Clearly Designed & Pinata of Troy (Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections tracks 12&13)

 So friends,

The conclusion of the Sunrise Reflections comes in the form of 2 songs, the penultimate track being Clearly Designed, and the final song being Pinata of Troy.

Clearly Designed - Cosmic Bos Improvisation

 Ngoni - Joe Philogene

 Electric Guitar - Nick Jackson

 Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

 After the deep thinking soul soothing antics of Ram Dass, it is time for the smokey wisdom of Cosmic Bos, with Joe using his Hunters Harp to hold the song together, Andy and Nick help build the tapestry. At the end of our musical/visual journey we are at our most burnt out, and beautiful colourful smoke carries our almost final musical opus away, the sun sets and the day is done, after the next one (Piñata of Troy).

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 Here are the lyrics which were written prior to the musical improv.

 Clearly Designed - by Andy Jackson

 Waiting out another cycle Too many layers to this trifle Clearly designed and built to shine But socially easy to stifle

 Wear the honour like a hat There really is no shame in that Clearly designed and made to shine You’re the hipster coolest cat

 Normally the normal me Would embrace all that I can see The signs are all designed clearly Proving this ain’t reality

 Save your memories in a chest One day it will be all that’s left Clearly refined preserved design Testament to your dying breath

 Normally the normal me Gets swept up in catastrophe Of late though I’ve designed clearly A proclaimed self sufficiency

 Systems trotted out and barely tested Propping up the failed reinvested A clear design fault finally been bested Medal goes to third, the hairy chested

 Normally the normal me Gets glitched out by bad latency On this occasion I’ll agree To check this was designed clearly

...

and finally...

Pinata of Troy - Cosmic Bos

The final track from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections sees the sun setting on our adventure and the Pinata being gifted to Troy.

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Synth - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

PIÑATA Of TROY - lyrics by Andy Jackson

Slow cooking up a cluster duck 

Shredded, pancaked, out of luck

From pond to plate 

Best not to wait

Or moral issues surface 

Go Derek on the little things

Kindness floats on angel wings

From start to end

The great pretend

Will barely scratch the surface 

Back end of the convoy 

First to see the decoy

But treated like a chew toy

Piñata given to Troy

It’s animal to instinct

Not capable of deep think

But baby, bath and the sink

Don’t deserve discarding

It’s human to be lazy

It’s chaos wrapped in crazy 

memory is some what hazy

Unless directed by Scorcese 

Back end of the convoy

First to see the decoy

Treated like a chew toy

Pinata given to Troy

...

At the end we have our toy horse full of treats, ready to be given to someone who will hopefully enjoy it and get something positive from it, we are not enemies, but friends who haven't met yet, so here's a piñata. Our journey concludes.

What a journey it has been, from the early twinklings of Time is Now, through the ups and downs of Sunrises, Intentions, Bad Decisions, World Feelings worth staying for, wise wise Ram Dass, Being in the now, Now, reflecting, reflective...to the end, where the oversized Pinata is gifted to the enemy, so we may all be friends and solve this riddle of existence together, for together is always better.

The sun sets on this journey, the second of our fully improvised album releases, utilising the sunsets filmed after the session from our window, we close this book. But fear not, for the story is far from over, and Improvisation 3: Summadelica is already in the bag and itching to get out.

Sunrise Reflections was a truly wonderful project to work on, and Joe Philogene brought so much love, energy and talent to the core of this work which gave Nick and Andy such a rich space to explore musically, it was an honour. 

Also Ram Dass, what can be said about Ram Dass?! 

Mainly for what we were using him for it was rhythm, Ram Dass speaks with such flow and rhythm that combining his voice with our improvised music just worked so well, so well in fact that we used him for all of the improvised Words of Wisdom sections, as well as the song that bore his books title 'Be Here Now'.

Check out the Here and Now podcast to hear lots of awesome mind opening speeches by Ram Dass

https://beherenownetwork.com/ 

Also check out our podcast for plenty of improvised musical shenanigans and visual funfoolery, we love you dearly and have something special to share with you, it's in our podcast somewhere, go have a look.

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Peace and infinite love

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Words of Wisdom 4: Ram Dass (Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections tracks 10&11)

 So friends, time for more Ram Dass

Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 4: Ram Dass

Music improvised by Joe Philogene, Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson. 

This is an excerpt from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections

Video by Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson, 

ft. footage of Cosmic Bos improvising the music that goes with this very song.

Words of Wisdom by Ram Dass taken from the Here and Now podcast, link to episode below

https://beherenownetwork.com/confusion/ 

Please support the Here and Now foundation, and listen to many many amazing talks by Ram Dass on that awesome podcast. 

P.S - The audio only version of this is on our album and in our podcast feed.

Peace and infinite love

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Stayed Here for the Feeling - Cosmic Bos Sunrise Reflections (track 9 of 13)

 So friends,

We came here for the fun, but stayed here for the feeling

Track 9 on Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

Video by Nick and Andy Jackson

After a couple of sets of wise words from the almighty Ram Dass, Cosmic Bos come back to their musical roots and serve up a somewhat simple singer songwriter kinda song. With lyrics by Andy, the chaps came here for the fun, but stayed here for the feeling.

Stayed Here for the Feeling - Lyrics by Andy Jackson

Spread across the bed

While the mower’s in the shed

Gets dustier and rustier

Use paving stones instead

Lazy built an empire

And then slept through the day

Generations greatest gifts

Casually thrown away

But fun is what we came for

The feelings’ why we stayed

We’ll decimate the buffet

And likely misbehave 

Yonder window sunset

Yesterday was better

Except for the pain we felt

So easy to forget her

Tomorrow could be easy

Or is that simply dreaming

Came here for the fun

But stayed here for the feeling

Today is all okay

This is time worth stealing

Came here for the fun

Stayed here for the feeling

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Be Here Now ft. Ram Dass (Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections track 8)

 So friends, part 8

After the Words of Wisdom 3 Ram Dass, the musical adventuring just didn't want to leave the wise guy alone, so for the next song, Ram Dass continues to dish out the tasty wisdom treats while the Bos chaps noodle away in a musical fashion.

Cosmic Bos improved the music, and they are:

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

This song is track 8 in the Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections album, which is available from all good music streaming venues, please take your pick

This song is a direct follow on from Words of Wisdom 3, as the music began to swell a vocal called out 'Be Here Now', and the whirlwind swirled us all in, and Ram Dass had to stop talking so the music could take over, and that is how this song was born. 

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Be Here Now is one of Ram Dass's central thesis's, and truly a reflection of what we have been doing here at Cosmic Bos with our improvisation podcast project. 

Ram Dass samples taken from Here and Now podcast, full episode link here 

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Peace and infinite love

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Words of Wisdom 3: Ram Dass - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 7 of 13)

 Dear friends,

We have reached the words of wisdom part of this visual presentation, and for your enlightenment we present to you Ram Dass

Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 3: Ram Dass

Music improvised by Joe Philogene, Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson, this is an excerpt from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, it is track 7 and marks the start of the second section of the album. 

Original Audio of Ram Dass taken from the Here and Now podcast

Go visit their awesome website https://beherenownetwork.com/

For lots and lots of Ram Dass wisdom you should check it out, it's an amazing website with lots of podcasts and collections of great talks by Ram Dass, well worth your time.

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Feel the World - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 6 of 13)

 Hello friends,

Track 6 of our Sunrise Reflections is the magical Feel the World

The 6th outing from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections is the beautiful song Feel the World, accompanied by some stunning nature photography.

Percussion and Vocals - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Backing Vocals - Andy Jackson

Feel the World - lyrics by Joe Philogene

One Heart,

One Soul,

One Mind

Feel the World

Utilising a selection of percussive instruments (including the spinny round the head wwoooooo making thing) Joe leads the chant to Mother Earth, and we spend some time in the relaxing forest making sweet fairy music for all of the wonders that surround us.

Cosmic Bos are big fans of the World, it's pretty neat, and we think that it deserves more attention, some more songs about it, especially after all it's done for us. We are somewhat ungrateful children to the Earth, and it really is time we tidied our room before the threat of no dinner becomes an actuality.

Spend time outside, go and feel the world in your lungs, let the bird song enrich your soul, let the breeze tickle your senses, and remember that we are all part of the same thing, we are all in this together (cough, Mr Bezos!).

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Peace and infinite love

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Intentionally - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 5 of 13)

 So friends, intentionally,

The fifth track from Improv 2 finds us back with a set of lyrics to contemplate existence and some trippy visuals to sooth the eyes.

Percussions - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

Intentionally - lyrics by Andy Jackson

Intentionally slowing down

Potentially turn this frown

Upside down and inside out

See what this is all about

Trickery came thick at me 

Distorted all reality

But truth wins eventually 

Tunnelling through intentionally 

Intentionally freaking out

Sucking juice from seeds of doubt

Drafting up the backless gown

Mooning the entire town

Trickery comes down the line

Causing shifts in fickle time 

But truth will win the vintage wine

Intentionally solving the crime 

Intentionally, Potentially, Intentionally

On a simple chord sequence, the Bos chaps present a haunting tale of intentions, facing the trickery that we face daily, not being afraid to stand up for ourselves, be questioning, don't just accept apathy, be present in the moment so you can live your life with intention, intentionally.

Joe beats the frame drums to the rhythm of our souls, while Nick wails the woes with the electric and Andy teaches his acoustic a lesson in strumming. Fun stuff indeed. This song, like all the previous songs in this presentation has begun it's journey as an improvisation, come up with there and then, with the pre-written lyrics serving as a guide for some thoughtful rhymes and vibes, when the lyrics are left to also be improvised they tend to lean towards the silly side of the spectrum rather then the profound.

The full episode and album are available.

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Apparently - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (Track 4 of 13)

 So Apparently,

We reached it, it's here, apparently.

The fourth song from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, and the next instalment in our audio/visual presentation.

Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

The lyrics for this song were improvised on the spot, just like the rest of the song. There was a collection of jars sat behind Nick on a shelf, they acted as the launching point for the lyrical wonder that is 'Apparently'.

We decided on a colourful moving image palette to go with this song, and sunflowers. Hopefully a visual feast for your eyes while the music is a treat for your ears. Imagine the smell of beautiful flowers to complete the sensory experience (we are not yet capable of releasing the smell version of our jams)

For the full improv session visit our podcast site and download the 2 hour meditative improvised musical experience. The full version features some wonderful words of wisdom by Ram Dass, it's embedded right below these very words in fact.

Peace and infinite love

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Sunrise Reflections - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (Track 3 of 13)

 Oh glorious sunrise, we worship thee,

This is the title track from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, and the third song in this audio/visual presentation.

Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

Sunrise Reflections lyrics by Andy Jackson

Nothing beats a sunrise

Party up a surprise

Cameras are our new eyes

Ones that never use lies

Changing of perspective 

Replace what’s now defective 

Of life we be protective 

Let’s avalanche collective

Together we have powers

To topple ancient towers

To overthrow in hours

The corner dwelling cowards

But best just to avoid it

Let them sleep in their own shit

We’ll come in for a refit 

Once this old horse has bolted

All the steps we’ve counted

And failures we’ve dismounted 

Why was it ever doubted?

Nature just gets rerouted 

Humans are just a blip

Missing one obvious trick

Harmony with Mother Nature 

Doesn’t require legislature 

What we take we must replace 

There can’t be losers in this race

It’s every planet, species, life form 

Winning all the time we’ll reform

A dream that we can wake to

A dream that we can wake to

...

Reflecting on the world near the start of the day can be a healthy way to approach the challenges that the hours are likely to bring your way. Always remember the clouds are there to bring colour and flair to the sky.

Joe leads with a beautiful Ngoni rhythm, which Nick and Andy meander around.

For the visuals we searched for sunrises and epic skylines from around the world, and then over-layed it on us playing.

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Full episode right here right now for you

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Peace and infinite love

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Bad Decisions - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (Track 2 of 13)

 So friends,

The first proper thing after sunrise, we have to start making decisions.

Wow, not sure we made such good decisions there...

Cover for the full album

Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

Video by Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson

Lyrics - Bad Decisions by Andy Jackson

The teacher is having a breakdown

Technology dulled all the skills

Always on a digital playground

Hormones regulated by pills

It’s just a ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba

Mosaic by Abi Jackson

Bad decisions,

It’s a ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba

Bad decisions

It’s a natural disaster in progress

Slowly robotising us all

We’re more like an app on an tablet

Rather then a brick in a wall

CHORUS

Actions reduced to just pixels 

Emotions switched out for a meme

All the thumbs up on a status

Seduced by the notes on the screen

CHORUS

The doctor is having a break now, she’s been on her feet for a week

While pompous pricks go on a pow-wow, Continue the causing the bleak

CHORUS

- So there you have it, the first full step into the great wide musical world of Cosmic Bos, the sun has risen and we are exploring what there is to offer out in the great wide world.

Joe provides an awesome Ngoni rhythm for Nick and Andy to noodle over, and reflecting on the times in which we now live, the teachers and doctors are given the spotlight for a moment, let's hope we listen to them and don't just go and do some stupid nonsense instead...

Drones galore in this one, coming out of buildings, zooming through forests, over beaches and towns, while the Bos crew try and make semblance out of the chaos gifted us by the World.

Peace be the journey,

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Time is Now - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 1 of 13)

 Hello lovely friends,

Welcome to the introductory part of our special presentation

Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2 : Sunrise Reflections

We start at the beginning, as everything must, the Time is Now

Cover for Improvisation 2

Sunrise is such a wonderful time of the day, 

Time is Now - Cosmic Bos Improvisation

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar & Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic, Synth & Vocals - Andy Jackson

When we begin one of our improvised journeys we have to set the levels of the microphones and things, you know, technical stuff, but the music starts before we can sort out all that. This song is us testing out the recording levels, and it came out alright, so it opens this journey.

Letting the music decide the course of the journey is exciting, and utilising a little bit of editing trickery, we have been able to project sunrises all around us. So our journey begins with Sunrise, the time is now, and our journey will be full of reflections of this opening moment, it's time to come get lost with Cosmic Bos.

Our music makes good meditation music, or just general chilling out, it's relaxing not taxing, thank you for taking the time to explore these awesome creative realms with us, sharing and commenting helps spread the peace and rhythm, we do this for the music.

Check out the full playlist of our improvised musical musings right here courtesy of YouTube (it's this little video site, you might of heard of it)

Thanks for your time, we love you

Peace and infinite love

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Currency - Improvisation by Cosmic Bos

 So dear friends,

Here is an improvised meditative video for you

We here at @Cosmic Bos started a new project very recently, we did a test/pilot from which two videos surfaced (Perplexed and Ride the Waves)

and then went straight to series, because we don't wait around for anyone to tell us what to do, we're our own bos! 

Joe Philogene on Ngoni and Percussion 

Nick Jackson on Electric Guitar

Andy Jackson on Acoustic Guitar and Vocals

The lyric was made up on the spot

it's just...

Pennies, line the jar

Pennies, travelled from afar

Can, can we, accept trouble in ?! (not sure)

Currency

Currently

Is losing it's meaning, it's losing it's meaning

...

and that's it, it's like a low grade version of Money by Pink Floyd, with less cash registers and far less lyrics.

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Peace and infinite love

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Not Babylon or Rome - improvisation by Cosmic Bos

 So friends,

It's May already, and may I be the first to say, Hooray Hooray Bo Diddily Day (no one else is ever going to say that probably)

Please check out our podcast if that's the kind of thing you are into, it's where we do our long form improvising and improv-revising.

NOT BABYLON OR ROME

It was fun while it lasted

Just the one more , I’m plastered

Pickled mind you take your tears home

These gardens aren’t Babylon or Rome

Escaping the rooms of your mind

Demons have gone and redesigned 

Take all those failings, chain them to the railings

This isn’t Babylon or Rome

Statues of virtually anyone’s victory

Carvings itself over all of our history

Devilish details hiding in old tales

Cast down from Babylon and Rome

You’ll reach these conclusions on your own

This was never Babylon or Rome

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So thanks for your time, hope you are making the most of it

Peace and infinite love

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You can find the whole improvised session on Spotify right here

Cosmic Bos Improvisation 1: Soundscapes in the Moment (ft. Terence McKenna, Mark Pesce and Robert Anton Wilson)

 Dear Friends,

Love you all so very much, thank you for visiting us today, we present to you, 2 hours of meditative improvised music with some words of wisdom sprinkled on.

Cosmic Bos Improvisation 1: Soundscapes in the Moment

https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com/improvisation-1-soundscapes-in-the-moment-ft-terence-mckenna-mark-pesce-and-robert-anton-wilson - direct podcast link straight to your fingertips or click pointer thing.

Ngoni & Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synths and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

On the 3rd of April (Easter Saturday) 2021, Joe, Nick and Andy sat down and improvised two hours of music, this podcast is the unedited full set, with some words of wisdom added near the end by the great minds of Terence McKenna, Mark Pesce and Robert Anton Wilson. Designed to take you to a deep cosmic stillness, connecting you into the universe using the ancient art of making stuff up on the spot.

Tracklist:

1. Currency
2. Not Babylon or Rome
3. Like Minded
4. Perplexed
5. Metrics of Success
6. Yarway
7. Share
   
8. Crazy-go-round
9. Words of Wisdom 1: Terence McKenna and Mark Pesce
10. Sounding Gap
11. Words of Wisdom 2: Robert Anton Wilson

The words of wisdom were taken from the Psychedelic Salon podcast, available on all good podcasting sites and well worth a listen if you fancy some deep thinking lectures without improvised music underneath.

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Peace be the journey

Find all our lovely improvised and improv-revised music on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc. search for Cosmic Bos improvisation 

Here is the Spotify link to the album version

Thank you for your time, we love you very much

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos