I love how the sound design (which is superb  by the way) led you to the train theme for the song, a perfect melding of melody and effects - fantastic song Dave!

Great song Dave... the synth rock and acoustic/vocal is cool to listen to... liking the train metaphor of peace, love and understanding.

We all should write a train song in our careers....a bonus when it actually sounds like a train.  Good song David.  Love those crowd shouts - Hey!....great technique.

Sorry I missed this for a month David. There's a wonderful, thick "Gary Neuman" texture to the synths here, and a folky roots melody to push the message!

Music to get away from vulgarity and enjoy

love the song inspirations, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello were great songwriters!

love your hopeful message and positive vibes! awesome synth fusion! feeling the train rolling along!

The World should care for the Children, they need a better present & a better futur... 

Lyrics & Vocals : Special Cecilia

Musicians Beatmakers, if you want you can remix this song adding some instrumental. 
The file is on Freedownload.
Let's Keep spreading positive vibes...

PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN

Spending summer by the lake in the forest


Forest Lakeside

washed away

Indie pop with a pulse. “Train’s Comin” is a synth-driven, emotionally charged ride from music producer and songwriter David Husted, a growing artist known for crafting introspective soundscapes from his home studio. With shimmering textures, poetic tension, and a hook that lingers, this track explores the uneasy hope of peace, love, and understanding in a restless world. For fans of heartfelt synth indie-alternative with atmosphere, meaning, and momentum.

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My new song Train's Comin' was just released!!  

It is hard to keep hope alive in these difficult times but I think that is what Train's Comin' is about. 

The song Peace, Love and Understanding was originally made famous and performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. I love performing this song not just because it is a blast to play but also because of the simple, straight-forward weight of the phrase Peace, Love and Understanding that lands so nice and clean. It fills the heart with something good in the moment of shouting it. 

Peace, Love and Understanding was written during a time of political turmoil and social unrest in the UK. It was meant to be a satirical yet earnest commentary on the era’s cynicism toward peace movements. Despite its hopeful message, Nick Lowe wrote it with a certain irony, asking why ideals like peace, love, and understanding were treated as naïve or laughable.

Elvis Costello’s interpretation transformed the song into a new wave anthem. His intense vocal delivery and the Attractions’ urgent instrumentation gave it a biting edge. This version became iconic, resonating with the late-’70s mood of disillusionment mixed with a yearning for hope.

So, Dave, why the deeper dive into this particular song? 
The phrase Peace, Love and Understanding emerged as a plea and a shout in my own latest song. 

You can find out more about my song development for Train's Comin' in my journal here.

Much Peace, Love and Understanding my friends.

Sincerely

Dave

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The title for Train's Comin' emerged out of copious amounts of train like sound design rhythmic effects laced through-out the song. In other words, I think the instrumentation and sound design led me to the Train. The bridge: this was a separate idea which I plunged in to the song like a red hot iron plunged in to the fire. Why did I add this? Just Because I felt like it. I had such fun creating it that I did not want to lose it forever AND I noted the synth pre-set called New Order Pulses had a vague sound of surreal train horns blasting through a psychic underworld or something along those lines ; ).

Thank You Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello for the lyrical inspiration of Peace Love and Understanding shouted throughout the song.  

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Lyrics

Trains Comin' 
by David Husted

V1
You better wake me up
This dream's filling me with hope
That's not a sentiment…
I know how to deal with
 
And then you lay me down
These cold rails on the ground
is that a train coming?
Or a trembling in my head?

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You better wake me up
I am a deep, deep love 
I'm this train coming
With track leading to your heart

And then there's peace, 
and then there's love, 
and then there's understanding

You better wake me up
I am a deep, deep love 
I'm this train coming
With track leading to your heart

[bridge]

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And then there's peace, 
and then there's love, a
and then there's understanding

You better wake me up
I am a deep, deep love 
I'm this train coming
With track leading to your heart

Train's Comin'

The Station

Spring is here
Life come out the ground
Get a sense of a lot going on
Plants and animals know it

Sun’s up, fun’s up, let’s go
Nobody gonna beg
Sun’s up, fun’s up, let’s go
Get my body young again

Breathe in deep
Brown become green
Wake up from winter slumber
Lots of action, get in

Sun’s up, fun’s up, let’s go
Nobody gonna beg
Sun’s up, fun’s up, let’s go
Get my body young again

When the season get ahead of me
When my common sense abandon me
When I feel like it’s gonna be too much
Sweat it out, burn it out, let it all go

Warmth in my body
Lesson from the earth
On the move, feeling groovy
Lesson from the earth

Sun’s up, fun’s up, let’s go
Nobody gonna beg
Sun’s up, fun’s up, let’s go
Get my body young again

When the season get ahead of me
When my common sense abandon me
When I feel like it’s gonna be too much
Sweat it out, burn it out, let it all go


Sun's Up, Fun's Up

Carl from the Beautiful dark wrote a song today titled "Baldy Patty" and  it inspired me to write my own personal a song about baldness.  I started to lose my hair in my early twenties, and for awhile it bothered me and then one day, I decided to shave my head and I have never looked back. And now so many years have passed that I have been bald longer than I had hair. 
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Guitar (two strumming tracks) Taylor 114CE 
Organ (playing my midi keyboard using the Logic Pro Organ plug in)
Strings (playing my midi keyboard using Native Instruments strings)
Piano: EZ Keys 2 (Indie Pop (tweed))
Drums (EZ Drummer 3)
Bass (PG Music Midi track with sounds from Native instruments Rickenbacker)
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My hair’s falling out and I don’t know what to do.
My hair’s falling out, and I’m singing this song to you.

I’ve got hair on my fingers; I’ve got hair on my neck.  
I’ve got on my toes, I’ve got hair on my chest.  
But the one place I want it, it keeps falling out.  
My hair’s falling out and I don’t know what to do.

I shaved my head until the top of my skull was shiny
And I know it’s counterintuitive but I’m no longer bald and whiny.
When you’re young, you assume that you’ll always have hair
And then when you start to lose it, you think it’s not fair
Sampson in the bible when he lost his hair, he became so weak
But that guy on the bottle of mister clean is definitely no geek

I’ve got hair on my fingers; I’ve got hair on my neck.  
I’ve got hair on my toes; I’ve got hair on my chest.  
But where it’s missing on the top of my head, I no longer care one bit.
Because now when it comes to baldness, I don’t give a shit

My Hair's Falling Out

Cast of Characters: 

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass, Paul Reed Smith semi hollow body electric Guitar 
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and triangle
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — production, mix, and mastering

This song, in case you're not familiar, was written by Medeski, Martin, and Wood with guitarist John Scofield, and performed by them on an album eponymously named A Go Go. Josh has always been a huge fan of both MMW and J.S., and has always wanted to play more of their music, as he used to cover a couple of their songs in one of his main old bands. 
  Josh laid down the bass and after going back an forth a couple of times with Ken and his thrilling drums, they established the rhythm section. Soon after, Josh added his jazzy guitar, as well. We needed someone to play John Medeski's part, too, of course. So, we asked JJ if he'd do the honors, which he did in grand fashion. He also added some triangle hits you can listen for, that add a little bit more pizzaz to the whole thing. 
  Once it was all laid down, we needed a good mix, and no one is gooder than Stephen, so we asked him to mix it for us, which he did in his always pro manner. 
  This was a lot of fun to record, and we hope that comes through. This is a stripped down Eclectic Collective collab, where most of what we're all doing is improv. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it.

A Go Go by Medeski, Martin, Wood and Scofield (Eclectic Collective cover)

ECCE HOMO ( Extrait )

The Day Her Daddy Snapped

Path Between Stars (Letra)

The silence calls from far beyond,
A thread of light I walk upon.
Through broken skies, through endless scars,
I find my way, the path between stars.

No map, no guide, just breath and will,
The night is vast, but my heart is still.
I feel the pull of what we are,
Two souls aligned between the stars.

The path between stars,
Where the lost become found.
Through distance and dark,
I keep moving without sound.
Each step I take, the fear departs,
I’m alive on the path between stars.

I’ve seen the void, I’ve touched the flame,
And still I rise, I’m not the same.
The shadows fade, the wounds unscar,
There’s peace within the path between stars.

The path between stars
The calm after wars.
I leave the earth, I lose the scars,
I breathe the light between the stars.

Flow State

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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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