I like this atmosphere... It preserves the color of a mysterious garden ...

Very beautiful Dan & Dan, minimalism par excellence! Added to playlist :)

You've got an excellent tone to your vocals. Very cool percussions! Great track brothersmen! :)

Awesome atmospheric sound arrangement! Great work!

like the slight morbid touch being created... :)

hey my friend, beautiful song, great vocal and music.

leave me to rot - yungshardshawty x deadlock (Prod.Neverforever)

leave me to rot - yungshardshawty x deadlock

1 Life 2 Live

Gregory M Hurley: Lyrics, vocals and music
A bit of slide guitar and an uplifting vibe, No tears in your beer here. I've had this one on my plate for awhile and needed to finish lyrics...finally. Big thanks to Megan.

Sunshine Falling

Erkundungsreise

Drink Of Water

This is the first track of my new album (the 3rd one) that is called "HYMERA".
I like to believe the the music that I am proposing you to listen is more experimental and it's different from all what I did so far. For this album I used Ableton Live 10. 
I would highly appreciate your feedback, positive or negative, as it is helping me to make better music for you.
There are 8 tracks on this album and they will be released one at every two weeks.
Thank you for tacking the time to listen.

Hymera

Gimme Love

Dreaming of summer on a cold Cleveland winter day!
@2020 Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved
This piece comes directly from my Finale scores.

Summer Memories

When The Roses Lose Their Bloom

I started out with the idea of Winter as a spirit, but decided to just make it a ghost and the cold air and landscape is more or less a metaphorical  atmosphere. This is much more ambient than our other songs.

What do you think?  Have we gone off the deep end?  Too ambient?

Lyrics;
The roses lose their bloom
As autumn marches in
And bare become the branches
From the cold foreboding wind

And she rises with the moon
Like a wave upon the shore
A spector from the dark
Frozen to the core

Ice will meet the stone
Along the riverbed
And crystallize the air
Where her lonely spirit treads

When the stars begin to fade
And the moon is in retreat
Silently she cries
On the cold deserted street

To where her spirit dwells
her lonely journey ends
'Till once more night will fall
And she rises once again

And the roses lose their bloom
As autumn marches in
And bare become branches
From the cold foreboding wind

When The Roses Lose Their Bloom

TIME TRAVELLER

the time traveller
i want to
go home

i don’t want to go
far away

i just want to go
back to where
I know the way

places familiar
people i love

why aren’t they
here today

did i run too far away?

can’t I trace my steps
to yesterday?
tell them not to look away?

i could run
but I’d still be here

cities rise and cities fall
i could walk them all

but what i want is a home
all these places i go
i can’t stop
i don’t know
how they live as they do

i want a home
to come home to.

i want a bed I can sleep in
and dream
a life of my own.

a home to come to.

a dream i can dream
on my own
i want a home
dream a life of my own.

a home to come home to
why aren’t they
here today
(standing beside me,
holding me back
from the waves i go into
over my head
what have I come to
where will i run to?

Lyrics: Lemonade
Music: Jude
Voice: Lemonade
Keyboards, bass, guitars: Jude
Drums and sampled percussion
Graphics: Piera Persia
Production: Castagna Carlo, Nicolò Spezialetti

Galaxies

Time Traveller

11 - Time Traveller

A Songwriting Man

Very loosely based on a songwriter we know.

Lyrics;
He sits at his desk
with a pencil in hand
Furrowed the brow
Of a song writing man

He's searching for words
But blank as the page
Could be the drinking
Or maybe old age

He's full of loose ends
Nothing connects
Thoughts lose their track
The day seems a wreck

The night will move on
No vision to pass
Without a story story
He empties the glass

This battle is lost
So tonight he'll retreat
Back in the morning
To retake his seat

He Flies through the air
Vivid this dream
A magical world
So real it all seams



Quickly he rises
And gets out of bed
To record the adventure
Still fresh in his head

A new day begins
Well armed with a plan
He's fills up glass
With his favorite brand

He sits at his desk
with pencil in hand
Furrowed the brow
Of a song writing man

A Songwriting Man

Dan X2 is Dan Blackard (Reno, Nevada & Susanville, California) and Dan Lockhart (Carmel, Indiana & Edwardsville, Illinois).  We met here on SoundCloud.  We like making music together.  We have written and published over 300 songs together.  More songs written together than Lennon and McCartney.

You can find Dan Blackard's music here:
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-blackard

You can find Dan Lockhart's (aka ProgRockDan) music here:
https://soundcloud.com/dan-lockhart
https://soundcloud.com/user-276716031
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan-instrumentals

The ProgRockDan1 site was taken down by SoundCloud. It was located here:
https://soundcloud.com/progrockdan1

We play the music that comes to us.  Much of our music has a basis in blues and rock.  Although we venture into other musical territory.  You will find hints of jazz, country, bluegrass, soul, classical, and other music in our songs.  We have a number of songs that change time signatures and pace.

When we first started recording we called ourselves Dan and Dan. 
 You can find our music under that moniker here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-590884876

We stopped using the name Dan and Dan's because there were to many other Dan's using that name.  If you google Dan and Dan we would not show up.  We believe that Dan X2 to be a moniker that we could own.   If you google Dan X2 we are right at the top,

You can find more Dan X2 music on ReverbNation:
https://www.reverbnation.com/dananddan5

The first Dan X2 album is now available on iTunes.  Songs on the album are not available on SoundCloud.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/4114/1439066447?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

You can also find the Dan X2 album on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3hEejRAQYPj9q130D5lZ8f

You can also find the second Dan X2 album:  "Playing the Odds" on Amazon Music:
https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Odds-Dan-X2/dp/B08C4VNX3R

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6oI3XsqPph3v6Xkg2BjVDG

and other on-line music sites.

We have a music making process that fits our unique skills.  We each do the parts that best fit our skills and interests.  Dan Lockhart does the initial song development.  Dan Blackard writes the lyrics, perform the vocals, and adds lead guitar.  Dan Lockhart then takes the track and do all final production (mixing and mastering).

Dan Lockhart writes all of the chords, timing, changes, and develops the track.  I then send two tracks to Dan Blackard.  One track has Dan L. describing the song.  Tell him the key, the timing, and any oddities about the song (changing keys or time signature...).  In the track Dan L tell Dan B verbally where is the verse, chorus, bridge and any other important information.

Dan Lockhart then send a second track that does not have this verbal dialogue.  This is called the instrumental track.  This is a track to which Dan B. can sing and add his parts.  Dan Blackard then returns  four pieces to Dan L:  a complete version of the song, a solo track of his vocals, a solo track of his guitar parts, and the artwork to accompany the song.

Dan Lockhart add his information into the original file.  Dan L. listen to it and make changes to the song to enhance the meaning of the lyrics. He sometimes adds instruments or takes away some instruments.  As Dan L. play many instruments (guitar, keyboards, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, violin, viola...), he can make a lot of adjustments.    On rare occasions he move pieces about.  Dan Lockhart then masters it and prepare it for final production.

You can find press releases about us in the Lassen News here:
http://www.lassennews.com/former-resident-creates-album-with-near-stranger/

and in Current in Carmel  here:
http://www.youarecurrent.com/2018/12/20/carmel-resident-partner-create-album-through-internet/

You can find Dan X2 videos Here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7p2YTgLdrMAJjSBBwrgRew

Out albums are also on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCicvC6l-R73MzdLHLdcFuZQ

We hope you enjoy our music.

When The Roses Lose Their Bloom

Dan X2

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