This is a recycled improvisation that I did a while ago. It seems to suit my haiku for this week. It's played on a six-string fretless bass, with some effects added. Recorded and mixed in Reaper. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Looking, Not Seeing (naviarhaiku425)

Thank you  for visiting my world, I'm happy to share! Listening is free, commenting is priceless.

I 've been composing electronic music for more than 23 years but only started this new project 3 years ago, when the band in which I played bass splited.

 A large amount of the music I love was recorded in the 70's. Among these revered groups , Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Ange or King Crimson stand out. Over the years, I've also been very fond of many diverse bands and songwriters (The Doors; The Beatles; Bowie; Neil Young; Deep Purple; Led Zep; Patti Smith; U2; The Police; Massive Attack; Chemical Brothers; Killing Joke; Marillion; Morphine; Nirvana; The Young Gods; Dominique A; Noir Désir, Conil, Aurora ...). 
More related to my own synth music production, one could find influences from Vangelis, Jarre, Björk, Oldfield, Numan, Kraftwerk, Schultze and other pioneers. Finally, I should mention the great soundtrack composers such as Ennio Morricone, Wendy Carlos or Hans Zimmer.
Above all those great musicians stands the beloved statue of Ludwig van Beethoven, the visionary, the prodigy, the most sensitive man.

My desire is to be a tiny part of the admirable family of human composers and musicians in order to explore the infinity of musical combinations that our mind offers... To achieve this goal, I will continue to mix my own set of diverse influences in my own imperfect human way, without surrendering to any type of AI composer. My approach questions the astonishing way in which skills, sensitivity, aesthetic and personal history provide the fuel and oxygen for our creativity, while chance, curiosity and current feelings provide the spark. What matters the most is the process, not the result, the “product”. 
I often start my new pieces with a vague idea of the genre and mood I want to explore. Then, by playing with one of my synths, I let the sound impose its nature and call for other sounds it wants to play with.  My role as a composer is like that of a sailor acting on his rudder and his sails. I am neither the wind nor the sea and I have no map, but my instinct should allow me to avoid the reefs and I will eventually land somewhere, most likely a strange and unexpected place.
My pieces will always reflect the result of hundreds of micro-choices I made, consciously or unconsciously, that's what makes it fun, right?
Feel free to comment or criticize my plethoric prod because reading your feedbacks is the only reward I expect.

Bandcamp: https://loyajirga.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/0bohy1SDB37BBZLksRM9GY

page started in 4-2022

all music composed and play by me
all the images by me.

My music is freely improvised, usually on VST synthesizers, sometimes fretless bass, guitar, occasionally electric viola or cello, with a variety of effects pedals. Solo music is performed live and recorded as 'FlownBlue'.  I am also in four improvising duos: 'Windfall Light' (with Jim Tetlow), 'Abstract Blue' (with Kevin Buckland), 'Light Fragments' (with Steve Escott), and Szukanie (with Michał Wojciechowski). I'm a member of the Quadelectronic improv group based in Leicester, UK. Duo music is all on Bandcamp - links below.

DarkWaterBlue

The Music you find here was all created by me unless noted. 

This is my musical journey 

I play Guitar, keys and percussion and work mainly with Cubase.

Please send me a message if you would like to re-interpret one of my pieces. 

Happy to discuss collaboration if anyone is keen. 

If you enjoyed something here please let me know. It's all here for those who want to listen :)

Peace 

Douglas

( REPOSTS  are  routed to Synthgrinder [REPOSTS] )
( https://soundcloud.com/user-813544615 )


++++. PROFILE NOTES ++++

Once a wannabe, not yet a has been.

It had been over a decade since I put together a song,
and for that matter basically walked away from music altogether.
Losing hope that I would ever have the time to put into music again,
I finally gave away my 3rd music studio.
I ran across SoundCloud around 2013,
and thought I might take what few songs I had recorded, 
and lay them to rest there.
And there they languished.

HOWEVER, around 2017 I went back to SoundCloud
and began listening a little more and a little more,
and actively taking a part in visiting the sites
of so many wonderful musicians and beautiful songs.
Also, more and more often I would discover that these artists
were blossoming everywhere around the world,
and most definitely worthy of high praise and compliments.

Then suddenly, these old dead soundtracks right here
began to have a bit of life breathed back into them.
From the kind words that began to come trickling in,
I thought, maybe, someday I might give this music thing a try again.

The thing that finally pushed me into action
was a particular SoundCloud artist…Sander Heerings,
AKA https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
 

Not only was he encouraging,
but he began faithfully responding to a few questions,
then a barrage of them.

The final result seemed to be that after a couple of months,
the Old Grinder now has a 4th studio and, finally, a new song.
I hope there may be many more to come.

Thank you Sander, and to the multitude that have dropped in
to listen to these old songs, 
and most of all, for perking up my spirits.

Cosmic Headphone Music. May contain traces of breakbeats glitch and dub.

Thank you to anyone who listens, likes, reposts or follows. 

I wish I had time to listen to all the great music on SC. Shout out to all the great artists out there. 🔥

Nature comes into being, evolves, and dissolves without effort.
Shaping its vision after Nature’s elegant efficiency, Effortless Art operates as a creatively welcoming collective and digital label devoted to all forms, paths, and wanderings of electronic music. 
Effortless Art promotes artistic cross-pollination between musical genres, media, and projects from all corners of Earth.

Our team includes: 
- Sound of ATEM  (Downtempo/Dub House)
- Effortless Archives  (Experimental Ambient)
- Nelson Brodon  (Melodic Retro Synth)
- DyeVerge (Trip Hop, Beats)
- Gaetano Fiorin (Modular): https://soundcloud.com/gaetanofiorin
- Jennifer Roe https://soundcloud.com/jenniferroe
- Frank Hopkins https://soundcloud.com/frankhopkinsmusic
- The End-Time Protocol https://soundcloud.com/theend-timeprotocol
- Noel Morroni (Ambient/Exp. Modular) https://www.instagram.com/noelmorroni
- Rhizomian (Deep Techno, Micro House, Dub Techno)

Handmade Logo by www.instagram.com/amrnihil/

Also featured on:
Monada Project https://soundcloud.com/monada-project
Kosmozoo Records https://soundcloud.com/kosmozoo
Expérimental Label https://soundcloud.com/experimental-label
Enough Records https://soundcloud.com/enoughrec
Naviar Records https://soundcloud.com/naviar-records
Caelifera Records https://soundcloud.com/caeliferarecords
GreenFingers Collective https://soundcloud.com/greenfingersrec
New Easy Listening - Virtual Cassette Tape https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEZKzPCCqFshicK_LThTjQ
 
Thank you for listening and support!

I am the NTT. Stranded Alien is my synth rock project.

I have a side project called the NTT's Funk Odyssey. I have started posting these tunes here with the precursor label - The NTT

This is where Synthgrinder,  
is doing the REPOSTS from now on.
I am slowly but surely moving them from my original profile: https://soundcloud.com/synthgrinder-1 ,
And along the way, everyone gets an extra LIKE.

Jan Bjork has had a passionate interest in music since a very young age. Having training in playing the piano, selfstudies has led to more instruments that can be handled. His own music covers piano and electronic/synth based music reflecting his broad taste in many genres. Coming releases will include piano, synth/electronic, ambient all with influences ranging from classical, blues, jazz, rock etcetera.
Thank you for taking time to visit my cloud and maybe even commenting on my work. I try to check out the work of all the people who comment or re-post but it may take a while before I do so.

Some of the first 20 tracks I have scored in Musescore (free version).
The instrument sounds are quite extraordinary- I would never be able to develop my music as I have without Musescore.  To have an absolutely accurate score and parts played for free on demand, (strange how they grow on you, how even the sound of machines can...grow on you...)(the sound of leafblowers, well...so polychromatic...but I wish THEY would cease...)  
Live tracks are noted.
Tracks with the red and blue image were recorded by Danny O'Hanlan in Portland Oregon back in the 90's...all for just 3 bills.....still grateful to this day!