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Fireflies, a sweetly sad song about a relationship that has one last good night left. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #Fireflies #BreakupSong #sadsongs #sadmusic #musicshorts #songclips #SongwriterStories #RichardDaub #sadandsweet #MusicianSky #pianosong

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 03/10/2026

Omitted From the Obituary, a song about a man who abandons his own kids to become a Checkbook Jesus for another family. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #familyestrangement #toxicparents #indiefolk #storysong #omittedfromtheobituary #RichardDaub #MusicianSky #IndieMusicSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 02/10/2026

The full-length video for my cover of the Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace" is now streaming on YouTube, a tribute to the Grateful Dead and to all the brokedown palaces I've lived and listened to their music. 📺richarddaub.com #GratefulDead #DeadCover #indiemusician #RichardDaub #Deadhead

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 01/10/2026

The full-length video for the song "Don't Make a Fuss" is now streaming on YouTube. While life ain't easy, sometimes it's best to let go of the daily grind at the end of the day. 📺richarddaub.com #indiemusician #catlife #acousticvibes #RichardDaub #catvibes #CatSky #LetItBe

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 30/09/2026

You Still Are, an original song about how the younger person we used to be is still there inside us, even when years and years of life are piled on top of it. 🎧 richarddaub.com #YouStillAre #GrowingOlder #AcousticVibes #AcousticMusic #Life #LostYouth #MusicianSky #IndieMusicSky #AcousticSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 29/09/2026

Lit Agent, a song about a writer who gave up as an artist in exchange for the glitz and glamour of the Manhattan Literary Agent world. 🎧 richarddaub.com #LitAgent #LiteraryAgent #SongwriterStories #NewMusicDiscovery #Writing #WritingLife #litarature #QueryLetter #MusicianSky #IndieMusicSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 28/09/2026

Square Peg Lover, an original song about having a crush on Patty Greene, a nerdy girl from the short-lived 1980s sitcom Square Pegs, played by Sarah Jessica Parker. 🎧 richarddaub.com #SquarePegs #SarahJessicaParker #80sNostalgia #RetroTV #NewMusicDiscovery #SongwriterStories #tvsitcom #MusicianSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 27/09/2026

Fireflies, an original song about the arrival of the end of a relationship that still has one more night left. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #Fireflies #NowPlaying #SummerNights #BreakupSong #musiciansontiktok #sadsongs #MusicianSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 26/09/2026

Gunther's Tap Room is a jazzy song that pays tributes to one of the last watering holes Jack Kerouac frequented while living with his mother in Northport, Long Island. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #Kerouac #Jazzy #Beatnik #Northport #LongIsland #MusicianLife #DharmaBum #MusicianSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 25/09/2026

"A screaming Arc" explores alienation, channeling the bleak tension of the early '80s Cold War, Roger Waters-era Pink Floyd, & Thomas Pynchon paranoia. 🎧 richarddaub.com #AScreamingArc #PinkFloydVibes #ExistentialMusic #DarkWave #IndieMusic #ThomasPynchon #Paranoia #DystopianVibes #MusicianSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 24/09/2026

Don't Make a Fuss is a song about balancing the quiet pressure of daily survival, the weight regret, and the masks we wear to hide our vulnerabilities. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #IndieMusic #CatReels #Relatable #HumanCondition #CuteCats #AcousticMusic #MusicianSky #IndieMusicSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 23/09/2026

Brief Endless Sun, an original song about how life is so brief under our relatively endless sun, and how we spend too much time worrying about what ultimately doesn't matter. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #OriginalMusic #ArtistToWatch #Songclip #sun #life #OutNow #musicsky #IndieMusicSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 22/09/2026

Last Thursday's Wine, an original acoustic blues tune about the regrets of someone who can't stop drinking wine or living in the past. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #OriginalMusic #acousticblues #bluesmusic #wine #regret #newmusic #bluesplaylist

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 21/09/2026

Wax the Rabbit, an original song about cruising the parking lot of the Spit nightclub (aka Uncle Sam's) on Long Island in the early 1990s in a rusty 1978 Volkswagen Rabbit. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #OriginalMusic #indieartist #LongIsland #Volkswagen #Rabbit #Cruising #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 20/09/2026

Omitted From the Obituary, an original song about a man who lived a difficult life but was unable to face its difficulties and simply left them all behind. 🎧 LISTEN TO FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #IndieMusic #OriginalMusic #IndieRock #SingerSongwriter #estrangement #divorce #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 19/09/2026

No Dad of Mine, an original song about a kid who gets caught between his real father and his stepfather and doesn't know where to go. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #IndieMusic #OriginalMusic #IndieRock #SingerSongwriter #Divorce #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 18/09/2026

Summer Rain, an instrumental track with soothing guitar arpeggio over the recording of a summer thunderstorm outside the recording studio. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #SummerRain #Instrumental #IndieMusic #OriginalMusic #MusicianSky #musicsky #rainyday

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 17/09/2026

NEW ALBUM! Richard Daub II streaming everywhere now! Tracks: Summer Rain | No Dad of Mine | Omitted From the Obituary | Wax the Rabbit | Square Peg Lover | Lit Agent... more 🎧 INFO: richarddaub.com #SingerSongwriter #NewAlbum #IndieMusic #OriginalMusic #HumanMusic #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 17/09/2026

Tracy and the Big Sombrero, a song about a crush on a second cousin during a family vacation in Tampa, and passing by the old Tampa Stadium. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #SingerSongwriter #OriginalBallad #IndieMusic #Tampa #BigSombrero #SecondCousin #FirstCrush #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 16/09/2026

Nothing Left But Night, a song about reaching the end of the road and making peace with it. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #SingerSongwriter #OriginalMusic #TheEnd #OriginalSong #indieartist #GoodBye #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 16/09/2026

42nd Street, a song inspired by the Times Square area of old in New York City where there wasn't a tourist in sight and you can find nearly any vice you wanted. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #CoolJazz #CoolMusic #WildSide #SingerSongwriter #TimesSquare #42ndStreet #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 15/09/2026

El Farolito, a song inspired by a visit to the El Farolito Bar in The Mission District of San Francisco when a stranger in town needed to rest his weary feet. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #AcousticVibes #SpanishGuitar #Acoustic #SanFrancisco #TheMission #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 14/09/2026

At Some Point, a song about how, sooner or later, all good things come to an end, but also so do the bad things. A tune with a bit of a Wilco vibe. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #IndiePop #indieartist #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #PopRock #WilcoVibes #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 13/09/2026

Owls on the Propeller, a wise acoustic tune about keeping your wits as everyone else around loses theirs. Loosely inspired by Pink Floyd's Pigs on the Wing. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #SingerSongwriter #AcousticMusic #AcousticMusic #PinkFloydVibe #KeepYourWits #MusicianSky #musicsky #Acoustic

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 12/09/2026

I Cried, an original ditty about the overwhelming grief felt after a man has to leave his lover behind on the ferry pier and go home by himself. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #Lovesong #MusicVideoShort #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #RomanticShorts #sadromantic #ferry #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 11/09/2026

I Saw Leonard Cohen in a Bookstore, a song by Richard Daub based on a dream about the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter. From the album Songs From the Barn. 🎧 FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #LeonardCohen #MusicVideoShort #indieartist #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #MusicianSky #musicsky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 10/09/2026

Lonely desert, a mellow song about being exposed by the expanse of the unfeeling desert, where there is nowhere to hide from yourself. Sort of a Joshua Tree vibe, perhaps. 🎧 LISTEN TO FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #Songclip #MusicVideoShort #indieartist #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #MusicianSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 09/09/2026

The Greater Massapequas, a rap song about growing up in Massapequa on the South Shore of Long Island during the 1980s. This original tune is from the album Songs From the Barn by Richard Daub. 🎧 LISTEN TO FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #Massapequa #LongIsland #HipHop #RapMusic #Songclip #IndieMusic

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 08/09/2026

arl Anthony, a punk song tribute to the legendary left-handed professional champion bowler, who always seemed to do well during his trips to the Garden City Bowl on Long Island. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #PunkRock #BowlingLife #IndieMusic #Songclip #OriginalMusic #MusicianSky

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 07/09/2026

Bakery Girl, a longing love song of a frozen foods man about a girl who works in the bakery. The song is from the 2024 album Songs From the Barn. 🎧 LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #MusicianSky #MusicVideoShort #LoveSong #indieartist #OriginalMusic #Songclip

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 06/09/2026

Electric Bed. An intro like Marky Mark leading into a pop rock tune about an electrically charged one night stand. The song is from the 2024 album Songs From the Barn. 🎧 LISTEN TO FULL TRACK: richarddaub.com #MusicVideoShort #indieartist #RetroDance #IndiePop #DanceRock

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 05/09/2026

On a Hillside Beneath the Power Lines. The music vibe is pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, the visual inspired by a psychedelic afternoon. The song is from the 2024 album Songs From the Barn. Listen to full track on richarddaub.com #MusicianSky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 04/05/2025

On Phil Lesh Lane just outside the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY... I don't know if someone purposely vandalized the crosswalk sign to make it look like Jerry Garcia's hand telling you not to cross, but, if so, it is genius! #CapitolTheater #JerryGarcia #PhilLesh #GratefulDead #music

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 04/05/2025

Saw the Avett Brothers last night at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY, amazing show at an amazing venue. #AvettBrothers #music #livemusic #concerts #CapitolTheater

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 04/04/2025

"Tracy and the Big Sombrero" is a #song set in early-1980s #Tampa about a boy who develops a crush on his second cousin during a family vacation. #rock open.spotify.com/album/2HvhWeZMUKuRThN5RlhVDV #MusicianSky #musicsky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic #NowPlaying #music #SongWriting #Spotify

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 15/02/2025

#Song about staring into the eyes of death, the long day almost over, nothing left to look forward to, and all that remains is the hope that you were kind to others. open.spotify.com/track/4un8udyYURwQCPzFPVnWnO #MusicianSky #musicsky #OriginalMusic #IndieMusic #MusicForAll #NowPlaying #music

Cover of the single "Nothing Left But Night" by Richard Daub, a black and white portrait of an older man staring into the abyss of death.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 11/02/2025

A jazzy, Beat, Waits-ish #song about seedy 42nd Street in Times Square before Rudolph Giuliani turned it into a Disneyfied tourist den in the mid-1990s. open.spotify.com/track/0dGyRRqjk42k0Uvy6YsFiT #MusicSky #MusicianSky #OriginalMusicTracks #musicsky #NowPlaying #Spotify #IndieMusic #MusicForAll

An early 1990s photo of a XXX movie and peep show place on 42nd Street in Times Square, New York City.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 10/02/2025

RIP Tom Robbins, one of my all-time favorite writers. This photo was taken in 1967 while he was working on his first novel, "Another Roadside Attraction", in what appears to be a cardboard office in South Bend, WA. #TomRobbins #authors #booksky #WritingCommunity #fiction #Literature

Tom Robbins in 1967 working on his novel "Another Roadside Attraction" in an office that appears to be made of cardboard.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 26/01/2025

History of von Schatt (1913-1960) is a #HistoricalNovel about the most feared captain on the high seas who steamrolled over everyone in his quest for nautical immortality. Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNL47PJ/ #WritingCommunity #author #fiction #books #IndieBooks #KindleUnlimited #IndieAuthors

A hardback copy of the novel "History of von Schatt (1913-1960)" by Richard Daub placed on an Icelandic pier in front of an old ship.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 24/01/2025

"The Island Country", a #novel about a broken family on Long Island and insight into how this suburb became the MAGA cesspool it is today. Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNGQBYZ/ #booksky #WritingCommunity #author #fiction #LongIsland #Literature #books #IndieBooks #kindleunlimited #IndieAuthors

Front and back covers of "The Island Country" by Richard Daub with a blurb from The Independent Book Review: "A post-World War Two family saga that is by turns sedate and explosive, perspicacious and intimate... it peels back the flimsy veneer of respectability and breaches the shield of duty to expose the simmering passions and resentments lurking behind the facade of the All-American family... a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of the nature of family and the innate drive to find a place to belong."

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 10/01/2025

My new single "El Farolito" is now streaming. The #song is about visiting the El Farolito bar in #SanFrancisco during my #Kerouac inspired first trip out west in 1995. #Spotify: spoti.fi/3WgGF0C #YouTube: youtube.com/@rdaub82 #music #indiemusic #singersongwriter #MusicianSky #IndieArtists #indie

Cover art for the single "El Farolito" by Richard Daub, a photograph was taken in 1995 outside the El Farolito Bar in the Mission District of San Francisco as crowds of people on the sidewalk went about their business.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 06/01/2025

Thanks to On the Run for publishing my #flashfiction story "Silence" in May 2023 about a third grade boy who discovers his silent classmate Lisa's secret. #shortstory #fiction #WritingCommunity Read the story at On the Run: www.ontherunfiction.com/stories/sile...

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 06/01/2025

Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for publishing my short story "You Be Illin'" in Oct 2020 about a kid who attempts to confront a racist relative with some help from RUN DMC. #MaudlinHouse #shortstory #fiction #flashfiction #rundmc Read the story at Maudlin House: maudlinhouse.net/you-be-illin/

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 05/01/2025

Thanks to @newpoplit.bsky.social for publishing "The Huffy" in Dec 2020, a #shortstory about the new kid with the lame bike and the lengths he goes to find acceptance. #shortstories #flashfiction #fiction #huffy #BMX #mongoose Read the story at New Pop Lit: newpoplit.com/portfolio/th...

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 04/01/2025

History of von Schatt (1913-1960), a novel about the most feared ship captain on the high seas who steamrolled over everyone in his quest for nautical immortality. #vonschatt #Novel #fiction #WritingCommunity #writerslift #BooksWorthReading #booksbooksbooks Amazon link: amazon.com/dp/B0CCNL47PJ/

Cover of the novel "History of von Schatt (1913-1960) by Richard Daub depicting the painting of a ships captain overlooking a ship passing through stormy seas. Next to the cover is a blurb by Kirkus reviews that reads: "Overall, it's a delightful book about a person who inspired no delight... An often enjoyable tale of an unpleasant man."

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 03/01/2025

May 2024, Nora Jones at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Amazing concert in an amazing venue. #NoraJones #concerts #apollotheater #livemusic

Nora Jones seated at a white piano on stage with her band at the Apollo Theater in Harlem during a concert in May 2024.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 30/12/2024

My cover of "All Through the Night" is now live on YouTube. Written and originally recorded by Jules Shear, it became a Top 5 single for Cyndi Lauper in 1983 on her debut album "She's So Unusual". #musicvideo #JulesShear #CyndiLauper #coversong #popmusic #lovesong #1980s WATCH: youtu.be/1XRg280LqNo

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 27/12/2024

"At Some Point" is a new #song about arriving at certain points later in life when many of the things you once had are now gone and the world you once lived in no longer exists. Streaming everywhere and on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@rdaub82 #NewMusic #music #singersongwriter #aging

The cover of the Richard Daub single "At Some Point". The image is an acrylic style painting of colorful dots (points) scattered across the canvas.

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Richard Daub @richarddaub.com · 18/12/2024

"Owls on the Propeller" is a #song about how it is #wise to land the plane and wait out the storm, to stop and let the parade of fools pass, and to allow the chaos to consume itself, before continuing forward. #NewMusic #music #singersongwriter #forward youtube.com/@rdaub82

Two owls perched on the propeller of a small plane.

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