feeling you there, dave, wish you the very best!

I'm digging your range of styles, and especially liking this rhythmic style of vocals

@frankgaves: Yes, that flugelhorn made the song.

Superb production!! Awesome video, lovely music and vocals, love it!

Cute natural vocal performance enriched by moody synth section...

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Rola

Flow ! - enjoy :-) ...... photo: Fabrício Severo on unsplash

flow

upbeat song about love being a fools game 

when love lets you down ( its a fools game )

Twisted Dimension ・Put a yaki・Very loud logic ・衰退する都市から立ち上る斜めの煙

Funk City (Instrumental)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/NeK4K0Q-eyc.  Website: https://DAVEHEFFNER.COM. Featuring Anna and Ari Rader on vocals. Dave on keyboards and production. Style: Electronic Pop. The message of the song can be best described by the pre-chorus, "You can dream and you can change. All the world is your domain." Several manipulated vocal effects of my voice were added for creative enhancement. Daughter Anna sings the verses and is joined in the chorus by her daughter. I am grateful for the opportunity to have them participate.
LYRICS
VERSE1
There’s no shame and there’s no blame.
Pick yourself up and make your claim.
Only you can really know, 
What’s inside that needs to grow.
PRE-CHORUS1
You can dream and you can change.
All the world is your domain.
VERSE2
Beacon of Hope. Squash all despair.
Passion’s the aim. Breathe in the air.
Only you can really know, 
What’s inside that needs to grow.
PRE-CHORUS2
You can dream and you can change.
All the world is your domain.
CHORUS2
You can dream. You can dream.
You can dream. You can dream.
BRIDGE PT2
Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah
You can dream. Ou-Ou
You can dream. Ou-Ou
VERSE3
Some may tell you what to do.
Stop to know if it’s for you.
Only you can really know,
What’s inside that needs to grow.
PRE-CHORUS3
You can dream and you can change.
All the world is your domain.
CHORUS3
You can dream. You can dream.
You can dream. You can dream.
ENDING
Ou-Ou,  Ah-Ah, Ou-Ou, Ah-Ah
Ou-Ou,  Ah-Ah, Ou-Ou, Ah-Ah
Ou-Ou

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You Can Dream (ft. Anna & Ari Rader - vocals)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/CKstpbhl4nA  Website: https://daveheffner.com.
Featuring Chris Morgan on flugelhorn, Dave & Jan Heffner with vocals. Dave on piano and production.
I am thankful that Chris recommended the flugelhorn instead of the trumpet. It’s warm, mellow tone is just perfect. This song is quite personal, reflecting on my having an incurable medical diagnosis a few years ago and now seeing “the edge” closer than I wished. But as Jan and I sing in the chorus, “to create, is quite sublime.”
VERSE1
I hurry to write another rhyme,
Before I can’t and run out of time.
Being able to create is quite sublime.
Stopping me now would be a crime.
VERSE2
Getting sick when I was in my prime.
Worried when I’d earn my last dime.
No more mountains that I can climb.
Asked how I’m doing, I just say “fine.”
CHORUS
Take the time.
Another rhyme.
To create,
Is quite sublime.
Living on the Edge.
VERSE3
I have to act now and not just talk.
My time is limited, so says the “Doc.”
I can write music, but have trouble when I walk.
There is no cure. Between a hard place and a rock.
VERSE4
My style may be unorthodox,
What do you expect when I’m watching the clock?
Doing my best, I know I’m not Bach.
Sometimes my music may give you a shock
CHORUS

Living On The Edge (ft. Chris Morgan - flugelhorn, Dave & Jan Heffner - vocals)

A SONG ABOUT TRUE LOVE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/5b0Mr6_2hpg. Website: https://daveheffner.com. Style: electronic. Featuring: Anna Rader - vocals. As the lyrics questions below in the chorus, "What more can you ask than love from the heart?" Vocalist Anna sings the lead as well as the backup and vocal effects in this electronic ballad style song.
LYRICS
INTRO
Love from the heart.  2X
VERSE1
Yes, I’m happy that you are kind.
I really like when you use your mind.
But how much do you love me, from your heart? From your heart.
It’s not what you say, and only you can show.
Not what others think, ‘cause only you can know.
Love from the heart.
VERSE2
I like when you say you’re mine.
I am always looking for a sign,
Of how much you love me, from your heart. From your heart.
There’s no other way, than to love me for today.
We will show each other love, and we will be okay.
Love from the heart.
PRE-CHORUS
Love from the heart.  2X
CHORUS
I love you and hope that you can see,
You’ll get undivided love, and much more from me.
My pure devoted love, with no ending and no start.
What more can you ask than love from the heart?
Love from the heart.  2X
BRIDGE
Love, love, true love.
Love from the heart.
REFRAIN
Love from the heart.  2X

Love From The Heart (ft. Anna Rader - vocals)

Stay At Home (Wink Remix)

A SONG ABOUT OUR WORLD.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/lhdzlevx6SE. Website: https://daveheffner.com. Always wanted to write a song for pipe organ. As in an orchestra, the oboe stands out nicely in a crowded field. Featuring Susan Kieren, Rochester, NY - oboe with assistance by Jon Dexter, State College, PA. Dave Heffner - Roland RD-2000 for Pipe Organ and Grand Piano with the rest of the electronic sounds programmed with Xfer Serum in Pro Tools.

Mysterious Ways (ft. Susan Kieren - oboe) Dave - keyboards

Well we are a little rusty... been the longest time since Dani and I simply did some improvisation.. so here is a rough few minutes recorded even rougher the other night after a session at the wonderful Hobart artspace 'Proofspace' where we have been fortunate to use as we write a new score for the beautiful and poignant silent movie " The Smiling Madame Beudet"... With luck we will get to perform the movie at sometime in the future! Felt great just to make some shit up for the first time in ages : )

Dani Kirby/Mat Ward - Proofspace jam#1

Entropy

From the album, "Crossing" - https://chrispellnat.bandcamp.com/album/crossingToward the Light

Caught me off guard I stepped out of myself in a moment of deja vu
I could believe almost anything when I'm gaining altitude
I just discovered a protective cover, you won't infiltrate me tonight
Honestly I don't know why you keep trying 
I'm always three steps toward the light

What I once craved keeps returning again, embellished and ever new
And I admit I prefer it this way because I'm feeling much less the fool
Got to believe all this counts against me in some unseen ledger of life
Nevertheless I am making progress
I'm somehow three steps toward the light

Album art by Jody Tseng
https://www.instagram.com/jodytsengart

ISRC:
ushm82266970

Toward the Light

https://mknrekords.bandcamp.com/track/lets-listen-to-the-creatures-of-this-strange-planet

Let's Listen To The Creatures Of This Strange Planet !!!

Colorado Songwriter, Electronic Musician, Producer. ASCAP member. Ballads, Dance, Rock, Electronica, Jazz, Hip Hop, with a mix of everything else. All original compositions with live artists on most tracks. Piano study began at 5 years old, continued through university study and incorporated with electronic music since the introduction of MIDI. Have taught, consulted and composed electronic music. Primary platform is Pro Tools, with which I also do training and consulting. Open to collaboration. More information at my website.

Living On The Edge (ft. Chris Morgan - flugelhorn, Dave & Jan Heffner - vocals)

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