I like the floaty atmospheric quality, awesome guitar playing and poetic lyrics. Nice vocal harmonies too :)

We all matter, it all matters, yes, nice tune and vocals, nice that you came up with this together with your daughter!

Lush , contrasting voices, so emotional, I love the organ in the background & majestic ambiance. Stunning and beautiful

really beautiful, these tracks that involve your children are extra sweet!

woooh..this song draws me in, then so delivers,special one this!

really really cool lyrics man kinda trippy, just my style!  I love it!

Shock the Algorithm

Original composition: Bart Howard 
Guitars and arrangement Neno J.

Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard cover)

Rerecording of an Instrumental i made a year ago, will be on my upcoming album "Strange Songs for Weary Travellers"

Pharaoh's Jam Take 2 (Demo)

My Heart Is Yours

here is a link to the music video for the curious
https://youtu.be/KMl0QjZ3GM8?si=XS1ZBm20tEvklkTG


Alchemy and Stones
By David Husted

V1

Your an alchemist shaping my world
metal and leaf, herbs and fire
Your the pestle to ground the root
To shake my truth, without gun powder
   
ch                      
We were lost you see
Shattered stones with a strange alchemy
You're my mystic key reaching down deep into the
heart of me

V2
And the stones of philosophers
The secrets of flowers golden
The halls of wise, the dreams that lie behind
The paradise we long for

ch
We were lost you see
Shattered stones with a strange alchemy
You're my mystic key reaching down deep into the
heart of me

Rock Bridge

Ch Quiet

You're my mystic key reaching down deep into the
heart of me
                
V3

You take my cynical, my rigid , my narrow mind stiffening
You mix me it in your crucible, release internal conflicts
I'm tired of being wrapped up in my revolutions
Un-dress me take me inside your peaceful evolution

Your peaceful evolution
Your peaceful evolution
 

Ch  
I kind of think I might 
I kind of think I might 
I kind of think I might 
I kind of think I might

Love You

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I have a new song release scheduled for 13 DEC 24 called Alchemy and Stones. 

In one of my past song journal entries my word of the day was amalgam and I threw in the word alchemy for good measure.  During the lyric building process for this song my brain seemed to be still heavily steeped in the essence of these words. They were percolating through my thought streams. Much of the lyrical content contains imagery associated with this chemistry of the past and its mythic symbols. Our messy world provided additional ingredients that fell into the steaming crucible and began to round out this song into its final state.

There were four different songs that fed my creative spark and development process.  They were the following:

Spoon: Wild
James McMurtry: Canola Fields
Fruit Bats: Waking Up in Los Angeles
Taylor Swift: Anti-Hero

Deep bow of gratitude to all these artists.  My primary reference for the arrangement was Wild and it had the deepest structural influence on the song. The McMurtry song helped me hit on an idea for the chorus melody that seemed to stick with me and I liked his vocal delivery and cadence. The Fruit Bats was really not used at all but I loved the ohhhs in the chorus and wanted to find a way to emulate the laid back ease of them in my song.  However, my particular song style, tempo and arrangement just never allowed an entry point. The Fruit Bats song did keep the juices flowing though so that is why it still receives honorable mention in this write-up.

Finally, the  song by Taylor Swift: Anti-Hero did have a role in my song believe it or not.  If you listen to one of the synths you will hear a gated pumping sound courtesy of an Auto Pan and a Phaser-Flanger Plug-in. I really should thank a Music Producer named Ill Factor for teaching me the sound design process here. He demonstrated the technique in a YouTube video. Pretty cool.  As I have said before, I learn something new in every new song I build.  It is always deeply enjoyable for me. I also appreciate you for leaning in and listening. I wish you all the very best.

Thank You

Have a Great Weekend,  

Dave
davidhusted.com

Alchemy and Stones

Step into the Athanor

i wrote this one about the simple joy of reading in bed with my partner. i hope you can relate <3

what she reads

Surfers like Us ..... composition, all guitar parts and … love for the one who is next to me for better or worse 🩵
This is a wedding anniversary version of my song „Between Us” (collaboration with Remnant60) 😎
Hope you enjoy the vibe!
The cover picture was taken by Surfers like Us!
Thanks for listening, liking, reposting and commenting!
Artur

Living with you is so sweet

just enjoy this new experience of life or music

Liberty In Motion

My daughter Matilda helping out with backing vox. Matilda also wrote the words for her bit ad lib  🫶🏽
Hmmm in hindsight Daddies sometimes intense lyrics might have seeded those 😊


Lyrics

"♾️Tell me he matters
You take it away
Tell me she matters
You take it away
Tell me they matters
You take it away
Tell me we matter
You making my day ♾️" by Matilda - age 7 (there's the pension sorted ✅😆)

Fruit of the skies,
Plough my eyes!
They are naked
Magnificent prize
Spilled light
I'm trenched
Seeing us so small
Out there immense 

Fruits of our crys
Our laments
The pure presence
Presents a tense
Suspense to sense
A myopic dance
Souls' geofenced 

♾️Give me some cosmic clues
Needing some cosmic clues♾️

Hey you, cookoo crazy's
Perspective imagery
August 23rd '66
Move 'round the Moon
Earth clicks.
This space sues your safety
Just one burst of energy...
Bezos, Musk,
May you help mould some fix
Dicks 


Fruits of our lives
The gasps
The sighs
Awakened
Rise above the rasp mouthed pride
And feed with feel
Let us keep this real 

(Possibly start solo here and bring below verse in as an outro chorus/bridge) 

Fruit to survive.
Cruciate of life
Crossed to new hive
No 9 to 5
Now feed with feel
Let us keep this real
Yeah ehh 

Tell me he matters
You take it away
Tell me she matters
You take it away
Tell me they matter
You take it away
Tell me we matter
You making my day 

I tell you they matter

It Matters

Windfall

Right Way

This is a country and Western song based on the folklore mystical image of the 7th Son of a 7th Son. In my song he is a bounty hunter working for the Dark One, his job is to collect the souls of the Wicked and bad people of this earth. There is no hiding from him, he is after your soul and discards the Skin. He must be very busy at the moment in this world we live in. 

the Bass and drums are driving this one with a beat designed to make you feel like you are riding a horse through the night running from the 7th son of the 7th Son , hope you like it . 
Written, performed , engineered and produced by: Johnny Mc Farlane

The 7th Son of a 7th Son

Music : Janne Hennie & Little Man
Vocals & lyrics : Janne Hennie

Changes in your life
Can be difficult to handle
Maybe it wasn't something you asked for
It suddenly appeared
And you just had to deal with the change

Chorus
But sometimes the change can be a good thing for you
It can make you feel better
And you can write the past a letter

Changes in your life
Can be difficult to handle
It can change how you feel
It can change the way you think
It can change what you see
It can change what you want in your life

chorus

Chorus

Changes in your life
Can be difficult to handle
But I will embrace
All that appeared
Which was for the best
And I will write the past a letter

Chorus

Chorus
Sometimes the change can be a good thing for you
It can make you feel better
And you can write the past a letter

Changes in your life....

Changes In Your Life

Brand NEW track "Thought I Was Dreaming", taken from the "Ultraviolet Cosmos" upcoming full length STA album (2025). Enjoy y'all #share, #like, #follow and comment of course. :D

Youtube: https://youtu.be/5TOaRZxQbGs?si=tAH31Rz_1uPP6dEn

lyrics:
I've been dreaming for so long
and never woke up back to reality
i never thought it could take so long
to learn such a solid morality

Thought i was screaming, nightmares dreaming
and it's time not to hide away
It's time for breathing, 
forget about those golden years so fly away

And then i opened my eyes and realize
that neon lights blinded my side
and it's time to get up my feet again
and regain what's mine and never let it again.

(p) & (c) STA, 2025.

Thought I Was Dreaming

Copyright 2025 Joe Stroffolino
Lyrics:
Some people say these are the best of times, Other people say times are bad.  But don’t you know it’s always a good time when you’re around.
You always have something good to say, even on the most miserable day.

All it take is a smile from you and they sky turns from grey to blue
You’re a ray of sunshine, busting  through the clouds.
You make me turn up the music play it loud


Play it loud, you make me turn up the music play it loud.
Play it loud, you make me turn up the music play it loud.
You make me turn up the music play it loud.

Some people say this town has seen better days
 but everything looks good to me
Cause don’t you know that when you’re by my side, that’s the only place I want to be.  
Every time I see your beautiful face, I know I’m living in the right place

All it take is a smile from you and they sky turns from grey to blue
You’re a ray of sunshine, busting  through the clouds.
You make me turn up the music play it loud

Play it loud, you make me turn up the music play it loud.
Play it loud, you make me turn up the music play it loud.
You make me turn up the music play it loud.

All it take is a smile from you and they sky turns from grey to blue
You’re a ray of sunshine, busting  through the clouds.
You make me turn up the music play it loud
You make me turn up the music, Turn up the music, Turn up the music play it loud.

Guitar (Taylor 114ce) 2 tracks (1 strumming and 1 picking) (played by me)
Vocals (Sung by me)
Bass (PG Music Real track)
Drums (EZ Drummer 3)

All It Takes Is A Smile - New Guitar version

This song was originally released 5 years ago...current world events allow for a re-release. Thanks for listening.

Rudi played Keyboards, Drums, Percussion
Music: some decibel
Lyrics: some decibel
Vocals: Rudi

No Doubt About

We are the mannequins 
The junk people
The attic people 
The skip people 
The warehouse people
We are not real
And we are hungry

You do not see us
You do not hear us
You do not feel us
But we are here
You do not care
Or even think of us 
But we are here 
We are real


We are the broken people
We are the darkness people
We are the bits people
We are the broken people 
We are the cardboard people 
We are the damaged people
We cannot move
But we are coming 

We can change
We can move
We can feel
We can choose
We have feelings 
We have thoughts
We turn to action
And we act fast

We were the voiceless
We were the forgotten
We were the stolen
We were the young
We were the old
We were you

So first we think
And then we talk
And then we plan
And then we act
And then we move
All around you
Then towards you
And we grab 
You

we are real
And we
Are
Not
Going
Away

we are real
And we
Are
Not
Going
AWAY

Now you are nothing
Now you are empty
Now you are trapped
Now you are forgotten 
Now you are cardboard
Now you are junk people
Now you are nobody

And we are free
We are free
Are we?

(Pizzicato strings solo)

Are We?

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

Howdy. Carl Culliton here from Ireland. Artist name The Beautiful Dark. I toyed with the idea of changing it but doesn't feel right after 24 hours so... Back to TBD.. Thanks for all the support and inpiration. It's infinitely appreciated

Personally I don't play the SoundCloud game of equal reciprocation. Every time my life as a Dad allows me to listen to a song... I listen to the whole song as I want to give genuine feedback and also learn as much as I can whilst here. So sorry if I don't listen and like and repost loads of your songs. Id prefer to support people by actually helping with the skills I've developed and give less frequent yet valuable feedback where possible then just playing the game of likes. That said I completely understand and appreciate people that decide to do that, that's you and you are as amazing as I am so no judgement. I just want to be clear with you that you won't get any artificial spreading of your music from here but you'll get my honest opinion based on what I imagine you were aiming for. This has helped me transcend musical taste in a way. I'm always imagining what you wanted as opposed to what I like. This has opened up some serious musical doors for me, embracing music that way instead of pre judging it based on what I've already heard... Lose the taste and expand your horizons is maybe what it is suggesting... I've always been a multi genre artist but this has activated multiple genre from an artistic point of view on steroids for TBD! A musical tri sexual.... The Get to Down! 🫡
Love will win ❤️‍🔥🎶🧬🙏🪶🔆🫛🧠🤘🏽



11 August 2025 - Mum just shared a pic of me on my first day in school. Check out that square 80's schoolbag haha... I was ALWAYS the dickhead in class that asked the questions... Happy days... I'm still there everyday until I die! So lucky 🧬🕯️🪶

Schweeeeet

Let's let the music do the talking!


Speaking of the music doing the talking. Make sure you use AI to enhance the development of your skill. Getting a result delivered to you that doesn't reflect your ability isn't soulful. Be honest with yourself and be honest about what technology is and how it has come to be. There is a very questionable built in theft of our spirited art works that has been used to build current LLMs so the onus is on each of us as individuals to decide both whether or not we feed that beast at all and how we let that technology feed and enhance or limit our beings...

I've had mine and I decided for now... Only my fingers and voice will feed my music. AI needs to be made conscientiously for me to embrace it at all. I may look at it for DAW automation in the future as that will free up my fingers to make better songs but I'll wait until politicians do their jobs (we'll be waiting a while no doubt) and clean it up for all of us!

Regulate AI NOW so we can label music properly

It Matters

The Beautiful Dark

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