My top 10 (well top 11 really) tracks from artists on soundcloud.

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Top 10

A Electro PoP

Instrumental A

Vincent MacDonald

Freezepop - Swimming Pool

A Skyrim Soundtrack Expansion Project.

Taking both elements from Oblivion and Skyrim and trying to combine them into something that fits neatly into Skyrim's already existent soundscape and OST.
I always wanted to do this, and now I believe I have the tools necessary to pull it off - I hope...
This little introductory piece took me (calculating in the time I needed to find good enough melodies in my head without copying everything the existing soundtracks already do, arranging things so they work as intended, building up a new orchestral template I can work off of to create more cohesive pieces within this project, getting all the libraries I required etc.) half a year. 
Not constant work of course, for this iteration I took about 2 months - but there are so many prototypes waiting to be salvaged into something worthwhile that did not become *this*...
It took a lot of thinking and frustration.

And I am still not "perfectly" happy with the result. The mix but most importantly the arrangement and some harmonic structures are very lacking in some places, it isn't as thematically consistent as I wanted it and I feel like I still need a lot of practice with my new libraries to get the best out of them.

But aside from that, I am still very proud of it. I again learned more from this piece and everything it took to get it done than I have in a long time.
So I'd mark it down as a definite success, especially since it opens up the doors to an entire new project that I can sink my teeth into - especially especially because it is about Skyrim. And there are few things that I am as passionate about and emotionally connected to as I am with the fifth entry in the Elder Scrolls Series.

I will vastly improve in the fields of composition, arrangement and thematic consistency on the upcoming tracks, because now I actually have a structure I can build upon instead of no ideas and an empty DAW.
So expect better things to come and forgive me my shortcomings on this first entry in a hopefully long line of pieces to this puzzle.

Please enjoy and give me all the feedback you want, I need every bit of it to improve.

But for now -
a hearty Cheerio,
Cedric

HORIZON - A Skyrim Soundtrack Expansion Project

Mountains in the Sky

HORIZON - Mountains in the Sky

Finally done with this one. Took a good bit longer than I anticipated, but the time was necessary as I couldn't quite figure out how to end the piece. I think my solution is rather elegant and smooth, here's hoping it's not only me thinking that :P

All in all, I am much happier with this second entry to Horizon compared to the first. I really tried keeping this piece as consistent and thematically / melodically / sonically tight as I could without sacrificing variety.
For the most part I'd say that I succeeded, here and there maybe not so much. But I have to look at the big picture to not go utterly insane as is my nature.

That's also why I will stop trying to fix tiny issues that I am hearing now (but maybe imagining, would not be the first time...) and force myself to be content with what I have, cause the more I listen and the more I look out for mistakes, the more I'll hear (imaginary or real) - drives you nuts.

Again - all in all, this is the best thing I have done to date, in my opinion at least. Maybe not the most bombastic, maybe not the most intricate, but certainly what I wanted to end up with from the get go.

This obviously does not mean that I think this is as close as I would like it to be to the standard that I am setting for myself - but closest out of all the things I've done so far. 
And that's an improvement I am happy with.

I hope you can find enjoyment and maybe some peace of mind in this piece of music (if you read this far that is, if not.. well, doesn't change anything).

Cheerio,
Cedric

Frozen Meadows

HORIZON - Frozen Meadows

This is the first entry to EXCURSIONS - Volume I, my new endeavour to produce as many pieces of music as fast as possible. 
I want to see how much I can do in a (at least for my standards) very short period of time, mainly to increase my overall efficiency when it comes to making music but also to get more experience in the process of actually finishing projects, which I lack.

This one is a simple progression that doesn't evolve much in terms of harmonic content but builds more upon the idea of: emotions first, complexity later. Since I tend to dislike things I make that are too "unoriginal" (as if that ship hasn't already sailed) and discard usable ideas that can easily be turned into something pretty good, I figured this would be the perfect way of trying to break this useless notion of reinventing the bloody wheel every time (not that I do that, but I hold myself to that stupidly impossible standard regardless).
I hope I succeed and I think with this piece I am on a good way towards getting better at that.

Hope you enjoy this little Richter-esque excursion. 
More (probably short) pieces will follow - they might be totally different to this one, they might be similar - I shall take what I can get :)

Cheerio,
Cedric

[ amazing photo by Vadim Sadovski that I used for this cover found here: https://unsplash.com/photos/rVk7NXidQFY ]

EXCURSIONS Vol. I

The End Is Never The End Is Never...

EXCURSIONS - The End Is Never The End Is Never...

I think I have seldom been so optimistic about something I created, so free of doubt and worry - which is coincidentally a feeling I want to convey with this new piece and project / album.

I dearly love the OST for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis and always wanted to do something in a similar fashion, but up until now lacked the means to do it. The means being a library (I'm not big on collaborations of such an interconnected nature and am quite the control freak, so outsourcing performances isn't yet my forte) that could portray solo strings in this very specifically rustic and imperfect, soft and brittle form that is so iconic to Warren Ellis' style of playing.

Well, along come Orchestral Tools and break my mind with the unbelievably authentic and brilliant "Peteris Vasks' Strings", forcing me to make this!
I gotta say, I've never been more happy about any kind of enslavement.

But jokes aside, this really is one of the best purchases I have ever made, and one of the best pieces of music I have ever made - maybe not because of some brilliant melodical structure or a perfect arrangement (which this obviously doesn't have :P), but because of this unbelievably authentic and iconic sound, and the atmosphere it creates.

I did have to do quite a bit of EQ adjustments and automation to iron out some of the more resonant moments (didn't quite achieve a perfect balance, but I'm gonna get better the more I use it), plus making my own mic-mix cause the library was recorded in a bloody huge church - but the close mics are, despite this, bone dry and together with some of the other options able to have this up-close, intimate feeling that I wouldn't have thought possible.
One or two samples are a little borked sometimes, but with a bit of imagination one can circumvent these small errors.
All in all, this product is nigh perfect - for me, obviously :)

But enough about this - what Revalescence is about, is a journey. As always. I need to wander, both in reality as in my fantasy so this kind of theme will never go away, most likely :P
Anyhow, the term describes the process or rather state of getting better, healing. And since that is such a loose concept, you could apply it to really anything : a struggle with mental health, a physical injury or other avenues of trouble that open themselves up to you. 
This time, I will not describe an actual story, but rather a more metaphoric path to betterment, whatever that might entail for you specifically.
I love placing things into the setting of an Arizona desert, cause it's just so relentlessly beautiful to me, but feel free to wander off to anywhere you would like to go with it. Sometimes, I'll be more setting-specific, other times it'll be more ambiguous - whatever I feel like at any given moment.
You can expect ups and downs, but at the end I will try to weave it all together into a calming, reassuring and hopeful outlook and reflection on things past, present and future.

All of this sounds terribly pretentious and usually I would refrain from writing bloated nonsense like that - but I think this time, I'll try being more conscious about creating music, with a broad, human theme in mind that one can read into if one chooses to. Don't know whether or not it's gonna work out, but what the hell - I'll try anyway :D

If you did, thank you very much for reading through all of this and I hope you'll find a connection to Revalescence, as have I.

Cheerio,
Cedric

Revalescence

Leaving Home

Revalescence - Leaving Home

The last musical cue in the 'Legend of Korra'. Zhonghu and erhu performed by Hong Wang.

The Legend Of Korra

Melanie Martinez - You Love I (extended edit)

You Love I (Extended Edit)

Written by Domanique Grant
Produced by Kuya

Investment - Domanique Grant

bassidea3.0 is a mix of reggae and some african latin vibez

Looking for topline writer / vocalists / rappers to collab

W.I.P.

Bassidea3.0 (who wants to collab on this ?  -) )

Mazalini - 'Lost reality'

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Second single from Anaté's debut album "Confessions". Watch the official video on YouTube! https://youtu.be/c9RHOkUMVZ8

Songwriting - Ana
Production - Delman
Mix - Simone Coen
Master - Giovanni "Meniak" Nebbia @Ithil World Mastering Imperia
Artwork - Max Guizzetti

Confessions

Official video

First Time

A beautiful crime. The world's in a dark place. We are heartbroken. To make a change is not a crime.

Beautiful Crime

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring...Dobro Guitar solo, Mandolin solo, Fiddle solo, Accordion Rhythm, Banjo Rhythm, Godin Acoustic Guitar Rhythm, Fender Electric Bass regular, Fender Electric Bass Flanging, Trap Drum set country Shuffle, Percussion.

Greener Grass

Grass Lullaby

Victor - Save Me Acoustic Version

Het kan anders ..... het kan zomaar anders zijn ...

Het Kan Anders - Forum voor Rapocratie Het

Inspired by Felix Baumgartner and his jump from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on 14th Oct 2012. He fell an estimated 39km and broke the sound barrier!
Humanity is capable of amazing and brilliant things.

Video of him doing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoHArAzdug

Freefall (Instrumental) Remaster 16.01.21

Heres' a 6/8 track with acoustic guitars, strings, percussions, electric guitar, claps, drums and bass.

Thank you for listening :)

Composition: Julien Apelian
Recording studio: Audio Colors
January 2021.

Landscape of Andalusia

Cover version Fleetwood Mac - Dreams  Simone (prod VMD)

Dreams Cover Fleetwood - Simone (prod VMD)

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Bandcamp: https://plannpi.bandcamp.com/track/insects

Plann Pi - Insects (feat. Dmitry Krupin)

Walking in the snow in midwinter 2021.
Recorded in 432 Hz for a more relaxing vibe.

Snow Walker - Nicolas Project

I am a pro musician and multi-instrumentalist and singer. 
My main instrument is the tenor sax though. 
I was a member of a famous Dutch band, the Dizzy Man's Band. 
I played in big theatre shows and musicals and later on had a solo career as Nick McAlley.
 I still feel the urge to write and record my own music.  
 I thank you for taking the time to listen!  Especially if you're an old soul with a young heart.

Snow Walker - Nicolas Project

Klaas Versteeg