David Sprouse

Reminds me of tv show theme, maybe.  Love the sanbornesque sax .

I'll be reincarnated as a book.

nice song.  At least that part of our lives was happy.  :D:D  This is my 666th post!

I liked this Pcode.  What did you use for the ostinati?  I'd change up the chord progression a little more, maybe a modulation here and there.  The solo instruments and voices sound amazing.

This reminds of something danny elfman might write if he were to do this type of thing.  Really enjoyable, and humorous.  HS thanks for the info on Michael Cotten.

Finally someone writing positive things again. :D:D  I like the nod to 60's singer songwriters here.   Well done.

Love this.  I hear Ozzy Osbourne screaming over this music.  Stealing angels would be right up his alley.  Do you have the lyrics?

On 9/28/2020 at 2:58 AM, daryl1968 said:

good stuff David - enjoyed it a lot.

Daryl, I'm honored that you chose to listen to my song.  I'm  glad it didn't disappoint you.

On 9/26/2020 at 11:52 PM, Max Arwood said:

Nice David. You got a lot of crazy rhythmic things going on. The way you put it all together is really good. I like the way the bass and drums just keep on trudging along and the other parts bounce between these rhythms . Crazy guitar at the end lived the pan stuff.

Max thanks so much for the careful listen and remarks.  

Love this genre, and you do it perfectly.  EZ listening?  We used to have a radio station that was devoted to this kind of instrumental ez listening (KINK--Portland has the most strip clubs per capita in the country).    But Earl Klugh and other guitar gods all do it at times.  Growing up I listened to Tony Mottola, and Charlie Byrd etc  they were some of the first.

On 9/24/2020 at 8:09 AM, DeeringAmps said:

David, I always enjoy your work.
This is one of your best!
I get the Belew references, but I was thinking Pink Floyd myself (not that it matters).

Big 👍's on this one...

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Tom  I really gotta listen to more adrian belew.  Thanks for the thumbs up!

On 9/23/2020 at 1:32 PM, Lynn said:

Fabulous!  I want to listen again because I wasn't expecting this.  You get strong points for originality, but that's no surprise.  Congrats!

Ooh  a double listen, thank you so much Lynn.

Bapu remember when you used to hear the words *robust* and *at the end of the day* well now it's postmodern jargon like *intersectionality* and *nuance.*  Basically, their meanings are determined by the surrounding  *narratives* or *alternative facts* or *con-texts. *(air quotes) Anyways, I didn't mean it seriously :D:D  Music is so subjective.  Thank you for taking the time listen to it.

Pleasant listen, fred.  Made me hungry for some reason.  Had a european touch to it.  Are you european?

Daryl, don't answer that!

On 9/20/2020 at 3:06 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi David

Really cool, great piece of composing and playing

Enjoyed the listen

Cheers

Nigel

 

Nigel,  

Thank you for

listening.

David

On 9/21/2020 at 8:35 AM, freddy j said:

Stripped down, raucous, and raw, is what normally attracts me in music.  However, I really liked this piece of music.  A lot of twists and turns, each instrument had an opportunity to present itself, and the touch of some dissonance kept my attention throughout.  I always enjoy what you post and this is no exception.

Freddy, I always worry when someone says always...:D:D but seriously thank you for taking the time to listen and compliment.  

On 9/15/2020 at 7:48 AM, mark skinner said:

David , Very unusual and Super creative. Kinda surreal and ominous sounding. I loved the sudden stops and the changes when slamming back in. Excellent Job !   mark

Thank you Mark.

On 9/21/2020 at 2:28 PM, Jesse Screed said:

I played this for a friend, and he gushed over the guitar tones

killer dude

killer

reload and fire away again

there's no better time than now

The way to a guitarist's heart:  compliment him about his tone.   Thank you jessah.

On 9/18/2020 at 6:47 PM, tonemangler said:

Very interesting and creative piece! The mix sounded great too!

Thank you tonemangler!

On 9/14/2020 at 7:22 AM, Wookiee said:

I like this, nice sparseness to the mix, allowing each voice to be clearly heard, I can hear John Bradley's  reference to Mr. Belew.  Suitably discordant in places.

Definitely a cool piece @David Sprouse.

Thank you for taking the time to listen wookie.

On 9/18/2020 at 9:55 PM, noynekker said:

Hi David . . . en garde ! . . . my first disclaimer would be that I'm not inclined to the avante garde, but I did have a few listens to this, mostly because I'm a fan of your compositional creativity. Firstly, I had to google the word "abdabs", then I understood more about it. Usually, when I sit down and listen to some music, it's to relax and uplift, but this style seems purposefully written to evoke a kind of uneasy feeling.  It occurred to me that like an actor, a composer can evoke a feeling, such as you have done here with modal and semi tone melodies, and frequencies accentuated in the 2-5k range, it starts out so pleasant, but takes a turn. Part of me wanted to turn it down, and part of me wanted to just understand it.

Sorry if I've over analyzed it, but I think I'm trying to tell you that you've musically opened my mind some here . . . I see you released it March 2020, a lot of "new" stuff was going on at that time in our society, maybe that was your inspiration ? . . . Anyways, this piece also sums up the way my work week went . . . Happy Friday !

Thanks David, always look forward to what you're up to here on the Cakewalk Songs Forum.

Noynekker, thanks so much for the nuanced listen to this piece.  Nuance is sorely missing from  our world these days.  Also, thanks for the tip about the 2-5k range.  I did have a version that was wider staging and different dots here and there, but I think I like the sparseness of this version;  it's easier to imagine a live band playing it.  I realize the bass part could use some monkeying around with.  I'm no jaco....:D:D  Thanks again!

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Lyrics are so visual...(esp with that big blue eye that says devine lie)  I love all your songs:  just on the edge of familiarity enough to give one chills.  Keep it up nigel. :D:D

On 9/14/2020 at 7:15 AM, John Bradley said:

Very cool. Reminded me of some of Adrian Belew's more avant garde pieces, e.g. various tracks off of Desire Caught by the Tail.

Thanks!

John,  I was familiar with Adrian but not the specifics.  I'll definitely look up *desire caught by the tail.*  Thank you for taking the time to listen.