This album is Excellent. Soulmate stands out to me with the alternative rock vibes. Very cool. Great work

LOUISE KULMALA

Hearts Of Ivory

Death Is Not Scary, Dying Is

A Million Skies

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...

A song about weathering the storm

LYRICS:

A cold wind is calling you
out to the fallen pine
You're lost
And it's three in the morning
No rest for the weary
A line is crossed

Don't be afraid
Don't be ashamed
Keep riding on the flame
Today

There's a whisper in your mind
that won't go silent
A mark upon your face
suggesting violence
A shapeless fear your words won't form
A mental picture: bees in swarm
Excess of doubt
Clouding out the boy who runs in smiling

Don't be afraid
Don't be ashamed
Keep riding on the flame
Today

Riding on the Flame

An epic musical journey that is well worth listening all the way through, no shortcuts.

A Stillness Interrupted

If life's just a short interlude.
'pon which we just briefly intrude. 
If the light is the darkest 'fore dawn.
And the kids didn't ask to be born.
Just a dapple of light through the trees.
Feathers hang on the breeze.

If the world's just an apple in a space.
That the prothets can't put in its place.
It there anything out there or no?
Just a indifferent void that's let go.
Just a ember of fire that briefly transpires and glows. 

If someone comes up with a way.
For us to move forward and say.
Oh, remember when we used to pay.
For the things that were ours anyway  
All is dark and undone, all is pressed up and worn out, okay?

A light that can pierce through in the dark.
The right way to ignite the spark. 
A look from the edge of the sky.
An awkward exchange you let by. 
Sudden kindling of lovers who hated each other for years. 

If life's just a short interlude.
Upon which we just briefly intrude. 
Then as we're not here to stay.
Let's go out and enjoy the day.




[An Interlude]

ORIGINAL TRACK THAT I TOOK ALL INSPIRATION FROM AND COPIED QUITE HARD FOUND HERE : https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/FaK4UMFsIi/

I was listening to a rather long compilation of atmospheric desert-y music coupled with some ambient sounds on YouTube to get myself more into a game I was playing at the time and came across "Indulgence" by Alex Slayne.
The piece instantly enchanted me and did not let me go for a good while, cause it's use of space and atmosphere + this laughably simple (<-- don't get me wrong, that's not a critique!) but so goddamn powerful melody / progression works SO bloody well.
But it didn't do all that I wanted - while it had this unbelievably good and dense atmosphere, it did lack drama. 
Now, that is in no way a bad thing because the intent behind that track was certainly not a build-up to a grand finale but rather the slow and meditative weaving of a certain feeling and setting that so happens to resonate with me heavily. 
But I still felt I could add to it, use it's core and build something more complex, ultimately shifting it into my neck of the woods. If that is good or bad, I don't know and after contemplating it for a long time - I don't care.
I went to work, switched up the movement of the chord prog and did what I do.
In the progress, I did loose this very specific feeling of the original, and while that's a bloody shame - well, the original still exists and does what it wants to do better than I ever could. So I tried to do what I wanted to do better than IT could.

And now I'm giving up.

Ok, it's actually not that drastic. Truth is, I can't think about it anymore. It drives me insane cause I can't find a convincing transition into the epic drama drama stuff that I wanted to do with it. That has to do with multiple things, but the main one is probably that I'm really struggling to get anything done creatively, as my energy levels regarding music creation have been close to nothing lately.
Yay.
But now, I am doing the only sensible thing - letting it go. For the moment at least.
Should I find it in me to finish my work on it, I will. But I cannot let my stubbornness stand in my way of creating more music, especially when I got a (at least in my mind) promising new entry into my Skyrim Soundtrack Project that I desperately want to do. I need my love for making music back, and that will hopefully do the trick.

I am happy enough with this result as-is, so I am releasing it as a WIP to cut myself loose from it - otherwise, it will keep nagging me until I quit making music for the foreseeable future, and that's not an option.

So. I don't think anybody but maybe two or three people will ever read this, but I am writing my thoughts on it down now so I can move on better. See it as a means of self-manipulation for the better of.. well, me :P

Ok, I'm done now. Enjoy this little excursion and do look forward to the next piece in Horizon, it'll be a good one I promise.

Cheerio,
Cedric

Are We Free?

EXCURSIONS - Are We Free? [WIP]

90's influenced rock. Produced in Metro Detroit at Cat Box Studio

Victory Lap

Dusted

This song talks about life, and that we can always overcome problems believing in ourselves, it's a song I made with great affection.

Lives

A song about idle minds

LYRICS:

Begin the scrolling
When you're on your own
You got nothing to do
Gotta fill the hole in
You're getting old
You got nothing to lose

Ooh, have I got a song for you

You're the one controlling
You're on a roll
Flying up in the blue
Not running, just strolling
Achieved your goals
You got nothing to prove

Ooh, have I got a song for you

Nothing to Prove

Snow

When

Water

Soulmate

Feel

“ ….There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light 
   gets in … “

Sorry, I cannot read or send private messages. Try to contact me on Ig: pativio. Thanks

"You may say that Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one"

Ever since I was born Music has been a big part of my life. Before I learned how to talk I was already dancing to specific songs on the radio. I always loved to sing as a kid, but to be able to create my own music, I needed to learn how to play guitar. So thats what I did. Since I was 12 years old I have played and written music. Creating music is very good for my soul. It gives me all kinds of good emotions. Throughout the years I have been playing in different rock bands, done gigs in many interesting places, and now today I still do gigs here and there, but only by myself as a singer-songwriter. This singer-songwriter-genre lies close to my heart and I really enjoy creating this kind of music. I hope others will listen and feel the same way.

Soulmate

Louise Kulmala

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