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Coalescence

Daniel — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:33:43 +0000

I've been on a bit of an acid jazz kick lately thanks to my brother, so I thought it'd be fun to try my hand at doing something sort of similar but in my typical trademark fashion of melding it into a highly progressive structure. The first half of this song has a strong, steady bass line with a calm, simple and detailed drum backing without too much deviation. It borders on simple ambient, almost. Towards the middle the song takes a bit of a breather and gains more of a blues vibe, and then finally comes together in an explosive finish with a bit of a Porcupine Tree flair (I confess, i've been listening to them a lot too lately ).

Fun facts: First song i've done in 3/4 time. First song utilizing the new Amplitube 3 from IK Multimedia for all stringed instruments (amazing!) and first song i've ever managed to get a drum sound i'm completely happy with. The presets that I used for some of the instruments in this song (drums & guitar) will be available in the downloads section.

Edit: I apologize for the lousy sound on the Bass at the intro if you are streaming this song, this seems to be some sort of problem with flash and mp3 files, as the weird artifacts do not exist on either versions of the proper download copies below.

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Losing Faith

Daniel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:22:21 +0000

A somewhat sad sounding piece, with a general feeling of tragic loss. It's a purely orchestrated piece (no guitar this time folks, sorry!) featuring some nice solo violin work and a rather nice sounding trombone section. This is a bit quieter than my usual work due to the large dynamic range it has, so you may need to turn your volume up a bit. Like always, though, the song is very much progressively structured, with a well defined intro, climax and lead out.

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Coming Full Circle

Daniel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:47:05 +0000

This song, which originally started out as a literal remake of one of my older songs (Sixth Circle) ended up evolving into something considerably more elaborate and quite a bit different. Though it shares the initial acoustic arpeggio piece of the original, nothing else has remained the same. This time around, the piece is considerably heavier and more complex, featuring MUCH heavier (and more elaborate) guitar work, full scale orchestration, more elaborate guitar solos and much more aggressive drumming.

This song is something of a technical accomplishment for me due to the massive amounts of tracks I had to deal with (I believe it clocked in at almost 40 tracks). Mixing and mastering this proved to be a difficult but ultimately rewarding process, and I learned an enormous amount from it. If you liked songs such as "Ascension" or "Turning of the Tide" from me, then this song is done much in the same style, so it should be right up your alley.

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