Don't Give Up the Ship

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Don't Give Up
the Ship

An allegorical song about an imperfect country in turmoil and the inflection point at which it finds itself in the wake of an insurrection.

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Through his atmospheric, energetic music, Escape the Clouds brings to life vivid stories of wondrous worlds, fascinating characters, and memorable adventures blending “What if?” ideas and real history.

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Through his atmospheric, energetic music, Escape the Clouds brings to life vivid stories of wondrous worlds, fascinating characters, and memorable adventures blending “What if?” ideas and real history.

“10 out of 10 Zeppelins.”
– Marcus Gilman, Daily Steampunk
   Until the End Review

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Escape the Clouds

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A captain may want the glory, but he'll go nowhere without that hardworking crew below decks who keep the fires lit and the engines running: The Boiler Snipes! This steampunk song is dedicated to my fellow union members around the world. #UnionStrong "The Boiler Snipes" is off of my EP The Gears of Change: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/album/the-gears-of-change Tech note: The guitar I'm using is a Blackstar Carry On travel guitar ( https://amzn.to/3DYJvOo ). I'm doing some repairs on my usual guitar at the moment. = About Me = As Escape the Clouds, I make original music inspired by steampunk concepts and real history. Purchase my music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
What if "Jack" the Ripper was actually a woman, living in the Victorian Era, where women had few rights? What if she was married to a surgeon who spent his nights with prostitutes and died of an STD, leaving her with only the same disease and, by law, little else to her name? What if she directed her rage (and her secondhand knowledge of anatomy) at the unfortunate women who her husband preferred and the legal system that oppressed her? This... is the story within "The Surgeon's Widow." This is probably one of my darkest tracks, if not THE darkest released so far. It's inspired by a Dragon Con discussion panel on the real conditions women endured in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. My story may be fiction, but the history that inspires it is certainly not. The song is available on my third album, Until the End. Visit www.EscapeTheClouds.com to purchase it. Tech note: The guitar I'm using is a Blackstar Carry On travel guitar ( https://amzn.to/3DYJvOo ). I'm doing some repairs on my usual instrument at the moment. = About Me = As Escape the Clouds, I make original music inspired by steampunk concepts and real history. Purchase my music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
Escape the Clouds performing the title song off his album Until the End in his home studio. The album is available at: https://escapetheclouds.com/escape-the-clouds-music/until-the-end/ = About Me = As Escape the Clouds, I make original music inspired by steampunk concepts and real history. Purchase my music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
I'm somewhat of a gear nerd, and like to watch rig breakdowns from other performers. I figured I'd try making my own rig breakdown. My setup's not the biggest or most complex, but it works for me. I'm a solo performer, so I try to keep things simpler for performance, setup, and transport. * I filmed this starting before sunrise at SWFL SteamCon, an awesome local steampunk convention in Southwest FL. * Featured song: "By Lantern Light" off my instrumental album Machine Language: https://escapetheclouds.com/escape-the-clouds-music/machine-language/ * Below are affiliate links for the gear I use. If you purchase something via these links, I may get a small cut. = PA System = * Electro-Voice ELX-200 12SP Subwoofer: https://amzn.to/3TtZREh * Electro-Voice ELX-200 12P Powered Loudspeaker: https://amzn.to/3TreLew * On-Stage SS7746 Adjustable Subwoofer Pole: https://amzn.to/3T3Snbl = Mic Stand = * Hercules MS533B Hideaway Boom Stand: https://amzn.to/3rWBraE * Shure SM58: https://amzn.to/3s4YShT = Control and Mixing = * Microsoft Surface Pro 7+: https://amzn.to/3MC4Sbv * Behringer Flow 8 Mixer: https://amzn.to/3MB32rB * Lekato MS-1 Wireless Monitor System: https://amzn.to/3euiR6R * MEE audio M6 PRO In-Ear Monitors: https://amzn.to/3MBgaNg = Guitar and Pedalboard = * Boss GT-1000CORE: https://amzn.to/3EHsOIE * TC Helicon-G XT: https://amzn.to/3Trf8pq * Pedaltrain Nano: https://amzn.to/3S4Xzu6 * Epiphone Les Paul Standard: https://amzn.to/3RZjlzv * Lekato 5.8Ghz Wireless Guitar System: https://amzn.to/3RZ5c5e = Percussion = * Korg Wavedrum WD-X: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=Korg+Wavedrum+WD-X&_sacat=0 * Korg Wavedrum Stand ST-WD: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=korg+wavedrum+stand&_sacat=0 = Accessories = * Custom Wall Scroll: https://customwallscrolls.com/ * Wash Light: https://amzn.to/3VtJkSy -= About Me =- As Escape the Clouds, I make original music inspired by steampunk concepts and real history. Purchase my music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
"The Sins of the Godly" imagines the Devil as an airship-flying instigator. The original version's available on my album Until the End: https://escapetheclouds.com/escape-the-clouds-music/until-the-end/ This was recorded during my second set at SWFL SteamCon (http://www.SWFLSteamCon.com), an awesome local steampunk convention in Fort Myers, FL. -= About Me =- As Escape the Clouds, I make original music inspired by steampunk concepts and real history. Purchase my music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
My daughter racing a teapot racer for the first time, using a racer we had built in a Dragon Con 2022 panel the day before. Lots of ridiculous fun the next morning at the Splendid Teapot Races. 🙂 She loves otters, so we covered it in otters, and named it "Ottermatic Drive".
"What Remains" is my first song on the Roland MC-101 groovebox, basically a learning exercise to teach myself how to use the machine. It's a great piece of kit. This song will be featured on my next collection of electronic instrumentals. Purchase my most recent collection of instrumentals--Machine Language--here: https://escapetheclouds.com/escape-the-clouds-music/machine-language/ Track Breakdown: Track 1: Drums. A custom kit built out of stock drum sounds, tweaked, plus some original imported percussion samples. Track 2: Imported piano sample, given a "LoFi" treatment in the machine. Track 3: Acoustic bass preset. Track 4: A balalaika sample, processed in the machine into a key/pad sound. -= About Me =- Escape the Clouds makes music inspired by steampunk fiction and real history, along with a variety of instrumentals. Purchase his music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
Escape the Clouds rehearsing his protest song "Little Revolutions" off his EP The Gears of Change. Originally inspired by the anonymous Tank Man of Tiananmen Square, it is a song for oppressed people everywhere. One voice, once moment, one person standing up for what's right.... it can lead to momentous change in the world. From EtC: "I am half-Cuban, and visited the island in 2018. Watching the recent uprisings and unrest over there has been heartwrenching. Cuba has never truly been free, living under the boots of oppressive, opportunistic dictators since its inception. I hope one day the people finally experience the freedom they deserve." -= The Music =- Escape the Clouds makes music inspired by real history and steampunk fiction. Purchase his EP The Gears of Change at the following links. * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/... * iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-... * Amazon: https://amzn.com/B08176VJ6L * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com
Some brief highlights from the musical journeys of Escape the Clouds, including live performances and music videos. -= The Music =- Escape the Clouds makes music inspired by steampunk fiction and real history, along with a variety of instrumentals. Purchase his music at the following links. * Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com * Bandcamp: https://escapetheclouds.bandcamp.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4diAu0ghMcQoSxiIyXAjd1
Steampunk artist Escape the Clouds finishing off his vampire love song "Louisiana Sunrise" live at SWFL SteamCon. ( https://www.swflsteamcon.com/ ) To see where you can catch him live, visit: http://EscapeTheClouds.com/shows.php Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/escapetheclouds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapetheclouds Video: Filmed by Ed King.
Performing a solo instrumental off my upcoming Escape the Clouds album. This original song, "Towards Distant Shores," was originally written for baritone ukulele. Wanting to explore new sounds, I reconfigured my Artiphon Instrument 1 in the appropriate tuning, created a melancholy custom patch in my Arturia Microfreak, and linked them, with reverb from my little Korg Pandora Mini. == Original, steampunk-inspired music and videos == Official Site: http://www.EscapeTheClouds.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapetheclouds/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapetheclouds/
My third composition on the SP-404A. Just something simple and chill, using the pattern sequencer. * Piano loops composed on OP-Z and sampled using the 404's vinyl sim effect. * Bass created using an OP-Z synth engine. * Kicks/Hats are original sounds, resampled/processed on the 404. * Snaps/Claps recorded via the 404's onboard microphone and resampled/processed onboard the 404.
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