New Track: Testimony

There has been a change of plans since I posted my last track. The low key, melodious, woodwind-y piece got put on hold for a bit. It’s about halfway done or so. I was asked by my church to put together a backing track for a video they were making, so that took precedence over the other project. They asked for a track that was between 5 and 7 minutes long which is a bit longer than most of the pieces I have composed, but I was up to the (mild) challenge.

Since it was going to be a backing track anyways, I opted to use more repeats than I usually do; and by “more” I mean they existed as opposed to not existing. I typically don’t do a lot of copy-paste style repeats. It’s kind of like how cartoonists don’t like copying and pasting the background for each panel they draw. I was okay with it in this situation, though, since, for a backing track, you want to have more or less consistent volume, texture, etc. Big orchestral swells and the like would distract from the purpose of the video, and making a 7 minute long piece that doesn’t ever really go anywhere musically is actually kind of challenging.

Listen to it at my BandCamp site!

New Track: Rise of the Black King

It’s movie trailer time! Doesn’t everyone want to compose music for movie trailers? I know I would love to. Unfortunately no actual movie exists to go along with this music, but you can use your imaginations. I spent a while trying to get the mix right on this. My first draft had WAY too much bass. Since then I got some new better headphones to help me hear what I’m mixing, so I won’t have that problem again. All in all, I think that the track came out pretty okay.

Listen to it at my BandCamp site!

I plan on doing something lower key next. Something with lots of woodwinds and a nice melody. Stay tuned!

New Track: Dragon Rider Encampment

Now available for download at my Band Camp site is a piece entitled Dragon Rider Encampment. Most of the inspiration came from a role-playing game I play with some friends. My current character is a dragon, and the encampment depicted in this piece is from his homeland. Also, due to some mishaps with some software I ordered, I was limited to using only percussion instruments, but I think the piece still turned out really well.

I tried to give the piece a sort of ethnic-y sound without it sounding like music from any existing ethnic group. After all, the piece is meant to depict a setting in a fantasy world.

As will be the case with all the music I post here, if anyone wants to use it in a video (or other) project, shoot me an email! I will more than likely be very quick to grant you permission to do so.

Listen to it at my Band Camp site!

Website Launched

The purpose of this website is for me to distribute my music across the internet. If you want to use any of it in your Youtube videos or whatever, I will more than likely be glad to grant you the rights to do so. All rights are reserved until then, however. Requests will certainly be accepted and appreciated. In the absence of requests, I will try to fill this site with a variety of music in hopes of appealing to the large variety of listeners out there.