Har
@ambientguitarist.bsky.social
Ex-ambient artist, turned prog/metalgaze/atmospheric rock (as Har and Failover).
Guitarist for Elmodic.
Guitarist/bassist/Chapman Stickist for Christus & The Cosmonaughts.
Cat-dad. Spicy food enthusiast.
https://ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/
Guitarist for Elmodic.
Guitarist/bassist/Chapman Stickist for Christus & The Cosmonaughts.
Cat-dad. Spicy food enthusiast.
https://ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/
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Circularity, by Failover
11 track album
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com
I'm excited to announce the release of "Circularity" - the first full-length eleven song album from my solo heavy progressive rock/atmospheric rock project, Failover.
Available now at Bandcamp, and soon on most other music retail and streaming platforms.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/album/circul...
Available now at Bandcamp, and soon on most other music retail and streaming platforms.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/album/circul...
My new album "Circularity" (along with all of my other Failover releases) is now available to stream on Tidal! Follow me there and add to your playlists at: tidal.com/artist/20470...
#FuckOffSpotify
#FuckOffSpotify
Failover
See the releases of Failover on TIDAL
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November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My new album "Circularity" (along with all of my other Failover releases) is now available to stream on Tidal! Follow me there and add to your playlists at: tidal.com/artist/20470...
#FuckOffSpotify
#FuckOffSpotify
About "Evolve or Die" from my new Failover album: the ONLY actual guitar on the song is the solo in the middle! Aside from vocals and drums, everything else including the heavy riffing and clean, shimmering parts were played on 5-string & 8-string bass.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/track/evolve...
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/track/evolve...
Evolve or Die, by Failover
from the album Circularity
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
About "Evolve or Die" from my new Failover album: the ONLY actual guitar on the song is the solo in the middle! Aside from vocals and drums, everything else including the heavy riffing and clean, shimmering parts were played on 5-string & 8-string bass.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/track/evolve...
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/track/evolve...
Huge thanks to Rusty Hodge at the awesome @somafm.com for his review of my new Failover album "Circularity"!! 😀
#newmusic #progrock #atmosphericrock #heavyprogMy h
#newmusic #progrock #atmosphericrock #heavyprogMy h
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Huge thanks to Rusty Hodge at the awesome @somafm.com for his review of my new Failover album "Circularity"!! 😀
#newmusic #progrock #atmosphericrock #heavyprogMy h
#newmusic #progrock #atmosphericrock #heavyprogMy h
My album "Circularity" (and my other Failover releases) is now available on most online music retailers & streaming platforms (except Spotify, for reasons I explained earlier) for you to stream or (cough) purchase...links in the comments.
Thanks again as always for supporting independent music!
Thanks again as always for supporting independent music!
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My album "Circularity" (and my other Failover releases) is now available on most online music retailers & streaming platforms (except Spotify, for reasons I explained earlier) for you to stream or (cough) purchase...links in the comments.
Thanks again as always for supporting independent music!
Thanks again as always for supporting independent music!
I'm excited to announce the release of "Circularity" - the first full-length eleven song album from my solo heavy progressive rock/atmospheric rock project, Failover.
Available now at Bandcamp, and soon on most other music retail and streaming platforms.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/album/circul...
Available now at Bandcamp, and soon on most other music retail and streaming platforms.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/album/circul...
Circularity, by Failover
11 track album
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'm excited to announce the release of "Circularity" - the first full-length eleven song album from my solo heavy progressive rock/atmospheric rock project, Failover.
Available now at Bandcamp, and soon on most other music retail and streaming platforms.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/album/circul...
Available now at Bandcamp, and soon on most other music retail and streaming platforms.
ambientguitarist.bandcamp.com/album/circul...
Hey everyone: Halloween is coming...and so is the new Failover album, finally arriving October 31st, 2025. 😃
Eleven new songs. Over four years in the making.
Songs about life.
Songs about death and near-death.
And songs about deep water.
The countdown starts now...see you on Halloween. 😁
Eleven new songs. Over four years in the making.
Songs about life.
Songs about death and near-death.
And songs about deep water.
The countdown starts now...see you on Halloween. 😁
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey everyone: Halloween is coming...and so is the new Failover album, finally arriving October 31st, 2025. 😃
Eleven new songs. Over four years in the making.
Songs about life.
Songs about death and near-death.
And songs about deep water.
The countdown starts now...see you on Halloween. 😁
Eleven new songs. Over four years in the making.
Songs about life.
Songs about death and near-death.
And songs about deep water.
The countdown starts now...see you on Halloween. 😁
As I continue to put the finishing touches on the new album (yeah, I know it's now weeks late), it becomes more and more obvious that it will need to be released with a warning label stating: "Clearly written and mixed by a bass player." 😁
#NewMusic
#NewMusic
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As I continue to put the finishing touches on the new album (yeah, I know it's now weeks late), it becomes more and more obvious that it will need to be released with a warning label stating: "Clearly written and mixed by a bass player." 😁
#NewMusic
#NewMusic
5 songs into the new album mastering & I realized I totally forgot to record a vocal part I wanted to do months ago. D'oh.
Out comes the #Copperphone! I just plugged it straight into the RME's preamp instead of my usual vox rig & plunked it on my desk. Git 'er done.
(yeah, my desk is a mess)
Out comes the #Copperphone! I just plugged it straight into the RME's preamp instead of my usual vox rig & plunked it on my desk. Git 'er done.
(yeah, my desk is a mess)
August 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
5 songs into the new album mastering & I realized I totally forgot to record a vocal part I wanted to do months ago. D'oh.
Out comes the #Copperphone! I just plugged it straight into the RME's preamp instead of my usual vox rig & plunked it on my desk. Git 'er done.
(yeah, my desk is a mess)
Out comes the #Copperphone! I just plugged it straight into the RME's preamp instead of my usual vox rig & plunked it on my desk. Git 'er done.
(yeah, my desk is a mess)
Dear Instagram: it doesn't matter how many times you keep shoving sped-up videos of people sanding wood or joining pipes together into my feed and calling it "so satisfying", I still won't give a flying fuck.
August 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Dear Instagram: it doesn't matter how many times you keep shoving sped-up videos of people sanding wood or joining pipes together into my feed and calling it "so satisfying", I still won't give a flying fuck.
ALBUM UPDATE: The new Failover album mix is officially DONE. 😃
Eleven new songs. Over three years in the making.
Time to start mastering. Hoping to release it by the first week of September.
#NewMusic #AtmosphericRock #HeavyProgressiveRock #HardRock
Eleven new songs. Over three years in the making.
Time to start mastering. Hoping to release it by the first week of September.
#NewMusic #AtmosphericRock #HeavyProgressiveRock #HardRock
July 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
ALBUM UPDATE: The new Failover album mix is officially DONE. 😃
Eleven new songs. Over three years in the making.
Time to start mastering. Hoping to release it by the first week of September.
#NewMusic #AtmosphericRock #HeavyProgressiveRock #HardRock
Eleven new songs. Over three years in the making.
Time to start mastering. Hoping to release it by the first week of September.
#NewMusic #AtmosphericRock #HeavyProgressiveRock #HardRock
R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne. :(
July 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne. :(
Doing some RX hiss removal on a Chapman Stick bass track for the new Failover album. Interesting how you can clearly see the regular rotating timbral sweeps of the phase shifter.
June 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Doing some RX hiss removal on a Chapman Stick bass track for the new Failover album. Interesting how you can clearly see the regular rotating timbral sweeps of the phase shifter.
Bought myself a late burfday present...it's New Guitar Day! 😃
Say hello to LPA! As in: "It's not a Les Paul, it's a Les Paul Adjacent." 😁
Say hello to LPA! As in: "It's not a Les Paul, it's a Les Paul Adjacent." 😁
June 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Bought myself a late burfday present...it's New Guitar Day! 😃
Say hello to LPA! As in: "It's not a Les Paul, it's a Les Paul Adjacent." 😁
Say hello to LPA! As in: "It's not a Les Paul, it's a Les Paul Adjacent." 😁
My thanks once again to John Shanahan for including my track "Impact Scars (Landing Scars Ambient Remix)" by Failover in the latest Episode 444 of @hypnagoguepodcast.bsky.social !! 😃
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Episode 443
Here’s another one that comes rippin’ out of the starting blocks! We’ll spend a good chunk of our time together digging around in the library to round out the voyage. And as it tu…
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May 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My thanks once again to John Shanahan for including my track "Impact Scars (Landing Scars Ambient Remix)" by Failover in the latest Episode 444 of @hypnagoguepodcast.bsky.social !! 😃
hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/05/08/e...
hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/05/08/e...
Not a bad little song from before I had upped my mixing game, but it turned out OK enough, I guess. 🙂
From my ill-fated "2063" concept albums project about a time travel experiment gone wrong. Nobody seemed interested, so I gave it up. Perhaps I'll revisit it again someday...
vimeo.com/139131009
From my ill-fated "2063" concept albums project about a time travel experiment gone wrong. Nobody seemed interested, so I gave it up. Perhaps I'll revisit it again someday...
vimeo.com/139131009
Har - Sunset 2063 (Official Lyric Video)
"Sunset 2063 (Official Lyric Video)" is the first official music video from "2063, Part I: Wish", the first "episode" for the new solo…
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May 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Not a bad little song from before I had upped my mixing game, but it turned out OK enough, I guess. 🙂
From my ill-fated "2063" concept albums project about a time travel experiment gone wrong. Nobody seemed interested, so I gave it up. Perhaps I'll revisit it again someday...
vimeo.com/139131009
From my ill-fated "2063" concept albums project about a time travel experiment gone wrong. Nobody seemed interested, so I gave it up. Perhaps I'll revisit it again someday...
vimeo.com/139131009
POV: you're sitting here, really sick and tired of seeing a bunch of Reels, Stories and memes in your feed with a title that starts with "POV:...".
March 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
POV: you're sitting here, really sick and tired of seeing a bunch of Reels, Stories and memes in your feed with a title that starts with "POV:...".
I don't care what anyone says about analog hiss adding "mojo" or any other vague intangible...I'm getting rid of that shit from my bass tracks, dammit. 😁
February 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I don't care what anyone says about analog hiss adding "mojo" or any other vague intangible...I'm getting rid of that shit from my bass tracks, dammit. 😁
Dream last night: I was getting ready to sit in on guitar with a band I didn't know, playing a song I've never played guitar on (Tom Petty's "I Need To Know", which I've only played live on bass) & replacing a guy who also showed up to play & was clearly pissed off about what was happening. Weird.
February 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Dream last night: I was getting ready to sit in on guitar with a band I didn't know, playing a song I've never played guitar on (Tom Petty's "I Need To Know", which I've only played live on bass) & replacing a guy who also showed up to play & was clearly pissed off about what was happening. Weird.
Question: does anyone actually download albums they get online, & if so-do they read any inserts (say, in PDF format w/lyrics, etc) that might be included? I've always put the effort into them; kind of a throwback to the old days of album gatefolds, I guess. Worth it? Or am I just jerking off...?
February 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Question: does anyone actually download albums they get online, & if so-do they read any inserts (say, in PDF format w/lyrics, etc) that might be included? I've always put the effort into them; kind of a throwback to the old days of album gatefolds, I guess. Worth it? Or am I just jerking off...?
Interesting technical ironies: my live bass rig centers around my Eden amp that I've had for a very long time, with a SansAmp BDDI hitting the front of it. And now I'm basically (ha! Geddit?) using a virtual version of that for some of my recorded bass tracks. 😀
January 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Interesting technical ironies: my live bass rig centers around my Eden amp that I've had for a very long time, with a SansAmp BDDI hitting the front of it. And now I'm basically (ha! Geddit?) using a virtual version of that for some of my recorded bass tracks. 😀
One of the things I've learned the hard way about mixing is: after a certain point in the evening, I can no longer trust either my ears or my brain to be accurate & use rational thought processes anymore, so I must walk away & call it a night. Otherwise: wake up to "what the fuck was I thinking?"🤣
January 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
One of the things I've learned the hard way about mixing is: after a certain point in the evening, I can no longer trust either my ears or my brain to be accurate & use rational thought processes anymore, so I must walk away & call it a night. Otherwise: wake up to "what the fuck was I thinking?"🤣
Whilst mixing during my week off, trying to make sure I enforce my self-imposed "stop & give your ears a break at least every 30 minutes" rule, to try to keep ear fatigue in check. There's nothing like losing all your top end, overcompensating, and the next day listening to a tin can full of bees. 😬
December 26, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Whilst mixing during my week off, trying to make sure I enforce my self-imposed "stop & give your ears a break at least every 30 minutes" rule, to try to keep ear fatigue in check. There's nothing like losing all your top end, overcompensating, and the next day listening to a tin can full of bees. 😬
Happy Rush Day!! 😁
#YouEitherGetItOrYouDoNot
#YouEitherGetItOrYouDoNot
December 21, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Happy Rush Day!! 😁
#YouEitherGetItOrYouDoNot
#YouEitherGetItOrYouDoNot
December 21, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Yeah, I know I haven't posted anything in a while. Been a bit occupied lately doing stuff, as well as things.
December 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Yeah, I know I haven't posted anything in a while. Been a bit occupied lately doing stuff, as well as things.