"...'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die.
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down,
you know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah

No change, I can change...." - lyrics from Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

It be's that way sometimes.... life can be bitter and it can be sweet, all at the same time it seems. I have lived through enough bad times to attest that, the tomorrow I was so worried about was never quite as bad as I thought it would be once it arrived. On the contrary them good old days I reminisce about could never live up to my brash retelling. In other words, much of the pain and the joy we experience in life is of our own invention. The truth of it all is usually somewhere in the middle.

Is our life bitter or is it sweet, it is up to each of us to compose and conduct our own symphony and make the music real.

Enjoy the mix,
- Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:
Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack (D-Influence Vibe Mix) (1996)
Umbo & Balatz - Play Button (2009)
Brenda Russell - Way Back When (Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix) (2018)
The Foreign Exchange - Take Off The Blues (2008)
Robert Glasper featuring Yebba - Over (2022)
Wilton Felder - Lilies Of The Nile (1993)
Pieces Of A Dream - Soul Intent (2009)
Kandace Springs - Novocain Heart (2016)
FKJ - Lying Together (2017)
Basia - New Day For You (2013)
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (1997)
Marcus Miller - Sublimity (2018)