Catch a Clue - Cosmic Bos Second song released from our upcoming album '2 A.M, it's Mission Time'. This one comes with a special video we made for it. Video starring Andy Jackson & Nick Jackson Special cameo appearance by Theodore Jackson at the end Using the karaoke booth set up, the boys performed the task of singing this wordy song, several times, getting progressively more inebriated on the way. Catch a Clue is from Cosmic Bos upcoming album, the one they made in a month for the Album Wr...
Jul 17, 2022•4 min
Isle of Avalon - Cosmic Bos Nick and Andy made 12 songs for their Album in a month Album, the catalyst for the albums theme was Glastonbury, in particular Glastonbury Tor, the ancient ruins at the top of a hill, which may or may not have the Holy Grail stored in, protected by Fairies. When we took up the challenge, I (Andy) was in Glastonbury with family, for a medieval festival at Glastonbury Abbey. We were staying at the base of the Tor, so I got the venture up it multiple times, hence capturi...
Jun 30, 2022•4 min
Cosmic Bos have offered up their podcasting space to present the Singles playlist in full, all 26 artists that submitted Singles from their Albums/EP's made in May. From the Lights and Lines playlist: Singles submitted as part of the Lights And Lines Album Writing Club. Independent artists from around the world signed up to write an album or an EP each in 1 month. Each artist was also given the option to submit a single for one of the prizes which would be put to the public to vote on a favourit...
Jun 12, 2022•2 hr 2 min
To accompany our most recent podcast episode 'Making of an Album Episode 3: Alternative Writing Techniques' we decided to throw together a song using our new improv squared method of song construction. The song we put together was this one, 'The More You Learn, The Less You Know'. https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com - check out our podcast, even though this very thing you are reading is the podcast, please subscribe. Nick and Andy improvised a 3 minute dirty track, then they layered over the top of it ...
May 02, 2022•4 min
Welcome to Episode 3 of our Making of an Album series For this episode, Nick and Andy (Cosmic Bos) take you through a selection of alternative writing techniques, discussing The Beatles contribution to the world of songwriting, in particular their later more experimental work, to the general explosion of alternative techniques of music creation that came about in the 1960's. After that, Cosmic Bos turn their attention to their own writing techniques, breaking down the improvisation process, foll...
May 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Cosmic Bos presents 'Sir, France is 'cross the Sea, See' Music by Nick and Andy Jackson Lyrics by Andy Jackson and Google Translate So we had this song, where it is half in French and half in English, and it's pretty silly, but also educational in some sense, and as fans of the Euro experiment (please don't Boo!) and in particular the melting pot of ideas and life approaches that it welcomed, we wanted to make a video that honoured the fine culture and history of France, and more accurately, the...
Apr 09, 2022•4 min
Cosmic Bos present to you Improv Squared: Petite Champignon de Lumiere Andy and Nick oversee the journey through the improvised (and then re-improvised) lands, with special guests : Joe Philogene (tracks 1,7 & 10), Dayne Howcroft (tracks 2 & 11), Chris Mace (tracks 5 & 6), Donny Stax (track 8), Ram Dass (track 10) and the Cosmic Bos Family Choir (track 1). Tracklist: Champignon, Lumiere Faded Memories Astral Underwear Sir, France is 'cross the Sea, See Vaccine Back is Back Badder Dec...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Vaccine - Cosmic Bos Taken from the upcoming album Improv Squared: Petite Champignon de Lumiere Music by Chris Mace, Nick Jackson & Andy Jackson Lyrics by Andy Jackson Video by Abigail, Andrea, Andy & Nick Jackson Please like, share and subscribe And comment, what do you think ? Are we the virus?
Mar 19, 2022•4 min
Forever Bruised began life as a poem written by Dayne Howcroft, Andy and Nick from Cosmic Bos, wrote music to go with it, and in this single take performance the song was captured. Please like, share and subscribe Forever Bruised is part of Cosmic Bos Improv Squared album which is coming on the 1st April. It contains the other 3 singles previously released (Faded Memories, Ensemble Story & Astral Underwear) as well as 7 other improv squared songs. Intergalactic shout out to Dayne Howcroft fo...
Mar 05, 2022•3 min
Welcome to Episode 2 of our Making of an Album series This episode is about writing, in particular, traditional forms of song writing, examining the songwriting process from the angle of songwriters. Nick and Andy (Cosmic Bos) collectively have several hundred songs to their names, and here they breakdown the fundamentals of songwriting, examining structure and form, before writing a song in front of your very ears. Visited several times throughout the episode, Nick and Andy sat over two session...
Feb 28, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Astral Underwear - Cosmic Bos From the upcoming album Improv Squared - Petit Champignon de Lumiere Andy and Nick created this song using improvisation layering, the beat, bass and synth were played in first round, then vocals and more synth, then backing vocals. Filming each round, the video was made by boxing up the performance and overlaying some stock footage. The lyric was prewritten by Andy in the Book of Songs (or BoS as we call it) and it reads a little something like this... ASTRAL UNDER...
Feb 26, 2022•4 min
Ensemble Story - Cosmic Bos Written and recorded by Andy and Nick Jackson This song was one of the very first experiments in improv(squared) music creation. By improvising a 4 minute sound bed, Cosmic Bos layered on Guitar and Synth, followed by Bass and Vocal, and finally Backing Vocals, to create their 'Ensemble Story'. Nick and Andy filmed themselves doing this, and that is what you are seeing in the video. Pure visual representation of music creation. The lyrics were prewritten by Andy, and ...
Feb 05, 2022•4 min
How does one make an album? That is the question at the heart of this special podcast presentation, and Nick & Andy from Cosmic Bos are going to break it down for you, from writing the songs, to demo stage, full recording and producing, before tackling making music videos and finally releasing the finished album. It will hopefully be a wonderful experience for all, and we shall learn along the journey together. What qualifies you to be doing this Making of an Album series? I've never heard o...
Jan 31, 2022•52 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Faded Memories - Cosmic Bos Music by Andy & Nick Jackson Lyrics and Artwork by Dayne Howcroft This is our first single from our upcoming album project Improv2, this is the double A side with 'Ensemble Story' which will be in the podcast feed ahead of the first episode of our Season 4 special presentation 'Making of an Album'. Starting 2022 off with a funky banger, 'Faded Memories' was a poem that Dayne gave to Cosmic Bos to add music to, and it worked a treat. Special thanks to Dayne Howcrof...
Jan 29, 2022•3 min
Cosmic Bos Live #1 (2021) Joe Philogene - Ngoni and Percussion Nick Jackson - Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals Andy Jackson - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals Tracklist: Take it Easier Sunrise Reflections Intentionally Bad Decisions Space Babies Perplexed Rainbow Appearing Ignore the Alarm Just before Christmas, on the 18th December '21, Cosmic Bos got together to record their live set, and this is that very recording. Including songs from the 4 improvisation albums and 1 from Virtual Normality EP. ...
Jan 15, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Cosmic Bos Best of Season 3 (2021) Tracklist: Space Babies (Virtual Normality version) Waiting (ft. Anya Louisa) Aim (ft. Anya Louisa) Witching Hour (ft. Anya Louisa) Like Minded Perplexed Bad Decisions Intentionally Feel the World Take it Easier Space Babies (improv version) Rainbow Appearing Hold on a Little Longer Stay Inside (ft. Texmex Shaman) Ignore the Alarm Broken by Desire Brand New Ride Another Wave 18 songs from the 67 we released in 2021. 6 albums, all available in full on Spotify, A...
Dec 30, 2021•3 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Taken from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 4: The COVID 1920's Words of Wisdom 9: Medicine Women ft. Shonagh Home For our final Words of Wisdom of 2021, and the only one to feature on our 4th Improv album, Shonagh Home delivers a captivating talk about Medicine Women through the ages, focusing particularly on how medicines and shamanic practices have helped guide our species towards a more fulfilling and prosperous future where we could potentially all live in peace and harmony. Full original talk with...
Dec 19, 2021•14 min
Brand New - Cosmic Bos taken from the album Improvisation 4: The COVID 1920's Our final 1920's video for the year, is the beautiful song 'Brand New', the closing track from our 4th improv album. Nick takes the vocal lead for this one, and the year drifts off into the sunset, awaiting a brand new day. Joe Philogene - Percussion Nick Jackson - Acoustic Guitar, Synth and Vocals Andy Jackson - Electric Guitar, Synth The video footage is from a 100 year old cartoon that shows the antics of a cat and ...
Dec 12, 2021•6 min
Thinking Solutions - Cosmic Bos Taken from the album Cosmic Bos Improvisation 4: The COVID 1920's, available now and forever on the inter web. you can also find it here in the podcast feed in all it's audio glory. Percussion - Joe Philogene Electric Guitar - Nick Jackson Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson Using footage taken from the Prelinger Archive (an amazing resource of copyright free video material), Andy and Nick put together another video. Please like, share and subscribe We love ...
Dec 05, 2021•5 min
Cosmic Bos Improvisation 4: The COVID 1920's All music improvised by Joe Philogene, Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson Tracklist: The Eleventh Hour Ignore the Alarm Ay Kalimba Higher Frequency Empowerment Broken by Desire Signs of Repetition Make this Right Thinking Solutions Words of Wisdom 9: Medicine Women (ft. Shonagh Home) Wordless Wisdom Brand New Our final improvised presentation for you in 2021 is our 4th fully improvised (not revised) session, recorded on 21st August 2021. With pre-written l...
Nov 20, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Higher Frequency - Cosmic Bos Taken from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 4: The COVID 1920's Cosmic Bos are: Joe Philogene - Percussion Nick Jackson - Electric Guitar Andy Jackson - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals The video footage used is from the 1920s film Mark of Zorro The full film can be found on Youtube and other places, it's well old and in the public domain, and very much worth a watch. Films from 100 years ago couldn't rely on CGI to fix stuff, and all stunts were hardcore practical, health and sa...
Nov 13, 2021•6 min
Ignore the Alarm from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 4: The COVID 1920's Video starring Buster Keaton made in 1920 Cosmic Bos are Joe Philogene - Percussion Nick Jackson - Electric Guitar, Synth, Backing Vocals Andy Jackson - Acoustic Guitar, Synth, Vocals Original Buster Keaton Movie - Neighbours 1920 Neighbours by Buster Keaton 1920 YouTube Amazing, such detailed film making Please like, share and subscribe Also check out our podcast for plenty of audio goodness, music for the masses, Cosmic Bos sty...
Nov 06, 2021•7 min
Take it Easier - Cosmic Bos From the EP Virtual Normality Available now, in fact there is a whole podcast where the Cosmic Bos brothers break down the EP and discuss at length (probably too long, but hey, it's a podcast, it's a format meant to be long) each of the 5 tracks. They talk a bit about this very video, and how Baby Theo (not even a year old at time of filming) was an absolute superstar, and it probably won't be that long before he's doing the whole thing himself. Kids today, they grow ...
Oct 18, 2021•4 min
Cosmic Bos - Virtual Normality Tracklist: 1. Space Babies 2. Take it Easier 3. It's Always You 4. Stay Inside (ft. Texmex Shaman) 5. Ride Another Wave Available on Spotify Virtual Normality on Spotify For this special presentation, Nick and Andy sit down to discuss their EP, Virtual Normality, which they recorded over the summer of 2021 with the intention of it being their summer presentation. As is customary for Bos, it got a little delayed and finally came out on the 1st October. Not a problem...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Space Babies Official Music Video Taken from Cosmic Bos Virtual Normality EP Available now on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, other places, just go listen to it on your preferred service. Theodore Jackson as Space Baby Andrea Jackson as Space Babies Mumma Video shoot, edited and directed by Andy Jackson and Nick Jackson Rocket internal set dressed by Abi Jackson Please like, share and subscribe to our podcast, and our youtube channel too, we love you there Cosmic Bos YouTube Channel link Here are the l...
Sep 30, 2021•4 min
Taken from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 3: Summadelica original Ram Dass audio from the awesome podcast Here and Now https://beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-love-incarnation/ Please like, share and subscribe
Sep 25, 2021•8 min
Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 7: Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg was 16 when she gave this speech at the UN Climate Change COP25 Climate Emergency Event, and it's worth noting that her detractors have kept quiet on the content of this particular address of hers. Time to change is now. Original video of Greta's speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo_-mxvGnq8&t=82s
Sep 11, 2021•13 min
Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 6: Nelson Mandela Taken from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 3: Summadelica Featuring Joe Philogene on Ngoni, Nick Jackson on Acoustic Guitar and Andy Jackson on Electric Guitar. Original speech by Nelson Mandela given on his release from prison in 1990. Check out the visual version on youtube https://youtu.be/_vtnAxW1MXQ And if you're there, might as well subscribe and ring the bell...
Sep 04, 2021•6 min
Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 5: Charlie Chaplin With improvised music provided by Cosmic Bos as part of Improvisation 3: Summadelica The speech comes from Charlie Chaplin's film The Great Dictator (1940) and it is a zinger indeed, it's already done the rounds on the internet many times, and it was always the plan to use it as one of our Words of Wisdom series, you can find the full film on the internet and youtube etc, it's well old and the copyright on it is dubious. Check out our other ...
Aug 14, 2021•4 min
Improvisation 3: Summadelica Tracklist: Ideas Space Babies On the Take Frantic Pedantic Precious Moments Words of Wisdom 5: Charlie Chaplin Rainbow Appearing Perfect Summer Day Words of Wisdom 6: Nelson Mandela Hold On a Little Longer The Things Words of Wisdom 7: Greta Thunberg Pleased, pleased, pleased, with what I've got Words of Wisdom 8: Ram Dass Moral Compass All music improvised by Cosmic Bos Joe Philogene - Percussion, Ngoni and various instruments Nick Jackson - Electric and Acoustic Gu...
Aug 01, 2021•2 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 6
