own mistakes. We spend a great deal of our lives trying to paint this perfect picture of ourselves to people, a learned helplessness maybe amplified by celebrity image. In reality it's our mistakes that make us and allow us realise what we want from life yet we only really share and show an interest in each other's "successes" Success is a

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00:03:40

The Broligarchy

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/11/07

Tuning 440Hz Standard Timing 4/4 90 bpm Chords // Dm / Am / Bb / Gm // Instruments -Live Vox / Ovation acoustic guitar phone jam -Piano played on keys -Epiphone Electric Guitar with 1/8 delay -Epiphone Electric Guitar with 1/4 reverse delay -Ibanez 5 String Bass guitar -Additional Vocal backing throughout -Pad played on keys -Toms and cymbals played on keys The Broligarchy We lost control to broligarchy trolls To silicone valley Good witches, Boiled We lost our right to a life of private We

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00:04:16

Isle of the Lotus Eaters - Eclectic Collective with...

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/11/07

Cast of Characters: J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ, synth and composition Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – custom five string fretless bass and PRS SE semi-hollowbody electric guitar K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums Sunnybeck-- @sunnybeck — Beck — synth and MIDI composition TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson custom T model electric wah guitar The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and

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00:04:44

Pass for Soul

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/11/03

To do -Expand the bass line. Some lovely drops and phrase end climbs to find there -Consider more percussion Pass for Soul A nine day trek to Thorung La Prayer wheels are turning I never went this far "You need to train" Ah I'll be grand Off on foot in this foreign land Oh the beauty Oh the graft Just path and legs Bring supply to pass Sherpa temple balls in the pocket I'm up that mountain like a rocket Namaste Orange suit They called me jeez Long hair and beard Some Irish breeze Here never

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00:06:32

Perspective

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/11/01

PerspectiveCure of culture The purist preens In a petri dish of hues Domed discernment scenes I see people with coloured clothes Just like the grass Evolving glows Cure of culture With sure esteem This petri dish has sexes Domed discernement scenes I see people of equal knows Just like the snail Evolving glows I see not colour I guess I’m blind From this perspective That’s evolving kind No status quo for hate gone wrong Evolve our culture Full spectrum as one I see not colour I guess I’m

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00:03:44

Uh Oh

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/31

Timing 4/4 Tempo 104 BPM Tuning 432Hz A Standard Instruments -Vox x (too many) -5 String Bass -Acoustic Guitar picked -Piano played on keys -Universe returns Pad in logic played on keys -Electric Lead Guitar -Indie Pop beat To Add -Wind, either Duduk, Kaval or mellow 🎷 or consider making a trio of them -Allow piano become more expressive and the high end for the Uh Oh bits. A fast arpeggio or rake or something like that ✨ Uh Oh I accept I fell in love A forced concept Remote by shove I accept

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00:04:06

🎃I Put a Spell on You (Eclectic Collective)🎃

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/31

Cast of Characters: Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Fender Precision bass and Gibson SG electric guitar K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl -- vocals J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and piano Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST string and VST sax TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson custom T model electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering Llanpsych --

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00:06:29

A Conversation by Eye

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/30

Thanks to Transparent Mind for inspiring this project Listen to TransparentMind | No Matter What So Ever by V.A. on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/ji87UywAw9daJC01mT ❤️ After making the chat with AI song I figured the music was too nice to just live with that so wrote this over the exact same song and added some additional instrumentation Tuning 440Hz Standard Key D minor Instruments so far... -Vox Lead x 1 -Vox Backing x 3 -5 String Bass Guitar -Electric Guitar picked -Electric Guitar

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00:06:29

A Conversation with AI

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/30

I imagined this chat with AI whilst listening to this geniuses latest mix Listen to TransparentMind | No Matter What So Ever by V.A. on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/ji87UywAw9daJC01mT Their work is always very thought provoking Instruments so far... -Narration by 2.. one voice dropped by 7 semitones for overlord effect -5 String Bass Guitar -2 x Logic pads played on keys -Deep tech house beat -Electric Guitar Pea: Is this the Matrix? AI: Almost. Humans are applying the final touches as

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00:04:30

Star Life Signed

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/29

Tuning 432Hz A Down 1 semitone to Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb Bass Tuning = Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Key Eb minor Main phrase: // Ebm / Ab5 / Db / Gb5 / Star Life Signed With life the universe knows itself In subconscious poem In each book on the shelf In formulaic epiphany The universe explains its' me Cosmic me Once just innate Once unaware of its own state Bring reasons layer Great stars found meaning Bring the calculas Orbit answers streaming Articulated and tooled with lingo No providence did scare the

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00:04:01

Suicide 🧸

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/28

Stay Alive 🫂 Used the chords from the first ever song I wrote on guitar as a teen for this. Also added piano, an Airways Logic pad played on keys, the sound of an Irish stream and a cat purr throughout. Then I added a backing vox and additional acoustic line. Peace ✌🏻🧬🎶 Suicide I'd like to say I feel your pain But only you have your perspective I'm sorry society cannot ease This suffering mind too hectic Oh mental stigma Be gone from here Help these souls understand We're here If you end

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00:02:24

Broken Wing

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/27

This is the 15th poem by my Grandad that is now presented musically. Bill wrote this one just before his brother died and wrote it from his brothers perspective. Here's to anyone who misses a loved one. Much love _______________________________________________ Broken Wing My thoughts take wing and carry me home To my nest and my haven of love, On patients' cloud of hope I roam In the arms of my friendly dove. My horizon lost in this sea of pain I fall to the valley of gloom My thoughts awake,

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00:03:46

Dear Lady Poetry

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/27

I have always seen myself as a song writer. Only in recent times have I accepted I am actually a poet too. My Grandad's work has helped me realise that and has allowed me to improve my writing in a big way.So here we go. This is largely for you poetry. Thanks for being so amazing and offering me such an incredible therapy in this life 🫡✍🏾💌 Dear Lady Poetry We wist a world through wondering eyes Short timed live lens we pick our prize Great to be good but must know bad Who knows happy who had

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00:04:49

The Sea

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/26

This is the 14th instalment in turning my Grandad's poems into songs Tempo 48bpm Tuning 432 Hz A Standard Key Am Instruments -Two Vocals runs lead -Two Vocal runs low -Two Acoustic Guitar runs -One Piano run -2 Logic pads played on keys for atmos -The Irish Sea recorded in Co. Wexford -Electric Guitar w/slide To Add -Flute -Bass ____________________________________ Song pic is taken in Courtown, Co. Wexford. It is the Irish Sea which is off the east coast of

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00:03:20

Sentenced without Trial

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/25

This is the 13th track made from my Grandad's poetry. The others are here👇🏾 https://on.soundcloud.com/7RWUlc4x5lMqOxNecd 🧓🏼Papa's Poems ▶️ Songs ♾️ _________________________________________ Tuning 432Hz A Standard Capo 6 Instruments -Vocal and acoustic live -Additonal backing vocal runs x 4 -Acoustic lead -Acoustic picked rhythm -Piano played on keys -Native Flute played on keys -Lost Reverse Alchemy pad played on keys -5 String bass -Marimba played on keys -Cajon bass & snare played on keys

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00:03:20

The Good Train

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/24

The Good Train (Chooo Choooo) I am this So I can't be that A locked up mind No matter the fact Imaginary lines dividing our clan Such divisive mindset of bias by plan True value is found on a centered line Yes we veer off course Sense returns us in time Weak power of ego derails our train Then the power of one finds the tracks again When far from the line You don't hear old friends The chat becomes shout With malice meme trends We list as too liberal Or get racist with rights Neither tribe ever

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00:03:25

Shire (Eclectic Collective with Single Use & Recycled)

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/24

Cast of Characters: Single Use & Recycled -- @user-995867230 -- Bill — acousitc rhythm and lead guitar and composition Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums and percussion J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – synth strings TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — acoustic rhythm guitar, production, mix, and mastering The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals and

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00:03:24

No Kings

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/23

Instruments -Vox runs x 3 -Written on 5 String Bass -Drums heavy rock -Boarding Area pad played on keys -Electric guitar rhythm (Drop D) -Electric rhythm octave power chords -Electric lead -Synth lead played on keys -Rolling bodhrán beat with rubber mallets -Synth bell roll Apparently when an active movement from a population reaches 3.5% of the population... They usually get what they want. I believe 7 million Americans came out peacefully calling for the clowns to stop clowning around. 12

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00:09:48

A Peace of Cake

The Beautiful Dark ·

2025/10/18

-Tribal voicing from the kids and myself-20 famous peace quotes narrated -Duduk/Kawala/Native Flute played on keys -Airways pad played on keys -Electric guitar rhythm/lead -Chinese drums & percussion -5 String bass guitar -Tambourine drum, bodhrán & bongos added played with rubber mallets 1) “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” – Jimi Hendrix 2) “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” –

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