The Wind Up Merchant

To do
-Expand the bass line. Some lovely drops and phrase end climbs to find there
-Consider more percussion


Pass for Soul

A nine day trek to Thorung La
Prayer wheels are turning
I never went this far
"You need to train"
Ah I'll be grand
Off on foot in this foreign land

Oh the beauty
Oh the graft
Just path and legs
Bring supply to pass
Sherpa temple balls in the pocket
I'm up that mountain like a rocket

Namaste

Orange suit
They called me jeez
Long hair and beard
Some Irish breeze
Here never ends peace and love
We're at the top
Ah, heaven above

The pass 5416m
The thinnest air for smokey breathers
To north, Tibet
From here, no pain
Just Earth at its best
Awww, innocent sane

No pain
Namaste
No pain

Over the pass to Muktinath
Going down was harder
For the untrained twat
But never a sigh that lasted long
Just look around to recharge the one

The highest I've been
The highest I've felt
Most beautiful scene
Imprinted to self
I found myself above the clouds
I came home with more soul
Himalayan shrouds

Namaste
Above the clouds
Soul endowed
Above the clouds
Soul endowed
Namaste
No pain

Above the clouds
Soul endowed


In 2006, my head wasn't in a good place. I had just come out of a relationship and couldn't find my zen so I decided to leg it to Nepal on my tod to find it. This song is paying homage to the trek I went on around Annapurna. It took 16 days and we walked 15-20 km a day. The highest point you get to is 5416m and it's called the Thorung La pass. You aclimatise at 4800m for a day and then up over the most beautiful place I've ever been and seen. Although there is no rope climbing it's still not easy. In 2014, freak weather took 43 poor souls doing what I got to do safely so this is dedicated to them. Rest in peace 🤍🧬

I found out a lot about myself there man and I'm ever grateful for that! I was 9 years into life with a mobile phone so that disconnection from the world of signal and internet was extremely liberating and I'd highly recommend it.
If life allows, I'll be back there again before I die...

I discovered a strength I didn't know I had. That was largely fed by the strength I saw in the Nepali people that before seeing the way they lived I wouldn't have thought was possible. Elderly people carrying weights of food and supplies that I could barely lift up the mountain with ease. The people are quite removed from material attachment too and generally show a deeper affection because of that. This is something I took home and I think as best as I can try and live nowadays. I don't really do things I don't truly need anymore... I guess musical equipment is the exception although the majority of my gear I have for 20 plus years anyways

I feel very lucky to live in a part of the world that allowed me to to do that trip at all as I'm sure the majority of humans on the planet cannot just make that decision on a whim and leave home for a reset

🇳🇵Never End Peace And Love 🇳🇵

🙏🏾Namaste 🙏🏾

If you're bored...
Here's a 9 minute video of my trip which lasted in total 80 days. I rented a motorbike for most of it and there is the best swing and Bungie jump EVER from a 160 meter high bridge towards the end of the vid. Closest I've ever come to flying as on one of the jumps the rope was tied to my back. So epic and so lucky! Thanks Nepal ✌🏾

https://youtu.be/P99vQE4n6qE?si=Eit88JjIvHLE7pEo

Pass for Soul

3AM Techno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPR57-GNiY&list=OLAK5uy_l74GKN9GfhPIzm0asTMeMUuhHhS2n0uFg

Aces Floor

made with piano, stylophone, zoom h1, and NCH
😀😄😁
(♥_♥)

life keeps chugging along and turns bright again after the dark (♥_♥)

Velocity & Spring

When Our Souls Escape
(by Echodust)

Verse 1
When our souls escape, we’ll float in the ether,
The sky will hum our names in the quiet of the dawn.
All the things we were, shadows and believers,
Fold into the light when the body’s gone.

Chorus
When our souls escape, the night will breathe our names,
Falling through the silence, back where we once came.
Stardust and memory, scattered in the flame,
Love survives the ashes, it never fades.

Verse 2
You held my hand as the night turned to vapor,
And every breath felt like borrowed time.
The clock forgot to tick, the stars grew braver,
And I saw forever in your eyes.

Chorus
When our souls escape, the night will breathe our names,
Falling through the silence, back where we once came.
Stardust and memory, scattered in the flame,
Love survives the ashes, it never fades.

Bridge
No grave can hold the echo of our laughter,
No storm can wash the memory away.
The cosmos bends, and still we’re after
Every dawn that looks like yesterday.

Outro
When our souls escape, the night will breathe our names,
Falling through the silence, back where we once came.
Stardust and memory, scattered in the flame,
Love survives the ashes, it never fades.


When Our Souls Escape

i dreamt i lived free and outdoors and it was wonderful
it rained all night but was warm enough for open window
made with piano, two metronomes, trusty zoomh1 and NCH
video :D https://youtube.com/shorts/Ea8_naBWS8o

rain at night thru the open window cause good sleep and nice dream

Composed:
Sunday 16th Nov 2025

Instrumentation
-Live Ovation Acoustic (Tuned to Open A) and Vocal
-Native American Flute played on keys
-Ibanez 5 String bass (std tuning)
-Epiphone Electric guitar picked
(Capo 5 & tuned to Open A - open strings are E B A C# G E)
-Epiphone Electric Lead (std tuning)
-Shaker on keys
-Cajon on keys
-Piano on keys
-Rain Sample
-Falsetto backing vocals

Update:
Monday 17th Nov 2025
-Additional choir voicings
-Harp added

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Life getting a bit dry in Iran at the mo so this is a song wish for some rain to arrive there. I realised making the song that Iran is an anagram of Rain which for a wordie was a neat discovery!

Musical tip
I use a keyboard played choir line as a guide for my voice at times during the recording process. I match it and then delete the keyboard guide. It's a handy way of nailing the falsetto and ending up with nothing artificial in your piece.

Subsequent takes then generally allow for better expression on pitch changes and economy of breath as you become your own reference and can on the fly realise where you can improve on the previous take.

In a land where we have to sidestep so much artificial singing sold as whatever.... I think it's worth pointing out the uniqueness of our voices...

My music teacher, Mr Kelly used to say the human voice is the most beautiful musical instrument of them all. I tend to agree with him.

What is amazing about our voices is no one voice is the same. Finding your voice in the sense you get it to a point where you enjoy the result is a challenge for most of us but this technique is a very nice way of using the tools well to end up with a completely natural result and also for pushing the boat out on your range and technique. It also makes you more compositionally acute as you are thinking about the notes you are singing and referencing them with another instrument, so both vocal and instrument expression sees improvement.



Let's go rain 🌍💦🌏



To Rain 💦

May the rain reveal
Let the snow fall
Spirit sending some drops
A clear elixir call
Asking arid to end
To hydrate your soul
Nature, don't pretend
Clouds east, Please roll

Fill the lakes
Run with the rivers
Moisten that land
Mend dryness shivers
Carbon cycle please wake
Deliver your voice
For beauty larks sake
Give drink now by choice

May the rain reveal
Send snow to fall
May you wet all piped steel
Trend water torrents to galls
Hydrate their real
No sanctions for luck
End this double edged sword
Water fill every brook

Rearrange your letters
You'll find your place
As drops make better
Bring some smile to face
Tame the farms
Sucking human race
Rearrange your letters
Rain find that grace

May the rain reveal
Make the snow fall
Spirit sending some drops
A clear elixir call
Asking arid to end
To hydrate your soul
Nature please don't pretend
Clouds east, Please roll

To Rain

Indie Pop

Gary has been attempting to live here for over a year
I give up
stray tom cat number 5
we need some attrition around here
made with REAL HAND DRUMS and looper
piano and casio
other mic and trusty zoomh1
amp
and NCH
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JPNNlxUiu9Q

okay Gary, I guess you can stay

This is now a journey to find Truth, Please join my quest for the Truth, whatever it may be, find it we will...100% Improvisation, no filter...No AI, C*nt can F*ck Off!

The Wind Up Merchant

Brendan Dempsey