Hey, there. I'm David Bowles, an educator, writer and musician from the southernmost tip of Texas. My musical training started when I began taking piano lessons at age 7, and over the years I have variously been taught or learned on my own to play keyboards, drums, bass and guitar; I've also been singing in front of people since I could speak (even won some shiny medals in HS choir... whoa, now you REALLY have to check my music out, heh). I have been making original music for 20 years, beginning with a rock band in the late 80s called New Citizens, then moving on to secular cover groups that played in local bars, and (after a loooong hiatus) finally independently working on music using Garage Band. In January of 2007 I independently released my first album, This Insubstantial Pageant, through iTunes and other Internet music sites.

Most of my songs are created using midi interfaces, though I occasionally throw in some live guitar and a virtual drum machine. In composing songs, I research Middle Eastern, Japanese, Latino and African rhythms and melodies, trying to find inspiration to create original pieces with a universal, timeless feel that fits my love of classical world literature.

Enjoy!

Sophomore album

October 13, 2007

Philosophical Zombie

April 10, 2007

Songs for Genji

March 16, 2007

Selling music through Snocap

March 6, 2007

My Album's Out!

January 23, 2007

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
*Absence of Grace	Electronica	Jul 22, 2007	699
*Baby God	Rock	Mar 23, 2008	244
*Blue Misery (Remixed)	Pop	Nov 28, 2007	192
*Crawling	Pop	Oct 12, 2007	497
*David Lynch	Electronica	Dec 26, 2007	282
*Diamonds	Electronica	Sep 18, 2007	605
*Fate is Spinning	Electronica	Apr 25, 2008	223
*Grottoes	Electronica	Dec 19, 2007	182
*I Won't Let You Go	Pop	Mar 8, 2008	347
*Mary's Room	Funk	Aug 12, 2007	254
*Read to Me	Pop	Sep 30, 2007	270
*She Broadens My Soul	Alternative	Jul 28, 2007	392
*Slip Your Skin	Electronica	Sep 7, 2007	262
*Slow Burn	World	Apr 15, 2008	231
*Snowflakes	Pop	Dec 22, 2007	194
*Something That Makes Me Love You	Latin	Nov 4, 2007	589
*The Path	Rock	Aug 19, 2007	303
*Through the Badlands	Rock	Nov 30, 2007	257
-SG1-Shining Prince	World	Mar 25, 2007	344
-SG2-A Demoness Smothers Twilight Beauty	World	Mar 16, 2007	384
-SG3-Turned to Cloud and Rain	World	Mar 18, 2007	404
-SG4-Exiled	World	Mar 25, 2007	398
-SG5-Return to the City of the Moon	World	Oct 19, 2007	191
-SG6-Emperor Reizei	World	Oct 31, 2007	203
2S2S5S-1-Musashi and the Zen Monk	World	Mar 18, 2006	935
2S2S5S-2-Lonely Otsu	World	Mar 7, 2006	698
2S2S5S-3-He is My Son	World	Mar 10, 2006	1119
2S2S5S-4-The Drying Pole	World	Mar 16, 2006	1189
2S2S5S-5-Earth Sphere	World	Apr 6, 2006	744
2S2S5S-6-Water Sphere	World	Apr 7, 2006	1040
2S2S5S-7-Fire Sphere	World	May 26, 2006	545
2S2S5S-8-Wind Sphere	World	Apr 24, 2006	619
2S2S5S-9-Emptiness Sphere	World	Mar 30, 2006	1078
>Andromache's Prayer	Classical	Aug 31, 2006	706
>Ballad of the Boo Hag	Blues	Sep 3, 2006	1031
>Beyond the Oort Cloud	Electronica	Mar 16, 2007	354
>Cherry Trees	Inspirational	Oct 10, 2007	204
>Golden Peak	World	Oct 8, 2006	697
>Icebergs in the Hellas Sea	Electronica	Apr 8, 2007	444
>Revenant of Our Love	Rock	Oct 21, 2007	158
>Xenelasia	Electronica	Feb 15, 2007	417
Blue Misery	Blues	Nov 10, 2007	229
Blue: Fenestration	Electronica	Oct 10, 2007	199
Blue: Jitsu	Classical	Aug 3, 2008	104
Blue: Massacre at the Temple	Alternative	Aug 13, 2008	85
Blue: Osculation	Electronica	Jul 25, 2008	96
Blue: Station City	Electronica	Apr 2, 2007	317
Collaboration- X in Da Club	Hip Hop/Rap	Feb 1, 2007	627
Collaboration-Barsoom Lounge	Electronica	Jul 5, 2006	639
Collaboration-Eldritch Bacchanal	World	Aug 15, 2006	745
Collaboration-Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn	Alternative	Jan 8, 2007	775
Collaboration-Himalayan Trance	World	Jul 27, 2006	890
Collaboration-Monsoon	Ambient	Mar 18, 2007	375
Collaboration-Ronin	World	Jun 25, 2006	812
Collaboration-Something in You	Ska/Reggae/Dub	Sep 24, 2007	493
Cover-Charlie Brown Christmas	Holiday	Dec 10, 2006	628
Cover-China Girl	Rock	Jul 4, 2007	338
Cover-El cielo o Las Vegas	Rock	Sep 17, 2006	835
Cover-Jumpin' Jack Flash	Rock	Aug 22, 2006	1257
Cover-Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Spiritual/Gospel	Apr 25, 2006	1889
Cover-Let's Dance	Rock	Jun 24, 2007	608
Cover-Roxanne	Rock	Feb 18, 2007	1148
Cover-Wu-dong (Blackbird)	Folk	Feb 14, 2006	933
Cover—Once in a Lifetime	Alternative	Aug 4, 2007	492
Myth-Hop-1-Urban Samsara	Hip Hop/Rap	Jan 12, 2006	996
Myth-Hop-2-Urban Moksha	Hip Hop/Rap	Feb 14, 2006	737
Myth-Hop-3-Angel of Death	Hip Hop/Rap	Apr 4, 2006	695
Myth-Hop-4-Minotaur	Hip Hop/Rap	May 13, 2006	1413
Pulp-1-Lady Greystoke	World	Jun 11, 2006	850
Pulp-2-Cimmerian Steel	World	Jun 7, 2006	667
Pulp-3-Armageddon 2419	Electronica	Jun 15, 2006	488
Pulp-4-Solomon Kane Wields the Voodoo Staff	New Age	Jun 20, 2006	989
Pulp-5-The Mountains of Madness	Other	Jul 9, 2006	559
Pulp-6-Incomparable	Classical	Jul 30, 2006	713
PZBS: Cuckoo	Electronica	Mar 5, 2007	327
PZBS: Egoist Anthem	Rock	May 7, 2007	414
PZBS: Pathophage	Alternative	Feb 18, 2007	348
PZBS: Silhouetted Against You	Alternative	Jan 21, 2007	455
PZBS: Sphinx at Thebes	Metal	Apr 1, 2007	445
Ramayana: Battling the Demon Hordes	Industrial	Oct 15, 2006	781
Ramayana: Building the Bridge to Lanka	World	May 22, 2006	2015
Ramayana: Caves of Kishkindha	World	Oct 22, 2006	814
Ramayana: Death's Silver Noose Slipped Round His Soul	World	Mar 28, 2006	615
Ramayana: Hanuman Searches Lanka for Sita	World	Jul 14, 2006	458
Ramayana: Peace in the Vindhya Hills	World	Aug 27, 2007	271
Ramayana: Rakshasi Love (Surpanakha's Lament)	World	Jan 13, 2006	765
Ramayana: Rama Slays the Dandaka Army	Metal	Aug 27, 2007	356
Ramayana: Rama's Sandals on the Throne	World	Oct 17, 2006	463
Ramayana: Sita in Exile	World	Oct 8, 2006	1034
Ramayana: Sita's Abduction	Metal	Sep 25, 2007	319
Ramayana: Surpanakha's Lament	World	Jul 14, 2006	1015
VGR-1-Sunday Afternoon	Latin	May 28, 2006	495
VGR-2-Another Sunday Afternoon	World	May 28, 2006	493