Country acoustic meets hip hop meets techno bass meets a chill 65 bpm in an atmospheric instrumental soundtrack for a foggy ferry crossing.

When fog rolls in, people are happy that the old ferry captain knows the river crossing very well. Thick fog doesn’t stop arrivals and departures on the Fog Bottom Ferry, a fictional name for a ferry that, as a passenger, I also knew very well.

The image of the ferry deck in my cover art doesn’t look like the ferry I took. My Fog Bottom Ferry served a small river town that carried about a dozen cars. To me, its engine sounded similar to a tugboat motor, and was the inspiration for the hip hop beats.

Hope you enjoy a little atmospheric instrumental countryhop 🤠

65 bpm

DAW: Apple Logic Pro X 
MIDI: Akai MPK Professional keyboard
E-Instruments: 
Concert Grand piano  
Steel String Acoustic guitar  
Acoustic Guitar  
Dobro Guitar  
Space Harp 
Deep Round Bass Synth
 Underwater Temple synth 
Atmosphere At Dusk synth 
E-Percussion: 
Atlanta Electronic Drum Kit
 Acoustic Bump

PHOTO CREDIT: The image is a derivative of a photo by Burak the Weekender at pexels.com:
www.pexels.com/@weekendplayer/

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Fog Bottom Ferry

Gold and Silver would have you choose Red or Blue
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Animus Undone

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7th piece in a series of experiments to try other approaches:
'How it was sometimes, back then' 
• Guitar, bass, strings/keys, art: Ax. W. •
You're welcome to listen if you like, if you can.

„What have future generations ever done for us?“ (Groucho Marx)

https://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/future-collection

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'Sleeping Warriors' Inspired by a mountain range in the Isle of Arran in Scotland, that when viewed from the mainland, the mountain range looks like a "sleeping warrior" and this is exactly what it is referred to.
Also the "sleeping Terra Cotta army" in China is a strong inspiration. Then of course there are the real life "sleeping warriors" who become awake in times of extreme hardship in their relative countries. So then here is the track to contemplate if you may be a "sleeping warrior".
Alan

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I dedicate this song to the memory of my brother-in-law. He passed away a few weeks ago, leaving an unfillable void. Rest in peace Brother! We will meet again in our next life! 🖤🖤🖤

Cover pic: Arpad Kajel www.instagram.com/bergarpi

Sheer

The way it is

I'm a composer, working from a 3' x 5' studio (some may call it a dinette) in a 5th wheel camper, while traveling the United States. I've been on the road for six years, so most of my recent work will have come from a different state (of mind and location) during my travels.

Music makes me feel better about everything. I don't know that I'm ever happier than when I am creating. I sometimes wonder if creativity isn't one of the primary keys to happiness. Do you ever feel better than when you say, "Look what I did."? This phrase magically conjures the purest sense of childlike joy.

Music works for every part of our lives. We all have music for when we are sad, happy, celebrating, meeting others, when we are alone, and even when we are lonely. Did a song come to mind as you read each of those situations? I remember the first song I ever heard on the radio, on my first bus ride to kindergarten. One of my favorite musical memories is playing in a band for steel beach on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

I love telling stories with music. Everybody loves John Coffey in the Green Mile, but Mr. Jingles should have a song commemorating his reaching and joining the circus at Mouseville. If you agree, join me for this and similar journeys. The music here is synthetic, but as real as you would choose to have it.

My music most often lands on Soundcloud first and is inspired by one of my favorite communities, Naviar Haiku:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
I find writing to a Haiku prompt sufficiently limiting and exquisitely inspiring.

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Raymond Stull