Tune written over the course of 5 years and a combination of three songs. Taylor, None and Transition - were the three songs. Affected by the deaths of a friends son, my father and childhood friend in 2012. The cover art is a combination of a logo created for an event for the celebration of life, suicide awareness and art representing Alzheimer's disease.

Wait EP

Transition Twelve

Song inspired by a day at work and a video game.

Cognitive Dissonance

One of the first songs I recorded without guitar. If not the first.

Barrier of Mind

Created for a kind family friend that passed away in 2008.

Hausen

A song created as payment to a friend at work - who is logical like a robot.

Breathe Automaton

D28 is a solo song written in one take on my Sigma D28

Experimental fusion song for an upcoming single

Losing Time (Single)

Neon Samurai Cosmonaut

EBS stands for Emergency Broadcast System. I call this a micro-tune and was created out of frustration when writing another song. It was written, recorded and produced in about 30 minutes.
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My wife (the amazing Mimi) named the tune.

Losing Time

A collaboration with Generation Echo under the band name Ostrich Generation.

Creation of the song:
https://antsostriches.blogspot.com/2019/09/collaborating-on-new-song.html

Check out Generation Echo:
https://www.facebook.com/generationechos
https://soundcloud.com/david-warren-gruis

Lyrics
Dear Lord it's your weary friend 
was strong, now giving in 
just a moment if you have the time 
I'm out here on the wayward mile 
may the wise use a prayerful tone 
humbleness of heart 
and carry on from the life you've known 
saved by grace apart 
may your days be blessed ones 
and your years be long 
tell the world tomorrows name 
and give them all to God 

Give them all to God 

A thousand kinds of pain 
Give them all to God 

Endless days of worry 
Give them all to God 

Every kind of shame 
Give them all to God

Credits
Released September 1, 2019 
Dave Gruis - Lyrics and Vocals 
Cory Foss - Music

All to God

All To God

Awful Clip

Ants and Ostriches is a solo musical project formed in Saint Paul MN. Founded by Cory Foss in July 2018 after encouragement from friends to make his music available to a larger audience. Inspired by the approach Donald Glover created his Childish Gambino stage name using a Wu-Tang Clan's name generator, the title Ants and Ostriches is a mashup of a few generated band names.
 
The goal for the Ants and Ostriches project was to create and distribute music without spending money while journaling about the process for any interested artists. The first EP release titled Wait was officially released October 2, 2018. 
 
Ants & Ostriches intent is to freely share music. Through the official website, SoundCloud.com and bandcamp.com music is free to download. Any proceeds obtained through donations or other pay channels, like iTunes, are donated to the Alzheimer's Association. Most songs (except, Hausen and Transition Twelve) are under creative commons licensing. Anyone is free to redistribute in any form or format.
 
Losing Time is the latest single released November 2018. Losing Time is a piano and two guitar instrumental. Neon Samurai Cosmonaut is a Japanese traditional techno fusion instrumental.

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