Category: New Release

Butterfly by Doxter S on Apple Music

Butterfly by Doxter S on Apple Music

Butterfly by Doxter S on Apple Music started out sounding like a nursery rhyme song. The opening melody is very fanciful and sweet. The quintessential nature of the butterfly is her transformation from caterpillar during metamorphosis. This transformation needed expression in music.

The Butterfly in this song continues her transformation into a human social butterfly. The melody also changes abruptly to reflect the new and exciting life she is seeking. The backing of the violoncello transforms into an overdrive electric guitar with percussion from a full drum set.

Butterfly is one of 73 original songs available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

Lyrics

I am just a butterfly  Feel Free  
Painted wings on purple flowers  Real Me  
I emerge from my cocoon  Hide Me  
After all the April showers  Seek Me  
You will see me flutter by  Hold Me  
In the garden there for hours  Feel Me  
 
But when I'm in the mood  
I shed my innocence  
I’ll dance around the moon  
I only need the chance  
 
Butterfly Butterfly trying to multiply  
Everyone satisfy on my mind in my eye  
I go out in the night everything is alright  
As I dance in the light of the moon  
I'm a Butterfly just a Butterfly  
I'm a Butterfly of the Night  
 
I'm a social butterfly  Friendly  
Painted lips and big eyelashes  Lovely  
I won't stay inside my room  Lonely  
Grab my phone and my Sunglasses  Meet Me  
Everybody passing by  Find Me  
Turn their heads to watch me dancing  See Me  
 
And if I'm in the mood  
I lose my innocence and  
Dance around the room  
I go into a trance  
 
Butterfly Gratify Please be my Alibi  
Private eye Counterspy Don't need to justify  
Butterfly Lullaby Mystify Me  
 
Butterfly Butterfly trying to multiply  
Everyone satisfy on my mind in my eye  
I go out in the night everything is alright  
As I dance in the light of the moon  
I'm a Butterfly just a Butterfly  
I'm a Butterfly of the Night  
 
Butterfly Gratify Please be my Alibi  
Private eye Counterspy Don't need to justify  
Butterfly Lullaby Mystify Me 
 
I am just a butterfly  Feel Free  
Painted wings on purple flowers  Real Me 

Dorian by Doxter S on Apple Music

Dorian by Doxter S on Apple Music

Dorian by Doxter S is one of 73 original songs available for streaming on Apple Music

Oscar Wilde, the nineteenth century Irish romantic poet and playwright, is probably most famous for his novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. The Faustian story line relates to a full length portrait of the eponymous Dorian who makes a wish that his portrait would age instead of himself. ​

Dorian by Doxter S is a fantastical interpretation in music of this Gothic theme. Dorian appears at various times and places chasing after a dream-like companion. The mood is mysterious, the music intoxicating, and at the end Dorian and the music fades away.​

Lyrics

Lived so long, seen it all, Dorian, you don't age

The first time he walked into the place
Was a different man, a different face
People drifting in people drifting out then he heard the sound of a woman shout
Just exactly like in that dream he had that has set the music on fire

The next thing he knew he’s on the stage
With a different girl, a different age
Dancing to the rhythm all syncopating a pounding beat was intoxicating
He felt his heart was alive again it was burning with desire

She had fiery eyes and glowing face
They we're in a passionate embrace
He could smell the scent of her sweet perfume as they danced in circles all around the room
There was music playing inside his head and his mind was all in a daze

They were headed through an open door
Walked into a room he’d seen before
There were velvet curtains all in a line flowing burgundy like a Bordeaux wine
Then they started running with hand in hand through a never ending maze

Lived so long, seen it all, Dorian, you don't age
Hear my song, Dorian, hear the words of the Sage

Now they’re in the palace at Versailles
In a ballroom lined with mirrored tile
Marie Antoinette and The Brothers Grim as Rasputin laughed with his wicked grin
As the music waned and the pictured face Dorian is fading to grey

And he wondered if it ends this way in a
Different place on a different day there was
More to see there was more to do only time would tell change his point of view
See it's relative if you make it last Dorian was fading fast

Dorian turning grey as your mind fades away
Hear my song let it play won't be long fades away
Won't be long fades away
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Dancers by Doxter S on Apple Music

Dancers by Doxter S on Apple Music

Dancers by Doxter S is a dance fantasy with a latin beat. This song evokes the nightlife in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the tango dancing that originated there.

Traveling through the mountains in western Virginia we were listening to local college radio from UVA. As we crossed to the western slope the station changed to a latin program from West Virginia entirely in Spanish. That was the inspiration for this song. Initially I wrote something more humorous with a Mariachi style. I placed that aside and reconfigured the melody into a Tango style instead. The lyrics and title are changed as well.

The singer recalls her experience as a tourist and the lasting impression that stays with her. She carries in her memory the dancers that so impressed on her the beauty and grace of the Tango. She dreams of herself becoming a tango dancer in Buenos Aires.

Dancers by Doxter S includes the traditional instruments used for the tango. The familiar Bandoneon is an essential component, along with latin percussion using conga, wood blocks, and tambourine. A cello and acoustic bass complete the instrumental support for this tango dance.

Lyrics

Instrumental Intro 
 
It was not many years ago  
I flew away to Argentina  
In Buenos Aires for the Summer  
I found an open air Cantina  
I tasted wine and sampled Tapas  
The cobbled streets were filled with couples  
 
I watched the young tango dancers perform in the square  
They moved with beauty and grace they seemed lighter than air  
 
Instrumental Break 
 
One special dancer caught my fancy  
She was a raven haired romantic  
Her flashing eyes and pouting boca  
Made every movement look dramatic  
Her partner held her in possession  
They danced together with expression  
 
I felt the music they danced to was played just for me  
Their every movement was perfectly timed to the beat  
 
Long Instrumental Break 
 
I see that dancer when I'm dreaming 
And how I wish that I could be her  
When I was younger I was wiser  
I saw that beauty was inside her  
The music carries like a whisper  
I dream that I am dancing with her  
 
Next to a garden with flowers that glow in the light  
I would be dancing for hours the moon shining bright  
 
Instrumental Break 
 
Play the music that they dance to just for me 
 
Instrumental Break 
 
It seems so many years ago  
I flew away to Argentina  
In Buenos Aires for the Summer  
I found a open air Cantina  
I tasted wine and sampled Tapas  
The cobbled streets were filled with couples  
 
I was a young tango dancer alone in the square  
I moved with beauty and grace I was lighter than air 
 
Instrumental  
 
Buenos Aires Argentina in my dreams 
I still dream I’m dancing tango in the night 
 
Outro

Amazing by Doxter S on Apple Music

Amazing by Doxter S on Apple Music

Amazing by Doxter S is an upbeat revival style song that echoes the traditional song Amazing Grace in one refrain, but has it’s own upbeat character that will bring the entire congregation to its feet. Amazing by Doxter S is one of 73 original songs available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

Everyone is familiar with the original Christian Hymn “Amazing Grace” written in the 18th century by Anglican clergyman John Newton. The inspiration for the lyrics was a near death experience sailing on a slave trade ship during a violent storm in 1748. He prayed to God for salvation and redemption and experienced an awakening of his religious convictions.

The melody, composed by American composer William Walker, sung in the Major Pentatonic Scale, later became a popular song used by the Baptist and Methodist evangelical preachers in the Southern United States. The tune is often played with Bagpipes at solemn occasions, such as funerals.

Vocal recordings of “Amazing Grace” became common, with Aretha Franklin becoming one of the more famous performers of this song.

Doxter S has taken inspiration from “Amazing Grace” to create a totally new and original song simply entitled “Amazing”. Sung by a choir, with instrumental accompaniment, Amazing by Doxter S picks up the tempo and lifts the spirit even higher than ever before possible.

Amazing by Doxter S uses pounding percussion, lively hand claps, a variety of spiritual verses, and unforgettable chorus sections. The church organ, electric bass, and electric piano join tied percussion section in support of the choir. The effect is, in a word, Amazing!

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LYRICS

Lost but now I'm found  
Oh how sweet the sound  
 
I once was lost but I turned myself around  
I was blind but all at once I can see  
Amazing Grace you have given me a place  
The entire human race destiny  
 
Alleluia 
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound  
That saved a wretch like me 
Alleluia  
I once was lost but now I'm found  
I was blind but now I see  
 
Saved a wretch like me  
Blind but now I see  
 
There is a spark that illuminates the dark  
It lies deep within your heart set it free  
A brilliant light so magnificent and bright  
Like a beacon in the night all can see  
 
Revelation 
Jubilation 
 
Lost but now I'm found  
Oh how sweet the sound  
 
Touched by the love of the presence from above 
Gentle hand that reaches in to my soul 
Amazing Grace I accept your warm embrace  
Let my being become part of the whole 
 
Saved a wretch like me  
Blind but now I see   
 
We're not alone You can feel it in the bone 
Our salvation at this moment sublime 
Raise you hands high praise the spirit in the sky 
Seek redemption from the pure and divine 
 
Revelation 
Jubilation 
 
Lost but now I'm found  
Oh how sweet the sound  
Saved a wretch like me  
Blind but now I see 
 
Alleluia 
Ahh Ahh Ahh Amen

Handmaiden by Doxter S on Apple Music

Handmaiden by Doxter S on Apple Music is a fanciful tale of a young romantic renaissance teenager.

This is the 70th original song written, recorded, and produced by Doxter S since 2012.

The melody is in the Key of A with Mixolydian scale. The intro and bridges are simple arpeggios of this scale. The instruments include strings, harp, hand percussion, tambourine, and triangle. The setting is in a Tudor Garden in Renaissance England.

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Lyrics

Just seventeen, the handmaiden to The Queen 
Was out strolling though the gardens of Tudor 
Daydreaming now, she performs a royal bow 
She is dancing at the ball with her suitor 
 
She's twirling higher, higher, higher in the air 
She's twirling higher, higher, higher lady fair 
 
A lowly Squire is her object of desire, and she 
Hopes that he will spy on her dancing 
Handsome and bold, if the truth were to be told 
He will be a knight one day, she must fancy 
 
He'll take her higher, higher, higher in the air 
He'll take her higher, higher, higher lady fair 
 
Caught in her dreams, the young squire so it seems 
Has arrived upon the scene with a stallion 
A winged steed they both mount him as he kneels 
All at once the three take wing like a falcon  
 
They're soaring higher, higher, higher in the air 
They're soaring higher, higher, higher Lady Fair 
 
They're soaring higher, higher, higher than the trees 
They're soaring higher, higher, higher than the clouds 
They're soaring higher, higher, higher than the moon 
They're soaring higher, higher, higher than the stars

Sounds like Enya, Secret Garden, Sinead O’Connor

An animated music video is currently in the works at Crimson Studios in McLean, Virginia.

Better Days by Doxter S on Apple Music

Better Days by Doxter S on Apple Music

There has been a lot going on in the last 2 years. What seems to be an upheaval in societal relations may be part of a natural evolution of human thought. Better Days by Doxter S provides a musical representation of these troubled times. Better Days by Doxter S is one of 73 original songs available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

The melody is in a minor key that adds pathos to the relevant lyrics. Despite the melancholy there is also great hope. The song begins and ends with the word “Pray”. There is hope fore redemption in this prayer. There is optimism for humanity.

Pray
At night I pray for better days
We turned around and lost our way
It's getting darker every day

The world is colder
There is no room for compromise
If we could open up our eyes
We'd see the sun about to rise

Through stormy weather
New days are dawning
We stand together
A new belonging

It won't take long
To make things right for every wrong
We must remain steadfast and strong
Before a storm there is a calm

Let's come together
We still have choices
If we sing proudly
They'll hear or voices

So let us pray
Pray for a life of better days
Days filled with love
Love and respect in every way

We must stay strong
And everything will be Okay
It won't be long
Before we see some better days

[Bridge]

When we were younger
We were much stronger
We had no hunger
Not any longer

Stand side by side
Without the prejudice and pride
We need our goals to be allied
Let's put our politics aside

We stand together
We are united
Out human spirit
Is reignited

So let us pray
Pray for a life of better days
Days filled with love
Love and respect in every way

We must stay strong
And everything will be Okay
It won't be long
Before we see some better days

So let us pray

Masquerade by Doxter S on Apple Music

Masquerade by Doxter S on Apple Music

Masquerade by Doxter S is one of 73 original songs now available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music

There was never a time in recent memory when everyone we know suddenly become phantoms, as we are to them. The entire world placed on a curfew, lock down, socially distanced and emotionally isolated. The impact of recent events will far outlast the so called invisible enemy of which we have become terrified.

Masquerade by Doxter S tells the story from an all too familiar perspective. We are all trapped but desperately crave freedom. The melody is sweet but the lyrics are biting. The chord changes build up to an emotionally charged bridge and defiant chorus.

Lyrics

When the music stops
Everybody dancing please just keep your mask on
Keep your gloves on
And just walk away

I don't want to talk
Really feeling distant from the life that I knew
Feeling so blue
Like to fade away

And every time I try to remember why I just can't hold back the tears
I think about the ways in the good old days when we never had such fears

Want to go back in time, we were doing fine, want to stay outside, let me feel the sunshine

We're Masquerading We're Isolating This social distance Is so frustrating
This is Degrading Not Liberating We're imitating We're Masquerading

Going for a walk
I am feeling social and I just want to talk
Take the mask off
Leave my hideaway

When the madness stops
Everybody living please just keep your head on
Make yourself strong
Everything's Okay

Recall the good old days With our social ways When we never had these fears
Let's all go back in time We were doing fine For so many, many years

We all can stay outside In the bright sunshine We'll be feeling fine We can write the headline

Stop masquerading It was stagnating The social distance Needs some updating
It was degrading Not liberating Let's put a stop to The masquerading

I want to stay outside don't want to hide I've got my life to live
With all the people I've been missing they have so much love to give

Anticipating our liberating the social distance is quickly fading
We are parading and serenading for human comfort that we are craving

We are not waiting we are creating the social fabric of our own making
Let's stop debating procrastinating let's put a stop to the masquerading

When the music stops
Everybody dancing please just take your mask off
Take your gloves off
Live your life your way

Daybreak by Doxter S

Daybreak by Doxter S is a Winter Holiday song

Daybreak by Doxter S is a madrigal style polyphonic composition with 3 vocalists accompanied by piano, cello, violin, and music box.

This song started out as an instrumental Rondo of 8-bars. The complex melodies seemed to lend themselves as the basis for a holiday song.

I started with lyrics simply describing the familiar auditory sensation of an Ear Worm. Perhaps it’s just music playing in your head that you heard at the shopping mall. In my case the music was new and original, with yet to be defined lyrics. As I developed this theme I focused on Christmas time and holiday music.

The reference to the season being winter and the presence of music playing everywhere are subtle links to Christmas time. The lyrics “Bright music Good tidings come with the Sun rising” and “Sweet voices are singing angelic with feeling” are additional ties to the traditional holiday music. Otherwise this song is without any anchors to limit it to one genre.

The entire song is constructed with the familiar rondo build up of layers incorporating the instrumentals and vocals to reach a crescendo just before the outro.

Lyrics

1st Vocalist 
 
Dream Night Starlight Sunrise So bright 
 
2nd Vocalist 
 
Dream over It's Daybreak Time now to stay Awake 
Bright music Good tidings come with the Sun rising 
 
1st Vocalist 
 
Daybreak Sunlight Daydream Snow White 
 
2nd Vocalist 
 
The lyrics keep playing with delicate phrasing 
Sweet voices are singing angelic with feeling 
 
3rd Vocalist 
 
There is music in your mind                 In your mind 
You can hear it all the time                  Like an echo down the line 
It's the soundtrack of your dreams    Playing endlessly it seems 
Lingering behind the scenes 
 
Now the music lingers on                     Lingers on 
From the dusk until the dawn              Like an old familiar song 
With a haunting melody                       That is playing endlessly  
Making perfect harmony 
 
8-Bar Break: Daybreak Sunlight New Day So Bright 
 
Mixed 1st and 3rd Vocals 
 
1st Vocalist 
 
Dream Night Starlight Sunrise So bright 
 
3rd Vocalist 
 
There is music in the air                     In the air 
You can hear it everywhere               Like a sonic love affair 
Stirring up romantic themes             So hypnotic as it streams     
It's the music from your dreams 
 
1st Vocalist with Violoncello backing 
 
Daybreak Sunlight Daydream Snow White  
 
Mixed 1st, 2nd Vocals 
 
1st Vocalist 
 
Dream Night Starlight Sunrise So bright 
 
2nd Vocalist 
 
The pine trees as day breaks are dusted with snowflakes 
The morning is breaking the scene is breathtaking  
 
Mixed 1st, 2nd & 3rd Vocals 
 
1st Vocalist 
 
Daybreak Sunlight Daydream Snow White  
 
2nd Vocalist 
 
The lyrics keep playing with delicate phrasing 
Sweet voices are singing angelic with feeling 
 
3rd Vocalist 
 
Now the music lingers on                     Lingers on 
From the dusk until the dawn              Like an old familiar song 
With a haunting melody                       Playing endlessly it seems 
It's the soundtrack of your dreams 
 
Outro: Daybreak Sunlight New Day So Bright

Fa La La by Doxter S is Naughty

Crimson Studios presents a Naughty Christmas song | Fa La La by Doxter S

Christmas time fills the airwaves with familiar tunes that many of us can sing along with. Doxter S published a very family friendly original Christmas song in 2017 entitled Merry Christmas All Around the World. It is a Nice Christmas song. 

Crimson Studios has now published a Naughty Christmas song, Fa La La by Doxter S, created in the (Christmas) spirit of Ribeye and Squeeze. Fa La La by Doxter S has an original melody, snappy rhythm, and fun (naughty) lyrics. This production features a new male lead vocalist reminiscent of Bob Seger, John Fogerty, and Bruce Springsteen (the lyrics are more like Lenny Bruce).

You can and should sing along with Fa La La by Doxter S.

CAUTION: Fa La La by Doxter S is Naughty! ​

CAROLERS SINGING, SLEIGH BELLS ARE RINGING
REMINDS ME OF CHRISTMAS 
STARTING A NEW YEAR, EVERYONE CHEER
HAVE A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS 

IT WAS JUST ANOTHER CHRISTMAS PARTY
SAME THING EVERY YEAR
PEOPLE DRESSED UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS
AND DRUNK ON CHRISTMAS CHEER
EVERY TIME WE GOT THE CHANCE 
WE'D GET UP AND START TO DANCE
SINGING FA LA LA LA LA LA LA ALL NIGHT LONG

FA LA LA LA  FA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA 
FA LA LA LA  FA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA 

WE WERE STANDING BY THE WATER COOLER
'NEATH THE MISTLETOE 
SINGING DECK THE HALLS AND JINGLE BELLS
WHILE SWAYING TO AND FRO
SHE WALKED IN THE MUSIC STOPPED
EVERYBODY'S JAW JUST DROPPED 
WHEN THEY SAW THAT PRETTY FACE WITH LEGS SO LONG


CAROLERS SINGING, SLEIGH BELLS ARE RINGING
REMINDS ME OF CHRISTMAS 
STARTING A NEW YEAR, EVERYONE CHEER
HAVE A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS 


SHE WAS DRESSED UP LIKE A REINDEER
AND I LOOKED JUST LIKE SAINT NICK
WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULD GUIDE MY SLEIGH
I NEARLY DROPPED A BRICK
SHE GAVE ME A WINSOME GLANCE
SPARKING OUR YULETIDE ROMANCE 
SHE WAS JUST WHAT I WAS MISSING FOR SO LONG


WHEN SHE STARTED INTO KISSING ME
MY KNEES BEGAN TO SHAKE
DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS GOOD OR BAD
WHO CARED, FOR GOODNESS SAKE?
SANTA COMES THIS TIME EACH YEAR 
YOU WILL GET NO QUARREL HERE
WE DID SO MUCH MORE THAN KISSING ALL NIGHT LONG


CAROLERS SINGING, SLEIGH BELLS ARE RINGING
REMINDS ME OF CHRISTMAS 
STARTING A NEW YEAR, EVERYONE CHEER
HAVE A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS 


NEVER KNEW THAT BEING NAUGHTY NICK
COULD EVER FEEL SO NICE
SO I THOUGHT THAT I'D RETURN THE FAVOR
NO BIG SACRIFICE
I JUST DID WHAT SHE PREFERS
AND THE PLEASURE WAS ALL HERS
GOING FA LA LA LA LA LA ALL NIGHT LONG

FA LA LA LA  FA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA 
FA LA LA LA  FA LA LA LA FA LA LA  LA LA 
FA LA LA LA  FA LA LA LA FA LA LA LA LA 
FA LA LA LA  FA LA LA LA FA LA LA  LA LA 


CAROLERS SINGING, SLEIGH BELLS ARE RINGING
REMINDS ME OF CHRISTMAS 
STARTING A NEW YEAR, EVERYONE CHEER
HAVE A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS


CAROLERS SINGING, SLEIGH BELLS ARE RINGING
REMINDS ME OF CHRISTMAS 
STARTING A NEW YEAR, EVERYONE CHEER
HAVE A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS

Heaven by Doxter S on Apple Music

Heaven by Doxter S on Apple Music

Doxter S has been writing, recording, and producing original songs in multiple genres since 2012.  Heaven, the New Release by Doxter S, is number 54, inspired to incorporate the bluegrass sound of mandolin, banjo, and fiddle this ballad about love has lyrics that are heartfelt and includes modest harmonies for the vocals, with a very upbeat and lively drum set accompaniment. Heaven by Doxter S s now on Apple Music.

This song can also be played on acoustic guitar to accompany any vocalist for a more traditional style ballad. The guitar should follow the fiddle between vocal phrases, and can be played finger style to capture the mandolin plucks backing the singer.

Lyrics
Waking at dawn I put a shirt on and start the day
Holding my coffee cup I try to stay awake
Five or six takes without any breaks it’s afternoon
Now the day’s work is done I’ll be home soon
Taking the train it’s starting to rain it’s getting late
Hopping into a cab I try to contemplate
How did I ever come to find love this time around
Now the day’s work is done I’m homeward bound
Darling I need you I need to to see you stay right where you are
Holding you close will wash away the scars
Starting to feel like this could be heaven right here in your arms
Feeling like I belong it feels so right here in your arms
Here in your arms
Laying in bed you cradle my head and stroke my hair
Humming a happy tune you must have heard somewhere
Late in the evening everything’s easy feeling free
Now there is only you and only me
Darling I think that you and I need to stay right where we are
Maybe our love was destined in the stars
Starting to feel like this could be heaven right here in your arms
Feeling like I belong it feels so right here in your arms
Here in your arms

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