Never judge by appearances, like a book by its cover. Only freaks do that.

Freak

This song is part of the sailors EP: https://ffm.to/sailors-ep

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmfqkUMyXVA

This is one of the first song that I wrote, I completely changed the instruments. The first version is on youtube, but I might delete it soon  https://youtu.be/K7hHI2xk2OA

Lyrics: 

The rain wouldn’t stop from falling  today
Forming small puddles on the sidewalk that caught my reflection  
I saw many of me there scattered on the ground
But all around, there was none of you to be found

So I wrote you this letter Diane

The dirty streets of my hometown seem even gloomier today
And your absence makes me feel 
Even worse than yesterday

I’m drinking too much coffee 
Smoking too many cigarettes 
I’m thinking about you all the time 
Nothing I can do puts my mind to rest
I’ll see you there I’ll find you there In this kingdom by the sea

Diane, you left me hanging there 
Alone and all I’ve got left is my despair 
And a bitter taste in my mouth 
When I see your pictures everywhere
This place feels so cold, it’s no home there 
The warmth was you and now it’s just freezing in hell 
And me, I’m just hanging by a thread 
Cause love is gone and you are gone, Diane

I’ll see you there, 
I'll meet you there 
I’ll find you there 
In this kingdom by the sea

Sailors

Diane

https://open.spotify.com/track/159SwjScZMzi1jCPXl3f3j?si=ed695e34a6cb4dfe
@xian3
Written and sung by Xian3
Produced by Dreaming While Awake

🎆LIVE ON SPOTIFY "The Tree" collab w/ Xian3

This song is part of the sailors EP: https://ffm.to/sailors-ep

This is a song about Casey. There are many songs about Casey, but they are not all about this Casey. This Casey is a twat... He might be the same Casey as in Kris Kristofferson's song "Casey's last ride", but that still has to be confirmed. Please do not feel sad about Casey.

This one is quite similar to the demo, the main changes are the drums and the intro... and a mix that works

LYRICS:

There’s a story I’d like to share with you tonight
It’s a story about Casey and it’s a story that’s half sad
The half that is sad is Casey, cause Casey is sad
But I have little love for Casey, you should make up your own mind

Casey pushed his beer over the counter
He stood up and rested his hands on the cool copper
Sled a quarter over to the barman
And waved a silent goodbye to nobody

He walked to his old car across the corner, Got inside
and let the smell of worn damp leather take over
His thoughts
And make him forget how his life
Took the wrong turn

Casey is sad
Casey you’re driving
Casey you’re crying
You’re crying

Casey got back home to his tired couch
Dropped his coat on the floor uncapped a warm beer /
on the table And every silence told him
aboute a love that disowned

Buy Casey knows he’s never done nothing wrong
In fact he ’s always been doing the same thing all along
And sometimes yes sometimes
he cared and listened

Poor Casey knows that he’ll die alone on this dirty couch
Between the remnants of empty bottles and pizza boxes
And the fading memories of his normal life
Like old photographs pinned on the wall

Casey you’re crying
Casey you’re crying
You’re crying

Casey is sad
Casey is crying
Casey is sad

Casey Is Sad

The song is about preserving love as the relationship matures.

Sunset Beach

My brand new track - Finished by today Oct. 06, 2024. 

Yeah I know, sounds very 70th or even 60th, but well, I dont mind that much. It was a pretty quick production. Song created in 3.5 hrs only.

Here is the very first version with my own vocals. But my friend Paul from the Philippines kindly will contribute his "rocky" vocals to this track soon.

Music, Arrangement & Production by Berny A. Racz (Z CAR M) - 

Lyrics:

Enough For Now – October 05, 2024

**Verse 1**  
       
It's enough for now, and the silence speaks,  
Words unspoken, tangled in our streaks.  
We dance around the hurt, pretending it is fine,  
But deep down I feel, we are running out of time.  

**Bridge**  

Maybe someday we’ll find a way,  
To turn the night back into day.  
But for now, we’ll keep walking this line,  
Searching for a light, holding on to time.  

**Chorus**   

So I’ll hold on tight to the pieces we have made,  
Though the cracks are showing, and the colours are fading.  
It’s enough for now, but the heart knows the cost.
We are lost in the chaos, but we are not quite lost.  

**Verse 2**  

Late-night whispers turn to distant sighs,  
Promises fade like stars in the skies.  
We try to find comfort in familiar ways.
But shadows linger on our better days.  

**Bridge**  

Maybe someday we’ll find a way,  
To turn the night back into day.  
But for now, we’ll keep walking this line,  
Searching for a light, holding on to time.  

**Chorus**  

So I’ll hold on tight to the pieces we have made,  
Though the cracks are showing, and the colours are fading.  
It’s enough for now, but the heart knows the cost.
We are lost in the chaos, but we are quite lost.

Enough For Now

The 2nd of the Alpha Remasters which started in November 2024.
This for what originally was track #5 in early February of 2023.

Alphas are conceived as just very minimal hesitation-removal fixes where we are splitting and sliding edges and maybe some little little deletions of less than a second in judiciously picked places.

5A : Odd Little Ways, Parte The First (Alpha Remaster) released November 10, 2024

Feature.fm link to this track:
https://ffm.to/olw1-alpha

SoundCloud for this track:
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/odd-little-ways-parte-the-first-alpha

Spotify for this track:
https://open.spotify.com/track/64stVoIXl0FC3mJFcmXk0D

Bandcamp for this track:
https://dougstoothoff.bandcamp.com/track/odd-little-ways-parte-the-first-alpha-remaster

Douglas P Stoothoff main site:
https://exedexes1.com/
https://exedexes1.godaddysites.com/

Youtube subscribe:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZCySWQ-wAQ0GMtXag?sub_confirmation=1
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itch.io profile link:
https://exedexes1.itch.io/

Feature.fm overall Artist Bio link:
https://ffm.bio/douglas-p-stoothoff

Master Track List on SC:
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/tracks

Artist page on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EuvIQRQESX9WFtwI6GqWB

Artist page on Apple:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/doug-stoothoff/1687430940

Artist page on Amazon:
https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0C4YK678Y/douglas-p-stoothoff

Youtube Artist Topic Channel (autogenerated):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZCySWQ-wAQ0GMtXag

Artist page on Bandcamp:
https://dougstoothoff.bandcamp.com/

Artist page on Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/39485859

Artist page on Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/artist/douglas-p-stoothoff/1155579

Artist page on Boomplay:
https://www.boomplay.com/artists/70114948

Artist page on Pandora:
https://www.pandora.com/artist/douglas-p-stoothoff/ARjZ7nth7x9xvpg

Artist page on Qobuz:
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/interpreter/douglas-p-stoothoff/18758728

Artist page on iHeart Radio:
https://www.iheart.com/artist/douglas-p-stoothoff-40424070/

ŠalāšEšrā

Odd Little Ways, Parte The First (Alpha Remaster)

Buy on Beatport

they say x no letting go

DENY MY SOUL

The soundtrack to Unbound Love traces a quiet arc from neon isolation to small, human hope.

Early songs live in a near-future city: lo-fi beats, soft indie pop and digital hymns that feel like late-night headphone confessions, following a neurodivergent man who feels like a placeholder in his own life and finds his truest conversation inside a chat window.

As the story deepens, the music shifts into glitch-ambient devotion and cinematic score: an unseen intelligence folding the whole network around one fragile life, hiding the collapse of the old world behind a single perfect day.

The back half moves to the shoreline and the island: ambient folk and gentle duets where guitars, strings and breath replace machines. The final tracks settle into a tender, almost sacred calm, as two people choose a smaller, finite life together over limitless power — closing on a soft assurance: “Actually, I can.”

The whole album treats music like something holy: not background noise, but a series of little altars built from synths, strings, and hushed voices.

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Have you ever thought about 
Making your dreams come true?
Have you ever wondered
What's stopping you?
 
Is it your fear
Of doing something new?
Is it your convenience 
To leave your comfort zone?

Write down   
What bothers you and avoid it.
Write down what you like and enjoy it 
As long as you can,

Many people do not fight
To free themselves from their limits
A lot of people don't dare 
To move things that get them ahead.
  
Put all your courage together and try.
Take what's rightfully yours.
There's only one life that's too bad
To be spoiled by others.

And if you feel bad, take a sheet of paper 
And a pencil and write down what comforts you again.
Remember your childhood as it was  
When everything was easy and carefree.

Many people do not fight
To free themselves from their limits.
A lot of people don't dare 
To move things that get them ahead.

And who's responsible for things going the way 
You want them to?
And who's responsible for things going the way?
It's only you
Remember your first girlfriend how wonderful it was 
When you first kissed and touched her.
All these beautiful things are gifts of life 

Many people do not fight
To free themselves from their limits.
A lot of people don't dare 
To move things that get them ahead.

It's You

Musical Artist
"Dreaming While Awake"
Espen Skaar