Audio excerpt from the following video: https://youtu.be/H80c2J1VIog

Excerpt - ProgJam - June - 2022

Here's a taste. This is an sample of three excerpts from my EP "The Eldest Pathways" which is out now on BandCamp and arriving on streaming services Friday, July 29th 2022.

Feel free to swing by and give a listen or visit my on YT to talk about how it was made. :)

BandCamp: https://lukestark.bandcamp.com/album/the-eldest-pathways-ep

"Synth Seeker" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOh4JLJ9TaoKhP58zApxkQ

The Eldest Pathways (EP) Excerpts

An Excerpt from the new release. Hear all of it over at Bandcamp.

https://lukestark.bandcamp.com/album/slingshot-cas-x-1

Slingshot @ CAS X-1 (Excerpt)

Just a little sample of some jams from Jamuary 2023.

Hear them all at: https://youtu.be/mE13r3Tdou4

Jam7 - #Jamuary2023

Full Video at https://youtu.be/Uao43MXS-YQ

A little jam for Jamuary2023 - something film-music-ish.

All live improv / live looping.

Nord Wave 2, Moog subsequent 37, Arturia Microfreak.

Film Music Jam - 17th day of Jamuary2023

True story: I was the engineer during the recording of a series of automated telephone job interview questions...it was a lot of fun, but many of the questions were outrageous! So when we were done, the voice actor and I whipped together this little ditty using some of the more entertaining questions. These are/were (at the time) REAL QUESTIONS being asked of people. There are a couple out-takes at the end. Enjoy! 

The Ballad Of Johnny B

Just some excerpts from the live jam for #Jamuary2024.

Watch all the live jams here: https://www.youtube.com/@synthseeker/streams

Jamuary 2024 - Day21 Highlights

"A cave rimmed with fine brick-red dust draws me forward and I find myself floating in a dimly lit cavern. Flickering lights and the wet sounds are made by droplets and glassy creatures...chitinous chimes in the dark."

Recorded live in a single pass with no sequencing. It's just me and the modular into the laptop with some noodling on the midi controller and a good deal of knob twisting on the rack. It was really rather fun.

Image by http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavimilia/

Spelunk (Semi-Ambient Modular Cave Exploration)

An excerpt from my performance at IDEALAB: Astral Chill...this is a live performance using a couple drone machines, some ambient recordings and about eight synths each used in turn and looped in sixty second intervals.

IDEALab - Astral Chill Excerpt

Another practice session from today. This is just a quickly recorded bass and melody, which is then manipulated with timing, repeats and effects. A very simple drum track is used. Just making some bad art to get it out of my system. :)

P31.07.2016b

Every artist has one thousand bad stories inside them hiding the great ones. In order to get to the great ones, you have to bring out the not so great ones. Project 60 is my ongoing attempt to improve through doing, releasing the rough stuff to get to the gems. We'll see how long it takes to get to #1000.

Comments, feedback and questions to https://www.facebook.com/lukestarkmusic/

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Project60 - 0001

Every artist has one thousand bad stories inside them hiding the great ones. In order to get to the great ones, you have to bring out the not so great ones. Project 60 is my ongoing attempt to improve through doing, releasing the rough stuff to get to the gems. Each track in Project 60 was written and produced in under 60 minutes. We'll see how long it takes to get to #1000.

Comments, feedback and questions to https://www.facebook.com/lukestarkmusic/

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Project60 - 0002

#3 in the journey to #1000 

Comments, feedback and questions to https://www.facebook.com/lukestarkmusic/

Backstory:

Every artist has one thousand bad stories inside them hiding the great ones. In order to get to the great ones, you have to bring out the not so great ones. Project 60 is my ongoing attempt to improve through doing, releasing the rough stuff to get to the gems. Each track in Project 60 was written and produced in under 60 minutes. We'll see how long it takes to get to #1000.

Image by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_sky_at_morning

Project60 - 0003

Saturday morning and channeling old "Switched On Bach" a bit with some modern synth noises. Or maybe Electric-Light Parade.

#5 in the journey to #1000 

Comments, feedback and questions to https://www.facebook.com/lukestarkmusic/

Backstory:

Every artist has one thousand bad stories inside them hiding the great ones. In order to get to the great ones, you have to bring out the not so great ones. Project 60 is my ongoing attempt to improve through doing, releasing the rough stuff to get to the gems. Each track in Project 60 was written and produced in under 60 minutes. We'll see how long it takes to get to #1000.

Image by https://www.pexels.com/photo/seashore-during-sunset-27971/

Project60 - 0005

Poly(rhythm). There's something to be said for being slightly out of tune.

#8 in the journey to #1000 

Comments, feedback and questions to https://www.facebook.com/lukestarkmusic/

Backstory:

Every artist has one thousand bad stories inside them hiding the great ones. In order to get to the great ones, you have to bring out the not so great ones. Project 60 is my ongoing attempt to improve through doing, releasing the rough stuff to get to the gems. Each track in Project 60 was written and produced in under 60 minutes. We'll see how long it takes to get to #1000.

Image by http://ac-visual.blogspot.com/2014/10/happening.html

Project60 - 0008

A bitty ditty with 80's synthpop roots. 

#9 in the Journey to #1000 (#j21k)

Comments, feedback and questions to https://www.facebook.com/lukestarkmusic/

Backstory:

Every artist has one thousand bad stories inside them hiding the great ones. In order to get to the great ones, you have to bring out the not so great ones. Project 60 is my ongoing attempt to improve through doing, releasing the rough stuff to get to the gems. Each track in Project 60 was written and produced in under 60 minutes. We'll see how long it takes to get to #1000.

Image by https://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoosay/9245485743

Project60 - 0009

This is all Nord Lead A1 and an ableton simpler for rhythm. Just a quick sketch to test out some M4L software I wrote. ;)

JamSketchInSix

A piece sketched out for a game a friend is building.

Theme For John

Cleaned performance from the Boston Modular Synth meet.

Modularity

Sometimes I try to remind myself that I don't always make music with synthesizers. This kind of thing comes out at those times.

This is tentatively celebrating the holiday season for 2017. It'll probably be the basis for something longer and more involved. For now it's light and happy and simple...and simple is what I was shooting for.

Enjoy!

(Secret: it's still all synthesizers.)

Shiny Time - Holidays 2017

Just me messing around with the Nords. I tend to layer monophonic lines over each other and play around with interplay between them. Here's a good example.

Everything except the drums if from the Nord.

NordJam - Jun 11

It’s cold enough tonight that my dog shards as we walk. Towards the end of the stroll we smear out on the stoop. My neighbor watches, amazed.

Read the whole story as it unfolds at http://starkaudio.tumblr.com/

Scrap1 (Ambient Story)

Light bends. Smoke swirls. My dog is bewildered by the visions twisting before us. We plod on down the street, dodging wisps, our claws clicking on the pavement.

Read the whole story as it unfolds at http://starkaudio.tumblr.com/

Scrap2 (Ambient Story)

The dog and I tend towards long walks and we see a lot of ice in transition. We weren’t sure if the lake was becoming the sky or the reverse. Cold. Pretty. Cracked.

Image by http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadic_lass/

Scrap3 (Ambient Story)

Outside The Box Sketch 1

"What if Dr. Seuss cartoons had Progrock soundtracks? That's what we're shooting for here."

Here's a small snippet of something I've been working on since the pandemic started. I've gone back to writing using a method I've not used for 30 years and it's yielding some work I really enjoy. :)

Sometimes Old Ways Are Good Ways

Saturday night quick clip: Frantic arp'ing, running bass-line, squealing lead and no ending whatsoever. 😉

SatNight1.mp3

Stark Novembeat 2

Day 5 of Novembeat - https://novembeat.com/

Stark Novembeat 5

Day 6 of Novembeat - https://novembeat.com/

Stark Novembeat 6

These are organic electronic musical stories. This music has many styles, moods and sources, evolving out of whatever I'm currently thinking about. As you listen, think of your own story that can go with the music. 

The title and description of each piece are just starting points and suggestions, you can take the music into your own world and grow something that moves you personally. 

lukestark (Synth Seeker)

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