I'm not usually one to get my emotions out through creativity. Art and music are things I do for happiness and enjoyment, not to express my depression, anger, or neuroses (not that I necessarily have depression, anger, and neuroses). However, about a year ago, I had my heart broken, and I attempted to do just that. Here is the result. It didn't make me feel any better. The self-pity is palpable in these notes.
The main "dun-dun" melody of this song, and the one following, is highly influenced by this, a background song from Super Castlevania IV.
Loss
A few weeks later, I reworked the main theme into a new song. This one is much more trudging and ominous, and less mournful. It's a product of creativity, rather than sadness. It's also one that I really need to record, because it probably sounds fairly boring in midi. Too bad I don't have a microphone anymore.
I play this song a lot, and it's growing naturally. If I play it enough, the last part of the song will eventually let me know what needs to come next. It's a very active work in progress. This version is actually unfinished; there are subsequent riffs that I have not added to it yet.
The March of Time
I feel that both of these songs have their moments, but I'm more creatively involved with the second one.
Showing posts with label dark and moody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dark and moody. Show all posts
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Dark Child
This song is an experiment in harmonies and note pairings. The previous sentence might be redundant. A very dark, low song.
The Dark Child
The Dark Child
Labels:
dark and moody,
faux classical,
guitar,
riffs,
strange
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sludge
You'll forgive me if I say that I like this song a lot. Writing it was a very fun experiment in note relationships, atonality, and combining both major and minor harmonies. The only thing I don't like are the speed metal riffs I tacked onto the end. The first of those riffs is very generic, and the second is a ripoff of a riff from "Sinner" by Judas Priest.
I have both a midi and an enhanced version of this song, but I'm not even going to bother posting the midi, because the enhanced version is better.
Edit: This is in the wrong file type to be able to be played online, so I'll change it soon.
Sludge
I have both a midi and an enhanced version of this song, but I'm not even going to bother posting the midi, because the enhanced version is better.
Edit: This is in the wrong file type to be able to be played online, so I'll change it soon.
Sludge
Nuclear Midnight
Here's a heavy and pretentious postapocalyptic epic that I recon is about two thirds complete, which would make the theoretical complete version about nine minutes long. I'm ambivalent about this one. The speed metal riff at the end is extremely generic, and can probably be disregarded, as can the bass solo.
This was probably somewhat influenced by Revelation (Mother Earth) by Ozzy Osbourne.
Nuclear Midnight
This was probably somewhat influenced by Revelation (Mother Earth) by Ozzy Osbourne.
Nuclear Midnight
Labels:
dark and moody,
guitar,
heavy metal riffs,
song fragment
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Crypt
Back to the guitar, here's kind of a creepy bit of song. I personally feel this is one of my most successful pieces of music, as well as one of the most creative in terms of the midi effects that I used.
Steven Ambarian made an enhanced remix of it for me. He was working on an earlier draft of the song, so his version doesn't include the last riff I put on the midi
Crypt midi
Crypt remix
Steven Ambarian made an enhanced remix of it for me. He was working on an earlier draft of the song, so his version doesn't include the last riff I put on the midi
Crypt midi
Crypt remix
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