With the '22 ending imminently, it seemed only fitting to do a little cleaning out the hard drive ready for a fresh year of music and videos, which revealed a couple of music video's that had managed to skip their release windows and hide out in the hard drive. So, I present to you the first of the two missing music video's from our Judges Choice Award Winning Album - 2 A.M, It's Mission Time
Stop Saying 1984 to Make a Point
Nick and I (Andy) made music video's to go with every song from the album, when we were recording the actual record, we put camera in our faces to capture the process and give ourselves the option to make music videos for 10 out of the 12 tracks on the album. We had to make proper music videos for 'Catch a Clue' and 'Patient Mystery' as they had not been constructed musically using our special Improv Squared technique.
We felt this was the weakest song on the record, which is why it got skipped over in favour of the next video on the release schedule. It's not a bad song, but it's a bit barebones and could do with a bit more musical muscle, which ironically makes the song much like the protagonist of the book 1984.
Still, it made the album final tracklist, and sits proudly alongside it's musical brothers and sister on 2 A.M.
Here's the Youtube version should you prefer it
Coming tomorrow will be 'Closed to the Public', the final song from the album, along with a roundup of the year blog, Thanks for coming on this adventure with us, we love you very much.
In 2022, Nick and Andy worked on some really fun, exciting projects, and it seemed fitting to close out the year with a little acoustic performance of a selection of the years songs made by Cosmic Bos.
Also, the boys did a cover of a Dan Wilson song, Dancing on the Moon, which was Baby Theo's favourite song on the year (he made us play it to him lots and lots). There had been plans for a whole 'Dan Wilson' special, but alas, time got the better of us and the idea has been put back on the shelf to be revisited at a later date (WE LOVE YOU DAN WILSON - you are an inspiration)
Welcome to the Best of Season 4 (2022) of the Cosmic Bos Music Podcast.
It's been a crazy fun year, full of competitions and compositions, challenges and sandwiches, and a breakdown of the music making process in the form of our Making of an Album special presentation.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this meandering adventure through the year of 2022 with your musical guides, Cosmic Bos.
Digital Playground (The MAW Experiment remix of Bad Decisions)
Nun in a Kayak
Catch a Clue
Isle of Avalon
Whatever You Say It Is, It Isn't
Patient Mystery
False Promises (Cosmic Bos Mix) - Andrew Hartshorn & Natalie Williams Calhoun
Money Pwease
Here's Tom with the Weather (Bill Hicks Tribute)
Quilt (Andrew Hartshorn Orchestral version)
Spaceship Earth
Whatever You Say It Is, It Isn't - Trench Gun Cover
Talking Frog (ft. Ram Dass)
Thanks for all the support in 2022, we have lots more exciting adventures to come in '23, including big Andrew Hartshorn collabs, and the actual release of The O Door, the album we were making for our Making of an Album series. Plus we are going to launch a kinda competition, for songwriters and musicians, linked in with the lovely people of Music Weeklies. Roll on '23.
Here's the YouTube playlist of all our music videos for 2022.
And here's the Best of on YouTube too
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, we have a special Live album coming out 25th December, containing some acoustic renditions of songs from our year, including such smash hits as Isle of Avalon and Morning Coffee. It's a nice chilled acoustic romp, which you can enjoy with your animals.
False Promises (Cosmic Bos Mix) - Andrew Hartshorn ft. Natalie Williams Calhoun, vocalled and remixed by Cosmic Bos
Taken from Cosmic Bos Virtual Normality 2
False Promises is originally a song on Andrew Hartshorn's album Movie House, which featured Natalie Williams Calhoun's sublime Cello playing. Cosmic Bos liked the song, so Andy wrote lyrics and a melody, recorded it with Nick, sent it to Andrew, and then Nick added Bass and Drums (and a couple of other things), and we called it a Bos Mix.
Video shot on a rainy day by Andy out of his front room window.
Available on all good internet platforms, you might even find it in the meta verse, but if you like bandcamp then we suggest this link right here
The Cosmic Bos Best of Season 4 podcast and album will be coming out tomorrow, or is already out depending on when you read this of course. Thank you for being part of our musical adventure this year, it's been wild.
Here is the Youtube playlist of all our Music Video's for 2022, with still a couple more to be added before the end of the year (the last 2 missing ones from 2 A.M, it's Mission Time)
You are here for the Nun though right? Well here you go.
NUN in a KAYAK - From Cosmic Bos Virtual Normality 2 EP
Findable on Bandcamp right here right now
Nun in a Kayak was originally written for the Music Weeklies hashtag challenge on Twitter, for the hashtag Palinloop, or Palindrome. The song is full of Palindromes, it hasn't got all of the ones in existence, because I couldn't work out how to get a Racecar into the story without ruining the calm imagery of a Nun in a Kayak.
The central song on our new EP, and one we did live at our annual gig (but the video isn't quite up to scratch so you won't get to see it), it will get another airing later this year on Bos Live #2 (2022) - oh yeah, SPOILER ALERT! We are doing another Live album. (in fact, it's already recorded, just needs some Nick tweaking magic) which we are planning to drop on Christmas Day (25th of December for any non-Crizzies).
We also have our Best of Season 4, which, Spoiler Alert, contains this Nun and Kayak based song, we considered it one of the best of the year. That will be with you even sooner than the aforementioned Spoiled Live album, around the 10th of December we recon. Just got some eyes to dot and some teas to cross. It has been a great year, and we look forward to staring up our own bumholes and talking about how amazing we are, but also all the actual amazing people we got to work with this year. Spoiler Alert! it's been the best year of Bos yet.
So, that's where we's at. A couple more videos to come before the year is done, until then, let's have some cake, or wine, or both, or neither, whatever you want, have it.
If you like your videos Tubed up for you, then here is the handy Bos embedded YouTube link
You have reached the hub of the Cosmic Bos multiverse and begin your journey down the second of our Virtual Normality tours. Last time, we explored Space with Babies, chilled out, stayed inside and then ended with a birth.
So a year later, Cosmic Bos have decided to take you on a different journey. For this year (2022) has been an exploration of songwriting, in it's many varied forms, as well as Cosmic Bos collaborating with other types of musicians to explore music further.
Back in August '22, Andy started taking part in a weekly music challenge that is run primary from Twitter, where each week a hashtag is set and you have one week to make an original piece of music on theme (big thanks to Trench Gun for hooking us in).
To start with Andy didn't take it very seriously, but a few weeks in it was becoming exciting trying to write the best song possible within the very loose restrictions.
So play along with the episode and try and Guess the Hashtag to 4 of the songs, and be WOW'ed by False Promises (Cosmic Bos Mix) by Andrew Hartshorn ft. Natalie Williams Calhoun. The move towards orchestration is a spoiler alert for next year.
Amazing artwork by Gecko
Full track listing for Virtual Normality 2
Morning Coffee
Burning Rings of Power
Nun in a Kayak
False Promises (Cosmic Bos Mix) - Andrew Hartshorn ft. Natalie Williams Calhoun
Spaceship Earth
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We will do a proper blog about our live shenanigans once all the videos from the festival have been released, but it was a banging day for sure, and so nice to get to play some of these songs in front of an audience.
Here's our link tree for all your Cosmic Bos needs (where if you snoop you can find some of the aforementioned live footage already)
Originally written as part of the Music Weeklies Hashtag challenge on Twitter, (the hashtag being #MorningCoffee) I (Andy) felt pretty confident that Nick could help me turn this acoustic little ditty into a full blown morning banger, which he most certainly did.
The first of 4 hashtag challenge songs on the EP, as well as a special remix by Cosmic Bos of the awesome False Promises by Andrew Hartshorn (ft. Natalie Williams Calhoun) with a vocal by Cosmic Bos and some extra instrumentation too.
Here's the Youtube version
And the link to the whole darn record on the tube.
Full podcast breakdown of the EP coming sooner than soon.
Have a day everyone, love you lots
Peace and infinite love (see! told you I loved ya lots)
Welcome to the blog, here you will find music by Cosmic Bos
Released 11/11/22 was Virtual Normality 2 - Cosmic Bos's new 5 track EP
Purchasable from the very link above
5 new songs, 4 of which come from the Music Weeklies Hashtag challenge on Twitter, 1 which is a Cosmic Bos mix of a phenomenal song by Andrew Hartshorn.
Last year we made Virtual Normality as a statement of where we intended to take Cosmic Bos in the future, and as a template for what we have done this year (2022) it worked out nicely, plus it had an awesome cover done by iamGecko.
So as we reach the ending of 2022 we wanted to honour where our direction seems to be going, with the tail end of '22 having been music challenge time (much like the first half of the year was), and developing deeper musical connections with fellow artists, and becoming more involved in the musical community on the interweb thanks to The Album Writing Club and Music Weeklies, as well as Nick having another baby (Outer Space Jazz) and Theo growing up fast (Space Baby Classic), as well as the world crumbling apart around us all, it's seemed only prudent to do a sequel to Virtual Normality.
So we tweaked the colours of the cover, added a big 2 and slapped 5 songs on it just like the first.
Here's the YouTube playlist embedded - please like, share and subscribe if you are a tuber
And it's all over Spotify and other online music prisons
Nick and I (Andy) will do a proper podcast to go along with the album, with us talking all about the tracks, but we've had to postpone it's recording so we can take part in the Off the Records Music Festival at the Brunswick in Hove tomorrow (12th November), hopefully we'll get a bit of video footage to share with you from it.
After the podcast for VN2 we will look to close the year off with a Best of (as is now tradition) and a Live acoustic album of songs from the year.
We are deep in planning for next year too, going to revamp the podcast a bit, give it a new focus, more to follow.
Next week we will release Virtual Normality 2 - a 5 track EP, and a podcast to go with it I imagine. We are also playing our yearly gig on the 12th November at The Brunswick for the Off the Records music festival, come on down and see Nick and I live.
After the EP we will turn our attention to closing down the year, with a customary Best of of some sort, and hopefully getting our documentary all sown up. Lots to do, and plenty more songs to write too.
This is the 10th video released from our album that we made in a month. This was also one of the first songs written, as it was an improv squared piece of music that we were already developing at the time the competition started. The lyric was born from some improvised silliness in the van on the way to a radio interview.
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Also check out our youtube for plenty of other musical video stuff that doesn't come in podcast form
Cosmic Bos (Andy & Nick Jackson) enlisted the talents of Joe Philogene to create this wonderful piece of music for the Album in a Month challenge put on by Lights And Lines Indie Label back in May 2022. It is the second piece Joe designed for us, and it is simply sublime, Joe plays the 12 string Ngoni forming the backbone of this transcendent piece. We love you Joe.
For the video we have simply overlaid some footage from our Wales holiday, and some home beach footage too, over the original videos of us making the song.
Andrew Hartshorn did an Orchestral version of this song, check it out and give him a listen
Quilt (Orchestral Version) by Andrew Hartshorn is the double A side to False Promises, which we did a bit of vocals on for Andrew. We have a Cosmic Bos remix of False Promises which will feature on our next EP (Virtual Normality 2) coming in November to ears near you.
Have a wonderful day being awesome, you got this
Peace and infinite love
Cosmic Bos
P.S - Here is the YouTube link should you wish to go there and give us a subscribe and/or comment
Thanks for stopping by this little blog, where I (Andy Jackson) am happy to share with you this amazing Double A Side single Collaboration with the amazing Andrew Hartshorn.
You can purchase both songs right here right now on the bandcamp link.
False Promises is originally from Andrew Hartshorn's Album Writing Club album Movie House and features Natalie Calhoun on Cello (she was also a member of the Album Writing Club).
It is a wonderful record, full of sweeping cinematic pieces which were all constructed in a month. I wrote the lyric for False Promises and sent Andrew my idea, he gave me permission to record it, so I went away and wrote something better which I proceeded to record (with Nick's help) and send off for mixing. Nick and I have kept a version of it to tinker on and False Promises (Cosmic Bos Remix) will be included on our next release.
As for Quilt, well, I shall blog about that in more depth tomorrow when we release the video for it.
We asked Andrew Hartshorn if he would do an orchestral version of Quilt, and he did, and it's amazing.
Here is the YouTube link, go subscribe to Andrew Hartshorn to hear all his wonderful music.
Quilt is from our Album Writing Club album - 2 A.M, it's Mission Time. It is one of the two tracks that feature the phenomenal talents of Mr. Joe Philogene on the 12 string Ngoni, and it's a love song about wanting to be in bed with your significant other, not for sexy reasons, just for being together safely reasons.
You can also purchase that album from bandcamp. (it picked up a Judges Choice Award)
Also, also, we released Virtual Normality EP, to bandcamp, it was from last year, but it felt prudent to put it on the old camp.
So that's lots to spend your money on that isn't gas or electricity.
Quilt video coming tomorrow, new EP - Virtual Normality 2 coming next month hopefully, and a full collaboration album with Andrew Hartshorn coming early next year. We also have the bones of a documentary which we are hopeful to have with you by early next year too.
I have been taking part in the Music Weeklies Challenges on Twitter, and they are lots of fun, allowing me to stretch my writing muscles into some interesting places.
It is the 4 year anniversary of Music Weeklies Challenges, and they are doing exciting anniversary based things all month. Check out there website here https://www.musicweeklieschallenge.com
So the challenge for the 1st week of October is #Palinloop - write something that involves palindromes and loops in some way.
Here's what I did - NUN in a KAYAK
And here is the speedy version - NUN in a KAYAK on PCP
I have really enjoyed making these songs, and I've done 8 of them now, and 4 of them are currently being remade by Nick and myself to form our next release - Virtual Normality 2. Watch this space for more on that!
Please go check out the Music Weeklies chaps, they are lots of fun and a great community for musicians to interact and get some genuine feedback on your work. https://www.musicweeklieschallenge.com
We reach the final part of the Making of an Album special presentation that Cosmic Bos have been doing all year long. Here for your listening pleasure is Episode 5: Making an Album in a Month (Part 2)
Welcome to the 5th and final instalment of our Making of an Album series. Andy and Nick continue where they left off last time. The full diary will be published separately.
This is the final part of our year long presentation, and the continuation of last months episode, listen to that one to hear the first half of the diary and first 6 songs on the album we made in a month.
Huge shout out to Lights and Lines Record Label for putting on the competition, we (Cosmic Bos) have made loads of new musical contacts and friends as a result of the Album Writing Club and we are excited to see what happens next year ( Album Writing Club 2023! Whoop! Whoop! )
Follow us on Spotify - our podcast is there too.
Songs in this episode are:
Stop Saying 1984 to Make a Point
Here's Tom with the Weather (Bill Hicks Tribute)
Hurricane Came
Money Pwease
Quilt
Closed to the Public
All songs copyright Cosmic Bos 2022
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Here is the album on bandcamp should you wish to listen and maybe buy a copy
And check us out on YouTube, where video stuff happens and you can comment on it (please comment)
Here for your viewing pleasure is Morning Coffee by Cosmic Bos
This is my entry into the music weeklies challenge on Twitter for the hashtag MorningCoffee
And here is the Double Espresso version
Coming tomorrow is the final part of Cosmic Bos Making of an Album Podcast Special Presentation we've been doing this year, then it's onto the next record, which I am happy to announce is an EP titled Virtual Normality 2. Since Virtual Normality turns 1 on the 1st of October it will be getting a special band camp release, which we are excited about.
I also endeavour to get better at blogging and sharing what's going on with me (Andy), Nick and the wider Cosmic Bos community which is growing all the time. Thanks to the Lights and Lines Album writing competition we have made so many new musical friends and some very exciting collaborations are coming your way soon.
Anyway, you probably only came here for coffee, thanks for staying till the end.
Bill Hicks, what a legend. Certainly not to everyones taste for sure, but, he had something important to say. Cosmic Bos made a tribute song for Bill Hicks as part of the album in a month challenge. And here it is... Here's Tom with the Weather
Here's Tom with the Weather by Cosmic Bos
A tribute to the late, great Bill Hicks
Taken from Cosmic Bos Judges Choice Award Winning Album
2 A.M, it's Mission Time
Available now everywhere, but especially on band camp where you can support Cosmic Bos by buying a copy - Buy the album on bandcamp here
This song is part of the album that Cosmic Bos made for the @LightsAndLines Album in a Month competition back in May 2022, they picked up a Judges Choice Award. The song is a tribute to Bill Hicks, using some moments from his life to thread his comedic wit through. He was a talent that was taken from this world too soon, and it is a shame he didn't get the chance to realise some of his bolder ideas, we miss you Bill.
You can also delve deeper into the world of Cosmic Bos in our podcast feed - Direct Podcast Link
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Essentially this video is like a family holiday video, set to a song from our award winning album, Baby Theo returns to the spotlight for some exploring of a Welsh beach and a Welsh castle ruins, with his dad (Nick) and grandad (Dave) watching over him as he explores and learns.
Shot in August 2022 in a secret location in Wales UK
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Peace and infinite love
Andy (Cosmic Bos)
Here is the Youtube version as well should you wish to click it
So I (Andy) have been taking part in a fun weekly musical challenge on Twitter, probably should have blogged about it ages ago, but I've been busy and lazy. Plus the blog is more for the work I do with Nick on Cosmic Bos, and that is still flowing. The summer of Bos has a couple more weeks in it, with Episode 5 of our special presentation podcast - Making of an Album coming on the 24th of this month, a video for 'Here's Tom with the Weather' featuring Bill Hicks coming out on the 23rd, and a video for Patient Mystery dropping on the 16th (probably out by the time you read this). It's a busy end to a busy Summer for Cosmic Bos.
You probably didn't click on this blog for the ramblings of a musician, you wanted to hear the Spaceship Earth song that is teased in the title, and most likely you wouldn't have even read the bit above or this bit either and just skipped straight to the goods, and I don't blame you, and if you have been foolish enough to waste time reading this bit then I commend you for your dedication to the written word in this age of image based entertainment. Long live the text!
Spaceship Earth - Music Weeklies Challenge Song #Spaceship
Version 1
This was the first version I recorded on Tiktok, the other version was recorded on Tiktok as well, just in case you were wondering.
Version 2
Version 2 took longer to make because of putting all the lyrics on the screen.
Check out other things related to the Twitter awesomeness of Music Weeklies Challenges, and I will get round to blogging about it better in the future, I might even go back and blog about the 4 other ones I did over the summer, who knows?
The Summer of Bos continues, refusing to believe the summer is over, with at least three more weeks of scheduled content to come, the sun is still firmly shining in our home camp.
Bards for Hire - Cosmic Bos
Taken from the album 2 A.M, it's Mission Time
Which picked up a Judges Choice Award in the Lights and Lines Album in a Month Challenge 2022
This song is all about us, Cosmic Bos, and how we are available for hire for songwriting or song construction. Please consider us for your next musical needs.
All music written by Andy & Nick Jackson Lyrics by Andy Jackson Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Nick Jackson Please like, share and subscribe, and ring the little old bell
And comment too, if you want to hire us for any Bard based activities
We are squirrelling away on the next video, the one we recorded in Wales (Cosmic Bos were away on a family holiday in Wales), and we are recording the second part of the Album in a Month podcast too, as well as plenty of other Summer of Bos based things.
Check out our TikTok for more fun, and instagram too, we are doing much more short form stuff over there, bit silly.
2 A.M, it's Mission Time was made as part of the Lights and Lines Album Writing Challenge from May 2022. Cosmic Bos submitted a 12 track album and were lucky enough to pick up a Judges Choice Award for their efforts.
The song that kicks the record off is Re:Mission, and it is about Cosmic Bos taking up the challenge, and pulling their socks up to get it done, Mission Time style.
Here are the lyrics :)
RE:MISSION - by Andy Jackson
We’ve got a world to save, it won’t save itself It’s mission time, put down the wine The only cause worth fighting for Nature calls we can’t ignore The ceilings glass but so’s the floor
Stop conserving superstitions Evolution in remission, switch position Mind expanding new decisions Hope can soon be in remission, it will be okay
Economic crisis looming from tiktok booming We stopped consuming Constant resourcing from dwindling sources Held together with glue from horses
Stop conserving superstitions Evolution in remission, quick petition Mind expanding fresh decisions Gia could soon be in remission, she will be okay But for us, it’s too soon to tell
We can choose between help or oh well The garden of Eden or the gates of Hell The myth is we’re powerless and under their spell But truth be told, we are bold, out of our shell
Stop preserving superstitions Evolution in remission, no commission Mind expansive clear decisions Love could well be in remission, new nutrition Stop in-sighting inquisitions Growth through learning, is our mission, best position Mind expanding not demanding Get your hand in, reply mission, oh yes we're in
...
Quite a fun one. Here's the Bandcamp link again in case you missed it further up.
In classic Bos style - I present to you the next instalment in the Making of an Album Special Presentation - Episode 4: Making an Album in a Month (Part 1) direct to you from our podcast feed.
Or the YouTube link if you prefer
Welcome to the 4th instalment in our special presentation 'Making of an Album', where Andy and Nick break down the details on music making in the 2020's, and how easy it is to do now. So far they have covered writing, and now they are going to skip over all the technical stuff and just make an album in a month for you over the next two episodes of this special presentation. There is good reason for this, Nick and Andy are creative musicians that know how to use recording equipment, they are not qualified to teach anyone anything about these things, so rather then blag it, they have focused on the process of making an album as an experience rather then the finer details of recording.
Cosmic Bos Making of an Album Episode 4: Making an Album in a Month (Part 1)
For the month of May 2022 Cosmic Bos took on the 'Album in a Month' challenge put on by Lights and Lines Independent record label, and subsequently produced a 12 track album called '2 A.M, it's Mission Time', which is out now
Wisely, throughout the album in a month process, Andy kept a diary of what was going on, and the Brothers filmed all of the recording session so that ample video footage of the album creation existed. You can see some of this already in the video's we put out for 'Isle of Avalon', 'Money Pwease' and 'Whatever You Say It Is, It Isn't'.
This podcast represents the first half of both the album, and the diary kept for the month, and takes you through the first half of what we did. There will be an accompanying blog to this episode which will have more waffle about it should you wish to read more.
Part 2 coming next month.
Songs in this episode are :
Re:Mission
Catch a Clue
Bards for Hire
Isle of Avalon
Whatever You Say It Is, It Isn't
Patient Mystery
All songs copyright Cosmic Bos 2022
So as promised, this blog contains the links mentioned in the episode, this is that blog, the one you are reading right this second right here right now I tell you what!
Here is F'in Lucky C' by Oxynucid & Vocalizer - still up on youtube even given its umm, questionable language. Not for the faint hearted.
As mentioned in the podcast, we wrote a song 'Step too Far' that is in the same ball park as this old Vocalizer song from back in the long long ago. We will get around to recording it at some point, but it is not priority on our list at the moment.
Also mentioned was my (Andy's) old band The Little Man, which is still out there in the internet, here is the Spotify link that was promised.
Next Month will be Episode 5, Part 2 of the Making an album in a month, but there will be plenty more Cosmic Bos shenanigans before that I can promise you.
Peace and infinite love
Cosmic Bos
You can find the album on bandcamp and other places, but bandcamp is good for us as artists because you can actually support us (unlike Spotify etc.)
The time has finally arrived, here is the album we made for the Lights and Lines Album in a Month competition - 2 A.M, it's Mission Time
Buy now on bandcamp.
Containing the 4 singles
Isle of Avalon - This was the song we submitted to the Singles playlist for public voting. It didn't win the vote but we are none the less proud of it. A deeply mature song from a couple of usual idiots.
Catch a Clue - Our first release once the results came in and we discovered we had picked up a Judges Choice Award. We had this one ready to go as soon as the results were in..
Money Pwease - the second official single (after Catch a Clue), this is my (Andy) personal favourite track on the album along with 'Quilt'. Based around spiritual scammers and the wonderful phrase 'Money Pweeeeeeeease' made famous by Jenny Slate on Parks and Recreation (Cosmic Bos LOVES Parks & Rec)
Whatever You Say It Is, It Isn't - the last single we put out, featuring the amazing talents of Mr. Joe Philogene. This song is a philosophical exploration of rightness, and how we don't have it.
We wrote the whole album in a month, including another song that didn't even make it to the final list (we didn't record the vocal so it never stood a chance). A special two part podcast detailing our process and exploring the 12 tracks of the album coming super soon (well, part 1 is...). We also won a Judges Choice Award for the album, big thanks to Lights and Lines for putting on such a wonderful competition.
The album can be found on Youtube music right here in a handy playlist
And if you are a Spotify user, it's there too
Have a wonderful day, and don't forget to buy our album, like, share and subscribe to all our stuff, forever and ever, until the internet dies and we are all forced to return to conventional ways of interacting, like actually seeing each other (shudder).
Music by Andy Jackson, Nick Jackson and Joe Philogene.
Lyrics by Andy Jackson
Mixed and Mastered by Nick Jackson
This song is one of two that feature the phenomenal talents of Mr. Joe Philogene on the Ngoni and percussion. Massive thank you to Joe for helping us make such deep music.
The whole album was made in a month as part of the @lightsandlines album in a month challenge, and we picked up a Judges Choice Award for our efforts.
Summer of Bos has restarted, took a little 3 day break, but we are back ready for the release of our album on the 19th August.
All 12 songs we made for the Album in a Month challenge are there, you can already hear tracks 2, 4 and 10 on youtube, and track 1 can be found in our previous podcast episode. Can't wait to share the rest of it with you.
You will be able to buy the album on the 19th, and hear it in all the usual places too
Welcome to the blog about Cosmic Bos new single 'Money Pwease'
Here is the podcast version for you to click on, and maybe subscribe, maybe!
You can buy the single from bandcamp, it's a bit pricey, but well worth it as all the money goes to Cosmic Bos (and a bit to bandcamp probably).
cover for our new single
Andy and Nick ponder the big question on everyones mind, how do we get money? As musicians, it's a tough one indeed, no one wants to part their hard earned money for music anymore, it truly isn't like the good old days when people actually spent money on music. But it isn't only music that has suffered, all the art forms have really, and the door has been opened up for the demons to come and sell us on a great many dreams, salvations and freedoms that are just round this corner right here, but you can't go just yet, you have to give us the money pwease.null
The song title is the catchphrase of Mona-lisa from Parks and Recreation, one of the greatest shows ever made. It was one of the first songs written for the album in a month, and it was developed by smashing two ideas together, one being a song about Parks and Rec, the other being a song about scammers, thematically they merged pretty well we thought.
Here is the YouTube version
Full album coming 19th August, another single coming before that, and the Summer of Bos rolls onwards, with plenty more TikTok Filter Song shenanigans and some live streaming coming up.
Thanks for being awesome sauce
Peace and infinite love
Cosmic Bos
P.S - new Cosmic Bos Music Podcast Season 4 2022 cover out now too
