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

  • 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

Ecstatic, Sprituality, Minimalism, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic, New Age, Breathwork, Positive-Vibe David Stout Ecstatic, Sprituality, Minimalism, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic, New Age, Breathwork, Positive-Vibe David Stout

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

  • Bring In
    a deeper peace
    Exhale
    lay down the weight
    Breath in
    all you see
    and out again
    now deep release

    Be in
    the soaring grace
    Breath out
    the brilliant air
    Inhale
    a vital life
    now out again
    expanding peace

    We’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 name

    Embrace
    be in your skin
    Exhale
    to your toes and down
    Breath in
    to fill the world
    and out again
    to bless the ground

    Be in
    the soaring grace
    Breath out
    the brilliant air
    Inhale
    a vital life
    now out again
    expanding peace

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