Created: Winter 2006 or Spring 2007

The main riff of this occured to me one day around 6am in the morning after a long night of fiddling with the guitar and just before thinking of going to sleep. I instantly named the working track with this title and the idea of the ticking clock and the wake-up voice followed from the title. Kind of ironic as I'm not really an early bird, maybe this is why it turned out a bit intimidating, like a bad dream!

I really like the changes between the three parts and especially the atmospheric conclusion after the guitar frenzy of the middle part. Someone has told me the trumpet cannot actually play that low but who cares?

Guitar, bass-like guitar and voice are real, trumpet and drums are programmed.

6 o'clock

Created: Roughly 2005 if I remember correctly

This is a little arpeggio piece I came up with and added a few piano chords to make it more solid and create harmonies.

Guitar is real, piano is programmed

The name of the girl

Created: Beginning 2007

I've always liked quartet arrangements, so this was an attempt to write my own classical masterpiece. Didn't work much on it but enjoyed doing it. In the second part I subconsciously slipped a little reference to Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark. I like the overly dramatic tone. Prepare for chills!

All four instruments are programmed

Quartet

Created: Autumn 2006

My very first attempt in writing a complete song. Never finished writing the lyrics though. Also one of my very first recordings so everything is rough and the production is really poor. The drums are unfiltered and sound raw, so is the guitar. Still like the solo nevertheless. Working title was Abomination, but I don't think it really deserves it, that's why I've renamed it to what it really is, ha!

Guitar, bass-like guitar are real, drums are programmed

First attempt

Created: End of 2006

This is just an improvisation track, trying to let go and create spontaneously. I laid down the rhythm guitar and played on top trying to be a bit fluid and intentionally a-synchronous if you know what I mean. A bit sloppy if you ask me but I still like the dreamy essence of it.

Ether

Created: Summer 2007

This was a quick idea for a funk/rock song that never came to fruition, but here's the intro and a few chords from the potential verse and chorus parts. I like the transition to the minor chords.

Guitar is real, drums and vibraslap are programmed

Fling

Created: November 2013

I came up with this wanting to compose a classical guitar piece around the time of my 30th birthday, you know, when you get that melancholic feeling about where the years have gone, what are you doing with your life and so on. So I started this 3/4 sad waltz melody, but got stuck after the far-too-early-for-a-bridge part. I stopped working on it as I cheered up quite soon, but I have to come back to it and work it to a full piece. Maybe add a second guitar too.

Crappy laptop recording warning issued.

Classical guitar by me

Stefanos Platonis

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