SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD by Loafteon
Finished Sept. 3, 2012

Track Listing:
1.Lusitania/Piggies
2.The Zenadors
3.Trondheim
4.Two Decades in Spaceflight
5.Riberia House Blues
6.Lost in the Ansible
7.Children of the Mind
8.The Speaking
9.Father Tongue
10.Hive Queen/Ramen

Loafteon - guitars, softsnyths, keyboard, programming, apps, glockenspiel, "production", "mixing"

THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPERS OF THESE FREE VSTS (many listed here I used, that should be all of them, sorry if I missed any):
4Front Piano.dll
Abakos.dll
atlas.dll
beat morpher.dll
Cygnus.dll
Cygnus-SF.dll
Cynthia.dll
CynthiaFX.dll
damatriks.dll
DR-Fusion2.dll
Dronos-free.dll
efm-synthia2.dll
famisynth2_v2_5.dll
Fragmental.dll
gemini1.dll
ICECREAM.dll
KRM-101.dll
KX-SYNTH-X16-M
LUCEifer v2.dll
Meltron_1.dll
Micromoon.dll
Minimal.dll
MinimogueVA.dll
Nanotron.pdf
Nanotron2.dll
NiallsPVOCLib.dll
oatmeal manual
oatmeal skins
Oatmeal.dll
oatmeal38-1
oatmealprs.dat
ORGANized_trio_v31
ORGANized_trio_v31.dll
PlugInd-RhodyMK1.dll
polyiblit.dll
pooBoy2.dll
Prophanity V1-2.dll
RhodyMK1
rps-1.dll
rps-1m.dll
StringSynth.dll
synthia
tb_monomate_2_3.dll
tb_tapeworm_2_1.dll
tb303.dll
TickyClav.dll
Topaz_Clav1.dll
V4-KX-SYNTH-X16-M.dll

VST Host and VST Seq are the programs I used to use and record these VSTS. Mixing and recording of guitar, keyboard, and glockenspiel were done in Audacity.


I'd also thank the companies which made my guitar, amp, pedal, keyboard, and laptop. However they are all big companies with enough money. 

NOTES

This album is based on Orson Scott Card's 1986 novel Speaker for the Dead. I enjoyed the novel, and thought its combination of strong characters, plot, setting and themes could translate into an album. The book is decent, but far from being one of my favorites. The story is difficult to retell, as this is an all-instrumental album, but the book gave me a conceptual focus while writing and recording the tracks. This album is poorly ($~0 budget) made, and the mixing, recording, and production in general is awful (especially the acoustic guitars). In many ways this album did not turn out the way I wanted. The problem is that I'm learning; learning how to play guitar (my main instrument), and teaching myself some keyboard stuff, as well as how to mix and record. I'm learning jazz guitar now, as well as some slide stuff. I tried to mix many styles (I call this album prog rock, which itself is, to me, a mix of styles) such as prog, metal, jazz, electronic, ambient, blues, folk, and industrial. I want to continue learning and recording, and perhaps one day will make a better album. I think I learned a lot from this album and the process of creating it. 

-Loafteon

Download/Listen to it on my SoundCloud page: http://soundcloud.com/loafteon 

Download FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?pfcfbz5lmcm3ulp
Download MP3 320kbs: http://www.mediafire.com/?r1zow98iu1irf67

Lustania/Piggies

The Zenadors

Two Decades in Spaceflight

Ribeira House Blues

Lost in the Ansible

Children of the Mind

The Speaking

Father Tongue

Hive Queen/Ramen

Another musique concrete of sounds from a trailer park and the sounding areas. Used new guitar recordings and keyboards as well as old jams.

Return of the Son of Vacation

The Electric Pudding

BLUE ROSE (EP) by Loafteon
Finished Feb. 27th, 2013

Track Listing:
1.Blue Rose


Loafteon - guitars, softsnyths, bass, keyboard, programming, piano, glockenspiel, drums, effects, voice, "production", "mixing"

THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPERS OF THESE FREE VSTS (effects/instruments) (many listed here I used, some I didn't on this particular recording.... this should be all of them, sorry if I missed any):


15/12/2012  02:32 PM    <DIR>          3rd_Bass
15/12/2012  02:30 PM             1,864 3rd_Bass License.doc
15/12/2012  02:30 PM         1,789,952 3rd_Bass.dll
11/04/2009  04:52 AM        15,580,656 4Front Piano.dll
16/05/2012  07:17 PM    <DIR>          a
16/05/2012  07:11 PM         2,351,104 Abakos.dll
23/11/2012  03:56 PM    <DIR>          Antti-Augur
16/09/2012  12:12 PM    <DIR>          Arppe2600va
16/09/2012  08:42 AM             4,376 Arppe2600va MIDI Controllers.txt
16/09/2012  08:42 AM             1,242 Arppe2600va Readme.txt
16/09/2012  08:42 AM         3,289,088 Arppe2600va.dll
16/09/2012  08:42 AM           245,760 Arppe2600va.exe
02/09/2012  06:12 AM    <DIR>          atlas
20/02/2008  09:21 AM            41,698 atlas presets 1.fxb
20/02/2008  10:35 AM         2,281,472 atlas.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           249,344 Augur.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           116,916 Augur_Ann_Bank01.fxb
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           116,916 Augur_Prophesy_1.fxb
16/05/2012  07:17 PM    <DIR>          b
27/05/2012  10:00 AM    <DIR>          Bank-1
16/09/2012  12:03 PM            18,488 banner.bmp
23/08/2012  01:21 PM    <DIR>          beat morpher
23/08/2012  01:17 PM         3,121,152 beat morpher.dll
23/08/2012  01:17 PM             3,888 beat morpher.txt
23/08/2012  01:18 PM    <DIR>          bm
16/05/2012  07:17 PM    <DIR>          c
13/05/2004  11:19 PM            48,335 Clav1_Manual.pdf
16/05/2012  07:11 PM               333 config.txt
07/06/2012  08:57 PM    <DIR>          Cygnus
07/06/2012  08:51 PM            71,672 Cygnus-Bank1.fxb
07/06/2012  08:51 PM            71,565 Cygnus-Bank2.fxb
07/06/2012  08:51 PM            71,823 Cygnus-Bank3.fxb
07/06/2012  08:55 PM    <DIR>          Cygnus-SF
07/06/2012  08:51 PM         3,518,464 Cygnus-SF.dll
07/06/2012  08:51 PM         4,386,816 Cygnus.dll
27/05/2012  01:18 PM    <DIR>          Cynthia
27/05/2012  01:17 PM         6,918,144 Cynthia.dll
11/06/2012  06:53 PM    <DIR>          CynthiaFX
27/05/2012  01:17 PM         6,918,144 CynthiaFX.dll
16/05/2012  07:17 PM    <DIR>          d
11/09/2012  06:55 PM             6,169 d.txt
02/09/2012  06:13 AM    <DIR>          damatriks
02/09/2012  06:11 AM         2,928,640 damatriks.dll
16/05/2012  07:15 PM    <DIR>          DefaultSkin
23/08/2012  01:18 PM    <DIR>          DR-Fusion2
23/08/2012  01:17 PM        28,639,232 DR-Fusion2.dll
23/08/2012  01:17 PM    <DIR>          DRF2
23/08/2012  01:17 PM           221,871 DRF2.pdf
07/06/2012  08:53 PM    <DIR>          dronos-free
07/06/2012  08:51 PM        10,878,976 Dronos-free.dll
24/02/2013  08:27 PM    <DIR>          drum samples
29/09/2012  04:33 PM    <DIR>          DSK Elektrik Keyz
29/09/2012  04:28 PM         8,415,232 DSK Elektrik Keyz.dll
14/09/2012  03:43 PM    <DIR>          DSK mini DrumZ
14/09/2012  03:42 PM        15,716,352 DSK mini DrumZ.dll
29/09/2012  04:28 PM               499 DSK Music - Readme.txt
14/09/2012  03:42 PM               180 DSK Music VSTi - Readme.txt
29/09/2012  04:28 PM    <DIR>          DSK_Elektrik_Keyz
14/09/2012  03:42 PM    <DIR>          DSK_mini_DrumZ
29/12/2012  02:57 PM    <DIR>          Dualism Demo
23/11/2012  03:57 PM         3,428,352 Dualism Demo.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           182,773 Dualism Users Guide.pdf
15/12/2012  02:36 PM    <DIR>          Echo2005
15/12/2012  02:30 PM           813,056 Echo2005.dll
16/05/2012  07:15 PM             6,129 effCanDos.ini
26/05/2012  01:17 PM    <DIR>          efm-synthia2
26/05/2012  01:17 PM         4,685,824 efm-synthia2.dll
16/09/2012  12:12 PM             3,442 EULA_readme.txt
15/12/2012  02:34 PM    <DIR>          FA36_Full
15/12/2012  02:30 PM         1,872,384 FA36_Full.dll
21/05/2012  03:53 PM    <DIR>          Famisynth
21/05/2012  03:58 PM    <DIR>          famisynth2_v2_5
21/05/2012  03:53 PM         2,494,464 famisynth2_v2_5.dll
03/09/2012  05:52 PM             2,164 filename.txt
25/05/2012  04:30 PM    <DIR>          Fragmental-v1.02-windows
25/05/2012  04:29 PM           442,368 Fragmental.dll
02/09/2012  06:12 AM    <DIR>          gemini
20/02/2008  09:21 AM           108,128 gemini presets 1.fxb
02/09/2012  06:12 AM    <DIR>          gemini1
20/02/2008  10:37 AM         2,809,856 gemini1.dll
13/12/2012  06:39 PM    <DIR>          GTG DPC 3
18/11/2007  11:57 AM             3,696 GTG DPC 3 readme.rtf
03/03/2008  03:47 PM         2,977,792 GTG DPC 3.dll
13/12/2012  06:37 PM    <DIR>          GTG JP 7AK
18/02/2010  06:33 PM         2,043,904 GTG JP 7AK.dll
13/12/2012  06:36 PM    <DIR>          GTG_DPC_3
13/12/2012  06:37 PM    <DIR>          GTG_MS_2008
18/02/2010  06:31 PM         2,138,112 GTG_MS_2008.dll
13/12/2012  06:37 PM    <DIR>          GTG_NK_1001
26/07/2004  08:23 AM         9,445,376 harmonium.dll
23/08/2012  01:17 PM    <DIR>          helpfiles too
16/05/2012  07:15 PM             2,609 hostCanDos.ini
21/05/2012  03:53 PM    <DIR>          Icecream
21/05/2012  03:53 PM         2,757,152 ICECREAM.dll
15/12/2012  02:30 PM             3,738 Info - License.txt
07/06/2012  09:15 PM             1,458 info.txt
16/09/2012  12:12 PM           897,024 jb_omniverb.dll
16/09/2012  12:03 PM         3,973,120 JM-1.dll
16/09/2012  12:03 PM    <DIR>          juns_factory_-_jm-1
22/05/2012  05:54 PM    <DIR>          KRM-101
22/05/2012  05:45 PM         2,109,440 KRM-101.dll
22/05/2012  05:45 PM            14,217 KRM-101_BassBank.fxb
22/05/2012  05:45 PM            14,064 KRM-101_FactorySounds.fxb
22/05/2012  05:45 PM            39,944 KRM-101_GUI_Full.jpg
22/05/2012  05:45 PM    <DIR>          KRM-101_VSTi
26/05/2012  12:51 PM    <DIR>          KX-SYNTH-X16-M
29/09/2012  04:29 PM           802,816 lazysnake.dll
29/12/2012  02:59 PM                 2 lazysnake.mcc
29/09/2012  04:29 PM    <DIR>          LazySnake_1_0_3
29/09/2012  04:29 PM               560 lazysnake_license.txt
29/09/2012  04:29 PM             1,124 lazysnake_readme.txt
23/11/2012  03:57 PM               993 Licence Agreement.txt
03/11/2012  01:51 PM             1,372 license.txt
23/06/2012  09:12 AM             1,099 Lizenz Plugindex.txt
22/05/2012  05:18 PM        23,785,102 LUCEifer v2.dll
22/05/2012  05:18 PM    <DIR>          LUCEifer vers 2.0
29/12/2012  02:59 PM    <DIR>          M-theory Demo
23/11/2012  03:57 PM         5,398,528 M-theory Demo.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           403,064 M-theory Users Guide.pdf
25/05/2012  04:29 PM           141,720 manual.pdf
07/06/2012  09:14 PM            18,843 Meltron.jpg
07/06/2012  09:14 PM               609 MELTRON.txt
07/06/2012  09:14 PM    <DIR>          MELTRON_1.0
07/06/2012  09:14 PM        10,985,472 Meltron_1.dll
02/09/2012  12:35 PM    <DIR>          Micromoon
02/09/2012  12:35 PM         4,046,848 Micromoon.dll
23/08/2012  01:17 PM           209,695 MIDIcc chart.jpg
23/08/2012  01:20 PM    <DIR>          Minimal
23/08/2012  01:17 PM         2,785,280 Minimal.dll
23/08/2012  01:17 PM    <DIR>          Minimal_v1.5
18/08/2012  07:13 PM    <DIR>          MinimogueVA
26/05/2012  12:49 PM             4,026 MinimogueVA MIDI Controllers.txt
26/05/2012  12:49 PM             3,564 MinimogueVA Readme.txt
26/05/2012  12:49 PM         3,018,752 MinimogueVA.dll
26/05/2012  12:49 PM           380,928 MinimogueVA.exe
21/05/2012  03:54 PM    <DIR>          monomate
27/02/2013  03:26 PM                 0 myfile.txt
07/06/2012  09:15 PM            14,293 Nanotron.pdf
07/06/2012  09:23 PM    <DIR>          nanotron2
07/06/2012  09:15 PM        20,697,088 Nanotron2.dll
25/05/2012  04:29 PM            98,304 NiallsPVOCLib.dll
18/02/2010  06:48 PM            24,064 NK 1001 Synthesizer MIDI Chart.doc
18/02/2010  06:49 PM         2,088,960 NK 1001.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           116,916 nylausteraugur.fxb
11/06/2012  08:09 PM    <DIR>          oatmeal manual
11/06/2012  08:09 PM    <DIR>          oatmeal skins
11/06/2012  08:09 PM           638,976 Oatmeal.dll
11/06/2012  08:09 PM    <DIR>          oatmeal38-1
11/06/2012  08:09 PM           664,080 oatmealprs.dat
09/09/2012  11:42 AM    <DIR>          OP-X FREE
06/07/2008  06:24 PM           174,964 OP-X FREE manual.pdf
04/09/2008  03:54 PM         5,468,160 OP-X FREE.dll
09/09/2012  04:23 PM    <DIR>          opxfree
28/05/2012  03:34 PM    <DIR>          ORGANized_trio_v31
26/05/2012  12:51 PM         1,540,096 ORGANized_trio_v31.dll
23/06/2012  09:12 AM         5,963,776 PlugInd-RhodyMK1.dll
18/05/2012  03:47 PM                86 PlugIns.ini
18/05/2012  04:00 PM         1,400,832 polyiblit.dll
21/05/2012  03:56 PM    <DIR>          pooBoy2
21/05/2012  03:48 PM         2,052,096 pooBoy2.dll
01/08/2012  10:58 AM    <DIR>          PQN vstseq
22/05/2012  05:18 PM    <DIR>          presets
27/02/2013  03:23 PM                 0 print.txt
26/05/2012  12:50 PM    <DIR>          Prophanity
26/05/2012  01:15 PM    <DIR>          Prophanity V1-2
26/05/2012  12:50 PM         2,658,304 Prophanity V1-2.dll
26/05/2012  12:50 PM           237,568 Prophanity V1-2.exe
26/05/2012  12:50 PM             1,639 Prophanity V1.2 README.txt
11/11/2012  03:26 PM    <DIR>          ProSoloVst
24/05/2012  02:49 PM         2,203,648 ProSoloVst.dll
11/11/2012  03:25 PM            94,522 ProSoloVst_UM.pdf
16/05/2012  07:11 PM            11,210 READ ME FIRST.rtf
26/05/2012  12:51 PM            17,404 README - Installation - FAQ - Midi learn.txt
25/05/2012  04:29 PM             5,503 readme.htm
11/09/2012  06:55 PM             4,123 readme.txt
22/05/2012  05:45 PM               742 ReadMePlease.txt
27/10/2012  11:19 AM    <DIR>          Rec
23/06/2012  09:12 AM    <DIR>          RhodyMK1
09/06/2012  12:27 PM    <DIR>          rps-1
19/05/2012  06:56 PM         7,704,576 rps-1.dll
19/05/2012  06:58 PM    <DIR>          rps-1m
19/05/2012  06:56 PM         7,630,848 rps-1m.dll
19/05/2012  06:56 PM           533,482 rps-1_manual.pdf
16/09/2012  08:42 AM             8,279 Savihost License.txt
21/05/2012  03:54 PM         2,097,152 saw2KtableSM.dat
16/05/2012  07:11 PM               818 setup.txt
09/09/2012  11:42 AM    <DIR>          SonicProjects
26/05/2012  12:51 PM    <DIR>          SoundFontsIt_oldies
09/10/2012  07:52 PM    <DIR>          SQ8L
09/10/2012  07:51 PM    <DIR>          SQ8L-v0.91b
09/10/2012  07:51 PM         1,048,576 SQ8L.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           118,920 ST 1.5 bank1.fxb
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           119,288 ST 1.5 bank2.fxb
11/09/2012  06:55 PM    <DIR>          stepchild-v1.03a-beta-r6
11/09/2012  06:55 PM           350,208 stepchild.dll
23/11/2012  04:05 PM    <DIR>          String Theory
23/11/2012  04:00 PM    <DIR>          String Theory 1.5
23/11/2012  03:57 PM           162,895 String Theory 1.5 Manual.pdf
23/11/2012  03:57 PM         2,584,576 String Theory.dll
18/05/2012  04:02 PM    <DIR>          StringSynth
18/05/2012  04:00 PM         2,117,632 StringSynth.dll
23/11/2012  03:57 PM    <DIR>          string_theory_1.5
27/05/2012  09:58 AM    <DIR>          synthia
07/06/2012  09:15 PM            47,854 tapeworm.pdf
22/05/2012  05:38 PM         1,307,902 tb303.dll
21/05/2012  04:00 PM    <DIR>          tb_monomate_2_3
21/05/2012  03:53 PM         2,117,632 tb_monomate_2_3.dll
07/06/2012  09:19 PM    <DIR>          tb_tapeworm_2_1
07/06/2012  09:15 PM        16,355,328 tb_tapeworm_2_1.dll
29/07/2012  03:01 PM           393,216 TickyClav.dll
29/07/2012  03:01 PM           100,864 TickyClav.exe
29/07/2012  03:01 PM               876 TickyClav.fxb
29/07/2012  03:01 PM            40,227 TickyClav.pdf
29/07/2012  03:01 PM    <DIR>          TickyClav11
29/07/2012  02:54 PM    <DIR>          Topaz_Clav1
14/05/2004  10:20 PM         2,166,784 Topaz_Clav1.dll
21/05/2012  03:54 PM         2,097,152 tri2KtableSM.dat
10/02/2013  06:57 PM            49,405 uninstall.exe
16/05/2012  07:17 PM    <DIR>          User Manual
16/05/2012  07:11 PM             7,150 user_agreement.rtf
26/05/2012  01:08 PM    <DIR>          V4-KX-SYNTH-X16-M
26/05/2012  12:51 PM         8,811,008 V4-KX-SYNTH-X16-M.dll
24/02/2013  08:38 PM             3,446 vsthost.ini
01/08/2012  10:58 AM           647,168 vstseq.exe
01/08/2012  10:58 AM               302 vstseq.ini
01/08/2012  10:58 AM             2,109 vstseq.txt
03/11/2012  04:33 PM    <DIR>          vstwsimd
03/11/2012  01:51 PM           659,456 vstwsimd.dll
03/11/2012  01:51 PM             6,104 vstwsimd.vstxml
16/05/2012  07:17 PM    <DIR>          vst_cache


VST Host and VST Seq are the programs I used to use and record these VSTS. Mixing and recording of guitar, keyboard, 

drums, programmed percusion, softsynths and glockenspiel were done in Audacity.

Samples used (I think I used most of Wikipedia's unexplained sounds)(Samples were edited heavily):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(unidentified_sound)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Down_(unidentified_sound)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_(unidentified_sound)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_(unidentified_sound)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsweep_(unidentified_sound)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUDYBIrWio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0


I'd also thank the companies which made my guitars, bass, amps, pedals, keyboard, and laptop. However they are all big companies with enough money. So I won't mention their names. 

NOTES
This was a strange album made during a strange transitional period of my life. I can't really explain what it is about fully. It is partially a David Lynch tribute; he truly is a brilliant artist. The main realization I had during the process of creating this album is that all forms of art are united, and how other artists (from different schools of creative expression) can influence my music. This is an EP because the concept I formed this song around is fairly loose and the theme of this piece changed throughout the creation of it. Enjoy, if you can. Or don't.

-Loafteon

Download/Listen to this on my SoundCloud page: http://soundcloud.com/loafteon 
or BandCamp: http://loafteon.bandcamp.com/

Blue Rose

I make weird music. My favorite genre is prog rock, and Pink Floyd is my favorite band (although it may not fully show in my music). The only instrument I really study theory-wise is guitar, but I mess around with synths, ukulele, glockenspiel, and the occasional whispered vocal.

loafteon

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