I wrote this song as an instrumental.  I then wanted to make it something I could play with my string quartet.

White River

Instrumental Surf Rock.  I play a Sterling AX30 guitar on this song. 

Here is a link about this guitar;
http://iheartguitarblog.com/2011/05/review-sterling-by-music-man-ax30.html

Call Of The Wolf

Instrumental.  I play Acoustic guitar, 3 fiddle parts, and mandolin.  The acoustic bass is a midi available in Cubase.

Mandolin Mood

I wrote this in Cubase and most of the sounds are virtual instruments.  The counterpoint guitar (with the echo) is me playing my Gibson Les Paul studio,.

July Morning

Tomorrow Night

I recently bought a fretless guitar.  I have been experimenting with how to play this guitar in my songs.  I chose a fairly simple riff to highlight the note sliding of the fretless.  This song starts in the key of A Minor.  Then, in the middle, switches to B Minor.  The end is a series of half step moves back to an A Minor.

Fretless Guitar Magic

A great collaboration across musicians in countries. It was fun integrating the different parts to make this a whole.
The Journey - Original idea: Daniel Lockhart. Guitar: ahsan-ul-hadi-adil. Clarinet: Michel Martineau. Arrangement: Michel Martineau.
You can access my collaborators wonderful music at:
soundcloud.com/michel-martineau
soundcloud.com/ahsan-ul-hadi-adil


The Journey (ahsan-ul-hadi-adil: guitar & Michel Martineau: Clarinet)

Mark (Weighty Tree) and I have been working on this song.  We liked where it is so we decided to publish it here.  We have plans to continue developing this idea.  So you may hear an alternate version at a later time.  You can find music by Weighty Tree here:  https://soundcloud.com/theweightytree

Flying Dream (with Weighty Tree)


My Little Circus World (Tribute to Fellini) - Featuring music, that touches

Michael Klatte (music, that touches) and I decided to collaborate on a song. I sent him a draft of this idea. He then worked on it and created this melancholic piece about Fellini's circus movies. I saw La Strada and felt the mood perfectly fit the events in La Strada. I then changed my original piece about to fit his additions and add a little Fellini sound at the beginning and end. Here it is. Visit Michael's music at:

https://soundcloud.com/michael-klatte



My Circus World (Tribute To Fellini featuring music that touches)

This song started out by listening to some of the surf music by my friend Dirk Radloff.  I remembered playing Telstar and other Surf rock songs when I was younger.  These are special songs for a young electric guitarist.

Then Dirk talked about his Epiphone Casino with Bigsby, which he sold.  It's the only guitar, which he has missed so far and he has sold a lot over the years.  I happen to have a Casino I bought from another guitarist (not Dirk).

I decided I wanted to bring these two elements together.  Surf rock guitar and my Epiphone Casino.  I added in a Stratocaster for the lead guitar component.  I considered naming this song "Dirk made me do it".  But, in the end, I named it after Dirk's Surf Rock music:  The Golden Tornadoes (Spelled with an e).

Dirk is a talented musician with several albums.  I hope you find his music as enjoyable as I find it.  You can find Dirk's music here:  https://soundcloud.com/heartscore

You can find the Golden Tornadoes music here:  https://soundcloud.com/heartscore/sets/the-golden-tornadoes



The Tornadoe Effect

This is a track I wrote to have fun playing guitar and bass.  I am playing my parker P-38 and a Fender Fretless Jazz Bass.  Just having fun playing.  I thought it had the feeling of something from long ago.  I could see a young lady flirting with a man she desired.    I hope it adds something to your day.

Flirting In The Court

An instrumental I performed on my GFI Ultra Pedal Steel (shown in the picture).  I think I am getting a little better at Pedal Steel.  I hope you agree.

Pedalling Steel

Styrmonix Is such a great partner.  He listens in such intricate detail and provides excellent feedback.  Working with him ensures that a song will be as perfect as it can be.  We wanted to do a song that provided some unusual elements.  We decided that 7 time would suit our needs.  Here is the song we wrote for you.

You can get a download of this song at Stymonix SC page:
https://soundcloud.com/styrmonix/summer-solstice-progrockdan-styrmonix

Visit Styrmonix music here:
https://soundcloud.com/styrmonix

The animated video is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4DX5lsU-Zo

Summer Solstice (Featuring Styrmonix on trumpet)

I wanted to write a song using polymeter.  So here it is:  Polly Lolly Ding Dong.  All of the Background is in 4 time and the melody is in 3 time.  The melody will sound a little off.  It goes 2 times through and the second time I make adjustments away from a strict 3/4 time.

I play an Oscar Scmidt acoustic guitar and a Tradition telecaster style guitar on this track.  Everything else are midis that I programmed.

Polly Lolly Ding Dong

This features the violin of the fantastic Ioana Selaru.  You can find her music here:
https://soundcloud.com/selaruioana

This is a song I wrote in 2014 for Ioana Selaru to add her beautiful violin. I heard her on SoundCloud and fell in love with her Romanian violin. I wanted to create something for her to let her violin sore. She created these melodies with her wonderful bowing.

Evoke (Featuring Ioana Selaru on Violin)

Surf rock style guitar rock Instrumental in 6/4.  Just fun music.

Stair Surfing

My friend Dirk Radloff (Heartscore) has influenced me to write some surf rock songs.  I now have 3.  I have put them into a playlist of my Surf rock songs.  I play my Squier Stratocaster (with Lindy Fralin split blads pickups) for both rhythm and lead guitar on this one,  I also use my old fender Precision Bass.  The other instruments are midis.

Here is a link to my pickups:
https://www.fralinpickups.com/product/strat-split-blade/

ProgRockDan Instrumentals

Spirit of the Wave

Instrumental in the spirit of surf music.  I am using a Les Paul (rather than the traditional Stratocaster) on this song,

Surf Music

Aem Eem Pem Surf

I play my Gibson Les Paul (both lead and rhythm) and my Fender Precision Bass on this surf rock guitar song.  All other instruments are midis.

I had the itch to make another surf guitar song.  Just watching TV with my guitar in my hand and it all came to me.  So here it is.

Ready Set Surf Guitar

As the name implies this song is a tribute to Dick Dale.  Dick Dale plays a Fender Stratocaster.  I chose to play my Speedster Traveler guitar on this song.  I chose this guitar because it is the guitar I used when I wrote the song.

I frequently have my little speedster in my hands while watching TV.  I have written many riffs and songs while doodling on this guitar (while watching TV).  

Here is some information on Dick Dale:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale
http://dickdale.com/


Here are some links to Dick Dale music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwx2pephwKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKpsuGMeqHI

Tribute To Dick Dale

The name for this piece is a quadruple entendre.  It can stand for Randy California the fine guitarist of the band Spirit.  It can stand for a person named Randy in California.  It can stand for the famous donut shop in California.  Finally, it can stand for a person who is horny in California.   

Here are links to two of those meanings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%27s_Donuts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_California

I wrote this on bass guitar.  That is, the bass line came to me in the morning when I was waking up.  I started recording it using my precision bass.  I play my Squire strat with the Lindly Fralin split blade pickups on rhythm and lead guitar. This  is one of my Surf Rock songs.  You can find others on trhis playlist.

https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan-instrumentals/sets/surf-rock

I mixed this piece in Cubase and I used  iZotope Ozone to master it.  I do not spend much effort promoting my instrumentals so this song will probably have few plays, likes...  That is OK with me.  If you found it I thank you for listening.

https://www.fralinpickups.com/product-category/guitar-pickups/strat-pickups/

Randy In California

Surf rock Guitar using my Les Paul Studio and my no name small scale bass.

Lightning Guitar

An instrumental I wrote and make little changes each time through.  This song raises each chord by three half steps.  So the key changes every time the chord changes.  The versus are major chords"  G, A#, then D.  The choruses are minor chords:  E Minor, G Minor, and A# Minor.  The bass line rises during the versus and declines for the choruses.

Easy Goes It

This song is in 5/4.  This song is about Black Jack Randall from the book/series Outlander.

Black Jack

A song in 5/4.  I play guitar, bass, and viola.  The guitar is a PRS Tremonti LE,  The bass is a MiM Fender Fretless Jazz bass.  The viola is played without effects.  All other sounds are those available in Cubase.  This is in the key of A Minor.  The viola improvisation was made in one take.

My dental surgeon was Dr. Patel:
https://www.indyperiodontal.com/team

The video of this song is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJqhxBQU4j4&t=37s

Dental Surgery

This song is in 5/4 time.  It feels a little off to me.  Perhaps I hit too many bad notes.  Maybe I overloaded it with instruments.  I play nylon string acoustic guitar (3 tracks), fretless Jazz bass, violin, and viola on this song.  Other sounds are midis available in Cubase.  My DAW is Cubase.  I use Izotope - Ozone for Mastering.  The title comes from the street we lived on in Chesterfield Missouri.

Fairway Bend

I am ProgRockDan1.  I started this site for those individuals who like instrumentals.  You can come here and find all of my instrumentals.  There will be minimal vocals on this site.  I love collaborating with other musicians.

You can find my Progressive Rock music here:
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan1

You can find more traditional music (folk, funk, country, bluegrass, rock, and other roots music) here:
https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart

You can find the Dan X2 collaborations with Dan Blackard here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-106484228

You can find the Dan and Dan collaborations with Dan Blackard here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-590884876

If you heard a song here and you no longer see it.  It has been moved to this space:
https://www.reverbnation.com/progrockdan1

Feel free to support my music on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/58474831

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