Hypnomancer
cinematic songwriter
As a wordsmith, my curiosity and passion for blending diverse musical genres provides an ideal way to explore songwriting as a vehicle for cinematic storytelling. I approach each song as its own world, uniquely set in time, locale, and emotional tone. These vivid narratives include a wide range of characters and accounts from the wired anxiety of an unfolding political intrigue to the fumbled lines of a chance romantic tryst, a moment of prayer, a rant, or an alien encounter on a back country road. The creative scope of these sonic dramas has been greatly expanded by the advent of generative AI, which enables my poetic stories to quite literally drive musical expression. Generative AI sound-making tools allow for quicker production timelines, lower recording costs, and a greater choice of musical setting. More importantly, this emergent technology liberates the songwriter to imagine far beyond the confines of a singular iconic voice to become the multitude we are!
Find many more songs here, from blistering rock to adventurous forays across foreign lands and desolate sci-fi soundscapes. soundcloud.com/iotronik
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Hypnomancer (aka David Stout) is a musical shape shifter exploring the world of hybrid sound cultures blending a wide array of genres from folk, rock, country, jazz, and global fusion to widely divergent electronic styles, abstract soundscapes, minimalism, and contemporary classical music. His compositions, songs, and scores are produced with a variety of instrumental approaches including modular synthesizers, custom soft synths, field recordings, folk instruments, generative AI, and session instrumentalists. David received his MFA in Film-Video & Music from the California Institute of the Arts followed by an active professional career as a professor and celebrated performance director leading diverse interdisciplinary production teams and teaching effective skills for collaboration across the arts. He is among a growing number of multi-disciplinary artists exploring the power and potential of new and emerging media.
Learn more at davidstout.net
Forecasting Emptiness
It all begins with an idea.
Forecasting Emptiness
The poignancy of loss couched in an aura of shame is amplified by the anxiety and inability to hide from the oppressive judgement from others.
Poignant, Wistful, Literate, Melancholy, Introspective, Relationships, Ballad, Folk, Cinematic, Choral, Acoustic Guitar, Dramatic, Singer-Songwriter
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She slipped in this way
Footprints at the door
Some others will say
Some others will sayNo callers today
No cars on the streets
Some others will say
Some others will sayCold nights ahead
Forecasting EMPTINESS
Alone in this bed
Forecasts of EMPTINESS
Heading this wayShe slipped out again
No key for the door
Some others will say
Some others will sayNo silver is set
No blankets or sheets
Some others will say
and others will sayCold nights ahead
Forecasting EMPTINESS
Alone in this bed
Forecasts of EMPTINESSHeading this way
Forecasts of emptiness
A Crossing
It all begins with an idea.
A Crossing
An acoustic folk song unfolds as journal entries made by those fleeing a dangerous life-threatening conflict, invasion or industrial disaster. The chorus is a damning lament against those who would choose chaos over peace.
Ballad, Poignant, Melancholy, Protest, Folk, Cinematic, Introspective, Acoustic Guitar, Singer-Songwriter, Political
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we turned face
at the crossing
tumbled back
toward a town
we fled
before that morning
when the metal rains
fell to the groundwe strayed through
brush and brambles
off the roads
away from crowds
we slept
by day in ditches
inching and uncertain
following the soundwhen you’re summoned by a savior
who disdains all those we love
will you follow blind and willing
will you kiss the empty glove
will you bellow, bleed and kill then
will you shoot the white wing dove?we chanced there
at the river
a shivering child
in tear-stained gown
we fed
her full at morning
and repaired
her golden crownwe turned to face
the current
no falling back
no standing down
we braved
despite the warning,
drones were swarming
gathering in cloudswhen you’re summoned by a savior
who disdains all those we love
will you follow blind and willing
will you kiss the empty glove
will you bellow, bleed and kill then
will you shoot the white wing dove?
Beyond the Size of Me
It all begins with an idea.
Beyond the Size of Me
Set within a fusion of contemporary electronic styles, a nomadic cyborg woman searches through her synthetic memories to discover herself as an indigenous girl looking toward a resplendent future. A time where her ancestor’s world will be gloriously revived to thrive again.
Trip-Hop, IDM, Ambient, Singer-Songwriter, Avantgarde, Experimental, Glitch-Hop, Future Bass, Folktronica, Cloud-Trap, Pop
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all the seasons lost
deer people calling all
toward the shining peak
we see, we see, I see
beyond the size of me
our destiny – unsealedlight was stolen
Sweet smoke leans in
Leans in to our eyes
Sweet tears
Are the tears of our fathers
All those fathers
Who climbed this way,
Way, way back
climbed this way before usway, way, way back
before the sun
that bore us, before the moon
illumined
she wept
into this songtheir sweet smoke sways and circles
my ember heart.
Our trilling tears are iridescent
When remembered
Lives recalledWhen remembered
Lives recalled
all the seasons lost
toward the shining peak
we see, we see, I see
beyond the size of me
our destiny – unsealedbe yours, doesn’t fall
we see, I see
beyond
beyond the size of me
our destiny
Twin Flame
It all begins with an idea.
Twin Flame
Soaring 70’s era British glam rock with impressionistic lyrics for time travelers tells a tale of alienation, loss, and bittersweet illumination. Channeling an uncanny early Bowie vibe, the singer watches from a distance as his old comrades fall in ruin unable to keep pace with life’s challenges.
Anthem, Singer-Songwriter, Poetic, Nostalgic, Glam, Rock, Emotional, Bowiesque, Epic, Introspective
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and those other men left wanting
without wings they cannot fly
though the era they were haunting
left them standing by the sideof the road that glowed in ruin
never reaching far inside
they are frozen left there standing,
when the center starts to slidehere we are a place apart
so near we are to center
here we are a place apart
the port before we enterand those other men left wanting
without wings they cannot fly
in this era we are haunting
wait and watching by and byehere we are a place apart
so near we are to center
here we are a place apart
the port before we enter
here we are a place apart
so near we are to center
here we are a place apart
the port before we enter
Breathe
It all begins with an idea.
Breathe
Expansive electronic lyricism asks the listener to fully embrace themselves to live each moment to its fullest potential, triumphant and fully embodied in one’s own skin.
Ecstatic, Sprituality, Minimalism, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic, New Age, Breathwork, Positive-Vibe
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Bring In
a deeper peace
Exhale
lay down the weight
Breath in
all you see
and out again
now deep releaseBe in
the soaring grace
Breath out
the brilliant air
Inhale
a vital life
now out again
expanding peaceWe’re near and always hold you dear
We see what pins and pains
A breath of fire will mend and clear
Our love surrounds your nameEmbrace
be in your skin
Exhale
to your toes and down
Breath in
to fill the world
and out again
to bless the groundBe in
the soaring grace
Breath out
the brilliant air
Inhale
a vital life
now out again
expanding peace