Behold, another bit of music. Behold, nothing particularly new. Behold, some fairly snappy album art, if nothing else. This is Supermetricity, the latest in a bunch of increasingly tedious attempts at progressive something-or-other.
Enjoy, if that's your thing. If it's not, then don't. Unless not doing your thing is your thing, in which case aren't you just a riddle wrapped up in an enigma wrapped up in some kind of strudel.
So, yeah. I didn't really make anything for FAWM this year, either. I made stuff, but it wasn't for FAWM. Here it is, anyway. It's much of the same. Enjoy. Or don't. If you do (or don't), feel free to let me know why. (Or don't. Y'know. I'm easy like that.)
Here's a couple of Garageband tracks, largely wedged in the centre of the uninspired progressive genre.
Take 'em or leave 'em. Don't judge me. Be nice to people. Tip your waiter. I'm here until Thursday. Take my wife, please.
Here's another track to go with the four in the previous post. This one is more of the usual material, some airy nonsense with fake piano and guitar sprinkled on it. A lengthy piano outtro is never a bad thing, though.
If you have an opinion about any of these musical bits and pieces, please post it below. I'd appreciate any feedback, if only so I can decide whether it's worth continuing to toss this stuff in the internet's general direction.
I wanted to participate in FAWM this year, and I gave it a shot, but ultimately I just ended up with a heap of unfinished junk. So, as you do, I've polished the junk up, and now it's called Præteriit, and it's on Soundcloud polluting the ears of random internet passersby. You can listen to all four tracks below, if you feel so inclined.
What you get for your money, ultimately, is something pretty similar to everything I've done before, with loads of pads, too much piano, considerable overuse of the Dsus2 chord, and fairly repetitive chord structures.
There's nothing wrong with being your own worst critic. You should try it some time!
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.
Some more original music, such as it is. The title is a nice quantum physics reference that has absolutely no relevant bearing on the music, but hey -- it may have no bearing on reality, either. That's the nature of quantum physics. It's bullshit you can believe in!
The track is mostly guitar and piano, none of which is real. (Maybe that's the link to quantum physics, right there.) It has a few moments I'm pretty happy with, particularly the chord change at around 2:20, and the overall feel. Sometimes things just work. Sometimes they don't. I'm usually pretty happy any time I can come up with something that doesn't orbit ineffectually around Dsus2 and G minor. It's the little things.
Album art provided above and to the right a bit, should you wish to jam this into iTunes or something. It's better than a grey box with a symbol in it. Just. Besides, everything's better with an album cover.
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.
I've revived an old MIDI tune by throwing it at Garageband and tweaking a few dials. This track was largely inspired by various chunks of Tool, Lacuna Coil and Dream Theater, resulting in a hodge-podge mish-mash of semi-gothic mellow-metal electronic noises. Enjoy!
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!
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!