The blur within

I always wanted to write a song that featured a steam train of a harmonica solo in the spirit of Neil Young. The song is about living life on your terms.

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Melodic guitar driven rock with a 90's feel.

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Disorient

A new ambient track, composed in 2021. 
This composition has many things that differentiate it from previous releases; a different style in composition, more related to orchestral music, a different mood and a totally different type of sounds and arrangement, leaving more space for atmosphere, chords, melodies, breaths, string sounds.

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Terrain

I have endured this pain that you've caused me
Now it's time that I finally

Burn the bridge
Watch it fall

Just like the clock, I'm going in circles
Back and forth, I relentlessly pace
You'd better pray to what you believe in
I don't discover your hiding place

Each and every time that I see you
I just want the memory erased

Burn my eyes
Burn my mind

Vs. The World

Deer God

Performed by Nashville Opera; Matthew Traviño, Bass

ABOUT THE ARIA
From Safe Word the second act in a trio of operas called Three Way. In Safe Word, Mistress Salomé is a high-priced dominatrix in a private dungeon, and today she has a new client, an aggressive corporate type. Even though he's the one who pays to be humiliated, the Client is bossy. In this aria, she has canceled the session and told the rule-breaking Client to dress and leave. As she releases his straps, he taunts her cruelly and sadistically, getting too close—physically and emotionally.

ABOUT THE OPERA
An Il trittico for the Tinder generation, Three Way is a new opera about the present and future of sex and love with music by Robert Paterson (The Whole Truth) and a libretto by David Cote (Blind Injustice). In three playful acts, average heroes explore the worlds of android lovers, BDSM and polyamory in a quest for “more” in today’s hyperconnected and gender-fluid world. Featuring Nashville Opera, conducted by Dean Williamson. Original cast recording.

CREATIVE TEAM
Robert Paterson, Composer: http://www.robertpaterson.com | http://www.robertpaterson.com/three-way
David Cote, Librettist: http://www.davidcote.com

THREE WAY SITES
Three Way Site: http://www.threewayopera.com/
Nashville Opera: http://www.nashvilleopera.org/three-way/
American Opera Projects (AOP): http://www.aopopera.org/threeway/

Materials available from Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/threeway/
Three Way Arias - Male: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/i...
Three Way Arias - Female: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/i...
Three Way Piano/vocal score: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/i...

ORIGINAL CAST
Danielle Pastin, Soprano: http://www.daniellepastin.com
Courtney Ruckman, Soprano: http://www.courtneyruckman.com
Eliza Bonet, Mezzo-Soprano: http://www.elizabonet.com
Melisa Bonetti, Mezzo-Soprano: http://www.melisabonettimezzo.com
Jordan Rutter, Countertenor: http://www.jordanrutter.com
Samuel Levine, Tenor: http://www.samuellevinetenor.com
Wes Mason, Baritone: http://www.wesmasonstage.com
Matthew Treviño, Bass: http://www.matthewtrevino.com

LYRICS
I know your type.
Pretty girl, not too dumb.
Studied hard, missed all the fun.
Looked back on your life, saw what a waste,
Life was a banquet that you didn’t taste.
Decided to have a second life, a little lie,
A secret side, a magic door,
Where you could hide inside.

You know my type.
Alpha boss, ladies’ man.
Do what I like because I can.
Reach deep within and feel no thrill;
Life is a wine I drunkenly spill.
Decided to have a second life, a secret side,
An inner lie, a tiny door,
Where I can hide inside.

I want to get inside you and find you.
I want to find your borders, your corners.
Back you in the corner, my corner.
We’re in the corner pressing close.
It’s small inside, where we hide,
It’s small inside you and me.

We’re the same type.
Wrapped in disguise.
Here it’s truth, outside it’s lies.
We agree to have a second life, a special side,
A private code, a secret key unlocks the door—
Where you hide…!

Three Way

Three Way - Act II. Safe Word: Client’s Aria: I Know Your Type (Bass Aria)

Powerful, fat and cool semi electronic trailer with big acoustic beats, subtle yet funky beat box and a characteristic wah wah bass line. The subtle variations, distant sound effects add to the every so cool and groovy demeanour  

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American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

Three Way - Act II. Safe Word: Client’s Aria: I Know Your Type (Bass Aria)

Robert Paterson Composer