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A trip through dark and light in three movements. Greetings. Here is my first post in this group, I hope folks enjoy: When I composed Trip Through Synthville last year, I always had something in mind like a late night drive through various parts of the city. I whipped out my phone camera and recorded the long drive home after 2:00 am in Spokane, Washington, then mixed that with my music, and here it is. It is quick and dirty, but hope you enjoy. Synthetic Zen, Trip Through Synthville Music Video 20150205a - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2qQsjWvYuQ Synthetic Zen's 2014 Buddhalicious album - www.syntheticzen.com From the release notes: "A whopping 15 minutes & 45 seconds long! Started it months ago, then forgot about it, or was overwhelmed by all the changes in key. Then I stumbled across it a few weeks ago, dabbled with it, and finally today worked it into something usable (and long). It has two up-beat movements, with slower movements at the beginning, middle, and then very slow at the end. The "trip" in the title is a pun (should be obvious when you listen), both the use of the word as in to travel as well as related to altered states. Should seem like traveling through different parts of a city's districts, during various times of day and night and the denizens within, occasional emergency vehicles and more implied musically but not directly. Created with Logic Pro 9, Logic Pro X, Mac, Linux, ZynSubFX, microphones, my vocals (one area), Audacity, Arturia Analog Lab, Arturia 32 keyboard, Arturia Keylab 49 keyboard, and other tools. Enjoy!"

A piece originally composed for piano and cello, this adds some synthesizer layers to the cello and piano.

Length: 11:52. Envision the sky beginning to lighten over a Shire countryside, it is spring, so the weather is highly changeable from moment to moment, finally at the end, after a few thunderclouds, the sun bursts through over the horizon illuminating the beautiful green countryside. Originally a piano improvisation piece (read later in this posting), I then modified the composition to be a duet for Piano and Cello (currently in the works making a recording), meanwhile, I threw in some synths and such to make this version available sooner rather than later. Composed using my Casio Previa, Arturia 49 Lab, Logix Pro X. I originally came up with the basic melodic idea as a piano improvisation I recorded on my cellphone back in 2012. Finally this month I sat down and tried to recreate a variant (real time improvisation) with the keyboard hooked up to the computer, instead of just analog recording. The original analog recording can be found in my "Be" album (if you are interested) here (Drake says he likes that version better, what do you think?): http://syntheticzen.com/discography/2006-be/hawke-piano-improv-20121124.mp3/view Feedback is requested and appreciated. I hope you enjoy!

A mixture of "Epic" music and Dubstep.

An improv multitrack piece. Initially quite dark and (intentionally) unsettling, it slowly shifts through various moods. This is a completely raw and unedited "improv multitrack". Hopefully during the holiday break I can go back and clean up the mistakes, clean up the timing, add some volume automation to better balance the tracks, etc. Just something I whipped up in about 20 minutes (for better or worse) lying in bed, tired and wanting to sleep but the muses doth refuses until heeded, finally feel asleep to this in a looped mode. Instruments include: Chinese Ciao flute, African Kalimba, synthesizer "Arctic Shimmer" (Logic Pro X), Sampled Female Chamber Choir (Logic Pro X), Airship Rising synth (Logic), Parallel Universe (Logic), orchestra "Cinema Strings (Logic), C-Beams Glittering (Logic), "African Kit" percussion, using Arturia Laboratory 32 keyboard, Violas ensemble, Glass Marimba, Vibraphone, Irish Bouzouki, Oboe, and Peruvian pan flute.