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Acid Echo

Acid Echo is a duo created by Richard Schooping ( Music, Vocals and visuals) and Robert Sidebottom (Lyrics and arrangements, marketing).

Our songs are about the human condition; love, compassion, harmony, and what it means to simply exist in this world.

We are here to entertain and lift you up.

Through tenacity, self love, gratitude and forgiveness I realized more than AIDS, cancer, or even a fully debilitating stroke.

Rob overcame addictions, Jail, Dogma, and depression. We now exist to create and plant seeds of compassion.

Thank you for being a part of the Acid Echo tribe.

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ACID ECHO - Kaleidoscope of You (Official Music Video)
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ACID ECHO - Kaleidoscope of You (Official Music Video)

Welcome to ACID ECHO, Richard Schooping's Musical Project You may not be aware, but my musical partner Robert Sidebottom Sr. passed away. Now, I carry on with him in my heart. I hope you like this new song. Refracted colors spin and dance as we eternally fall into this moment. We are all in a kaleidoscope of awe. This #alternative , #synthwave #newmusic song is pointing towards the infinite potentials in every encounter. No dark or light, just this. Kaleidoscope of You In the moonlight we dance in the shadows I lose myself in your tender skies The silence envelops us in our emotions Falling into your prismatic eyes I’m lost in the kaleidoscope of you What more can I do? I’m lost in you I’m lost in you I’m lost in the kaleidoscope of you What more can I do? I’m lost in you I’m lost in you Our love lingers in the darkest night Like echoes of eternity burning bright Whispered vows in the sweet abyss Forever bound in an endless kiss Endless kaleidoscope kisses Endless kaleidoscope kisses Endless kaleidoscope kisses Endless kaleidoscope kisses In the sunlight we dance through our laughter Silhouettes of dreams on the screen Deep in your eyes I’m swimming after The endless dream The endless stream As the colors blend A journey with no end Walking hand and hand We’re just two souls embraced in the kaleidoscope of love As the colors blend A story with no end Walking hand and hand We’re just two souls embraced in the kaleidoscope of love Our love lingers in the darkest night Like echoes of eternity burning bright Whispered vows in the sweet abyss Forever bound in an endless kiss As the colors blend A journey with no end Walking hand and hand We’re just two souls embraced in the kaleidoscope of love As the colors blend A story with no end Walking hand and hand We’re just two souls embraced in the kaleidoscope of love Music and visuals by Richard Schooping #video #music #youtube #trending #newmusic #band #viralsong #2024
My soul brother and music writing partner Rob has passed away.
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My soul brother and music writing partner Rob has passed away.

It is with a heavy, and shocked heart that I share Robert Sidebottom Sr., the other half of this musical project passed away in his sleep. He was, and is an amazing man, and he will be missed very much. I will keep creating songs with him in spirit, as this is who and what I am. Thank you for flowing along with me through this transition. A new song 'Kaleidoscope of You' will be up in a few days. Robert Sidebottom and I never met in person, but resonated in the awareness before thought arises. We were brought together through a mysterious gravity. We were, and are the same sameness expressing as uniqueness. Rob the hermit. I the householder. We relished in the way we both just knew. Rob especially loved this, as he felt very alone in this regard. A deep, unshakable depression shadowed him. How to live simply and not be triggered by his angry mind was his practice. We messaged all day, every day, for over 7 years creating and sharing this knowing/unknowing. A streaming ongoing dialogue. We co-authored the book The Myth of Death : Eternal Season a streaming consciousness experiment which helped him play, balance and maybe heal some. Also, by penning his life stories in poems in many of our songs he found some solace. He had amazing insights in song crafting and marketing. A never ending well of inspiration. I miss shaping and harnessing his untamed passion into solvent and tangible ideas and creations. That was my joy. Creating songs he was enjoying and hopefully healing through. He passed anyways, what a shock. He was simply brilliant. We were brilliant. We collaborated on almost 200 original songs as We are OverLap the Band and the newly formed band name Acid Echo. We created non-stop. Many ideas and dreams came to fruition, such as Giving Gearand the Compassion Recycle Community We had big plans. We were both Cancers, only 4 days apart in age. I miss what we were building...... Rest in peace skeeter. Soar on brother.
Acid Echo - 'A Signal' official #song #video
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Acid Echo - 'A Signal' official #song #video

Welcome to Acid Echo - Richard Schooping🖤 Acid Echo is al alternative and experimental band on the cutting edge. Acid Echo - Richard Schooping Everywhere:👇 Facebook; https://web.facebook.com/richard.schooping Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSchooping?s=20 Thanks for evolving with our sound. We Are Overlap is now Acid Echo Richard Schooping all lyrics ,music and video creation. Robert Sidebottom - lyrics and some arrangements. A signal is a song about the struggle of humanity trying to understand why we're here, what we are, what should we be. It is only when we give up the search that answers begin to appear. Until this surrender we play roles in an endless movie which is programmed to repeat. As flashes of sound and insight, the signal ignites and inspires in an illusory flow. Lyrics below Sitting in the darkness Waiting to feel A simple signal to prove that I’m real What is real now? What is real? In this dream we play our games The movie keeps playing All around But nothing is showing Not a single sound When you’ve given up Something bubbles up Into your consciousness What is this that is reaching out through my imagination I’m not alive I’m not dead Give me a sign Give me a signal Woah, give me a signal Moments melting Days are bleeding Mind is eating its own tail Mouth is talking Legs are walking Feel the signal everywhere Looking for bright lights Waking up to darkness Wearing my makeup that runs into the sun Graveyards calling names Searching for fame Where is the signal? Only finding ghosts beyond these lonely stones Within these lonely stones Poems and songs are streaming into my mind What is this that’s reaching out through my fascination? I’m not awake I’m not asleep Feeling the light Feeling the signal Looking through bright lights Waking up in darkness Wearing my makeup that burns into the sun Graveyards calling names Searching for fame Where is a signal? Only finding ghosts beyond these lonely tones
We Are Overlap the Band: Bipolar Music Video
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We Are Overlap the Band: Bipolar Music Video

🖤Welcome to We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping🖤 👉Subscribe for more👇 https://bit.ly/weareoverlap We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping Everywhere:👇 Facebook; https://web.facebook.com/richard.schooping Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSchooping?s=20 ▶️Other videos here:🔽 ➡️We Are Overlap - Do As I say, Not As I do⬇️ https://youtu.be/TpAvrE5OCSU ➡️Work Of Art - We Are Overlap || Art of Music⬇️ https://youtu.be/KcacSVyDE0Y ➡️We Are Overlap - Behind the Eyes⬇️ https://youtu.be/pOxOLBPFo2w Please enjoy this video and stay with We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping for the next sharing. Thank you, family. We Are Overlap is Richard Schooping some lyrics, music and video creation Robert Sidebottom - some lyrics and arrangement, and marketing We all have a natural yin/yang, polarity within and without: Heaven and Hell. There is no need to deify or demonize. Else we become entangled in our thoughts and limiting beliefs. This song is a play on the societal notion of Bipolar. Did you enjoy this song? Let us know in your comments. Thanks for the continued support, as we know we are not the typical band channel or offering. Bipolar Hello. Goodbye. I love you Bipolar Hello. Goodbye I hate you Bipolar Hello. Goodbye I love you Bipolar Hello. Goodbye I hate you Bipolar I try to see the sunrise As I feel my demise In the shadows of broken minds That can’t seem to care I only stare into the empty eyes That look back and laugh At journeys not complete Please stay Please go I don’t know Bipolar Please stay Please go Hold on Let go Hello. Goodbye I love you Bipolar Hello. Goodbye I hate you Bipolar Beneath blue blankets I call my own Watching them run through shadows of broken minds The landscape poetic lines The landscape poetic lines The landmine of poetic lines I know, I know I know that I don’t know I know, I know I know that I don’t know I know, I know I know that I don’t know I know, I know I know that I don’t know #newmusic #music #viral #videos #bipolar
We Are Overlap - 'Open Road' Music Video
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We Are Overlap - 'Open Road' Music Video

Welcome to We Are OverLap the Band - Richard Schooping 👉Subscribe for more👇 https://bit.ly/weareoverlap We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping Everywhere:👇 Facebook; https://web.facebook.com/richard.schooping Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSchooping?s=20 ▶️Other videos here:🔽 ➡️We Are Overlap - Do As I say, Not As I do⬇️ https://youtu.be/TpAvrE5OCSU ➡️Work Of Art - We Are Overlap || Art of Music⬇️ https://youtu.be/KcacSVyDE0Y ➡️We Are Overlap - Behind the Eyes⬇️ https://youtu.be/pOxOLBPFo2w Please enjoy this video and stay with We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping for the next sharing. Thank you, family. We Are Overlap is Richard Schooping lyrics , music and video creation Robert Sidebottom - lyrics and arrangement and marketing This new song is about the confusion of life. We are free just to be, but we don't know where to go. Taught all the rules of being alive by people who do not know. They simply pretend, and call it human nature. Letting the past live our present which creates a sense of dread we cannot understand. So, flow on the open road and be free to simply be. This Open Road (A Beautiful Disaster) I don’t know what to feel as the locusts kill themselves on my windshield Blowing from wars off in the distance People and places I’ve never seen But the desert knew my name Who was I to blame? In another game In a rain of stones that bruised my skin and bones And the stories of old Oh, this open road With nowhere left to go And nothing more to know Oh, this open road As radios dance themselves Keep me moving forward on this road White lines blur into one Begging me to drive faster Darkness is on the way Candles burn me home (guide me home) Everything crumbling, Another after Embrace the suffering of a beautiful disaster Oh, this open road Where colors bleed in sound Infinity around Oh, this open road Adventures through a glance With nature in her dance, embracing you
We Are Overlap - Optical Delusion (A.I. Veils)
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We Are Overlap - Optical Delusion (A.I. Veils)

🖤welcome to We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping🖤 👉Subscribe for more👇 https://bit.ly/weareoverlap We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping Everywhere:👇 Facebook; https://web.facebook.com/richard.schooping Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSchooping?s=20 ▶️Other videos here:🔽 ➡️We Are Overlap - Do As I say, Not As I do⬇️ https://youtu.be/TpAvrE5OCSU ➡️Work Of Art - We Are Overlap || Art of Music⬇️ https://youtu.be/KcacSVyDE0Y ➡️We Are Overlap - Behind the Eyes⬇️ https://youtu.be/pOxOLBPFo2w Please enjoy this video and stay with We Are OverLap - Richard Schooping for the next sharing. Thank you, family. We Are Overlap is Richard Schooping lyrics ,music and video creation Robert Sidebottom - lyrics and arrangement This song is about artificial intelligence, not just about computers, but the optical illusion we all live within the definition of humanity. Taught from birth the definition of life by people who do not know, but pretend they do. In this illusion there is confusion. So we keep pretending to evolve into something we will never be. The latest attempt at unnatural evolution is artificial intelligence. We are what IS, now and always. Optical Delusion (A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness) Optical delusion Musical confusion Don’t know where this is going The movie keeps on rolling, rolling on. Sing my song Can we get along? On the stage of love On the stage of love One love One human Family Yes, humanity unite We are one kind We are one kind Yes y’all (A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness) One love One human Family On the stage of love Love is never enough Melt your guns now Blanch your suns now As A.I. swirls above You’ve got the latest fashion on And the brand of today on your chest You do your worst You do your best The shrapnel flies On the stage of doves One love One human Family On the stage of doves One love One human Family Temporary material insanity Bargain-bins filled with deities On your sheets On your pillows In your books You’re only selling yourselves to yourselves On the stage of love Love is never enough Melt your guns now Blanch your sons now As A.I. swirls above (A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness) (A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness)
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