I love your composition, so brilliant, congratulations!

@ytlblues: Thank so much, Tom! Really kind words! Mirko's allways great!

Superb intro into FANTASTIC  guitaring Dan....woa!! I really like the way you work the fretboard...nice harmonies too...

nice arpeggios...great sound and Mirko's bass is fabulous!! Cool dynamics,bass soloing!!..melodic riff,thunderous,driving drums...this track is BRILLIANT!! Great arrangement!Peace;)x

@cool-groove-records: Thanks man! Yeah, was great to revisit this one with Mirko on bass this time. Different perspective and feel. Mirko's just great!

Terrific collaboration....fantastic overwhelming guitars !! I love your Spanish riff Dan !!

Really nice jazzy rocking, great guitar and bass playing!!!

Collected Lapidaries

Like a rainbow on a misty morning the promise of something good emerges – a blessing, an affirmative prayer, and a song of hope of better times for us all.

Synth guitars, pianos, keyboard, oboe, harp, and bird chirps set to Latin and hip hop beats @ 65 bpm. 

Bird chirps recorded live in April 2023.

Emergence

In this time of wars & great crisis, we should keep call for Peace & equality, for a better humanity.
Here are some vocals extract of my song on the topic. So who want can use it, mixing it as you like with music or as featuring in another .song  
You can also use, in a same track, some part of other vocals from this playlist https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/sets/call-for-humanity-vocals-for
The files are on Free Download.  If You Use my vocals, Mention My Name in the Track & Let Me Know, I will Repost, Share, Include it in Playlists & Mix...
& If you use it for commercial purpose, let me know, all my songs are under Authors Rights

NO MORE WARS - CEASE FIRE_ Vocals for Collab

This was something special! This track is a collaboration between Daniel van den Berg aka Danarchx on guitars and Jamie Rhind on Organ, strings synth and bass Synth. We aimed for a kind of Deep Durple meets Al Di Meola meets Yngwie kind of thing. It was cool and courageous of Jamie trying on a loud rock/metal piece but the result is... Well you judge! 
Music and instrumentalists: Jamie Rhind and Danarchx, 2014

Drag Racers on the Spanish Highway - Part 1 - Featuring Jamie Rhind

This fusion track is conceived as a series of wild flurries with melancholic and fast harmonic changes, it tries to charter different moods and feeling in a franticly romantic way. 
The title points to my heroes of Return to Forever, it's a tribute however in my own humble way and style, in which I might have picked up a thing or two from other musical influences... Without giving it away there is a quote somewhere in this track from the super guitar trio: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia, who all come from the same group of marvelous 70-ties musicians.

I hope you can appreciate my musical excursions here.

Daniel

All guitars and music by Dan van den Berg, 2014
Artwork by Dan van den Berg, 2014




Frantic Romantic Warriors - Dan van den Berg

Original music and mix, arrangement and playing all instrument J.J. Terrell
Electric guitars and final mix by Neno J.
Check out J.J. Terrel on SoundCloud: @j-j-terrell

Passion (Collab with J.J. Terrell)

Polestar

Cast of Characters:
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–electric guitar, mix, and production 
Steve's Planet-- @steve-vervaet —Steve—acustic guitar, vocals, lyrics, composition/arrangement
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–electric guitar
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ—organ and piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and rhythm guitar
cgmaness-- @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris -- electric guitar
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – five string fretless bass 

This song was released a few weeks ago as a mix that Stephen did. Tez, being the equally talented producer that he is, decided to make a mix that highlighted the interplay between the guitars and the keys. This mix is more focused on the instruments, while still giving Steve's vocals their due. 
  The song was written by Steve on the acoustic guitar. He passed it along to Ken, who added a sturdy rhythm acoustic guitar, as well as his always solid, dynamic drums to it. In short order, Ken got the rest of the Eclectic Collective together on it, starting with Josh, who added his five string fretless bass to complete the rhythm section. Next up was JJ, who's keys, both organ and piano, can be heard livening the whole thing up. Then came Tez with his fiery ripping guitar fills. 
  We were all blown away, though, when Stephen added his equally ripping guitar fills as responses to Tez's parts. It really sounds like the two maestros are having a conversation. Not to be outdone, Chris sprinkled some of his magical guitar to fill in the spaces, mostly at the beginning.  
  We all really enjoy working on Steve's songs, although it's been a few months since we did one together.  It's been proven many times before that if,you start out with something good, and you end up with some thing great. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Original lyrics by Steve Vervaet:
I hope we ever meet x2
I hope to see you again
I hope to see you smile
I hope to be your friend x2
Hand in hand, hand in hand
Once again x3
I hope you shake my hand
On the boulevard
Gazing at the stars, gazing at the stars
I hope you ever be, a part of family
A comfort zone for me x2
To be around in everything I found
Please, please love me, forever being around
Hope you ever be, a part of me
Hope to touch your eyes, I hope to touch your love
One day you’ll see that you belong with me

Hope We Ever Meet (Llanpsyched) - The Eclectic Collective

14 - 5 - 2024

Arctic Traveller (2015) Anthology CD1 Track 04

R&B Themed track
Vocal from Splice
Synths Piano Arturia
Omnishere Guitars
Apple Drums

Talking About Yourself

Black Sun

JuiSawi

The title hints upon the dangerously seductive dance of Salome. Beauty and unease... The track's harmonies and melodic intents seem to flow from eerie to melancholy, tension and resolve. 
I have been working on this track for quite some time in the shape of a very loud rock tune, yet in that form still to be released. Recently I asked Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner, if he would add his bass ideas to this. His musical intention, virtuosity and his singing tone made me try an acoustic version with more room to shine for his playing. In the reworking I changed it into an exotic wild oriental or eastern dance with the, for me at least, obvious hints of Jazz Rock, Flamenco and Fusion. I hope you can enjoy it!

And! Do visit Mirko's splendid work on his SoundCloud profile:
https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

Music, arrangements and guitars by Daniel van den Berg.
Fretless bass and bass arrangements by Mirko Borach.
Drum samples from Amplitube.
February 2015

Guitars:
Paulino Bernabe, Taller de Guitarras, modelo-50, 2001
Ibanez JS100




Veils in the Serpent Wind, Part I - by Dan van den Berg, featuring Mirko Borach

This one came about from a request by Mirko Borach, soundcloud.com/stringburner , a great virtuoso and extremely versatile bass player I have come to know here on SoundCloud. We have already done quite a few tracks together. I was honored when Mirko suggested to do the bass parts on a tune of mine I wrote quite a while back: Anticipating Intermediacy. https://soundcloud.com/danarchx/anticipating-intermediacy

In essence this track came from an idea I had of a repeating unchanging melody line that would change in feel an character by a modulating chord progression that is constantly changing. As describing a person's state going through changes and accepting that the only constant is change.
Anyways!

Mirko's work made me change the track into a more smooth and clearer version with more of a prog rock or jazz rock feel to it, compared to the original which is louder and very dense in texture.

We hope you like our collaboration on this one as well as the new version!

All guitars, music, arrangements and production by Dan van den Berg, DanArchX
All bass parts and arrangements by Mirko Borach, Stringburner, soundcloud.com/stringburner

Guitar: Ibanez JS100
Recorded with Amplitube
Drum programming by using drum samples from Amplitube
Additional synths by using Sampletank

22 April 2015

A.I. - New Version | Dan van den Berg with Mirko Borach on bass

This is the full version of a suite from my band, Psycles.  I hope you listen and enjoy.

Onsra - I Fall in Love (Full Version)

This is a cool, old Little Richard cover.  Great solos from Howard Levy and B.J. Cord.  I think the guitar solo has some great moments, though I wish I would've chilled out a bit at the end.  That's me singing.  Fun listen.  From the album: Chris Siebold & Psycles Live At Martyrs' CSM 2011 Available on CD, vinyl, and all digital formats.

Directly From My Heart To You

If you like loud pianos, heavy rock and massive drums, you've come to the right place. These are full tracks, tests, works-in-progress, and experiments.  Heavy rock, progressive instrumental, progressive metal, fusion-rock live here. And some ambient-groove for the late-night my-ears-need-a-break moments.

New Album out now! https://danielvandenberg.bandcamp.com/album/short-tales-for-three-guitars

This site is for my musical avatar or alter ego. Architect/partner/company owner by day, I find myself playing guitar and writing these tracks in afterhours, at nights, evenings, when in need of a dose of guitar sounds. You will find a wide range of guitar oriented music, ranging from Jazz to Blues, Flamenco to Classical, Rock to Fusion. And many collaborations with some great musicians.

I have been playing guitar since I was 11 years old, largely self-taught and have tried different styles and instruments: Renaissance lute, flamenco guitar, classical guitar, steel string guitar and electric guitar with which I have been playing in styles ranging from rock and metal in my early years to classical music, some American Folk music, jazz rock, prog rock, flamenco nuevo and fusion.

It’s been a splendid time here so far, in collaborating with a lot of brilliant musicians on SoundCloud and sharing ideas and the passion for music. 
My collaborations are with musicians that I have a deep respect for and have a mutual appreciation for real instruments, and musical styles that focus on letting the instruments “shine”. 

Here is some technical data:
Currently I am using Amplitube and Auria on an iPad as DAW with Final Touch for mastering. For acoustic recording I use an Apogee microphone.

Guitars are:
Fender AMERICAN ELITE STRATOCASTER® HSS SHAWBUCKER, 2016
Fender Stratocaster Squire (first edition: JV-series)
Ibanez JS100, Joe Satriani model
Evh Frankie Striped MN Relic R/W/B

EVH 5150 Series Standard Stealth Black EB guitar
Fender American Professional II Stratocaster HSS Olympic White RW
Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Mahogany Natural
Paulino Bernabe, Taller de Guitarras, Model-50, 2001, classical concert guitar
Marín, Modelo Estudio /9 Calidad, 1997, Malaga, Spain, flamenco guitar
Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015

I hope you will enjoy my music.

Daniël van den Berg
DanArchX

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