Yep ... like this as soon as I heard the melody line. Words without words

That was beautiful.  Your sound is exquisite

I think I missed this one, David.  It’s so lovely! Love your chord progressions.

this is great  to me it expresses a specific kind of "happy" sort of a combination of relief, hope,resilience in face of trouble.  definitely optimism..

Wow this is beautiful! Really conveys the emotions the title invokes!

David Dunham

Water

Scattered thoughts coalescing into disillusionment. 

A new idea i am playing around with.  I will be working on this and updating it and will put a note here when i do.

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Contemplation

(c)2020 James Lawrence Nesser

The night a young man discovers he has fallen in love.  

Italia 12-String, Epiphone Casino, Epiphone Viola Bass, a couple of synth patches I made, virtual drums, and a Korg Nanopad.

"Ready To Fly"

Some words are so wonderful, you want to hear them again:  the first time she (or he) says "I love you", and later,"I'm sorry, I was wrong", or "I forgive you". The judge says "not guilty", The doctor announces,"the cancer's gone"... you get the idea, news so good you want to hear it again.  I hope you like my trying to capture it in a song.

Say It Again!

No more Mr. Nice Guy 👿😈👻😁 ...
> performed by DudellicAh! (2020)

Blast, Beats And😱No Melody [A Serious🧐KasperlTREKater]

Deuteronomy 33:27
"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms"

Song Recorded and Produced by Josh Ross including Piano/Percussion

Hymn of the Everlasting Arms (Deuteronomy 33:27)

When you grow up in Colorado you probably have a little country in your bones. Yee ha.

It Wont Be Long

Taken from the new 4-track EP, Final Destination, available to stream  at www.jakedasilva.com. Hope you visit and hear a track you like.

Thanks as always for supporting my creativity.

Stay safe!

Beautiful Lies

This tune came out of a wonderful convergence (happy accident); my collaboration with @devin-locke on "Theme and Variations" and a renewed interest in the painting of Bob Ross. One of the variations I became so taken with, I wanted to develop it into a full track using the original steel string voice of the collaboration then adding nylon string to enlarge the melody line.  "Happy Accidents" was a favorite saying of Bob Ross as he would go about his painting on Public Television.  I saw how it applied to me in how I have composed guitar music over the years;  the unexpected note or chord I first thought a mistake became a turning point for a phrase or melody line.  Some would call it "serendipity", for Bob Ross it was a "happy accident".  If you listen closely toward the beginning, you can hear my granddaughter Lily in the background, a bit of a cameo and very much a happy accident:)

Happy Accidents (For Bob Ross)

A while back fine guitarist @devin-locke inspired me to revisit some of the early Miles Davis' recordings which are brilliant jazz masterpieces.  I wanted to try my hand at the style and have Devin join me if he felt so inclined.  He hasn't yet, but may do so in the future:) Anyway, a little tribute to a master...

Miles And Miles To Go

1) Guitar-like sound
Pianoteq 7: custom piano morph between Steinway D New York and Church Bells
Exciter, Compressor, EQ with saturation
Valhalla Vintage Verb: custom Chaotic Neutral, 1970s
Tape Cassette 2 (saturation, wow/flutter, EQ)

2) Flute-like synth
Arturia Pigments 2: custom version of "Trip In Weighlessness" preset
PSP Pianoverb
Exciter, EQ with saturation
Valhalla Vintage Verb: custom Chaotic Neutral, 1970s
Tape Cassette 2 (saturation, wow/flutter, EQ)

3) Grainy Background Texture
Arturia Pigments 2: custom version of "Mallet Roll" preset
PSP Pianoverb
Valhalla Vintage Verb: custom Chaotic Neutral, 1970s
Valhalla Delay: custom Digital, Past (sounds like ocean waves)
Stereo Widening
Tape Cassette 2 (saturation, a lot of wow/flutter, EQ)
EQ with saturation

4) Pad
Arturia Pigments 2: slightly modified "Nebula" preset with slower envelope

Massimo Fasciano

Endless Beach

Written for my 2nd granddaughter who turned 20 last November, she is pictured here as a three year old about the time the song was first written.  It was a stylistic breakthrough for me finding its birth on a Mexican classical guitar I found at a pawn shop and bought at a bargain because it needed repair.  Shortly after the glue dried, I started playing it and the opening phrases of the song just poured out and I thought "that sounds like my Grace".  So here it is on the Godin, a song for Grace and a prayer for you.

Grace To You

Round and round the endless road, repetition overload, 
The circus of life
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

Blinkered and bound
More lost than found
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?
Perpetual game, conceptual shame
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

Collective mass amnesia, wilful anaesthesia
Fire and furious reaction
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?
The actors and the faces change, storylines remain the same
Blame it on the scapegoat faction
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

Blinkered and bound
More lost than found
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?
Perpetual game, conceptual shame
Why don’t they see, why do they refuse to see?

None So Blind

Angels play a huge role throughout the Biblical narrative.  They also play a role in our lives as well, probably much more than we realize...May Lemke is one such angel. I read about her years ago and her rescuing of a hopelessly disabled, premature baby she would adopt and name Leslie in an article titled "The Miracle of May Lemke's Love".  Here is a brief video of that angel telling her story.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWtZA-ZmOAM&list=PLKj3m-0NiJ6VpEOx8YE1dhsRg0umHaQ8N&index=1  Debra Buesking gives the song yet another dimension of ambience and power in our collaboration: soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203/on-the-wings-of-angels-second-flight-with-debra-buesking-piano

On Angels' Wings (In Memory of May Lemke)

With all that's going on, sometimes the heart just wants to flee to a place of innocence. Maybe we could meet there...

Return To Innocence

A picture of A horse

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

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David Dunham

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