Mercury Rev

Santiago, CHL, 2018-11-08

Opus 40

Hudson Line

Tonite It Shows

Done for an original composition challenge on the 8Bit Music Theory Discord.

Corporate Surveillance

Done as part of the 8bit Music Theory discord weekly challenges.

Thumbnail art by Ginger Anne London: https://twitter.com/GingerAnne/status/1547771763232088069

*Warning: Spoilers for Horizon: Forbidden West ahead!*

This piece is based on Aloy’s Theme. Aloy is the protagonist of the Horizon series, where a post-apocalyptic Earth is habited by primitive tribes and fearsome machines. Aloy’s theme originally has a lush, organic, and somewhat bittersweet mood. I decided for this arrangement, I wanted to rearrange her theme to fit alongside the main antagonists of the game, a shadowy organization of technologically advanced people who arrived on Earth from the stars.

Their music is characterized by synthetic sounding instruments, glitches, and lots of delay/reverb that creates a moody, futuristic feel. I also brought in elements of the organization’s music like an ostinato motif that plays in a few of their songs, such as The Sky Remade and Unity.

I also played a lot with effects, using different delays, echos, and reverbs, and recording my tracks to audio so I could reverse parts and remove the attack from some notes. I also cut some sections so they’d stutter, and I also used a lot of samples to provide texture. I used a lot of volume, filtering, and drive automation throughout the track to weave parts in and out.

I hope you enjoy!

Simulacrum

Made for a 8Bit Music Theory Discord weekly challenge:

"Take an established melody, invert it, and make a piece based on this new upside-down melody. How the melody is inverted can be left up to the arranger."

I chose Robo's Theme from Chrono Trigger.

ɹoqo,s Ʇɥǝɯǝ

n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.

Made for storm week in the 8Bit Music Theory Discord weekly challenges.

Chrysalism

Shop theme: take two! Done for another shop challenge on the 8Bit Music Theory Discord.

Black Market Boozetique

Another work in progress, I liked some of the parts so I decided to share. One day I will record all this stuff and spend time on it..

Rainbow Connection (Kermit the Frog Cover)

Goddess On A Highway (Mercury Rev Cover)

This song is part of an unlikely  collaboration with synth pop duo Eloquent. The samples are from a speech given by Lana Wachowski's acceptance speech for the HRC Visibility Award in 2012. This speech, this video, would literally save my life.

True Colors (Coraline's Final Mix)

Me practicing recording the digital piano. Here I'm playing A House Is Not a Home. I used the Mellow Piano setting and blended the direct output with 2 mics recording the monitors.

A House Is Not a Home (Piano Cover)

Bad Bad News

Mercury Rev - Holes (Live)

MERCURY REV - endlessly

Our take on the Beach Boys classic. Listen with headphones!

Don't Worry Baby

Soft Charisma is an Error Folk project from Scott Kingsley Clark. The name Soft Charisma was created from an alliteration of his first and last name. Error Folk is about accepting the imperfections of life, recordings are not perfect and some times errors don't have to be bad. See Daniel Johnston for an example of what may be most similar to Error Folk.

Goddess On A Highway (Mercury Rev Cover)

Soft Charisma

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