Dark Causeway

Cirrusphagia

Descension

Living In It

Working out ideas for a new film project. Prototype theme, if you will.

I composed, arranged, performed, tracked, mixed, and mastered everything here.

New Project Theme Exploration

New Project Theme - Exploration

Experimenting with early '80s synths, guitar sounds, drum machine tech. Gated reverb syn toms, Linn drum LM-1, Strat through a Flanger & Chorus Ensemble, DX7, Oberheim, Juno, JX-8P style synths -- stuff like that.

I played and mixed everything.

PASTICHE ‘80s THEME (no vocals)

I wrote, arranged, performed, mixed, and mastered the track.

Track I Made For A Demo Reel

New track for a new project.

I composed, performed, mixed, and mastered it.

New Learning Project Music

Song no. 2 from my Facebook 'LET’S ALL MAKE A SHUT-IN RECORD!' contest. 

Friends concocted the name, then voted on favorites, then I made this song based on one of the favorites. Call it an experiment.

I wrote, arranged, performed, mixed, and mastered this track. Find the sleigh bells.

This time, players had to reference a work of literature. This title is from Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Slaughterhouse-Five," as are the lyric inspirations.

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"EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND NOTHING HURT "

I am a man
Unstuck in time
Shell-shocked and alien zoo confined  
My roommate’s a charm
A Brigitte Bardot
Debuted on Time Square in a skin-flick show

Scored on the headstone there in the dirt:
“Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt”
(So it goes, so it goes, so it goes and goes)

Limbo in Dresden
The firebombs stun
I’ve always been here and there, once said and done
But now at the podium
Stoic goodbyes
Is that rifle laser aimed between my eyes?

Scored on the headstone there in the dirt:
“Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt”
(So it goes, so it goes, so it goes and goes)

Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt

I'm a writer, musician and filmmaker living in Southern California with my wife and son.

Chris Pickenpaugh

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