A collection of eight instrumentals that would fit comfortably on two sides of Vinyl.

© 2023 Dairv Dubbleyew

℗ 2023 Dairv Dubbleyew

Lime Tree Ridge

Jimena, Chris and Dairv Collaborations

Torbjørn, Jimmy and Dairv Collaborations

My first solo piece for a while. An uplifting tune to celebrate the coming of springtime in the northern hemisphere, released on 20th March 2021 to coincide with the vernal equinox.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

Ostara

A progressive rock, guitar and keyboard instrumental that shifts between 4/4 and 5/4 time signatures.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

Spud Foltikki's Funk

Another collaboration with Torbjørn Vagle and Jimmy Rivas.
Torbjørn sent me a demo of his new song and asked if I would be interested in collaborating.
As with our previous collaborations, Torbjørn and myself traded ideas until we had a reasonable draft of the song to send to Jimmy for him to write lyrics and record his vocal.
Thanks very much to Torbjørn for asking me to contribute to this gorgeous song (visit his page to hear how he got the title) and of course to Jimmy for his outstanding vocal and lyrics. Working with these guys is awesome.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Electric Piano, Keyboards, String Synth, Bass, Musical Composition, Sound Effects, Cover Photo. @tobbenv

Jimmy:- Vocals, Vocal Composition, Lyrics. @j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Guitar Composition, VSTi Flute, Drums, Mix, Production, Cover Design.

The Drifter (Torbjørn Vagle - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

A Progressive Rock, Guitar, Keyboard and Flute instrumental with recurring themes, played with varying dynamics and in different time signatures.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

A Higher Plane

Another collaboration with the amazing Jimmy Rivas and Torbjørn Vagle.
Jimmy sent Torbjørn and myself an old version of the song to see if we would be interested in collaborating with him on a re make. After much fun and trading ideas, here is the result.

Credits:-

Jimmy:- Songwriter, Lead and Harmony Vocals, Keyboards. @j-rivas

Torbjørn:- Electric Piano, String Synths, Synth Lead. @tobbenv

Dairv:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, Mix, Production.

You've Got To Be Hiding Something (Jimmy Rivas - Torbjørn Vagle - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Visible from miles around, an age old, lone sentinel stands atop the ridge.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

I’m honoured to take part in a fifth collaboration with the amazing Torbjørn and Jimmy. A development of a Torbjørn demo, this one is a straightforward, no nonsense rocker, play it loud.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Musical composition, Hammond Organ, Organ, String Synth, Bass, Drums, Percussion. https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv

Jimmy:- Lyrics, Vocal composition, Vocals. https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Production, Mix, Mastering, Cover Art.

Mean Streets (Torbjørn Vagle  - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Featuring a Squier Telecaster cranked to 11, plus a rock organ, together with symphonic touches.

© 2022 Dairv Dubbleyew

The End of the Day

An instrumental track created using layers of Guitars all played on my self built ‘Partscaster’, with Bass, Drums, Percussion and Choir.

© 2023 Dairv Dubbleyew

The Last Frost of Winter

An instrumental tribute to my favourite three piece rock band.
Formed in 1968, they were at the top of their game as musicians and songwriters and had a massive following across the globe. Currently they are ranked fifth in the U.S. for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio album sales by a rock band, only behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kiss and Aerosmith.
I had the pleasure of seeing them play live many times during their lengthy career and it always amazed me how three guys could make such an amazing sound. They finally called it a day with the sad passing of their drummer in 2020. The song title is a reference to the place where they were formed and to the lyrics of one of their early songs, but who were they?

© 2023 Dairv Dubbleyew

Three Travellers of Willowdale

An electronic instrumental composed using the generic synthesisers and sequencers in Garage Band and Logic. No real instruments were used on this one.

© 2023 Dairv Dubbleyew

Chasing the Dream

The Morning Time Stood Still

Dreaming of a happy place.

A big big thanks to Mr K. for adding superb Drums, Pianos and Keyboards to bring this one to life.

Chris:-  https://soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1
Drums, Synths, Piano, Electric piano.

Dairv :-
Guitars, Bass, Marimba, Glockenspiel.

© 2015 Dairv Dubbleyew

Dream Prisoner Part II - Enchanted Garden (Featuring Chris Kinsey)

The fruition of a three way collaboration with Chris Kinsey and Paul I. Stubley.

Based on one of many glorious melodies from Paul McCartney’s Standing Stone, an extended classical work written by McCartney and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.  The work was commissioned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of E.M.I. records and was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in October 1997.

This is a progged – up interpretation of part three of the first movement, track 3 on the album.

Chris and Paul gave me their individual contributions and I effectively “threw the paint at the canvas”.   I then spent a considerable amount of time mixing and eventually the picture began to develop.  As the work progressed we discussed what we thought would work and what wouldn’t, eventually arriving at this, the finished piece.
A big, big thanks to Chris and Paul for creating exceptional pieces of music for me to work with.

Dairv Dubbleyew :– Guitars, Orchestration
Chris Kinsey :– Drums, Bass, Piano  https://soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1
Paul I. Stubley :– Orchestration  https://soundcloud.com/paul-stubley

Human Theme - (Kinsey - Stubley - Dubbleyew)

Back to my roots with this one, hence the title.

The intro/outro melody of the piece was one of the first things I wrote when I started to teach myself guitar more years ago than I care to remember.  I recorded a demo of the track in the 90’s on my Fostex X15 four track cassette recorder but recently decided to record a new version with the aid of digital recording technology; this is the result.

Many thanks to Chris Kinsey for lending an invaluable editorial ear.

© 2015 Dairv Dubbleyew

Step Back In Time

Close your eyes, fall asleep, step off the edge and away we go….........


A big thanks to Chris Kinsey and Paul I Stubley for lending an invaluable editorial ear.

© 2015 Dairv Dubbleyew

Dream Prisoner Part III - Flying

Gary messaged me just after Christmas to ask if I would like to collaborate with himself, Jaime and Nick on this piece, I thought what an honour, how could I refuse?
A big thanks to my co collaborators for making this an exciting and enjoyable experience. To Jaime for her gorgeous piano lines, synth and vocal work, Nick for his blistering guitar playing and a special thanks to Gary for everything he bought to the piece, the concept, his vision and for bringing it all together.
Cheers guys.

The Phaige: – Guitars, Synths, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Production
Jaime J Ross – Piano, Synths, Vocals
Nick R Davies: – Guitars
Dairv Dubbleyew: – Guitars


Delineation of Arc - (The Phaige - Jaime J Ross  - Nick R Davies - Dairv Dubbleyew)

A version of Jimena’s open collaboration ‘You Are Not Him’ by Chris Kinsey and myself.
When I heard Jimena’s vocal stems they reminded me of Pat Benatar, so I thought I’d attempt a Soft Rock version of her song; this is the result.

It’s interesting to hear how other artists on the Cloud have interpreted the song in so many different ways, covering many genres, they’re all amazing which I believe is testament to a great song.

A big thank you to Jimena for the song and for her outstanding vocal performance.
Many thanks also to my mate Chris Kinsey for providing sublime contributions on Electric Piano and Keyboards and, as always, an invaluable editorial ear.

Jimena:- Songwriter, Vocals. soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo

Chris Kinsey:- Electric Piano, Keyboards. soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1

Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, Production.




You Are Not Him Lyrics


You have been so kind as to fill up my expectations
But you were weak, you let yourself be deceived by my retaliation
Against him, the man I could never forgive
For leaving me to pursue his dreams
Time has passed but I still die for his touch
I can’t help but silently scream, I’ve missed him so much
Now he has returned to me and I can’t let him go

I can’t see him in your eyes
I can’t feel him in your arms
I can’t taste him when my lips touch your mouth
I don’t even know who you are
But definitely you’re not him

You are not him and never will be
So thanks I wish you the best 
You are not me so you will not understand
Fools like me really don’t want to learn

You have been a perfect resort to my imagination
But now, now, my dear, now I don’t need your infatuation 
To fill in spaces, doubts within
It’s time to put an end to this game
No-one should be really to blame, things took a new twist
I’ve always told you he was my man, and yet you’d insist
Now he has returned to me and I won’t let him go

I can’t see him in your eyes
I can’t feel him in your arms
I can’t taste him when my lips touch your mouth
I don’t even know who you are
But definitely you’re not him

You are not him and never will be
So thanks I wish you the best 
You are not me so you will not understand
Fools like me can’t be taught to behave

(Instrumental)

Now he has returned to me, I cannot let him go

I can’t see him in your eyes
I can’t feel him in your arms
I can’t taste him when my lips touch your mouth
I don’t even know who you are
But definitely you’re not him

You are not him and never will be
So thanks I wish you the best 
You are not me so you will not understand
Fools like me really don’t want to learn
You are not him and never will be
So thanks I wish you the best 
You are not me so you will not understand
Fools like me can’t be taught to behave



You Are Not Him - (Jimena  - Chris Kinsey - Dairv Dubbleyew)

My second collaboration with Jimena and Chris Kinsey.  The song began with a few chords played on a midi keyboard using ‘silky string selection’ in Logic to work out the structure.  I added Guitars, Bass and Drums and asked Chris to add some ‘Kinseyfication’ on Piano and Organ, then, it was over to Jimena to write the lyrics and record her amazing vocal tracks. Once I had all the constituent parts, I set about the final mix and mastering; this is the result.
A huge, huge thanks to Chris and Jimena for their outstanding contributions which have elevated the song to another level.

Credits:-
Jimena:- Lead and backing vocals, lyrics, vocal composition. https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo
Chris Kinsey:- Pianos, Organ, musical composition. https://soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, String Synth, musical composition, production.


Mind Maze

Caught in a nightmare
From which I can’t escape
I gulp in foul air
And mortal dread takes shape

No recollection
Of joyful memories
Sheer desolation
No more victories

The throes of delusion engulf me and swallow me 
It’s getting too hard to wake up from this dream
And all the confusion that toys with my sanity
Invites me to let out a blood-curdling scream

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
Mind maze

Running blind in the wilderness
Chased by unfounded fears
I’m fleeing from the emptiness
That threatens to feed on me

The throes of a nightmare engulf me and swallow me 
Although I’m awake as can possibly be
And all the despair that consumes me and blinds me
Makes me wanna cry, makes me wanna scream

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
(No way out of here)
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
No way out of here

In these blurry surroundings my mind plays tricks on me
If give in to madness, will my worries disappear?
Oh, if I succumb to the darkness, will you find me in my sleep?
Please don’t take an eternity to come and rescue me
Rescue me

I succumb to this wasteland
Can’t fight this pantomime
As I sink deep in quicksand 
I reach out to you one last time

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
(No way out of here, no way out of here)
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
(No way out of here)
No way out of here

Save me
Save me from myself

Mind Maze - (Jimena - Chris Kinsey - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Torbjorn sent me an instrumental demo of the song back in July and asked if I would like to contribute.  I thought the composition was so strong, how could I refuse? 
Since then the song has evolved into a powerhouse track with outstanding performances from Torbjorn, Jimena and Lee Kelley.

Credits:

Jimena Arroyo: Vocal composition, lead & backing vocals and lyrics @jimenaarroyo
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, Piano, bass, organ, synths and orchestral arrangements @tobbenv
Dairv Dubbleyew: Guitar and guitar arrangements
Lee Kelley: Drums & percussion @lee-kelley-on-drums
Njål Frode Lie: Mastering and mix www.nflproduksjoner.no

Copyright 2017 by Jimena Arroyo and Torbjørn Vagle

Lyrics:

You set sail on a dreary morning
To venture further out to sea
You kissed me farewell without a warning
And promised you’d come back to me
I begged you not to leave
And yet you did
First came your foolish pride
I waved goodbye
With the ocean in my eyes

And like Penelope I’ve waited for you
for countless years;
Oh the sleepless nights I went through!
Odysseus even came before you
So whatever happened to you?
Did you forget to follow through?
Don’t you know I put my life on hold?
Why didn’t you return?
Why didn’t you return?

Weaving the pieces of my broken heart
I tried not to collapse when my world fell apart
I kept love at bay as the days dragged on
Fearing the worst was yet to come
Please come back to me
Say you will
Swallow your stubborn pride
Don’t say goodbye
Just leave the ocean behind

Chorus

Mmmmm oh oh..
I’m waiting for you
Waiting for you

And if you reappear
Will I recognize you?
After all these years
Won’t it terrify you?

I’ve waited for you for countless years;
Oh the sleepless nights I went through!
Odysseus even came before you
So whatever happened to you?
Whatever happened to you?

If this is my Odyssey
There is one last thing to do
It’s time I set my love free, free, free yeah!
I’ll swim until we’ve met
In the depths of the sea
I’m coming for you now

Penelope (Jimena & Torbjørn featuring Dairv Dubbleyew)

A song about the trials of life and how we overcome them.  Much of the music and some of the lyrics for this one originated in the early 80's.

Many thanks to Chris Kinsey for his outstanding contributions on Organ and Keyboards and to Ryan Taylor for his valued contribution to the lyrics, much appreciated guys, cheers.

Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Production, Lyrics.

Chris Kinsey:- Organ, Keyboards. https://soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1

Ryan Taylor:- Lyrics. https://soundcloud.com/ryantaylorvocals

© 2018 Dairv Dubbleyew

Avenues (Featuring Chris Kinsey)

What an honour to be involved in Excorde's new song, a big thanks to Jonnie and Jimena for asking me to play.
Here is 'Star-Crossed'.

Jonnie Cook:- Instrumental Composition, Production, Final Mix. https://soundcloud.com/jonnie-cook

Jimena Arroyo:- Vocal Composition, Lyrics. https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo

Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitar Solos, Background Support.

Copyright © 2018. Excorde (Jonnie Cook and Jimena Arroyo). All rights reserved.

Star-Crossed (Excorde featuring Dairv Dubbleyew)

A cover version by Jimmy Rivas and myself of the classic Free song written by Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirk, Tetsu Yamauchi, John Bundrick and Paul Kossoff.  Issued as a single in the UK in December 1972 and included on their final studio album Heartbreaker.

Jimmy contacted me and asked if I would be interested in doing another collaboration.  After hearing the recent Free covers he had done with Hiroshi Kohno (aerogene070) https://soundcloud.com/aerogene, which are outstanding, I suggested we might try this one.

Jimmy Rivas:- Lead and backing vocals https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Piano, Bass, Drums, Mix, Production.

Wishing Well (J.Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

What an honour it is for me to play on Jimena and Torbjorn's new song, thanks for asking me, guys.
It’s been amazing to collaborate with all of the extremely talented people listed below who were involved in the making of this epic track.

Credits:

Jimena Arroyo: Vocal composition, lead & backing vocals and lyrics https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, piano, bass, organ, synths https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Dairv Dubbleyew: Six string electric, twelve string acoustic guitars and guitar arrangements
John O'Reilly Jr: Drums and percussion https://www.boomcrashdrumtracks.com/
Njål Frode Lie: Mastering and mix http://www.nflproduksjoner.no/
Leo Batic: Cover artwork www.twitter.com/leobatic1

Lyrics:-

I step this earth
Gazing up
Feet held to the ground
But longing to fly

You lift me up
With just your smile
I'm falling for you rising high

I SPROUT WINGS AND JUST FLY
EACH TIME I THINK OF US HOLDING TIGHT
CAST ADRIFT IN THE SKY
I’M ON A COLLISION COURSE
I CAN'T FIGHT WHAT I FEEL
MY OH MY
FLUTTERFLIES TAKING OVER ME

No one can
Bring me back
For once I take off
There’s no coming down

You let me rise
With just one smile
I’m falling for you tumbling up

AGAINST THE WIND, I FLY HIGH
THE TIMES I THINK OF US HOLDING TIGHT
FLUTTERFLIES DARTING BY
ALL THROUGH THE CORE OF ME
AND I CAN'T FIGHT WHAT I FEEL
MY OH MY
CAST ALOFT IN ADRENALINE

Every countless hour
Heart beat keeps the time
Until I finally see you
And my heart’s no longer blind
In a bed of flowers
I dream of what’s to come
He loves me or he loves me not
This feeling is sublime

AGAINST THE WIND, I FLY HIGH
THE TIMES I THINK OF US HOLDING TIGHT
FLUTTERFLIES DARTING BY
ALL THROUGH THE CORE OF ME
AND I CAN'T FIGHT WHAT I FEEL
MY OH MY

I SPROUT WINGS AND JUST FLY (I JUST FLY)
EACH TIME I THINK OF US HOLDING TIGHT
CAST ADRIFT IN THE SKY
I’M ON A COLLISION COURSE
I CAN'T FIGHT WHAT I FEEL
MY OH MY - MY OH MY
FLUTTERFLIES TAKING OVER ME

℗ 2019 Jimena Arroyo & Torbjørn Vagle

Flutterflies (Jimena Arroyo & Torbjørn  Vagle featuring Dairv Dubbleyew)

When I heard Jimmy’s outstanding vocal additions to Phil's open collaboration, I thought I might add some guitar.
It’s been a real blast working with Phil, Jimmy and Rick on this one.  Cheers guys.
A special thanks to Phil for his work on mixing and production.

Credits:-

Phil McWalter;- Guitars, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Musical Composition, Mix, Production @phil-mcwalter
Jimmy Rivas:- Vocals, Lyrics, Vocal Composition @j-rivas
Rick Medlock:- Drums, Percussion @rick-4-1
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Guitar solo.

Lyrics:-

I was born the son of a pharaoh
I lived in the valley of the sun
But I was pierced with a poison arrow
Pain came swift but I was a fortunate one
'Cos I was blessed by a cultured woman
Who gave me children to spare
They outnumbered my hands' fingers
They were clothed in linens and the finest of care
All the sea-life in the oceans
All the animals in our care 
We're all bound to the same conclusion
Show your love everywhere
Love is everywhere
Everywhere...

Lyrics: © J Rivas April 2019
Music: © McWalter & Rivas April 2019

Show Your Love Everywhere (Phil McWalter - Jimmy Rivas - Rick Medlock - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Mike asked me to play guitar on his new track and what a blast it was.
Thanks for asking me, Mike.

Mike:- Organ, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Mix and Production.

Dairv:- Guitar.

Night & Day & In Between (The 3 M Group featuring Dairv Dubbleyew)

A collaboration with Torbjørn Vagle and Jimmy Rivas.
Torbjorn sent me a demo of the track and asked if I would like to contribute, he said it was a truly open collab and at that point hadn’t decided whether it would be an instrumental or not.  I added my guitars to the track and sent a rough mix back to Torbjørn, it was then that he thought it would be good to add vocals.  We asked Jimmy if he would like to write lyrics and add his vocal to the track as we thought his voice would lift the track to another level, it certainly did!
It has been great fun and a real honour to collaborate with Torbjørn and Jimmy on this one, thanks also to session drummer John O’Reilly Jr. for his outstanding contribution.
Finished off by a superb painting, ‘Voices’ by Torbjørn Vagle, for use as the cover art, here is....... ‘Voices’.

Play it loud!

Credits:-
Torbjørn Vagle:- Electric Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Musical composition, Cover artwork. (@tobbenv)
Jimmy Rivas:- Vocals, Vocal composition, Lyrics. (@j-rivas)
John O’Reilly Jr:- Drums. (www.boomcrashdrumtracks.com)
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Guitar arrangements, Mixing, Production.

Voices (Torbjørn Vagle - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

A collaboration with Torbjørn Vagle and Jimmy Rivas.

I sent a demo of the song with the basic chord sequence to Torbjørn  and Jimmy in the hope they would consider joining me for another collaboration, Torbjørn to add his exceptional keyboards, Jimmy to write lyrics and provide his powerful and distinctive vocal, luckily for me they both agreed.

Torbjørn  and Jimmy’s contributions have lifted the song to a level way beyond my original demo, thanks very much for your outstanding work guys.

Triumph over adversity is the theme here, I think we can all relate.


Credits:-

Jimmy:- Lyrics, Vocals, vocal composition and arrangements. @j-rivas

Torbjørn:- Organ, Synths, keyboard composition and arrangements. https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv

Dairv:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, musical composition, final mix and mastering, cover photo.

An Invisible Enemy (Jimmy Rivas - Torbjørn  Vagle - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Gary decided it was time to get the ‘It’s us, the neighbours’ band back together again for another crazy, wacky outing.
He sent Nick and myself his latest ditty and asked if we would like to contribute, obviously we both agreed.
Nick and I worked alone at first and then traded ideas for the outro section. Nick added his wild voice box solo and unmistakable fretboard scorching runs then finished off the piece with a melodic E-Bow outro, I did my bit, then we sent our contributions to Gary who pulled it all together with a stellar production.
It’s been great fun and a real pleasure to collaborate with the guys again, thanks to Gary for asking me to contribute.

Here is Similitude.

Credits:-

ThePhaige (Gary):- Bass, Drum design, Synths, Keys, Cover artwork. https://soundcloud.com/thephaige

♤ (Nick):- Guitars, E-Bow. https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies

Dairv:- Guitars.

One and Other:- Mix and production. https://soundcloud.com/Oneandother

Similitude (One and Other - ♤ - Dairv Dubbleyew)

I’m a self taught hobbyist composer / guitarist with a wide range of musical influences.
There’s a wealth of talent here on SoundCloud, so thank you for taking time to visit my page.
Thanks also to all the talented artists here on the Cloud I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with.

Dairv

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