This is a piece I wrote for a second year Computer Composition assignment. I basically wanting to aim for a soundscape piece, by creating a dark atmosphere using ambient elements. I looked for inspiration in the direction of the soundtrack to the game 'Silent Hill' and tried to build a similar atmosphere to what is conceived in the game. It was very out of my comfort zone and I really enjoyed the challenge of trying to branch out and try something different, hope you guys enjoy it!

Something In The Mist

Here's a new song that I wrote for my first Popular Composition assignment of the second year. I wrote this one in the vein of bands such as Alter Bridge and Breaking Benjamin and went for an alternative rock/metal feel, and went for something that was nicely in my comfort zone and had a blast writing it. Really happy with the production and overall outcome, hope you guys enjoy it!

Over The Edge

This is my final pop composition assignment for the second year. I was heavily influenced by alternative rock bands such as Biffy Clyro for this one, and wanted to create a huge stadium feel, with the strings helping to emphasis the sound. I also wanted to use complex time signatures and an unusual guitar tuning to help create a unique sounding track overall. Hope you enjoy!

If I Asked...

This is my final Computer Composition assignment for my second year. I wanted to create a noise/glitch rock track, utilising industrial/synth-based sounds. I took a lot of influence from the Nine Inch Nail's album 'Year Zero'. I'd say if you were to put a genre on it, it would probably be Industrial Dance Metal, if that makes sense, aha! Enjoy!

Intensify

The first track from my progressive metal EP, A Dystopian Future.

1) The Foreshadowing

The fourth track from my progressive metal EP, A Dystopian Future.

4) The Abolishing

The second track from my progressive metal EP, A Dystopian Future.

2) The New World

The third track from my progressive metal EP, A Dystopian Future.

3) The Contrivance

The fifth and final track from my progressive metal EP, A Dystopian Future.

5) The Decimation

So I've not really done much on SoundCloud as of recently, but I've been working on this demo today that I will hopefully use as part of my Masters composition work. It started off with the little delayed guitar part at the start of the track, and I aimed to continue it with a lot of textural and ambient ideas. The aim is to eventually turn this track into a full song but this is the progress I've made so far...

Untitled Ambient Track (Demo)

The song 'The Great Debacle' kicks off an album I am currently working on of progressive metal. It starts off slow with an ominous feel before taking a dark turn. Lyrically it deals with trying to develop an understanding of depression and how it can savagely pull you under.

THE GREAT DEBACLE

This is my first completed original track and I recorded it for my Composition of Pop Music Assignment. We were given the task of taking the chords and structure from a popular song (I chose Pride - In The Name Of Love by U2) and were told to write our own lyrics and come up with our own melodies, changing the style and making it our own. All instruments on the track are performed by me and I had great fun recording this, hope you enjoy!

Everywhere and Nowhere

This song is a new original that I wrote and recorded for my second Composition of Popular Music assignment at University. I aimed to write a big-sounding alternative, stadium rock style song in the style of huge rock bands such as U2, Muse etc. Hope you guys enjoy! (:

An Other Life

This piece is one that I wrote for my second Computer Composition assignment. The aim I was going for here was to create like a dark ambient feel to the track with the idea of using singular synth sounds and adjusting them to give a captivating feel to the track. I also wanted to have quite an Industrial sound to it, and I did this due to the usage of multiple syncopated drum tracks, and gritty guitars which feature at the end, hope you guys enjoy!

Submersion

I am currently working as an independent musician, studying a Music Tech and Popular Music Course at the University of Huddersfield. I am a multi-instrumentalist and I've just finished producing my progressive metal EP, A Dystopian Future. Influenced by the likes of Periphery, Meshuggah, Arcane Roots and Fightstar, it was a final year University project and I am particularly happy with the result! If you're on my page, I would really appreciate if you took the time to check it out. Hope you enjoy my music!

Dan Robinson

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