Why do I love listening SoundCloud artists? Every time I hear authentic, free flowing art in music, I imagine fellow Indi musician dreaming, imagining, creating, and so do I ...

Thank you for 4.2 Million listens and 59.1K likes, 15.4K reposts, 7,609 moving comments, and 4,584 downloads! 

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

4 Million Plays - Thank You!

Future 80's rule! One synth only in its purity. New Synthwave track made with Arturia's rendition for Buchla Easel. I think its the most processor greedy soft synth I ever played. Worth it, rich in sound and possibilities. A single, sequenced synthline, quite automated, plus Ableton on-board 707 drum track. But lots going on inside the tool. Internal sequence is driven by a midi track as well. Only some FabFilter reverb applied, in places. And UAD Tube 610B, UAD 1176 for more analogue atmos. Mastered in Ableton Live with IK Multimedia and FabFilter tools. Had lotsa fun playing it. Hope you enjoy Synth-Meditative journey. TNX! 

P.S. This kind of flow, playing one (or two) hardware or software synths, tweaking and vibing, is the most fun for me lately. Because of the busy times - yes, but can do this for hours, days, years. Hope you find opportunities to connect with your creative side. Stay inspired!

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Funtronica

megaprockgram

Patrol (Single Soft Synth - Buchla Easel)

That fragile moment of freedom in between the notes! 

Long time did not capture my Cordoba KOA Edition nylon-string guitar. That day found guitar with a broken string, but it still had 5 more, so did not stop the inspiration. Backing track is tweaked NI Picked Nylon picking and Korg Gadget project on iPhoneX. Played guitar, recorded  sound in parallel into direct interface and a also room mic to capture the atmos and happy-little-accidents. Mastered with UA Oxide Tape, IK, and FabFilters in Live 11. New track will go to Uplifting Chillout album titled "Love", some day, maybe. TNX!

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Love

No Strings Attached

No matter how fast you move, she is still far away... why?

Lets face it, we all love the music we make and share. This is my own latest fave :)

Fun fact, in childhood I was always impressed by those pianists walking blazing fast thru the keys. Here in the bridge (1:41-2:14)I "did it". Not on a piano keys. On Push 2. Also put into a scale. Quickly running up and down on 5x5 grid ... not really knowing what I'm doing :) Dreams come true, she is getting near! 

Lead synth is Arturia OP-Xa VST also played on Push 2 pads, no programming. Some Polybrute, few Pigments lines, and IK Syntronik. With lotsa FabFilter Pro-C, Pro-Q3, Timeless. Bassline is 3 Arturia MiniMoogs. Mastered with UAD, IK, and FabFilters. Cover art: a personal star and road to Lick Observatory, California, 20 miles from house. Thanks! 

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Analogue

Aster

Do you have a feeling you know this track? You probably heard it 13.7 billion years ago when our pretty Universe got created! 😉🌌🌠🌎

A lil bit of my blue Fender Stratocaster, OB-Xa, MiniMoog and other Arturia V synth plugs.

Cover art: NASA Earth "hairs" (dark matter filaments streaming thru the Earth) + Michelangelo (of course) + color flairs & glitches on Photoleap app (required).

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Impressions

Creation

✨ Can you hear the nebular sounds? ✨ Analogue grit and silk from Korg ARP2600m arping and Arturia Polybrute on the lead voice. 

Recorded ARP2600m live by tweaking 5-7 sliders, then placed 8-bar parts to L/R channels in Ableton for more spacial movement. Lead tune is played on Polybrute's keyboard. Designed two Polybrute A/B presets and manually tweaked with Morphee controller. While DAW is playing pre-automated glide and filter sweeps. Arturia Pigments for colored pads and OB-Xa for nebular glitter. Basslines are Arturia Mini and Moog UADx. FabFilter Saturn2 saturation, ProQ3/C/L2, Arturia Intensity/Eternity, and Moogerfooger MF-104S. As always the new and a dozen other tracks are downloadable on my accounts, thanks!

Cover art Veil Nebula credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Levay

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Nebular

Life is busy. I make software that Apple designers use make their chips. This track is made on iPhone with Korg Gadget app and uploaded directly to GadgetCloud. Same way as 8 years ago, when I joined SoundCloud. Cover photo of Gadget project on iPhone made with the same iPhone. Cheers!  

Endless Light will become part of my future Impressions album along with (tracks that also made on the Korg Gdaget on iPhone/iPad):
https://soundcloud.com/samprock/crystal-ripples
https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sam-prock-time-speck
https://soundcloud.com/samprock/stargaze
https://soundcloud.com/samprock/odyssey

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Impression

Endless Light

Find two birds on this photo. Chill hard!

No analog synthesizers were harmed during the making of this track. Dozen of  Arturia V synths and Pigments. Mastered with UADx, IK One, and FabFilters. 
 Cover art - small city park in Amsterdam, May ‘23. Country is so picturesque. Everywhere. No wonder Dutch painters are so good (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dutch_painters). 

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Tranquilite

Can you name a oldie-goldie Electronica song this one is dedicated to? Early space-electronic music lover could tell one of my fave track by the name ... maybe by the vibe? In the video for the song four dudes were dressed up into space suites and helmets (nope, not Daft Punk, but well French). One holding and playing Moog Model D on his laps. Just like the one you hear here. Always wanted to play Space music! 

When playing this track I came across documentary discovering a trace they  spotted from above. It was left by some magic object flying over in between poles in a matter of minutes. What is it?

Special blend of Moog Model D and Arturia Pigments on lead. Korg ARP2600m, more Pigments, MiniV3, plus UAD Opal synth. Mastered with FabFilters, UADx, IK, Ableton Live 12. As always the new and a dozen other tracks are downloadable on my accounts, thanks! 

Cover art is based on the "The View from the Top" photo from NASA Blue Marble collection. Edited with Photoleap iOS app. 

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Magic Flight

It's a spring for two! 𖦹𖦹

~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Soulmates

Based on a true story: 🌎 => 👽👽👽 + 🛸 => 🌌
Area 51 had 9 UFOs. Brave gang of 2 Greens and 1 Grey alien smuggled 2 liter bottle of Mc 115 element to power the saucer. Managed to kick start 9th UFO and press go home button. Eerie humans only wanted alien hi-tech for their wars and destruction  #FreeAliens

While engines roaring and aliens murmuring. I have a confession to make. I'm a Moogaholic. Unconsciously this track is made with:
- Moog Model D '22 - lead synth
- Moog Subsequent 37 CV - bassline
- Moog Mariana - sub bass 
- Moog Mini V Arturia - rhythm synth
- Moog Animoog AUv3 on Mac - alien vox and UFO sounds
- Moog Model D AUv3 on Mac - pads and drones
- Moog Filter Arturia V - lead post processing 
- Ableton Live 12, IK One, UADx Oxide Tape, Std Clip, FabFilters
 
Cover art: Saucer radiation melted screen of my Animoog while field recording UFO sounds!  🛸

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

9th UFO

King Pakal, fearless ruler of Mayan city Palenque, a.k.a. Ancient Astronaut, takes his ethnic spaceship for a ride 🌶🚀

Teenage Engendering OP-XY composing and sounds only ⚫⏯️▪️◼️⬛◼️▪️*️⃣🖤. Plus creative FX-ing with FabFilters and UADx in Ableton Live 12. Cover art is Pakal’s sarcophagus carving colorized in PhotoLeap iPhone app.

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

bandcamp

Palenque

My first ever recorded guitar instrumental, guys... well, some years ago :) Come as it was played originally, with some subtle 2016 remastering. One day I played this light piano back loop and then improvised the tune with my Cordoba Nylon String guitar. Added few lines of bass, flute, strings, and percs in the Logic Pro. All played on M-Audio Axiom Pro keyboard connected to Mac. Cordoba guitar (on the cover art) recorded through MBox2 interface, I think, or maybe embedded Macbook mic. Track comes from the older hard drive, with as-is guitar impromptu recording, meaning a vintage feeling. Meaning extra charm, right? 

I posted the track celebration celebrating 5,000 SC plays. Way beyond 3 Million by now somehow, woah! Thank you!

In My Mind (Original Cordoba Mix)

2018: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/2018-adamaudio-soundtrack
2017: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/synthphony
2016: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/the-droplet-groove
2015: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sam-prock-the-groove-surfer-original-mix

Enjoy the mini Indie Disco Dance SYNTHS-phony of grooves and vibes! Yes, it is short by the design. Orders to make it longer are not longer accepted :P  What can you do in 3 minutes, you cannot do in a half?

30 seconds "Speaker Dust Cleaner", folks. Quickly wipes the dust from your studio monitors, headphones and/or sub-woofer 1.5 feet in diameter. Guaranteed :) It's designed to be half-a-minute short. Same time, it indeed has intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro. Played with ~20 Korg and MiniMoog synths lines and some specks of my Fender Stratocaster guitar. The Groove Surfer is a full original mix (not preview or teaser ;) 

Available for licensing. For example, a commercial for "world goes to a drain", - crazy, risky and "one way" by definition as surfing. You can only enjoy a quick ride and only hope to get there :)

Cheers!
Sam.

The Groove Surfer

Listen at comfort of YouTube: https://youtu.be/en2-zq2oFTY

Please enjoy and join this Open Collab anytime. Will be honored if you chime in! There is no timeline or deadline to join. No limits to the music style you reimagine it. Full set of Audio WAV stems, MIDI, and Korg Gadget project upon your request:
https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/sam-prock-time-speck-open-collab-invite-stems

Music and lyrics by Sam Prock. Narrated by Hank Beukema (@hankbeukema)

*****
THE JOYS OF WORK

The joys of work rejoice the king 
The time has given up on him
[king: ] - “Stay still, stay here!
… show me the way!
… to catch the moment!”
[time: ] - “Sit and pray …”
*****

Sam Prock, 2016

New Ambient arrangement more suitable for Spoken Word artists or as a backtrack for instrumentalists is here:
soundcloud.com/art-of-nonsense/sam-prock-time-speck-ambient

Grab the WAV stems and/or MIDI files and take the Speck anywhere it brings you. If it gets you moved, send me a link to your post, I will feature it collab playlist and other collections. Please include a link to this collab track in your post. TNX! 

Fantastic takes are coming from the great clouders and friends!

https://soundcloud.com/silent-zen-support/sets/time-speck-fest

soundcloud.com/hotos/sam-prock-hot-os-time-speck-feat-hank-beukema
soundcloud.com/fatalexc3pti0n/timespec-fatalexc3pti0n-remix
soundcloud.com/dacca/time-speck
soundcloud.com/ddojchin-gmail-com/to-catch-the-moment
soundcloud.com/anne-aude-bonnet-anne-aude-b/catch-the-moment-sam-prock-feat-hans-beukemahinkstep-i-awake-mixed-by-anne-aude
soundcloud.com/demelia-denton/time-speck-rejoice-the-king-sam-prockhank-beukema-feat-marco-turrini
soundcloud.com/midipunk/sam-prock-speck
soundcloud.com/fatpockets/sam-prock-x-fat-pockets-prime-suspeck-dub-hank-beukema
soundcloud.com/hearandlikeit/sam-prock-time-speck-by
soundcloud.com/dj_emajor/sam-prock-time-speck-dj-emajor
soundcloud.com/steph-sweet/sam-prock-time-speck-feat-hank-beukema-steph-sweet
soundcloud.com/augenmerk/sam-prock-hot-os-augenmerk-ft-hank-beukema-time-speck
soundcloud.com/jtcmposr/epic-speck-time-speck-sam-prock-open-collaboration
soundcloud.com/earth-connector/sam-prock-time-speck-mp3
soundcloud.com/bobp3/time-speck-sam-prock-and-bob-porri-featuring-hank-beukema-vocal-on-spoken-words
soundcloud.com/juxtamusic/sam-prock-juxta-kings-fools-time-speck-collab
soundcloud.com/officialbravei/sam-prock-time-speck-remix-bravei-1
soundcloud.com/teamanmix/sam-prock-time-speck-madness-tea-man-remix
soundcloud.com/dm-tribute-friends/sam-prock-time-speck-dm-tribute-feel-loved-remix-2017

Cover art is a fragment of one of the amazing Chris Pendergraft's drawings, blended in with Leonardo Da Vinci's perpetuum mobile machine. 

Released by Sam Prock, July 21, 2016.

Time Speck

Free Stems to Join

Time Speck (feat. Hank Beukema) ~ Open Collab Invite ~

My punk arse needed to play something very raw immediately! Like right NOW! :) Gonna get bumpy and you've being warned! hell yeah, one minute (and now by persistent request two minutes :)! I bet it finishes earlier when you press a Skip button :P  

I broke 3 good guitar picks on my Yamaha electric bass on this outburst! and grinding the Fender Silver Bullet strings on Fender Strat, (couple of those on the cover art... ney I got more solid ones, but soft picks gave nice feel to jamn').  Played by me on Fender Start and Yamaha Electric bass. Used Line 6 Pod XT and B-52 LS-100 Head and 4x12 B-52 cab. 

 ©2016 Sam Prock. Released by Sam Prock, August 2016.

Flower Power

iTunes or Anywhere

Why Wait?!

2018: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/2018-adamaudio-soundtrack
2017: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/synthphony
2016: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/the-droplet-groove
2015: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sam-prock-the-groove-surfer-original-mix

Yearly ADAM Pro Audio FEST. 30 sec was a requirement and I love the idea to express your self in half a minute shot. Always great to review your prod growth and pay attention on imaging, distinction of the sound. Great way to sweep dust your studio monitors and make car system to sneeze :D 

My 2015 Adam track is here (... I know! 282K plays and 3.6K Likes. I'm so very grateful to your immersive support guys! The Groove Surfer surfed way up to number 1 spot in Top 50 SoundCloud charts :) soundcloud.com/samprock/sam-prock-the-groove-surfer-original-mix

Thank you ALL for the terrific support to this Droplet edit, which is also got into both Top 50 Played and New and Hot SoundCloud charts, so it gets multi-K plays and multi hundred likes :D  Appreciate! 

Played my Fender guitar and few dozens lines of Korg Gadget, MiniMoog, ARP2600, Jupiter, Prophet, Moog Modular. If you hear far too many elements compiling the symphony, your speakers are good and .... very clean :) 

Cover art photography by Gregory Crewdson gagosian.com/artists/gregory-crewdson

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2016, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

The Droplet Groove

See the new video: youtu.be/jDXeh4QGkPY

The Crystal Ripples SYNTH-phony is dedicated to Planet Earth survival awareness and to everyone making Ripples in the cold blob if ice humanity getting itself into. Thank you for warming up the Climate between Humans and saving Polar Ice-packs too.

This is my contribution to Climate Change collab playlist on Silent Zen group:  soundcloud.com/silent-zen/sets/climate-change

Musically here... I just play what I feel and like, like many. Translating _it_ into the best sound I could do at the moment, hoping to let out some of grooves and vibes boiling my head constantly. Might be messy, bumpy, puzzling, but this is what it is. By design. Crystal Ripples continues my "Impressionism in Music" series. I love to induce and provoke, rather than impose. All for creative listening experience, so we collab, co-create.... Thank you.

Fender Stratocaster finger picking and (slightly) distorted basslines and twangs. Tones are using Line 6 hardware Pod XT. Post Line6 and IK Multimedia Amplitube.  Korg Synths, including Gadget tool Brussels, which solemnly soloing at 0:50. All synths sounds transitions achieved by playing physical knobs on my Arturia controller. All 37 lines of guitars, perc, synth total are assembled in Ableton Live 9 and mastered with IK Multimedia.

Released by Sam Prock Dec. 15, 2016

Crystal Ripples ~ Check YouTube!

Warning! This is one shot, pure improv recording with Fender Strat and Yamaha bass. 4 min lo0Oong guitar no0oOdle comes in "as-is" conditions, no "missed note" quibbling will be accepted, and "no returns" policy on the reflective thoughts it might induce ;) Now we done with fine-print .... I wish to grab a beer and sit in a far corner of your studio, close to the biggest speaker. See and hear your music in making. Here is mine.

Some good dudes and dudessess decode my music nickname PROck, as PROgressive Rock. To justify this I recovered this casual  Fender session. I know, it is only 4 minutes, not 20(?).  I try to find verse-chorus structure here - I wasn't able too. So falls under Prog and Art Rock to my understanding. Not sure if ELP, PF, Zappa or any 70's genre monsters would approve it .... but hey, that's what Prog is Progressive about, right? By no means attaching myself to the gurus. Full respect to Prog Rock and Art Rock branch, with Supertramp and 10CC. I have become "Comfortably Numb" with "The Things We Do For Love" ... "I'm Not In Love no, no" .... just "Art For Arts Sake" ... it's all "Logic Songs" for me, if you know what I mean ;)

So I exhumed this Logic Pro project from my Macbook, done years ago. Mixed solo, strum, and one more verby Fender lines with Yamaha bassline. Only changed the drums. I missed my real drum set that got lost in the turns of life (darn cheap, but way cool DDrum) Replicate its raw, harsh, solid & lively sound as I remember playing it. 

Other than that, I did not fix anything ... Wait I covered up one part! I got too much into the improv, moving around, dropped the glass of wine off the studio table, hitting it with the neck of my Strat :) It flew nicely!!! leaving red wine stains on carpet. Broken glass sound in the mix is fake, cus recorded guitar with interface. This is what you hear :D

Anything more precious than jammin on you fav instrument? Power button ON, Lights Off ... Opened for collab. If it inspires you grab the WAV stems right here:
https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/lights-off-open-collab-sam-prock

Released by Sam Prock, 03-15-2017

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Lights Off

🌺 ⚡  "... Imagine waking up in a tent (you are at Coachella, Woodstock, Burning Man ...) Early morning. Festive & groovy day is ahead of you. Nature is waking-up, sun is rising. Late-night DJ is still playing bad ass bass groove .... Someone is taking a flute from hippie bag, with a Peace sign drawn with ball pens .... Someone is reaching for the guitar, trying to grind teeth of the Black Fender Strat for breakfast ... All become alive ... Full day is ahead of you. Full life is ahead of you... " ✌

☮ ~ Flower Power ~ We All Need Some <3 ~ The Hippies Were Right ~ ☮

To teleport to 60's even faster, when Robert Moog was inventing Model D, I played MiniMoog, Moog Modular (and other synths by Arturia and Korg). Played my blue Fender Strat to signify the times, when Jimi Hendrix was grinding his teeth over his black one. Pushing flowers to the guns with Electronic and Psychedelic Rock is still needed. Imagined all thru my prism of future Deep Disco and Indie Dance vibe. Drums and all prod done in Ableton Live, mastering with IK Multimedia tools. 

Cover art is my casual drawing in ArtRage with Apple Pen on iPad.

Don't do drugs - it is bad for you. Spread Love - it is good for everyone 1<3

Released by Sam Prock May 4, 2017

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

☮ Flower Power ☮

I have decided to revamp and re-sort my tracks on SoundCloud with new tunes that landed on Flower Power. Prock Rock album released by Silent Zen, which is my official record label now ☮ how cool is that, woo-hoo!

I cannot over-emphasize the value of improvisation and catching the moment. Happy that on one good Sunday  did not forget to press a record button while getting intimate with my blue Fender Strat. And happier that posted for you guys to make my day (so many good days!) with all your support and encouraging comments: 

https://soundcloud.com/art-of-nonsense/sam-prock-up-to-you-original-mix

The Art Of Nonsense account @art-of-nonsense will mostly collect remixes. On the newer Prockjet account @prockjet I will ship momentary improvs, mobile grooves, new prockjets for you to enjoy the raw, and hopefully provide valuable feedback and encouragement :) 

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Up To You

One of the Prock Rock electronic and guitar creatures for Flower Power album, made with Prockgressive improvs, usually featuring guitar improv or one take noodle. This track apparently has no guitar, though exactly capture one session inspiration, played with instrument called iPad :) All made  in my favorite Korg Gadget app. Indeed this creative app (DAW) has lively and solid sounding tools for session drums and twangy bass-guitars. 

Cover art is a GoPro shot in warm Maui waters at very empty Sugar Beach, natural preserve. 

The rule of the Flower Power release is to keep an atmosphere of original creation when Muse kissed you, so will not be adding any "real" guitar to it :) If you like to play over it PM me! I've posted this track with all stem available (free) for Open Collab, still open. Several amazing tracks came in catching same drift of improve and pleasure of music creation. Will be honored if you chime in too. Here is the stems and brilliant collabs. TNX! 

https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/out-of-blue-open-collabs

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☮ Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Out Of The Blues

“There is no island for your soul, there is only journey to it …“

Beat and synth played with Native Instruments iMashine2 4-track iPad app by taping on iPad surface. Plus my Yamaha bass and Fender Stratocaster for lead and licks. Recorded directly with Maschine MK3. The guitar effect if reversing guitar samples directly in Ableton, though I like jamn with reverse delay (like one can be found in Korg Gadget on iPad). The rest of prod and mastering is done in Ableton Live 10. Thanks for your support!   

The cover art is the portrait of a Big Green turtle who was chilling on a Island of Maui (Canon Rebel T4i, f/8, 1/400sec, ISO-100, 124mm. Lens Canon EF-S 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM).

Oh, yes... You probably noticed I am having much fun sharing improvisation, raw and work-in-progress jams on my @prockjet account lately. More will come. The base for this track was one of the Prockjets. That's the version of the track when it was just conceived on iPad iMaschine app:  

https://soundcloud.com/prockjet/island-maschine-sanctuary-edit

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Island

I played this track, better say - started, this weekends on iPad with Cubasis DAW and bunch of awesome Audio Units synths by Moog, Arturia, IK Multimedia, Yonac. Live music making and making thru life with making music is what we are after - so I want to share it as is :) 

I just released the whole album of organic, made on a spot 26 tracks album. They available from my mobile upload account here @prockjet, but free SC account space is small, so I am going to shoot improvisations and one session inspiration from here from now on. Those called - PROCKJETS :) 

https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/prockjets-singles-collection

Prockjets (Singles Collection) is available from on all stores and streaming services. I released is it from my very own label now Silent Zen - how cool is that? :)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/prockjets-singles-collection/1446100763

Apps responsible for this:
DAW:
 - Cubasis DAW Steinberg on iPad Pro 12.9"
 - Waves L1 Ultra Maximizer and Track Strip
Inter-App:
 - Spark by Arturia
Audio Units:
 - Moog 15 by Moog (bassline with arp)
 - Moog Mini by Moog
 - iSEM by Arturia
 - Kauldron on Yonac Software
 - Synthronic by IK Multimedia

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Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019
Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Alienation (Dust Uprising)

Space theme continues! One groovy night session spent with Maschine software and Native Instruments hardware. NI makes one of the best MiniMoog implementation called Monark. Mastered, added more silk, for the upcoming Funtronica '19 album. Single is available in Prockjets (Singles Collection) released at Silent Zen label, 11/29/2018: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/prockjets-singles-collection

iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/prockje…ction/1446100763
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3JisULGtFZ51L3lTf93vrZ
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Prockjets-Singles…ock/dp/B07KXYWGYR
JunoDownload: www.junodownload.com/products/sam-p…on/3974000-02/
YouTube Music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dwpu0Xnv…zoh2t90YbvI_7nOUM
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Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~

~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Prockjets (Singles Collection)

Enterprise

Just having fun vibing thru a Nocturnal session with my Moog Subsequent 37 CV and Albeton Live 10.

Take it easy and improvise more! ☮

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☮ Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Nocturnal

Crazy experimental, you've been warned!  :)

What can be done if you have just one note to play around with? I imagine drones revving over your head (friendly drones).  Caveat, for synthesizers enthusiasts, The whole thing drones on note B, while I was tweaking this huge, luxurious Moog filter and other on my Subsequent 37 CV. I was just having fun exploring the analog vibe, my usual meditation routine, and pressed the record button.  Hope you find it Moogalicious :)

If you feel so, grab any of bits from the longer 12 minute Moog stem on the link. Original, unprocessed and raw, 118Bpm. Slice and dice it to samples, re-tune or else to add some analog drift and twangs to your production.   

https://soundcloud.com/samprock/drone-moog-subsequent-37-cv-stem/s-JEnup

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Drone

... and one favorite from Prock-Rock "weirdos" collection of bumpy electronic and trippy guitar. Little hypnosis, kinda psychedelic and alienated to cut thru realities of our 2.0 life (the one with mortgages and politicians). Moog Subsequent 37, Arturia, Ableton and Fender Stratocaster. Artwork is made with iPhone app called Pixelmator. 

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☮ Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Telekinesis

No analogue synths were hurt in the making of this track 😎 
Played with a single instance of IK Multimedia Syntronik VST. All sounds and sequences were made within 4-track plugin. Next arranged captured sounds in Ableton Live. Hope you like Kraft Werky Synthercise, cheers! ⚡⚡⚡

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Die Maschine

The Air. Thin and heavenly fresh .... or heavy supplying you with geoengineering chemtrails. Something we can't do without..... Two and a half minutes of intro? Why not! Stay inspired! Inspiration is what we need as air :)

The first track where I was using my Moog Subsequent 37 CV for real :) Tweaking filter and knobs, enjoying analogue vibe making. Lead synths coming out of the blue is Korg rendition of Odyssey on iPad. Most other sounds designed with Arturia's Prophet, DX-7, MoogMini, ARP2600, Solina, etc. Plus on board Ableton Wavetable synth and Max4Live devices. Mastered in Live 10 with IK Multimedia tools. Cover photo was taken somewhere above Atlantic. Cheers!

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Tipsy meditative, groove reflective, masculine chillout. Chill hard! 

My own favorite track for the new Flower Power - Prock Prock album, 11/29/2019. 

https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power

Usually i post fresh improv, faster made tune. This one is different. Two years of mixing, mastering, getting dozens of basslines bumping to each other in a slo-mo Pogo dance. Had a blast producing it in Ableton with Arturia synths and IK Multimedia tools. 

Having said that, thats a rule, Fender Strat tipsy guitar noodle improv comes almost as-is, as it happened one good day. You can spend endless time mixing, polishing, growing your skills, but if something just happened - let it be. Power of music is in the improvisation and art of impression. Hope you share that thoughts and enjoy the do. TNX!

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Flower Power Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019 ☮

SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Wine

Stay safe. Stay engaged!

When I released this track with Flower Power album November last year, never knew that would post it to the purpose. Now in Spring 2020, last year news were a picnic! We were about Xmas, end-of-year bonus was coming, we were talking about Trump impeachment... good times indeed.

Never posted it though, always thinking maybe today is just enough sht on the news already anyways. Also did not want to post on any specific event. Hoping maybe tomorrow we'll get a relief with something more positive than today. You know that feeling - disturbed, confused, concerned...

When I was a kid always watched that World News TV programs. One from '70s had some special catchy vibe on the opening soundtrack (sorry, I pay attention to any music in any occasion which soundtracks our life, and it stuck in you). Something like that always keeps spinning in my head since. This track, as many, made from scratch on the iPad surface with the Korg Gadget app. Something in between TV news opening jingle and one of my fav songs ever Vicarious by Tool. 

And this photo. I took a shot of this storytelling red brick wall, eaten by salt waters and sun, photo in Venice. The wall on Fondamenta delle Zattere, location of Ospedale degli Incurabili. 

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Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen, 2019
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SmartLink: https://ditto.fm/flower-power-sam-prock
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/flower-power/1489977054
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7i43flgf1eaacjnbMonTjp
Bandcamp: http://samprock.bandcamp.com/album/flower-power
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08286NQJ1
JunoDownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/sam-prock-flower-power/4368313-02/
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/sam-prock/flower-power/AL67tvgJlZl7zVP
Google: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btopk4vd6vz4p7gbb7jzdvyu7zy
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/samprock/sets/flower-power
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/samprock
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Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~

~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

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On The News Today

Tuned my Cordoba nylon string guitar and all the synthesizers to naturally play in the Love Frequency. 528Hz - frequency plants vibrate during photosynthesis. So the cover art photo. Ancient Solfeggio tones to heal minds, fuel the soul. It worked for John Lennon in "Imagine", so have to join the movement. Tune will help to grow your cucumber too! :)

The vibe we all need so much now. Huge respect to all essential heroes of pandemic keep saving humanity. One life at a time. To all Indie musicians for positivity and spreading love. One song at a time. Chance we all waited for - save the planet from your bedroom studio <3

Cover art is shot thru the grape leaves in our backyard. Learning "Chasing Light" photography technique. Canon EOS REBEL T4i, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec., ISO-6400, 67 mm. Lens Canon EF-S 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM.

The track will open 5th album, coming up next two decades :) No rush, I am on "no-plan" plan. Collecting Prock 2.0 style tracks - Uplifting Chillout. This Love goes out as a single to contribute to the vibe of good! Hope you enjoy. TNX!

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Love (528Hz)

☮ To celebrate our differences! ☮

100% organic made with Korg Gadget app on iPhone. Mastered in Ableton Live 11 Beta, Universal Audio, IK Multimedia and FabFilter tools. Love music making tech. VSTs, apps and vintage/newly made synths are very cool!

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Released by Sam Prock and Silent Zen Records, 29 November, 2018
https://ditto.fm/prockjets-singles-collection

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

We Are Different

"If music be the food of love, play on ... and on" - William Shakespeare (Sam PROCK Remix)

SoundCloud Premier Partner. Published at Silent Zen label with Ditto. Making art with the sound is what I'm after. Curving genre boundaries is a must.

"It is something between discovering and witnessing" - Robert Moog

Hardware: Moog Subsequent 37CV, MiniMoog Model D '22, Buchla Easel 208C, APR 2600m, Córdoba Koa edition nylon guitar, Fender Stratocaster, Yamaha Bass, Teenage Engineering OP-Z, UAD Apollo Twin X, Presonus 1824C, Line6 PodXT, B-52 LS100 & B-52 4x12, Arturia Keystep, XKeys Air, iPad Pro 12.9-inch, iPhone. 

Software: Ableton Live 11, Moog, Arturia, UAD, FabFilter, IK, NI, Omnisphere. Mobile music fan: Korg Gadget, Cubasis, ZenBeats, Arturia, Moog, FabFilters.

"Depeche Mode is the soundtrack of my life" - rephrasing Dave Gahan said alike of David Bowie. 

Influences: Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Art Of Noise, Daft Punk, Telex, Trans-X, Yello, a-ha, Arcade Fire, Panic! At the Disco, She Wants Revenge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, The Offspring, Madness, Che Sudaka, Ultravox, Sex Pistols, Rancid, Strangles, Elastica, PJ Harvey, The Cars, Foreigner, Therapy?, Muse, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, New Order, Telex, Zodiak, INXS, Hey Rosetta!, Cause and Effect, And One, Banco De Gaia, B-Tribe, Air, S.P.O.C.K.

Personas: Ottmar Liebert, Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Jean-Michel Jarre, Georgio Moroder, SuperMax, Boris Blank, Leonard Cohen, Curt Cobain, John Frusciante, Flea, Tim Artstrong, Johny Lydon, Dexter Holland, Falco, Midge Ure, M. Harket, Regina Spektor, D. Marouani, Nick Cave, V. Clarke, A. Wilder, Robert Moog,  Don Buchla, Moby, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vysotsky, G. Nannini, R. Fogli, Hank Marvin, Aeoliah, A. Vollenweider, M. Knopfler, A. Parsons.

"I am interested only in "nonsense"; only in that which makes no practical sense. I am interested in life only in its absurd manifestations." - "Daniil Kharms.

Styles: Funtronica (invented), Electronic, Deep, Alternative, Disco, Deep House, New Wave, Synthpop, Synthwave, Ska, Punk, Reggae, Cumbia, Indie, New Age, Chillout, GOA, Downtempo, Instrumental, Ethnic, Neo Classic, Psytrance, Psybient.

My mobile uploads account is @prockjet. More remixes @art-of-nonsense. Silent Zen is a support group I conduct @silent-zen.

Sam Prock

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