Somewhere Out There Featuring Big Edna

Did some field recordings at a grand piano during a slow day at work.  This is a somber/minimalist cover of You Are Not Alone from Final Fantasy IX that I found myself noodlin' out.

You Are Not Alone (Piano)

I got a five string electric bass.  This is me playing around with a five string electric bass.

I like playing a five string electric bass.

Bass - Day 1

Bass With Distortion - Day 1

First demo debut from What Lies Ahead, an alternative metal trio based out of Elgin, Illinois!

Guitar: Slippin' Jim Barrera
Drums: Steve "What If?" Smith
Bass + Vocals: Mike "Q" Quarrato

What Lies Ahead -Things We Left Behind

A little teaser of what lies ahead for What Lies Ahead.

(That was a terrible pun.)

Opus Teaser

A remastered edition of an old chiptune dance song I composed, using techniques I've learned over the last couple of years.  Sounds much, much cleaner.  Enjoy!

Pixelated Bliss (Remaster)

This is my chiptune'd out arrangement of that classic Power Station song about fighting and love, remastered.  I extended the end section for optimized pumping up, so you can use this song as motivation while you are working out, jogging, or getting ready in the morning.

Original song is credited to The Power Station, and can be heard in Commando.

SOMEWHERE.  SOMEHOW.  SOMEONE.

We Fight For Love (Remastered)

Finished backing track for a small collaboration I decided to do.  There will be rapping.

The Ballad of JJ Beef and OG Q

Well, that happened pretty fast.  This is my rapping debut, apparently!

Enjoy.  I may come back to this in the future and re-record the vocals, but for now, this is what I've got!

Dry Spell

Experimenting with samples of myself...

That sounds kinky.

The Human Instrument

Couldn't sleep, so this happened.  This is the skeleton, including the instrumental piece, some stand-in verses, and my harmonies for the chorus.  It's an update of another song from my first band, finally recorded with the quality it deserves.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get the original vocalist in for this!

Cupio Morior 2012 (In Progress)

This is something I was composing just before my computer decided to flip the hell out on me.  This might end up serving as a background track in a project I'm planning right now, with the themes from this piece being developed through other songs.  It's a lot simpler than my usual meanderings because there will be other elements working with the music and I didn't want to distract from what should be a more cohesive interactive/visual experience.

The Pocketwatch (Variations)

I've been sitting on this chiptune composition for a long while, arranging, rearranging, and doing all sorts of things with the parts.  After many hours of this, I decided to just go ahead and get it out there!

Enjoy.

Adventure of the Haunted Platform Shoes

Experimenting with and learning a lot of my new Kontakt/Spitfire libraries, decided to take a whack at reorchestrating and arranging one of my all time favorite Uematsu songs.

Cosmo Canyon

Another FFVII favorite.  Chopped up, rearranged, and generally tinkered with as part of learning the ins and outs of the new sounds I have access to.

It's Difficult To Stand On Both Feet, Isn't It

Continuing to practice my mixing and arrangement skills with more FFVII.  This time, it's Crazy Motorcycle... But crazier.

Crazy Motorcycle

A simple call to action for tumultuous times.  We all have a part to play.

Watch.  Listen.  Understand.

First true roll-out of my cover of "Where There's A Whip", as originally brought to fame in the old Return of the King animated flick.

Now with a different vocal approach!

Where Theres a Whip (There's A Way)

I'm a guy who does things, and sometimes they turn out pretty cool.  Hopefully, most of the tracks I'll be putting on here will be some of those pretty cool things.  Looking forward to sharing a large assortment of varied songs with you!

Chief Science Officer Q

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