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Haiku poetry and music. Naviar Haiku is a music project in which artists are invited to make new music inspired by a weekly assigned haiku poem. Here my recent contribution to this project, March and April 2017:    

My track “Let The Clouds Come” has been included in this compilation by Naviar records: https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/haiku-13 ] https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/haiku-13 Haiku poetry and music.   Haiku 13 by V/A Naviar Haiku is a music project in which artists are invited to make new music inspired by a weekly assigned haiku poem. Haiku is a traditional and short […]

Nightwatch IV: Something’s Broken. Solo electric bass performance by d.d, treatments: reverb, tremolos, chopper, vibrolo, granulator, wah-wah photo: Nightwatch series / copyright (c) Sabine Pigalle www.sabinepigalle.com music recorded Friday 31st march 2017 at the pleasure dome. Recorded fro DD’s ongoing series Film Noir/NightWatch and for Diquiet junto project 0274 Nightwatch is a trilogy performed on […]

  Nightwatch III: Nocturnal Still Life Three electric basses by d.d, Low bass (tuned B-E-A-D) lead bass (Drake Custom with high C string), a third track with volume pedal (soft “synth-pad” like sounds) No synth , no strange FX, only reverb and delay. photo: Nightwatch series / copyright (c) Sabine Pigalle sabinepigalle.com/ music recorded march […]

  Nightwatch II: The Dark Side 3 Tracks recorded last week, one bas splaying the low B note, another “lead bass” playing the melody lines, a third track playing through a delay line with volume pedal and feeding a granulate plugin instance. Reverb, delay, and some seconds of overdrive. That’s it. photo: Nightwatch series / […]

Several fretted and fretless electric basses by d.d, basically harmonics and volume pedal “synth-pad” like harmonies treatments: reverb, tremolos, granulate, volume pedal, phaser. photo: Nightwatch series / copyright (c) Sabine Pigalle http://sabinepigalle.com/ music recorded march 2017 at the pleasure dome. Recorded fro DD’s ongoing series Film Noir/NightWatch: a collection of nightly, mysterious and dark bass […]

Some tracks composed by DD for music libraries in the “film noir” mood.

A set of 3 little ambient pieces I recorded with my Indian harmonium in Paris, February 2017.

From my contribution for February 24th 2017 junto project, several track (duets) have been recorded by fellow creators from the disquiet-junto regulars. my track here: And the subsequent duets (March 3rd 2017 junto project) https://soundcloud.com/user-941288896-491859901/lonely-ddiaz-echinacea-disquiet0269    

An idea for those who want to break with the supporting/rhythm section role of the bass guitar (albeit occasionally) to play alone, or play chordal and melodic songs This is quite easy to learn (particular on a 5 string) “The Old Country” by Nat Adderley and Curtis Lewis. Very easy solo bass rendition. Besides the […]