Amazing by Doxter S on Spotify

Amazing by Doxter S on Spotify

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.

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!

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

Da Boom by Doxter S on Spotify

Da Boom by Doxter S on Spotify

We are currently experiencing a revival of retro-style musical productions for theater and cinema. Some examples on Broadway are Chicago, Wicked, and Pretty Woman. On the big screen we saw The Entertainer, La La Land, and The Greatest Showman. This New Release, Da Boom by Doxter S, captures in music the rhythm and excitement of a big dance number. The descriptive lyrics take the listener step by step through a complete dance routine. You can’t resist the beat, you must pick up your feet, and dance the night away, until the day breaks Baby! Listen to Da Boom by Doxter S on Spotify.
Lyrics

Move to the beat, dancing to Da Boom, and swing it! 

Shuffle your feet, prance around the room

Now let your arms do the work, swimming through the air

Then make your whole body jerk, shimmy everywhere

And when the beat gets fat, tip your hat, bow to the applause

Ba Da Boom

Stretch out a leg, let it touch the floor, then tap it

Don’t make it vague, let it tap some more

Rise up from down on your knees, spinning on your feet

Then put your hands in the air, waving to the beat

Now throw your head way back, make a laugh, dance arround the room

Ba Da Boom

Ba Da Boom, you get into the groove

The music fills the room, so let your body move

You can’t resist the beat, you must pick up your feet

And dance the night away, until the day breaks Baby

Ba Da Boom will change your attitude

It doesn’t matter whom, it puts you in the mood

With everyone you meet, you just pick up your feet

And dance the night away, come what may

Dancing to Da Boom

Ba Da Boom

Reach out a hand, any one will do, then snap it

At your command, dancing to Da Boom

Now spin around like a top, synchronize your move

The steady beat doesn’t stop, staying in the groove

Just like a chorus line, marking time, makes you want to shout

Ba Da Boom

Ba Da Boom, you get into the groove

The music fills the room, so let your body move

You can’t resist the beat, you must pick up your feet

And dance the night away, until the day breaks Baby

Ba Da Boom will change your attitude

It doesn’t matter whom, it puts you in the mood

With everyone you meet, you just pick up your feet

And dance the night away, come what may

Dancing to Da Boom

Ba Da Boom

Da Boom by Doxter S on Apple Music

Da Boom by Doxter S on Apple Music

We are currently experiencing a revival of retro-style musical productions for theater and cinema. Some examples on Broadway are Chicago, Wicked, and Pretty Woman. On the big screen we saw The Entertainer, La La Land, and The Greatest Showman. This New Release, Da Boom by Doxter S, captures in music the rhythm and excitement of a big dance number. The descriptive lyrics take the listener step by step through a complete dance routine. You can’t resist the beat, you must pick up your feet, and dance the night away, until the day breaks Baby! Listen to Da Boom by Doxter S on Apple Music.
Lyrics

Move to the beat, dancing to Da Boom, and swing it! 

Shuffle your feet, prance around the room

Now let your arms do the work, swimming through the air

Then make your whole body jerk, shimmy everywhere

And when the beat gets fat, tip your hat, bow to the applause

Ba Da Boom

Stretch out a leg, let it touch the floor, then tap it

Don’t make it vague, let it tap some more

Rise up from down on your knees, spinning on your feet

Then put your hands in the air, waving to the beat

Now throw your head way back, make a laugh, dance arround the room

Ba Da Boom

Ba Da Boom, you get into the groove

The music fills the room, so let your body move

You can’t resist the beat, you must pick up your feet

And dance the night away, until the day breaks Baby

Ba Da Boom will change your attitude

It doesn’t matter whom, it puts you in the mood

With everyone you meet, you just pick up your feet

And dance the night away, come what may

Dancing to Da Boom

Ba Da Boom

Reach out a hand, any one will do, then snap it

At your command, dancing to Da Boom

Now spin around like a top, synchronize your move

The steady beat doesn’t stop, staying in the groove

Just like a chorus line, marking time, makes you want to shout

Ba Da Boom

Ba Da Boom, you get into the groove

The music fills the room, so let your body move

You can’t resist the beat, you must pick up your feet

And dance the night away, until the day breaks Baby

Ba Da Boom will change your attitude

It doesn’t matter whom, it puts you in the mood

With everyone you meet, you just pick up your feet

And dance the night away, come what may

Dancing to Da Boom

Ba Da Boom

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

Dorian by Doxter S on Apple Music

Dorian by Doxter S on Apple Music is now available for streaming.

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 on Apple Music

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

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.

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.

Butterfly by Doxter S on Apple Music

Butterfly by Doxter S on Spotify

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.

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 

Masquerade by Doxter S on Apple Music

Masquerade by Doxter S on Apple Music

Masquerade by Doxter S is now available for streaming on 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

Details by Doxter S on Apple Music

Details by Doxter S on Apple Music is a Jazz-Blues song in Em that tells an ages-old story about the morning after – with a hangover of epic proportion. The instrumental phrasing alternates between keyboard and guitar. The rhythm is syncopated with the bass and piano echoing each other. The outro repeats the final statement of the chorus.

Details by Doxter S is number 69 of 73 new and original music written, recorded, and produced at Crimson Studios.

Sounds Like: John Mayall, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Van Morrison

Lyrics

You wake up from another party smoked and drank all night 
Your head is spinning, ears are ringing, eyes can't stand the light
Remember music getting louder, dancing, doing lines of powder
Met a woman with her date. You got into a fight.

You had too many cocktails. You went too far. It's time for you to go.
The Devil's in the Details. She's pulling all the strings now. Don't You Know?

She may have been your soulmate, or your fantasy I guess
A curvy shape with lengthy legs wrapped in a satin dress
A pretty face with hair like flame, but you just can't recall her name
A sexy voice and flirting eyes, she made your mind a mess

You've fallen off of the rails. You won't get far. You don't know where to go.
The Devil's in the Details. She's pulling all the strings now. Don't You Know?

Instrumental

She's just another female. You've come this far. You don't have far to go.
The Devil's in the Details. She's pulling all the strings now. Don't You Know?

You try to find your pants and shoes you're in a strange hotel
Misplaced your keys and wallet and you start to feel unwell
There's water's running in the shower, shampoo scent of spice and flower
Just a silhouette of her you've fallen in her spell

Attempting to escape fails. But you're not trapped. You got nowhere to go.
The Devil's in the Details. She's pulling all the strings now. Don't You Know?

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 6-months. 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.

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