See a Youtube Video of the song Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9B3ForzghI

Lyrics:
Escher
By David Husted 

I can't explain the unexplained
Seasons change but not this pain 
You took my heart I must confess
This empty space inside my chest

Could you perhaps bring it back?
I think it  would help me stand back up
From holding everything with all my might
From holding everything so god damn tight

They say Let it Go
They say Let It Go

Could you perhaps bring it back?
It would help me stand back up
From holding everything with all my might
From holding everything so god damn tight

Let it Go
I got to let this go

Set it Down
Burn the Ground
Let her go
I Know
Turn Around
Lost
You Can't Find Me
 
The sea swelling, swelling a quiet turquoise blue
The sky follows, follows but I can't follow you
It was a  perfect, perfect, impermanent
Lovely life

I can't explain the unexplained
Seasons change but not this pain 
You took my heart I must confess
This  empty space inside my chest
 
Could you perhaps bring it back?
I think it  would help me stand back up
From holding everything with all my might
From holding everything so god damn tight

************************************************************

Hello Dear Listener, 

It is interesting how I produce a song.  If you are listening to my new song Escher for the first time, or if you will be listening to it shortly (it will be released on 02 APR 21 as of this writing), please know that I myself have already listened to the song approximately 1 Million 700 fifty thousand and two times. I am joking, however, I have indeed listened to this song many, many times during both the crafting and mastering stages.  This is the same pattern for all my songs and I suspect it is the same pattern for any music song writer and producer.  My point is, since it is my song, I have a certain unconditional love for it, even if I think it will not necessarily be one of my best. In other words,  I never really get sick of it.  It is part of me somehow.  Yes, perhaps I may have some form of pervasive, neurotic obsessive compulsive need to endlessly loop and tweak a song into oblivion but that is another matter : ).  To wrap this Blog up: I just love creating music and appreciate that you are here joining me in my continued creation journey.  Much Gratitude. 

Cheers to You 

Dave

Why is it called Escher?  As with all my song's, it is usually a combination of the moment, the music arrangement and the sound particulars.  Finally, the lyrics exactly or by some subtle vibe the atmosphere of the lyrics creates.    

This song has a patch I found using my Omnisphere Synth called Escher's Staircase.  So, obviously, that patch had something to do with it.  However, the lyrics, though not actually having anything to do with Escher or his work, did contain a certain vibe that felt like someone wandering through an Escher like maze where one finds at every turn some Twilight Zone like mis-direction of where they actually thought they would end up. So that, in a nut shell, is how I landed on this song title.  It just felt right to me after I had time to simmer in the stew of the lyrics and song for a bit post production.  I often give my song's a "tracking" name as it develops but this often changes or morphs as production evolves and the song falls into its final tapestry.   

Thanks and if you have any questions or comments let me know. The song is scheduled to release on 02 APR 21!    Thank You for dropping by my Music Cave!

Dave

Escher

the Shire

Prepare yourself for a surreal journey.

You can catch up on my latest Blogs about this song and other topics at davidhusted.com.   The song recently completed its final fermentation stages and has an oaky, tannic full bodied ambiance with a slightly whacky-nutty bouquet.  Some would say it is something wondrous and magical to experience. 

This song will most likely be a song that will help glue my next album together somehow.  It will be necessary, and therefore beautiful.   It is called Freak.  It is a shout out to all those who may have felt they were outsiders, misfits or never quite good enoughs during their younger years or perhaps even today. You all rock and you all are enough.  Hang in there. You are beautiful just the way you are.

port of call

Freak

A video to accompany the song can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweQ0FA2F1Q

Submarine has a very un-traditional mid section bridge where I essentially just shout from the top of a mountain top with a growling guitar and a bit of heart.   The change in song style and tempo at this point dis-orient because I felt like walking outside the expected lines of a traditional ABABCB song arrangement. The slow burn build has impact because it smolders, swells, intensifies and then goes boom; literally. In the end, why is the middle so behind?  I just do not know.  

Dave

Lyrics
Submarine

V1

In the end why is the middle so behind?
Why did I act  like the guy who is always right?
I was a submarine but I thought I was flying
I'm a rocket ship that’s out of time

ch
I was a submarine but I thought I was flying
Now I'm a rocket ship that's out of time

Bridge
Lift the curtain up a little higher now…… than  our ignorance, than our ignorance
Shout a little louder, a little louder now, than the weakest voice they had no choice
Speak your piece now, I said speak your piece now , above the crackling peaks where money wreaks
And lift your hearts for the poor who drink from the putrid lips of the honeyed rich 
  
If we could just breathe in that harmony, or  that peace that leaves ,  when we just don't believe…….
I remember that song it said we all belong where  love trumps war,  hear us roar
We Believe ,…………………..in Democracy.

ch

In the end, why was that middle so behind?
Why did I act like that guy who is always right?
I was a submarine but I thought I was flying
Now I'm a rocket ship that's out of time

Submarine

abode where I abide

Song Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwlhqgr83U

Lyrics
Bough
By David Husted

V1

Underneath a funeral wreath
Rests a letter be-neath the sill to read, but I can't breathe ;
as the world spins around I break-down 

But the me that breathes,  is not the me that feels, 
The ache,  of a groaning tree
Let me be with that me;  where

I remember the

Ch1
warm breeze
Upon the bough with your warm heat
Held by a branch with those green, green leaves
Out on a limb
We kissed 
We lived
I'd give anything for this

V2
Patterns lock and dissolve,  shaped by a world that is gone
Chaos in the amethyst; reflecting 
Placed next to the beryl ring and necklace of pearls you see
Inside a coffin; they mean nothing at all without

Your eyes, and your smile, and your mind

Together here in this
 
Ch2
warm breeze
Upon the bough by your warm heat
Held by a branch by those green, green leaves
Out on a limb
We kissed; We lived

Bough

the secluded Inn

My latest song is called Domino.  Here is a link to a cool Youtube video of the song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYZOCuMwfw.

David Husted is a singer/songwriter from Maryland and he loves to create original music on a regular basis to share with you.

Visit my home website at:  https://davidhusted.com for more music
Visit my Spotify artist page at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/526lH 
My Youtube Channel is at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoY7 
Domino
by David Husted
Copyright 2021

The way you smile      
chase away        
Long, long miles 
and I'd start today
I’ d walk 10,000 miles
and when it's time to ante up I'll say

I'm all in

Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes
Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes

How will you know when
How will you know when
How will you know when
How will you know when  

I’ d walk 10,000 miles for you; it's true
I’d walk 10,000 miles for you

I'm all in

Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes
Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes

{instrumental}

Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes
Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes

{I'm all in now instrumental}

Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes
Hey yea
I'm knocking down doubt like dominoes

Domino

3 DEC 21

homestead

My latest release is called Garden: Here is a Youtube link to the song: youtu.be/xSZLcTXWsec

Garden
By David Husted

V1
Never living; feel the knock of the branch
Crack the window of a heart in despair
Happiness on deferred payment plans 
Future occurrence, might inherit

Say it's a habit just
mental acrobatics just
Flip your world around and be

Happiness just because, period
Not happiness that always needs a 

Ch
"Because of" …….
"Happiness" …….

V2
Love

Plant the garden and the weeds still come up
Life's not easy  but you've got to respond 
fill it up throw that bucket of dung
Soak the ground and hope some seeds will come up

Open up slowly
And crowd out the lowly mess of 
Thoughts in my head I conceive  

Happiness just because, period
Not happiness that always needs a 

"Because of" …….
"Happiness" …….

Bridge
There a real fine line between death and fear
What's your working definition of ….absurdity
Two steps forward and one step back
It can feel like our whole world might be under attack

What you lack, like an axe coming down
Juggernaut, endless wheel round n round
Figure out, 
Make It Stop
Loosen Up


Instrumental

Ch and Outro

"Because of" ……
"Happiness, Happiness Now
"Happiness, Happiness, Happiness Now

Garden

Happiness Headquarters

15-year-old Andriy recounts to CNN's John Berman the moment his family was forced from their home at gunpoint in Chernihiv, Ukraine, and the attack that claimed his mother's life. 

V1
right
It ain't right
It ain't right
It ain't right

When fifteen year old ripped from his life
When his towns on fire and his mother just died
It ain't right
It ain't right

you see
It's strange
That just a week before
Andriy was playing guitar with family
dark night
Dark night
He just want play his guitar now
And get through this dark night

Ch
And he just wanna go home
And he just wanna go home
And rebuild a city

{post ch}

V3
He's the same age as my son
to see what he has been through.
it is just,
heart breaking
He said
I was supposed to be playing with my band at a concert…
instead I am here.
heart breaking
heart breaking
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home

{instr}

Ch
And he just wanna go home
And he just wanna go home
And rebuild a city

Bridge
And want you to know that my mother was a beautiful woman
And want you to know that my mother was a beautiful friend

Ch
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home
Heart breaking

Outro
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home
Heart breaking
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home


Watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELX1Rf6t4cM

The situation in Ukraine is heartbreaking and incomprehensible……it ain't right.

I saw one specific example (of many) in a news article that really got to me about the effects of this senseless war on ordinary people.  People just trying to live their ordinary human lives in peace, coming from towns probably similar to the one you or I may have grown up in.  Instead, they are ripped from this existence because a psychopath decides he needs to acquire a new piece of dirt and a bigger crown.  He will level cities and mow down innocent people to get it.  

I recently watched a news feature covering a shell shocked 15 year old boy who had lost his mother in an awful attack.  He was still obviously stunned and coping.  Towards the end of the interview it became clear that one of his coping mechanisms was just wanting to play his guitar for awhile to get through the dark nights ahead….to hold on to a strand of something normal.  This hit me quite hard as it is probably a characteristic I too would have fallen back on as coping mechanism (a keyboard in my case)

 The other powerful thing that came through was his un-questioned determination to still go back and rebuild the city one day. This seemed to be just a given.  This was going to happen. This steadfast resolve and heroism in the Ukrainian people in general is moving and inspiring and probably has a lot to do with what they went through and achieved in the 2013/2014 timeframe when they ousted a Putin placed dictator the first time.  The Netflix documentary called Winter on Fire captures this struggle for independence very well.  They will not give up this hard won independence easily.

This all influenced my latest song creation.  

Thank You for your courage Andriy and I wish you strength, resilience and resolve to keep moving forward.  This song is dedicated to you and your family.

V/r
Dave

David Husted is a singer/songwriter from Maryland. He creates original music on a regular basis for you.

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Andriy

Safe Corridor

Youtube Video Link: https://youtu.be/fUNMcnzG7Yo

This song is about that dividing line between reality and the in-between. That space where your chattering mind continues to chatter but that wise essence speaks just beyond the still harbor breathing; allowing your loud to be just a little bit softer now; floating down near that water line. You can paint your masterpiece from there too; perhaps along a quiet beach. Muddle the fresh mint leaves my friend; yes, Sugar and Lime, stirred easy.

Groovy Mon; I want to go there dude

Paint With No Color
by David Husted

The ocean doesn’t mind, mind, the ocean doesn't mind, mind
Drifting down from the water line,  down from the water line
Your loud's a little softer now, Your  oud's a little softer now
Floating down, floating, floating, floating, floating down 

Muddle the fresh mint leaves; yes
Sugar and Lime, stirred ea…………sy          
White………………… Rum………………, 
Hot……………………. Sun……………….,  

The beaches of Shoal Bay East;  yes 
Beyond the still harbor, brea………..thing out 
Mind's…   rush ………………………..
Fear's…crush……………………..

Paint with No Color

Shoal Bay East

Paint With No Color

Here is a link to the youtube video for the song! https://youtu.be/sXd5B2iSWck
I looked back at the few notes I collected during this Photo Op's song development time-frame and concluded I did not have much to go on after a two year lapse.  The lyrics were not fully documented in my notebook. I must have been using lyric ideas and ad-libbing them into the song. I do not know my state of mind and wish I was better at capturing this closer to the song's conception point.

Life was still fairly locked down due to Covid, Trump was still in-office and the George Floyd protests were ongoing. The song was created without any direct outside musical influence driving the creative direction. This was me inside my studio starting from ground zero and evolving the song over the course of probably several weekends by playing around with sounds, rhythms and textures until a fuzzy shape of cohesion slowly emerged.

Listening back, I suspect, I smashed together two fairly divergent musical ideas. Bold move Dave and perhaps disastrous from a song gluing perspective. I like it anyway. Lyrics were influenced by what was going on around me and one of those things was a narcissist clutching a bible and clearing a peaceful protest with tear gas to enable his next photo op in front of the church.  A holy moment indeed. 

Lyrics
Photo Op
by David Husted

Dew drop dreams
Silly games
Buy some more stuff
Throw it away
Is it me?
Where did I go?
When we turn our backs
let them take it away.

They say it's gonna rain again
I don’t have an umbrella
They say its time to hate again
Photo ops and killing

Is it really so improbable?
State news and oligarchs selling fools
Make lies a game, and fear predominant 
Shake the base of our democracy

Photo Op

The Sanctuary

Link to cool Youtube Music Video of the song here: https://youtu.be/XT0Gdy9s4lU
Link to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoY7Kh-Ok7KMue0NnNBRRjQ
Link to my Home Website: https://davidhusted.com/welcome

The lyrics seem to be about my general aversion toward the momentous amount of shitty events that took place in 2020.  Perhaps a psychoanalyst would see even more in them. The lyrics are a bit esoteric.  My sub-conscious was definitely spewing on this one.  I kneaded the words and phrases against the texture and flow of the driving pulse of the  musical content. What emerged is something special. A real rocker!  The song slowly builds, creating an incredible sonic vibe with many subtle aural sweet spots.

Lyrics
Chugging down the Qi
by David Husted

V1
Stained glass windows broken
The shit upon, plain folk, discarded and forgotten 
 The sea of swelling slogans
 And sky that always follows the long sleep of exhausted
Chugging down the Qi, waking underneath a park bench
Manhattan calves, a butterfly laughs at a snowflake

Ch 
Now where would you have me go?
And who is this I'm talking to?
Let's erase,  2020s face,
 this year's a disgrace I think I'm better off  without you          

{Verse bare}

Ch
Now where would you have me go?
And who is this I'm talking to?
Let's erase,  2020s face,
 this year's a disgrace I think I'm better off  without you        
{instr}

Bridge

V3
Lonely bird you make me smile
So smeared across the day I think I'm bending in straight spirals 

Come on mon, mop the ground
Out beyond the hobbit hill, I can prove the Earth is round

Ch
Now where would you have me go?
And who is this I'm talking to?
Let's erase,  2020s face,
 this year's a disgrace I think I'm better off  without you        
{instr}

Chugging Down the Qi

The Hobbit Hill

Chugging Down The Qi

The video for Drawbridge can be found here: https://youtu.be/RXHflm14XGI
Thank You for listening.  I appreciate.

Dave

Believe it or not:
DRAWBRIDGE was created at my home studio and referenced a hugely popular pop song called Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo. The song sounds nothing like Driver's License but drew inspiration from this song's sound textures and arrangement. DRAWBRIDGE was crafted to deliver an emotional tension and buildup in a similar fashion.

Draw Bridge
By David Husted

V1
The universe gives up her memory
As time goes back to sleep
The Vast so relatively small before
The still begins to dream
Gravity reach out and compose               
A new cosmos, a new symphony
 
We presuppose our stories while we craft our little biographies
Shutting out infinities inside little rooms of quantum suffering
and who could have dreamed that our heart beats in everything
And this new beginning is an old song received
 
V2
Without my thoughts this pen still writes
I will travel to the end 
Where time is running out, 
without traces , without breath
We dance between the atoms 
With the Shamans and Ignorance.    

We presuppose our stories while we craft our little biographies
Shutting out infinities inside little rooms of quantum suffering
and who could have dreamed that our heart beats in everything
And this new beginning is an old song received

ch

somehow I knew, I knew, but I could not cross that Bayou
This castle is magic please lower down that Drawbridge 
Space slept with time so fine just before the Big Bang
Then gravity and light beams exploded on the main screen

Star dust, black holes, white dwarf super nova
Then planets, imagine they somehow even managed to make us
Trees, this breeze, this miracle of life seething
Madly, so madly love lowered down that Drawbridge

outro
We presuppose our stories while we craft our little biographies
Shutting out infinities inside little rooms of quantum suffering
and who could have dreamed that our heart beats in everything                    
And this new beginning is an old song received  received
From before the next heart beat begins

Drawbridge

The Castle

Youtube Video Link of Pilgrim: https://youtu.be/8AN6Y_lshh8

Lyrics:
Pilgrim
By David Husted

V1
And there's a moment of reason you see
Hidden behind days and days of misery
PreVs
V2
A kind of freedom that's greeting pain
There's a season to face that long, long tale of love and hate
Ch
Pilgrim 
you still crawling on your belly?
Soothing Moon hold back the tide tonight
Post Ch
PreVs
V3 
Still Dancing on tea Leaves I see
Going home with that laughing Buddha remembering
Aiming high beyond that saffron robe there billowing
Broken open, the road twists, that's when the Crone and the Shaman give
Ch
Pilgrim 
you still crawling on your belly?
Soothing Moon hold back the tide tonight
Post Ch
Ch
{Instrumental}
Ch
Pilgrim 
you still crawling on your belly?
Soothing Moon hold back the tide tonight
Post Ch

Song Background and More Detail for the Deep Divers:
I have recently been enjoying a podcast called This Jungian Life. I am not a rabid listener but the episodes I do hit I find interesting enough to stay tuned in. Three good friends, who are Jungian analysts, talk about the world and its many issues as seen through the lens of Carl Jung. I am sure this is not for everyone but it hits the spot for me. They also breakdown a dream of the day at the end of the show which is always entertaining. 

Why do I bring this up? Well, my song lyrics often tend toward a sort of introspective explorative flavoring. My soon to be released song called Pilgrim is no exception. In addition to the word Pilgrim, the words Shaman, Crone and Buddha turn up which seem to conjure up archetypes that resonate with me. Figures that embody strength, resilience and wisdom. I reference winding roads and tides in the song that perhaps point to how we move towards or against life's gifts, challenges and hidden truths with grace and authenticity. I have said this often before, I never really know what my lyrics are about, but this description feels right for me today so I am going with it. 

My premiere team of graphic designers just completed the cover art for Pilgrim and it is provided in this blog photo.  I take part of the chorus section to the very limits of my vocal range which is not very wide. Looking back, it always seems there is some pain and beauty going on at the same time. The reflections do not often provide pointers to specific content. I have no problem with this. 

I remember the guitar rhythm borrowed heavily from a Stones pattern. See if you can guess which one when the song is released. Songwriting and production have enabled me to meet, interact and network with so many music loving folks whether it is through other music/social platforms, other bands, songwriters, good friends and/or family. I am very grateful for these connections and the opportunities they have opened up. 

I have a soft place in my heart for new music from relatively unknown artists (I wonder why?).  I tend to like/lean toward the “indie” rock genre more than others but really I like them all if the music is creative and well produced. There are so many talented artists and songwriters out there (published and unpublished). The music industry tends to funnel only the smallest 1% of good music to us but, rest assured, if you look more carefully there are many more gold nuggets out there. Deep Bow to those music forums and platforms that continue to help discover them. Panning for the gold never gets old for me. 

Thank You for your support. I appreciate. 
thx....Dave

Pilgrim

The Waypoint

Lyrics

Noble Mammoths, Sabered Cats; evolved
a million years inside cauldrons vats

Thousand's of species thrived and shared
A diverse world teaming, a diverse world bared 

before……those Sapiens     
Here Come the Sapiens

70,000 years ago humans left home base
Wandering north and East seeking different tastes
Auroch, Megalodon, the giant kangaroo
Millions years of evolution ,wiped out in a few

Oh No…….Here Come the Sapiens
Oh No ……Here Come the Sapiens


Are we a serpent
Eating its tail….

Are we a serpent
Eating its tail….

{animals refrain}
The ones who know
Gonna take us all down
The ones who know
Can't figure it out

Sapiens

Africa-Asia-Oceania

Perhaps you need some relief and some peace. Go for a walk, take a deep breath, visit the woods......get outside in nature!!! 
Put a kettle on the fire, sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee OR any beverage of your choice. Relax. Get out of your head.

If you happen to be walking a path in the very early morning you may almost feel the trail itself requesting a new dawn. There will always be a new dawn. Remember that!

I really like this song (of course, I like all my songs ; ) and hope you do too!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy
Dave

The Kettle and the Flame

The Camp

I hope you are having a great day!

Youtube Video Link to Song: https://youtu.be/4kSmslHCgaQ?si=rTOwwlt8e-30ntdm

There have been major music events in the past like The Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show (1964) or Queen's Live Aid Performance (1985). There have been some epic music video releases like David Bowie - "Ashes to Ashes" (1980) or Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (1983). Until Now! Ready your engines friends; there is going to be some earth shaking, powerful magic on the way. Clear the deck and get ready to experience pure happiness. Don't be left behind! Yes!!

Cheers,
Dave
davidhusted.com

Dionysian Wink
By David Husted
 
v1
I stuck around with less than twenty pesos
wish I had a little more.
Threw my hand down bought another round of chasers
bouncer walked me out the door.

{break}

I remember
Kevin Bacon wearing that blazer on a
small stage with a guitar.
Singing Footloose with a dude dressed like Elvis.
He dropped the mic and danced some more.

Hey,   there's gonna be hell to….
Ch

pay
tonight
Bright lights
Spinning loudly

These endless nights
A coronation
The King and Queen
A revelation

These endless nights
Oh such elation
the King and Queen
Las Vegas take me

v2
Dionysian wink as he shares the drink
His desecration taps the night
With listening bars and performing bards
Play that gamble and throw the dice

Now

Ch

Bridge

Instr Synth Riff Section

Ch outro
2nd with synth riff

Dionysian Wink

The Palace

This song was created as a result of a musical collaboration with Ed Bejzak (also known as @getupbass on soundcloud).

Enjoy the music and Thank You for listening. Your continued support is most appreciated!!

Lyrics

Even Fail
By Ed Bejzak and David Husted

V1
Wave sharpens
As it readies to pound
Under ocean canopy
Once again smooth
A tired refrain

Ch      
You can jump
I'll be there
I will be your safety net
You can jump
Even fail    

PreVs
V2
Crackle of fire
drizzle of rain 
cold and distant thunder
Now silence
Again and again and again

Ch2
You can jump
I'll be there
I will be your safety net
You can jump
Even fail    

V3
Falling, floating
Air rushes past
Sensation unfamiliar 
All stop 
Never and ever again  
Ch2
You can jump
I'll be there
I will be your safety net
You can jump
Even fail    
Outro
Even Fail
Even Fail
Even Fail

Even Fail

The Treehouse

Youtube Music Video Link: https://youtu.be/IoUzADShChQ?si=WONspLLikTZVnpzb

The vibe and lyrics of the song circle themes of time, destruction and transformation. Song development was influenced by a plug-in instrument I acquired that enables me to create rhythms and textures using both tabla drums and the sitar. This is not my typical music genre but I was very happy with the outcome. 

Thank You

Dave




Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/panoramic-photography-of-trees-and-lake-358482/

Three Bells Toll

The Shrine

see the video here:
https://youtu.be/ELxMTlbhFdQ?si=glYiSAKqzN5uUz3M

	Collide
	By David Husted
	V1
	Show me your piece of the world
	Show me your piece of the world
	Show me your piece that you want to divide up
	To buy and control and burn down 
	Save me all your raving lunatic
	Slogans that placate our minds
	Fools
	V2
	Show me the face of insane
	show me the face of insane
	Show me a world split by a crack in the atom
	Blurred by a tear and a frown
	Why you have to be everybody's tool  
	Put down the knives and hammers 
	Now 
	Pre Ch
	But we got to move fast
	This Earth's still shining
	But she's running out of gas
	Ch
	When I hear No, know that Yes opens doorways
	When I feel Sad, know that Happiness will rise
	When I head East I think I might be meeting West
	When Yin meets Yang and birth and death Collide
	Bridge 
	V3
	Maybe it's too late to explain
	Maybe it's too late to explain
	Maybe it' too late to convince and negotiate We
	need Earth; not the other way round
	This ground will tell you he don't know your rules
	The trees will breathe our sorrow
	The ocean's blue
	Pre Ch
	But we got to move fast
	This Earth's still shining
	But she's running out of gas
	Ch
	When I hear No, know that Yes opens doorways
	When I feel Sad, know that Happiness will rise
	When I head East I think I might be meeting West
	When Yin meets Yang and birth and death
	Collide

Collide

The Earth

This song was partially inspired by a book I read by James Salter called A Sport and Pastime. I enjoyed it but would not say I LOVED it.

My music composition work and writing is often very "in the moment". It captures my fleeting moods and/or fragments of things percolating through my world and mind at the very moment of writing. This song is indeed a perfect example of that pattern. 

Crumble Like Sand
By David Husted

Try to portray 
a modicum of restraint
Draw the line 
and then abandon it

Sketch an outline of privilege, smells like
Tobacco, sweat and perfume
Penetrate with slow designs
Bitter whiffs of soured minds

Clarify the latitude
Describe the amount of elbow room
Tastes sweet as fruit 
Moored against the moon

Can gold remove the mortal hour?
Brushed against vanities power 
Opportunity smeared 
Against the clean and bared. 

And I am hoping you  can  open MY EYES
In life can love be bought with gold?
Dark fragrance of free  
I fall to my knees, breathe    

little bit of leeway in the design
Indulge the stroke let color's bind
I feel you

To Express the un-expressible (just throw it out)
Expose, the tender flesh of truth (to owe your time)
My throat is hoarse, scraped from screaming  (come sow your doubts)

Woe

“Oui"
“that’s the best right there” 
Downs us both
crumble like sand

“Oui "
“that’s the best right there” 
Downs us both
crumble like sand

Crumble Like Sand

Les Chateau

Lyrics
Earth & The Wailing Wiccans
By David Husted

Scene1 [Guardians of the Trees]
when I see you through the candle light
The tears and the laughter bind
Big trees are coming down
The crazy man's eyes 
shout, 

Scene 2: [Tree Fall]
And I'm coming down now
I'm coming down now

Scene 3 [Gaia's Lamentation]
Can I kiss you? Tonight 
Can I kiss you? Goodbye 

Scene4 [Circle around the Trees]
We dance beside the moonlight
We dance inside the rain
As the Earth, she closes her eyes now
Through the shadow and the pain

Scene5: [Guardians Reprise]
when I see you through the candle light
The tears and the laughter bind
Big trees are coming down
The crazy man's eyes 
shout, 

Scene 6: [Wrath of Gaia]
And I'm coming down now
I'm coming down now

Scene 7:[Gaia's Lamentation: Earth]
Can I kiss you? Tonight 
Can I kiss you? Goodbye 

Scene 8: [Circle around the Earth]
dance beside the moonlight
dance inside the rain
As the Earth, she closes her eyes now
Through the shadow and the pain

[Scene 9: Trail of Tears: The Wailing Wiccans]
Can I kiss you? Tonight 
Can I kiss you? Goodbye 


The Overstory:

The Overstory won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019. This novel by Richard Powers explores themes of the interconnectedness of life and the impact of humanity on nature. 

I found the book very powerful as I very much enjoyed the rich prose and the way he could make me see the world in a new way. He created different lenses to glimpse and better understand the hearts of widely different characters. This included the key player of nature herself. In the end, the book is both a beautiful meditation on nature and a call to action, urging readers to reconsider their relationship with the environment. 

My new song's theme was influenced by this novel not in a direct or intentional way but as something that emerged more slowly and organically. I finished this book during my song's build process. Reverberations, echoes and rhythms of the Overstory seem to lace the song lattice like vines on a tree. 

There were no wailing Wiccans in the book but plenty of very passionate earth connected characters. There was also some good cries of grief and pain. I think some of this grief informed my late arriving background vocals in the last chorus. They have a quality of choral witch-like wailing to my ears. I almost discarded them BUT the sound of this background texture grew on me like a fungus over time and really began to anchor my song direction. This was not intentional either until my brain later latched on to it as a means to inspire the final song form and ending.

My next original song, Earth and the Wailing Wiccans, will be officially released to all streaming services on Friday, 16 August 2024!

Thank You for sharing a moment with me.

Dave

Earth and the Wailing Wiccans

The Tree Perch

Watch a video I created to accompany the song just for fun here: 
https://youtu.be/NZya1bof8LE?si=XIuRXDsniv5rVhO0

Immerse yourself in the vibrant heart of Havana with this track, where a captivating Cuban clave rhythm dances alongside the lively beats of congas, timbales, and bongos. Enhanced by shimmering electronic textures, this song evokes the enchanting atmosphere of early cinema, painting a picture of a timeless Havana—a city from the storybooks. Here, romance, intrigue, and dance intertwine within the sultry summer heat, inviting listeners to experience the magic and allure of the past.  Havana in the Storybook. Enjoy!

Havana in the Storybook
By David Husted

It a shame you gotta throw me outta this big blue canoe
If I could ride this tidal wave there might be a way through

Havana in the story books
Havana in the night

And its quiet now
And the sky is so blue

Havana
Come on back to me
Havana
Come on back to me

[The "No" sequence]

Show me another way beyond the ocean
Show me another way  beyond the fight
Show me another way beyond the ocean
Show me another way  beyond the fight

Show me another way that I can hope for
I am ready to survive

How the story goes
No
How the wind blows
No

Havana
How the story goes
No
Havana
How the wind blows

Havana in the story books
Havana in the night

Show me another way beyond the ocean
Show me another way  beyond the fight
Show me another way beyond the ocean
Show me another way  beyond the fight

Havana in the story books
Havana in the night


Show me another way beyond the ocean
Show me another way  beyond the fight
Show me another way beyond the ocean
Show me another way  beyond the fight

Show me another way that I can hope for 
I am ready to survive   

And it's quiet now
And the sky so blue
Over Havana.     
    
Coming back to me

Havana in the Storybook

Abode by the Sea

here is a link to the music video for the curious
https://youtu.be/KMl0QjZ3GM8?si=XS1ZBm20tEvklkTG


Alchemy and Stones
By David Husted

V1

Your an alchemist shaping my world
metal and leaf, herbs and fire
Your the pestle to ground the root
To shake my truth, without gun powder
   
ch                      
We were lost you see
Shattered stones with a strange alchemy
You're my mystic key reaching down deep into the
heart of me

V2
And the stones of philosophers
The secrets of flowers golden
The halls of wise, the dreams that lie behind
The paradise we long for

ch
We were lost you see
Shattered stones with a strange alchemy
You're my mystic key reaching down deep into the
heart of me

Rock Bridge

Ch Quiet

You're my mystic key reaching down deep into the
heart of me
                
V3

You take my cynical, my rigid , my narrow mind stiffening
You mix me it in your crucible, release internal conflicts
I'm tired of being wrapped up in my revolutions
Un-dress me take me inside your peaceful evolution

Your peaceful evolution
Your peaceful evolution
 

Ch  
I kind of think I might 
I kind of think I might 
I kind of think I might 
I kind of think I might

Love You

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I have a new song release scheduled for 13 DEC 24 called Alchemy and Stones. 

In one of my past song journal entries my word of the day was amalgam and I threw in the word alchemy for good measure.  During the lyric building process for this song my brain seemed to be still heavily steeped in the essence of these words. They were percolating through my thought streams. Much of the lyrical content contains imagery associated with this chemistry of the past and its mythic symbols. Our messy world provided additional ingredients that fell into the steaming crucible and began to round out this song into its final state.

There were four different songs that fed my creative spark and development process.  They were the following:

Spoon: Wild
James McMurtry: Canola Fields
Fruit Bats: Waking Up in Los Angeles
Taylor Swift: Anti-Hero

Deep bow of gratitude to all these artists.  My primary reference for the arrangement was Wild and it had the deepest structural influence on the song. The McMurtry song helped me hit on an idea for the chorus melody that seemed to stick with me and I liked his vocal delivery and cadence. The Fruit Bats was really not used at all but I loved the ohhhs in the chorus and wanted to find a way to emulate the laid back ease of them in my song.  However, my particular song style, tempo and arrangement just never allowed an entry point. The Fruit Bats song did keep the juices flowing though so that is why it still receives honorable mention in this write-up.

Finally, the  song by Taylor Swift: Anti-Hero did have a role in my song believe it or not.  If you listen to one of the synths you will hear a gated pumping sound courtesy of an Auto Pan and a Phaser-Flanger Plug-in. I really should thank a Music Producer named Ill Factor for teaching me the sound design process here. He demonstrated the technique in a YouTube video. Pretty cool.  As I have said before, I learn something new in every new song I build.  It is always deeply enjoyable for me. I also appreciate you for leaning in and listening. I wish you all the very best.

Thank You

Have a Great Weekend,  

Dave
davidhusted.com

Alchemy and Stones

Step into the Athanor

Friends,

On behalf of my son Jeffrey Husted and myself we present a song called:
93 Million Miles. Jeff is the featured vocalist. He is my all-time favorite rock/pop star; Thank You Jeff! I Love You.

The lyrics were written well over a year ago but several lines in separate verses are resonating with me with greater charge today given the state of our world.

"You could just turn-away and let them have their way
Tell us all the reasons why it's too late
Fall into that rage
A burning star of pain 
and you may believe your crazy
You're not alone, we're all afraid"

"…I know it ain't been easy 
To be that change, to be that peace today"

 "Stand-up; gotta Stand-up
they'll be a sweet sunrise in the morning"
 

The phrase “Close your eyes and see” is reflected in my original lyrics as the final line but not sung in the final mix of the song. You will have to imagine them.

Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel and follow my Artist Profile on Spotify and Facebook just because because!!
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Thank You Again for giving this song a spin!
May there be a sweet sunrise in the morning 
Close your eyes and see.

I continue to love creating music and I continue to be honored that you share a bit of your time with me.Thank You.

Sincerely
Dave
davidhusted.com

Full Lyrics
93 Million Miles  
David Husted  
Feat. Jeffrey Husted
 

You could just turn-away and let them have their way
Tell us all the reasons why it's too late
Fall into that rage
A burning star of pain 
and you may believe your crazy
You're not alone, we're all afraid

That heat, 93 million miles
That peace, come on home
That heat, 93 million miles
That peace, come on home

Can you take me to that refuge that feel's like a mother's grace
Can you burn away the madness in the light of day
Can you take me too that place?
I know it ain't been easy  
To be that change, to be that peace today  

That heat, 93 million miles
That peace, come on home
That heat, 93 million miles
That peace, come on home

Stand-up; gotta Stand-up
they'll be a sweet sunrise in the morning  
Close your eyes and see

That heat, 93 million miles
That peace, come on home
That heat, 93 million miles
That peace, come on home

93 Million Miles

Art and Miles
By David Husted

Vs
How much more now is enough
the body turning home
passions and the red, red dust
You and wonder roam

Far more grace than we can see
often so deceived
To give, to give to give away
And find where tender lays

Miles 
It's miles and miles away
Smile
We're gonna find another way

Ch
We were larks whistling, 
soaring with our wings  
The memories fade, but the love remains 
We were fine art, a masterpiece 

We were larks whistling, 
soaring with our wings  
The memories fade, but the love remains 
We were fine art, a masterpiece 

We were larks whistling, 
soaring with our wings  
The memories fade, but the love remains 
We were fine art, a masterpiece 

Pre Vs
{instr}

Vs
Miles 
It's miles and miles away
Smile
We're gonna find another way

Miles 
It's miles and miles away
Smile
We're gonna find another way

Outro
How much more now is enough
the body turning home
passions and the red, red dust
You and wonder roam

Art and Miles

If you have ever felt caught in the eddies of your own….. creation
If thunder has ever echoed through your bones
If you can't make those rapids any louder
Then shout, so I can hear you beneath the foam

I'll lend you a hand

Wanderer
David Husted

V1
In these rapids wild, my spirit roams,
Where the waters rush, and dreams find homes,

I'm a wanderer

I'm a traveler lost in a swirling tide,
Searching for truth, in waters deep and wide.

I'm a wanderer

Pre Ch
Caught in the eddies of my own….. creation
Thunder echoes through my bones
Can't make those rapids any louder
Shout, cause I can't hear beneath the foam

Ch
I'm a wanderer
This current takes its toll
This water carries me
on this journey all alone

I'm a wanderer
This current takes its toll
This water carries me
on this journey all alone

V2
I reckon with the choices I have made
And let the past slowly fade

Fade

Jam Break
Ahhhhh section

Ch

Courage of Fools

Wanderer

White Water Trail

My latest song, Empire, was born from the haunting Dunkirk beach scene—young soldiers lined up in silence under the blazing sun, waiting. No speeches, no music—just the weight of dread. Their stillness felt like bravery. Above, RAF pilots fought unseen, alone in the sky, risking everything for those below. The song emerged as a sound collage, built from simple chords and evolving textures that captured the quiet courage and tension I felt. It’s a sonic reflection of that liminal space—between fear and hope, action and stillness.


The Dock

Empire

Youtube video of song:
https://youtu.be/_9TLtmuT2rk?si=pIQIaWsbzXp65CRb

Mocking Bird
by David Husted

Live a life traveling around this world
may be time to set the satchel down
age lined sun baked skin
searching but Love’s still running 
 
My eyes; sinking stratospheres
My mind’s; rounded corners
Following ….you….home
Home, where we break the bread

Fly low with the Mocking Birds
This heart will not pretend
Fly low with the Mocking Birds
This heart will not pretend

My eyes; sinking stratospheres
My mind’s; rounded corners
Following ….you….home
Home, where we break the bread

dark barking in my mind
corporate tattoos on clock work life
encumbered, out numbered
never satisfied, never satisfied
walk on broken glass on a trendy street
the sound and the fury….fading
to accept exactly what is happening
the hypocrisy, our democracy

We see it Over and Over
Propped up pickpocket Posers
Lost inside the blue, blue lies
Resist

We see it Over and Over



Friends, 

 It all began with small tendrils of a verse melody repeating endlessly through my mind. A distinctive tone that stands out on top is a synth sound called "Swaggering Around". I liked it. It is a major anchor throughout the song.  It does not sound like much on its own but you have to use your imagination in this process.      

I played around with this pattern for several frustrating weeks (this is typical of my creation process...a lot of time in a sort of limbo land of uncertainty).   The creation process ALWAYS  starts slow and tentative.  It seems I sometimes forget everything I have learned and I get stuck in a land of "small" mind. Nothing sounds fresh. In this case my lack of progress forced me to move on to another song project altogether, at least for awhile.

I reluctantly (at first) returned to the song.   I decided to piece together two song ideas.    This pattern found a home as my chorus or perhaps it's really a song bridge ..not sure.   You see…it is a chorus that never repeats.  It is only played once the entire song.   

The song came alive again for me when I found some free time to play with the melody and adding interesting voice harmonies.  I spent a huge amount of time just humming non sensical words at the rhythm.  The words and phrases then began to emerge as I repeated the patterns many, many times and felt grooves that sat with the music right (at least to my ears).      I had a lot of fun taking harmonies way higher than my comfort zone in terms of register.  After this is when the song took off and when all engines start firing for me. This is when I go into a sort of hyperdrive of recording and laying down tracks.    The final stage is mixing and pre-mastering which is a process I wish I had more expertise at but that I love learning about and improving at.

As an aside; I received some free samples  and decided to use them in this song but sparingly.  They are far down in the mix and not "musical" at all.  They give the the song extra sheen, body and character by adding strange percussive breathy sounds (whale-like) and other reverberish oddities.  Probably hard to hear but I know they are present in the mix ; ). 

The guitarish sounding patterns, echoes and synth buildups layer together to give the song a dream-like character that is hard for me to describe but I guess I don’t have to…just go and listen to the music.  

Thank You and happy music making

 Dave

the barn

Mocking Bird

My latest song creation is called "My One and Only".   The song has a line if you listen carefully that says "I missed Gorilla man; he did not miss me".  You may miss it.  I only say it once and it's kind of blurry.    

This line came into my head after I heard a story about an experiment on selective attention.  The study participants think it must be a study of concentration as they are asked to watch a film of a group of people moving and rapidly passing a ball around.  The people watching the film are asked to count how many times the people with white shirts received a pass from other folks wearing white shirts (there are other people in darker shirts also in the crowd, moving and passing a ball around).  When they are later asked how they thought they did on the test, most thought they counted the number of passes pretty accurately.  When they are asked about the Gorilla Man many said they had no recollection of a Gorilla Man and were flabbergasted when they watched a video playback that clearly showed a Gorilla Man in the video. In fact, the Gorilla Man stands plainly right smack in the middle of the video and claps for the camera.  What was even more amazing is that many people were adamant a Gorilla Man could not have been in the the first video they watched and that the playback video had to have been doctored or manipulated.    Now that I have told you the punch line, if you go and watch this on Youtube it will not be quite as interesting, however, it is a great example of selective attention.  If our mind's are even slightly concentrated or pre-occupied on a task we can lose sight of other things right smack in front of us. 

So what does this have to do with my song? I have no f@#king idea!  Ask a Psychologist.....it just may prove how crazy I am!  ....ha ha ha.     

This song has an upbeat feel and a cool "wah wah" signature sound that walks "through the center" like a Gorilla Man.  I hope you notice it ; )  Enjoy the music.

the tree house

My One and Only

Your Corners Curve Like Lemonade
By David Husted

Your Corners Curve Like Lemonade Sun Drops    
Melting on an ocean's horizon   

I Wipe the mud from my knees
over madness
The windows are weeping as I lay dreaming 
Of stranded Islands
Empty and stripped clean


Ohhh… Your corners curve like lemonade
Zoo keepers  open up in their cages 
Bubble gum wrappers floating flames flickering orange    
We're  Basking in an almost; Ireland and Italy in Brooklyn

V2
Einstein and Heisenberg in parliament
Embers proliferating magic
Thriving through the time fields sucking information from the cosmos
Our very constitutions dust and water; 
Gold and oil on the alter now;  be a ghost to this chatter
Plot our lives in advance,……….     Of the rising sands

Ch
Ohhh… Your corners curve like lemonade
Zoo keepers  open up in their cages now
Bubble  gum wrappers floating flames flickering orange    
We're  Basking in an almost; Ireland and Italy in Brooklyn

Bridge

We will not Run
We will not run   

Ch 

The Chorus has a psychedelic vibe to it but with its own unique twists and turns.  I tried not to box myself into corners with my lyrics and used a very open ended process to my word smithing.  I felt know need to present you anything too "air-tight" in terms of story or arrangement.  This is what I love about song writing. I toss up ideas (the crazier the better) and see what happens.  Once I have a kaleidoscope of working pieces I gently mold them into forms that contain loose tendrils of cohesiveness and meaning but only just barely.  This is one of those song's I created with no preconceptions or creative borders and I just let my mind go where it wanted to.  Sometimes this works and sometimes it is a disaster.  In this case I arrived at something I liked enough to share with you.  

Never mind that Dave, what is the song about?  

It has something to do with the excruciating beauty of a sunrise.  It has something to do with love.  It has something to do with how quickly time moves forward.  It has something to do with how impermanent everything really is (including us).  It has something to do with how lucky we are to be the tiniest spark of a flame witnessing this miracle before us for the most minuscule parenthesis in time.  It has something to do with stepping out of my self imposed cage, and yet not running away and hiding.  It has something to do with staring this beautiful, wild catastrophe of existence right in the face and enjoying the ride.   Far Out Dude. Now go put your favorite tie dye shirt on, grab a cup a coffee and listen to my song : )!   Groovy Man…..Will Do!  

May your corners curve like lemonade.

Your Corners Curve Like Lemonade

Lothlorien

Trout Fishing in America
	By David Husted
	16 MAY 2020
	
	V1a
	 I can't hit that  top………can't take it any longer
	 0.1% ……….not taking new members
	They say you got to give your life to me
	They say they'll help you dig your grave
	Still shucking that corn for da man who don't mourn you
	
	V1b
	What you gonna do when the world won't play?
	What you gonna do when we break those chains?
	What you gonna do when we're face to face
	See our blood, sweat and tears,……. maybe a little taste of
	Peace …………Love…….and some of that Amazing Grace
	
	Pre-ch
	Down for the count now, I really had to meet ya
	rolling on the ground without your power, without your millions
	Leaking out the pockets of the towered coward leaders
	Bribes, lies, recognize you ain't got nowhere to rise
	
	V1c
	I refused
	I will not be used
	Wont give my life away
	Gonna make my own plans
	Gonna pay my own way
	
	Ch
	But Today, Baby
	Wanna spend my life with you
	Cause I Love You
	
	{instrumental}
	
	I lay down but I ain't gonna sleep
	Cause I ain't gonna close my eyes
	I am the lion; I dream
	
	V2 {call and response}
	
	I refused
	{I Can't Hit that  top………can't take it any longer}
	I will Not Be Used
	{0.1 % ……….not taking new members}
	Wont Give My Life Away
	{They say you got to give your life to me}
	{They say they'll help you dig your grave}
	Gonna make my own Plans
	Gonna pay my own way
	{Bribes, lies, recognize you aint got nowhere to rise}
	
	Ch
	But Today, Baby
	Gonna spend my life with you
	What you gonna do when we're face to face, You'll See
	Our  blood, sweat and tears,……. maybe a little taste of
	Peace …………Love…….Amazing Grace
	
	Bridge
	Cracks; burning inside  of my baby grand
	Slap the keys like nutter-butter slippin-in the frying pan
	Cranking out the metaphors better than a Brautigan
	I hope he still out there "Trout Fishing in America"
	
	Outro
	
more detail on the song production process below for those who care to dig deeper:

I happened to surf across an article about Richard Brautigan. I found the story mildly interesting. The article's author was writing about a recent biography that had come out about Brautigan.  The  picture he painted of the man did not seem flattering.  In fact, he made him sound like a real misogynistic, drunken asshole which I am sure he very well may have been.  However, what caught my eye in his write-up was a reference to Brautigan's book called "Trout Fishing in America".  

I recall chuckling at the way the article's author stated Brautigan used the phrase "trout fishing" or "trout stream" in ways that made the reader double-take. Some of the book's cultural popularity was misleadingly due to that title's use in the more conventional sense. However, Brautigan would personify the phrase "trout fishing" onto people or places or things throughout the book. This was un-conventional for the time and trippy to me. It created a sort of ear-worm of magic on me during my own song development process. It was a needed hit of hippie, beat generation, creative juice just in the nick of time. The trout stream which had been simmering for close to a year was dusted off, revised and finally completed.  

This song may be about my ongoing discontent with the state of our world. It may be about my deep conviction that we can and will do better. It may be about my general state of happiness despite the world we live in. It may be about trout fishing in America.  

Thank You for sharing a moment with me. I appreciate your friendship as I continue to cobble my musical creations together one trout fish at a time. 

Here's to you with much gratitude. 

V/r

Dave

the nook

Trout Fishing in America

Visit davidhusted.com to encounter my music in a deeper way.

Deep bow of gratitude to you for giving my music a listen, for liking, for commenting and/or for sharing when any given song resonates with you.  You help create a community that lifts music out of the nooks and crannies and allows it to be heard a little bit more than it otherwise might have been.  Thank You sincerely for that. Gratias tibi ago; Pax!

I love to create music.  It is really that simple.  

Dave

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