Nate Elkus and Garrett Gagnon teamed up to make a cover/remix of the Deadmau5 song "Raise Your Weapon". Piano, Drums, and Vocals are recorded. All else is made with computers. This production was the result of a project for Dr. Christopher Biggs' "Effects Processing & Synthesis" class taught at WMU.

Vocals - Garrett Gagnon
Piano - Nate Elkus
Drums - Garrett Gagnon

Mixing/Editing - Nate Elkus and Garrett Gagnon
Mastering - Garrett Gagnon

Elkus And Gagnon - Raise Your Weapon (Elknon Remix)

This is a 25 minute piece that contains a vast assortment of electronic instruments, and an equally vast array of recorded material. There are a half dozen movements, most of which are instrumental. They span various tempi and differ in feel depending on their rhythmic backbone. The main subject of the piece is “Dreams,” and there is one movement that contains a voice singing about specific thoughts, eliciting a human emotional response that cannot be sought from purely instrumental sections.
My capstone project as a whole is a culmination of several projects and ventures since January 2015. It was presented as a fixed media piece with no live performance in April 2016.