Framus S-380 (1974) random playing (clean)

Framus S-380 (1974) random playing (Kuassa Cerberus)

This album consists of basically the second half of the first 30 songs of my Project 100.

All but one were remixed and remastered in late 2020 for the re-release as an album.

10 - DrScythe - Legions Of The Numbed

09 - DrScythe - War Of The Gnomes

08 - DrScythe - Once Upon A Time

07 - DrScythe - The Voiceless Wife

06 - DrScythe - The Letter

05 - DrScythe - Interlude

04 - DrScythe - A Dirge

03 - DrScythe - Interlude

02 - DrScythe - Sunken City

01 - DrScythe - Intro

100 songs within 10 years – that’s my, DrScythe’s, ‘Project 100’. Every month I’ll release a new original song I wrote, played, recorded, mixed, mastered and made the video for. In between I’ll upload ‘Doctor’s Vaccines’, short acoustic songs (under 2 minutes) about political stuff and acoustic versions of the Project 100 tracks (both not part of the 100).

The overall genre is Rock with flavor – synths, violins or even harpsichords. My influences are way too many to list them all – but I’d say one can identify them song by song. Each one’s going to be different, so subscribe to stay tuned! 

History

My path as a musician began when my father showed me his 1974 Framus S-380 bass in 2004. I wanted to play bass then but he told me to learn guitar first. So we headed to a local store and bought a classical guitar. This led to an urge to own an electric guitar and in May 2005 I bought my first one. From there it was practicing as often as possible (my sister wasn’t too fond of it) and soon I began writing songs (still got the first one at hand) and played Rammstein songs with some friends. After we were joined by a drummer we even began rehearsing one of my own songs. But as we all were dependent on our parents for driving and had no rehearsal room this ‘band’ quickly dissolved. 

The next attempts of forming bands (one britrock, one medieval folkrock) both were more successful in the beginning, rehearsing regularly, playing covers and own songs. But in the long run they both fell apart as the searches for certain musicians took too long (singer, drummer, guitarist…). For the medieval folkrock band (namely ‘Meinthat’) my fiancée encouraged me to sing and so I began singing.

After the final efforts of reviving Meinthat failed the two of us continued to play some evergreens (Whiskey In The Jar anyone?) but in the end we gave up the band’s room. Then I took on a new hobby: photography. By the end of 2012 I was very close to selling all the guitars except for the acoustic one and focus on photos (get it? Focus on…meh…). 

I went through all the songs I’ve written over the years and suddenly realized it would be a waste to just throw it all away. And so I decided to learn more about recording and mixing, practiced on two Christmas Spoof songs, spent some time on graduating (can call myself a Bachelor of Science E-Government) and finally began the project as a YouTube channel in November 2015.

Just after I uploaded my first song a contest was announced in Germany’s largest forum for musicians. D’Angelico were looking for two endorsers. Well, I love semi-acoustic guitars, I love the D’Angelico design. But I said to myself: “You’ll only apply if you can release another two songs”. I did, I applied and almost won (runner-up). That boosted my confidence immensely but wasn’t the end. The European distributor was interested in lending me stuff, especially as I wrote many reviews in the ‘musiker-board’ before. So I was lend two wonderful D’Angelico guitars and some Triad-Orbit stuff to try and write about. What more do you need to boost your motivation?

DrScythe

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