When you've got to burn the midnight oil while staying cool, calm, and alert, try a cuppa Midnight Coffee.


An original composition, No AI, written MIDI to DAW

VST INSTRUMENTS: Synth, harp, acoustic guitar, piano, and basses set to hip hop beats using Studio Brush Kit & Lo-Fi Funk @ 70 bpm.

COVER ART by SUNNYBECK using AI-generated original images via DaVinci app and altered in Photoshop to create original CGI, including the Midnight Coffee type rendered as smoke.

© 2023 SUNNYBECK
.........

.

Midnight Coffee

Le Gach Bogadh ar Aghaidh,Éirímid (With Each Step Forward ,We Rise )

These vocals nearly killed me, more of a songwriter than a singer. Next song I write might only have a 3 step range!...Dementia, Alzheimer's is a terrible reality for so many. I wrote the first verse from the perspective of the afflicted one and the second verse from the caregiver’s . The cover art is being created before I release on the streamers in early 2025, but here it is for meySoundClouders. I promise, the next song will be a more joyful tune...I hope!

Falling

Give in

Are you awake?
It doesn’t matter anyway
I pull the brake
It’s neither Monday nor the lord’s day

Pretty little thoughts
Surrounded by knots
Bombshells and fears 
Crowded people that cheers
Is it time to give in?
Watch the others spin?

I think you’re awake
Does it all make sense?
I think we release the brake
It’s for our own defence
I have no faith in the politics
Nevermind, it was a joke
But I’m afraid of the reaper
And I think we’re broke

Give in

I started with a guitar loop and then built up from that using a few brass loops to add panache.
The idea wasn't to sound like spy movies, but by the time I finished this little ditty, Marivi said, "It sounds like a spy movie". 
It must be all the slow horses I've been reading lately; I can't get them out of my mind. 🙄

Recorded on a mac using Logic Pro.
The original guitar loop was recorded on my iPhone directly from my Tanglewood acoustic.
I then looped that into Logic and began writing little keyboard accompaniments. Added some classic Fat Boy slim samples and called it a day

A drink, Dear?

Worst Case Scenario

A classic guitar track. Theme and performance - LeoMReznik.                                           
      This time I decided to record something in the traditional classical style. This winter is still causing exactly such feelings... Some of you, my friends, may like this simple composition. I'll be glad to.

Winter Adagio

Crime Of Passion,== Gene Jumper, ( cover ) Ricky Van Shelton

Oh marshmallow donkey with a sting in your tail 
You’re the king of confections on a frightening trail 
Not a treat to meet in the midnight breeze 
A chewy nightmare that brings you to your knees

Marshmallow Donkey

Prélude « Zéphyr » to my young cat
Recorded and composed on August 19, 2019 (Piano Steinway)
Franck Douvin © Piano Recordings 2019

Prélude « Zéphyr »

(ROUGH MIX 13.3.20) THIS IS A ROUGH MIX OF THE SONG WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. We look forward to posting a more refined mix very soon :)
*** VIDEO NOW ON YOUTUBE ***
https://youtu.be/CHS5cDdfbBs

LOOK WITHIN:

If hearts were made of steel
We’d forge them to the shapes we wished
If eyes were X-rays
We’d see the pitfalls at our feet

Consciousness is all we know
Confidence will ebb and flow
Consciousness is all we know
Make it better - Take control!

If tongues were silver white  
All our words would come out right
If ears were angels wings
We’d only hear the best of things

Consciousness is all we know
Confidence will ebb and flow
Consciousness is all we know
All we ever can control…….. 

Yeah-yeah-yeah! 
Look within your heart knows everything
Holds the key to all the answers
So go on - ask again
You’ll find the same my friend
Do what you can - the rest will follow

If spines were carved of oak
Their strength would serve to make us bold
If feet were light as air
We’d rise above all things unfair….

Inhale and sense the scent of danger
All these things combine to make us
Is anything as intriguing
When we can touch it’s mystery..?

Consciousness is all we know
Confidence will ebb and flow
Consciousness is all we know
Make it better - Take control! 

Yeah-yeah-yeah! 
Look within your heart knows everything
Holds the key to all the answers
So go on - ask again
You’ll find the same my friend
Do what you can - the rest will follow...
The rest will follow...

B.Moir/M.Davenport

Look Within

I am a flute teacher, concertist flutist, composer and software engineer.
I have taken back the study of piano since May 2018. I am a member of the Sacem in Paris and of the Swiss association Archebole located in Lausanne.
My flute teachers were :
Jacques Lévêque
Maurice Beugnon
Alain Marion
Michel Debost
Pierre Lambert
Robert Hériché and
Shigenori Kudo 
My composition's teacher was :
Lucian Metianu
I'm on Facebook since 2017 : https://www.facebook.com/franck.douvin
You can follow me on my website : https://www.franckdouvin.com and on the composers's  plateform : https://www.soundcloud.com/franckdouvin
If you want to support my compositions and recordings posted on my YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-H2y_Kg_7ftLiY4n3qxSw or simply support my activity as a musician, you can donate to me via Paypal : 
https://www.PayPal.me/franckdouvin
Thanks, Franck

In my music, I try to inspire me different forms that are in the nature, where microcosm and macrocosm intertwine closely.
It is really pleasant to be able to share our musics through our passions and ideas...
I currently have 67 Opus and all scores are available. 
Thank you for listening, comments and reposts !

Je suis professeur de flûte traversière, flûtiste concertiste, compositeur et ingénieur software.
J'ai repris l'étude du piano depuis Mai 2018. Je suis Membre de la Sacem à Paris et de l'association Suisse Archébole dont le siège est à Lausanne.
Mes professeurs de flûte traversière furent :
Jacques Lévêque
Maurice Beugnon
Alain Marion
Michel Debost
Pierre Lambert
Robert Hériché et
Shigenori Kudo 
Mon maître de composition était :
Lucian Metianu
Je suis sur Facebook depuis 2017 : https://www.facebook.com/franck.douvin
Vous pouvez me suivre sur mon site internet : https://www.franckdouvin.com
ainsi que sur la plateforme compositeurs : https://www.soundcloud.com/franckdouvin
Dans ma musique, j’essaie de m’inspirer des différentes formes qui se trouvent dans la nature, là où microcosme et macrocosme se mêlent étroitement.
C’est vraiment agréable de pouvoir partager nos musiques, nos passions et idées...
J’ai actuellement  à mon actif 67 Opus et toutes mes partitions sont disponibles.
Merci pour votre écoute, commentaires et reposts !

Si vous souhaitez soutenir mes compositions et enregistrements postés sur ma chaîne YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-H2y_Kg_7ftLiY4n3qxSw ou tout simplement soutenir mon activité de musicien, vous pouvez vous me faire un don via Paypal  :
https://www.PayPal.me/franckdouvin
Merci, Franck

Prélude « Zéphyr »

Franck Douvin | Composer