Love the sound, great sensibility and phrasing.

really nice dave... love the sound of that 7!!!!!

Perfectly dark ethereal guitar landscape, love the sound of the gated drum

Truly amazing Dave. I absolutly love your work.

Weekly

Always so lovely to sing on Sander’s gorgeous music to create a new track together under our joint name Passion Arcade.  We hope you enjoy! Annie and Sander. 😊❤️🎶🎤🎵🎼🎹❤️ @wane-of-summer for more lovely music. 😊❤️

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NO HESITATION (Passion Arcade)

Hot Dog

I remastered this 3-piece (trilogy) because I think it deserved it. What do you think of it? Should I put it on Spotify?

A Day too Beautiful to forget (remastered)

For those who hate the pigeons ability to convert any clean place into a dirty mess, I would recommend listening to Tom Lehrer's "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"

*** SKINNER PIGEONS ***

The Skinner pigeons displayed superstitious learning
when they learned to perform actions
unrelated to rewards.
In fact the trays that offered them delicious nutrients
were just opened by a timer
set to fire from time to time.
And so these birds would keep repeating senseless dances,
empty swingings, useless stances,
thinking they were in command.
Believing that they were the ones there in command.  

This begs the question:
What about success prescriptions,
secret methods, clever fictions?
Do they really lift our lives?
As we go forward pushing doorways, shouting orders,
firing people, building borders,
maybe we're not better than those helpless birds 
that swing their heads or flap their wings
thinking this entails the feeding
that is coming anyway.
The random feeding that is coming anyway.

Still we keep searching for the reasons of decaying,
for the meaning of our praying,
for the guilty butterfly.
We keep denying to be lost in mindless fighting,
running blind amidst the lightning,
waiting for the final strike.
We want the answers that will feed our understanding
that will bring us consolation
that will give a reason why.
We want the answers that will give a reason why.

Skinner Pigeons

Sun And Rain

“Maria”

Art work: AliceKeyStudio via Pixabay

いつか
とおい
むかし
ふたり
しまい
うたう
まりあ

“Decades ago, as a child, I learnt this song “Ave Maria” by listening to my two older sisters sing it.”　An old aunt told me this.

Maria

Long time ago in the Scottish Highlands. A tribe that lives in a rough and harsh surrounding, strengthened over generations by the unfriendly environment. The borders of the tribes territory are not exactly known. In particular, in the North, the saying goes that vast areas of unoccupied lands will belong to those that first dare to claim it. So a small troup of currageous military men sets foot to the Northern Frontier ...

Composition-wise: The piece explores the change of atmosphere when the same motive is played with different accompaniments. The same theme can be found for instance @ 0:00 ff,  0:23 ff and 1:05 ff. The accompaniment increases in intensity and rhythm for these three instances, ranging from a meditative intro over a – to my ears – tribal dance or chant towards a first  climax of the piece which might make a good soundtrack for a battle in the Scottish Highlands. The track then settles down to the second theme @ 1:33 which again is repeated with much more agitated accompaniment @ 1:55 ff. 

While the track is in general in 4/4, it raises the tension by sometimes breaking the metrum into more unconventional rhythmic structures. This holds in particular for @ 0:46 ff where the metrum changes to a succession of ¾, 4/4, ¾, 6/4, 6/4, 4/4, ¾, 4/4, ¾, ¾, ¾ and then reverts to the original 4/4. Also @ 2:09  there is in insert of a ¾ bar and at the very end @ 2:30, there is a 2/4 break just before the final chord. 

I did some Youtube Shorts in Case with more details on some composition tweaks that I used in this track:
Varying the Accompaniment: https://youtube.com/shorts/7HAWSz2Mg14?feature=share
Breaking the metric structure: https://youtube.com/shorts/tUvaq8D6nUo?feature=share
Ligature Bows: https://youtube.com/shorts/-WBf6Du040g?feature=share
Keeping the attention until the end: https://youtube.com/shorts/qnJl5BQ4yxU?feature=share


The track has been recorded on a Roland FP-90 and mastered in Cubase by adding  reverb, a Stereo enhancer and fiddling a bit with the EQ. 
The picture was created with Stable Diffusion. 

The track can also be found at 
Youtube (including the scores): https://youtu.be/FIQZc7JakvQ
Spotify: spotify:album:5YG7dpoBElKImcbmX7eWTU

The Northern Frontier

The Northern Frontier (Solo Piano)

Last year I thought I better write myself a Halloween tune. I never managed to finish it in 2022, but now it's here. It's a stupid (Stephen King-Like) little horror story. Hope you won't be too scared. Release on other platforms will be Friday the 13th of October 2023.

There’s a video too: 

https://youtu.be/miimwlPbggo?si=hu0Ap7McEqzcjaIS

Your Last Halloween

Midnight Tides

Gear used:

ESP - LTD Viper-7 Baritone Black Metal 7 String Guitar
Ibanez EDB 605 5 String Bass
Bias FX 2
EZ Keys I & II
EZ Drummer 2
EZ Mix I & II
EZ Master I & II
Cakewalk DAW by Bandlab

Guitars & Bass performed by me.
Drums programmed using Cakewalk DAW Sequencer Tool.

Whispers

Whispers/死亡ささやき

Aside from musical satisfaction and $$$ - the motivations for artists to keeping going can be an addiction to the love from the audience.

SCREAMING AND THROWING UNDIES

Take my time with plug-ins
Connection satisfaction
Waving arms like a summons
Pointy introductions
And soon I’m ridin’ minor sevenths
Endorphins in my canal
I’m like a godly presence
As music funks it’s way around

But the pessimist inside – says shoot me your lovin’ arrows
Cause the deficit is – oh - the needing of something so shallow
Gimme screaming and throwing undies (love me love me love me)
Gimme screaming and throwing undies

Career or labour of love
Try and define it
Eyeing up those at the front
Is anyone buyin’ it
I’m phrasing out the words I wrote
Looking for misty eyes 
Reaching for a soulful note
Into clover wrap me tight 

Nature’s opium ride
Musicality
Bathing up here in spotlight
Dopamine alchemy                             Yeah I’m riding . . .

SCREAMING and THROWING UNDIES

Impulsive

This improvisation started out as a holiday song.  "Musings" are my sketch journal like a painter.  Most are complete songs with some interesting twists.  Thank you for listening!

A Musing #8

Starting out...I used to think about
the number of days I have to survive
'fore I can jump a train...
thumb a car
or just start walking....
and if I don't leave today...
if I can't save my life this way
then...what am I doing
and I'd been dreamin of another life
where shame ain't at its core
a life where the stitches of my wounds
don't show no more
 and I hop a train...
thumb a car...and lord
I just keep walking....
turns out...leavin yesterday
just like the day before...a generation steppin
like a first tour in a foreign war
O
bodies in the street yea
bodies keeping score and its working out this way...til this lion learns to roar
and if I don't leave today
if I can't save my life this way...
then...what am I even doing
yea
hop a train thumb a car and just keep walking

A Foreign War

THIS IS NOT FOR FREE USE.

To lease this track or obtain exclusive rights to use for any project, please contact via email: 4thKindMovement@gmail.com.

Production available for the following:

- Artists of multiple genres, completely custom and able to be released on all DSPs (Spotify, Apple Music, etc).
- Content Creator, custom and royalty free for use on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and others.
- Streamer background music, custom and royalty free for use on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, etc.

...and more.

Not Without You

Buy via Bandcamp

Guitarist/Songwriter that writes, records, performs, mixes and masters all my own music.

Some Synths and all Drums programmed from scratch by me.

I'm a genuine Guitarist/Musician that's strongly against A.I. music being passed off as someone's own work.

Check out my Guitar Playthrough Videos here for authenticity:
*Disclaimer* My Guitar Playthough videos are played along to the pre-recorded track in real time and in a live setting so some imperfections will be present.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVjYpLuamwzJuIT-nb3LzEzNDhobJ2qxS

Main gear I'm currently using for my tracks:

Guitars:
ESP LTD MH 1007 ET with EMG 57-7 & 66-7 pickups.
Schecter Damien Elite - 8 with EMG 808 Pickups

Other Guitars:
Kramer SM-1H with Seymour Duncan JB pickup.
ESP LTD Graphic Series Vincent Price with EMG 81 pickup.
Epiphone Les Paul 7 string with Seymour Duncan pickups.

Guitar Plugin:
BIAS FX 2
STL Tonality - Andy James Suite
Toneforge Disrupter

Bass:
Cort 5 string Bass with Bartolini pickups.

Keyboard/MIDI Controller:
Casio CTK 7200

Drums:
EZDrummer 2 - Software Plugin

DAW:
Cakewalk by Bandlab

D.I. Interface:
Lewitt Connect 2

Mastering:
EZ Mastering I & II Plugins

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

Whispers/死亡ささやき

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