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A mainly one-person band featuring strong vocals and guitar back-up, playing a variety of songs in a rock, folk, and pop blend. The songs range from science ner
Cosmos II is the pseudonym of Alan Marscher, a professor of astronomy at Boston University. Usually, he performs alone on guitar and vocals.
The songs are all originals composed and copyrighted by Marscher. Some are "science nerd" songs that Cosmos II performs to science students at B.U. The majority, though, are just general songs about life, love, the pursuit of happiness and meaning, and various other random topics.
Most of the songs are in English, while some are in Russian, the country where Marscher's wife, Svetlana hails from. The style is a mixture of rock, pop, and folk - what is often termed "adult contemporary." Many are humorous - e.g., "Medical Miracle" about how Viagra has revitalized a lot of middle-aged men or "Relatively Weird" about the wonders and perils of traveling around at near-light speeds. Others are philosophical, such as "All from Nothing?" about how the universe came to exist and "Elusive Truth" that asks whether absolute truth can exist. Some are just plain love songs - an example is "Together or Apart" - and others are love-is-difficult songs, like "Winter's Darkness." Laughs and tears for everyone!
Marscher recorded all of the songs himself on a small digital recorder. He doesn't have loads of free time, so he hasn't worked hard enough to remove imperfections, add a drum pattern, etc. But most songs have harmony and are at least at the "demo" level of quality. Friends who have listened to them have neither gone mad nor rushed the CD to the local recycling center. More importantly to Cosmos II, Marscher can listen to them without wretching in horror over the slight mis-timings of the different tracks and other imperfections.
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twozwei8
Oct 29, 2023
Nice
AlexisPatrick
Feb 25, 2020
You have a beautiful, manly singing voice and vocal presentation. Wonderful guitar work. Really nice harmonies and song structure. Good strong lyrics.
lee1102
Sep 30, 2019
Sounds more like a rough demo. The vocal phrasing is very sloppy, like the words were forced in to fit the chord pattern. Definitely needs more instruments: drums, bass, keyboards. Vocal harmonies are okay, but would sound better if the lyrics fit the song better. The lyrics themselves are kind of pedantic, they should be a little more intriguing and not sound like a professor teaching a science class.
And finally, the writer is chart-hogging. All his "top charted" songs have been at the top for years. Not a natural occurrence, unless you were The Beatles. Stop rigging your songs on the charts!
B-MIZE
Oct 02, 2013
Love the intro, progressive build up. Vocals are great and match the backing music well. Complex sounds but you delievered well Cosmos. Thought provoking track, great lyrics.
If you get a second could you check my new single "Life Part 2" thank you.
B-Mize
Ed Drury
Apr 22, 2009
Very thoughtful lyric writing. Like the progression and chorus has a nice strong hook as well as an unexpected but delightful turn in the chord progression. Nice harmonies.
I believe the cosmos sometimes shares a sense of vanity, which I had to learn to dispel. But thank you, I see yourself in the lines that you write. I also believe and myself too. Thank you. Funny, and greater. You can listen and see my work as well however for that is a journey through the cycle of life and around again, BUT, from what I learned from your song that was well worth it. Value yourself as none other, then search for other's music is what I am doing. Thanks. -LWDM