David Sprouse

11 hours ago, noynekker said:

David . . . now that you mentioned it . . . I do hear a bit of cackling  around 1'10" emanating from the lower orchestra left, 3rd row . . . oops, sorry, you said crackling . . . nope didn't hear any of that.

Well, just my crude attempt to throw some humor your way, despite it all.

But seriously, as always David, an insightful piece of composition. I was trying to picture how you come up with this type of thing. It's not like "jamming" like many here might do. Whatever you do to develop it, it certainly sounds out well by the end product. The violin sampling is very realistic (assuming you don't actually play violin he says to himself). Myself, I'm always in search of that realistic cello sound, any tips ? (other than learning to play one myself)

We think alike;  I know it's dangerous.  :D:D   They're usually dreams, or day dreams of sorts.     Almost always, I picture me or someone else playing the piece   I'm pretty much using VSL SE, although I own chamber strings.  There's still alot for me to learn about vsl and how to wring aunthenticity out of them,

I think you managed to capture the essense of goblins.  What did you use to generate the subharmonic notes?

Lummy, I had trouble understanding the lyrics, thankfully you repeated a couple times. It's a fantastic start. Do you plan on developing the lyrics a bit more?  I dig the tune, maybe use this as intro, do a drop and then get up to @ dancing tempo, no?

You have a broadway voice, so good.   Lyrics are great.  Enjoyed this beginning to end.

sounds great on headphones... I liked the  guitar lead (synth?) tone.  I can tell you like asymmetry, not sure what's the alternative.  

I get all tingly every time jaymes plays something.  the cave,   It's an iconic concept.  Your lyrics are philosophical this time around.

Wow, I couldn' choose one singer over the other either!    Lovely song.  Would you say this is through-composed?   Reminded me of how Sondheim lets the words take primacy over form at times.   

I agree with Lynn,one of your best. It'd make for a great metal song as well, (arranged differently).    Number one with a bullet. :D:D

I had similar obsessions when I was a teen.    Imaginative song here.  I have cheap eris 3.5s and everything sounded great. :D:D

On 10/31/2020 at 6:13 AM, Jesse Screed said:

David,  what can I say, very nice.

I am sorry to hear about your anhedonia.

It seems like you are coping though, you're still creating music.

I am praying for you to stay on an even keel so I can hear more in the future.

It's true jesse, I haven't experienced pleasure for more than 20 years.    My greatest regret is not having a sense of humor.  I can't find anything  funny.

5 hours ago, daryl1968 said:

this is like a very unfunny parody.

Seriously, it sounds great - all the sounds are really nicely mixed

It's my anhedonia.  

On 10/27/2020 at 7:07 AM, Bapu said:

No crack here. No ganga here. No horse here either,

 

All I heard was the backing track to a Jesse Screed song. Lurvely

Thx punkin pi

I feel the same way.  Seeing my shrink via video just isn't the same thing.

wildly imaginative, evocative noodling.  Your phrasing is always so good.   Kick had a high pitched transient, not used to hearing it that way.   Thanks for the Godly music.

I can tell who wrote the music!  Daryl's voice is more animated than usual.  Nice one U2!

Your voice is hypnotic.  Need to listen to this with dark room and silence.  You anticipate the words with your music very well...everything works.

You managed to turn your playfulness into playful notes.  This lightened my load for a few minutes.  Thanks,

Liked this alot, maybe the record company will call!  I really liked the dry sound of the instruments and voices.

Your stuff just gets better and better, your style is inimitable.  What can I say.

Thank you U2.  I was trying to parody the music that pbs plays between stories and it ended up sounding ok, so I guess it's an unfunny parody.

https://davidsprouse.bandcamp.com/track/pbs

I've heard this before, but I don't think if I knew whether you were the guy in the vw or not  Lovely tune to listen to whilst driving.

Another steller performance.  Have you ever tried syntronik?  I'mcurious what you think of it.  

On 10/7/2020 at 12:36 AM, thegaltieribrothers said:

Hi David,

A really interesting instrumental which unnerves and interests at the same time - a great Avant Garde piece.

Thanks for sharing.

Good Job!

regards

paul

Paul,  thank for taking the time to listen to my music. 

Vechung, not everyone's meant to be a performer (if you have performance anxiety).  There's tons of different things one can do with music without performing.  Your squeemishness might serve your composing skills and vice versa.  It's not all about perfectionism either though that's how it first manifests itself.  It's the eye in the sky you know <alan parsons>