David Husted Music

One of the best parts of releasing a song is that it stops belonging only to me.

Once it's out in the world, every listener brings something different to it. A memory. A mood. A moment I never could have…

To Paula in Late Spring
W.S. Merwin

let me imagine that we will come again
when we want to and it will be spring
we will be no older than we ever were
the worn griefs will have eased like…

I've always been drawn to songs that leave a little space for the listener.

Not because they don't mean anything, but because they can mean different things at different times.

There are songs I hear one way today and completely…

"The harmony of natural law reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection."

Albert Einstein

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear infinite.

William Blake

Photo by Alexander Mass

Most worthwhile things don't reveal themselves the first time around.

Some songs grab you immediately.

Others take their time.

That first listen is spent chasing the obvious—the hook, the chorus, the clever lyric. But after a few spins, something shifts.…

"My tsundoku is a waiting room for all…

Who Are You Today?
Jordan Salkin
 

Very soon you will be gone,
So who are you today?
A brilliant soul or silhouette
Of conscience on display,

The bridge between the hopes and dreams
Of those who call you “Friend,”
A…

Most songs eventually find their way onto what I affectionately call my "simmer pile." They're complete enough to listen to and even enjoy, but not quite complete enough to release. They need time. More importantly, I need time away from…

"Attention is not just another cognitive function... it is the disposition adopted by one's consciousness toward the world." 

Dr. Iain McGilchrist

This quote is actually one of the central ideas running through The Master and His Emissary and even more…

This song emerged from the strange consciousness of the pandemic.

It's called Chugging Down the Qi—and it rocks.

Enjoy.

Dave

About two years ago I finished a draft of a song called Glide and dropped it onto the simmer pile. Usually songs that get that far are pretty close to release shape for me.

This one wasn’t.

When I came…