These are the versions of my compositions included with the retro arcade game Solaroids: Prologue.  Each was composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by yours truly, so bear in mind they are not perfect by any means.

Solaroids - Chad Yates - Voyage

Solaroids - Chad Yates - Tranquility

Solaroids - Chad Yates - The Cruise

Solaroids - Chad Yates - New Wave

Solaroids - Ethereal Myst

Solaroids - Chad Yates - Equinox

Solaroids - Chad Yates - Ecstacy

Solaroids - Chad Yates - Colors Of I

Colors of I is track I composed, recorded and did preliminary mixing during the cold winter of 2011. I've tweaked it here and there over the past year as I have time, and as I learn more about audio engineering.  It is entirely synthesized and uses various soft synths, including piano and digital percussion. 

Sequencing, mixing and mastering was done using Cakewalk Sonar X1 by me in a unforgiving acoustic environment, so if some levels are off, particularly the bass, that is the most likely explanation.  I've also broken the cardinal rule of audio production, that is of mixing and mastering it myself, so I look forward to the time to hand it off to a professional mix/mastering engineer to see what can be done with it.

Let me know what you think, what you like, don't like, areas you think could be improved, etc.  I'm just learning this stuff as I go, and letting things fall out how them may during the creative process.

Colors of I

Echoes of History is another track I composed, recorded in 2011.  This version is pretty close to what I would consider the final mix.

It was created using various soft synths in Cakewalk Sonar X1.

Please let me know what you think, and any constructive criticism or tips you can offer as I'm just learning the process and techniques of professional music production.