Hi Friends, 
You know, sometimes people get friendzoned, but sometimes you are welcome to join a new circle of warm friends. So wherever you are, please feel welcome and join!  Just be there, here you belong, in all your glory!

So I recently recorded this new song FOR YOU! (this time without lyrics or vocals 😉)
Just let the instruments speak and the listener will imagine and maybe interpret a declaration of love, for diversity, peace and inclusion. Because whether you like it or not, we all have to walk together on this same rock, floating in space.

Of course, you can find ‹ Welcome In The Friendzone › on all major streaming platforms 😉
Feel free to share it around, leave a comment here or on YouTube, or add it to your playlist on Spotify 😉

Welcome In The Friendzone

How far have i gone 
What is this road i’m on
That leads so far from home

Are you here with me now, 
Now that i need you, No, 
i lost you long ago

And I’m barely hanging on 
I need to find the way today
And darling, I miss you so
just give me a sign and lead the way

If it’s the last thing i do I’m coming home to you
back where i belong
I’ll find the way No matter what it takes
down this road so long
You don’t know what’s here till it's gone

In some other life, Or maybe a distant dream,
that i don’t quite recall
But I close my eyes, and i’m there it seems
where you and I had it all

The sound of the children play
And the dogs out in the yard  
The fragrant flowers bloom away
It all seems so near and yet so far

If It's The Last Thing I Do

Just Before To Leave

Honey 
I want to see another sky
Next to you. Close to you. 

Honey
I want to see another sky
Just before
To leave.

Air 
I want to breath another air
From your roots 
From your bark 

Air
I want to breath another air 
From your leaves
From your limbs 

When the river passes
blood carries on
Blood of our sweat
and from the grass
bleeding grass
rocking grass
That elevates you and immerses you.

Honey
cut the grass
that doesn't leave me
like the fog, that thick fog 

Honey 
Cut the roots 
That doesn’t leave me
Like the frost, freezing frost 

See you give birth
our pain
Just before
To leave.

Just Before To Leave

An early Christmas present in my stocking!
Recently I awoke to a SC link in my mailbox.  What is this??!! To my utter delight, Oddrun, Arne & Peter surprised me with this wonderful musical gift.  The original piano track was to be a "someday" project between Oddrun and me, but this is triple the fun!  Thank you Oddrun, Arne and Peter not only for remodeling my orphan track, but more importantly for this wonderful gift of friendship.
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Poem and vocals: Peter aka @user-264930040
Vocals: @Oddrun-Eikli
Trumpet and Studio Mix:  @Arne-Hiorth
Piano and composition: Debra Buesking 

Evenings With You

As usual…. you’re running late
How long can it take?
To run a brush through your hair, pull on some clothes?
You can talk ….. just look at your state
You made a big mistake
If you think you’re going out with me, dressed in those!
Why…. these are nearly brand new
Give a decade or two
Might concede their first wash is a tad overdue
My dear sweetheart
They’re simply falling apart
Rather, I have to say, just like you
Hmmm…let’s give the restaurant a miss,
Call this evening a day, waddaya say
We pull the blinds, chill the wine, book our sofa for two
Now there’s a plan…..kick off these shoes
Pan the dining out blues
Stayin’ in for …..evenings with you

…..evenings with you…..

Evenings With You. Oddrun, Arne, Peter & Debra

this song is about the seethy overarching system that drives art and many other things to be fear driven in the name of higher profits

Sin Inc

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

Ice & Fire is the twelfth studio album by the Dragonsail Puppets.

THE HEAT LADDER   
  
I saw the lightning strike the grass and flame   
Volcano spew the rock of lame   
Dead branches rub together - flame   
And we started to climb   
Into the all-consuming fire   
  
Scratching flint to flame   
Torches dipped to flame   
Surging interior balls of flame   
Faces flickering aflame   
  
Creeping and stooping with furry backs   
Through the icy night   
We started to climb   
Into the bubbling vats and the roaring engines   
And the hissing steam   
Into space   
  
I'm not surprised   
For the day we met with our eyes   
The world began   
And I knew   
The all-consuming fire   
Was already in my hand   
  
Yeah this mutha gets hot   
Underground no sound   
But the crackling and the bubbling all around   
We're the dust of a meteor shower   
And we've always been solar powered   
More lessons on the way   
Buttercup, ape's going up   
I gotta cool off honey   
Train the hose on all I got   
Cuz this mutha gets hot

Ice & Fire

The Heat Ladder

Music : Janne Hennie & Little Man
Vocals & Lyrics : Janne Hennie

Beautiful, you are so beautiful
Did you know?
Let it Show

Here is some love
From me to you
From my heart...

Wonderful, you are so wonderful
Did you know?
Let it show

Here is some love
From me to you
From my heart..

Powerful, you are so powerful
Did you know?
Let it grow

Here is some love
From me to you
From my heart...

Beautiful, life is so beautiful
Did you know?
Don't let go...

Here is some love
From me to you
From my heart...

Did You Know

An experimental eastern vibe stylistic departure. Original track. Dean on all guitars and vocals. Sampled and altered sitar excerpt. Master by Ted Rudduck @soundted

LYRICS 
Orion sparkles in your eyes 
Here, as we greet the morning dew
Winds of contempt are blowing
Kissing in the moonlight
My mind is at one with you

Words dance, bodies sway
I’m well on my way to another place

Moments apart appear tumultuous
I’m stuck in a state again
Let’s sway again one more time
Watch me pen one more line

Words dance, bodies sway
I’m well on my way to another place

On the road before sunrise
Fires burn as the miles slide
Keep that feeling forever
In an instant of reflection 
My mind is at one with you

Words dance, bodies sway 
I’m well on my way to another place

Another Place

I always enjoy jamming on Hendrik's cool grooves ! ... so, thanks man !
@cosmic-ratzzz - everything // joerxworx - soprano sax

Lunatics 213 / The Visitor / Ratzzz & joerxworx

I woke up smilin’ at my screen,
Feelin’ holy in that glowin’ sheen
Every click’s a little prayer I say
To the god of me, in my own display

I scroll my face like it’s fine art
Zoomin’ in on a plastic heart
Feelin’ deep while the jungle sleeps
Predators watch while the ego feeds

Oh, the mirror made me —
Made me love what I can’t see
Dancin’ naked for the eyes of none,
Hypnotized by my own reflection, son

Easy prey, easy prey, easy prey, here to stay
Easy prey, easy prey, easy prey, here to stay

Talkin’ loud like a priest online,
Blessin’ strangers with my sacred shine
But nature don’t care ’bout your pretty pose,
It’s got teeth behind them shadows you chose

Every lion’s laughin’ while I preen,
Watchin’ fools glow blue-light green
We traded tribe for a little fame,
Now the hunter’s faster, knows our name

Oh, the mirror made me —
Made me love what I can’t see
Dancin’ naked for the eyes of none,
Hypnotized by my own reflection, son

Easy prey, easy prey, easy prey, here to stay
Easy prey, easy prey, easy prey, here to stay
Can’t break the spell, can’t look away
Easy prey, easy prey, easy prey, here to stay

Maybe truth ain’t pretty, maybe love ain’t clean
Maybe wisdom hides in the in-between
But we keep feedin’ that hungry lens,
Like we forgot what breathin’ means

So I’ll turn down the light, step off that stage,
Let the wild wind wipe my digital face
’Cause the mirror made me, now I see —
It never really looked back at me

Mirror Made Me

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