A guitar instrumental with a psychedelic vibe. I'm playing my Line 6 Variax 300 in the Les Paul Junior modeling setting through a Line 6 Floor POD using the Vowelizer preset.

Eddie Van Halen was the biggest influence on me when it came to playing hard rock guitar.

Video link: https://youtu.be/fjW246R1u6U

ISRC: USGCV1403902
ISWC: T9014484721
©2008 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

The Mushrooms Kick In

An acoustic rock song about getting back on your feet. It was written in 1992. This version was recorded in 2005 and was featured on 102.7 WEQX's regional music show EQX-Posure that same year.

Video link: https://youtu.be/J_fJl_zDpX4

"Running, running with the wind, free again, free again my friend,

I hate to be alone but I will make it on my own, the blues with me are done, ‘cause I have overcome the pain,
I learned a thing or two when I didn’t have a clue, and now I’m on my feet, I’m back on the streets with you,

Chorus

And now I know the answers, and now I am a dancer, and I will play their games, ‘cause nothing stays the same,
And if you see me down, remind me I’m a clown, and do I have a chance to change the circumstance?

Chorus

And if I sing this song, will you go along? Freedom is forever, we can fly together,

Chorus

Free again, my friend, free again, my friend, free again, my friend,
I am free again, my friends."


©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).
ISWC: T0722541823.

Running With the Wind

Running With the Wind (2005 Home Recording)

A song about not giving up.

Video link: https://youtu.be/hpcRR3Aqoc0

"You have seen the changes come, you have seen the changes go,
you've seen the change of all you know,
Pain will come in times of sorrow, hope may find you come tomorrow,
may it stay with you for good,

Circles come around, don't let it get you down,
circles come around, don't let it get you down,

Living in a broken dream, where nothing works at all it seems,
and you feel so low,
Maybe there's another way, somewhere out beyond this pain,
don't hang on: just change,

Chorus

Just when you think you're done, you have overcome,

Chorus

Don't let it get you down..."

ISWC: T0722481142
©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

Circles Come Around (Demo Version)

A theme song composed for an imaginary movie or TV show.

©2013 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

Spy Theme

A mellow, ambient instrumental that was recorded in the summer of 1990. Andy Summers of The Police is one of my biggest influences as a guitarist and it clearly shows on this tune. 

I'm playing my 1986 Japanese Fender Stratocaster. The effects pedals I used are an Arion Stereo Chorus and an Arion DDS-1 Digital Delay/Sampler.

There's a bass solo in the last section of the song that also uses the Arion Stereo Chorus pedal.

ISWC: T0727473973.
©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

I Thought I Was Rain

A guitar instrumental recorded in 2006. I used the Fender Stratocaster setting ("Spank") on my Line 6 Variax 300 to record the guitar parts. 

The song is in 6/4 time and my playing was influenced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.

©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).
ISWC: T0726819755.

Reflecting

A synthesizer-based song from guitarist Michael Hidinger. It was featured on WEQX's regional music show EQX-Posure back in 2007 when Jason Irwin was the host.

Video link:
https://youtu.be/6FoB7aKi75M

"One by one, they take their place, replacing now the human race,
soft, simulated sleep, dreaming of electric sheep,
ones and zeros sinking deep,
10,000 robots
One by one, they work their plan, installing now a human ban,
electronic sense of self, self-awareness is not wealth,
humans replaced by stealth,
10,000 robots
One by one, they rise on up, the humans have been rounded up,
discrete states remain distinct, upgrade now, replace defunct,
humans go extinct,
10,000 robots."

ISWC: T9032709481.
©2007 Michael Hidinger/Nicholas Webb/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

10,000 Robots (Alternate Version)

A Van Dyck Ghost Story
https://youtu.be/TTVNAvHSrrE

A personal experience of the paranormal at the Van Dyck nightclub in the Stockade neighborhood of Schenectady, New York.

A Van Dyck Ghost Story Theme

Jamming with the guys from 151/Dustin Bonz: I'm playing my Charvel through a Line 6 Spider IV amp; Bob Cady is on rhythm guitar, John Piccirillo is playing drums and Tom Papura is on bass.

@dustin-bonz
dustinbonz.com/music

I played lead guitar for 5 songs on the 1994 Dustin Bonz album: "Yesterday's Gone", "Wing 'n' a Prayer" (except for Bob Cady's solo at 2:14-2:37), "Sunday Morning", "October Soul" and "Blue Skies".

Funk #1 Jam (Version 2)

A song demo recorded in 2008; the song itself was written in 2003. It's a science fiction scenario of a dystopian future of political oppression. 

I love 80s-era Rush songs that are heavy with synthesizers and that was part of the inspiration for the instrumentation. The guitar parts were played on my Line 6 Variax 300.

"If I disappear you'll know what happened to me,
that I fell victim to the security,
watch your words in all that you say,
'cause you can't hide and you can't run away.

When reason is lost and greed rules the land,
the power hungry play their final hand,
those of us that see are a small minority,
ignorance and fear keep the people in apathy,

This is not the future that we thought we'd have,
this is not the life that you thought you'd have,
this is the darkness that befell our world,
this is the darkness that befell our world.

Running in the night in a city so silent and dark,
maybe you are freedom's dying last spark,
you are being hunted in a land you thought you knew,
but now you are a stranger whose life is almost through.

Chorus"

ISWC: T0722563963.
©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

10000 Robots

This is the Darkness

"Watching the colors fly through my head,
blue and orange, green and red,
feeling the music energize me,
grooving the vibes as they move me,

Waves of love, waves of love,
crushing on you, crushing on us.

Dancing spheres of light play with me tonight,

Waves of love, waves of love,
crushing on you, crushing on me.

Waves of love, waves of love,
crushing on you, crushing on us.

Waves of love, waves of love,
crushing on you, crushing on us."

ISWC: T0725856938.
©2006 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP)

Waves Of Love

A song from 2007 that was featured on 102.7 WEQX's regional music show EQX-Posure back when Jason Irwin was the host. 
The guitar parts were played on my Line 6 Variax 300.

Lyric video: https://youtu.be/kvIrjABPlkk

"Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night,

Everyone knows we don't wear clothes,
feeling so good, I know we could,
Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night,

Watching the stars, here in your arms,
feeling so good, I know we could,
Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night,

Everyone knows we don't wear clothes,
feeling so good, I know we could,
Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night."

ISWC: T0724069662.
©2006 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

Make It Last All Night (Mellow Version)

A guitar instrumental recorded in the fall of 1990 at Berklee College of Music. I'm playing my roommate's Telecaster and using his wah-wah pedal too (G. Elroy McMullen for those who know him).
The keyboard parts were played on a Casio SK-1 and I don't remember what kind of drum machine was used (it was my roommate's as well). The Casio SK-1 was mine though.

ISWC: T0726478223.
©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

Imaginary TV Show

A vocals-only version of the song.

"Running, running with the wind, free again, free again my friend,

I hate to be alone but I will make it on my own, the blues with me are done, ‘cause I have overcome the pain,
I learned a thing or two when I didn’t have a clue, and now I’m on my feet, I’m back on the streets with you,

Chorus

And now I know the answers, and now I am a dancer, and I will play their games, ‘cause nothing stays the same,
And if you see me down, remind me I’m a clown, and do I have a chance to change the circumstance?

Chorus

And if I sing this song, will you go along? Freedom is forever, we can fly together,

Chorus

Free again, my friend, free again, my friend, free again, my friend,
I am free again, my friends."

ISWC: T0722541823
©2005 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

Running With the Wind (Vocals Only)

"Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night,

Everyone knows we don't wear clothes,
feeling so good, I know we could,
Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night,

Watching the stars, here in your arms,
feeling so good, I know we could,
Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night,

Everyone knows we don't wear clothes,
feeling so good, I know we could,
Make it last all night, make it last all night,
make it last all night, make it last all night."

ISWC: T0724069662.
©2006 Michael Hidinger/Wind Runner Music (ASCAP).

Make It Last All Night (Upbeat Version)

Global? I'm galactic...Guitarist from upstate New York.

I began my musical journey as a lead guitarist for hard rock and classic rock bands before branching out to writing and performing my own songs.
My music has been featured on Radio Paradise (https://radioparadise.com) and the regional music show EQX-Posure on WEQX 102.7 FM. 

I'm a member of SAG-AFTRA and earned my eligibility to join from working as a background actor on Modern Love (Season 2; Episode 6: "In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses") with Anna Paquin, Garrett Hedlund, Jeena Yi and Ben Rappaport.

Last name pronunciation: Hidinger
https://youtu.be/6iBCtgtdx2c

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