Darren Zieger
Folk music for postmoderns
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Girlfriends - 2026 Remix Girlfriends - 2026 Remix
Inspired by the 1978 Claudia Weill film of the same name.
Night Ride - 2026 Remix Night Ride - 2026 Remix
From my deep archives, something I wrote when I was 16, based on a poem by my friend, Dave Mountain. The story veers away from the source and gets kind of weird, but the first verse is a direct lift from his poem.
The Ben 'n' Jerry Bop The Ben 'n' Jerry Bop
A novelty song about a very specific junk food obsession.
Future Shock - 2025 Remix Future Shock - 2025 Remix
A little item from the dawn of the World Wide Web...
Lobotomy Song - 2025 Remix Lobotomy Song - 2025 Remix
Written during my stint with the legendary Miami comedy improv troupe, Mental Floss. I performed this countless times over the years.
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Note about the "2025/2026 Remixes." Since I don't currently have the resources to book studio time or musicians, I am polishing my old demos in Suno. I'm doing my best to keep Suno from making alterations to my compositions, and succeeding about two thirds of the time, but it is an uphill battle. For the sake of transparency, I am making an effort to delineate all of the (usually very slight) alterations Suno has made to the recordings, but it will take a while.
In the meantime, once you've heard a "remix" to hear how I want the song to sound, you may want to scroll down to the original demo, which, in a few cases, will be a better representation of how the song _goes_.
Until I've finished those notes, I can tell you that everything except "Celestial Street" (which goes off the rails at about the 3:30 mark) is close to identical to my original compositions, with tiny changes in chord voicings (i.e. choice of inversions, etc.) or slight interpretations of the melody that any singer would make in a cover version anyway.
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I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?).
I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida.
As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Essex, MD
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