Double Seconds

Inclusive music sessions and activities developed by Matt Philip Hale for Cerebral Palsy Midlands.

A collaborative project since 2013, specialised techniques and methods have proven to be highly stimulating for people of various ages and interests. 

Technical assistant and musical collaborator, Ben Linstead, also utilizes his skills.

Supervised free-expression, adaptive teamwork, bespoke one-on-one sessions, personal development, recording work, ICT experience, visual design, instrument maintenance and public performances.

We have a live session from 1pm - 3pm every Tuesday and 10am - 12pm on a Thursday (using headphones sometimes). We also have interactive technology focussed sessions and creative studio work on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings.

Just loving music and enjoying the world. Music makes everything better even it is jazz, hip&hop or vapporwave. 

Deutscher Singer-Songwriter über fünfzig Jahre alt. Seit fast vierzig Jahren schreibe und singe ich Lieder. Mein Hauptinstrument ist die akustische Gitarre, aber ich mag auch Perkussionsinstrumente (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). Ich liebe es, melancholische und poetische Balladen zu komponieren. Aber manchmal schreibe ich auch (schwarze) humorvolle Songs, Jazzstyle und -Rocksongs. Meine Hauptsprache ist Deutsch. Aber in Zukunft will ich mehr Songs auf Englisch und vereinzelt auch Französisch schreiben.
In meinen Kompositionen bin ich inspiriert von Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison und Bob Dylan. Auf meinen Platten spiele und singe ich alles alleine. Meine Vision für die Zukunft ist es, Musiker aus verschiedenen Kulturen zu finden, die gerne ihre Tracks mit mir teilen wollen.
Mein persönliches Mantra ist ein Satz, der von Paul Mccartney auf dem Beatles-Album "Abbey Road auf dem Track "In the end" vor fast Fünfzig Jahren geschrieben wurde:

Die Liebe, die Du bekommst ist gleich der Liebe, die Du gibst.

German singer-songwriter over fifty years old. For almost forty years I have been writing and singing songs. My main instrument is the acoustic guitar, but I also like percussion instruments (Cajon, Maracas, Gurio). I love composing melancholic and poetic ballads. But sometimes I also write (black) humorous songs, jazz style and rock songs. My main language is German. But in the future I want to write more songs in English and occasionally also in French.
In my compositions I am inspired by Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Jacques Brel, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. On my records I play and sing all by myself. My vision for the future is to find musicians from different cultures who would like to share their tracks with me.
My personal mantra is a sentence written by Paul Mccartney on the Beatles album "Abbey Road on the track "In the end" almost fifty years ago:

The love you take is equal to the love you make.

Thank you to everyone who has come into contact with my music from anywhere in the world!

Instrumental music is my lifelong pursuit — a passion I explore on weekends from my home studio in Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
I blend sound design with hands-on electronics, often crafting my own effect pedals and audio cables to shape my tone.

Since 2025, my creative focus has shifted toward fusing Black music traditions with sampling-based drum sequencing, seeking that raw pocket where groove meets circuitry.

Genres:
Techno / Electro/ Ambient / Funk / Blues / Rock / Soul

Main Gear:
	•	Elektron Digitakt II
	•	Roland Jupiter-X
	•	Yamaha YC61
	•	Sadowsky Metroline MV-4 Jazz Bass (Tokyo-era)
	•	Fender American Elite Stratocaster
	•	Antelope Audio Discrete 8 Pro Synergy Core
	•	Avalon U5
	•	Marshall Origin20H
　 　 •     Tascam AV-P250LUV

Release
2017 1st Album "Haute Couture" On DOD TuneCore (under the name of The Pekingese)
2018 2nd Album "THE END" On DOD TuneCore (L.B.C name)
2019 3rd Album "Mix tape -03-" On Bandcamp (Eric "Little Bird" Luv)
2019 1st EP "BRiDGE" On Soundcloud
2020 4ht Album "My Flagships" On Bandcamp (The Tricera Project)
2020 5ht Album ”For example, if I call this Art Brut.” On DOD TuneCore (The Tricera Project)
2020 2nd EP "My musical instruments" On Soundcloud
2021 3rd EP "Treasure Sword" On SoundCloud
2022 6th Album "The Music UMA" On SoundCloud
2023 7th Album "おとだまの怪異"
2024 8th Album "MixTape'04"
2024 9th Album "pallet"
2024 10th Album "太陽の為の吟遊(Song for the Sun)"
2025 4th EP "What a wonderful night！"
2025 11th Album "Anno Domini"
2025 12th Album "LoWtus"

Welcome to the alternative reality that is the Dragonsail Puppets! We have a YouTube channel with cagey comedy and spirited music videos as well. Please feel free to check it out and join us on this party boat!

See their music videos and YouTube comedy series!:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBel-tzj24Gj9QR8RTRpow

On Earth One, all of the music and lyrics are written by Dragonsail, aka Greg Hester. Likewise, all of the playing and vocal performances and recording and mixing are done by Dragonsail as well. But that's not as interesting as what's happening on Earth Two.

On Earth Two, these songs are created and performed by a scheming diva named Surrenda and her enthusiastic but clueless dog sidekick Bruce. Additional songwriting is provided by their septuagenarian feline keyboardist, Catatonia, and Onree - the sweet pup with the mean shaker. There's also some old geezers in the band who've been with Surrenda for a couple of decades who actually play real instruments, but they mostly loom in the shadows.

The range of styles in their music includes funk, psychedelia, hard rock, prog rock and disco, which they tear away at with whatever instruments and found objects they have stowed away with them aboard their ship, the Club Dragonsail.




What’s in my head i hear and what you hear is in our heads…

Thanks so much for letting ears, heart and mind joining me in this musical exploration.

❤️

Double Seconds

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