04-12-2017, 08:15 PM
I wasn't going to post about this here, as I felt it was kind of the wrong music and the wrong crowd. Then I think the retro midi threads and the discussion about AI and the use of synths in orchestral music made me realize that this is hardly a purist/traditionalist/technophobe community anyway so why the hell not. Besides, this isn't really any less symphonic and cinematic than my normal stuff, it's only a different angle.
While I have an idea for a sequel to Waters of Redemption, my next album project is going to be something completely different. Two years ago I sat down to create a bunch of completely synth-based tracks in a retro flavor, very much inspired by Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack but also various other 1980's stuff like Escape from New York, William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Akira, Tron, Aliens and whatnot. Basically, the soundtrack to a future that never was.
I have a tendency of being kind of fickle with my personal projects. Like, I get this new idea and I'm 100% into it for a month at most, then I tend to lose interest and the whole thing falls by the wayside. But for some reason this project has kept my interest and I've been adding music to it on and off. And, also uncharacteristically, I'm still pretty happy with most of it. In fact I think Cryosleep is one of the best pieces of music I've ever written, despite (or thanks to!) it being a very spontaneous thing that happened in just a few hours. Anyway. With 12 tracks and 38 minutes of music so far (some of them are unfinished so my guesstimate for the final product would be 48-50 minutes) I don't really have any excuse for putting this off any longer. I really need to finish and release this.
Thoughts? Thumbs up or down? Any good suggestions for an album title?
While I have an idea for a sequel to Waters of Redemption, my next album project is going to be something completely different. Two years ago I sat down to create a bunch of completely synth-based tracks in a retro flavor, very much inspired by Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack but also various other 1980's stuff like Escape from New York, William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Akira, Tron, Aliens and whatnot. Basically, the soundtrack to a future that never was.
I have a tendency of being kind of fickle with my personal projects. Like, I get this new idea and I'm 100% into it for a month at most, then I tend to lose interest and the whole thing falls by the wayside. But for some reason this project has kept my interest and I've been adding music to it on and off. And, also uncharacteristically, I'm still pretty happy with most of it. In fact I think Cryosleep is one of the best pieces of music I've ever written, despite (or thanks to!) it being a very spontaneous thing that happened in just a few hours. Anyway. With 12 tracks and 38 minutes of music so far (some of them are unfinished so my guesstimate for the final product would be 48-50 minutes) I don't really have any excuse for putting this off any longer. I really need to finish and release this.
Thoughts? Thumbs up or down? Any good suggestions for an album title?