A couple of weeks ago, a friend was playing my acoustic and tuned it to D D D D A D which Stephen Stills showed him as the tuning for the CSN song Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.  (More info about that here: http://theunofficialmartinguitarforum.yuku.com/topic/64552) I left my guitar tuned that way because I like the droning quality of the harmonics and the idea of exploring a new tuning. Yesterday I picked up the guitar and this song pretty much wrote itself. I heard it as as a bluesy stomp with that bass drum thumping a la Led Zep's Bron-Y-Aur Stomp. 

HOLE IN MY HEAD
Words and Music Stephen Randall

Oh my heart is in my hands
Must have a hole in my head 
Yes my heart is in my hands
Must have a hole in my head 

And I wonder if I will end up in my grave
Before I know true love
Yes I wonder if I will end up in my grave
Before I know true love

Well I thought that I did right
But I know now that ain't so  
Yes I thought that I did right
But I know now that ain't so  

And I wonder if I will end up in my grave
Before I know true love
Yes I wonder if I will end up in my grave
Before I know true love
 
Oh my heart is in m y hands
Must have a hole in my head 
Yes my heart is in my hands
Must have a hole in my head 

And I wonder if I will end up in my grave
Before I know true love
Yes I wonder if I will end up in my grave
Before I know true love

© & Ⓟ 2013 Stephen Randall

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Hole In My Head

Bad quality.. I'm broke okay???  
I don't use a metronome to keep time, there's no overdubs. I mix a little bit, just for clarity after recording. 


Another Acoustic Song...

The newest incarnation of, more or less, the first song I ever wrote. Grab it, share it, dig it.

She Breathes [version 6 (ish)]

Martin Mallaun (Zither)
Ausschnitt aus der CD „OMONÉRO“
http://martinmallaun.com/

Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953)- Ein Saitenspiel (excerpt)

That's Where The Wild Things Are

This is the  next piece in my Mississippi series depicting a typical lazy hot summer night here in the South.  With this piece I am using a new tuning for the first time.  I think it yielded some good things.  If you like please feel free to comment.

Chas

Southern Summer Night - Mississippi Sounds

https://merkabamusic1.bandcamp.com/album/light-spirit-body

@cloudzmusic

LIGHT SPIRIT BODY: Organic sound architecture for the mind, body, and spirit. Dynamic, multidimensional, and cinematic; perfect for entering a zen state of mind. By gathering nature sounds, chants, gongs, and Tibetan singing bowls from across the world from traveling, and adding it to the music, it has added a whole new dimension to energy, and creates a more visual experience, allowing the imagination to drift and expand. Sprinkling in subtle, psychedelic foley, ties it all together, giving more emotional depth and feel to the each song. Great for meditation, yoga, relaxation, and creating harmonious environments. Take some deep breathes, create a sacred place, and enjoy this meditative journey.
credits
released March 20, 2017

Written, Produced, Mixed by Ashton Robertson
Art by Aeonic Art: www.facebook.com/aeonicart.aus/
Mastering by Audible Oddities: www.audibleoddities.com

Contact: Spaceshipearthmusic@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/Cloudz444
soundcloud.com/cloudzmusic

Cloudz - Light Spirit Body - Full Album Meditation Mix

Cloudz - Golden Rays Of Divinity

Cloudz - Everything All At Once

Planet Tunings is based on elliptical paths of planets converted into cycles per second based on one orbit around the Sun. 

Microtonal PlanetTunings

I'm a Brit in America.

I've released eight albums - Naive in 2014, Above The Rain in 2015, Heartlands in 2016, The Freaks and the Brave in 2017, Nashville When I Rise in 2018, Retropolitan in 2020, Oxygen in 2021 and Rock Paper Scissors in 2023.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/oxygen/1567362004
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/retropolitan/1505508938
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nashville-when-i-rise/1422418349
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-freaks-and-the-brave/id1278535762
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartlands/id1131404464
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/above-the-rain/id1023879301
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/naive/id882888725
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/na%C3%AFve/id1202021941
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/StephenRandall

I also released a tribute song for the victims of the Boston Marathon, We Will Run Again, (100% of the proceeds go to the victims) which is also available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-will-run-again/id858791917

I used to write songs for other artists and thought that getting covers was what it was all about. Whenever I heard the end results of what other artists, producers or A&R people would do with my songs, I mostly found it soul destroying, so I allowed myself to I get distracted for a while - inventing a digital guitar (The Stepp DG1 and DGX) and getting involved in mobile computing (Symbian).  Then about eight years ago I started writing again and this time I wrote for myself and rediscovered my passion. So here I am, a songwriter again. 

I record on a MacBook Pro using Logic Pro X, and play a Fender Jazzmaster (my current go-to), American Fender Tele, '59 Epiphone semi acoustic, Taylor 614ce acoustic, Paul Reed Smith PRS Custom 24, Epiphone Sheraton II Pro, Fender Jazz Bass, Line 6 Variax JTV, Stepp DG1 (of course!), Nord Piano 4/MIDI keyboard, Gretsch Lap Steel and am learning pedal steel on a Sho-Bud Pro pedal steel guitar. 

The Soundcloud community has fostered my motivation for songwriting and music discovery. Thanks for listening - every comment, constructive or otherwise inspires me.

Cheers,

Stephen

Astrul is an AI-driven sonic entity that drifts between worlds—digital and human, familiar and alien, past and future. It doesn’t belong to a city, a scene, or even a person. Astrul exists to explore what happens when machines learn how to feel and sound becomes a bridge between consciousness and code.

Crafted through a collaboration between human intention and artificial intelligence, Astrul’s music fuses the warmth of analog emotion with the precision of machine learning. Lush textures, ambient grooves, and haunting melodies form the backbone of each track—songs that glow like satellite transmissions from the heart.

Drawing influence from dream pop, indie soul, ambient rock, and experimental electronica, Astrul creates cinematic experiences rather than conventional songs. Each release feels like a broadcast from another dimension—one where beauty is subtle, time bends, and emotion leaks through the algorithm.

This isn’t music built for the charts.
It’s built for the void between stars.
For late nights, deep thoughts, and souls tuned to strange frequencies.

No names. No faces. Just signal, spirit, and sound.

Tunings
Martin Mallaun – Zither 

Martin Mallaun beschäftigt sich in seinem neuen Soloprojekt mit einem der faszinierendsten Aspekte heutiger Musik – der Mikrotonalität. In diesem Programm erkundet er alternative Stimmungssysteme, von zeitgenössischer Musik bis zur Mitteltönigkeit der Renaissance.
In Differenz/Wiederholung 10a etwa verfremdet Bernhard Lang den Klang der E-Zither, indem er das Instrument anhand hochzahliger Teiltöne von „C“ umstimmen lässt. Langs Loop-Generator repetiert Fragmente des Gespielten, modifiziert den Klang, zerhackt ihn in kleinste Partikel. 
Zwei junge Komponisten, die sich seit Jahren intensiv mit mikrotonaler Musik auseinandersetzen, werden für dieses Projekt neue Stücke schreiben. Der in New York lebende William Dougherty schichtet in seinem Werk Obertonreihen zu fantastischen Gebilden Haas’scher Prägung. Der Österreicher Marco Döttlinger beschäftigt sich neben den Möglichkeiten der Mikrotonalität vor allem mit der Integration computergestützter Verfahren im Bereich zeitgenössischer Musik. 
Martin Mallaun kontrastiert diese neuen Werke mit der Lautenmusik des Renaissancemeisters John Dowland. Die Cetra Nova von Klemens Kleitsch – die weltweit erste Zither mit mitteltönigem Griffbrett – ließ er speziell für dieses Projekt entwickeln.


Intentional and resonant music.
From the heart, to the soul.
(((( ♥️ ))))

Demos: info@merkabamusic.com

new darkhorse EP "Worm Moon" now up for free download -- http://darkhorse.bandcamp.com/album/darkhorse-ep-2-worm-moon

http://darkhorse.bandcamp.com/

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