California

I was really obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid and totally bit someone once in kindergarten. What a mess... 
So, this song is based on experience.

Thanks for giving this song a listen, and please share if I have compelled you to do so.

Lyrics:
When I was young, they would ask me,
When I grow up, what would I'd like to be?
With stars in my eyes, I knew my answer well
And to everyone I would tell,
I wanna be a dinosaur.

I want to be a velociraptor
with twelve inch claws that I'd scratch your
faces off before devouring your heart.

I want to be an Ankylosaurus
With a shell on my back and I'd make you sore with
My great hammer tail, you're gonna get wrekt.

Kids were never that nice to me,
but I'll grow spikes and claws you see
I'll have my sweet sweet revenge
But first I have to be a dinosaur.

There is a kid that would always shove
He'd like to think that he was above the laws of the playground
that's not right.

I'd hunt him down with my dino-roar
Jump onto my prey until he hit the floor
And when I felt the mood, I'd have a bite

Expelled for this behavior,
That's fine that kid had a funny flavor
And I no longer belong to human kind
Because in my mind
I'm a dinosaur
Can you hear me roar?

Dinosaur

Martian Western

Vincent [INST + BKG VOX]

Don't Let It Escape by St. Able

We Survived 2020

I Hope You're Happy - Games We Play

DVP - PUP

808 Demo

My first cover ever was Where Is My Mind by The Pixies about a year ago. I was really proud of that initial recording, but I have learned a metric crap-ton about performing and producing music since then. Here is my 4 hour project celebrating how far I've come. Enjoy.

Where Is My Mind (Redux)

The cult classic film '28 Days Later' is a popular zombie movie. There is one cute scene where the survivors are having a grand time robbing a grocery store. It might be the only happy moment in the entire movie and the song playing during that scene was 'A.M. 180' by Grandaddy, and it really stuck with me.

A.M. 180

To practice using new equipment and software, I needed to try to cover an older song with simple drums, guitar, bass, and vocals. I have always liked this song but avoided it because the vocals were beyond me. By accepting my failures and identifying my strengths, I did all of the instrumental and mixing work where that would be all for not without my new friend Vitor's golden pipes. We knocked out this cover in one day and I'm really happy with how it came out. I'm getting better ;)

Creep (ft. Vitor)

My cover of 'Can't Help Falling In Love' with vocals by my friend Vitor!
This is a mix of acoustic and punk which is how I mostly like to do music. Hopefully I can have Vitor on for more music projects in the future!

Elvis

My girlfriend was making cookies when I noticed the sounds of her Kitchen Aid mixer could be made into a song. Here is the result!

Kitchen Aid

This is a bare bones acoustic/vocal piece shrouded in the ambiance of a vinyl record. If you listen closely, the reverb and "wear" of the recording goes down the further you listen to the song. This was one of the very first attempts at recording the song, and I just can't reproduce this intimate sound, flaws and all. It was going to be a super romantic song, but then I messed it up with potty humor. Maybe subverting genres is my genre?

Tall Glass Of Water

I wrote this song nearly a year ago when I first started dating my girlfriend, Dianne. Over a phone call, I mistakenly called her a prison and had to quickly spin it around to sound like a positive thing. Now I've re-mixed the song and added some much needed percussion to make it sound more complete. I hope you like it!

See the cute YouTube video for this song here!
youtube.com/watch?v=h6xYkj59c7k

Conquered My Heart

I have been missing my college town in New Mexico lately and happened to be experimenting with sound loops. This is probably the best song I've produced up to now and I'm really proud of it. Let me know if you would like me to do more songs like this in the future, and thanks for listening!

YouTube:
youtu.be/DB9-1i3DC_k

Website: 
dehartmusic.tumblr.com/about

Wet Streets and Traffic Lights [Loop Pedal]

Here is a folk song I composed back in undergrad in New Mexico. I was really influenced by Mumford and Sons back then and a lot of local musicians also liked that acoustic style. Let the song take on any meaning to you, but I personally wrote it while frustrated, studying for the GRE grad school entrance exams. Let me know what you think in the comments!

My Website: dehartmusic.tumblr.com/about
My Twitter: twitter.com/dehartmusic
YouTube: youtu.be/Pm24ojZZ59U

Lyrics:
There comes a point in every man's life
Where you ask yourself son,
Just how far have I come
Just what have I done

I've taken the beaten path
Was this all a waste of time?
When will it all end?
Could I just get a sign?

I've grown so tired 
of all these games,
these bags under my eyes
no salt left in these veins.

With all the strength I have left
Could I have just one more day
Try as I might
Will it matter any way

I've become skin and bone
Although I eat every day
Try as I might
I'm withering away

---

Don't tell me how much time I have left
Don't tell me how close I've come
For when I lay my head to rest
I'll know that I've won

Salt For Veins

It's finally finished! Here is my parody song about Skyrim and losing yourself in Tamriel. Special thanks to my friend Ian for helping me get some in-game footage I needed for this video!

My Website: https://dehartmusic.tumblr.com/about
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dehartmusic
The Video:  https://youtu.be/muzcBa-TomE

Lyrics:
(Skyrim theme intro)
Skyrim calls me!

I haven't finished Skyrim yet
I'm almost done with the main quest
but I am easily distracted by the
butterflies and pulling wings off them

And chasing elk down with my thu'um
Raiding ancient Nordic runes
Starting hundreds of side quests 
and completing all of them

But life in Tamriel can be better than
real life ever could
Drink some skuma, hunt down dragons 
join the dark brotherhood
After 300 hours you might 
think I'm getting close to the end
But in the words of Boromir, 
one does not simply beat Skyrim

I heard a rumor that I might have friends
and that they are inviting me out again
to a tavern or some place downtown 
that's not in Skyrim

In the real world the graphics are great
but this plot line sucks, it's really second rate
it's as if the main character might not be me

It's not like someone with the amulet of Mara is going to sweep me off my feet
The way life is going, it's not like anything  or anyone can compete
I will slay every dragon, rob the ragged flagon,
till this hole in my my life is complete

But in the words of Boromir,
One does not simply beat Skyrim

(Skyrim theme out)

Skyrim

Michael Buble and Sinatra were probably the first artists I listened to before I got exposed to punk music. I wrote this a short while back when I had a job playing piano at an Italian restaurant. Let me know what you think and thanks for giving it a listen!

My Twitter: twitter.com/dehartmusic
My Website: dehartmusic.tumblr.com/about
YouTube: youtu.be/fFe0n8XQEus

Lyrics:
Someone's gonna take me home tonight
Someone's gonna brighten up my life
Someone's gonna take me far from here
Someone's gonna take away my fear

Someone's gonna call my name
My life will never be the same
There is only one I can adore
Could you be the one that I've been waiting for?

We'll have a house with a white picket fence
We'll throw parties and invite all our friends
We'll be the bell of the ball, 
and it's my name that you'll call
Cause you're the one I've been waiting for

I've had my ups and downs, and I keep clowning around
And I can't seem to keep this smile on my face
Need someone in my arms to proudly call me theirs
And all I'd ever want is their sweet embrace.

Could You Be The One

Lets start Season 2 with a love story! I confess that The introduction was inspired by 'At The Bottom of Everything' by Bright Eyes, just a spoken word story to introduce the song. This is all a true story by the way, with the name of the love interest redacted of course. Thanks for listening!

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dehartmusic
My Website: https://dehartmusic.tumblr.com/about
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC84zzX8RZeAd-BNL7FBT9uw
Download: https://dehartmusic.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:
Surrounded by a million  people, they just walk on by
But something special about you caught my eye
I want to, need to know, more about who you are
You've got me singing songs like never before!
 
This is your chance now take it, 
Speak up before she's gone for good, 
Let her know how you're feeling.

This silly little crush of mine 
Just might break my heart in two.
I just need to see you again

I know that this is incredibly forward, 
But this is what you've done to me
Oh, would you take this song, as a formal invitation?

Darling, would you, 
Darling, could you, 
Darling, you're driving me crazy
Would you please, join me for coffee.

Love Letter

I found someone on Tumblr who needed a lyricists for a musical they were developing. To audition, I needed to compose an outro song for the play. In it, a 13 year old girl knows she will mysteriously die the next day and writes a farewell letter to her loved ones. The title was prescribed to be "Love Forever, Sadie." Because of the nature of the musical and this song being a letter, I decided to make the lyrics linear.

Thanks for listening this week! Please let me know what you think!

The Musical: https://theanatomyofastar-musical.tumblr.com/
Website: https://dehartmusic.co/

Love Forever, Sadie

This was a fun instrumental collaboration with Flip My Beatz who I met online. This song is really opening my mind to the idea of mixing genres. I might try some punk pieces with hip hop drums in the future because they can just sound so good!

Tunnel Tunnel Tunnel Ft. Flip My Beatz

Ever see Swiss Army Man with Daniel Radcliffe? The movie with the farts? The film and soundtrack inspired me to challenge my fears head on and embrace what makes me weird, so this week I composed a (mostly) 7/4 A Capella piece. I know it's far from top 40, but I (hope I) was able to capture a roller coaster of emotion within this piece. It can mean whatever you want it: prepping for a surgery, battling cancer, being stoned off your ass, etc. I'm really happy with how it turned out and how far I've come in the last six months.

Lyrics: 
I am on too much medication.
I'm floating. I'm falling.

Medication

I imagined what a sexy funk song written by a modern Vincent van Gogh would sound like and this popped out. I met artist St. Abel online who offered to help pull the piece together with her sultry mostly-British voice. Think I should keep working with her? Like if you want and share if it's worth sharing! Thanks! XOXO

St. Abel: https://st-abe.tumblr.com/

Lyrics:
I want to paint you baby
Across my bedroom wall
come closer baby just keep
shake'n it shake'n it shake it
Don't need no ears when you 
talk with your body

I'll let you paint me naughty
or should I be more coy
Come closer now just stop your talking
Don't need no ears Vinny
Doin't need to hear my voice
Don't need no yellow in you
Touch my body

Know you want it
Come and get it
Stare and touch my body

Vincent's Funk ft. St Abel

Starting this season with a fun dance song. This is the first time I'm using these 8-bit tools. How did I do? I'm also looking to hire lo-fi hip hop artists for a project I'm putting together, let me know if you're interested :)

I Spilled Monster Everywhere (Oh No!)

Watch the music video for this song here!
http://dehartmusicblog.tumblr.com/post/179694211879

K-On!

Check out the music video here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyH4F5K9iPE

Abandon All Hope / Hellboy

I did a bit of conducting in high school and Dianne introduced me to this relevant anime, Nodame Cantabile. Please comment with suggestions for the next genre / anime AMV!

https://youtu.be/8nWtrGVD8nw

Make You Crazy

Written by Todd Fogarty, a member of the Skum Shine family. I've been playing the song with the folk-punk band for over a year since.

One Punch Man AMV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00MYtLsni9Q

Vlogmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTZCQqUZRbI

Lyrics:
I need a remote for my life
Brand new batteries
So I can skip the scenes
Of heart ache and catastrophe

Wreck the frantic manic fuckin voices in my head, disguise my 
Zombified insides a bit

Well my thoughts are such a mess
Like broken cigarettes
A toxic mix of chemicals adrift inside my head
I don't know what to say, neither does my brain, the feelings are fucking
Hard for me to grasp and even harder to explain

And in my dreams I'm choking on flies
They fill my mouth, they fill my nose, and then they fill my fuckin eyes
And now your gone, now your gone
And I don't know how to feel. I never know, Oh still 
I can't pretend that I don't care, that 
half life of that feelings still there, but it's not
its not enough, not enough.

Like cave in victims my mind is stuck
On the way things used to be
And the changes in both of us, Its like 
pulling shards of glass
out of a bloody pair of feet
its difficult, and painful and hard to see

My thoughts are such a mess
Like broken cigarettes, a
Toxic mix of chemicals a drift inside my head
And God knows I hate change
or maybe he don't, cause
God is just the i-ma-gi-na-ry friend of the pope

And in my dreams, I crawl out of the sea
I find some creature of the deep has laid his eggs inside of me
And now your gone, now your gone
And I don't know how to feel. I never know, Oh still 
I can't pretend that I don't care, that 
half life of that feelings still there, but it's not
its not enough, not enough.

Chernobyl

Physicist gone indie musician doing my own thing.

DeHart

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