Here's a little fact I wasn't aware of, brought to you by the always educational Doctor Karl: The music on that annoying "You wouldn't steal a car.." bumper on the beginning of almost every DVD in the early '00s is...wait for it...pirated music. Dr. Kruszelnicki has provided much more information than I ever could, so I point you to the above link and leave you in peace. Should you not remember the horrid advert, here's a youtube link to refresh your memory.
More muzak. The title, if you're curious (and I'm sure you are), is Latin for "ghostly". This one's not as finished as I'd like it to be, but I've pored over it and I can't really be willed to do anything further with it. It's got some nice melody and some bizarreness about it. For some inexplicable reason, it also mocks the hearty power chords of every television theme song from the early 1980s' at one point. If you can spot it, you can have a gold star.
Part of the continuing deluge of "Potentia II: Extras", sequel to "Potentia II', itself a sequel to "Potentia". Bet you didn't see that coming.
Thanks for listening!
This is a little experiment in cinematography, sound design and colour grading. It took about an hour to shoot, and another couple of hours to edit and organise the sound and music. I'm the first to admit that the subject matter isn't very exciting, but it gave me a chance to use my 50mm lens for some nice shallow depth-of-field shots, and mix and match some focal lengths for good effect.
All of the sound was recorded after the fact, using the same car. The lack of manual gain control on the Canon 600D proved to be a bit of a problem, as most of the sounds (particularly the background noise, or "room tone" effects) have hideous volume discrepancies to each other.
I ended up shooting a bunch more shots that I didn't use, mostly close-up detail of car keys and some more shots of the car reversing. Ultimately, they weren't needed.
The only mistake I had to cover up is that I wasn't thinking when I shot the piece where I put the car into reverse, and I actually slid the lever all the way to "D", but I've now cut it off when it clicks into "R".
The music is a bit of electric crap I made up in GarageBand.
An experiment in editing and sound design. Canon 600D, Final Cut Express (which hates the 600D, by the by), Garageband, HTDZ-HT-320A shotgun mic (which also hates the 600D). I used the 18-55mm kit lens from the 600D, and the Olympus OM 50mm f1.8 for the details and any shot that has any depth of field.
Thanks for watching!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!