Simulation III

More music for your long-suffering ears. Here's a three-part piece with a bunch of different things going on. Much of it is general progressive fare, part diverges into a bit of sea shanty, and there's some fairly melodic piano in places. It's long -- 15 minutes -- but it's made of three separate pieces that share a theme, so, y'know. You get that. Influences for this include Porcupine Tree and Sting, which are about as disparate as things can get, really.

Enjoy. Or don't. You choose. Feel free to comment either here or on its Soundcloud.

Solus

More music, because I do that kind of thing. Fake guitar with some (fake) piano and (obviously fake) wailing synth and what-have-you. It's almost coherent. Almost.

Dust Mote Fallen

Some more tunage, in this case a strange, rather eclectic acoustic guitar and piano piece with strained scales and some hearty piano thumpings. Sometimes the simplest things are the most pleasant. This is another part of "Potentia II: Extras", a sequel "album" to "Potentia". You can find a bunch of stuff on my SoundCloud page, should you want to go listen to it.

Thanks for your time!

Original compositions: Potentia

I have a small collection of original music that I've been tending to for a few years, occasionally tweaking, and moving slowly closer to something that I'd be happy to admit to having composed. It's probably not quite there, yet. Still, that hasn't stopped me from making it public to the terrifying and opening critical world. Here's a selection of tracks, from the "not a concept album" that I've entitled Potentia. There are a few more tracks, which I'm happy to upload, I just haven't done so. If there's interest, I will. If there's not, well, that's less work I need to do.

The album(s) are mostly progressive rock, or inspired by progressive rock. I've experimented a lot with interesting chord structures and time signatures.

Potentia Complete album tracklist -

(Tracks in bold are available on SoundCloud.)

1. Perdix (3.51)

2. Nullus, Moriar (2.42)

3. Pro Puella (2.16)

4. Cubito (2.18)

5. Rotarum Apostatare (3.54)

6. Flavis Subridere (1.45)

7. The Wrath of Uber-Bob (1.55)

8. Vieta Dudus (3.40)

9. Placere Reprehendo Presul (2.54)

10. Harenoso ac Discoveniente (5.27)

11. Non Credo (3.32)

12. Vestigia Organa (6.28)

13. Recede a Ibi (2.16)

Potentia II Complete album tracklist -

(Tracks in bold are available on SoundCloud.)

1. Prolegomena (2.16)

2. Heroicis (6.30)

3. Eximius (5.27)

4. Miris Fecit (2.10)

5. Progressio (2.30)

6. Araneae (3.25)

7. Lectio (3.39)

8. Civitatum (Cityscape II) (5.22)

9. Oblitus (The Forgotten) (2.30)

10. Caseum (3.34)

11. Machina Fabrica IV (3.42)

12. Flectere (3.32)

13. Sublimus (2.07)

14. Sancti Metalli (2.16)

15. Prodigiosum (2.30)

16. Apocalipsi Transitus V (6.28)

17. Diu Volutpat Vestibulum (Long Weekend) (3.10)

But wait, there's more! The "bonus features" for this album are also available (and, in my utterly biased opinion, are significantly better) on Soundcloud:

Potentia II: Extras tracklist:

(Tracks in bold are available on SoundCloud.)

Umbrabilis (4.16)

Disappearing Act (4.16)

A Step Backwards (3.20)

Dust Mote Fallen (3.48)

Thank you, as always, for listening.

Disappearing Act

Once again, I've been creating some kind of fused progressive metal bollocks in the name of music. In this instance, I've learned a few things: 1. I listen to Porcupine Tree far, far too much.

2. Good off-time drums are freaking hard to write.

3. Repetitive does not mean good, but it helps.

4. Everything benefits from spontaneous woodwinds. (Or not.)

Here's the track. Please, enjoy. Or don't. YMMV.

A Step Backwards

Sometimes I make music. Here's a melodic piano/oboe piece that I'm quite proud of. It has some nice structure and the changes are unexpected, but pleasant. The bassline meanders, but seems to make it back into familiar territory just at the right moment. I quite like the melody of the "chorus", with its out-of-left-field resolution. I hope you enjoy!

Band in a Falling Elevator

Sometimes I make music. Sometimes it's alright. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes, it's remarkably in-between, and defies being pressed into either of the aforementioned categories. In this example, I've managed to fuse together some bizarre early Porcupine Tree-esque bass bounces with some Yamaha DX-7 vintage electric piano stylings and some entirely unnecessary organ chords in the introduction. I can't help myself.

Thanks for listening!