This be the first track I've done since I left to serve my 2 year mission in Russia and Kazakhstan. It's unmastered and has a couple of audio clips here and there but I'm okay with it seeing that I'm relearning recording and I'm using Logic X for the first time. I'll come back to it and master it at some point.

LYRICS:
What if I said
That there is a reason for the pain that you’ve been feeling?
And what if I told you
That all of these moments are a way to find new meaning?

Broken bones and hearts begin
to cover ground like gravestones in our retired battlefields
burning coals of singeing lies
smokey trails in crying eyes
they’re wondering why
all the troubled cries

I can see
That there’s a place for me
when I’ve learned to love a little more
When I’ve learned to let my soul control
what my body once had longed to reign

One of these days
You and I’ll see eye to eye and we’ll understand
And looking back
We’ll see all the lands we crossed that God did demand

Shifting steps, fearful glances,
misty paths wandered chancing
roads we didn’t know 
till we arrived His gaze to meet,
with Death put down beneath his feet,
we wondered why we ever cried.

Let my spirit onward strive
till my desires are purified
And maybe when I’ve stayed a little while
regretting all the times I ran away...

I’ll finally find that all these pains
where made for me to rearrange
my selfish soul to something more
that what it was: an unfeeling fool.

Unfeeling Fool [UNMASTERED]

My first attempt at writing an original and sentimental feeling jazz song. Written for my parents. Just a rough recording to share with my family and friends.

To Loving Parents

After months of longing to produce something that I would deem worthy of human ears, I finally had my moment to produce something that I can be proud of. This is an original electro progressive/glitch track with vocal samples of Natalie Dawn, the singer of Pomplamoose.

Behind The Monster Mask

I've finally found my niche in EDM. I think that progressive house is definitely where I'm strongest. I've put a lot of effort into this song. And although I don't think I'll ever be fully satisfied with it, I'm quite proud of it.

Skritch

This is an original orchestration that was inspired by the video game Titan Souls. Perhaps intended to be an overworld theme or exposition. Mostly me testing the waters with orchestration and the EastWest instrument libraries. Enjoy. Feel free to offer and constructive criticism.

From The Cave

A track inspired to be an exposition in a game like Mass Effect or Halo. Just a preview of what I'm currently working on until I can fix some technical issues.

Orbit (Temporary)

Was working on a completely different composition and this was an unexpected deviation.

Piano Impromptu: Dance of Morning Light

A commission done for University of Oregon's Crossings Radio Podcast. 

Crossings Radio Podcast Opening

I'm a composer, pianist and guitarist. Here is where I will keep my portfolio up to date on whatever projects I've done or am currently working on.

Benjamin Stoneking