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I have a new album called Captured Fragments scheduled…

 Unveiling "Captured Fragments"!  Brace your senses for a sonic journey  

Extra, Extra, Read all about it!

New Album Release: 18 August 2023.  Yes!

“Dave's new album Captured Fragments is rumored to feature a nonet of beautifully arranged songs, each one showcasing his versatility as a songwriter and capturing a different…

I remember the guitar rhythm borrowed heavily from a Stones pattern. See if you can guess which one when the song is released. Songwriting and production have enabled me to meet, interact and network with so many music loving folks…

I have recently been enjoying a podcast called This Jungian Life. I am not a rabid listener but the episodes I do hit I find interesting enough to stay tuned in. Three good friends, who are Jungian analysts, talk about…

I am honing in on my next all new original song project idea.  It is a seed, a wisp, the slightest hint of a whisper or perhaps nothing at all. I have listened to many different types of music to…

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Then I combined my word ladder brainstorms in crazy ways  

Lead Antique Lamp
Frown Pillow   
Inspire Ladder   
Shout Books
Order Baseball Glove/Mit 
Fly Trees   
Impose Vacuum Cleaner   
Politic Coffee Cup  
Command Globe   
Fail or Win Notebook  

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Greetings, 

I have a new song release today.  It is called Take That Hill.  What's this one about Dave?  Here is a snippet of the lyrics:

We play politics over coffee cups. Commanding globes of dominoes. Ordering that glove…

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Here were my specific Word Ladder  - Verbs and Nouns

Admiral Verbs  
Lead
Frown 
Inspire   
Shout  
Order
Fly   
Impose   
Politic   
Command 
Fail or Win   

Nouns of things in my field of view right now   
Trees   
Notebook   …

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 Word Ladder  - Verbs and Nouns 

Come up with ten verbs that are associated with, anything you want and then write them down on a page. Then write down ten nouns of a totally un-related other…

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The next day I threw out most of the words I had sung but kept the general melody flow.  I then used two techniques suggested by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco fame in his book How to…

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I semi-mastered the song at this point and walked away with an instrumental plus vox sample song that I thought I was satisfied enough with to call it complete.  However,  it still lacked something.  As I…

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A key feature of this song was the learning and experimenting I did real time with several new Ableton Live 11 features that take advantage of free Max for Live devices that enable cool random and…

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Certain songs I create by dissecting a reference track and then incorporating instrument sounds to emulate a feel and vibe of a certain song style/genre. I then paint this vibe into my own unique creation.  At…

Honing in on my next song release and I am not sure it is ready for prime time yet but going for it anyway.  It will be called Take That Hill.  It is about…….well…not totally sure what it is about….let…

Quick Note:

Over the last several weekends I created a solid rough draft of a new song called La La Land.  Yes, I know there is a movie already called that. That phrase sort of rolled off my tongue while…

Friends,

I completed my lyric video today. I used a site called Rotor Video to accomplish this. I do not always do this. Sometimes I use my Mac iMovie software and build the video content on my own. However, Rotor…

I just completed the art work for my new single called Moonbeam Blue.  This song will officially release on 13 January 2023. I have also fooled around with what is called a Facebook Reel today. It allows you to create…

Greetings

Here is a snippet from my latest song to be released called Moonbeam Blue.  This is located in my music vault which you can now access using passcode "blue".  Thank You for dropping by my website.  I…

Salutations, 

I read an article recently that claimed close to 100,000 songs are being uploaded to digital service providers every day. 

Wow 

If my new song is one pebble of all the pebbles on earth, the chance…

I completed a new song over the past two or three weekends (give or take a weekend) that is now entered into a growing list of un-published music works. This is a problem that I like to have.  I probably…

The cover art for the single is completed.  It looks like this:

Thoughts on the making of Chugging Down the Qi

Official release date scheduled for 18 NOV 22.

The song has been inspected by the distribution service and has passed all the pre-requisite requirements that a "single" needs to be born…

Thoughts on the making of Chugging Down the Qi

Official release date scheduled for 18 NOV 22.

Thing 4

The change/bridge in my song slowly builds.There was one particular tone that fed my ears with sonic pleasure…

Thoughts on the making of Chugging Down the Qi

Official release date scheduled for 18 NOV 22.

The musical contents were developed slowly over the course of several weekends prior to even pondering the lyrics in any direct way.  I…