Doc Heavyside shares the love with R&B infused jazz single “In Love”

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Doc Heavyside is a jazz pianist, producer, and composer hailing from the Deep South of the United States that currently resides in the Austin, Texas area. Doc’s music is a tasteful and intentional blend of R&B, soul and funk injected with jazz. His track “In Love” blends elements of jazz and R&B and features vocals by Andrea Tyler, drums by Iajhi Hampden, and bass by Jamaal Andrews. The track captures the happiness that comes with love through a peaceful atmosphere that paints an auditory emotional picture.

Doc composed “In Love” as he reflected on a romantic experience. However he does not think the song is limited to an expression of romantic love, but is rather a reflection of love of all kinds. This could be divine love, familial love, romantic love, platonic love and even love for pets. When people hear this song, Doc wants them to reflect on whoever they love and the good times and memories they had with them.

“I think love can solve a lot of problems. When a person is in love, they are very happy and they want everyone around them to be happy too. I think if there were more feelings like that in the world, it would solve a lot of problems…Love draws out the best in us.” he said.

Like most of his music, Doc started creating the song by jamming at the piano. When the music started to take him in a particular emotional direction, the lyrics came as a natural result of his sentimental thoughts and memories.  Next, came the rest of the instrumentation like strings and guitar, which he purposely arranged to compliment the mood of the song. Andrea Tyler’s vocals bring these lyrics to life and uphold the jazz and R&B fusion based atmosphere of the song.

Doc has recently released several songs that encompass the multiple emotional directions love can go in. From tracks like “You Hurt Me” to “Can’t Let You Go” to “Crazy About You,” he enjoys expressing how love can have stages and be multifaceted. Additionally, he enjoys composing tracks that showcase and express his skill as a musician, such as his new track “Heavyside Calculus.”

“The track ‘Heavyside Calculus’ is a bit more musically challenging. I’m focusing more on the technical jazz side of my playing and musical abilities.” he said. Heavyside Calculus is more hard hitting and resembles the musical concept Miles Davis explored in the late 60’s and early 70s with famed rhythm section personnel like Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette. The track delves into the advanced harmonic realm of polyphony as practiced by people like Coltrane and Davis.

Music has been a part of Doc’s entire life. His father was also a jazz pianist, specializing in the boogie-woogie style, which Doc learned from him. Doc also played the saxophone from elementary school to junior high school and became quite skilled at it for someone his age when he reached ninth grade. With teaching from his father and formal music lessons that his mother wanted him to take, he gained a strong foundation in understanding the world of jazz.

Doc started his journey into jazz as a pianist that just wanted to play the piano. However, with years of playing, he’s expanded to being able to call himself a producer and composer. He’s learned how to arrange music and effectively communicates with musicians to direct them on what to play and how to play it.

“I want to continue to build my reputation not only as a musician but as a producer, composer and songwriter. I want to continue to learn how to bring the right musicians and vocalists together to create something that sounds good.” he said.

“In Love” by Doc Heavyside is on streaming services now and you can listen to “Heavyside Calculus” here.

You can experience more layers of love and jazz by following Doc on these platforms:

Website | Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Facebook

The Starlight PR Team thanks Doc Heavyside for taking the time to speak with us.

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GARY BARVE FOR USA PRESIDENT IS THINKING BIG WITH HIS NEW ELVIS-INSPIRED SINGLE, “UNCHAINED MELODY,” AVAILABLE NOW WORLDWIDE

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If there is one phrase that sums up the music of the dynamic 41 year old American Arizona-based singer and Republican 2028 Presidential candidate Gary Barve, it is this: think big.

An aficionado of the American songbook and karaoke favorites, this year Gary Barve began releasing cover songs under the artist name Gary Barve For USA President.

His first released single was “Perfect,” originally sung by Ed Sheeran. Soon after, he released Enrique Iglesias’s “Hero,” Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and Coldplay’s “Fix You,” available worldwide on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal and many more music channels. Gary Barve’s music has been played on radio stations in The USA, England, Spain, Columbia, Sweden and many more countries.

Now comes his latest, a 6-minute version of “Unchained Melody,” the world-famous hit song first popularized by the Righteous Brothers and later immortalized by Elvis Presley.

Whoa, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Gary Barve’s inspiration for his “Unchained Melody” came from the version by Elvis, whom he calls “The One and Only King of Music and the American Music Legend.” Presley’s famous 1977 performances of the song, featuring just Elvis and his piano, are widely regarded for their emotional resonance, showing a singer with a powerful voice and a personality that is truly magnetic, larger than life and electrifying.

Gary Barve wanted to channel that emotiveness of Elvis in his own rendition. Indeed, when he heard the final, mastered version of his own 6 minute cover song “Unchained Melody,” he said “it brought emotions of happiness and at the same time nearly brought a tear to my eye.”

Also like Elvis, Gary Barve’s version of Unchained Melody includes just his vocals and the keyboard. In fact, all of Gary Barve’s music recordings include just his vocals and either keyboard or guitar, recorded at his friend Dave Paris’s Wall Of Sound Productions Recording Studio in the great state of Iowa.

These simple music arrangements create an honesty to Gary Barve’s performances: there is no AI, only simple instrumentation sharing Gary Barve’s artistic vocal melody that emotionally and artistically resonates with his listeners.

A relative newcomer to recording and publishing music, with no formal music coaching to speak of, Gary Barve isn’t letting that stop him. A huge supporter of our President Donald J. Trump, Gary Barve takes inspiration from President Donald J. Trump’s 2008 book, Think Big, which he calls “the greatest book ever written, after The Bible.”

Gary Barve has taken the motto of that book to heart, and releases his music with the highest hopes in mind, including the possibility of chart-topping success.

Gary Barve is also an author and budding entrepreneur. He is the author of the book One Nation Under God, available worldwide on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple iBooks, and he is about to launch his first Luxury Sweet Perfume For Women and Strength Cologne For Men brand in the USA that will most likely be named The President From Gary Barve.

With his highest ambitions in sight in the present and the future: his USA Presidential Campaign to Save America, Gary Barve is also focused on his music, his artistic passion. He wants his listeners to feel the same emotion he feels when listening to “Unchained Melody.” He wants them to feel the power of potential. He wants them to feel that, in America – the “greatest country in the world,” Gary Barve says – anything is possible. As long as you think big, take calculated risks and wise relatively reckless risks, love what you do, never give up and stay loyal to our flag and to our country, The Greatest Country In The World, The United States Of America.

Listen to “Unchained Melody” from Gary Barve For USA President at the links below, and follow Gary Barve on his website and social media.

Official Website | Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music | YouTube | TikTok

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