A progressive rock, guitar and keyboard instrumental that shifts between 4/4 and 5/4 time signatures.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

Spud Foltikki

needed to do something just outside of the blues

Made For Summer Time

Come Una Guerra Dentro

Indeed a piece for strings and in this recording also some string syntheseizer for backing things up.

Enjoy your listening!

Largo for Strings

Daydream journey (departure from the waterside)

The Final Track on my Rooftops album. The 1st track can be heard here:
https://soundcloud.com/orbiting-freakshow-orch/rooftops-and-chimney-pots-part-1

Rooftops and Chimney Pots

The End (1993)

Hinkler Cigar Box Guitar
Yamaha Tenor Saxophone
Keyboards

Just A Bit Of Fun

I noticed some action on a rehearsal studio version of this track here on SoundCloud, so I thought to upload a tighter version of it

As the band UMF dissolved, I really wanted to carry over some of the songs to the new band (now called Laybow), in particular this one, so I recorded a half decent version of it and pitched it.

It was picked up and has been a setlist favourite for a long time now, albeit the lyrics and solo bit have slightly changed.

I put this 2013 recording through a bit modern treatment.

lyrics:

ready to take it
whatever you're saying
maybe I'll make it
maybe you'll break it

wanna play?
not today!
wanna play?
stop screwing around!

leave me hanging
broken record spinning
somehow it's fitting
I'm not used to winning

wanna play?
not today!
wanna play?
stop screwing around!

... oh make me stay
and take me out
and do me proud
and let me down
stop screwing around

let me down
let me down
do me proud
stop screwing around
let me down
let me down
do me proud
stop screwing around

❤️ @Bandcamp

Skrew (band-pitch demo version from 2013) 2021 Remix

This is the first track I've created after wrapping up my new album “aes.thet.ics”. There is always uncertainty as to what I want to work on after releasing a collection of material. (or if I need a break)It's a combination of relief/fulfillment, mixed with self imposed pressure as to needing to come up with ideas for future work.

Going back to minimal piano remains a comforting direction. For me it's always a rewarding emotional release. 

**more tracks to share soon from "aes.thet.ics"

Mood Exhibit - Klid

Compositions made using GarageBand iOS.
My first experiments using a digital audio workstation.
I still had no audio production knowledge but I entered the machine. I made mistakes. sometime I learned and sometimes life is cool and ya make some tunes.

Recorded 2012 - 2016 

sparkled up and glorified in 2025

All music written, performed and produced by Tom Stuen
Album art by Jenny Biron
 

Released July 28, 2025

feed my cats

Obstacle

An original song about, well, The Forest.  We drive by them almost every day and seldom stop to admire their beauty and think about the importance they play to the well being of our beloved planet.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

No door to enter by, no door to exit from.
Once inside you feel, tranquility taking hold.
Anointing you to the spiritual and the material.
Daring you to let go and dream in peaceful solitude.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

Perhaps a bit indifferent, when you first arrived,
Now in awe of it’s diversity, and its abundance of life.
From the outside we give it, but an indifferent glance.
On the inside we immerse in the sights, sounds and smells.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

Staring up at the sky, to see those towering pines.
Reminds us of our minute place, among living beings.
Afraid and delighted, loneliness and enlightenment
In debt to the forest, for stimulating our minds.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

Sustainer of life, comforter of souls.
In-stiller of wisdom, evoker of feelings.
A world within a world, where life seems to stand still
A sanctuary of sorts, to experience and protect.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

The Forest

Hello and thank you for dropping by.

Thank you very much to everyone who takes the time to listen, like and share my noises. I am extremely grateful. My apologies if I take a little while to respond to those that leave nice comments.

I like listening to music, making simple, tunes when I have time, and generally faffing about in an inefficient manner. Hopefully you might like something on offer here. 

I use a Hinkler Cigar Box guitar (about $30 from Aldi, great fun), a Flying V ukulele, a couple of old keyboards, other bits and bobs, and a Yamaha tenor saxophone.

Just A Bit Of Fun

Mikey McFaffington and his Saxophonic Adventures