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Pilot 03:28
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Sahara 06:28
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As Time Wears On 03:14
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No Answer 04:23
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Embers 05:43
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Olive 04:45
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Promised Salvation 05:36
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The 11th Hour 05:32
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Quickie 01:11
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Perm 00:37
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Morphine 02:38
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Helix 02:06
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Music Box #7 00:23
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Spare Change 01:28
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Embers was recorded between 1994 - 1995 at my home studio in Northern California and released thru various cassette labels in 1995. This release includes some music compositions I did while studying music at San Jose State University. For example, the piece entitled "Helix" is for solo Clarinet and involves the Clarinetist creating a 12 tone, 2 second loop which when completed then performs over.

This release firmly embeds my recording process into the digital audio world with much of the guitar parts recorded directly to hard disk. It’s funny to even mention this because it is so commonplace now, but for 1995 this was still a fairly expensive undertaking and fraught with many technological roadblocks.

Of course, when I listen to these songs there are many, many things I would like to change, take out, erase, start over, re-record, EQ, re-mix... but..... this is where I was at in 1995. We can only do what we can do and this is my sonic snapshot from 1995.

With this release the first 8 songs are more guitar focused with the later pieces much more influenced by my college studies. For me, college threw me off track a bit from what I really wanted to do and that was to make music with my guitar. I didn’t realize at the time as I was very much into composing new contemporary Classical/Avant-Garde music. It was fun to create this form of music, but the audience was very small and select. After awhile I lost interest in playing my music at colleges and new music conferences.

My next move after ‘Embers’ was to get back into a live performance and I put together a band called HyNGE. That was very enjoyable and we did some of my older tunes like Persistent Discrepancy (Opening Remarks release - 1991), Angular Momentum and Detour (from the first Outer Darkness release - 1989) and some new ones. We ended up recording 1 release before the band disintegrated... I bring this up because the first 8 songs have moments where I envisioned playing them live with a band.

I hope you enjoy the music.

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released January 1, 1995

All songs composed, performed and recorded by Doug Michael
Doug Michael: Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Sound Design, & Sampling

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Doug Michael is a seasoned composer, guitarist, instrument builder, and educator. He’s been a regular featured composer on the syndicated TV show “Planet X,” and scored a Hyundai car commercial narrated by Jeff Bridges. Doug has had television music placements with Pawn Stars (History Channel), Tanked, MTV, Animal Planet, A&E, CBS, This Old House, The Golf Channel among others... ... more

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