I had a little test of YouTube live streaming and just played about for 2-3 hours. This was made from scratch with the challenge of only using commercially available Spitfire Audio libraries. The only part of this that is Bespoke is the Bassoon (purely because we haven't made BML Bassoon yet!). 

Before you mentioned the missing notes - this is based on the 'Hollywood Directors - Steven Spielberg' version of the track 'Flying' by the City of Prague Philharmonic available at (http://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_City_of_Prague_Philharmonic_Orchestra_Hollywoo?id=Bgdaqsfd7tp6jqzhjdotgqgu32i). I picked this version for reference simply because I didn't have longer to spend with the full original score.

It's almost straight out the box  - I did boost the highs a little with EQ but only to replicate the original score's sound. No additional reverb or convolution - just the Spitfire sound! It's also recreated from ear (I don't have any of the JW scores) so excuse any bad notes or improvisations!

Used:
FL Studio 11, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Percussion, BML Mural Volume 1+2, BML Sable Volume 3, BML Flutes, BML Reeds, BML Low Brass, BML Trombones, BML Horns, Albion, Solo Strings, Harp, Orchestral Grand, British Woods (Bassoon staccato only)

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E.T. Mockup from live YouTube stream

A HUMANS TOUCH -TWRP

A Human's Touch

We snuck back into the studio on its thirteenth birthday to revisit the dangerously devoted love story, An Unhealthy Obsession. This is the 13th Edition, complete with rerecorded vocals, new instrumentals and a crunchy, crunchy new mix.

Huge thanks to the ever-enchanting Eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-Gloom, . You can find more of her magic stuffs all over the place at https://linktr.ee/gloomdarkheart

Are you an old-schooler or a new-stalker? Which version gives you the bigger chills-our original cult classic or the freshly re-recorded Friday the 13th Edition? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Grab it from my Bandcamp here http://blake.so/unhealthyf13
OUT NOW in the usual places!
  YouTube Music  http://blake.so/unhealthyf13youtube
  iTunes: http://blake.so/unhealthyf13itunes 
  and Spotify: https://blake.so/unhealthyf13spotify
  as well as many other places soon!

Electric Guitar: Blake Robinson,
Vocals & Accompaniment: Blake Robinson, Gloom Darkheart,
Drums: S'mee the drummer

Lyrics:
I had a lot of friends till I drove them round the bend
and then they left me all alone and so I roam around the globe
In search of new shiny buddies, to share with them my worries
and my joys and my toys and my secret jars of poison!
I searched up high... I searched down low...
But... no matter where I look no friends began to show
and so I made a list of killers, and wrote them all letters
asking lots of friendly questions... with all the best intent they told me

Don't ask your questions to the wall
They keep their secrets locked inside
If blood and bones are what you want
I suggest that you look behind you

I keep each letter in a box under my bed
It really rocks 'cos when I'm sad I just read all of them again
I sent them drawings done in crayon, and plans for domination
even cute little collages of their exploits from the papers.
And when they get out, we will be friends
Bestest buddies un-til the end
We'll go on picnics, with long pork sammies
But I keep thinking 'bout... What they told me

Don't ask your questions to the wall
They keep their secrets locked inside
If blood and bones are what you want
I suggest that you look behind you
Don't ask your questions to the wall
They keep their secrets locked inside
If blood and bones are what you want
I suggest that you look behind you

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An Unhealthy Obsession ft. Gloom Darkheart (Friday the 13th Edition)

hello, long time no see

original artist: stomach book (please go support them!)
character in the pic: rose python cookie (from crk cn)

this is just a slowed down version of the song

☆ ANIMALS | stomach book (slowed down

An anthem for those who never quite move on. Thanks to the Gloom Shroom for bringing her usual awesomeness to the other half of the song. You can find more of her magic stuffs all over the place at https://linktr.ee/gloomdarkheart.

Available online on various music platforms
     Spotify @ https://blake.so/andikillspotify
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     Amazon @ https://blake.so/andikillamazon
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     Find more at https://blake.so/?l5837

Lyrics:
It's been a few years since you left me, and I think I'm coping well. 
I've really picked myself up, and everything is swell. 
But even now, there's moments when I think of me and you. 
Cause when you were still with me, I knew exactly what to do. 
I keep a knife inside my heart to remind me of you. 
And when I'm feeling kinda sad, I take it out and run and shout. 
And I kill, yes, I kill. Let you ride in my pocket to soak up the thrill 
While I kill. Yes, I kill. And you're there with me all the while helping me spill all the blood. 
All the blood, all the blood, all the blood 
Oh, I can't help but kill... without you. 
The nights seem cold and empty. Now that I don't have you near. 
We used to walk at midnight, and was nothing that we feared. 
And here I sit all by myself, thinking what we might have done. 
A body here, a shallow grave, it all seems so long gone. 
I keep a knife inside my heart to remind me of you. 
And when I'm feeling kinda sad, I take it out and run and shout. 
And I kill, yes, I kill. Let you ride in my pocket to soak up the thrill 
While I kill. Yes, I kill. And you're there with me all the while helping me spill all the blood. 
All the blood, all the blood, all the blood 
Oh, I can't help but kill... without you. 
Without you in my life. Oh, I turn into the knife. 
And I can't help but kill... 
Without you.

And I Kill ft. Gloom Darkheart

NICE TRY!!!! NICE TRY!!! NICE TRY!!!!!!! 

Merry Mephisto

Zydrate Anatomy - Paris Hilton

Original song by Moon Walker
Youtube: https://youtu.be/NvxOdGwMe34?si=5MVbJwnRJmj7LfzN
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6zXO78MoKz1ZvwUE4s18NF?si=zYPIP0N6TU2MhGBKorwaGA

The List - Moon Walker

The rhythms of hip-hop provide a placemat for nervously melodic splendor and a melting pot of genres.  What are we to call this compellingly oddball mélange of rock, rap, jazz, reggae, and other influences, all in sway to some of the most mirthfully self-conscious streams of consciousness you’ve ever heard? We could call it attention-deficit-disorder rock. Or maybe we should just call it Forrest Day, the Bay-area bandleader who’s releasing his self-titled full-length debut on the Ninth Street Opus label. 

Cohorts include guitarist Terrell Liedstrand, a bandmate of Day’s since they were both 15, and bassist John Sankey, another high school buddy. Keyboard player Nick Wyner also came on board when the band was founded in 2006, and Jasper Skydecker joined up as their first full-time drummer a year later. When they went into the studio together for the first time, it was with several years of live performances under their belts and a chemistry that Day wanted to capture—and ever-so-slightly digitally tamper with.

“We hit analog tape with everything, but then dumped it into ProTools to manipulate it there,” says Day, who produced the album himself. “So a lot of it is like a big marriage between actual performance and then, in editing, turning some of the songs into loops—though it doesn’t really sound like it, because it’s so analog-sounding.” Day also points out that “there’s not a sample on the record. We brought in real violin players, who were in the room with real saxophones.”

Day’s amusingly confessional songwriting dabbles in social commentary about corporate greed (“Hoarders”) and our overmedicated society (“Meds”), among other concerns. But he returns again and again to everyday struggles common to itinerant musicians and non-musicians alike: bad bosses, lost jobs, debt collectors, and the girlfriend as muse or unwitting patron of the arts. There’s an elaborate work ethic apparent in these meticulously crafted tunes that would seem to put the lie to lyrics that talk about being dreamy, uncertain, and aimless. What we have on this striking debut, then, is a collection of incredibly focused anthems for an unfocused generation. 



Forrest Day - Sleepwalk

A new piece of singy original music about life, love and restraining orders. Thanks to the Fenni for writing half of, and featuring on this song. If you like the track please, please, please share it with as many people as you think that would also enjoy! Lets get this song out there and mass listened to!

Some call it stalkin', I say walking... just extremely close behind.

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An unhealthy obsession

I've been tinkering with music since I was a kid, composing tunes for fun. Nowadays, I mainly write orchestral scores for video games. Alongside this, with an extensive career in the games industry as a tools programmer I've now focused my skills on developing next-generation sample libraries and music software.

E.T. Mockup from live YouTube stream

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