STRUCTURES.

A new series of pieces based on the classical guitar (but recorded plugged-in). Composed and played by DS 2015.

It is a work of variations, with some core elements re-appearing multiple times (but evolved, and differently combined). Meditative, explorative, and slightly abstract. Created through a gradual weaving of different themes, growing larger structures ... 

It is likely that there ultimately will be a cycle of five, six, pieces of this kind. 

DS //May 2015





Guitar Structures No. 1 - By David J. Svensson

There is a video of  "Going Down to Mark's Place"  on You Tube, Last fm, and My Space.
Also  YouTube videos from vinyl releases with cover pics of  'Icarus',  'State of Mind'  'Captives', ' Ambiguous Girl',  and 'Some People'  all written by Chris Scheri. ' Crushed and Crazy'   and 'Omniscience'  written by Chris Scheri and Cris Bonacci.
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004046356170

Chris Scheri vocals and flute - 2songs - Sweet Jayne live bootleg video clip:  http://youtu.be/kwhgNdXUjwI  : Star Spinner / Emerald

Wild Orchids have been posting tracks for ages so it is time to add Wild Orchids:  Chris Scheri and Robyn Youlten. Playing live since 2016 as a duo  and also as a full band Wild Orchids and the Weeds.

(ENG) Jimena Arroyo is a singer-songwriter from La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of 19, she won a car in a singing competition on a TV show in her country. From that moment on, she started performing live and worked as a touring singer in a cover band for over ten years. After that, she decided to focus on her original songs, so she started working with very talented musicians, composers and producers from all over the world. She is also the lead singer of Excorde. She's been nominated for several international music awards. In 2021 she won the International Singer-Songwriters Association Award for Best International Female Vocalist.  She released her first solo album "But First We Burn" with producer CJ Teffner, which won Intl. Female Album of 2022 - Gold by ISSA. 

(ESP) Jimena Arroyo es una cantautora de La Plata, Bs. As., Argentina. A los 19 años, ganó un auto en un concurso de canto en un show de televisión. A partir de entonces, cantó en una conocida banda de covers por más de diez años. Luego decidió enfocarse en sus canciones originales junto con renombrados músicos, compositores y productores de distintas partes del mundo. También es conocida por ser la cantante de Excorde. Fue nominada a varios premios internacionales a la música. En 2020 y 2021 recibió el premio de Mejor Vocalista Femenina Internacional de la Asociación Internacional de Cantautores. Su primer álbum solista con CJ Teffner, ganó el premio a Álbum Femenino Oro 2022 de ISSA.

“A painter paints pictures on canvas but musicians paint their pictures on silence.” -  Leopold Stokowski

A member of Cellar Door which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/cdoor

"The most powerful and magical language is music. The reason for this is that music is the original language. Music is not ornamented poetry, and poetry is not ornamented prose. Poetry is fallen music, and prose is fallen poetry. Prose is not the original language; it is poetry made practical. Even poetry is not the original language; it is music made speakable, it is the words of music separated from their music. In the beginning was music." (Peter Kreeft, Philosophy of Tolkien)

Composer of multi-instrumental music, with a preference for longer, progressive and complexly arranged pieces.   

Have played guitar for many years, but I am probably a slightly odd type of guitarist. Not particularily interested in the guitar genre, not too keen on listening to long solos, etc. I don't enjoy playing for people - a party-killer, in short. However, leave me alone with this wonderful tool (or the keyboard, which I play too), and I will start experimenting with it, searching for something to develop. 

Strongly interested in classical music and anything remotely related to that. I want to construct music with a similar structure and complexity, although with other instruments, and in my own way...  
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During 2010-2013, I worked on a suite of related pieces, GUITARS PLAYED BY DS, with every sound played on the electric guitar. A major undertaking, and (all-in-all) 45+ minutes long, all complexly related and released in five segments.

During 2014-2015, the main focus was on the full-format 'LONG INSTRUMENTAL', a progressive work with lots of different instruments and sounds, restless and complex. Some sections stand on their own feet: MYSTERY, and FANFARE. 

The 2014-2015 recordings also resulted in two shorter pieces: CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION and CLUSTER OF WARNINGS.

During 2015 I initiated a suite played on classical guitars - GUITAR STRUCTURES. It is a series of slowly changing ideas, a weave of melodies and harmony, the first section out in April 2015 (the 2nd came 2 years later).  

I played guitars on Tolubai's wonderful ambient piece 'MEMORIES' (August 2015).

EARTHSHINE came out in January 2016; a darker and slightly dissonant progressive piece, and one of my personal favorites. So is SILENCE, out 1st July 2016. September 2016: IGNITION  with TOLUBAI and LET THERE BE LIGHT 22th Sept 2016 with PuppyWolf. 

20/11-2016: The OORT CLOUD PROJECT I-IX. An 18+ minutes long progressive synth-based instrumental, with lots of short guitar phrases integrated. Also, the spin-off PASSAGE was released. 

GROTESQUE released too in the end of 2016. The 19th January 2017, I released the sketch OMMA CONTRAPUNCTUS PROJECT. The 4th February 2017, the track '3 WORLDS COLLIDE' was released.

'Guitar Structure No. 2' out in March 2017, took 2 years to complete.

BEST OF 2 WORLDS was released in November 2017, another personal favorite composition.

APPROACHING: an unfinished sketch released 1st April 2018. TAURUS IV released 8th April 2018.

New Years evening 2019, quickly improvising a track: DECADE. Uploaded 23:58 local time. It was a very fun way of ending the year and I used a symbolic art cover with red sweeping in, but I wouldn't have dreamed of what was to come soon.

One main project this year is the SNOWFLAKES VARIATIONS suite; the Prelude was released in January 2020.

8th April 2020: CREATURES RISING was released. CREATURES OF THE RAINFOREST also a spinoff track (released 2021).

In the Lockdown March-April 2020, I recorded 'Era', out of frustration...

5th June 2020: REPORT FROM PLANET THREE, which was initiated 31st May 2019. 

31st July 2020: FORECAST was released. April 2021: SUMMER SNOWFLAKES, a 25 minute long track and perhaps my most ambitious ever. 

OCTOBER 22, 2021: OUTPOST. Was hell of a lot work behind this, which started out as the "Conquerer" project already in 2017. 

APRIL 28, 2022: The Disclosure (Part I).
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: PEACE GUITARS. A track very dear to me, much of it written outdoors at the shores with my lovely dog with me. 

OCTOBER 6, 2023: SHAMBOLIC GUITARS.  Intensive recordings!

DECEMBER 7, 2024: TABOOOO released. (Oldfield Tribute)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2025: WATERFALL (part 1). Another part will follow in 2026!
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Many thanks for visiting here, and for the comments, 'Likes' & reposts.

D. Svensson Sept. 2022

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Compositions for piano with some influence from classical music, American songbook, jazz and other styles.
All compositions written by Anibal Seminara.

Main DAW :  Studio one pro 7    Mixcraft pro 10 studio    Ability pro 5

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