Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
Been pushing some creative flow ahead of the Blog and Podcast lately and as bad as that is I think sometimes it is necessary because you have to take those creative sparks and start those fires when you can. That being said, time management is important too so I have a renewed focus on carving out the time to keep up with blog submissions as well as curating music for the podcast.
The world is totally insane right now. Being a dreamer is maybe the only way to survive. My debut Album "Dying Star" under the Donker moniker came out on Bandcamp June 28th.
What started out as my weird campfire songs grew into full fledged productions. Chris Magallon (drums) from the LA band The Pocket Rockets lent his superb skills on 2 tracks and my former band mate Matt Donaldson lent his guitar work on 3 tracks all from 2.200 miles away and elevated the songs they worked on. I am so grateful to them and opening their emails felt like Christmas every time.
The track Always Is- is a deeply personal survival song, Shadow Box Butterfly is about transitioning and acceptance, High is rooted in spousal abuse and Dying Star is broken physical bonds of love and losing your identity.
I am hoping you will take a listen and let me know what you think.
See Bandcamp and Soundcloud, a link to more info on myself and the the Dying Star project (including brief comments on some of the tracks, BIO and photos) as well as a link to the official video for "Always Is" - "Dying Star" and a lyric video for "Captain Fantastic".
Cheers- !!
Robb
donker1.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/user-43149594/sets/dying-star
americanpancake.com/p/donker-journey-in-progress-during-goal.html
youtube.com/watch?v=u9d3IYEgufQ
youtube.com/watch?v=cVA1KvUI7yE
youtube.com/watch?v=VxMqRIc88Ys
Been pushing some creative flow ahead of the Blog and Podcast lately and as bad as that is I think sometimes it is necessary because you have to take those creative sparks and start those fires when you can. That being said, time management is important too so I have a renewed focus on carving out the time to keep up with blog submissions as well as curating music for the podcast.
The world is totally insane right now. Being a dreamer is maybe the only way to survive. My debut Album "Dying Star" under the Donker moniker came out on Bandcamp June 28th.
What started out as my weird campfire songs grew into full fledged productions. Chris Magallon (drums) from the LA band The Pocket Rockets lent his superb skills on 2 tracks and my former band mate Matt Donaldson lent his guitar work on 3 tracks all from 2.200 miles away and elevated the songs they worked on. I am so grateful to them and opening their emails felt like Christmas every time.
The track Always Is- is a deeply personal survival song, Shadow Box Butterfly is about transitioning and acceptance, High is rooted in spousal abuse and Dying Star is broken physical bonds of love and losing your identity.
I am hoping you will take a listen and let me know what you think.
See Bandcamp and Soundcloud, a link to more info on myself and the the Dying Star project (including brief comments on some of the tracks, BIO and photos) as well as a link to the official video for "Always Is" - "Dying Star" and a lyric video for "Captain Fantastic".
Cheers- !!
Robb
donker1.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/user-43149594/sets/dying-star
americanpancake.com/p/donker-journey-in-progress-during-goal.html
youtube.com/watch?v=u9d3IYEgufQ
youtube.com/watch?v=cVA1KvUI7yE
youtube.com/watch?v=VxMqRIc88Ys
