Dancing Lights, a game for which I was both composer and sound effects designer, was released yesterday on iTunes. The game itself is only $.99 and the game can be purchased on iTunes by clicking THIS LINK.
Today, I released a music video for one of the tracks from Dancing Lights, entitled “Crumv”:
As time goes on I will be releasing more of the tracks on YouTube for your listening pleasure.
For an insider scoop of sorts, I’ll tell you that the computer from which the Dancing Lights OST was recorded is apparently dying and for that matter does not appreciate the soundfont stacking I used to employ more realistic, authentic sounding instruments (e.g., grand piano, vibraphone, kalimba). That being said, any subsequent recordings of Dancing Lights music will not sound exactly like they do in-game, but rather how I have arranged them for another synthesizer. I hope the difference in sound quality won’t throw people for too far of a loop!
I want to point out for future reference that when I say that I’ll post something “tomorrow” or “on Wednesday,” I generally mean “tomorrow at 11:59 PM” or “2:16 AM on Thursday.” In the case of the last post, by “tomorrow” I meant “tomorrow’s tomorrow,” which is, of course, today.
And now that that is settled, the announcement that I was going to make yesterday was delayed because I was up late working on the music that I wanted to announce… Some weeks ago, I wrote a piece on the piano entitled “Impact.” I played a poorly rehearsed version of it on camera, putting the results on YouTube:
The theme itself was meant to be used as a regular battle theme for a project I’m working on with Brett Ultimus; I made a MIDI rendering of “Impact” with a bass and drums for support. You can hear that version HERE. You’d be right to point out that the melodic quality of the composition…waxes and wanes. The challenge has been and will continue to be to write a melody for a piece that in my mind did not have or need one. Now on the table is another MIDI rendering entitled “Greater Impact”. When that arrangement is finally complete, I’ll be sure to post a recording on YouTube for your listening pleasure!
Many will notice that my blog has changed a little bit. First of all, the previous posts are gone, some of which may return at some point in one form. The title has changed and so have some of the related pages in the menu bar. Obviously, I’ve got some ’splainin’ to do, which will come in due course.
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I have some musical adventures to report on, both in concerts I saw (and will see) and music that I’ve sequenced and composed for various projects. Also, I plan to sometime this week start what will likely become a series of videos on youtube on philosophy and theology. More news tomorrow!