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

Watch the Youtube video version of Rome here: https://youtu.be/7udIC-yTkHg
more about the song also can be found at: davidhusted.com

Rome
By David Husted
JAN 2022
V1
I didn’t give a damn
About that boogey man
He's on the tv screen
And deep inside Wuhan

				(instr)  
									 
But he got out.    
Of that; there's no doubt
Then he pulled a fast one, and snuck on an airplane 
Then Rome came down

Pre ch
Ah………
Then Rome Came Down

Ch.
COVID-19
COVID-19

V2
Don't mince words with me
He's the enemy
Go wash your hands, don’t touch your face, cough in your elbow
Give me FUCKING 6 feet

Don't Panic!, run!, run!, run!, Don't Panic!, run!, run!, run!

Bridge
Why?..............


Ch
{Time to Scat!}


1/6/22 8:30 PM 
My next song in the queue will be called "Rome". Some of you may have heard a demo version of this already. I first became aware of COVID-19 when it hit Italy. The slow looming cloud of its potential impact crept into my skull at that point and, despite my best efforts, it sneaked into a song. Since we are largely past the worst of this storm, I feel better about letting my song go. 


4/12/20 5:31 PM 


Well; this is about COVID-19. Hopefully by the time you are hearing this the Pandemic will be largely over (cross fingers) and the ordeal just bitter memory deep in our mind vaults.   I could not release this during that crazy time period precisely because I felt too close to it.  However, it was the song that arrived at that time and I believe I am ready to share it with you now.   

I felt the virus as a boogey man underneath my bed (like when you were a kid).  Parents said he's not real yet the hairs on the back of my neck raised up anyway.  The 6 ft distance became a symbol for separation and mandated "sheltering in place"  Zombiehood distancing from human warmth.  I am an introvert by nature so this separation was probably not good for me on the whole.  My immediate family helped to save me on a daily basis just by being themselves.   Thank You.

There is a fair bit of fear and pleading laced throughout the song.  It is not cheery (sorry about that) but it is a cool song none-the-less and captures the essence of my mood during this time.    Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

Rome

The Recovery Center

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

Here is the final song.  

This is the final song off my album of the same name.  it has Geese, Owls, Angels, Ghosts and Zombies;  what more could you ask for?
"In the Dust of this Planet".  Thank You for listening.

Dave

the green house

In The Dust Of This Planet

Some folk are deeply rooted by nature and feel a profound and lasting connection to different regions, towns, and places.  I read this story about a town in central Pennsylvania that had a coal fire burning under it for years and years and years (since 1962!).  Many refused to leave the area despite the fire.  I couldn’t get it out of my head; so it turned itself into a song.  The town is called Centralia. 


This song is called “Hell Town”.      

………“When they lay our bodies down beneath that burning ground we’ll be in that lazy smoke curling up the trees”

If you are curious and have read this far: I posted the lyrics below. 

Thank You.........Have a great night.....Dave

Hell Town
by David Husted

Fifty years ago on Sunday
There was a fire at the old town throw     
Ignited up the coal seam setting off a devil’s chain
1,400 souls told to go

Decades later that fire still burns
Tourist gawk at twisted, buckled 61
And old Centralia’s empty lonely streets
Yet a handful who still call it home

We live up in Hell Town, We’re never gonna come down.
Until we’re just a charred memory
When they lay our bodies down beneath that burning ground
We’ll be in that lazy smoke curling up the trees 

Tom remembers 62 he wore the red and blue
Just doin clean-up for the Holiday
“They Lit up that landfill, it spidered down a coal sill”
“Fire still burning through that maze”
Now Carl and Helen claim the fire ain’t a problem
“Won’t find it winding down this side of the town” 
“But even if it do son, this much is true, 
I still ain’t leaving my home” 

We live up in Hell Town, We’re never gonna come down.
Until we’re just a charred memory
When they lay our bodies down beneath that burning ground
We’ll be in that lazy smoke curling up the trees 

We always liked Centralia since we were old enough to stand it
Their nostalgia shines a fine golden hue
“If you stepped outside your house and your car refused to start”
“The neighbor would come out and find a way”

We live up in Hell Town, We’re never gonna come down.
Until we’re just a charred memory
When they lay our bodies down beneath that burning ground
We’ll be in that lazy smoke curling up the trees 

We live up in Hell Town, We’re never gonna come down.
Until we’re just a charred memory
When they lay our bodies down beneath that burning ground
We’ll be in that lazy smoke curling up the trees

In the Dust of This Planet

2014

the spring house

Hell Town

During the unrest in Baltimore last April I had the impression “the media” was a little bummed if the only thing going on was a peaceful protest.  They wanted to see some rocks, flames and shit flying through the air……….  Get those ratings up.

The next song is called: Baltimore Burning.  It is number six in the queue.  About the time I was creating this song that story was about the only thing on TV.  I guess it was on my mind.

 

Dave

the refuge

Baltimore Burning

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

Hello

The song "Toe the Line" took many, many hours to create.  As I look back on the development of all my original music, I see this is a repeating theme.  I want it to be easier but it rarely is.  It takes much effort and perseverance.  The song creation work for me can be frustrating but in a very good way.  It is always, always worth the effort and I am almost always pleased with the result.   I find that the mini failures as I build, tear down, tweak and refine a song's arrangement, rhythms,  tones and lyrics into existence is a joyful, terrifying, easy, hard, painful and mesmerizing process all at the same time.  

Starting is difficult.  Working through doubt is difficult.  Sharing the music with others (for me) is difficult.   Starting a song is hard because I am conscious of the scope before me; the creative field is too wide. I must set limits and just do it.   Doubt; makes you second guess and criticize everything you are doing.  Keep going despite this. Sharing makes you vulnerable; Share anyway.  

There is a certain concentrated, happy space I sink into when I am working at my best. Not unlike, practicing on an upright piano for hours and hours when I was a child.  Not unlike, playing new music with good friends,  Not alike, playing music live before a crowd.  I had a lot of fun playing around with the stereo field on this song and adding subtle rhythmic and tonal changes as song progresses.   I also fooled around with "sampling" as you will hear in the intro, bridges and outro.  

Recommend you use headphones AND CRANK IT UP but brace yourself.  The song is MEANT to agitate, but hopefully, in an enjoyable way.  I am very pleased with this one and hope you enjoy it too a 
Let me know what you think.

Thank You

Dave......Lyrics are provided below

TOE THE LINE by DAVID HUSTED

Borrowed from a friend of a friend of a friend; “Feed
…your wife and kids; keep a roof over their heads”
Found out that this friend’s not a friend when he said
“Clock is ticking now, step up and pay the rent
 
“Toe the Line!”  
“Toe the Line!”

Friendly banker man said “Son, Gimme your keys”
We own your house, your land and maybe your family
What's enough, what's enough what's too much, why give my 
…..blood, sweat and tears, when I can take with a gun
 
“Toe the Line!”  
“Toe the Line!” 

[sad bridge]

I got the money; I’m running; with nowhere to go
Swim with the fishes or dig my grave with a backhoe
Crossed three state lines going one hundred and three
blood on my shirt; fifty grand in the back seat
 
“Toe the Line!”  
“Toe the Line!”; 

[second sad bridge]

I got fifteen miles to the border, everything things order
been dreaming about this final route;  it’s almost time to fly
road ends straight ahead, hand gonna pull the chutes thread
It be so out of order now to;   TOE THE LINE

“Toe the Line!”  
“Toe the Line!”; 
“Toe the Line!”; 
“Toe the Line!”;

the cloud

TOE THE LINE

Hello;  I am back once again with a new song.  This one was a blast to create and I learned  some new creation and mixing techniques in the process. 

Here is  a little bit about the song structure.  I had a strong desire to build a song around a more complex chord structure. I avoided the standard whole chord triads and challenged myself.  The patterns I came up with are harder to play, however, I feel the chord structure is more satisfying in the long run. The particular chords I landed on provide a sense of tension and release that fit in with my unsettled emotions better.  

Here are the chords I chose:    

Gmaj7;    Fsus2-9;   Cmaj7;  A7;   C;  BbMaj7;    G4+   

I loved the the G4+ because our ears want that last chord to point us "home" and this chord just refused to cooperate.  That, my friends, is where the magic happens.  It springs up in the nooks and crannies of space, rhythm and tension.  I hear plenty of areas where I could improve the mix but I have learned that time is short and, at some point, one must move onward.     

I am never sure what any of my songs are really about but I think facing demons, overcoming challenge, and coming together get you in the ball park.  Things are way to fractured in the world today. 

Here's to You; Here's to Us 

Dave


Lyrics

Raise Them Up 
by David Husted 
copyright 2017 
v1 
Going down through the center, down through the center 
I did not ask to go 
landed on the devil’s back; he spit me out 
I’ve got to find my way back home 

v2 
Up through center now, up through the center now 
still got a long way to go 
love slow, feel her 
shake, taste her earth quaking 

ch 
Will you raise em up? 
Raise em up 
and hold your heads up…… 
high 
Here’s to you 
Here’s to Us 
Love 

[instr] 

Step on outside today 
even a few seconds 
feeling the slightest breeze 
might be a hurricane 
land of good and plenty 
why does it feel so empty 

[repeat with harmony] 

[Medley Fugue] 

Crazy 
Ain’t Life Crazy 
I miss the Fresh green grass of Home 
You fill me up 
You fill me up 
This Love 
This Love

Meadowbrook

Raise Them Up

As I developed this song and it's lyrics a recurring theme of “crazy laugh of madness” kept percolating to the top of my creative meanderings and musical  sculpting.  Laugh my friends;  it is all ok.  See a more detailed write-up below. Thanks for listening and here is a link to a Youtube video for the song: https://youtu.be/6P3vUh_8Qdo

Dave

My new song is called Laugh Seurat.  Here is the journey that led to such a strange song title.  I, at times, receive “instruments” from innovative artists for FREE. On occasion, this arrival occurs at the same point I am deep in the throes and messiness of music creation. 

Several weeks ago I received a strange instrument called Seurat Midi developed by Jason Grier. He has freely allowed the use of his samples and instrument to the general public. “Demonstration Disc is a new album by Jason Grier. It’s also a collection of over 1800 samples and generative Ableton Live music tools which Grier spent the past four years carving, cutting and coding from studio recordings of acoustic and electronic instruments, field recordings, found sounds and more. As part of the album’s release, Grier is making the entire project available as a free download. He has even provided tutorials and has expansion packs planned, making this a unique, open source project that will continue to evolve.”(1) 

I actually, to this day, don’t really understand how the instrument works or its potential.  However,  being a certified tech geek I did horse around with it a bit.  This instrument essentially creates patterns from chaos using any natural sound as a starting point.  I chose an alto saxophone to test the waters. It created a random pattern you can hear in the bridge of the song.  It reminds me of sounds you might hear as an orchestra begins its tuning process.  I included it in my song only because this instrument was the creative spark that initially propelled the song forward out of oblivion. You can here it very briefly in the bridge for a short moment.  I edited most of it out.   Like I said, it was the creative spark, NOT a center piece in the song AND I am most likely using the instrument totally wrong. Oh Well.  

Jason Grier called his instrument Seurat Midi in homage to Georges-Pierre Seurat.  This, of course, made me very curious about Mr. Seurat.  I found out he is a “……French post-impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism  and pointillism.”(2) This art is best looked at as opposed to discussed.  I thought it was very cool and was very fun to experience but lets move onward.  

As I developed my song and lyrics a recurring theme of “crazy laugh of madness” kept percolating to the top of my creative meanderings and musical  sculpting.  I guess you can now see where this is going.  At the end I was left with a finished song and a decision to make regarding a title for the song.  I decided on:  

LAUGH SEURAT  

Thank You for spending a moment with me I hope you enjoy my latest song. Have a Fantastic Week and Happy Holidays! 

Dave 

references: 

(1) ableton.com.(2017, 04 October). Jason Grier: Download his unique sound library. Blog. Retrieved from https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/jason-grier-demonstration-disc/?utm_source=2017-10-single-item-jason-grier&utm_medium=email&utm_term=std-suite-en&utm_content=header&utm_campaign=editorial-newsletter&&sc_src=email_2236504&sc_lid=132209893&sc_uid=QCAGPbTDye&sc_llid=76861&sc_eh=e8eb2a4ccfa404231 
(2) Wikipedia.Georges Seurat. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Seurat

the castle

Laugh Seurat

How is it Going! 

I created a lyric video for this song on Youtube at the following link: https://youtu.be/yRxcYz63P5U.  


Dave
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I became curious about the arrangement development and transition process that different artist use during the course of a song.  The main question I was dealing with was what are the subtle things a composer does to keep the song interesting throughout the entire song arrangement? 

Human Beings like repetition but not duplication.  What I mean is that we like to grab hold of a catchy melody or rhythm and desire coming back to it a couple of times throughout a song. However, we notice when it’s an exact copy of something we have heard earlier in the song (we are very smart creatures).  I have been guilty of copying an earlier verse or chorus and plopping it note for note down later in the song…DON”T DO THIS.   It is important to add something new, different and exciting as the song progresses.   Give the listener something new every step of the way.   During this song I learned from other artists who are very good at this and tried to emulate some of their techniques.      

I continued my study of sampling during this latest musical project.  What better genre than Electronic Dance Music (EDM) to showcase the technology.  This song is called “Be All You” which rolled off the tongue so easy and blended so well with my particular groove established early on in the song.  As is typical with EDM you will hear plenty of tension building synthesizer magic teamed up with EDM traditional “four to the floor” kicks.  This partnership often ending in pregnant pauses or nail biting drum fills foreshadowing what is famously known in EDM as the “Drop” where all that tension explodes into an epic Chorus eruption.    

I used software known as Kontakt for the sampling.  There is a lot under the “hood” here and I have much to learn.  I used my own voice as the experimental fodder and basically split it up into slices and mapped them to my keyboard keys.  Then, via special algorithms in the software, essentially “time stretched” my voice to my songs own tempo.   This process maintained the rhythmic integrity to my voice slices despite the pitch changes (remember; typically if you bring something up in frequency it wants to play faster .....the chipmunk voice effect….I did not want that).   You can hear examples of this “vocoder” like effect sprinkled throughout the song.  What fun.  

SO who cares about all this technical crap anyway.  They key is that the song has to hold up on its own and actually be GOOD.  I believe I have achieved that as I noticed I want to dance when I listen to it.  You will have to decide for yourself ; )   Thanks Again for listening and please enjoy my latest "all original" musical plunge. 

Thanks for allowing me to share my music creation process with you and hope this inspires you to create something new yourself. 

Dave

LYRICS
Be All You 
by David Husted 

Everyday through the pain, it might be lonely 
Can You Circle Love? 
Can You Show Me How? 

Looking right past the trees, the moments in-between 
Can you read my mind? 
Can You Show Me How? 

Everyday turn the page 
Who Are You? 
Breaking Through, Be Amazed 
Be All You 

Might be lost through the fog, I hear the snow falling 
Can You Feel My Love? 
Its never gonna fade 

Nothing ever stays the same, you got to let it change 
I think it's how Love Grows
Never let it go

Perfect Storm

Be All You

the in-between

Ground Zero 
by David Husted 

When you find your answers can you tell me how? 
I’m still searching and I haven’t found 
It’s time to take a stand, say what you believe 
the un-named heroes gather on the streets 

You would speak your mind, but you don’t know how 
you would fan the fever but you don’t know how to climb 
crooked ladders toward a better day 
past the rising seas and that bitter sweet way home 

Ground Zero (never give up or give in) 
it’s time to say what you believe 
gather around your un-named heroes ; (my heroes) 
arm in arm we’ll take the streets 

When you find your answers can you tell me how 
I’m still searching and I haven’t found a way through. 
I’ll take the road beside you 
It’s time to take a stand; say what we believe 
with the un-named heroes gathering on the streets 
We’ll find our, Our Ground Zero 

Ground Zero (never give up or give in) 
it’s time to say what you believe 
gather around your un-named heroes ; (my heroes) 
arm in arm we’ll take the streets 

and when you survive the days 
and when you survive the nights 
thats when you’ll find ground zero 
thats when you’ll know ground zero 

Ground Zero (never give up or give in) 
it’s time to say what you believe 
gather around your un-named heroes ; (my heroes) 
arm in arm we’ll take the streets 

My BLOG:

How is it Going;   This song, "Ground Zero",  is the final song on my new album "Perfect Storm" released in Apr 18.  This whole package was created in a little over one years time and I enjoyed every step of the process along the way.   This particular song was arranged after I listened very carefully to music I currently like already out there in the world.  As I listened, I methodically picked apart the structure of some of my favorites (deep listening).   I then, very carefully, focused on some of the sound tones and effects I liked in certain songs selected.  I  attempted to emulate and construct some of the sounds via synth design techniques and a little bit of sampling.  I could go into a lot more detail but I will not bore you.  Again, the most important thing is the "song" itself; melodies, lyrics  and rhythms.   Enjoy the music friends and thank you for listening.

Thank You

Dave

Ground Zero

the center

Fifty Three Degrees
By David Husted
a link to the video: https://youtu.be/oAv-lnq8ngQ

When I look back at my eyes
They may be fifty three year old
They call it Grand Theft Auto
I call it racing down this road

I feel my heart beat
Keep it under control
The scent of rain sizzling on the street
It seems the steam rises up to greet me  

I hear the tick tock
I'm running out of time
I hear the gun shots
I may be losing my mind

Blue and red rise up behind me
Siren sings, that voice , that voice reminds me

And when I scream at the sky
It's the silence that hurts me
and when the needle pegs that line
Race past a love still burning

I hear the boots kick; crackling inside my head
These rattling bones hear your voice
Rise up behind me
Siren sings, that voice , that voice reminds me
 
BLOG:
The image above provides a visual representation of my song's structure.  The bright green strip across the middle of the image above is a very cool sounding synth pattern that travels the length of the song.  You can clearly hear its mesmerizing tones in the intro to the song.   This pattern became its backbone with the drum/bass, in red, a prominent second supporting structure.  The pattern never stops except for one small break in the middle. A sequence that does not change throughout the entirety of a song is dangerous but a challenge I love to work with.   
 
            I was able to accomplish this by slowly building the tension as the song progressed, adding various instruments  to dance with the backbone and various "sweetener" effects in yellow  to add dissonance and further play with the tension.  I especially like the addition of the guitar (in pink) to the chorus which used an amp pre-set called "Cheap Combo" that just worked for me. My vocals are shown in blue and mostly organically formed out of the rhythms and mood I was feeling emanating from the main chord structure and rhythms.   This song has a darkish atmosphere and a fair amount of edginess.   My vocals have more delay than usual because that's just what I was feeling when I wrote the lyrics.  
 
            I love to look back at my project after all the pain and joy of creation is over.  The image you see above is an end state and I promise you that the formation state was much uglier, full of wrong turns and plenty of dead ends.  The song you hear was cultivated out of the murky soup of my mind and all the particular content blowing through my skull at that particular moment.   With every turn I also make new musical discoveries that bring sparkle to the process and a never ending sense of wonder and delight to me.  Some of the names of my sweetener sounds make me chuckle; "Echo's ill factor", "Demon Choir" , "Ash Decay" and "Squawk Box" and I'll leave it to you to pick them out of the song as you listen to it. 

             This song was called "Sirens" as that is a frequent repeated phrase in the chorus.  However, I have discovered that about a million other artist also have a song named "Sirens"  Therefore, as of this very second of writing,  I have decided to rename the song "Fifty Three Degrees" just because I feel like it.  How is that for creative license.   
  
             Until next time; Happy Creating and Thanks for Listening!  
  
Dave

base camp

Fifty Three Degrees

Our Time
By David Husted

Listening to an old song
Made on an old four track player
That old cassette tape
Hiss, fizz, click and waver
Holding back my sweet melodies

But in my mind's eye   
guitar don’t sound so bad
I hear more high end, yea, 
It's coming in clearer now
Nothing gonna hold back my sweet melodies

Listening to an old song
Made on an old four track player
That old cassette tape
Hiss, fizz, click and waver
Holding back my sweet melodies

chorus
This is our time

Verse 

With a little less running on empty now
That tape hiss, click, fizz is
Something I actually mix in
It just feels better
Just a touch for a new song's edge

chorus

And when my mind hisses like a old cassette tape 
or a VHS or crackling short wave, don’t give in; live through it
This is our time

Bridge

when that new dawn follows you
Throwing paint against that wall 
Could be crap; it could be art
Like a Lost and hungry dog
gnaws your pant leg; starts to growl
Until a melody  
Lands


Chorus

And through this new song
This World don’t look so bad
I hear more high end, in it too
It's coming in clearer Than my old tapes ever do   
Our time


about the song:

My purchase of a four track player in 1989 was the best purchase I ever made because it opened up a whole new world of music creation potential. I thought the sound quality of my productions back then sounded incredible and it is so interesting to listen back and hear how "bad" they sounded when referenced against "today's" digital environment and which we take so much for granted today. This song was NOT made on a four track player, however, I did try to emulate the sound of degraded tape hiss in certain sections of the song for effect. Looking back, the weaknesses of my early recordings had a tremendous endearing quality to my ears and I attempted to capture that feel and sentiment in my new song "Our Time". The song has both a certain sad/nostalgic feel upfront and then transitions into a happier/uplifting and moving arrangement at the end. Enjoy the song and Thank You.

Our Time

quiet harbor

Lyrics:
ECHO CHAMBER
by David Husted

V1
the hand coming round it just won’t stop
Here Comes the After Shock                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
that's just where my mind defaults
truth; an imposition
 
Birds of a certain feather flock
Sweet; lies to cling to 
Can you find a way to make it stop? Drip, Drop
Normalized mind rot

Pre-Chorus to Chorus

He’s cast a spell on you
He keeps you so amused 
Running scared, Unaware, Flinching at the Nightmare’s
Echoes
     
 V2

I think the evidence is clear
fear…….wins elections
infect the body politic (tock)
Divide and Conquer
I know they never realized 
So Lost in echoes   streaming Big Fat Bold Face Lies

Pre-Chorus to Chorus

He’s cast a spell on you
He keeps you  so amused 


He’s cast a spell on you
He keeps you so amused 
Running scared, Unaware, Flinching at the Nightmare’s
Echoes

Chorus Outro rap

He Cast a Spell on you
So confused
drowning in the fake news
mind bending
heart wrenching
tearing down the fabric
of decency, peace you see
is fading in wake of greed and
hatred, naked 
and stone cold bigotry




I am back with a new musical offering.  This song is called Echo Chamber.  It is edgy and unique. 

Here is a link to the Music Video: ECHO CHAMBER: https://youtu.be/LosbLJpmGrA.  We must listen beyond humanities incessant noise and cruelty for that quiet space between the echo where courage, strength and good-will bubble just below the surface ready to rise. A world cacophony rendered mute by a love so bright you can't help but be thawed and tempered in her slow alchemical, warming embrace.   

This song speaks for itself and conveys what I feel at this particular moment in history.               

Do Not Despair My Friends and Never Give Up 

Peace

David Husted, 6/7/2019

Echo Chamber

the cave

Greetings Earthlings,
Here is David Husted's latest original song called "A Telegram from Aliens".   
Aliens from outer space may be watching your planet and determining whether you are collectively sane or insane and deciding if this planet should be saved or annihilated.
I am pretty sure you know which way the scales are currently tipping but give Dave's song a spin to find out more late breaking news on this topic at this link.

Zorg of Pleiades Star 7 Cygnus X-1

LYRICS
A Telegram from Aliens 
by David Husted 

Intro: 

Verse1: 
Scent of spice on the trade winds 
Sound of sea and the wind howling…. 

…..Listing starboard toward Orion 

Ozone and roots in the fabric 
of field and stream the last Rhinos dream…. 
And then fade away 
…………………Fade Away 
Ch: 

…..You know we are better than this 
…..You know we are bigger than this 

{instr} 

Shake off my mind's snakes and cobwebs 
We're moths pining towards burning flames 
Imagine a Telegram 
…..from Aliens…… …….that says 

Ch: 
…..You know you are better than this 
…..You know you are bigger than this 

{instr} 

Bridge: 
Humans think they're so fantastic 
I think they might Plastic 
bet they taste like burnt toast 
and salted concrete 

They're enigmatic 
Clattering fanatics 
They lie , they cheat, they steal, they kill 
Take Earth for granted 

They huff and puff, 
never shut-up 
Galactic Council says 
Prob best to zap them 
…………………………… 
But every now and then I see compassion 
Every now and then I see such kindness 

The most extraordinary ship of fools 
They make it so difficult for us to choose 
Throw them in a tasty stew with garlic, pepper, salt and truth 
Others say, let them stay 

hope maybe they'll find a better way; I pray 

To Love……………To Love, To Love , To Love, To Love 

Verse 2: 
Her family, past the Pleiades 
She's traveling on a cosmic plain 
She sleeps beneath 
The lathe of heaven 

Today a passenger on a sleeping train 
Sipping whiskey with a fine Green Sage 
Who brewed Ayahuasca with a 
Poetic Naturalist; He said 

Ch 
……. know we're better than this 
She smiled, waved goodbye, I'll try, "you're better than this" 
……. know we're better than this 
She smiled, waved goodbye, I'll try, "you're better than this 

Outro (Verse harmonic) 
Imagine a Telegram 
…..from Aliens

the hut

A Telegram From Aliens

“I create; to feel; a storyline; a movie; a score. Sagarmatha anchors this song. The cradle and its peak; the point of no return; a movie; streamed across my mind. Evolving drums; different color's hit and bit; cracking. Complex sound design; an avalanche. Tibetan horns; a lonely pull; up the lines; towards mystery; your journey. Find a sherpa; climb a mountain. ཞི་བདེ ”
— David Husted

Lyrics

Sagarmatha
By David Husted

I'm unstable and Loving it
Think I might be off my meds
I'm unstable and Loving it
Can't get Everest off my chest

Drinking Green tea with a Yak
Sherpa leading he's got my back
Hear that great big Long Horn
Dead Man Walking next you

Altitudes got me up all night
Take it to the mountain now's the time
Sagarmatha a hallowed ground
Sub zero not a sound

Chorus

How High?; the sky; she knows (Sagarmatha)
To rise above the depths below (Sagarmatha)
Tibetan Fang , Himalayan Spine  
it gnaws , it grinds, it kicks, it bites


Bridge

No stars are out tonight
A Wall of Snow 
Those Cold Winds blow
As ice fall down in sheets
Reflecting real life misery
frozen beards and heavy lids 
Blue lips whispering 
Wake up, Wake Up 
Don’t fall asleep
 
Chorus
 
How High; the sky she knows (Sagarmatha)
To rise above the depths below (Sagarmatha)
How High; the sky she knows (Sagarmatha)
To rise above the depths below (Sagarmatha)
Tibetan Fang , Himalayan Spine

Sagarmatha

the summit

Lyrics
Wild Overgrown Love
By David Husted 
Youtube Video Link of my latest song "Wild Overgrown Love" at : https://youtu.be/dSo_YD_RJQE

Lyrics

Well I've got me a wife and kids now, a mortgage I can't afford
Three noses that need wiping attached to three faces I adore
Blue Heron pulling off a frozen pond, scent of smoke and pine
Noticing the absence of my tangled, startled mind ; shouting, 

why haven't you stopped now? coffee spilling on the floor
Stuck in a car behind a car behind about hundred more
Sometimes it hits me standing at the mailbox or while I'm brushing my teeth
Or watching pixels on screen update without me "doing" anything

Stop scrambling to get more done
I think I'm dancing with Bewilderment

When your near me, Between the valley and that mountain top
Feel Me, Laying down beside you
With our steady wild overgrown Love
That's Enough

Climbing up the stairs backward, singing a melody 
I think  that truth makes love with beauty and a touch of misery
Perhaps the Un-relenting; Relents; Perhaps Un-Comprehending; Comprehends

Stop scrambling to get more done
I think I'm dancing with Bewilderment
Drop 10,000 different things
Don’t forget to lift up; love and family

When your near me; Between the valley and that mountain top
Feel Me, laying down beside you
With our steady wild overgrown Love
That's Enough

Music Development Process of Wild Overgrown Love 
By David Husted 

A Henry Jamison song called Real Peach grabbed my attention and I decided to dissect it.  I do this often with songs and usually I lose interest or move on.  This particular song continued to pester my dreams because of the unique chord tones.   I think the draw was its deceivingly simple acoustic sound on the surface. I was in the mood to simplify.   However, surprise!, this song is also deceivingly complex.  Just beneath the primary guitar you'll note unique atmospheric pad textures, the reverb ebb and flow, the percussive accoutrements, the vocal harmonies, and the prime vocal intimacy.   This song was anything but simple in the end and I like a challenge. 

So……I returned and decided to use some of its best pieces as an inspiration for my next song.   If you listen to both songs back to back you will probably NOT hear similarities on the surface because as my song grew it diverged pretty widely from the source material.  However, if you delve in a bit closer you will probably hear some congruent chord shapes (although a different key) and chord arrangement similarities.  Is this against the rules?  I'll let you decide. 

 I love to watch how an idea blooms into a completed project and takes on a character all its own.  My song was a complete failure relative to it's emulation of the Jamison song strong points (and that is probably for the best);  Yet!, A song was created, none the less, and I, of course, am willing to share the good, bad and ugly with you.   The song creation process on this one twisted along different and always interesting trails, dead ends and occasionally bumped up against beautiful vistas.  I personally hear its many flaws but it was time to let it fly away.  Enjoy! 

May your unrelenting, relent; may your uncomprehending, comprehend and may you  dance with bewilderment. 

Peace and Happy New Year!  

Dave

Your Corners Curve

Wild Overgrown Love

hidden valley

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

Greetings! 

Click Here to go to the video:  https://youtu.be/TlLiboMrxOE.    

At the heart of this song is the funky acoustic guitar and a dry session kick drum with samples called afro beat.  The rest of the song is really vocally driven.  I spent a lot of time trying to match the "sound" of the words and syllables to the rhythms as much as possible.  This took priority over the meaning of the phrases in some cases. I tweaked for meaning only if the change would still maintain the percussive/plosive vocal tones.  Needless to say I spent too much time looping through sections to capture a "best effect"   This is a short song  because it just felt right to end it when I did.    Enjoy and let me know what you think.  Also the instrumental/bridge section was kept fairly simple but has many subtle interesting add-ons if you listen closely. 

Thank You 

Dave

Lyrics

Little League
By David Husted

Got a middle class life and a little league paycheck
little, little, little, little, tiny bits 
Rocks knocking me down, making that alarm ring
Greedy little Sticky little bad habits

Can't write the next line cause you're all I see
I think this song's about you cause you're all I breathe
I use a typewriter cause like the way it clicks
While I'm typing out a new song about every little bit of
This dream

Shock and Awe, Move Along, Tylenol; what's Adderall?
Speed, Feed my greedy little never ending  habits
Woke up on the ground with a Splitting Head Ache
Can I bum another cigarette? 
Just let me get this off my chest
Can I dig out of another mess? 
Will you marry me?  

Can't write the next line cause your all I see
I think this song's about you cause "You're all I breathe"
I use a typewriter cuz I like the way it clicks
While I'm typing out a new song about every little bit of
This dream

the dugout

Little League

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'd 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

Check out a music video of Waves here!: https://youtu.be/NHIK5dOaW0U

Waves is about difficult life moments.  How can we ease the pain? There is a refrain during the course of the song where I repeat this in an almost silent plea.  The song captures the feeling of time moving at a different speed in these moments of sorrow and tenderness when the mind freezes.  A numbness infused with a fierce stillness and a fierce love.

Lyrics
Waves
by David Husted

My mind freezes
Despite this burning wind
Are you my temple?
Or am I grasping  at threads

Time's still ticking 
I feel it crawling on my skin
Stop pretending
You don’t feel this burning fire within

Over, Over
All those things you said
Feel Love's Horizon
Sweet Waves Crashing In

the dell

Waves

Check out a great video of this song at davidhusted.com at https://youtu.be/krgwKhq5lGs

Greetings!,  As many of you know, I am a child of the 80's.  I have recently been enjoying a show called Stranger Things which is set in the 80s where much of the clothes, conversation and artifacts they present throughout the show keep me very entertained. Yes, I am easily amused. The soundtrack to the show is very well done; tip of the hat to the music supervisor for this series.  I especially love the vibe of the theme song and the very, very 80s era use of midi drums and synths.  I attempted to emulate that vibe and feel in my latest song called?  I am still deciding on a title.  It will be called Comatose or Shore It Up. If I remember correctly, I went with that distinctive 808 drum thump, that rubbery synth bass sound and a very liberal use of side-chaining just for the fun of it. I also provided heavy dosage of that classic saw tooth synth sound with added sweeping filters across the landscape.This song was a blast to make and it will be hitting the airwaves very soon.  Stay tuned and thanks for dropping by my music cave for a peak into my music creation world....

Comatose
By DAVID HUSTED

V1
Sometimes this warm heart might feel like singing
it's ok to sing ……IT'S OK TO SING
Sometimes this cold heart might feel like dancing
it's ok dance…….IT'S OK TO DANCE
Shore it up!

Ch
{Fatboy Attack}
It's ok baby, it's alright darling
I'm comatose
I'm comatose
{Geiger Glitch}
I'm comatose
It's ok baby, it's alright darling
I'm comatose

Bridge
{Hey there Charlie Brown}

V2
{Fatboy Attack in Deep Water}
Shore it up!

Flatline
{Geiger Glitch Riser Bridge Flat Lined 911}

Ch
Wake up, Wake Up, Wake up
WAKE UP!!
It's ok baby, it's alright darling
I'm comatose
I'm comatose

Outro
{Charlie Shuffle Outro}

25 DEC 20

eagles nest

Comatose

My new song is about the heart breaking situation in Ukraine.  It ain't right. Here is a link to the music video version: https://youtu.be/ELX1Rf6t4cM

Please keep making your excellent, original music and sharing with the world.  So much of the great music I hear on Soundcloud is unique, creative and inspiring. Thank You for your courage to create and share.
Deep Bow of Gratitude

Dave

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