Name: The Borderland by Stephen Lyons
Duration: 5 min 19 s
Description: The Borderland

This track is created for beat licensing, sync, TV and film.

In The Mood

Harken the yule and dance round the Christmas flame for a truly exotic holiday journey. If you love madrigals and dark castles full of merry mead making, Gaudete is reborn for the modern minstrel in all of us. Hanson once again calls upon the tides of the northern shores for her passionate rendition of this renaissance classic. Summoning stylistic voices from the depths of her Norwegian roots, this song features the evocative Hardanger fiddle which makes the tune fit for any season.

Inspired from her childhood experiences of celebrating St. Lucia and the winter solstice, Hanson sought to capture the enigmatic spirit of the light bringer as we count down the days of Advent.  By bridging elements of baroque parlor music with the heart of a gypsy woman the narrative never forgets the awesome power and excitement that this season represents.

Gaudete

The Story:

I used to have a phone full of voice memo ideas that never got used…

Taking “From Voice Memo 2 Demo” opened my eyes (and ears) to the concept of importing raw voice memo tracks into my DAW, which I could then use as a template to structure and recreate my song!

"Watch Me" started as a rough acoustic guitar jam idea that was initially captured on my phone and randomly chosen out of my voice memo “boneyard” for this P.LAB contest

This was also the first track that I've ever written, performed and produced 100% on my own!

Stepping out with this experiment also gave me the courage to repeat this process with other tracks since, "Watch Me" may not be my best work but it definitely marks a HUGE milestone in my personal musical journey!!

Thanks P.LAB for the knowledge and motivation! 

Jon Smith (aka Mr.Jon)

Watch Me! (AFTER) - Jon Smith

The Galaxy Has Fallen

The Borderland

Demo Reel for Voice Actor, Multiple Characters, Interpretations, Excellent for all Audio, Great Voice, Compelling Reading, Gets your attention, makes the point, takes direction, your copy done your way

WayneAllenDEMO

Simple Things

A Hardanger fiddle rendition of the popular carols, this tune features this Norwegian fiddle and a renaissance era feel.

Available Now: https://fanlink.to/noelnoctis

Noel Noctis

Noel Nouvelet / Patapan

Step into this cinematic story of the tales of these two Christmas songs. The atmospheric intro creates a stunning impression of the history behind the Coventry Carol.

Available Now: https://fanlink.to/noelnoctis

Coventry Carol / What Child Is This

Coventry Carol / What Child is This

The word Singularity describes when space and time are intertwined to the point where they are no longer distinguishable from each other. Hanson is looking for that point here in a robust assertion of all the violin is truly capable of.  Looped string arrays position themselves around bass waves that evoke the feeling of being in a downtown London club at 3am. If you love downtempo instrumentals akin to Bonobo or want an alternative to Lindsey Stirling then this is your late night study jam. 

The YouTube premiere video located here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usU-bdG8sh4

The Borderland

Stephen Lyons

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