Stephen Buzzell's musical compositions meld breathtaking melodies and grooves. A New England-based artist who studied at Berklee College of Music, his compositions evoke a wide array of settings and eras, from the 1920s to the Mississippi Delta and urban streets. Stephen has written music for TV and film, including the soundtrack for a documentary that debuted at the Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Having been called a "musician's musician," he favors the warmth and quality of live instruments over synth tracks and loops.
Hoping For Better Days is about life not going well and rather than sinking into depression we remain in hope. Baritone guitar carries this track with sample upright bass and Logic X drums. Perfect for film or tv backgrounds. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Scars is about falling in love and then losing it and the lasting scars that result. Acoustic guitar, bass and drums with three part harmonies throughout. A bit of Sting influence. Good for film or tv scenes around this topic. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Pop
Take My Hand is a mellow acoustic rich track with melody on a tack piano and supported by acoustic guitars and mandolins topped off with bass and drums. It has 3 sections. It would be nice under a film or tv scene involving nature or a couple walking hand in hand. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
The Frog At Scottow Bog is about getting abducted and the pain that causes. The track is roots based on baritone guitar which gives it that dark sound. The vocal is soulful and mournful. Great for film or tv covering this topic for kids. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Dramatic
The Lack Of Love is a heart wrenching story of a boy's short life, ended by a Methadone overdose. Baritone guitar, Synth Pad, Bass and Drums. Great for film or tv that covers this subject. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Pop
500 Miles is acoustic guitar in D A D F# A D tuning. This is a lively fingerpicked version of a traditional song that speaks of being far from home and downtrodden. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Traditional Folk
Across Rolling Seas is five acoustic guitar parts, shakers and bass drum. One guitar improvises melodies over multiple rolling guitar parts punctuated by percussion. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Aftermath is soprano sax, clarinet, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboard, basses and trap drums. It is mellow with sax and clarinet playing harmony or counterpoint. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Aim for the Sky is mandolin, piano, pedal steel, acoustic upright bass and drums. Mandolin plays melodies over the rhythm section in this heartfelt song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
All Is Good Tonight is acoustic guitar, piano, bass, percussion and drums. Guitar plays chord melodies while piano plays counterpoint on this happy, feel good song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Beauty Surrounds You (With Lyrics) is a song of support for anyone lost in the world and in need of encouraging words. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Pop, Alt Pop
Better Together is acoustic guitar in E tuning. It is energetic over four sections and has an overall positive and uplifting feel to it. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Blanket of White is banjo, Wurlitzer pianos, upright bass patch and drums. Banjo and keys play melodies over three sections and a bridge in this plaintive composition. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Boat House Friends is classical guitar, piano, Native American flute, bass, djembe, bongos and tambourine. It is a reverent recollection of a time in 1972 when a bunch of folks were coming of age and discovering music and friendship in a boat house on the Piscataqua river in Kittery Maine. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Bounties Grace is banjo, piano, upright bass patch and double percussion. Banjo and piano play melodies on this delicate peaceful humble reverent soulful song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Christian Folk
Bright Side is acoustic guitar, Rhodes pianos, upright bass patch, percussion and drums. Guitar improvises over a feel good rhythm section at 130bpm. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Bring Peace is acoustic guitar in D A D G B E tuning. It is a four section song that mixes bluesy and minor scales while it moves along in quick triplets. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Called Off Work is acoustic guitar in C tuning: C G C E C E. It is an improvisation played with exuberance like the feeling when they call off work or school. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Celebrate Your Life is mandolin, acoustic guitar in D tuning, bass guitar and drums. Mandolin improvises over the feel good track and guitar plays a little melody of its own. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Crisp Morning is mandolin, guitar, banjo, piano, upright bass patch and roots drums. Mandolin improvises and also plays melodies with other instruments along the way in this grateful to be alive song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Cross Country Road Trip is baritone guitar, upright bass and brushes drums. It has a happy go lucky feel as it bounces along. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Dance Into Spring is mandolin, piano, bass and brushes drums. Mandolin improvises melodies over a sparse rhythm section in this medium tempo waltz. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Dark and Wet is acoustic guitar in D G D G A# D tuning. Spring can be melancholy when the weather is wet with dark clouds for days and this song expresses that experience. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Day After is acoustic guitar. It is a sentimental expression of the day after having been with the one you love. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Days Like This is acoustic guitar in D G D G B D tuning and percussion. Guitar improvises a simple melody over four sections twice in this feel good song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Deep Green Forest is mandolin, acoustic guitars, piano, upright bass patch and brushes drums. Mandolin, guitars and piano play melody on this dreamy tune in four sections. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Deep in the Forest is acoustic guitar in D A D G A D tuning and percussion. Guitar improvises over suspended chords inherent in the tuning making for an interesting composition. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Delicate Balance is baritone guitar and mandolin. It is a dance between the instruments switching from major to minor motifs. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Delicate Beauty is baritone guitars in D tuning, soprano saxes, piano, keyboards, upright bass patch and drums. The saxes come in late and build to three part harmony. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Progressive Folk
Desert Tides is baritone guitar in A minor tuning. It has Eastern flavors in the melody and is a live performance. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Don't Feel Alone is male vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion and drums. It is about the working from home phenomenon that has people isolated at home. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Folk, Folk Pop
Down in the Holler is acoustic guitar in D G D G B D tuning and percussion. Guitar improvises over three sections that vary in style and intensity to keep it fresh. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Early Inhabitants is baritone guitars, bass guitar and orchestral percussion. It has a modal sound with primitive percussion giving it a sense of long ago. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
East and West is baritone guitar in standard tuning. It mixes eastern and western scales making it an interesting piece. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
East West is classical guitar in Dm tuning with Native American flute, bass, djembe, bongos, tongue drum, flute and mandolin. It is gentle and builds in 4 iterations. Good for documentaries or films with nature scenes. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Emerging Sun is acoustic guitar in D A D G B D tuning, bass guitar and percussion. There are seven unique sections with three repeats at the end. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
End of Love is acoustic guitar in D G D G A# D tuning. It is a lament in three sections expressing the emotions when love was found only to be taken away. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Existential is baritone guitar. To me, music is the meaning of life, hence the name. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Family Ties is acoustic guitar. It has a familiar folky country feel that will lift you up. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Feels Like Summer is acoustic guitar in D A D F# B E tuning and percussion. Guitar strums chord melodies in a happy go lucky feel expressing the transition from snow and cold to 63 degrees. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
For Marc is acoustic guitar in D A D F# A D tuning and percussion. It is a gentle plaintive song celebrating a friend who is no longer with us. It is light hearted and uplifting. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Four Seasons is acoustic guitar in standard tuning. It has four distinct sections intimating the seasons one might experience in northeast America. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Get Through This is banjo, piano, bass and drums. Banjo improvises playing off of the piano on this gentle and heartfelt song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Getting Along is cedar flute, tongue drum, many acoustic guitars in C G C E C E tuning and percussion. Flute improvises along with the tongue drum over multiple lines on acoustic guitars in this feel good song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Give Thanks is Native American flute over classical guitars, mandolins, tongue drum, bass, djembes and shaker. It is light and airy with a whimsical melody. Good for documentaries or film scenes of people getting together for fun. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Giving Me Freedom is about partner support. Male vocals over piano, baritone guitars, bass, djembe, bongos, shaker and tongue drum. Good for supportive partner scenes. Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Glad to See the Sun is acoustic guitar, piano, upright bass and drums. Guitar and piano play melodies together on this innocent grateful song celebrating life. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Glorious Morning is mandolin. It is celebrating sunrise on a beautiful day. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Glowing Coals is baritone slide guitar, acoustic guitars, mandolins, bass guitar and roots drums. It is a four section song where guitars and mandolins play intertwining lines that are fun to follow. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Grace of Our Grandfathers is baritone guitar in drop A tuning. It speaks of the sacrifices our grandfathers made that allowed us to be where we are today. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
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