The Coven Song (1min. excerpt, YS app. work sample #1)

from Compositions/Sound Design by Derek Schmidt

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This is part of a larger song cycle I'm currently working on, centered around arcane/occult/pagan experiences. It will also explore identity and community, with queer elements around gender and sexuality, as well as commentary on modern religious culture.

This song is about three women coming together in a coven to amplify their abilities. It's a celebration of women in communion, raising their own power exponentially by binding themselves together. It's a song of connection and weaving, decentering the individual (and toxic individuality) for the greater good.

lyrics

exerpt of lyrics for one soprano voice, but 3 voices overlap all over the song:

It starts with a thread,
a piece of string
It’s weak when it’s on its own
But when you have found
another string,
it’s then that we really know
The string becomes one,
The start of twine,
our strength now will only grow

So braid them, knot them,
build ourselves
Pull them close
And tie them together

One soul is not enough
Raise hands,
And speak:
Tie us together

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from Compositions/Sound Design, track released March 15, 2023

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Derek Schmidt San Francisco, California

Derek Schmidt is a composer, songwriter, and sound designer living in San Francisco. He is a founder and lead musician for electronic pop duo Adonisaurus as well as chamber folk group All My Pretty Ones. Derek recently received a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission to complete his new solo work Major Arcana -a song cycle interpretation of each of the 22 trump cards of the tarot deck. ... more

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