(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, percussion, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded January 25 to 27, 2014.
sm3 [LANDR].

Humanizing this piece was of the utmost importance. Throughout its composition, I could not keep Bassel Safadi [ باسل صفادي ] out of my head: his plight, his privation, his predicament. I viewed the video as requested, but it ‘went in one eye and out the other’; Mr. Bassel was my prime concern.

Having never composed Syrian or Syrian-type music, I familiarized myself with Syrian music scales as approximated to Western scales. Multifid are the Syrian scales I discovered, so I settled upon one that felt aesthetically comfortable: C – Eb – E – F – Ab – (C).

Further unsure of my handle on these Syrian scales, I secured (paid for and downloaded) an improvisation based on the most ancient tablets containing Syrian music transcriptions—pianist Malek Jandali’s “Echoes from Ugarit.” Without listening to Jandali’s part, I imported the introduction to this piece into my DAW, pitch-shifted it down a whole-tone (from D to C), expanded it to conform to 123 BPM, and improvised to it myself using the musical scale outlined in the paragraph above. I recorded my improvisation. It took about sixteen takes.

I then removed (muted) Jandali’s recording and added ‘contrapuntal’ tracks—bass, bell, and strings. The driving rhythm was provided by a sample of a bottle dropped onto a concrete sidewalk and almost broken—a sonic representation of what it might be like to be in Mr. Bassel’s place. The field recording of Syrian grasshoppers was added to highlight what I could imagine would be the despondency and loneliness of Mr. Bassel’s predicament.

More on this 108th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a soundscape for the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/01/23/disquiet0108-freebassel/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

More on the campaign to free Bassel at:

http://freebassel.org/

For their collaboration on this project, special thanks to: Niki Korth, Barry Threw, and Jon Phillips.

Ballade of Bassel

Buy on iTunes ...

"Ballade of Bassel" [disquiet0108-freebassel]

Latest song called "Land": https://li.sten.to/YMHsTWf/?ltclid=43a%E2%80%A67-b1a3-cf85dbcfb289

I like to collaborate with musicians - if you have a track you would like me to try to write words and sing (or sing a demo), send me a note!  All styles! 

"The songs I write aren't about me.   Except for the parts that are."  - Wild Christopher

Quick link my full playlist: https://soundcloud.com/wild-christopher-lyrics/sets/my-collaborations-by-wild

I picture myself in a field of Wild Christopher.

Music Publishers - I have songs for your singers and bands.  Contact me if interested.

Proud user of DistroKid.  

First year highlights:
- Wrote two songs for the fantastic up-and-coming international star Nika Nova.
- Formed the band 'Atlantic Riff' with Rob Mason.  
- Nika Nova and Atlantic Riff songs published on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other outlets.
- Wrote and sang over 50 original songs.

https://soundcloud.com/atlantic-riff

Please also check out SOUL AFFINITY on the usual retail outlets.

I get a thrill out of being a lyricist.  Please send me a private note with a mp3 or wav of your original songs that you would like me to write lyrics or if you hear something you like and would like to sing it, and we can discuss.   

Cheers, Chris
Questionable Enterprises LLC
I use (abuse?) Studio One.  I expect PreSonus to contact me any day now and pay me not to reveal this.... :)

Photo by: https://flic.kr/p/G8wqUx


All material created by Chris or "Wild Christopher" is created for and owned by Questionable Enterprises LLC

Main Genres:  Rock, Blues, Covers and stuff that is A Little Bit Crazy.
Wild Christopher's Alter Ego.

I have had a couple of thoughts on the use of this page from my main page 'Wild Christopher' over the months besides being able to follow more than 2k musicians but I have finally settled on it being used for my newer Rock, Blues tracks, Alternate versions of Wild Christopher tracks, and Covers.  I hope you enjoy these.  

Wild Christopher: https://soundcloud.com/wild-christopher-lyrics

Atlantic Riff (with Rob Mason): https://soundcloud.com/atlantic-riff  

So I guess this is my alter ego's alter ego...

Mostly I make ambient/melancholic electronic music. Or I play the piano. 
Sometimes there will be faster songs. And sporadically I will do something different. 

Thanks to everyone who takes time to listen to my tracks, or likes them, or reposts them... much appreciated <3

Also check out my synth pop project with the lovely @annie-smart-1: 
Passion Arcade - https://soundcloud.com/user-949559825

POP | SPACEROCK | VAPORTRAP | TRIP-HOP
AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Since 1985, Philadelphia-born Michael has composed and released hundreds of audio recordings, and published dozens of [erotic] poems.

His 'sonic-sojourn' began suddenly when he was just a teen -- feet splashing rhythmically through puddles leftover by a seaside rainstorm. Having just parted ways with the then-love-of-his-life, Michael composed his first ballad [and first song] ever -- "Tina." He rushed to his beach-side home to record his visceral 'awakening' on a tiny micro-cassette recorder, and vowed -- from that day on -- to create art for the rest of his life.

He began zealously amassing used music equipment, and had built a modest home recording studio by age seventeen, all the while crafting simple pop, ambient, and experimental works that HE had wanted to listen to -- that HE had wanted to hear, affectionately emulating the works of his then-idols, Duran Duran and Brian Eno.

Now, decades later, he has relocated to a small village outside Atlanta, Georgia, and continues to voraciously attend to his dream as a young, heartbroken boy -- to create and release music that he, himself, wants to hear.

Although no longer sequestered to pop and ambient musics, Michael's signature sound has merged the two, having integrated the R&B, hiphop, and psychedelia he has grown to love as a older gent -- having absorbed the edgy rhythms and dreamy soul of the southern United States (Atlanta and Miami).

Michael still puts forth ample amounts af ambient musics, but his recent 'sound' hovers elsewhere -- somewhere amidst the genres of vaportrap, spacerock, and trip-hop.

-+-

the INFLUENCES : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

- + -

#duranduran #theweeknd #blondie #depechemode #billyidol #stevestevens #deadcandance #siouxsieandthebanshees #air #tearsforfears #johnbarry #lesliebricusse #claudedebussy #mauriceravel #frederickchopin #eriksatie #brianeno #thecocteautwins #abba #beegees #joemeek #chameleons #octoberproject #patbenatar #haroldbudd #lindseybuckingham #nakedeyes #aha #ceefarrow #omd #thismortalcoil #stonetemplepilots #aliceinchains #baroque #renaissance #earlymusic #theweeknd #skeler

I love adding words to music and doing what I can to sing along.  I would love to have others sing as well.  I am writing to many genres - this page will be for my softer tracks and for re-posts.  Please visit my main page Wild Christopher !  and my Alter Ego page You So Crazy.

Cheers, Chris
For: Questionable Enterprises LLC

Will be adding more tracks and following others to Like and Re-post.  

Photo by https://flic.kr/p/yWTqdX

- Follow my main and reposts @mixedio-repost1 , @mixedio-repost2
- You'll get reposts from time to time!