Genres: Dark, Alternative, Ambient, Techno.

Inspired by Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Abney Park, The Cure, Moby, David Bowie, Morrissey, The Smiths, The Church, and many others.

Instruments: Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards (with drum programs).

Volante: Fight or Flight the Future (2024) Songs
(Techno, Alternative, Instrumental Music)

1. Fight or Flight the Future
2. Death Wish
3. Gone Rogue
4. Hired Gun
5. Overcast Days
6. Fallen Angel
7. Ride Shotgun
8. On The Run
9. Dark Tides
10. Killswitch


Next Album for another time and place.
Volante: Saints and Sinners (2025) Songs

I will eventually have an Instagram Page and YouTube Channel.

My songs have been used for video game soundtracks and commercials. All these songs are copyrighted long ago.

Thank you for listening.

MX Volante



Ambient/Contemporary/Instrumental Songs

"Night Songs" (on Coronado Island) 2023
(Ambient/Contemporary/Instrumental)

"Coronado" (Coronado Island)
"The Stars Above Tonight"
"Bella Sera" (Beautiful Evening)
"Silver Strand Drive"
"Meditazione" (Meditation)
"Time and Tide Never Wait"
"Song of the Sea"
"Beyond The Horizon"
"Mezzanotte" (Midnight)
"Sunset"


"Eventide" 2024
(Ambient/Contemporary/Instrumental)

"Eventide"
"Nocturnal Ambience"
"Memoirs By The Sea"
"No Man is an Island"
"Calm Before The Storm"
"ll Bel Far Niente" (The Beauty of Doing Nothing)
"Autumn Heart"
"Costa d'Oro" (Gold Coast)
"Darkness Before Dawn"
"Shipwrecked Soul"

"Crescendo" 2025
(Ambient/Contemporary/Instrumental)
to be announced Autumn 2025

Song Lyrics, Music Arrangements and Compositions in Studio by Valiant Michael and Studio Musicians.

Song lyrics version not available at this time.

Studio Headphones: Vintage Bentley
Instruments: Fender and Ibanez Bass Guitars
(4 or 5 strings) Marshall Amps

Sometimes I sing baritone vocals and/or backing vocals and bass guitar on my own songs. I work with singers and/or musicians in recording studios in San Diego and Los Angeles, CA USA.  I also know how to write song lyrics in three languages: English, Spanish, and Italian. I know how to play rhythm guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards or piano, percussion, hand drums, and drum set.

I was in these bands in the past:
Random Access - Folk, 70s, 80s, 90s (Drums)
Renegade - Alternative and Rock (Bass)
Tyme Window - Folk and Classic Rock (Drums)
Soul Fusion - Contemporary Soul, Rock (Bass)

I have other music on SoundCloud under a copyrighted alias for movie and video game soundtracks. I play Bass guitar and keyboards as well as arrange, compose the techno music.

There are so many Songs Writers, Composers,  Singers, and Musicians who have inspired me:

Kurt Maloo (Double), Steve Perry (Journey), George Michael, Donny Hathaway, David Bowie, Viktor Lazlo, Greg Lake, John Legend, Alicia Keyes, Incognito, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Swing Out Sister, Sade, Brent Bourgeois, Dan Fogelberg, Gino Vanelli, West and Zander, Mumford & Sons, Paulo Nutini, Mario Biondi, Andrew Farris (INXS), Moby, Boz Scaggs, David Foster, Al Stewart, Bernie Taupin, & Elton John.

I admire these Baritone Singers: Kurt Maloo (Double), Greg Lake (ELP and Asia), John Legend, Ray Thomas (Moody Blues), Robert Lamm (Chicago), Mark King (Level 42), Nick Drake, Matt Monro, Dean Martin, Van Morrison, Ray LaMontagne, Marcus Mumford (Mumford &Sons), Brent Bourgeois, Mario Biondi, Bruce Springsteen, Seth MacFarlane, Frank Sinatra, Robert Goulet, Daniel Boaventura, George Ezra, Michael Hutchence and JD Fortune (INXS), Boz Scaggs, George Strait, Marty Robbins, & Waylon Jennings.

I admire these Bass-Baritone Singers: Josh Turner and Johnny Cash (both Country Singers).

My singing voice has been described as a deep smoky baritone vocal range for Contemporary, Jazz, Soul, Swing, & Big Band music. Sometimes, I can be as low as Bass -Baritone range depending on the songs.

I admire these Bass Guitar Players: 
Bernard Edwards (CHIC), Francis Hylton (Incognito), Mark King (Level 42), Geddy Lee (RUSH), John Taylor (Duran Duran), Verdine White (EW&F), Leland Sklar (Toto), Sting (The Police), Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan), Lorenzo Billeri ( Italy YouTube), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Alec John Such (Bon Jovi), Deon Estus (Wham)

UPDATE: New Instrumental Techno Song "Avanti!" 2024 is for a luxury car commercial. I am on Bass Guitar and Piano/Keyboards (with drum programs). I composed and arranged this song. This song is one of two for US and overseas commercials.

UPDATE: My Contemporary Song "Coronado" will be used in promotional advertising and marketing for Coronado Island, CA.

Website: www.ValiantMichael.com 
SoundCloud: m.soundcloud.com/valiant-michael

Thank you for listening and supporting my music.

Valiant Michael

I just write songs, play & sing them and have a lot of fun with it. But it all started with my passion for guitar. And I believe all I do is more or less inspired by 80s music, the time of my childhood.

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