Incredibly gentle, magical and beautiful composition, touching image

Each of the musical modes.
Ionian: happiness, home-coming.
Dorian: sad but with the hope of something better to come.
Mixolydian: happiness with a serious undertone.
Lydian: dreamy and heaven-like.
Phrygian: bright darkness with a sense of something to come.
Aeloian: naturally dark and melancholy.
Locrian: pure evil.

The Modes

Lydian

Dorian

written 24/02/11

Photo of me (in blue) and my brother Jack, circa 2004

Mixolydian

written 24/02/20-21

photo of me and my cat from 2013.

Phrygian

written 24/02/21-22

photo of me circa 2004. I can hardly remember who I was then. 

I unintentionally saved Ionian for last. It's the mode I use the least. I told my friend this story: I was 17 in 2012 and I found my first girlfriend. My friend texts me and says something to the effect of "Good. Now you can start writing in Ionian!".

This mode wants to be joyous and uplifting. And while I think what I wrote has those qualities, it also has a fair bit me as well.

Ionian

written 24/02/22

revisiting a work from the earlier this month www.soundcloud.com/rhett-dahl/lydian

Lydian Revisited

Indie Dreamscapes

Titanic Dreams. By Glenny G
Look what the night has left for the day every things on the floor
Riding that ship under those waves darkness has set it's course
Unsinkable ship one of a kind her story past through time
First class and poor settle the score water graves left behind
Titanic Dreams, Moonlight and Beams, Silhouettes Freeze beneath the open sea
Wealth of the day floats away sips champagne in white gloves 
Tuxedo and jewels they flaunt all the tools racing to rise above
Titanic Dreams, Moonlight and Beams, Silhouettes freeze beneath the ocean breeze
Titanic dreams, Titanic dreams, Titanic dreams,  Titanic dreams

Titanic Dream ( With Lyrics )

My Lyrics
AI Melody
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Going through the motions.
Barely aware of the world.
Can't even brave a thought.

I am lost without myself. 
Myself.
Plodding along course not my own.
Built from remnants and cast adrift.
A derelict of a life not lived

The years all melt into one.
Gone are the beginnings and endings.
Somewhere in there I existed.
 
Lost my soul before I was born.
A bargain I never had to make.
Just the shell of a person, 
Hollowed skin made of paper,
No energy to punch my way

I am lost without my heart.
My heart.
Plodding a course not of my own.
Built from remnants and thrown adrift
A derelict of a love not lived.
 
I am lost without myself.
Myself.

Lost Without Myself

impromptu 2025-04-18

from the new album Harsh Vulnerable - https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/harsh-vulnerable

Harsh Vulnerable album

Mood Exhibit - Soul Enriched

Happy Easter.
I always love to hear those little snippets of music in feature films under the heading of the ‘underscore’ or ‘incidental music.’ In just under a minute, I’ve tried to recreate an interpretation of Mary finding Jesus resurrected on that first Easter Sunday.

Tell us, Mary, what did you see?
On that traumatic road to Calvary.
Our saviour broken and torn,
To set us free - to be reborn.

For when the others had strayed and gone
You were blessed to soldier on
The first witness of Christ in his glory
The perfect completion of the Gospel story.

Great Amen

2025-04-30

people

Cinematic audio tapestry woven with mystery, emotion, and transformation.  

Detachment By Mark Mori:
The current pulls me, The waters murmur and devour.
I fight — But my arms grasp emptiness. The shadow waits, watching.
Then it appears: L’Insaisissable, No shape, no form, just presence.
"Ne retiens rien," it whispers, And I become the water.
An endless stream, I flow — No struggle, no fear, Only the flow.

https://markmori.bandcamp.com/track/detachment

Detachment

I decided to take another stab at this song and play my guitars.
Guitars: (3 tracks): Taylor 114ce strumming and Fender Squire (strumming and picking) 
Keys: Logic Pro Session Piano  with sounds from Native instruments
Drums (two tracks): EZ Drummer 3 and PG Music (panned left and right)
Copyright 2025 Joe Stroffolino
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Sea monkey’s are just brine shrimp
Easier to take care of than a pet chimp
You just buy a kit and that’s pretty much it
Much less work than a cat a dog or a pony
But those pictures that they put on the box are definitely phony
Sometimes it feels like we’re just a bunch of sea monkeys in a jar
Living on this great big rock orbiting a star
We pray to God for assistance but what if he’s just a little boy
And this world that we live on is just his latest toy
What if we’re living in some kid’s jar and the sun is a lightbulb
It’s not really a star
What if every time the human race takes it on the chin
There’s some kid looking down staring with a silly grin
Eight billion humans on the planet earth and we’re all trying to get by
I wonder if those sea monkeys knew the truth would they still even try
Did he sprinkle some eggs in the water and wait for the fun to begin
Did he watch he watch us fight our wars and root for the good guys to win
When the black death raged in the thirteenth century and good people started to die and he saw all that pain and and suffering did it ever make him cry
Eight billion humans on the planet earth and we’re all trying to get by
I wonder if those sea monkeys knew the truth would they still even try
Eight billion humans on the planet earth and we’re all trying to get by
I wonder if those sea monkeys knew the truth would they still even try
Sea monkey’s are just brine shrimp
Easier to take care of than a pet chimp
You just buy a kit and that’s pretty much it
You just buy a kit and that’s pretty much it

Sea Monkeys In A Jar

Into the sharpened sky

Composer with music in shows on National Geographic, Animal Planet, Netflix, Discovery, NBC, TBS, FOX, A&E, The History Channel, VICE TV, TLC, Oxygen and others. Written score for BMW, League of Legends: Wildrift, 《中国奇谭》, various short-films, commercials, and games. 

photo is me, 2004.

I also create 3D art, you can find my work here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/r9zkrE
rhettericsondahl@gmail.com 
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Thank you for the support, you know who you are.

Lydian

Rhett Dahl (Composer)

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