Recently got a Suhr PT100 amp, it sounds great (!), and the channel switching & boost can be controlled via midi, so I re-organized my pedalboard and added a MorningstarMC6mkII midi controller to handle channel switching and to take care of the Strymon Timeline as well. Works nice, made a few presets and futzed around & recorded some tones earlier today, this little delayed clean impro happened. 
Signal chain: Suhr Standard (Thornbucker + 2 MLs), Lehle volume pedal (the best), MXR Phase 95 (on at very slow rate at some point), Boss Dimension C Waza (on at some point with 3+4 activated), into Suhr PT100, fx loop out to Strymon Timeline, Timeline left out back to PT100 fx loop return and via PT100 power amp to Suhr 2x12" cab with Celestion Creamback 75, Timeline right to Fryette SigX fx loop return and via SigX power amp to a Bogner 1x12" with Celestion V30. Both cabs captured with Shure SM57 through Rupert Neve Designs 5012 mic pre (Silk on) to a RME audio interface. 
No post processing, the 2 channels panned hard left (Suhr cab) and right (Bogner), just a few edits to cut out some bad note choices here and there..

Ambient Improvisation Oct 24 2021

Reupload: The sickly sweet bridge section I wrote for Mreenal Mams' song challenge contribution.

Kittens And Unicorns

Another song challenge song. The prompt was to keep a diary and use that as inspiration. Well, I didn't do that, but I was feeling pretty down, so instead I wrote this song about the frustration of everyday life. Hope you like it!

Lyrics (Danish)
(Hvorfor, hvorfor, hvorfor)
Hvorfor føles hver dag som den samme gamle, lunkne lort?
Hvorfor skal man trækkes med de samme problemer igen og igen?

Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Jeg vil hellere være et andet sted
Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Hvorfor? Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?

Hvordan kan det være, at vi gang på gange befinder os i samme situation,
reagerer på sammen måde,
og stadig forventer forskellige udfald?

Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Der må da være en udvej!
Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Men det føles som en omvej!

(Hold ud!) Jeg ved du kan! x4

Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Jeg vil hellere være et andet sted
Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Der må da være en udvej!
Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Jeg vil hellere være et andet sted
Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?
Hvorfor? Hvorfor bliver man ved?

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Translation: (Note the "you" here is a collective you corresponding to the word "man" in Danish - It's not really directed at a specific other person. Quite the opposite, as it's a reflection of my own state of mind)

Why do you keep going?

(Why, why, why)
Why does every day feel like the same old lukewarm shit?
Why do you have to deal with the same problems over and over again?

Why? Why do you keep going?
I'd rather be somewhere else
Why? Why do you keep going?
Why? Why? Why do you keep going?

How is it that we find ourselves in the same situation time and time again,
react in the same way,
and still expect different outcomes?

Why? Why do you keep going?
There must be a way out!
Why? Why do you keep going?
But it feels like a detour!

(Hold on!) I know you can! x4

Why? Why do you keep going?
I'd rather be somewhere else
Why? Why do you keep going?
There must be a way out!
Why? Why do you keep going?
I'd rather be somewhere else
Why? Why do you keep going?
Why? Why do you keep going?

Hvorfor Bliver Man Ved?

A track for yet another song challenge. For this one, only three tracks were allowed in total! So I teamed up with WitchKing99 and heartbloodmusic. We made three songs, each contributing a track to each one. This was done in the following order:
- Main synth line by WitchKing
- Drums by heartbloodmusic
- Bass line and mix by me.

Links to co-conspirators:
- https://soundcloud.com/witchking99
- https://soundcloud.com/heartbloodmusic/

Threats Of Witchery

A collaborative song created for this month's Song Challenge!

@Kwichmann: Drums
@WitchKing99: Guitar
@HeartbloodMusic: Vocals, Mix

Tell Me Why (Demo)

A collaboration project between https://soundcloud.com/heartbloodmusic, https://soundcloud.com/kristian-wichmann and me.
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Each of us did one track/ intrument on top of the previous one:
Heartblood started with the Synth,
Kwichmann added vocals 
and Witchy added some drums and mixed it all together (or tried at least)...
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Lyrics from Kwichmann:

(sparse)
(sparse)

I made this world of my own
Lost in the dunes of time
And all the blame is my own
this time

I was a prince, now I'm a clown
My only friends this ghastly crown
and a bleeding heart

I was a prince, now I'm a clown
My only friends this ghastly crown
and a bleeding heart (x2)

Now everything I see is sparse
Now everything I feel is sparse
All I love is sparse

(sparse)
(sparse)
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We three worked on 3 different tracks, please go check the other ones out here:
https://soundcloud.com/heartbloodmusic/tell-me-why (For Heartbloods song I did the foundation with a synth.)

https://soundcloud.com/kristian-wichmann/threats-of-witchery (For Kwichmanns song I added guitar to Heartbloods drums.)

Sparse on Mars Ft. Heartblood & Kwichmann (Song Challenge Edition)

I tried to replicate Randy Rhodes' tracking method from those early Ozzy albums. 
All guitar amp are instances of Neural DSP's Archetype Petrucci. 

Using Dan Mumm's backing track http://www.danmumm.com/

Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)

A song challenge track with the prompt simply being the title "You Are Now Logged In". Somewhere along the way, that turned into "Thank You for Logging In" in my head, lol. For me it conjured up an image of a hacker trying to get access to a server(or The Matrix itself) and getting more than they bargained for!

Musically, this turned out to be a disco track with quite a few time signature changes behind the scenes. Still pretty danceable, methinks!

Thank You For Logging In

Mostly just me playing around a bit in Musescore for the first time.

Shellshocked Sincerity

Finally, another Moroux/Levin song challenge track. The prompt was to make a song based on a mudpie, i.e. a spontaneously made audio bite. I made a hellish guitar noisescape, hence the name of the track. In addition, I also used parts of a pie made by Hugo Moroux. As for the lyrics, I let ChatGPT write it, and here we are :D

Lyrics:
There's a man with a hunger, and a taste for the bold
He craves something wicked, something that's been sold
He hears a rumor of a pie, with a sinister spell
A dessert so dark, that it came from hell

He took a bite, and he felt the heat
A pie from hell, a devil's treat
The taste was wicked, but he couldn't stop
He ate that pie, until he dropped

The pastry was black, the filling a surprise
It tasted of brimstone, and sulfuric lies
But the man kept eating, despite the pain
He was hooked on that pie, and its fiery reign (x2)

The man was consumed, by the pie's evil curse
He couldn't resist, that infernal dessert
And so he ate, until he was no more
A victim of the pie, from hell's dark shore.

Infernal Pie

Time for a cover! The prompt for this month's song challenge was to cover a song that was influential to me when I was younger. After witnessing Tori Amos live at Midtfyn Festival back in the early nineties, I fell absolutely in love with her music! The latest album she had out a the time was From the Choirgirl Hotel, hence this was the first one I dived into. This was always a favorite, so I hope you enjoy!

Ambient Improvisation Oct 24 2021

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