Laugh Seurat by David Husted Music published on 2018-05-12T13:53:45Z As I developed this song and it's lyrics a recurring theme of “crazy laugh of madness” kept percolating to the top of my creative meanderings and musical sculpting. Laugh my friends; it is all ok. See a more detailed write-up below. Thanks for listening and here is a link to a Youtube video for the song: https://youtu.be/6P3vUh_8Qdo Dave My new song is called Laugh Seurat. Here is the journey that led to such a strange song title. I, at times, receive “instruments” from innovative artists for FREE. On occasion, this arrival occurs at the same point I am deep in the throes and messiness of music creation. Several weeks ago I received a strange instrument called Seurat Midi developed by Jason Grier. He has freely allowed the use of his samples and instrument to the general public. “Demonstration Disc is a new album by Jason Grier. It’s also a collection of over 1800 samples and generative Ableton Live music tools which Grier spent the past four years carving, cutting and coding from studio recordings of acoustic and electronic instruments, field recordings, found sounds and more. As part of the album’s release, Grier is making the entire project available as a free download. He has even provided tutorials and has expansion packs planned, making this a unique, open source project that will continue to evolve.”(1) I actually, to this day, don’t really understand how the instrument works or its potential. However, being a certified tech geek I did horse around with it a bit. This instrument essentially creates patterns from chaos using any natural sound as a starting point. I chose an alto saxophone to test the waters. It created a random pattern you can hear in the bridge of the song. It reminds me of sounds you might hear as an orchestra begins its tuning process. I included it in my song only because this instrument was the creative spark that initially propelled the song forward out of oblivion. You can here it very briefly in the bridge for a short moment. I edited most of it out. Like I said, it was the creative spark, NOT a center piece in the song AND I am most likely using the instrument totally wrong. Oh Well. Jason Grier called his instrument Seurat Midi in homage to Georges-Pierre Seurat. This, of course, made me very curious about Mr. Seurat. I found out he is a “……French post-impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism.”(2) This art is best looked at as opposed to discussed. I thought it was very cool and was very fun to experience but lets move onward. As I developed my song and lyrics a recurring theme of “crazy laugh of madness” kept percolating to the top of my creative meanderings and musical sculpting. I guess you can now see where this is going. At the end I was left with a finished song and a decision to make regarding a title for the song. I decided on: LAUGH SEURAT Thank You for spending a moment with me I hope you enjoy my latest song. Have a Fantastic Week and Happy Holidays! Dave references: (1) ableton.com.(2017, 04 October). Jason Grier: Download his unique sound library. Blog. Retrieved from https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/jason-grier-demonstration-disc/?utm_source=2017-10-single-item-jason-grier&utm_medium=email&utm_term=std-suite-en&utm_content=header&utm_campaign=editorial-newsletter&&sc_src=email_2236504&sc_lid=132209893&sc_uid=QCAGPbTDye&sc_llid=76861&sc_eh=e8eb2a4ccfa404231 (2) Wikipedia.Georges Seurat. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Seurat Genre Indie Comment by Orlando51 Splendid one David !! 2021-05-24T02:56:27Z Comment by Jeff Roberts and yes, a tune can be re-reposted!! : ) 2021-01-08T15:21:54Z Comment by Jeff Roberts the interaction of the aggressive 4 on the floor drums, mournful keys, staggered bass and strings in the intro is so good it's on the level of neural therapy 2021-01-08T15:20:26Z Comment by Florian Lüthi oh what's happening around 2:20 is more than fab. crazy arrangement! 2020-11-20T17:16:35Z Comment by Mr Cagey Such a great track, I never tire of it. 2020-11-15T20:21:19Z Comment by Para Lia Super cool! Love the smart arrangement, excellent! 2020-05-29T09:41:32Z Comment by Jeff Roberts This is one helluva tune. Very late stage Bowie to my ears. 2:02 to 2:10 is so $^@ tasty with those string parts. 2020-01-02T12:06:30Z Comment by Jeff Roberts I liked this tune a long time ago but listening again and dang that's some delicious Nile Rodgers style rhythm guitar work David! 2020-01-02T12:04:00Z Comment by Mr Cagey Still my favourite of yours David. It's got such a great funky groove. Brilliant track. 2019-11-29T19:36:53Z Comment by Ken Minty fantastic sound Dave ... the echo on the vocal is a nice touch 2019-11-27T03:50:57Z Comment by Peter Wheeler Exceptional track. Love everything you do. 2019-07-07T00:48:08Z Comment by Peter Wheeler Love the intro. 2019-07-07T00:47:33Z Comment by MartiniRanch I love how you incorporate so many musical styles in your songs. It works well. Nice!!! 2019-06-16T04:10:10Z Comment by Trippy Taco Really interesting textures. LOVE the bass line 😎 2019-06-05T13:55:18Z Comment by Alain GUERIN Very nice work and a wonderful result. Great voice. Bravo. 2019-05-16T06:46:30Z Comment by Karlit-O-Kay (K-O-K) Very creative and colourful! 2019-05-16T03:06:54Z Comment by Refracted Memories Great effort in encompassing your mind .. 2018-12-31T00:45:32Z Comment by Mr Cagey Brilliant intro and then just gets even better. Super cool track. Love the counter melody in it's various forms. Stunning! 2018-12-01T20:24:16Z Comment by David Husted Music @myowntherapy11: Thank You! I appreciate your feedback and continued support 2018-11-21T22:58:10Z Comment by Satoshi S Impressive arrangements! Great song! 2018-10-22T13:54:46Z Comment by N.o.b.S. Excellent! 2018-10-20T22:55:30Z Comment by Chris Wiggs Nice ideas! Innovative arrangement and an excellent vocal delivery, David. Like this a lot. Chris 2018-10-06T17:10:31Z Comment by fpmorinstudio Superb ,love this stuff 2018-09-30T13:15:20Z Comment by Per Bronco Karlsson very good indeed, steady and things happening all the time! 2018-09-20T16:37:25Z Comment by Davy Vance A very accomplished song,David. 2018-09-14T16:20:30Z Comment by Davy Vance Crazy intro! 2018-09-14T16:18:28Z Comment by E-Ruizzo So rich arranging work !! Makes a great track together with the feeling vocals !! 2018-08-02T15:15:03Z Comment by Odd Petals So good! 2018-07-24T03:25:20Z Comment by John Palmer awesome performance... great guitars and vocals! 2018-07-02T09:36:23Z Comment by Tot. Good pop song!!! and dope80,s feels!!! awesome!!! 2018-07-01T16:41:24Z