Easy listening to tap your foot or dance to.  This is a sampler of some of my favorite works stolen from some of my other projects with albums in progress.

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EP: "Script For A Chill" (released October 2015)

Collins & Frick - Secret Agent EP (2022 unreleased)

"Cerulean Sojourn" is a selection of my earliest electronic works from 2013-2014.  It features downtempo groove/chill sensibilities, with elements of funk, dance, blues and ambient experimental music.

I enjoy listening to these songs in my car on road trips, or sometimes at my desk or in the living room.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!

- Walt

Thanks for supporting my music!

All songs were written, performed, and produced by Walt Collins, except as follows:

- Clint Martin played the 2nd guitar lead on track 2 (Cerulean Sojourn)

Album Released: January 22, 2015
Label: DistroKid
Available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

Album: "Cerulean Sojourn" (released Jan 2015)

Float weightlessly in the cosmos. Struggle with inner emotions. Reason through scientific paradox.

EP: "Spaces" (unreleased)

These tracks were crafted collaboratively by Walt Collins and Paul Frick during 2015-2021.

Album: Collins & Frick - "Aerial Survey" (unreleased)

Dim the lights, sit back, relax, and make your self comfortable.  The journey begins.

Cerulean Sojourn

Among The Stars

Theme music for a spy movie? Quirky funk electronica with an attitude? Downtempo chill track?  You tell me.

Electric Strut

Oceans of liquid diamond at a balmy 5000 degrees Kelvin.  Great vacation spot!

Neptune's Oceans

A short trip through some blues/jazz grooves.  Special thanks to Clint Martin for playing the final guitar solo!

Cerulean Sojourn (feat. Clint Martin)

20220411 preliminary rough mix.

Walt Collins - guitar, drums, groove synth
Paul Frick - bass, lead synth

Surf the Shark (with Paul Frick)

Walt - drum programming, bass synth, stratocaster
Paul - synth lead & pad

Glacier Groove (with Paul Frick)

Collins & Frick, with Kevin Dixon on main section lead guitar.

Quick drop from Paul and Walt, goofin' around with our buddy Kevin on a Friday night.

Walt: Addictive Drums via Push, EP, outro lead guitar, BBC symphonic flutes
Paul: P-bass, Stratocaster rhythm guitar
Kevin: PRS lead guitar in main section

20220819 Rhythm And Groove (rough mix)

Not A Cloud

15 may 2024 jam just add da funk
no guitars, for playing along
16 may slight remix

20240515 Funk Groove - No Guitars

Walt: EP, bass, guitar, drum programming

This simple song idea was written and recorded in about an hour. All first takes. Intended as a starter for a lyricist to see where the idea might lead.

20240527 lounge idea

Ideas for this laid back groove woke me up in the middle of the night, and this song is the result.  Also, this is my first time working with Vocaloid Avanna.  I think I'll be using her more in the future. :)

Individual Tracks Voicing List:
 
1. [steady basic rhythms] XLN Audio - Addictive Drums 2 - Reel Machines - 80s Linndrum
2. NI Kontakt - Epica (by Zero-g) - with individual subparts below
2a. [main theme synth pad] Orion
2b. [main theme alternate stringy synth pad] Fluter FX
2c. [percussive/melodic/delay accent synth] 16th Res
2d. [percussive arpeggiated synth] Answer is 4
2e. [dreamy alternate synth pad] Step FX
2f. [dark alternate synth pad] Void
2g. [dark FX synth pad] Windy FX
3. [vocals] Vocaloid Avanna
4. [electronic blips/beeps percussion] Arturia Spark - DR-606
5. [main electric piano rhythm] AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4 - BFly Rhodes 1
6. [bass] Fender Precision bass - via Waves GTR Tool Rack, Bassics patch
7. [heavy jungle beat percussion] Arturia Spark - Techwayz
8. [rhythm guitar] Fender Stratocaster guitar - via NI Guitar Rig 5, modified Twang Reverb
9. [growly arpeggiated synth lead] NI Massive - In The Starlabz
10. [electro arpeggiated synth lead] AAS Ultra Analog VA-2 - Peg 2
11. [electric piano lead] AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4 - custom setting with tremolo and more tine
12. [lead guitar] Fender Stratocaster guitar - via NI Guitar Rig 5, different modified Twang Reverb

On The Way

Radium will give off rays that can be detected with sensitive instruments
A chain reaction is going on, producing something called radiation

The energy of reaction may be used to heat and light whole cities, economically
Without smoke or dust
This is the hope of the future

Radiation is dangerous
Absorb the radiation and become radioactive
Some are naturally that way

Radium is naturally radioactive
A new tool of tremendous value
A process that has long baffled scientists
The radioactive material must be carried in heavy lead containers

A chain reaction is going on
Absorb the radiation and become radioactive
This is the hope of the future


Radium

Soaring at high altitude, lifted by currents of air.  Freedom.

Recorded 2015, remastered Feb 2021.

Aerial Survey (with Paul Frick)

Script for a Chill

Soft Summer Rain

Reclining in a cushioned lounge chair, resting under the soothing palm trees on white sand as the gentle ocean breeze carries the smell of the surf and the sounds of seagulls through the air.  Soft ocean waves lap up on the shore a few feet away, your cold drink beckoning to you to pick it up, as your eyes remain unfocused on the blue horizon.  Paradise.

Blue Paradise

Blue Paradise (with Paul Frick)

The question as to whether or not we truly have Free Will is not as simple as it seems.  Modern-day philosopher George Ortega explores this question in his long-running series of debates and discussions, on his two TV shows in New York.  More info at his website - http://causalconsciousness.com/

The song is written in a style fusing ambient, funk, and jazz with electronic dance, similar to some classic tracks by Fila Brazillia.

Causality

Turning things around.  Keep a positive attitude and things are bound to get better.

Special thanks to Elizabeth Greenway for singing on this one, as well as providing the lyrics and song title!

Turn It Into Light

Turn It Into Light (feat. Elizabeth Greenway)

Sometimes the night can be
So so long
We can dream together
We can be together

Vocals by Vocaloid Avanna.

Recorded 2016.

Dream Together

Dream Together (with Paul Frick)

You find yourself bleaching in the stands under the hot sun, cars speeding past down the long straightaway, engines roaring.  Or perching near a tight corner, waiting to catch a glimpse of the drivers' eyes as they focus hard to make the turn, tires screeching.  It might have sounded a little like this. Your pulse quickens.

Remastered Feb 2021.

Racing (with Paul Frick)

Daydream as you lay on your back in the soft grass, while the gentle breeze spins the autumn leaves with their bright red, orange, and yellow colors down from the trees above you.  The blue sky and the vibrant foliage put nature's breathtaking palette on display.

Recorded 2017, remastered Feb 2021.

Spinning Leaves (with Paul Frick)

One small step for man...

Remastered March 8, 2021.

T-Minus One

Sometimes the path of least resistance leads us to unexpected destinations.

Recorded 2016, remastered 2021.

Signal Flow (with Paul Frick)

The sun breaks through the clouds. Wind in your hair. Toe starts tapping. You begin to dance.

Recorded 2017.

Walt Collins - piano, guitar, bari sax (synth), drum programming, misc synths, tantra-fication
Paul Frick - bass synth, alto sax (synth), pads

Frisky (with Paul Frick)

Perspective from a thoughtful state of being. Snap to it.

Remastered Feb 2021.

Bohemian Acid Blues (with Paul Frick)

A slightly off-kilter train beat with some guitar and piano leads, and a groovin' bass. Try listening while driving the convertible with the top down!

Kilter Off The Rails

Massive is a VST soft-synth that we used extensively in the production of this song.

Recorded 2018, remastered Feb 2021.

Massive Undertaking (with Paul Frick)

Expand your mind.

Recorded 2018, mastered Feb 2021.

Across The Sky (with Paul Frick)

2005 unreleased, written by Brian DiBon

Walt Collins - lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, bass
Brian DiBon - backing vocals, rhythm guitar, middle lead guitar break
Daryl Williams - drums

The One Place I'd Rather Be (Pre-release)

Words Mean Nothing

2005 unreleased, written by Brian DiBon

Walt Collins - lead and backing vocals, bass, drums
Brian DiBon - lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars

Leave Me Wonderin' Why

2005 unreleased, written by Brian DiBon

Walt Collins - backing vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
Brian DiBon - lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
Daryl Williams - drums

Goin' Higher

2005 unreleased, written by Walt Collins

Walt Collins - lead and backing vocals, synth flute and digeridoo
Brian DiBon - backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

December Sunrise

Two overlapping drumkits in different time signatures, with a thick bass line, blues guitar, schmaltzy piano (thanks Tom!), spacy synths, and a few vintage movie voice clips for interest.

Piano by @phonobrainer.

Blue Sun (with PhonoBrainer)

Abstract ideas, crystallized.

recorded 2018, remix and master 2021.

Walt - drum programming, electric piano, synth pads, piano, guitar
Paul - horns, cowbell, rick bass synth, solina

Lattice (with Paul Frick)

DOWNTEMPO / FUNK / AMBIENT
Inspired by: Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia), Zero 7, dZihan & Kamien, Boards of Canada, Mark Knopfler, Pat Metheny, Ulrich Schnauss, Jean-Michel Jarre

Walt Collins

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