Netherworld Shanty
First I must say, I like this one. A lot. Too much. The idea for this piece was “If purgatory had a marching band”. So, there’s a very badly played tin whistle, an accordion, a bassoon, and a bunch of other stuff. I’m pretty sure the melody is catchy – and the fact that it is stuck in my head is not just the result of mixing the piece for hours… Like Great Cthulhu, this piece is wonderful, horrible, and awesome. You mind will forever be marred by it.
Phantasm
I’m not going to lie to you – this piece made me ill. No joke. That being said, the music that causes me the most trouble tends to be the music that everyone loves. If you don’t have a subwoofer – you won’t experience the pain inducing aspect of this piece. All of the bass notes are the same volume. I guarantee it. You can tune your equalizer with this piece if some notes are louder or softer. Careful not to get sick, though. This thing has a power. Be careful with it.
Lasting Hope
This has a sort of similar purpose as the last piece, only it won’t make you sick. This is one of the first things I’ve done with a choir. It has an almost organic synth, and some neat – if sparce – percussion. This was mixed entirely on a Mac. One day, I hope to switch to all-Mac production, but right now – I’ve too much invested in software on the other side… and just enough things aren’t available.
Perigrine Grandeur
This piece started on my dry erase board as the rhythm you hear in the first 2 measures. But that’s all I really had. It shows. The agogo was the next thing that made it into the mix… and then the hammer dulcimer. The who what? Hammer dulcimer. Yes. It is the thing that sounds like a guitar. I put it through a distortion unit and a guitar amp simulator. The result is an odd World-music hybrid that sounds like it belongs in a Cirque show on the strip in Vegas. I gave it an odd name figuring it would be hard for people to find. That’s just me being mean.
This piece used to have so much more in it… but I cut it back to the bare bones. It had bridges and multiple melodies, and just a lot of stuff… but it became difficult to listen to and the coolness of the original 2 measures was lost.
