Birq

Collection of tracks I have created for use in my Dungeons and Dragons group as background music. 

https://soundcloud.com/dentonanddragons

Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/8RT8fr3Kzt4

Dungeon Crawling

Made in Ableton using Reason Rack and real guitars. On top of it is clips from 1964 where Barney Hill recounts under hypnosis the details of his abduction by aliens.

The Clouds Are Watching You

Chill track made using Reason, real guitars and real bass, and includes a Cymatics vocal sample.

Just Enough

A woman remembering back to the time when birds filled the skies.

Voice is courtesy of https://soundcloud.com/savannahallyson

Photo by Mehdi Sepehri https://unsplash.com/photos/cX0Yxw38cx8

I Remember When I Was A Child

Homemade recording from 2002 that I just unearthed from an old Cakewalk stash. Cleaned up, mixed and mastered in Ableton

Ride

Watching the roiling clouds in the distance, feeling the static in the air indicating the oncoming deluge. A laid-back, drone-filled exploration of space and rhythm. 

Other than percussion and bass, all sounds were made with guitars.

Photo by AT McLean on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/a-storm-is-coming-in-over-a-city-wmLgdnmdI_E

The Growing Storm

My first experiment with Ableton, using it the way it was intended. There are no pre-recorded loops; these were all created from scratch with guitar and Casio Privia PX-150.

Springtime In Elysium Planitia

An experiment in building textures and exploring the feeling of rotating a fractal in 3d

Julia Set

This song is part of a trilogy (https://soundcloud.com/birq/sets/owl-bear-trilogy) about an Awakened Owlbear.

Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_owlbear_as_shown_in_the_D%26D_4th_Edition_Essentials_Monster_Vault.png

He Who Mourns

Battle music created for https://soundcloud.com/dentonanddragons gaming sessions

Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Miniatures_of_battles_in_Chronicon_Pictum#/media/File:Battle_of_Mogyor%C3%B3d_(Chronicon_Pictum_085).jpg

The Good Fight

Another track created for the Dungeons and Dragons group (https://soundcloud.com/dentonanddragons). This is a continuation of the story of the Owl Bear named He Who Mourns (https://soundcloud.com/birq/sets/owl-bear-trilogy). He has decided to mourn no longer and seek revenge for his loss.

He Who Seeks Revenge

I'm an old video game nerd. This is an example of what I hear inside my head 24/7.

SFX are from https://freesound.org (mostly from the OwlStorm retro video game sfx pack: https://freesound.org/people/OwlStorm/)

World 9 - 4

Another track created for background music for my Dungeons & Dragons group https://soundcloud.com/dentonanddragons

Photo by Martino Pietropoli on https://unsplash.com

Wasteland

Another background track for dungeon crawling adventures. It's clearly designed to create ambiance and hopefully creep someone out in the process.

Photo by Travis Grossen on https://unsplash.com/photos/8RT8fr3Kzt4

Dark Corners

A battle song for my Dungeons and Dragons group https://soundcloud.com/dentonanddragons. Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans in the Battle of Asculum but because of his devastating losses, he was unable to win the war. Sometimes it's better to cut your losses and think about the bigger picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory

Photo by luke flynt on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/9jErXqFwAYs

Pyrrhic

When you're in Ravenloft hunting down the vampire Stradh, you need appropriate background music.

Samples taken from the 1933 film The Vampire Bat (https://archive.org/details/The_Vampire_Bat_1933)

Photo courtesy of eddie howell on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/ST0qjCiHePM?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)

We've Got To Do Something

Uncomfortable background music for your gaming sessions. This track uses subtle foley clips of dogs, owls, wind, footsteps and other things to to add to the tension of unresolved chords and dissonance. Enjoy.

Photo by Omid Armin on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/2GHCdtW45Uw

The Streets Aren't Safe

Infinitely loopable background music for your gaming session.

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/0Hco_KGNfqA

A Trip Along The Precipice

Infinitely loopable tense background music. I use it for Dungeons & Dragons, but it'll work for anytime you need tense background music.

Photo by Ian Stauffer on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/yZe0COUKqig

The Lower Planes

One half of https://soundcloud.com/bizrq, one fifth of https://soundcloud.com/skipshot as well as 95% of myself and 0.375% of Milli Vanilli

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